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Reginald Rose, writer of Twilight Zone's "The Incredible World of Horace Ford", gained fame for scripting "12 Angry Men", a live teleplay starring Bob Cummings (who went on to star in TZ's "King Nine Will Not Return") & later filmed as a movie with Henry Fonda.

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2020-01-26

January 24, 1963: Twilight Zone's "He's Alive" airs. A neo-Nazi leader gets expert coaching from a shadowy figure with a familiar German accent.

Serling considered releasing an extended cut of "He's Alive" as a theatrical movie before using a shorter version as a TZ.

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2020-01-24

"My wife and I saw a fortune-telling machine like that in a coffee shop." — writer Richard Matheson on the origins of "Nick of Time"

And credit the art department for coming up with the devil's head. It wasn't described in Matheson's script.

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2020-01-02

Charles Beaumont adapted his own short story for "The Howling Man" -- and changed the ending completely.

You can read it and many other classic tales right here: https://t.co/dMT9d7ve4L

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2020-01-01

"Five Characters In Search Of An Exit" is the 1st Twilight Zone I ever saw (as a rerun). So it'll always be a sentimental favorite!

The name of the episode, btw, was based on Luigi Pirandello's 1921 play "Six Characters in Search of an Author."

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2020-01-01

Serling based "The Hitch-Hiker" on a radio play written by Lucille Fletcher and read by Orson Welles.

Fun fact: The lead character on radio was male.

Read more about the origins of this legendary Twilight Zone: https://t.co/7TnxWCDMb7

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2020-01-01

"I think that 'Eye of the Beholder' is probably the most difficult director's job that came down the pike." — Douglas Heyes, who directed this episode and several other classic TZs

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2019-07-05

A behind-the-scenes shot during the filming of "Long Distance Call." Director James Sheldon — who worked on 6 TZs, including "It's a Good Life" — is seen here in the white shirt. This is also the first of 3 TZs for child actor Billy Mumy.

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2018-12-31

"The entire set was constructed so it could be tilted. In the scene when we stand on each other's shoulders, the tube was tilted so we wouldn't hurt each other."

-- William Windom (the Major) on filming Twilight Zone's "Five Characters in Search of an Exit"

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2018-12-09