'The longest trip in the history of mankind. When you return, the earth will have aged half a century.'

#S5E15

Twilight Zone's 'The Long Morrow' by Rod Serling stars Robert Lansing, Mariette Hartley, and Edward Binns.

'Our next painting tells the story of a young man whose extracurricular labors take him into the area of black magic.'

#NGS2E20

Night Gallery's 'There Aren't Any More MacBanes' stars Joel Grey and Howard Duff. It's on DVD and Blu-ray.

'It was a very good script. I was so fortunate to play Fats.'
— Jonathan Winters on his role in Twilight Zone's 'A Game of Pool'

#S3E5

Written by George Clayton Johnson. Also stars Jack Klugman, in the second of four TZ roles.

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'Tom Wright is interesting in that he doesn’t use any single artistic form. He paints in abstracts, impressionism, and almost still-life realism.”

— Rod Serling on Night Gallery's prolific in-house artist, Tom Wright

'They're all dead. They must be. Everybody's dead except ... me.'

#S1E8

Twilight Zone's 'Time Enough at Last' by Rod Serling stars Burgess Meredith in the first of four episodes.

April 24, 1964: Twilight Zone's 'Stopover in a Quiet Town' debuts. A couple wakes up in a strange town, devoid of people, and finds that everything is a prop. And where's that girlish laughter coming from?

Written by Earl Hamner, Jr. Stars Barry Nelson and Nancy Malone.

'I have come up with something that I think is a bizarre and novel method of execution. One designed to challenge your talents.'

#S5E29

Twilight Zone's 'The Jeopardy Room' by Rod Serling stars Martin Landau and John van Dreelen.

'Psychologically, you'll find that you're just as you are now — but in a different body.'

#S3E31

Twilight Zone's 'The Trade-Ins' by Rod Serling stars Joseph Schildkraut, Noah Keen, and Alma Platt.

'All four of us will be placed in suspended animation, and when we wake up, that's when we take our gold and enjoy it.'

#S2E24

Twilight Zone's 'The Rip Van Winkle Caper' by Rod Serling stars Simon Oakland, Lew Gallo, John Mitchum, and Oscar Beregi.

Reginald Rose, writer of Twilight Zone's 'The Incredible World of Horace Ford,' is best known for scripting '12 Angry Men,' which aired as a live teleplay before being filmed as a movie.

'Ford' had also aired as a live teleplay, starring Art Carney, before it was redone for TZ.

65 Years in the Twilight Zone! Presentation by our own Nicholas Parisi

April 15, 1960: Twilight Zone's 'A Nice Place to Visit' airs. A small-time crook dies and discovers he can do just about anything he wants in the hereafter. But what if 'heaven' starts getting on your nerves?

Written by Charles Beaumont. Stars Larry Blyden and Sebastian Cabot.

April 11, 1963: Twilight Zone's 'Of Late I Think of Cliffordville' airs. The Devil offers a wealthy tycoon a do-over. Now he can REALLY get rich, right?

With Julie 'Catwoman' Newmar and Albert Salmi, who had starred in two prior TZ episodes: 'Execution' and 'A Quality of Mercy.'

April 10, 1964: Twilight Zone's 'Caesar and Me' airs. A ventriloquist dummy goads his dim-witted owner into committing robbery to pay the bills.

Stars Jackie Cooper and Morgan Brittany as the landlady’s bratty daughter. Written by A.T. Strassfield, the producer's secretary!

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April 9, 1956: CBS's Studio One airs Serling's live teleplay 'The Arena.' A freshman senator is determined to settle a score for his father. Stars Wendell Corey, who had been in Hitchcock's 'Rear Window.'

It's on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=eQycN7 and DVD: tinyurl.com/y69tb3sy

April 8, 1960: Twilight Zone's 'The Big Tall Wish' airs. A little boy helps a washed-up boxer win a big match, thanks to some magic. But defeating a bigger foe—his lack of faith—proves a bigger challenge.

Written by Rod Serling. Stars Ivan Dixon, Stephen Perry, and Kim Hamilton.