Twilight Zone Archives - Apathetic Enthusiasm https://www.apatheticenthusiasm.com/category/s4ya/twilight-zone/ Podcasts! Apathetic Enthusiasm, Interdimensional RSS, and Our Reel Relationships! Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:56:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.apatheticenthusiasm.com/storage/2016/05/cropped-iTunesLogo-32x32.jpg Twilight Zone Archives - Apathetic Enthusiasm https://www.apatheticenthusiasm.com/category/s4ya/twilight-zone/ 32 32 Travis & Brandon | Movie, Television, Pop Culture false Travis & Brandon | Movie, Television, Pop Culture apatheticenthusiasmshow@gmail.com 2015 2015 podcast Twilight Zone Archives - Apathetic Enthusiasm https://www.apatheticenthusiasm.com/storage/2016/05/iTunesLogo.jpg https://www.apatheticenthusiasm.com/category/s4ya/twilight-zone/ TV-G Patreon Patreon S4YA S3E26 – Little Girl Lost https://www.apatheticenthusiasm.com/s4ya-s3e26-little-girl-lost/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:55:55 +0000 https://www.apatheticenthusiasm.com/?p=8228 My friend Joshua Miller stops by the podcast to help me figure out just where exactly to find this Little Girl Lost. Powered by RedCircle Discussion: SOCIAL Follow Josh here:

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My friend Joshua Miller stops by the podcast to help me figure out just where exactly to find this Little Girl Lost.

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Discussion:

  • How many dimensions
  • Talk of the dimensions and perspective
  • Simpsons
  • Little girl and being a parent and losing a kid
  • Friends not being so judgemental

SOCIAL

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  • Twitter: @jmiller_rise8

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Bijan Bayne joins me to discuss early 60’s portrayals of children and the adults who take care of them in the Twilight Zone episode, “The Fugitive”.

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Discussion:

  • The depiction of children
  • A different view of caregivers
  • Weird little death
  • Subversion of the title “The Fugitive”

SOCIAL

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  • Twitter: @BijanBayne

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Complacency is a dish best-served hot in this discussion of “To Serve Man”! Joining me for one of the most famous episodes of the series is frequent guest Matt Hurt, the host of Anthology and The Obsessive Viewer!

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Discussion:

  • Anti-Complacency theme?
  • Anti-peace theme?
  • Stray Observations

SOCIAL

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  • Twitter: @OVAnthologyPod
  • Facebook: Facebook.com/OVAnthologyPod
  • Web: AnthologyPod.com
  • Email: obsessiveviewer@gmail.com
  • Instagram.com/OVAnthologyPod

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We return with a new episode of Submitted for Your Approval and this time I bring my partner in podcasting crime, Travis Menard, to gossip a little about The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank!

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Discussion:

  • Gossip = Bad
  • Pickle eating was a hobby
  • The Devil
  • Stray Observations

SOCIAL

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We return with a new episode of Submitted for Your Approval and this time I bring the contractually non-obligated Matt Sizemore on to chat about the psychology of music with A Piano in the House!

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Discussion:

  • Music being so important to people
  • The songs for each of the people 
  • What modern songs might we have heard?
  • The nature of the Fitzgerald’s cruelty
  • Susceptibility to the nature of music
  • Stray Observations

What do you rate the episode?

  • 4 out of 5 piano keys
  • 8.1 lugubri-eye

SOCIAL

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]]> S4YA S321 – Kick the Can https://www.apatheticenthusiasm.com/s4ya-s321-kick-the-can/ https://www.apatheticenthusiasm.com/s4ya-s321-kick-the-can/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2020 15:55:19 +0000 https://www.apatheticenthusiasm.com/?p=7572 Let's get our best friends and play Kick the Can on a new episode of the podcast with my best friend Matt Sizemore!!! … Continue readingS4YA S321 – Kick the Can

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Let’s get our best friends and play Kick the Can on a new episode of the podcast with my best friend Matt Sizemore!!!

Matt is back on the show for the 4th or 5th time… I lost count, it’s fine. Always a joy and always a blast to talk to. Follow him at the links below!

  • Twitter: @souporsizemore
  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattsizemoreKIVITV/
  • Web: https://www.kivitv.com/matt-sizemore
  • Other: http://linkedin.com/in/matthew-sizemore-ab635b1a

Now, on to the show!

SHOW NOTES – Kick the Can

  • Show Info
    • Originally aired: 2/9/1962
    • Starring:
      • Ernest Truex as Charles Whitley
      • Russell Collins as Ben Conroy
    • Directed by: Lamont Johnson (Directed other episodes? Yes)
    • Teleplay by: George Clayton Johnson (Wrote other episodes? Yes)

You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

  • You: old folks home gets a shot of youth when an oldy but goody remembers what kids are like
  • Me: Oh, grow up… wait, wait, I don’t have to?! NOoOoOoOoOo!
  • IMDB: An old man living in a rest home thinks he’s found the secret of youth in children’s games.

Discussion:

  • Initial thoughts
    • Favorite episode that he’s watched
  • Stray Observations
    • Who is more likely of us to believe in magic?
    • Best friends
    • Nostalgia
  • What do you rate the episode?
    • 3.5 old people
    • 3.5 old people

Choose your Own Endventure

  • Matt – Scatman John makes an appearance, change the episode title to “Scatcan John”
  • Brandon – He gets arrested, episode title changed to “Kick the Manslaughter” or “Kick the Canslaughter”

SOCIAL

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Fellow podcaster extraordinaire Gerald joins the show this week to cover the comedic stylings of Showdown with Rance McGrew!

Long time friend and fellow podcaster, Gerald is an absolute joy to hang out with! You can find him and his multitude of shows on Twitter and Facebook!

SHOW NOTES – Showdown with Rance McGrew

  • Show Info
    • Originally aired: 2/2/1962
    • Starring:
      • Larry Blyden as Rance McGrew
      • Robert Kline as Jesse James
    • Directed by: Christian Nyby (Directed other episodes? Yeah, Cavender is Coming)
    • Teleplay by: Story by Frederic L. Fox 

You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

  • You: a spoiled and pretentious western start gets a taste of the real old west with 
  • Me: If you’re gonna make biopics, at least make them accurate
  • IMDB: The star of a Western TV series suddenly finds himself transported back in time to the real Wild West, and face-to-face with the real Jesse James.

Discussion:

  • Initial thoughts
    • Funny, actually pretty funny
    • The mirror
    • Whiskey bottle
    • Glass in mouth
  • 7 year old son
  • Jarring twist
  • Stray Observations
  • What do you rate the episode?
    • 6/10 
    • 7/10

Choose your Own Endventure

  • Gerald – James and mcgrew and actually have a showdown. McGrew is stuck in the mirror watching 
  • Brandon – cancelled

SOCIAL

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Long time supporter of the podcasts, Tyler Tigno, joins me to discuss the heaven and hell-filled episode, “The Hunt”!

Tyler is a long time listener of my shows and is a wonderful supporter. I was glad he could join me! I’m happy to announce that he is hosting a Married with Children podcast as well! Go and check him out:

  • Twitter: Tylertigno
  • Email: tignoty22@gmail.com 
  • Facebook.com/themarriedwithchildrenpodcast

SHOW NOTES – The Hunt

  • Show Info
    • Originally aired: 1962-01-26
    • Starring:
      • Arthur Hunnicutt as Hyder Simpson
      • Jeanette Nolan as Rachel Simpson
    • Directed by: Harold Schuster ()
    • Written by: Earl Hamner, Jr (Yeah)

You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

  • Me: Never cross a racoon
  • You: Why the hell don’t all dogs go to heaven?
  • IMDB: Upon returning from a coon hunt, Hyder Simpson discovers that no one can see or hear him because he has passed on.

Discussion:

  • Initial thoughts
    • Love Rural Setting compared to military/urban life/interpersonal life
      • Nature based 
    • First time seeing
    • Religion
      • Christianity, Catholicism, The Waltons
  • Stray Observations
  • What do you rate the episode?
    • Him 5/5 coon skin hats
    • Me ⅘ coon skin hats

Choose your Own Endventure

  • Tyler – that was st Peter and he chose to walk the eternity, and then Rachel shows up calling for Hyder. Walking eternity together 
  • Brandon – Heaven was actually Hell, and Hell is actually just a really bureaucratic mess

SOCIAL

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Fellow Twilight Zone podcasters Ana and Dan walk a mile in the Season 3 body swapping episode, “Dead Man’s Shoes”!

On their podcast, Between Science and Superstition, Ana and Dan watch every episode of The Twilight Zone! Connect with them as they watch and cover the philosophy, themes, and behind the scenes. Lately, they’ve also started covering recent movies, as well as writing essays on things like the General Mills Monster Cereals.

Go check them out here:

SHOW NOTES – Dead Man’s Shoes

  • Show Info
    • Originally aired: 1962-01-19
    • Starring:
      • Warren Stevens as Nathan Bledsoe
      • Richard Devon as Bernie Dagget
      • Florence Marley as Dagget’s Woman
    • Directed by: Montgomery Pittman (Yes, 5)
    • Written by: Charles Beaumont (Yeah, for sure)

You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

  • You: A homeless man is forced to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes
  • Me: Shoes don’t make a man, but possessed shoes will get you killed
  • IMDB: A homeless man takes the shoes of a dead gangster and steps into his life.

Discussion:

  • Initial thoughts
    • Wish they’d play with the concept a little more – taking control of people’s body
      • Jumanji
    • Anaa – Liked it more than him
    • The Four of Us are DYing
    • Starts off as kind of a goofy bit… slow to change
    • Smelly
    • Warren Stevens’ ability to change on the fly
  • Body Swapping in pop culture
    • Rick and Morty
    • Fallen with Denzel Washington
  • Stray Observations
    • Poor Nathan… losing his agency because of a revenge tale…
  • What do you rate the episode?
    • Ana and Dan Size 7 out 10
    • 7/10 Brandon

Choose your Own Endventure

    • Guests 
      • Dan – continue with failing… homeless superstition, then a thrift store
      • Ana – dagget perspective continuing his paranoia
    • Brandon – Bernie takes the shoes off and becomes Nathan… rewarding both men in a twisted way. OR Bernie gets killed and his shoes are possessed. Eventually the final battle after 2 seasons, the shoes fatally maim one another and die slowly, acknowledging that they could’ve done so much more good in the world if they’d only walked the same path

SOCIAL

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Travis Menard stops in again to apologize to me for everything he’s done wrong and to cover the Season 3 episode, “One More Pallbearer”!

Travis is currently the second fiddle to Brandon on the Apathetic Enthusiasm Podcast and Interdimensional RSS: The Unofficial Rick and Morty Podcast. He’s a pretty cool dude, overall… Brandon likes him well-enough.

Go check him out on Twitter at Jugglemeno!

SHOW NOTES – One More Pallbearer

  • Show Info
    • Originally aired: January 12, 1961
    • Starring:
      • Joseph Wiseman as Paul Radin
      • Trevor Bardette as Colonel Hawthorne
      • Katherine Squire as Mrs. Langford
    • Directed by: Lamont Johnson
    • Teleplay by: Rod Serling

You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

  • You: a scorned millionaire devotes his riches to one more gotcha on the villains of his past
  • Me: A man learns to fall in love with One Republic, and realizes for some It’s too late to apologize
  • IMDB: Wealthy Paul Radin tries to get three people from his past to apologize to him by offering them shelter from a staged and phony nuclear war scenario

Discussion:

  • What are your initial thoughts?
    • The Ending jumped around too much
    • No real hint of the twist throughout the episode
    • The theme of honor and standing true to your convictions
  •  Stray Observations
    • Was the whole thing a psychotic break?
  • What do you rate the episode?
    • 2 pallbearers out of 4
    • 2.5 pallbearers out of 4

Choose your Own Endventure

  • Traivs – Include 1 or all 3 of the individuals in the street at the end to make it known that it wasn’t ALL a dream
  • Brandon – 1 or all 3 of the individuals come and kick the crap out of him but all he sees are giant, radioactive rats kicking him

SOCIAL

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