S4YA S318 – Dead Man’s Shoes

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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.

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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

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