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The classic "To Serve Man" and three other solid "Zones"

This volume of "'The Twilight Zone Collector's Edition" offers a pretty solid quartet of episodes from the classic television anthology show. As you can tell from these stories "The Twilight Zone" was clearly grounded in the twisted tales of O. Henry, if you go back that far (and E.C.'s horror comics such as "Tales from the Crypt" if you are not). In the mix you will find one true classic episode involving 9-foot aliens:

Episode 126, "Living Doll" (Written by Jerry Sohl from a story by Sohl and Charles Beaumont, First aired November 1, 1963), offers Telly Savalas as Erich Streator, who is threatened by a toy doll. Erich does not like the Talky Tina his wife has bought for Christie, his step-daughter. However the doll, voiced by the great June Foray (the voice of Rocky J. Squirrel), tells Erich she hates him too. A gripping episode since Talky Tina never talks when anybody else is around. Poor Erich, but like most of the inhabitants of the Twilight Zone he gets what he has coming to him.

Episode 89, "To Serve Man" (Written by Rod Serling from Damon Knight's short story, First aired March 2, 1962) is one of the most famous Zone episodes with its "Soylent Green" ending. A 9-foot tall Kanamit (Richard Kiel) has come to earth to create a golden age with the advanced technology of his race. However, Michael Chambers (Lloyd Bochner), a government decoding expert, learns to learn the true meaning of the title of the book left by the Kanamit. Not as much fun the second time around when the ending seems so obvious, "To Serve Man" teaches the old lesson that appearances can be deceiving, especially when dealing with strange visitors from another planet. Joseph Ruskin provides the neat alien voice for the Kanamit.

Episodes 10, "Judgment Night" (Written by Rod Serling, First aired December 4, 1959) is an early first season episode set in 1942 when a German named Carl Lanser (Nehemiah Persoff) finds himself on the deck of a British steamship. He has no idea why he is there, but he does have an overwhelming sense of doom, which gives us a pretty good clue as to who Lanser is and why he is aboard the S.S. Queen of Glasgow. However, Persoff's performance makes up for the shortcomings of the script. This is another "Twilight Zone" episode where justice is delivered in a way that would have made Dante proud. This episode has Ben Wright as Captain Wilbur, Patrick Macnee as the First Officer, and a young James Franciscus as Lieutenant Mueller.

Episode 121, "In Praise of Pip" (Written by Rod Serling, First aired September 27, 1963) is the story of Max Phillips (Jack Klugman), an alcoholic bookie with bitter regrets that he was not a better father to his son Pip (Bobby Diamond), who has been critically wounded in South Vietnam. But a visit to an amusement park gives father and son a second change when Max encounters his son as a boy (Billy Mumy). This show was the first episode from the fifth season of "The Twilight Zone." Yes, it is true that the Vietnam War was not a big deal at this point (JFK was still president). This was also the final appearance of both Klugman and Mumy on the show and their scene in the house of mirrors is especially poignant.

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