A
Look at The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas
The
Twilight Zone Radio Dramas were developed by actor, producer, director, and
syndicated radio host Carl Amari. Growing up in Chicago in the 1960’s and
1970’s, Amari became enamored with old-time radio and began amassing a
collection of radio programs in any format he could find. Over the next thirty years,
Amari licensed thousands of old-time radio programs in order to create a radio
series which explored radio's golden past. His first venture in this direction
was a local Chicago program titled, “When Radio Was.” Dick Brescia, a former
CBS Radio executive, heard Amari’s program by chance on an airplane flight and
took “When Radio Was” nationwide under the production banner of Dick Brescia,
Associates. Amari and Brescia formed a professional partnership which carried into The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas.
Amari’s interest in old-time radio
culminated in the formation of Radio Spirits, the world’s largest marketer and
distributor of old-time radio programs. Though Amari sold the company in 1998
to Audio Book Club, Radio Spirits products can still be found in libraries and
bookstores nationwide. Amari hosts the nationally syndicated radio program,
“Hollywood 360,” and has worked as a writer and producer on such properties as Fangoria Presents: Dreadtime Stories.
In
2001, Amari formed Falcon Picture Group, a production company designed to
produce family-friendly video and audio recordings. The company's most
impressive achievement is The Word of
Promise Audio Bible, a project three years in the making which features
more than 600 actors, many of whom are notable Hollywood celebrities. Amari
moved into licensing television programs through Falcon Picture Group by
acquiring the rights to such programs as Suspense
(based on the classic radio program),
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, and Man With a Camera, a series produced by
Buck Houghton and starring Charles Bronson, both of whom would later work on The Twilight Zone.
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| Dean Jagger in "Static" |
An
initial property that Amari pursued for production was The Twilight Zone. Amari envisioned adapting the episodes from the
classic television series into engaging radio dramas. Working in association
with CBS Enterprises and the Rod Serling Estate, Amari set about making this
vision a reality. Though The Twilight
Zone Radio Dramas are very faithful to the television series, including the
excellent use of original music from the series, the program does not feel
dated in the least. There was no attempt to either emulate the feel of old-time
radio drama or the time period of the 1960's. Amari and Cerny Creative in
Chicago present engagingly acted, directed, and written audio dramas with high production values.
One
of the key components in the development of the series was finding a writer to
adapt the scripts from the original television series into engaging radio
dramas. Amari hired World Fantasy Award-winning writer Dennis Etchison for the
task of adapting what is generally considered one of the most well-written
television series in the history of the medium. Etchison had been a young,
aspiring writer living in Stockton, California when the original television
series was on the air, and he had the fortune of taking a night class at UCLA
taught by prolific Zone writer
Charles Beaumont. One of the interesting aspects of that class was that
Beaumont often brought in friends to help teach the class with workshops
and demonstrations. Etchison remembers William Shatner appearing to perform a
dramatic reading of a student's writing, as well as professional writers such
as Ray Bradbury and William F. Nolan dropping by to give encouragement and
advice to the young writers in the class. Etchison published one of his early
stories, "The Fires of the Night" in the William F. Nolan-edited
volume, The Pseudo-People (Sherbourne,
1965), and another, "Wet Season," in the short-lived, Group-edited
fiction digest, Gamma (Star Press,
1965). He went on to a highly
accomplished career as a writer of speculative fiction, winning awards for his
unique brand of psychological horror story.
Instead
of using Rod Serling's original opening and closing narrations from the
television series, Amari hired actor Stacy Keach to host the series and record new opening and closing narrations. Keach is
an accomplished actor with a long career on both stage and screen, as well as
frequent provider of voice-over narration. Keach is likely best known for his
portrayal of Mickey Spillane's tough-guy private eye Mike Hammer in the 1984
television series Mikey Spillane's Mike
Hammer, as well as portraying Hammer in a number of television films. In
2008, Amari and Keach teamed again to produce new Mike Hammer radio dramas
written by Spillane protégé and award-winning writer Max Allan Collins.
With
all the pieces in place, episodes of The
Twilight Zone Radio Dramas began rolling out to the public in 2002, and
would eventually adapt 155 of the 156 original series episodes as well as “The
Time Element” into the audio drama format (the fifth season episode, “Come
Wander With Me” would not be adapted). The series eventually topped out at 18
volumes (unit distribution) and 176 episodes. A listener familiar with the
original television series will immediately notice several things upon
listening to the radio dramas. The first is that the time allotted to the radio
dramas was roughly forty minutes, sixteen minutes or so longer than the half-hour
episodes and about eight or so minutes shorter than the hour-long fourth season
episodes. Etchison was required to add material to the half-hour episodes and
to slightly compress the hour-long episodes. Etchison was able to consult the
original scripts rather than just the original episodes. The added material is
highly interesting, as it often contains character moments left unrealized on the original series episode (such as in "The Midnight Sun") or works
to further illustrate a setting or situation. Rod Serling's opening and closing
narrations were often changed, typically by making the narrations longer to cover
the difference in run time or reflecting changes to the original script.
An interesting aspect of The Twilight Zone Radio
Dramas is that many of the finest episodes of the original television series do
not translate all that well to the radio medium, whereas several of the less
successful television episodes play out wonderfully in the audio format. The original
television series was often reliant upon a visual motif or a visual reveal
at the end of an episode. This type of reveal is extremely difficult to pull
off in the audio medium and thus episodes such as "Will the Real Martian
Please Stand Up?" and "The Dummy" suffer greatly in translation. Consider also the number of original series episodes which were highly experimental in nature, episodes with little to no dialogue or with only one or two characters. Imagine the difficulty of adapting "The Invaders" or "Two" to the audio format. It is a testament to the talent of both the original series writers and Dennis Etchison that these experimental episodes translate as well as they do. What comes through most forcefully in the audio adaptations are the intimate
character moments in episodes such as "The Obsolete Man" or
"Five Characters in Search of an Exit." The format also forces the
listener to notice details they may not have noticed as a viewer of the
television episode. One particularly interesting episode is "The
Hitch-Hiker," starring Kate Jackson, which is adapted from a teleplay by
Rod Serling, which was itself adapted from a radio play by Lucille Fletcher.
Another interesting component is that the radio series explored unproduced
material from the original television series, beginning with volume 11 and
Charles Beaumont's unproduced teleplay adaptation of his short story,
"Gentlemen, Be Seated." The series would produce three additional
episodes from Charles Beaumont & Jerry Sohl which never saw the light of
day on the original series. By volume 16, the series was showcasing original
episodes written expressly for the audio medium. To help in this regard,
Amari brought in a writing partner he’d worked with before on Fangoria Presents: Dreadtime Stories, M.J.
Elliott. Elliott also provided adaptations of the original series episodes in the later volumes, tackling some of the show's most celebrated offerings, such as an exceptional adaptation of George Clayton Johnson's "Nothing in the Dark."
The radio series also utilized performers from the original Twilight Zone television series. H.M. Wynant, who appeared in the second season Twilight Zone episode "The Howling Man," appeared in three radio episodes: "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville," "The Trade-Ins," and "Deaths-Head Revisited." Shelley Berman, star of the second season episode "The Mind and the Matter," appeared in the radio adaptations of "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby," "Kick the Can," and "The Hunt." Bill Erwin, who appeared on television in "Mr. Denton on Doomsday," "Walking Distance," and "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" appeared in the radio adaptation of "Ninety Years Without Slumbering." Beverly Garland, who appeared in "The Four of Us Are Dying," appeared in the radio adaptation of "Uncle Simon." Orson Bean, Twilight Zone's "Mr. Bevis," appeared in the radio adaptation of "The Changing of the Guard." Morgan Brittany (aka Suzanne (Susanne) Cupito), who appeared as a child in the television episodes "Nightmare as a Child" (uncredited), "Valley of the Shadow," and, most memorably, "Caesar and Me," returned to The Twilight Zone for the radio episodes "The Passersby" and "Mirror Image."
A
word about format. The longevity of The
Twilight Zone Radio Dramas meant that the series went through a number of
format changes in terms of distribution. The early volumes were offered on both
cassette and compact disc, with the series moving to only offering compact
disc, to offering both compact disc and digital download, to finally only
offering the later volumes as digital downloads. The series has had a long life
on both Sirius and XM Radio (now Sirius XM Radio) and can currently be heard be
heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra (use the BBC iPlayer app to listen here in the States).
In
all, the radio dramas are uniformly excellent in production and always
engaging. Carl Amari and JoBe Cerny do an incredible job with the sound design
and production, and Dennis Etchison admirably completes the monumental task of
adapting the entire series to a different medium, managing to present a new way
of looking at the episodes without changing the narrative magic of the original
series.
-Grateful
acknowledgement is made to Dennis Etchison for his introduction to Charles
Beaumont's story "Free Dirt" in Charles
Beaumont: Selected Stories, edited by Roger Anker (Dark Harvest, 1988).
-JP
The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas (18
volumes)
Produced
in association with CBS Enterprises & the Rod Serling Estate
Produced by: Falcon Picture
Group (in association with Dick Bresica Associates and Westwood One)
Distributor: Blackstone Audio
Host: Stacy Keach
Producer/Director: Carl Amari (with
JoBe Cerny)
Sound Mixing and Foley Effects: Cerny American
Creative
Credit Narration: Doug James
Note: It took several actors to bring
each episode to life and Falcon Picture Group and Cerny Creative used a regular
staff of talented voice actors. The
Twilight Zone Radio Dramas typically list only one or two actors/actresses
per show, these typically being the guest actors, and these listings are
replicated below from the official website of the series.
Volume
1:
1.) “A Kind of Stopwatch,” starring Lou Diamond
Phillips
Based
on a story by Michael D. Rosenthal and a teleplay by Rod Serling
2.)
“The Lateness of the Hour,” starring Jane Seymour and James Keach
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
3.) “The
Thirty-Fathom Grave,” starring Blair Underwood
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
4.)
“The Man in the Bottle,” starring Ed Begley, Jr.
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
5.) “The
Night of the Meek,” starring Christopher McDonald
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
6.)
“The After Hours,” starring Kim Fields
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
7.) “Mr.
Dingle, the Strong,” starring Tim Kazurinsky
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
8.) “A
Stop at Willoughby,” starring Chelcie Ross
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
9.)
“The Lonely,” starring Mike Starr
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
10.)
“Of Late I Think of Cliffordville,” starring Christopher McDonald & H.M. Wynant
Based on “Blind Alley” by Malcolm
Jameson and a teleplay by Rod Serling
Note: H.M. Wynant appeared in the original series episode, "The Howling Man."
Volume
2:
11.)
“The Obsolete Man,” starring Jason Alexander
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
12.)
“The Bard,” starring John Ratzenberger and Stacy Keach
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
13.)
“Back There,” starring Jim Caviezel
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
14.)
“A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain,” starring Adam West
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
15.)
“Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room,” starring Adam Baldwin
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
16.)
“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,” starring Frank John Hughes
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
17.)
“Mr. Garrity and the Graves,” starring Christopher McDonald
Based on a story by Mike Korologos and
a teleplay by Rod Serling
18.)
“Escape Clause,” starring Mike Starr
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
19.)
“Four O’Clock,” starring Stan Freberg
Based on a story by Price Day and a
teleplay by Rod Serling
20.)
“Uncle Simon,” starring Peter Mark Richman and Beverly Garland
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
Note:
Beverly
Garland appeared in the original episode, “The Four of Us Are Dying”
Volume
3:
21.)
“The Fear,” starring Jane Seymour and James Keach
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
22.)
“The Parallel,” starring Lou Diamond Phillips
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
23.)
“A Hundred Yards Over the Rim,” starring Jim Caviezel
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
24.)
“One for the Angels,” starring Ed Begley, Jr.
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
25.)
“The Midnight Sun,” starring Kim Fields
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
26.)
“The Rip Van Winkle Caper,” starring Tim Kazurinsky
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
27.)
“A Most Unusual Camera,” starring Mike Starr
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
28.)
“Twenty-Two,” starring Andrea Evans
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
29.)
“Walking Distance,” starring Chelcie Ross
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
30.)
“The Passersby,” starring Morgan Brittany
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
Note: Morgan Brittany appeared (as Suzanne (Susanne) Cupito) on The Twilight Zone in "Nightmare as a Child" (uncredited), "Valley of the Shadow," and "Caesar and Me."
Volume
4:
31.)
“The Dummy,” starring Bruno Kirby
Based on a story by Lee Polk and a
teleplay by Rod Serling
32.)
“No Time Like the Past,” starring Jason Alexander
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
33.)
“Still Valley,” starring Adam West
Based on “The
Valley Was Still” by Manly Wade Wellman and a teleplay by Rod Serling
34.)
“King Nine Will Not Return,” starring Adam Baldwin
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
35.)
“I Am the Night-Color Me Black,” starring Tim Ratzenberger
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
36.)
“The Incredible World of Horace Ford,” starring Mike Starr
Based on a teleplay by Reginald Rose
Note:
This is the first episode produced not based on a Rod Serling teleplay
37.)
“One More Pallbearer,” starring Chelcie Ross
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
38.)
“The Little People,” starring Daniel J. Travanti
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
39.)
“Cavender Is Coming,” starring Andrea Evans
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
40.)
“Hocus-Pocus and Frisby,” starring Shelley Berman
Based on a story by Fredric L. Fox and
a teleplay by Rod Serling
Note:
Shelley
Berman appeared in the original episode, “The Mind and the Matter”
Volume
5:
41.)
“Living Doll,” starring Tim Kazurinsky
Based on a teleplay by Jerry Sohl
42.)
“The Big Tall Wish,” starring Blair Underwood
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
43.)
“The Fever,” starring Stacy Keach and Kathy Garver
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
44.)
“The Last Night of a Jockey,” starring Bruno Kirby
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
45.)
“A Thing About Machines,” starring Mike Starr
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
46.)
“Mirror Image,” starring Morgan Brittany and Frank John Hughes
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
Note: Morgan Brittany appeared (as Suzanne (Susanne) Cupito) in the original episodes "Nightmare as a Child" (uncredited), "Valley of the Shadow," and "Caesar and Me."
47.)
“The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms,” starring Richard Grieco
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
48.)
“The Long Morrow,” starring Kathy Garver
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
49.)
“Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?” starring Richard Kind
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
50.)
“The Trade-Ins,” starring H.M. Wynant and Peggy Webber
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
Note:
H.M. Wynant appeared in the original episode “The Howling Man”
Volume
6:
51.)
“Time Enough at Last,” starring Tim Kazurinsky
Based on the story by Lyn Venable and
a teleplay by Rod Serling
52.)
“A Passage for Trumpet,” starring Mike Starr
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
53.)
“I Shot an Arrow Into the Air,” starring Chelcie Ross
Based on a story by Madelon Champion
and a teleplay by Rod Serling
54.)
“The Brain Center at Whipple’s,” starring Stan Freberg
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
55.)
“The Grave,” starring Michael Rooker
Based on a teleplay by Montgomery
Pittman
56.)
“The Hitch-Hiker,” starring Kate Jackson
Based on a radio play by Lucille
Fletcher and a teleplay by Rod Serling
57.)
“Mr. Denton on Doomsday,” starring Adam Baldwin
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
58.)
“Sounds and Silences,” starring Richard Kind
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
59.)
“The Odyssey of Flight 33,” starring Daniel J. Travanti
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
60.)
“The Changing of the Guard,” starring Orson Bean
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
Note:
Orson Bean appeared in the original episode, “Mr. Bevis”
Volume
7:
61.)
“Five Characters in Search of an Exit,” starring Jason Alexander
Based on “The Depository” by Marvin
Petal and a teleplay by Rod Serling
62.)
“The Arrival,” starring Blair Underwood
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
63.)
“Queen of the Nile,” starring Kate Jackson
Based on the teleplay by Jerry Sohl
64.)
“I Dream of Genie,” starring Hal Sparks
Based on the teleplay by John Furia,
Jr.
65.)
“It’s a Good Life,” starring Mike Starr
Based on the story by Jerome Bixby and
a teleplay by Rod Serling
66.)
“The Masks,” starring Stan Freberg
Based on the teleplay by Rod Serling
67.)
“Mr. Bevis,” starring Bruno Kirby
Based on the teleplay by Rod Serling
68.)
“Showdown with Rance McGrew,” starring Christopher McDonald
Based on a story by Fredric L. Fox and
a teleplay by Rod Serling
69.)
“The Old Man in the Cave,” starring Adam Baldwin
Based on “The Old Man” by Henry Slesar
and a teleplay by Rod Serling
70.)
“Ninety Years Without Slumbering,” starring Bill Erwin
Based on a story
by George Clayton Johnson and a teleplay by Richard de Roy
Note:
Bill
Erwin appeared in the original episodes, “Mr. Denton on Doomsday,” “Walking
Distance,” “Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?,” and “Mute”
Volume
8:
71.)
“The Howling Man,” starring Fred Willard
Based on the story and teleplay by
Charles Beaumont
Note:
The
first episode adapted from the work of the show’s second most prolific writer.
72.)
“Caesar and Me,” starring Jason Alexander
Based on a teleplay by Adele T.
Strassfield
73.)
“The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross,” starring Luke Perry
Based on a story by Henry Slesar and a
teleplay by Jerry McNeely
74.)
“The Time Element,” starring Bobby Slayton
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
75.)
“The Mind and the Matter,” starring Hal Sparks
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
76.)
“People Are Alike All Over,” starring Blair Underwood
Based on “Brothers
Beyond the Void” by Paul W. Fairman and teleplay by Rod Serling
77.)
“What You Need,” starring Bruno Kirby and Bruce Kirby
Based on the story
by Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore and a teleplay by Rod Serling
78.)
“Dead Man’s Shoes,” starring Bill Smitrovich
Based on a story
by OCee Ritch and a teleplay by Ritch and Charles Beaumont
79.)
“What’s in the Box,” starring Mike Starr
Based on a teleplay by Martin M.
Goldsmith
80.)
“Deaths-Head Revisited,” starring H.M. Wynant
Based on the teleplay by Rod Serling
Note:
Wynant appeared in the original episode, “The Howling Man”
Volume
9:
81.)
“To Serve Man,” starring Blair Underwood
Based on the story by Damon Knight and
a teleplay by Rod Serling
82.)
“A World of Difference,” starring Luke Perry
Based on a teleplay by Richard
Matheson
83.)
“From Agnes-With Love,” starring Ed Begley, Jr.
Based on a teleplay by Bernard C.
Shoenfield
84.)
“Perchance to Dream,” starring Fred Willard
Based on the story and teleplay by Charles
Beaumont
85.)
“The Purple Testament,” starring Michael Rooker
Based on the teleplay by Rod Serling
86.)
“Printer’s Devil,” starring Bobby Slayton
Based on the story
“The Devil, You Say?” and a teleplay by Charles Beaumont
87.)
“Dust,” starring Bill Smitrovich
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
88.)
“The Jeopardy Room,” starring Yasen Peyankov
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
89.)
“The Fugitive,” starring Stan Freberg
Based on the teleplay by Charles
Beaumont
90.)
“The Silence,” starring Christopher McDonald
Based on the teleplay by Rod Serling
Volume
10:
91.)
“Miniature,” starring Lou Diamond Phillips
Based on the teleplay by Charles
Beaumont
92.)
“The Jungle,” starring Ed Begley, Jr.
Based on the story and teleplay by
Charles Beaumont
93.)
“The Mighty Casey,” starring Paul Dooley
Based on the teleplay by Rod Serling
94.)
“Ring-a-Ding Girl,” starring Sarah Wayne Callies
Based on the teleplay by Earl Hamner,
Jr.
95.)
“Mute,” starring Wade Williams
Based on the story and teleplay by
Richard Matheson
96.)
“Black Leather Jackets,” starring Marshall Allman
Based on a teleplay by Earl Hamner,
Jr.
97.)
“A Quality of Mercy,” starring Robert Knepper
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
98.)
“Where is Everybody?” starring John Schneider
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
Note:
This
was the premier episode of the original series but was not adapted for audio
until nearly a hundred episodes in
99.)
“A Nice Place to Visit,” starring Hal Sparks
Based on the teleplay by Charles
Beaumont
100.)
“In His Image,” starring John Heard
Based on the story and teleplay by
Charles Beaumont
Volume
11:
101.)
“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” starring John Schneider
Based on the story and teleplay by
Richard Matheson
102.)
“Elegy,” starring Blair Underwood
Based on the story and teleplay by
Charles Beaumont
103.)
“The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank,” starring Rober Knepper
Based on the teleplay by Montgomery
Pittman
104.)
“Spur of the Moment,” starring Sarah Wayne Callies
Based on a teleplay by Richard
Matheson
105.)
“He’s Alive,” starring Marshall Allman
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
106.)
“Long Distance Call,” starring Hal Sparks
Based on a story
by William Idelson and a teleplay by Idelson and Charles Beaumont
107.)
“The Gift,” starring Danny Goldring
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
108.)
“Gentlemen, Be Seated,” starring Stan Freberg
Based on the story and unproduced
teleplay by Charles Beaumont
109.)
“You Drive,” starring John Heard
Based on the teleplay by Earl Hamner,
Jr.
110.)
“In Praise of Pip,” starring Fred Willard
Based on the teleplay by Rod Serling
Volume
12:
111.)
“The Last Flight,” starring Charles Shaughnessy
Based on a teleplay by Richard
Matheson
112.)
“Long Live Walter Jameson,” starring Lou Diamond Phillips
Based on a teleplay by Charles
Beaumont
113.)
“Person or Persons Unknown,” starring John Schneider
Based on the teleplay by Charles
Beaumont
114.)
“The Whole Truth,” starring Henry Rollins
Based on the teleplay by Rod Serling
115.)
“Stopover in a Quiet Town,” starring Stephanie Weir
Based on the teleplay by Earl Hamner,
Jr.
116.)
“Judgment Night,” starring Chelcie Ross
Based on the teleplay by Rod Serling
117.)
“The Chaser,” starring Stephen Tobolowsky
Based on the story by John Collier and
a teleplay by Robert Presnell, Jr.
118.)
“Shadow Play,” starring Ernie Hudson
Based on “Traumerei” and a teleplay by
Charles Beaumont
119.)
“Nick of Time,” starring Marshall Allman
Based on the teleplay by Richard
Matheson
120.)
“Static,” starring Stan Freberg
Based on a story by OCee Ritch and a
teleplay by Charles Beaumont
Volume
13:
121.)
“Death Ship,” starring John Schneider
Based on the story and teleplay by
Richard Matheson
122.)
“Pattern for Doomsday,” starring Henry Rollins
Based on an idea
by Charles Beaumont and an unproduced teleplay by Jerry Sohl
123.)
“Nightmare as a Child,” starring Bonnie Somerville
Based on the teleplay by Rod Serling
124.)
“And When the Sky Was Opened,” starring Barry Bostwick
Based on
“Disappearing Act” by Richard Matheson and a teleplay by Rod Serling
125.)
“Little Girl Lost,” starring Stephen Tobolowsky
Based on the story and teleplay by
Richard Matheson
126.)
“Jess-Belle,” starring Stephanie Weir
Based on the teleplay by Earl Hamner,
Jr.
127.)
“The Encounter,” starring Stacy Keach and Byron Mann
Based on the teleplay by Martin M.
Goldsmith
128).
“A World of His Own,” starring Charles Shaughnessy
Based on the teleplay by Richard
Matheson
129.)
“The New Exhibit,” starring JoBe Cerny
Based on an idea by Charles Beaumont
and a teleplay by Jerry Sohl
130.)
“Valley of the Shadow,” starring Chelcie Ross
Based on a teleplay by Charles
Beaumont
Volume
14:
131.)
“Night Call,” starring Mariette Hartley
Based on “Long Distance Call” and a
teleplay by Richard Matheson
132.)
“Kick the Can,” starring Shelley Berman and Stan Freberg
Based on the teleplay by George
Clayton Johnson
Note:
Berman appeared in the original episode, “The Mind and the Matter”
133.)
“A Game of Pool,” starring Wade Williams
Based on a teleplay by George Clayton
Johnson
134.)
“A Penny for Your Thoughts,” starring David Eigenberg
Based on a teleplay by George Clayton
Johnson
135.)
“Free Dirt,” starring Eric Bogosian
Based on the story by Charles Beaumont
136.)
“Number Twelve Looks Just Like You,” starring Bonnie Somerville
Based on “The
Beautiful People” by Charles Beaumont and a teleplay by John Tomerlin
137.)
“On Thursday We Leave for Home,” starring Barry Bostwick
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
138.)
“Third from the Sun,” starring Fred Willard
Based on the story by Richard Matheson
and a teleplay by Rod Serling
139.)
“The Trouble with Templeton,” starring Michael York
Based on a teleplay by E. Jack Neuman
140.)
“The Mirror,” starring Tony Plana
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
Volume
15:
141.)
“The Prime Mover,” starring David Eigenberg
Based on a story
by George Clayton Johnson and a teleplay by Charles Beaumont
142.)
“A Piano in the House,” starring Michael York
Based on a teleplay by Earl Hamner,
Jr.
143.)
“The Four of Us Are Dying,” starring Eric Bogosian
Based on “All of
Us Are Dying” by George Clayton Johnson and a teleplay by Rod Serling
144.)
“The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine,” starring Kathy Garver and Charles
Shaughnessy
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
145.) “The Shelter,” starring Ernie Hudson
Based on the teleplay by Rod Serling
146.)
“Young Man’s Fancy,” starring Tony Plana
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
147.)
“Probe 7, Over and Out,” starring Louis Gossett, Jr.
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
148.)
“Two,” starring Don Johnson
Based on a teleplay by Montgomery
Pittman
149.)
“Who Am I?” starring Sean Astin
Based on an unproduced teleplay by
Jerry Sohl
150.)
“The Bewitchin’ Pool,” starring Karen Black
Based on a teleplay by Earl Hamner,
Jr.
Note:
This was the final broadcast episode of the original series
Volume
16:
151.)
“The Hunt,” starring Shelley Berman and Karen Black
Based on a teleplay by Earl Hamner,
Jr.
Note:
Berman appeared in the original episode, “The Mind and the Matter”
152.)
“Passage on the Lady Anne,” starring Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres
Based on “Song for a Lady” and a
teleplay by Charles Beaumont
153.)
“Execution,” starring Don Johnson
Based on a story by George Clayton
Johnson and a teleplay by Rod Serling
154.)
“Steel,” starring Louis Gossett, Jr.
Based on the story and teleplay by
Richard Matheson
155.)
“The Amazing Dr. Kyle Powers,” starring Sean Astin
An original radio play
156.)
“Nothing in the Dark,” starring Marshall Allman
Based on a teleplay by George Clayton
Johnson
157.)
“There Goes the Neighborhood,” starring Tim Kazurinsky
An original radio play
158.)
“The Walk-Abouts,” starring Mike Starr
An original radio play
159.)
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” starring Christian Stolte
Based on a story by Ambrose Bierce and
a screenplay by Robert Enrico
160.)
“Now You Hear It, Now You Don’t,” starring Dee Wallace
An original radio play
Volume
17:
161.)
“Once Upon a Time,” starring John Rhys-Davies
Based on a teleplay by Richard
Matheson
162.)
“The Invaders,” starring Kathy Garver
Based on a teleplay by Richard
Matheson
163.)
“Beewinjapeedee,” starring Sean Astin
An original radio play
164.)
“Eye of the Beholder,” starring Virginia Williams
Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling
165.)
“I Sing the Body Electric,” starring Dee Wallace
Based on a teleplay by Ray Bradbury
166.)
“Mrs. Pierce is Praying for Me,” starring Tim Kazurinsky
An original radio play
167.)
“The Time of Your Life,” starring John Rhys-Davies
An original radio play
168.)
“Ten Days,” starring Ned Bellamy
An original radio play
169.)
“Snow Angel,” starring Sean Astin
An original radio play
170.)
“The Nanobots,” starring David Pasquesi
An original radio play
Volume
18:
171.)
“Twenty-Twelve,” starring Christian Stolte
An original radio play
172.)
“. . .And Cauldron Bubble,” staring Virginia Williams
An original radio play
173.)
“Missing, Presumed Dead,” starring Danny Goldrin
An original radio play
174.)
“Rest Stop,” starring Brandon Eels
An original radio play
175.)
“The 25th Hour,” starring Mike Nussbaum
An original radio play
176.)
“Another Place in Time,” starring Malcolm McDowell
An original radio play
Note:
This
final episode featured McDowell, who hosted another Carl Amari production, Fangoria Presents: Dreadtime Stories
