tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post1313373124215989111..comments2024-03-20T15:28:13.030-05:00Comments on The Twilight Zone Vortex: "Printer's Devil"JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-72835734861827195562020-02-01T18:41:13.397-06:002020-02-01T18:41:13.397-06:00What happened to Charles Beaumont was terrible. Su...What happened to Charles Beaumont was terrible. Such a bright talent lost in the prime of life. We're fortunate to have so much great work from his typewriter, especially the work he did on The Twilight Zone. <br /><br />You're right, Dale, some of Beaumont's scripts were being ghosted at this time. Jerry Sohl ghostwrote "The New Exhibit" for the fourth season and "Queen of the Nile" and "Living Doll" for the fifth season under Beaumont's name. John Tomerlin wrote "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" for the fifth season from Beaumont's story "The Beautiful People." <br /><br />"Printer's Devil" and "Passage on the Lady Anne" were the final scripts that Beaumont himself wrote for the series.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-59515066860464777662019-08-14T12:21:44.089-05:002019-08-14T12:21:44.089-05:00Thanks! I've never had problems with the hour-...Thanks! I've never had problems with the hour-long episodes, some of which are among the best offered on the series. The fourth season had its share of clunkers but "Death Ship" and "Miniature" could hardly be bettered. It offered a nice change of pace and allowed for greater character and story development. Certainly worth noting about Sterling. I always welcome additional career information on the performers, an area I admittedly often leave lacking. JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-59505360842774522812019-08-13T13:38:36.512-05:002019-08-13T13:38:36.512-05:00Very nice analysis, as always, and I agree wholehe...Very nice analysis, as always, and I agree wholeheartedly that this is further proof of the fourth season overall being underrated. (Naturally I am biased in favor of the two Matheson episodes!) Perhaps worth noting that in the original 1961 film <i>Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea</i>, Sterling co-starred as Lee Crane, the role later played by David Hedison on the eponymous TV series.Matthew Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08832901829535951707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-54116947720512601182019-04-12T14:22:33.008-05:002019-04-12T14:22:33.008-05:00Thanks so much! I've always been a fan of the ...Thanks so much! I've always been a fan of the fourth season and my goal when I got to reviewing this season was to give each episode a fair shake based on its own merits and not how it compares to one of the half-hour episodes. And some of these episodes are very good, indeed, this one for sure. JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-39942972680441628652019-04-12T12:29:07.425-05:002019-04-12T12:29:07.425-05:00I thought that this ep was one of the better “hour...I thought that this ep was one of the better “hourlong” episodes. Burgess Meredith carried it IMHO. I am very batton find your site. I’ll be reading each and every review of the best Television series ever😄Sam Draculahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862299666673255766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-34600045442121058602019-03-31T10:03:42.733-05:002019-03-31T10:03:42.733-05:00Thanks for the heads up and the link, Jon. Fixed t...Thanks for the heads up and the link, Jon. Fixed the typo. JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-57424987479227579102019-03-30T17:38:23.518-05:002019-03-30T17:38:23.518-05:00With all respect to Mr. Beaumont,by this time his ...With all respect to Mr. Beaumont,by this time his disease was was such that many of his scripts were in fact ghosted by others,Jerry Sohl for example. They were CB's ideas,he just was too incapacitated to do the legwork. A tragic loss of a major talent.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050780812342957714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-86298058412651897532019-03-30T02:34:11.946-05:002019-03-30T02:34:11.946-05:00Nice detailed analysis of an episode I've seen...Nice detailed analysis of an episode I've seen once or twice. <br /><br />You've inadvertantly shortchanged Mr. Meredith of 20 years of his life, as he lived until 1997, not 1977, and was still acting in the 1990s.<br /><br />Mr. Senensky wrote about his experiences directing this episode here in his blog:<br /><br />http://senensky.com/printers-devil/<br /><br />He's in his 90s now and still blogging on occasion.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.com