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23 February 1969
(Season 3, Episode 3)
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A man is trapped inside a mysterious cube. full summary | add synopsis
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Check This: Jim Henson's experimental 60s film The Cube
(From QuietEarth. 6 January 2009, 10:05 PM, PST)
(From QuietEarth. 6 January 2009, 10:05 PM, PST)
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My first exposure to absurdist theatre.....
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(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Schaal | ... | The Man in the Cube |
| Hugh Webster | ... | Arnie |
| Rex Sevenoaks | ... | Manager |
| Jack Van Evera | ... | Prisoner |
| Jon Granic | ... | Straight Man / Sergeant |
| Guy Sanvido | ... | Comic Fritz |
| Eliza Creighton | ... | Seductress |
| Don Crawford | ... | Black Militant |
| William Osler | ... | Scientist |
| Jerry Nelson | ... | Monk |
| Sandra Scott | ... | Decorator |
| Claude Rae | ... | Dr. Conners |
| Don McGill | ... | Professor |
| Ralph Endersby | ... | Guitarist |
| Trudy Young | ... | Liza #1 |
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Professor:
Excuse me, I know this is a bad time but I just wanted to congratulate you and shake your hand.
The Man in the Cube: Oh? On what?
Professor: Well, as I interpret what you're doing here, this is all a very complex discussion of Reality versus Illusion. The perfect subject for the television medium!
The Man in the Cube: What do you mean, television?
Professor: Well, this is a television play.
The Man in the Cube: What?
Professor: Oh, you don't believe that?
The Man in the Cube: Of course not!
Professor: I should have thought you'd want to. After all, there's only one other possible explanation.
The Man in the Cube: Which is?
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The Man in the Cube: Oh? On what?
Professor: Well, as I interpret what you're doing here, this is all a very complex discussion of Reality versus Illusion. The perfect subject for the television medium!
The Man in the Cube: What do you mean, television?
Professor: Well, this is a television play.
The Man in the Cube: What?
Professor: Oh, you don't believe that?
The Man in the Cube: Of course not!
Professor: I should have thought you'd want to. After all, there's only one other possible explanation.
The Man in the Cube: Which is?
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I was 12 when I stumbled on this show one Sunday morning - and I think it permanently Warped My Mind. I'm pretty sure it was my first exposure to absurdism, if you don't count MAD Magazine... I never forgot the show, and for years afterwards I tried to find more info about it. What a thrill to stumble on Wikipedia's entry,which had a link to the full video... and I did *not* know till just now about Henson's role in the production! One can see the roots of many future TV and movie productions here - from THE PRISONER to THE MATRIX to THE TRUMAN SHOW. And considering the times, the production effects and editing are simple yet sophisticated, perfect usages of the possibilities of the medium. A crucial piece of TV history... Be sure to let your preadolescent or adolescent child watch this thing, it'll prepare them nicely for the absurdity to come...!