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"Night Gallery" The Diary/A Matter of Semantics/Big Surprise/Professor Peabody's Last Lecture (1971)



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Overview

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6.8/10   70 votes
Writers:
Gene R. Kearney (written by)
Jack Laird (written by)
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Original Air Date:
10 November 1971 (Season 2, Episode 8)
Plot:
A gossip columnist gets a gift of a diary in which the next day's events are described before they happen. | add synopsis
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short, but kinda fun more (7 total)

Cast

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John Carradine ... Mr. Hawkins

Patty Duke ... Holly Schaeffer

Carl Reiner ... Professor Peabody

Cesar Romero ... Count Dracula
Johnnie Collins III ... Mr. Lovecraft

Virginia Mayo ... Carrie Crane
E.J. Peaker ... Nurse

Vincent Van Patten ... Chris
Richard Annis ... Mr. Bloch
Monie Ellis ... Candy-Striper
Marc Vahanian ... Jason
David Wayne ... Dr. Mill
Eric Chase ... Dan
Louise Lawson ... Miss Heald
Robert Yuro ... Jeb Harlan
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short, but kinda fun, 14 July 2008
Author: bushwood80 from Jupiter

I'm a fan of the Night Gallery vignettes, although I prefer more of a horror tinge rather than a funny one, as A Matter Of Semantics appears to be. It'll be difficult writing a long paragraph for this short episode, considering it's only about 10 minutes long, but allow my ramblings. The "star" here is Cesar Romero, he of the joker fame from the Batman series, as he portrays Count Dracula visiting a blood bank, and the nurse doesn't put two and two together, even though the guy's wearing a black cape and has make up on his face, she still acts as if nothing's wrong here, and he gives his address as being in Transylvania too! I won't spoil the conclusion as there is a funny punchline, and the girl finally gets the picture of what's going on, maybe because she's a blonde, who knows. It's worth your ten minutes to check out.

Finally, the painting(Bela Lugosi lookalike)is scarier than the episode, but this vignette is charming in a 70's kind of way and I try to watch as often as I can.

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