Twilight Zone: Season 5, Episode 1 In Praise of Pip
(27 Sep. 1963)
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Twilight Zone: Season 5, Episode 1 In Praise of Pip
(27 Sep. 1963)
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| Jack Klugman | ... |
Max Phillips
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Connie Gilchrist | ... |
Mrs. Feeny
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Bobby Diamond | ... |
Pvt. Pip
(as Robert Diamond)
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| Bill Mumy | ... |
Young Pip
(as Billy Mumy)
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In the early 1960's, small-time bookie Max Phillips (Jack Klugman) hates his life. His only pride is his son, Pip, then serving in the U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam. When a young bettor uses company funds to bet with Max, then loses everything, Max returns his money, angering Max's bosses. Written by David Stevens
Taking on the Vietnam War in 1963, Always taking on some nonsense from our society. Such a writer. As written in another comment on Rod..." Is there a writer that exists today that is as hard-hitting and prodigious as Serling was?
I hold him in awe not only because he did so much work, (and high-quality work at that) but also because so much of his stuff still holds up so well even today.
I mean, The Twilight Zone will be hitting the half-century mark in two years, yet there seem to be a lot of younger people who like and identify with the stories.
And for the life of me, I can't think of anyone else who's written for TV that can make the same claim (but perhaps you can)." Exactly.