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
In 1963, Most Americans were barely aware of our increasing involvement in Vietnam. However, three TV shows pioneered in Using it as a theme. Many people forget that the character who replaced Buzz Murdock on Route 66 was a Vietnam veteran. Several of the episodes allude to his experiences in Vietnam. That forgotten, under-rated, college drama, Channing, had an episode called A Window on The War, in which Don Gordon enrolled at Channing, in part to "get back" at a pro-war Professor.Finally, there was this wonderful episode of the Twilight Zone. Jack Klugman plays a slightly sleazy bookie, who cares about one thing, his son "Pip" ( Imagine! A bookie who reads Dickens!) Klugman learns that his place has been wounded in battle in some place called "South Vietnam' So, these sadly washed up man decides to offer God his life in exchange for that of his son. A moving morality tale.