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"The Twilight Zone" Once Upon a Time (1961)
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"The Twilight Zone" (1959)Original Air Date:
15 December 1961 (Season 3, Episode 13)Plot:
Janitor Woodrow Mulligan gets a trip from 1890 to 1962 courtesy of his employer's time helmet. | add synopsisUser Comments:
Dreadful moreCast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Buster Keaton | ... | Woodrow Mulligan |
 | Stanley Adams | ... | Rollo |
| James Flavin | ... | 1962 Policeman |
| Gil Lamb | ... | 1890 Policeman |
| Jesse White | ... | Repair Man |
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USAFun Stuff
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The old-fashioned clothes wringer that Buster is using to wash his pants in the beginning is the same kind of wringer that crushed his right forefinger when he was 3 years old. A curious little boy, he got his finger caught in the rollers and a doctor had to amputate it at the first knuckle. In this episode, he gets the same finger caught in the wringer for laughs. moreFAQ
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They played this on the July 4th Twilight Zone marathon and this is, hands down, the worst Twilight Zone episode I've ever seen. It's completely out of sync with the rest of the series in its tone. Even though Twilight Zone is a pretty uneven series and many episodes end up being groaningly predictable, this one was completely out of place. Compare this to legendary episodes like "A Stop at Willoughby" or "Midnight Sun", and you realize there is no comparison.
Buster Keaton did what he could with such terrible material, and frankly it surprises me that someone of his historic comedy stature would stoop to the level of this episode. Even though he seemed to be giving it some effort, he MUST have needed the money... there's no other explanation.