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"The Twilight Zone" To Serve Man (1962)
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Original Air Date:
2 March 1962
(Season 3, Episode 24)
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An alien race comes to earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A linguist and his team set out to translate the alien's language, using a book whose title they deduce is "To Serve Man". full summary | full synopsis
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Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast)| Lloyd Bochner | ... | Chambers | |
| Susan Cummings | ... | Patty | |
| Richard Kiel | ... | Kanamit | |
| Hardie Albright | ... | Secretary General | |
| Theodore Marcuse | ... | Gregori | |
| Bartlett Robinson | ... | Colonel #1 | |
| Carleton Young | ... | Colonel #2 (as Carlton Young) | |
| Nelson Olmsted | ... | Scientist | |
| Robert Tafur | ... | Señor Valdes | |
| Lomax Study | ... | Leveque | |
| Jerry Fujikawa | ... | Japanese Delegate (as J.H. Fujikawa) |
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25 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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The full size lower portion of the Kanamits' transport spaceship is the adapted version, with retractable stairway, of the saucer-shaped United Planets Cruiser C-57D, seen in MGM's 1956 film _Forbidden Planet (1956)_.
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the beginning when Mr. Chambers asks the computer what time it is on Earth and is told twelve noon, he is asking a source aware of Earth's different time-zones, yet is given the answer of his own time, Eastern Standard time, since it is known that this is what he is referring to.
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Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: S&M Present (#1.9)" (2005)
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The episode begins with a race from another planet coming to Earth and offering to make all our problems disappear. Despite our natural distrust of such claims, the planet soon becomes a paradise--with plenty to eat, peace throughout the land and humans praising these well-intentioned beings. However, despite the windfall, two translators who work for the United Nations doggedly try to unlock the alien language contained in one of their books. So far, they only have been able to translate the title, "To Serve Man", but the rest alludes them.
When it comes to the excellent show THE TWILIGHT ZONE, you can't find a better episode than this one--and that's saying a lot because they made quite a few gems. That's because this one is based on a short story that is so gosh-darn clever that you can't help but admire the episode. Plus, the acting, sets and mood is so well created that it just screams "quality television".