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"The Twilight Zone" Monsters!/A Small Talent for War/A Matter of Minutes (1986)
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24 January 1986
(Season 1, Episode 15)
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Emile Francis Bendictson appears to be a kind senior citizen, but there's more to him than meets the eye in MONSTERS...
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A most unusual grandpa/Alien War/Time Travel in another World!
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(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Ralph Bellamy | ... | Emile Francis Bendictson (segment "Monsters!") |
| Oliver Robins | ... | Toby Michaels (segment "Monsters!") |
| Kathleen Lloyd | ... | Mrs. Michaels (segment "Monsters!") |
| Bruce Solomon | ... | Mr. Michaels (segment "Monsters!") |
| Lewis Dauber | ... | Lou Calderon (segment "Monsters!") |
| Mary Margaret Lewis | ... | Liz (segment "Monsters!") |
| Roger Hampton | ... | Mover #1 (segment "Monsters!") |
| Eve Brenner | ... | Neighbor #1 (segment "Monsters!") |
| Teryn Jenkins | ... | Neighbor #2 (segment "Monsters!") |
| John Glover | ... | Alien Ambassador (segment "A Small Talent for War") |
 | Peter Michael Goetz | ... | American Ambassador Fraser (segment "A Small Talent for War") |
| Stefan Gierasch | ... | Russian Diplomat (segment "A Small Talent for War") |
| Fran Bennett | ... | UN Chairman (segment "A Small Talent for War") |
| José Angel Santana | ... | Aide (segment "A Small Talent for War") (as José Santana) |
| Gillian Eaton | ... | British Delegate (segment "A Small Talent for War") |
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"Monsters!" has no narration, at either the beginning or the end. Neither "A Small Talent for War" nor "A Matter of Minutes" have an opening narration.
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Continuity: When the mother comes to give the kid medicine, it is 12:05. When the clock shows again, right after he takes the pills, it changes from 12:06 to 12:07. Then when the kid asks what midnight is, right after the pills, the clock shows the time change from 12:09 to 12:10 - a very quick time change.
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References Time Bandits (1981)
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This episode 15 of "The New Twilight Zone" from the 1985-1986 CBS season featured three segments "Monsters!", "A Small Talent for War", and "A Matter of Minutes".
"Monsters!" is a well done and fairy tale type of episode featuring a kid who's mind wonders just like many of us can relate to when we were kids. As in this tale a little boy will find out that his old timer grandpa Mr. Bendictson(Ralph Bellamy)is most unusual and his appearance is more than meets the eye.
"A Small Talent for War" is somewhat boring and dull dealing with a meeting and political type convention of an ambassador(John Glover) that engineered human beings many years ago for finer and strange things like becoming part of the alien race.
"A Matter of Minutes" is a tale of time race with a happy and attractive couple played by Karen Austin and Adam Arkin who awake to find themselves trapped into the future hours ahead overall a good sci-fi tale of drama and the theme of time minutes is charming.