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In Praise of Pip

  • Episode aired Sep 27, 1963
  • TV-PG
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Jack Klugman in The Twilight Zone (1959)
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A wearied bookie, learning of his grown soldier son Pip dying in South Vietnam, gets to spend one last delightful hour with a ten-year-old version of him at an amusement park.A wearied bookie, learning of his grown soldier son Pip dying in South Vietnam, gets to spend one last delightful hour with a ten-year-old version of him at an amusement park.A wearied bookie, learning of his grown soldier son Pip dying in South Vietnam, gets to spend one last delightful hour with a ten-year-old version of him at an amusement park.

  • Director
    • Joseph M. Newman
  • Writer
    • Rod Serling
  • Stars
    • Jack Klugman
    • Connie Gilchrist
    • Bobby Diamond
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    2K
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    • Director
      • Joseph M. Newman
    • Writer
      • Rod Serling
    • Stars
      • Jack Klugman
      • Connie Gilchrist
      • Bobby Diamond
    • 23User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Jack Klugman in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Rod Serling in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jack Klugman and Connie Gilchrist in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jack Klugman and S. John Launer in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jack Klugman, Russell Horton, S. John Launer, and Kreg Martin in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jack Klugman and Bill Mumy in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jack Klugman and Bill Mumy in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Bill Mumy in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jack Klugman in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jack Klugman in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jack Klugman in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Jack Klugman in The Twilight Zone (1959)

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    Jack Klugman
    Jack Klugman
    • Max Phillips
    Connie Gilchrist
    Connie Gilchrist
    • Mrs. Feeny
    Bobby Diamond
    Bobby Diamond
    • Pvt. Pip
    • (as Robert Diamond)
    Bill Mumy
    Bill Mumy
    • Young Pip
    • (as Billy Mumy)
    Ross Elliott
    Ross Elliott
    • Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Gerald Gordon
    Gerald Gordon
    • Lieutenant
    • (uncredited)
    Russell Horton
    Russell Horton
    • George Reynold
    • (uncredited)
    S. John Launer
    S. John Launer
    • Moran
    • (uncredited)
    Kreg Martin
    Kreg Martin
    • Gunman
    • (uncredited)
    Stuart Nisbet
    Stuart Nisbet
    • Surgeon
    • (uncredited)
    Rod Serling
    Rod Serling
    • Narrator
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • Joseph M. Newman
    • Writer
      • Rod Serling
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    • Trivia
      The favorite Twilight Zone of Rod Serling's daughter Anne Serling. Watching she noticed several conversations between son Pip and father Pop were almost identical to banter she had with her father. Rod Serling nicknamed his daughter Pop, not Pip, and the final image on screen which fits the narrative was also a personal message to his daughter.
    • Goofs
      In the beginning when Max opens the whiskey bottle. He throws the cap away. In the next scene he is screwing the cap onto the bottle and tosses the bottle into a drawer.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: [Closing Narration] Very little comment here, save for this small aside: that the ties of flesh are deep and strong, that the capacity to love is a vital, rich and all-consuming function of the human animal, and that you can find nobility and sacrifice and love wherever you may seek it out: down the block, in the heart, or in the Twilight Zone.

    • Connections
      Featured in Not Fade Away (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Twilight Zone Theme
      (theme song)

      Composed by Marius Constant

      (seasons 2-5)

    User reviews23

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    9/10
    A Tour de Force for Jack Klugman
    This is incredibly cinematic for a TV show. The use of the hall of mirrors is remindful of The Third Man and Harry Lime. I'm sure there was a little of that in Serling's mind when he did this episode. This is an excellent story. It begins with a soldier, lying on a litter, ready to be taken to an evac hospital. He has little chance of survival. Cut to Jack Klugman's character, a cheap bookie who has no prospects. His son Phillip, called Pip, is the soldier. He is the only thing of significance in the man's life. He worries about him and expects news from time to time. He is, of course, at the beck and call of the guy who runs the book. Anyway, Klugman gets news that his son is dying in Vietnam (a place that many didn't know very well as of yet). To save another young man, he takes a bullet from a thug, retaliates, and goes on the run, rapidly losing blood. This is where Pip comes in. He appears as a child, giving Klugman's character a chance to spend some time with him. The man is known as a guy who has never made a sacrifice for anyone. Now he gets his chance. Very good episode.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 27, 1963 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cayuga Productions
      • CBS Television Network
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    • Runtime
      25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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