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The Twilight Zone

In Praise of Pip

  • Episode aired Sep 27, 1963
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
1.9K
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Jack Klugman in The Twilight Zone (1959)
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
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.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
1.9K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Joseph M. Newman
  • Writer
    • Rod Serling
  • Stars
    • Jack Klugman
    • Connie Gilchrist
    • Bobby Diamond
Top credits
  • Director
    • Joseph M. Newman
  • Writer
    • Rod Serling
  • Stars
    • Jack Klugman
    • Connie Gilchrist
    • Bobby Diamond
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    • 20User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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  • Photos18

    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)
    Bobby Diamond and Bill Mumy in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Ross Elliott and Gerald Gordon in The Twilight Zone (1959)

    Top cast

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    Jack Klugman
    Jack Klugman
    • Max Phillipsas Max Phillips
    Connie Gilchrist
    Connie Gilchrist
    • Mrs. Feenyas Mrs. Feeny
    Bobby Diamond
    Bobby Diamond
    • Pvt. Pipas Pvt. Pip
    Bill Mumy
    Bill Mumy
    • Young Pipas Young Pip
    Ross Elliott
    Ross Elliott
    • Doctoras Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Gerald Gordon
    Gerald Gordon
    • Lieutenantas Lieutenant
    • (uncredited)
    Russell Horton
    Russell Horton
    • George Reynoldas George Reynold
    • (uncredited)
    S. John Launer
    S. John Launer
    • Moranas Moran
    • (uncredited)
    Kreg Martin
    Kreg Martin
    • Gunmanas Gunman
    • (uncredited)
    Stuart Nisbet
    Stuart Nisbet
    • Surgeonas Surgeon
    • (uncredited)
    Rod Serling
    Rod Serling
    • Narratoras Narrator
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • Joseph M. Newman
    • Writer
      • Rod Serling
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    Storyline

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    In the early 1960s, small-time bookie Max Phillips (Jack Klugman) hates his life. His only pride is his son, Pip, who is serving the U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam. When a young man uses company funds to place a bet with Max, the man loses the wager. Max then returns his money, which angers Max's bosses. —David Stevens
    • bookie
    • amusement park
    • shooting gallery
    • injured leg
    • reference to robin hood
    • 22 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Fantasy
      • Horror
      • Mystery
      • Sci-Fi
      • Thriller
    • Certificate
      • TV-PG
    • Parents guide
      • Add content advisory

    Did you know

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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 reviews20

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    One last bet
    Small time bookie Jack Klugman has little to show for his life, but a son played by Bobby Diamond, late of the Fury series, who is now serving as one of our first combat troops in Vietnam. Diamond is wounded and on the operating table fighting for his life.

    Halfway around the world Jack Klugman who is an reflective mood returns money that some poor young schnook bet and lost with him which doesn't please his bosses. That leaves in a crisis of his own after he's wounded by those selfsame bosses.

    This episode though the title character is that of Diamond belongs to Jack Klugman who gives an impassioned performance as Max Phillips the bookmaker who makes one last bet with the forces of the universe. And those forces collect. Also note young Billy Mumy who even with black and white photography disguising his red hair and freckles doesn't quite look like a kid who would grow up to be Bobby Diamond.

    Klugman really shines in this episode, especially in his scenes with Mumy who comes to him while he's wounded as his son when he was a child whom he never was a proper dad for.

    Jack Klugman's fans should not miss this one.
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    • Mar 18, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 27, 1963 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cayuga Productions
      • CBS Television Network
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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