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Where Is Everybody?

  • Episode aired Oct 2, 1959
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 25m
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7.9/10
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Earl Holliman in The Twilight Zone (1959)
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Mike Ferris finds himself alone in the small Oakwood town and without recollection about his name, where he is or who he is. Mike wanders through the town trying to find a living soul. The t... Read allMike Ferris finds himself alone in the small Oakwood town and without recollection about his name, where he is or who he is. Mike wanders through the town trying to find a living soul. The tension increases and Mike has a breakdown.Mike Ferris finds himself alone in the small Oakwood town and without recollection about his name, where he is or who he is. Mike wanders through the town trying to find a living soul. The tension increases and Mike has a breakdown.
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    • Robert Stevens
    • Rod Serling
  • Stars
    • Earl Holliman
    • James Gregory
    • Paul Langton
    • Robert Stevens
    • Rod Serling
  • Stars
    • Earl Holliman
    • James Gregory
    • Paul Langton
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    • 51User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Earl Holliman in Where Is Everybody? (1959)
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    Where Is Everybody? (1959)
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    Earl Holliman
    Earl Holliman
    • Mike Ferris
    James Gregory
    James Gregory
    • Air Force General
    Paul Langton
    Paul Langton
    • Doctor
    James McCallion
    James McCallion
    • Reporter #1
    John Conwell
    • Air Force Colonel
    Jay Overholts
    • Reporter #2
    • (as Jay Overholt)
    Carter Mullally Jr.
    • Air Force Captain
    • (as Carter Mullaly)
    Garry Walberg
    Garry Walberg
    • Reporter #3
    • (as Gary Walberg)
    Jim Johnson
    • Air Force Staff Sergeant
    Rod Serling
    Rod Serling
    • Narrator
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    • (uncredited)
      • Robert Stevens
      • Rod Serling
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    • Trivia
      Although this was the first aired episode of The Twilight Zone (1959), it is not the first one written. Rod Serling wrote an episode called "The Happy Place", which was rejected because of its subject matter (a society where people were executed when they turned 60), which was considered too depressing.
    • Goofs
      When Ferris is in the phone booth and hangs up the phone, a man with dark hair and glasses can be seen in the reflection of the door glass.
    • Quotes

      Air Force General: You see, we can feed the stomach with concentrates. We can supply microfilm for reading, recreation - even movies of a sort. We can pump oxygen in and waste material out. But there's one thing we can't simulate that's a very basic need. Man's hunger for companionship. The barrier of loneliness - that's one thing we haven't licked yet.

    • Connections
      Edited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: Where Is Everybody? (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Turkish Delight
      (uncredited)

      Music by Eric Cook

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    8/10
    The First
    First episode of the classic TV series deals with a man(played by Earl Holliman, from "Forbidden Planet") who finds himself alone in a small town, with no memory of who he is, or how he got there, and as the episode wears on, becomes more alarmed and unhinged, as the frustrating loneliness wears him down to the point of complete nervous collapse. Outcome was likely surprising at the time, though today may seem obvious, but Holliman's performance is fine, and true origin of his character a nice parallel to the series itself, as they were both pioneering the way for others to follow. Succeeded in selling the series to the network at least.
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    • Release date
      • October 2, 1959 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cayuga Productions
      • CBS Television Network
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    • 25 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Black and White

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