Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?

Episode aired May 26, 1961
TV-PG
25m

IMDb RATING

8.7/10

4.5K

YOUR RATING

Barney Phillips in The Twilight Zone (1959)

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Following a frantic phone call about a crashed spaceship on a winter night, state troopers Bill Padgett and Dan Perry try to determine who among the bus passengers at a snowed-in roadside di... Read allFollowing a frantic phone call about a crashed spaceship on a winter night, state troopers Bill Padgett and Dan Perry try to determine who among the bus passengers at a snowed-in roadside diner is a visitor from another world.Following a frantic phone call about a crashed spaceship on a winter night, state troopers Bill Padgett and Dan Perry try to determine who among the bus passengers at a snowed-in roadside diner is a visitor from another world.

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IMDb RATING

8.7/10

4.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The first draft was entitled "Night of the Big Rain," the second was called "Nobody Here But Us Martians".

Goofs
When the passengers leave the diner and board the bus, they get in on the wrong side. They enter on the side where the bus driver would normally be seated.

Quotes
Avery: She's just like a science fiction, that's what she is! A reg'lar Ray Bradbury! Six humans and one monster from outer space. You wouldn't happen to have an eye in the back of your head, would you?

Connections
Edited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up? (2022)

Soundtracks
Twilight Zone Theme
(theme song)
Composed by Marius Constant
(seasons 2-5)

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Review

Featured review

10/10

Adorable

This is one of the more adorable episodes of the Twilight Zone, with some fun dialog and amusing characters to break the tension of some creepy moments. There's the usual blond vamp "dancer" (what is up with Serling's fondness for that kind of character, such that she keeps showing up in various episodes?) and other assorted characters, but it's Jack Elam's "old man" who totally steals the show. I consider this the funny, light-hearted version of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" -- or, perhaps, a 20-minute Twilight Zone parody of "The Thing." On another note: I thought the young lover of the episode might be someone who eventually went on to other things -- he looked familiar -- but it seems that "Ron Kipling" disappeared after just two TV credits to his name.