CBS wanted Orson Welles as the narrator/host, but the producers felt that he asked for too much money.
Rod Serling invited any viewers to submit a script. He was flooded with over 14,000 scripts, and he actually got around to reading 500 of them. But only two were any good, and he couldn't use them because they didn't fit the format of the show.
The original version of the Twilight Zone pilot featured narration by Westbrook Van Voorhis. Van Voorhis' narration was replaced by that of Rod Serling when the show actually aired.
Produced by Cayuga Productions, Inc., in association with the CBS Television Network. Most episodes filmed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. Pilot episode filmed at Universal-International Studios. Some second season episodes (1960-61) were videotaped at CBS Television City. Originally syndicated by CBS Films and then by its successor, Viacom, now Paramount Television.
All episodes in Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 5 were thirty minutes in length. Episodes in Season 4 (airing from January to May 1963) were one hour in length.
Some episodes of the series were shot on videotape.
Of the 3 "Twilight Zone" TV series over the years, this is the only one which does not include Rod Serling's image during the opening credits. Of course, this is the only one of the series to have the opening voice-over performed by Serling.
A comic book version of this series, "hosted" by the artistic image of Rod Serling, ran until 1982 - long after the real Serling had died.
Ranked #8 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Top Cult Shows Ever!" (30 May 2004 issue).
Rod Serling was ranked #1 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" (1 August 2004 issue).
Due to budgetary constraints in its second season, the network decided to cut costs by shooting some episodes on videotape rather than film. Because videotape was a relatively primitive medium in the early 1960s, the editing of tape was next to impossible. Thus, each of the 6 episodes was "camera-cut" as in live TV, on a studio sound stage, using a total of four cameras. The requisite multi-camera setup of the videotape experiment, pretty much precluded location shooting, severely limiting the potential scope of the story-lines, and so, the short-lived experiment was ultimately abandoned. The 6 videotaped episodes were titled: "The Lateness of the Hour" (12/2/60); "Static" (3/10/61); "The Whole Truth" (1/20/61); "Night of the Meek" (12/23/60); "Twenty-Two" (2/10/61); "Long Distance Call" (3/3/61)
The first image in Twilight Zone history was of a lone man walking on a road (the episode "Where Is Everybody?"). Rod Serling's first lines of narration were, "The place is here. The time is now. And the journey into the shadows that we're about to watch could be our journey."
[Opening narration - season 4 & 5]
Narrator:
You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone.
Pat:
Mr. Chambers! Don't get on that ship! The rest of the book, "To Serve Man", it's... it's a cookbook!
Bob Wilson:
There's someone on the wing!
[Opening narration (season 1]
Narrator:
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
Talky Tina:
My name is Talky Tina, and I'm going to kill you.
[Opening narration - season 1 alternate]
Narrator:
You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!
[Opening narration - season 2]
Narrator:
You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!
[Opening narration - season 3]
Narrator:
You are traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!
Anthony Fremont:
No kids came to play with me today, not a single one, and I wanted someone to play with!
Mr. Fremont:
Well, Anthony, you remember what happened the last time some kids came over to play. The little Fredricks boy and his sister.
Anthony Fremont:
I had a real good time.
Mr. Fremont:
Oh, sure you did, you had a real good time, and it's good that you have a good time, it's real good. It's just that...
Anthony Fremont:
It's just that what?
Mr. Fremont:
Well, Anthony, you uh... you wished them away into the cornfield, and their mommy and daddy were real upset.
Mr. Fremont:
It's snowing outside! Anthony, are you making it snow?
Anthony Fremont:
Yes, I'm making it snow.
Mr. Fremont:
Why that'll ruin half the crops! You know that, don't you, half the crops! That's what that... But it's good that you're making it snow, Anthony, it's real good. And tomorrow, tomorrow's going to be a real good day too!
Charlie:
Look! Look, I swear it isn't me! I swear it isn't! But I know who it is! I know who the monster is! I know who it is that doesn't belong among us! I swear I know who it is!
Don:
Alright, Charlie, let's hear it.
Charlie:
It's... it's...
Les:
Well, what are you waiting for!
Don:
Come on Charlie, come on!
Old Man:
Who is it, Charlie? Tell us!
Charlie:
It's the kid! It's Tommy! He's the one!
Chris Miller:
What is it?
Bill:
The opening.
Ruth Miller:
To what?
Bill:
I think... to another dimension.
Hanford:
[at dinner] ... So what are your world views, Driscoll?
Paul Driscoll:
...I don't have any, Mr. Hanford.
Hanford:
Of course you do, man. We ALL do! Like all this nonsense about giving the Indians land. What we need are twenty General Custers and a hundred thousand men! What we should have done is swept across the prairie, destroying every redskin that stood before us. After that, we should have planted the American flag deep, high and proud!
Abigail:
I think the country is tired of fighting, Mr. Hanford. I think we were bled dry by the Indian Wars. I think anything we can accomplish peacefully, with treaties, we should accomplish that way.
Hanford:
Now, I trust this isn't the path you spoon-feed your students. Treaties, indeed! Peace, indeed! Why, the virility of a nation is in direct proportion to its military prowess. I LIVE for the day when this country SWEEPS AWAY...
[notices Driscoll's disapproving look]
Hanford:
... You some kind of a pacifist, Driscoll?
Paul Driscoll:
No, just some sick idiot who's seen too many boys die because of too many men who fight their battles at dining room tables... and who probably wouldn't last forty-five seconds in a REAL skirmish if they WERE thrust into it.
Hanford:
...I take offense at that remark, Mr. Driscoll!
Paul Driscoll:
And I take offense at "armchair warriors," who don't know what a shrapnel, or a bullet, or a saber wound feels like... who've never smelled death after three days on an empty battlefield... who've never seen the look on a man's face when he realizes he's lost a limb or two, and his blood is seeping out. Mr. Hanford, you have a great affinity for "planting the flag deep." But you don't have a nodding acquaintance of what it's like for families to bury their sons in the same soil!
Adam Grant:
Well, Jiggs, don't you think that all of this is just a little bit too much the way it should be?
Jiggs:
I don't get you.
Adam Grant:
Well, I mean it's so pat. I got tried and sentenced the same day. It doesn't work like that! But you see, that's the way that I saw it in my mind, and so that's the way it is! Or you take this place here, you and Coley and his harmonica or Phillips and his mother. It's like a movie. Real death houses aren't like that, but you see I've never been in a real death house, so that's my impression of it!
Paul Carson:
Fifteen more minutes. That's another thing. Why does this always happen around midnight?
Henry Ritchie:
Because that's when it happens!
Paul Carson:
Yeah, but why?
Henry Ritchie:
You tell me why.
Paul Carson:
According to Grant, he doesn't know anything about these matters except what he sees in the movies, and in the movies it always happens at midnight.
Henry Ritchie:
Because movies are technically accurate.
Paul Carson:
Yeah, that's strange too when you come to think of it.
Narrator:
A word to the wise - to all the children of the 20th century: whether their concern be pediatrics or geriatrics, whether they crawl on hands and knees and wear diapers, or walk with a cane and comb their beards. There's a wonderous magic to Christmas and there's a special power reserved for little people. In short, there's nothing mightier than the meek.
Narrator:
This is Mr. Henry Corwin, normally unemployed, who once a year takes the lead role in a uniquely popular American institution, that of a department store Santa Claus, in a road-company version of The Night Before Christmas. But in just a moment, Mr. Henry Corwin, ersatz Santa Claus, will enter a strange kind of North Pole, which is one part the wonderous spirit of Christmas and one part the magic that can only be found in the Twilight Zone.
Emily:
[referring to the Mardis Gras masks he has presented them with] ... Father, you don't mean we have to WEAR these ugly things...?
Jason Foster:
Only for a few hours, my dear. Only until the unmasking at midnight.
Paula:
Well, I won't wear mine.
Wilfred Jr.:
Me neither. It's stupid.
Wilfred:
Well, Father... It seems we're somewhat at odds here.
Jason Foster:
Not really, Wilfred. You all came here for one purpose, and one purpose only: to watch me go and cry "Bon Voyage!" To put coins on my closed eyes, and with your free hands start grabbing things from my shelves!
Emily:
Father, that's cruel!
Jason Foster:
That's TRUTH! You came like the IRS: to reap everything I've sown, to collect everything I've earned, to claim everything I've built! Well, I shall not disappoint you. Everything is yours! The will is prepared, and the four of you inherit everything I own: money, house, property holdings, stocks, bonds, everything.
Wilfred:
Father, you're breaking our HEARTS!
Jason Foster:
Well, that's the most touching thing you ever dredged up by way of conversation, Wilfred... But I must include this addenda, this small proviso: You shall wear your masks, as directed, not taking them off until midnight. Should even ONE of you commit the SLIGHTEST DEVIATION from this proviso... from my estate you shall each receive train fare back to Boston. And that's IT!
Wilfred:
...Well, we won't be spoil-sports! If this is your pleasure, Father, we'll indulge you!
[They all don the masks]
Jason Foster:
[dying] ... It's the moment you've all been waiting for, I believe. Now you can dig deep in the treasury.
Emily:
Are you feeling weaker, Father?
Jason Foster:
At last... a note of hope in your voice, Emily?
Emily:
Why must you always say such cruel and miserable things to me?
Wilfred:
I quite agree, Father!
Jason Foster:
Why indeed, my loved ones! Because you're cruel and miserable people! Because none of you RESPOND to love! Emily responds only to what her petty hungers dictate, a prime example of this being her marriage to Wilfred... a marriage which broke her dear late mother's heart, in every sense! Wilfred responds only to things that have weight and mass and gaugeable value! He MEASURES novels, he doesn't experience them! He JUDGES artwork, he doesn't seek out its beauty or its meaning! And Paula lives in a mirror; the world is nothing more to her than a reflection of herself. And her brother... Humanity to him is a small animal, caught in a trap, waiting to be tormented! His pleasure is the giving of pain, and from this he receives the same sense of fulfillment most people get from a kiss or an embrace! You're CARICATURES, ALL of you! Even without your masks, you're CARICATURES!
Henry Bemis:
And the best thing, the very best thing of all, is there's time now... there's all the time I need and all the time I want. Time, time, time. There's time enough at last.
[Henry goes to pick up a book, but in doing so his glasses fall off and break. He slowly raises his glasses to his face, seeing they are completely broken]
Henry Bemis:
That's not fair. That's not fair at all. There was time now. There was, was all the time I needed...
Subaltern:
[after losing his composure, and calling out to God, in front of the late Romney Wordsworth - and on national television - the Chancellor, the EX-Chancellor, enters the State Judgement Chamber... and discovers that he has been replaced by the FORMER Subaltern] Stay where you are. No further. You have been removed from office; the Field Investigators have declared you OBSOLETE.
Chancellor:
...Obsolete?
Subaltern:
[like a robot] You have disgraced the State before the masses. You have proven yourself a hypocrite, and a traitor to the ideals of the State; you have, as such, no function. You are OBSOLETE.
Chancellor:
But I'm not! I'm NOT obsolete!
Subaltern:
YOU ARE OBSOLETE!
Chancellor:
[becoming hysterical] You're making a mistake! *I'm not obsolete!* I BELIEVE in the State! I WORK for the State! I help give the State STRENGTH! How can you call ME obsolete? HOW CAN YOU?
Subaltern:
YOU ARE OBSOLETE...!
[dozens of shouting jurors pounce on the ex-Chancellor and tear him to ribbons]
Franklin Gibbs:
[after maniacally playing a slot machine for nearly 24 hours, it "deliberately" breaks down on him] ... Give me back my dollar, you miserable dirty... That's my last dollar!
[He attacks the machine and pushes it over; it crashes to the floor]
Franklin Gibbs:
GIVE ME BACK MY DOLLAR!
[he is dragged out of the casino by security guards]
Chambers:
This is the way nightmares begin, or, perhaps end. Very simple, direct, unadorned. Incredible, and yet so terribly real that even while they're happening we live with them, and digest them, and assimilate them. And if it's twelve o'clock noon, that's what you preoccupy yourself with. You don't think about twelve o'clock noon on the next day, or the day after that. But that's what we should have been thinking about, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow.
Narrator:
You are looking at Mr. Fred Renard, who carries on his shoulder a chip the size of the national debt. This is a sour man. A friendless man. A lonely man. A grasping, compulsive, nervous man. This is a man who lived thirty-six undistinguished, meaningless, pointless, failure-laden years. And who, at this moment, looks for an escape, any escape, any way, anything, anybody to get our of the rut.
Followed by
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
"The Twilight Zone" (1985)
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994) (TV)
"The Twilight Zone" (2002)
Remade as
"Urutora Q" (1965)
Spin off from
"Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" (1958)
- an episode served as the pilot
"Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: The Time Element (#1.6)" (1958)
- This time travel episode served as the first pilot for Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone."
Referenced in
Bikini Beach (1964)
Blood Freak (1972)
- A female character says "It's like something from 'Star Trek' or 'The Twilight Zone'".
"All in the Family: Archie and the Computer (#4.7)" (1973)
- When a computer error pronounces Archie dead, Mike suggests, "Or maybe you're in the Twilight Zone, and you really are dead!" Mike and Gloria then hum the Twilight Zone theme.
Buque maldito, El (1974)
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) (TV)
- "I saw a thing about it on 'Twilight Zone'."
Paura nella città dei morti viventi (1980)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Dernier combat, Le (1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Lost in America (1985)
Gotcha! (1985)
My Science Project (1985)
Super Mario Bros. (1985) (VG)
"Moonlighting: Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde? (#2.1)" (1985)
- Richard says that he feels it was like in "The Twilight Zone" when he found the money.
G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) (V)
Out on a Limb (1987) (TV)
Alien Predator (1987)
Mannequin (1987)
- For a moment Jonathan thinks he's in the twilight zone
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987) (TV)
- Mentioned by Jaimie's TV obsessed patient
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Howling III (1987)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait (1988) (V)
The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound (1988)
- Mentioned in dialogue.
"The Charmings: The Man Who Came to Dinner (#2.13)" (1988)
- Don sings the theme to the Twilight Zone.
The Great Outdoors (1988)
- When the Ripley boys see the twins for the first time, the Twilight Zone theme plays as the camera zooms in on the girls' faces.
Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) (VG)
The 'burbs (1989)
- Many similarities to the episode "The Monsters Are Due On Marple Street".
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Fletch Lives (1989)
- fletch hums the zone theme while in the swamp
Uncle Buck (1989)
- When Bob and Cindy are backing out of the driveway, Buck plays the theme from "The Twilight Zone" on the piano.
Cadillac Man (1990)
- Towards the very end when Joey is telling Larry that he is crazy; he says, "You came into the Twilight Zone".
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
- When the Babysitter reveals her true (evil) nature, the Twilight Zone theme is heard.
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)
- Ms Trent says is this the Twilight Zone? Where is Rod Sterling
Strictly Business (1991)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (#4.21)" (1991)
- mentioned by title
Wayne's World (1992)
Ground Zero Texas (1993) (VG)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bride of the Monster (#5.23)" (1993)
- intro immitated by Joel and the robots
Bound by Honor (1993)
- Mentioned in the conversation at the end
Last Action Hero (1993)
Lush Life (1993) (TV)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- screenshot in scene
"Seinfeld: The Cigar Store Indian (#5.10)" (1993)
- Mentioned by name
What Happened Was... (1994)
- Makes reference to a flickering light as being something out of "The Twilight Zone".
Natural Born Killers (1994)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Creeping Terror (#7.6)" (1994)
- Servo: Maybe this is the doorway to another dimension.
The River Wild (1994)
The Bitch Is Back (1995)
- Doll hums theme song twice.
Tommy Boy (1995)
- a character mentions it
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror VI (#7.6)" (1995)
- Homer's line "This is just like that twilighty show about that zone"
It Takes Two (1995)
Jumanji (1995)
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996)
- There is an overt reference in the musical score to the famous "doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo" incidental music of Twilight Zone.
Macabre Pair of Shorts (1996)
Bandwagon (1996)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
Christmas Every Day (1996) (TV)
- Billy called his situation a Christmas episode of The Twilight Zone.
Mars Attacks! (1996)
- the opening scene in Mars Attacks references the Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" where they hear a flying saucer and in Mars Attacks the speech sounds like it is directly from that episode down to a person with references even to the fact that the people witnessing it at first are two male neighbors
"The Nanny: The Nose Knows (#4.15)" (1997)
- Fran says that her version of The Zone Diet is more like The Twilight Zone.
Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
Contact (1997)
Northern Lights (1997) (TV)
In & Out (1997)
Trespasser (1998) (VG)
The X Files Game (1998) (VG)
- The character Mary mentions the twilight zone.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hobgoblins (#10.7)" (1998)
- "Burgees Meridith is in there reading"
Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998) (TV)
Free Enterprise (1998)
Practical Magic (1998)
- "...damn Twilight Zone"
Staring at Headlights (1999)
Psalm II: 'Walking Distance' (1999)
Judy Berlin (1999)
Virus (1999)
Payback (1999/I)
- Episode - The Jeopardy Room (Would-be victim turns table on assasin with exploding telephone call)
"Red Dwarf: Back in the Red: Part 1 (#8.1)" (1999)
- Referenced by name
The Sixth Sense (1999)
"Family Guy: Love Thy Trophy (#2.5)" (2000)
- Rod Serling appears/the neighborhood strife is similar to the episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"
"Freaks and Geeks: Kim Kelly Is My Friend (#1.4)" (2000)
- Neil does his own version of the Twilight Zone intro
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
CyberWorld (2000)
Lucky Numbers (2000)
Dracula 2000 (2000)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy (2002) (V)
- referenced by Bob Gale
Psalm III: 'Night of the Meek' (2002)
Interstate 60 (2002)
- Opening scene, OW Grant's line upon entering I-60
Disappearance (2002) (TV)
- Kids mock TZ narrator "a land where cell phones don't work" while entering town
TV Guide 50 Best Shows of All Time: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002) (TV)
WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) (VG)
xXx (2002)
I'm with Lucy (2002)
Cultivision (Collapsing Stars) (2002)
Just Married (2003)
The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003) (VG)
- Like the Simpsons show, many of the horror elements are in homage to the Twilight Zone
The Fighting Temptations (2003)
The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)
- Makes the countdown, is talked about.
"Angels in America" (2003) (mini)
- "You're still an honorary citizen of The Twilight Zone."
Time Enough at Last (2004)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- "The Twilight Zone" is mentioned by name in the Harold and Kumar movie.
The Terminal (2004)
- Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci) talks to one of his subordinates about how good The Twilight Zone is.
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
- Someone hums the theme from "the Twilight Zone."
Collateral (2004)
- The Jamie Fox cabdriver character says, at one point late in the film, "This whole night has been like an episode of 'Twilight Zone.'"
'Duel': A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg (2004) (V)
- mentioned once
"Veronica Mars: Silence of the Lamb (#1.11)" (2005)
- (after something weird happens) "I'll just have Rod Serling wait on the couch."
Film Geek (2005)
- Scotty has a book called "The Twilight Zone Companion"
Say Uncle (2005)
- "It was like something out of The Twilight Zone."
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
- Mentioned by Ethan Thomas in court
Beverly Kills (2005)
- "I even got one of those really wonderful spinning spirals like The Twilight Zone"
Inside 'Never Among Friends' (2005) (V)
Rent (2005)
- in one song they sing about how life is like the twilight zone
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
- When Doug returns he tells others about bunch of abandoned cars he saw. He says "It was like The Twilight Zone".
The Secret (2006) (V)
- Mentioned by one of the commentators (who also mimics the title music)
Red Dwarf: The Tank - Series VIII (2006) (V)
- Referenced by name
Mammoth (2006) (TV)
- Mentioned by Jack in front of the movie theater.
RV (2006)
- Cassie says that the Gornickes are "like that hitch-hiker in The Twilight Zone"
Desperation (2006) (TV)
- guy jokingly says the opening lines to this show after seeing something strange
"Eureka: Pilot (#1.1)" (2006)
- mentioned by name
Broken Bridges (2006)
- "If this is going to get all 'Twilight Zone', tell me now."
"Masters of Horror: Valerie on the Stairs (#2.8)" (2006)
- line: "...there's a signpost up ahead...you've entered the Twilight Zone."
Featured in
"Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe: US Special" (????)
- Clip shown.
Saturday the 14th (1981)
- This is the show that the family watches the first night in the house.
Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown (1994) (TV)
- clips from this show are in this special
"American Masters: Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval" (1995)
"Biography: Leonard Nimoy: Spock and Beyond" (1996)
- At least one clip from the episode "A Quality of Mercy (1961)" was included in this "Biography" episode.
Strange Planet (1999)
Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001) (TV)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)
- Clips are shown.
CBS at 75 (2003) (TV)
- a clip is featured
"Svengoolie: Svengoolie's TV Graveyard: Zoned Out" (2005)
- This film is featured in this episode.
"Svengoolie: Svengoolie's TV Graveyard: Back in the Zone!" (2005)
- Episodes from this tv show were featured.
Spoofed in
"The Dick Van Dyke Show: It May Look Like a Walnut! (#2.20)" (1963)
- Rob has an alien invasion nightmare and wonders if he's "In the Twilo Zone."
"Saturday Night Live: Paul Simon/George Harrison (#2.8)" (1976)
- Spoofed in Twilight Zone skit
"Saturday Night Live: (#5.18)" (1980)
- spoofed as "The Dating Zone"
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
- Ted Striker looks out the port window and sees the two crewmembers floating in space. He turns to his seat partner and says, "Did you see that?" " What?" she says. "There's two crewmembers out there look!" The bodies are gone. "I'm afraid there's nothing out there but empty space." the woman says. This spoofs the Twilight episode "Terror at 20,000 Feet."
Strange But True Football Stories (1987) (TV)
"The Facts of Life: Seven Little Indians (#8.12)" (1987)
- The tone of the episode, and the narrator, are meant to parody this series.
Really Weird Tales (1987) (TV)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991) (VG)
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror III (#4.5)" (1992)
- The evil krusty doll segment spoofs an episode of this show where a doll tries to kill it's owner.
"Animaniacs: The Flame/Four Score and Seven Migraines Ago (#1.20)" (1993)
- The Animaniacs parody the opening sequence to this show on a train, the floating objects on a black background can be seen in the window.
Tiny Toon Adventures: Night Ghoulery (1995) (TV)
- The final segment is a parody of the famous Twilight Zone episode with the Gremlin on the plane
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Little Cobras: Operation Dalmatian (1997)
The Last Episode (1999)
"Family Guy: Love Thy Trophy (#2.5)" (2000)
- Rod Serling appears in the episode to give a typical exposition seen on the show.
CyberWorld (2000)
MTV 20: Jams (2001) (V)
- "Me, Myself and I" spoofs the show
"Futurama: Spanish Fry (#5.12)" (2003)
- Show within the show "The Scary Door" spoofs this show.
Mysterious Tales of Unexpected Horror (2003) (V)
"Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" (2004)
- the opening sequence is a shot-for-shot parody complete with dated special effects and similar music.
"Robot Chicken: Midnight Snack (#1.12)" (2005)
- a spoof of Rod Serling's narration
"Cold Case: Rampage (#4.1)" (2006)
- At the beginning the two kids spoofs the opening speech of The Twilight Zone.