In this episode of Key of Imagination: A Twilight Zone Show, we are going to make a sales pitch, one for the angels. If I'm going to grow my audience, I better learn how to make a sales pitch. Luckily for me, I happen to be working with some of the greatest materials ever to touch a television screen--or any screen for that matter: Rod Serling's Twilight Zone. We're going to be talking about the episode "One for the Angels," starring Ed Wynn as Lew Bookman, a man who has just been visited by Death. And when Death tries be nice, it proves problematic for a little girl named Maggie. There is a lot to unpack here. I bring in St. Thomas Aquinas, John Milton's Paradise Lost, and we talk about accepting death.
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Episode outline:
00:00 Serling - like monologue
01:06 Start of the show
02:56 Episode information
03:18 Some anecdotes and stories
04:40 My initial thoughts on the episode
07:15 Question 1
14:53 Question 2
17:30 Moments of awe
18:29 Questions for next episode: "Mr. Denton on Doomsday"
19:01 I make my pitch for likes, comments, and reviews--not fit for the angels.
No show did a better job than The Twilight Zone at generating awe and wonder within its audience. It just so happens that awe is exactly what we need in these difficult, divisive times. So, join me, Joe Meyer, and let's walk through the fifth dimension with Rod Serling. Along the way, we'll discuss big questions and relate them back to our Twilight Zone episodes.
Opening theme: "An Alien Presence"
Ending theme: by Jacob Williams @jakeproduces on Fiverr
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