S4YA S313 – Once Upon a Time – Twilight Zone

Phil Rood from the Blazing Caribou Studios podcast, Brokebot Mountain, joins me to discuss the Buster Keaton TZ classic, Once Upon a Time!

Phil is an illustrator and a comic artist who plays guitar and co hosts the aforementioned Brokebot Mountain… he also raises kids and cats! You can see what he’s doing with The Adventures of Professor Whiskers here!

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SHOW NOTES – Once Upon a Time

Show Info

Originally aired: 1961-12-15

Starring:

Buster Keaton (as Woodrow Mulligan)

Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod (No. Directed Horse Feathers and Monkey Business (Marx Brothers comedies))

Teleplay by: Richard Matheson (Don’t Even…)

You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: a man trades his pants for a dumb looking hat that reminds of a time when steak was cheaper

* Me: An accidental time traveller longs for the sound of silence

* IMDB: Janitor Woodrow Mulligan gets a trip from 1890 to 1962 courtesy of his employer’s time helmet.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

Unlike any twilight zone

Comedy ness

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Longing for different times

Silent film vs 

Crazy by the noise

The Fixit shop

Richard Matheson

Stray Observations

What do you rate the episode?

⅘ old timey bicycles

4.5/5 bicycles

Choose your Own Endventure

Phil – Reveals that the fixit guy crossed the wire and sent them forward and ended up in an episode of the Jordan Peele Twilight Zone

Brandon – Goes back to the past and gets a Farmer’s Almanac and goes back to the future to afford the Steak of the Future

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