S4YA S311 – Still Valley- Twilight Zone

Matt Hurt joins the show again to cover the importance of avoiding an on-the-nose book about witchcraft in, “Still Valley”!

Matt is the host of Anthology, a podcast where he watches and reviews The Twilight Zone as a first time viewer. He also hosts The Obsessive Viewer, a general movie/tv discussion show and Tower Junkies, a podcast devoted to Stephen King with a special focus on The Dark Tower series.

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SHOW NOTES – Still Valley

Show Info

Originally aired: 1961-11-24

Starring:

Vaughn Taylor (as Teague) ((was in 5 episodes!))

Gary Merrill (as Paradine)

Directed by: James Sheldon (6 other episodes)

Written by: Based on “The Valley Was Still” by Manley Wade Wellman 

You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: Confederate soldier stumbles into elegey esque town, finds warlock gets book and doesn’t use it

* Me: The Confederacy debates on whether to use books to win a war

* IMDB: In June 1863, Confederate soldiers come across a warlock who can help bring victory to the Southern cause.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

Just ok not that interesting

Not sure what it was trying to say

Stray Observations

Making Confederates actual bad guys… but not

Fascination with Civil War

Book named Witchcraft… does that count as show don’t tell?

Squanders too much time showing still valley

What do you rate the episode?

Matt: 5.5/10 Warlocks

Me: 5.5/10

Choose your Own Endventure

Matt – Slaughtered because they use the book. Arrogance

Brandon – Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies

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