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The Twilight Zone Episodes on CBS

1959, TV Show

Seasons:

1
- A World of His Own (Original Airdate Jul 1, 1960)
- The Mighty Casey (Original Airdate Jun 17, 1960)
- The After Hours (Original Airdate Jun 10, 1960)
- Mr. Bevis (Original Airdate Jun 3, 1960)
- A Passage for Trumpet (Original Airdate May 20, 1960)
- The Chaser (Original Airdate May 13, 1960)
- A Stop at Willoughby (Original Airdate May 6, 1960)
- Nightmare as a Child (Original Airdate Apr 29, 1960)
- A Nice Place to Visit (Original Airdate Apr 15, 1960)
- The Big Tall Wish (Original Airdate Apr 8, 1960)
- Execution (Original Airdate Apr 1, 1960)
- People Are Alike All Over (Original Airdate Mar 25, 1960)
- Long Live Walter Jameson (Original Airdate Mar 18, 1960)
- A World of Difference (Original Airdate Mar 11, 1960)
- The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (Original Airdate Mar 4, 1960)
- Mirror Image (Original Airdate Feb 26, 1960)
- Elegy (Original Airdate Feb 19, 1960)
- The Purple Testament (Original Airdate Feb 12, 1960)
- The Last Flight (Original Airdate Feb 5, 1960)
- The Fever (Original Airdate Jan 29, 1960)
- The Hitchhiker (Original Airdate Jan 22, 1960)
- I Shot an Arrow Into the Air (Original Airdate Jan 15, 1960)
- Third from the Sun (Original Airdate Jan 8, 1960)
- The Four of Us Are Dying (Original Airdate Jan 1, 1960)
- What You Need (Original Airdate Dec 25, 1959)
- And When the Sky Was Opened (Original Airdate Dec 11, 1959)
- Judgment Night (Original Airdate Dec 4, 1959)
- Perchance to Dream (Original Airdate Nov 27, 1959)
- Time Enough at Last (Original Airdate Nov 20, 1959)
- The Lonely (Original Airdate Nov 13, 1959)
- Escape Clause (Original Airdate Nov 6, 1959)
- Walking Distance (Original Airdate Oct 30, 1959)
- 16-mm Shrine (Original Airdate Oct 23, 1959)
- Mr. Denton on Doomsday (Original Airdate Oct 16, 1959)
- One for the Angels (Original Airdate Oct 9, 1959)
- Where Is Everybody? (Original Airdate Oct 2, 1959)
2
- The Obsolete Man (Original Airdate Jun 2, 1961)
- Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? (Original Airdate May 26, 1961)
- The Mind and the Matter (Original Airdate May 12, 1961)
- Shadow Play (Original Airdate May 5, 1961)
- The Silence (Original Airdate Apr 28, 1961)
- The Rip Van Winkle Caper (Original Airdate Apr 21, 1961)
- A Hundred Yards Over the Rim (Original Airdate Apr 7, 1961)
- The Prime Mover (Original Airdate Mar 24, 1961)
- Static (Original Airdate Mar 10, 1961)
- Long-Distance Call (Original Airdate Mar 3, 1961)
- Mr. Dingle, the Strong (Original Airdate Mar 3, 1961)
- The Odyssey of Flight 33 (Original Airdate Feb 24, 1961)
- Twenty-two (Original Airdate Feb 10, 1961)
- A Penny for Your Thoughts (Original Airdate Feb 3, 1961)
- The Invaders (Original Airdate Jan 27, 1961)
- The Whole Truth (Original Airdate Jan 20, 1961)
- Back There (Original Airdate Jan 13, 1961)
- Dust (Original Airdate Jan 6, 1961)
- Night of the Meek (Original Airdate Dec 23, 1960)
- A Most Unusual Camera (Original Airdate Dec 16, 1960)
- The Trouble with Templeton (Original Airdate Dec 9, 1960)
- The Lateness of the Hour (Original Airdate Dec 2, 1960)
- Nick of Time (Original Airdate Nov 18, 1960)
- Eye of the Beholder (Original Airdate Nov 11, 1960)
- The Howling Man (Original Airdate Nov 4, 1960)
- A Thing About Machines (Original Airdate Oct 28, 1960)
- Nervous Man in a $4 Room (Original Airdate Oct 14, 1960)
- The Man in the Bottle (Original Airdate Oct 7, 1960)
- King Nine Will Not Return (Original Airdate Sep 30, 1960)
3
- The Changing of the Guard (Original Airdate Jun 1, 1962)
- Cavender Is Coming (Original Airdate May 25, 1962)
- I Sing the Body Electric (Original Airdate May 18, 1962)
- Young Man's Fancy (Original Airdate May 11, 1962)
- The Dummy (Original Airdate May 4, 1962)
- The Gift (Original Airdate Apr 27, 1962)
- The Trade-ins (Original Airdate Apr 20, 1962)
- Hocus-Pocus and Frisby (Original Airdate Apr 13, 1962)
- Four O'Clock (Original Airdate Apr 6, 1962)
- The Little People (Original Airdate Mar 30, 1962)
- Person or Persons Unknown (Original Airdate Mar 23, 1962)
- Little Girl Lost (Original Airdate Mar 16, 1962)
- The Fugitive (Original Airdate Mar 9, 1962)
- To Serve Man (Original Airdate Mar 2, 1962)
- The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank (Original Airdate Feb 23, 1962)
- Piano in the House (Original Airdate Feb 16, 1962)
- Kick the Can (Original Airdate Feb 9, 1962)
- Showdown with Rance McGrew (Original Airdate Feb 2, 1962)
- The Hunt (Original Airdate Jan 26, 1962)
- Dead Man's Shoes (Original Airdate Jan 19, 1962)
- One More Pallbearer (Original Airdate Jan 12, 1962)
- Nothing in the Dark (Original Airdate Jan 5, 1962)
- Quality of Mercy (Original Airdate Dec 29, 1961)
- Five Characters in Search of an Exit (Original Airdate Dec 22, 1961)
- Once upon a Time (Original Airdate Dec 15, 1961)
- The Jungle (Original Airdate Dec 1, 1961)
- Still Valley (Original Airdate Nov 24, 1961)
- The Midnight Sun (Original Airdate Nov 17, 1961)
- Deaths-Head Revisited (Original Airdate Nov 10, 1961)
- It's a Good Life (Original Airdate Nov 3, 1961)
- The Grave (Original Airdate Oct 27, 1961)
- The Mirror (Original Airdate Oct 20, 1961)
- A Game of Pool (Original Airdate Oct 13, 1961)
- The Passersby (Original Airdate Oct 6, 1961)
- The Shelter (Original Airdate Sep 29, 1961)
- The Arrival (Original Airdate Sep 22, 1961)
- Two (Original Airdate Sep 15, 1961)
4
- The Bard (Original Airdate May 23, 1963)
- Passage on the Lady Anne (Original Airdate May 9, 1963)
- On Thursday We Leave for Home (Original Airdate May 2, 1963)
- The Incredible World of Horace Ford (Original Airdate Apr 18, 1963)
- Of Late I Think of Cliffordville (Original Airdate Apr 11, 1963)
- The New Exhibit (Original Airdate Apr 4, 1963)
- I Dream of Genie (Original Airdate Mar 21, 1963)
- The Parallel (Original Airdate Mar 14, 1963)
- No Time like the Past (Original Airdate Mar 7, 1963)
- Printer's Devil (Original Airdate Feb 28, 1963)
- Miniature (Original Airdate Feb 21, 1963)
- Jess-Belle (Original Airdate Feb 14, 1963)
- Death Ship (Original Airdate Feb 7, 1963)
- Mute (Original Airdate Jan 31, 1963)
- He's Alive (Original Airdate Jan 24, 1963)
- Valley of the Shadow (Original Airdate Jan 17, 1963)
- The 30-Fathom Grave (Original Airdate Jan 10, 1963)
- In His Image (Original Airdate Jan 3, 1963)
5
- The Bewitchin' Pool (Original Airdate Jun 19, 1964)
- The Fear (Original Airdate May 29, 1964)
- Come Wander with Me (Original Airdate May 22, 1964)
- The Brain Center at Whipple's (Original Airdate May 15, 1964)
- Mr. Garrity and the Graves (Original Airdate May 8, 1964)
- The Encounter (Original Airdate May 1, 1964)
- Stopover in a Quiet Town (Original Airdate Apr 24, 1964)
- The Jeopardy Room (Original Airdate Apr 17, 1964)
- Caesar and Me (Original Airdate Apr 10, 1964)
- Sounds and Silences (Original Airdate Apr 3, 1964)
- I Am the Night---Color Me Black (Original Airdate Mar 27, 1964)
- The Masks (Original Airdate Mar 20, 1964)
- What's in the Box (Original Airdate Mar 13, 1964)
- Queen of the Nile (Original Airdate Mar 6, 1964)
- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Original Airdate Feb 28, 1964)
- Spur of the Moment (Original Airdate Feb 21, 1964)
- From Agnes with Love (Original Airdate Feb 14, 1964)
- Night Call (Original Airdate Feb 7, 1964)
- Black Leather Jackets (Original Airdate Jan 31, 1964)
- Number Twelve Looks Just like You (Original Airdate Jan 24, 1964)
- The Self-improvement of Salvadore Ross (Original Airdate Jan 17, 1964)
- The Long Morrow (Original Airdate Jan 10, 1964)
- You Drive (Original Airdate Jan 3, 1964)
- Ring-a-Ding Girl (Original Airdate Dec 27, 1963)
- Ninety Years Without Slumbering (Original Airdate Dec 20, 1963)
- A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain (Original Airdate Dec 13, 1963)
- The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms (Original Airdate Dec 6, 1963)
- Probe 7---Over and Out (Original Airdate Nov 29, 1963)
- Uncle Simon (Original Airdate Nov 15, 1963)
- The Old Man in the Cave (Original Airdate Nov 8, 1963)
- Living Doll (Original Airdate Nov 1, 1963)
- The Last Night of a Jockey (Original Airdate Oct 25, 1963)
- A Kind of Stopwatch (Original Airdate Oct 18, 1963)
- Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (Original Airdate Oct 11, 1963)
- Steel (Original Airdate Oct 4, 1963)
- In Praise of Pip (Original Airdate Sep 27, 1963)

The Twilight Zone Episode: "The Obsolete Man"

Season 2, Episode 29

Episode Synopsis: In a bookless society, a librarian (Burgess Meredith) is condemned to death for being obsolete. But he may not go alone. Chancellor: Fritz Weaver. Guard: Harry Fleer. Subaltern: Joseph Elic. Rod Serling is the host. Original Air Date: Jun 2, 1961

Guest Cast Burgess Meredith: Romney Wordsworth Fritz Weaver: Chancellor Harold Innocent: 2nd Man Harry Fleer: Guard Jane Romeyn: Woman Joseph Elic: Subaltern Barry Brooks: 1st Man

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The Obsolete Man

Season 2, Episode 29
In a future totalitarian society, a librarian is declared obsolete and sentenced to death.
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Length: 25:11
Aired: 6/2/1961
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Premiered: October 02, 1959, on CBS

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: A classic anthology of sci-fi, suspense and goose-bump-inducing tales that explore 'a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man.' Filled with invention and irony, the stories are tightly constructed, ingenious flights of imagination with often cautionary themes---and frequently a terrific twist at the end. Host and prolific writer Rod Serling penned most of the episodes himself. Influential and often (poorly) imitated, the series was resurrected twice, in 1985 on CBS and in 2002 on UPN.