The Signpost Up Ahead

We continue to explore the world of traveling wares salesmen, the true protagonists of The Twilight Zone. How do they stock their big display suitcases, especially with bus tickets? And we get a close relative of the soda jerk, the bartender who butts in on everyone’s business! Tell us what you think! thesignpostersupahead@gmail.com Art by Tim Donnelly Episode Cast & Crew Written by : Rod Serl...

We’re starting to get into the Space Race in earnest, now. Harrington? Harrington!!! Tell us what you think! thesignpostersupahead@gmail.com Art by Tim Donnelly Episode Cast & Crew Written by : Rod Serling, based on the short story “The Disappearing Act” by Richard Matheson Producer: Buck Houghton Director : Douglas Heyes Clegg Forbes : Rod Taylor Ed Harrington : Charles Aidman William Gart :...

It's WWII, and a German is inexplicably on a boat of Americans and British trying to evade U-boats. It would be a pretty weird situation for a show called “The Normal Zone,” but we got news for you, pal! Tell us what you think! thesignpostersupahead@gmail.com Art by Tim Donnelly Episode Cast & Crew Written by : Rod Serling Producer: Buck Houghton Director : John Brahm Lanser : Nehemiah Persoff...

We finally made it to one of the Mt. Rushmore writers of The Twilight Zone after Rod, Charles Beaumont! We go into his backstory, as well as the first episode he wrote for the series and Maya the Cat Girl! Tell us what you think! thesignpostersupahead@gmail.com Art by Tim Donnelly Episode Cast & Crew Written by : Charles Beaumont, based on his short story of the same name Producer: Buck Hought...

We’ve done it. We’ve hit our first certified classic episode. There’s not much more to say, except the 60 minutes or whatever we spend talking about it. Tell us what you think! thesignpostersupahead@gmail.com Art by Tim Donnelly Episode Cast & Crew Written by : Rod Serling, based on the short story of the same name by Lynn Venable Producer: Buck Houghton Director : John Brahm Henry Bemis : Bur...

This episode we're out in space for possibly the dumbest application of solitary confinement imaginable. We discuss the one thing the crew could not keep away from on set, and how it nearly killed them, and add another to our collection of 12 Angry Men. We have 1/6 of a set! Tell us what you think! thesignpostersupahead@gmail.com Art by Tim Donnelly Episode Cast & Crew Written by : Rod Serling...

We're back and this is such a weird episode. But it also has all of Rod's favorite themes, which we'll start to explore. As Variety wrote at the time, “Here was a little gem. Good work, Rod Serling.” Tell us what you think! thesignpostersupahead@gmail.com Art by Tim Donnelly Episode Cast & Crew Written by : Rod Serling Producer: Buck Houghton Director : Mitchell Leisen Walter Bedeker : David W...

Our first time travel episode is not at all what you think of when you think of the mechanics of time travel. It also very clearly confused at least one TV executive in 1959. Join us as we talk about the extremely bizarre life of one Gig Young, as well as lippy soda jerks. Tell us what you think! thesignpostersupahead@gmail.com Art by Tim Donnelly Episode Cast & Crew Written by : Rod Serling P...

We're back to talk Old Hollywood, baby! This episode has it all, and by “it all” we mean Martin Balsam! Also the god Ida Lupino. Tell us what you think! thesignpostersupahead@gmail.com Art by Tim Donnelly Episode Cast & Crew Written by : Rod Serling Producer : Buck Houghton Director : Mitchell Leisen Barbara Jean Trenton : Ida Lupino Danny Weiss : Martin Balsam Jerry Hearndan : Jerome Cowan Sa...

We’re back with the first of many sad harmonica openings, because that’s right, it’s a Western episode! We’ll talk about Henry J. Fate, gun safety in the Wild West, and the bully who has only one bit in his friend group…it’s starting to get a little old. Tell us what you think! thesignpostersupahead@gmail.com Art by Tim Donnelly Episode Cast & Crew Written by : Rod Serling Producer : Buck Houg...

This episode we talk about super-producer Buck Houghton and the series getting picked up. The TZ episode we discuss is “One for the Angels,” about the age-old story of trying to cheat death by selling him a lot of ties. Tell us what you think! thesignpostersupahead@gmail.com Art by Tim Donnelly Episode Cast & Crew Written by : Rod Serling Producer : Buck Houghton Director : Robert Parrish Lou...

Pilots and Pilots! Join Eric and Joe as they begin their journey discussing the origins of The Twilight Zone, including Rod Serling and the three pilots that led to the series. Check out “The Time Element” here: https://youtu.be/csLzUH1M5F0?si=YFYMllqpCvCgXeaW Tell us what you think! thesignpostersupahead@gmail.com Art by Tim Donnelly Episode Cast & Crew Written by : Rod Serling Producer : Buc...