Pioneers of Television — S02E01 — Science Fiction

00:00:02 Narrator: THE PIONEERS OF SCIENCE-FICTION TELEVISION

00:02:02 TONIGHT'S STORY ON "THE TWILIGHT ZONE"

00:04:20 HE HUNTS THEM DOWN.

00:06:45 INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED, HE LET THE SERIES DIE,

00:08:51 BUT CBS WOULDN'T COMMIT.

00:10:44 AND HE LOVED IT MORE THAN ANYONE.

00:13:20 AND THE SECOND PILOT BECAME A LIGHTER VEHICLE.

00:16:06 ITS RANGE OF ICONIC VILLAINS,

00:18:06 AND HE KNEW IT.

00:20:17 Shatner: I'VE HEARD MANY TIMES

00:22:44 NOT ONLY IN COMMAND OF THE SHIP,

00:24:56 WHO WANTS TO DO THAT?

00:27:00 AND THE DIRECTOR, TO HIS GREAT CREDIT, SAID,

00:29:14 Mumy: IRWIN HAD A GREAT ABILITY FOR ASSEMBLING THESE TEAMS

00:31:24 WERE ALLOWED ONLY ONE ROLE ON TELEVISION... THE SERVANT.

00:33:52 CUT! CUT!

00:36:17 IN THAT... WHATEVER IT IS... 50 MINUTES OF TELEVISION

00:38:29 TOOK A VERY DIFFERENT PATH...

00:41:12 TO SET YOUR TALES IN AN ALTERNATE WORLD.

00:43:24 BUT IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE MAKING IT SNOW, ANTHONY.

00:45:59 WITH A VERY O'HENRY-ISH TWIST.

00:48:02 Narrator: IN THE EPISODE, CARTWRIGHT PORTRAYS A GIRL

00:50:07 AND THEY GAVE US A GREAT RIDE.

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