What Did You Watch? 2024-03-08 (Friday)

The Twilight Zone S3E24 'To Serve Man' - DVR
Something to do with a cook book....
Trivia: The newspaper that Patty picks up is the actual June 14, 1961, edition of "The Los Angeles Times." The top-most headline reads; "Specialist Checks John F. Kennedy's Back." The main banner headline reads; "4-HOUR POWER OUTAGE BRINGS CHAOS TO N.Y.," which refers to the previous evening's power failure in New York City.
The only episode in the series where someone other than Rod Serling directly addresses the audience.
In 1976 Owlswick Press, Philadelphia, published a book titled "To Serve Man: A Cookbook for People" by "Karl Würf" (ISBN 0 913896 05 5, LCCN 76-004348). It contains 71 recipes, all using people, including Mannerschnitzel, Chile con Hombre, Arabian Tomato & Infidel Soup, Hungarian Ghoulash [sic], and Blood Sausage. It is dedicated to Damon Knight, "for the name, the title and the kind permission to use both". Adding to the joke is the fact that the Library of Congress classifies it, not as a satire, parody or literary work, but as a cookbook (call number TX652.W83), in the company of 5,306 other culinary works. This means that the cataloging librarian either didn't have a clue or else had a sense of humor. ("Karl Würf" is a pseudonym for the late science-fiction author and editor George H. Scithers.)
Without looking it up, do you know who plays the Kanamit?  ;)
The Twilight Zone S3E25 'The Fugitive' - DVR
Old Ben has the strange power to change himself into anything, or anyone, he wants.  (Comcast)
Jenny and the other kids don't realize that the kindly yet magical old duffer they play with in the park is really an intergalactic fugitive hiding out till two serious men come looking for him, asking questions that test their friendship.  (IMDb)
The Twilight Zone S3E26 'Little Girl Lost' - DVR
Chris and Ruth Miller are awakened in the middle of the night by the cries of their child.  (Comcast)
Awakened in the middle of the night by the cries of his daughter, a father enters the girl's room to find that she has vanished - even though he can still hear her crying out for help.  (IMDb)
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I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.