Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-10 (Sunday)

On 3/11/2024 5:52 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

 What did you watch?

The Twilight Zone S3E31 'The Trade-Ins' - DVR
After 50 years of wedded bliss, John and Martha Holt decide that it would be nice to start it all over again.  (Comcast)
An elderly couple shop for younger replacement bodies, then resort to desperate measures to cover the cost.  (IMDb)
Trivia: Joseph Schildkraut's second wife (of 29 years) died while he was filming this episode. Coming from a theatrical family, he insisted on finishing the production before he'd begin mourning. Here, he plays an elderly man who must choose between a new body for himself or living the rest of his life with his wife in a pain-wracked body.
The Twilight Zone S3E32 'The Gift' - DVR
A man named Williams accidentally crashes his aircraft near a small Mexican village.  (Comcast)
A man from the stars comes with a gift to a small Mexican village whose residents do not welcome this stranger.  (IMDb)
Trivia: This story, with religious overtones, originally aired the week after Easter in 1962.
This story was originally written as one of the series' possible pilots, but was passed over for 'Where Is Everybody?' (1959).
What Did You Watch?
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