tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post296959850379574280..comments2024-03-25T21:59:05.113-07:00Comments on 13: TALES OF TOMORROW / "Appointment On Mars" - 1952Eegah!! and Tabonga!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05260131201716267229noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-13344281002347981402020-11-28T13:19:07.613-08:002020-11-28T13:19:07.613-08:00This is very reminiscent of the 1st season Twiligh...This is very reminiscent of the 1st season Twilight Zone episode "I Shot an Arrow into the Air" (1960), in which astronauts turn on each other after crash landing on an unknown planet. I'm sure Tales of Tomorrow had to have had some influence on Rod Serling.<br /><br />The anecdote about the misfiring prop gun is great! Live TV drama is not for the faint of heart! :)Brian Schuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463833554200343247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-50104562537769775492020-11-28T00:00:56.628-08:002020-11-28T00:00:56.628-08:00Thanks for the info about this episode K. I though...Thanks for the info about this episode K. I thought there was something a little weird there with that scene with Robbie and Jack, but not enough to really dwell on it.TABONGA!https://monstermoviemusic.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-41993526282442428292020-11-27T20:12:02.696-08:002020-11-27T20:12:02.696-08:00That's May of 1981 (when I met Nielsen). Sorry...That's May of 1981 (when I met Nielsen). Sorry for the goof!KDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-20174947541827358252020-11-27T14:23:29.397-08:002020-11-27T14:23:29.397-08:00Ohh...I had the incredible opportunity to intervie...Ohh...I had the incredible opportunity to interview Leslie Nielsen back in May of 1991, on a movie set for THE CREATURE WASN'T NICE aka SPACESHIP aka NAKED SPACE, and among other things (special attention to FORBIDDEN PLANET of course!), I asked him about this early LIVE television sci-fi drama.<br /><br />What he revealed to me (and has been written about in years since), is that his blanks-firing gun FAILED, but they knew they had to kill each other at the end of the story, so he ran back and started "strangling" Brian Keith, until they were both motionless, in other words, "DEAD!" Then fade out...<br /><br />So Mr. Nielsen and Mr. Keith got up and ran into the control room to find out if it worked okay on the screen, and was broadcast out to the unknowing television viewers! Well, it looked okay...sort-of! They were both DEAD!<br /><br />Nielsen did seem very fond of those days of live half-hour television dramas, which is great, as he did MANY of them, for TALES OF TOMORROW, LIGHTS OUT, SUSPENSE, and others. And his memory and recall was "spot-on!"KDnoreply@blogger.com