state capitol or some such building would be matted in. These same steps can be seen in the episode A Nice Place to Visit, also directed by Brahm, and in George Pals The Time Machine. It was Brahms idea to place Meredith on the steps. I had the idea to put him there, all by himself, after this end of the world, so to speak. In other words, the emptiness was shown. Everything was gone.
Time Enough at Last remains one of the best-remembered and bestloved episodes of The Twilight Zone. Few can watch it and not be seduced by its simplicity and its pathos.
The only thing I can tell you about that particular episode, says Meredith, is that Ive heard more about that than any of [the other three Twilight Zone episodes], and indeed almost more about it than anything else Ive done on television. I think it must have had a great impact on people. I dont suppose theres a month goes by, even to this day, that people dont come up and remind me of that episode.
PEOPLE ARE ALIKE ALL OVER (3/25/60)
Written by Rod Serling
Based on the short story Brothers Beyond the Void by Paul Fairman
Producer: Buck Houghton
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Director of Photography:George T. Clemens
Music: stock
Cast:
Sam Conrad: Roddy McDowall Warren Marcusson: Paul Comi Teenya: Susan Oliver Martian #1: Byron Morrow Martian #2: Vic Perrin Martian #3: Vernon Gray
Youre looking at a species of flimsy little two-legged animal with extremely small heads whose name is Man. Warren Marcusson, age thirty-five. Samuel A. Conrad, age thirty-one… . Theyre taking a highway into space, Man unshackling himself and sending his tiny, groping fingers up into the unknown. Their destination is Mars, and in just a moment well land there with them.
When their ship crashes on the Martian surface, Marcusson the optimist who believes people are alike all over, even on Mars is killed. Left alone is Sam Conrad, who does not share Marcusson's philosophy and who is terrified when he hears someone banging on the outside of the ship. His terror turns to relief, however, when he ventures out and sees that the Martians are indeed human, albeit telepathic, and that they appear extremely friendly. The next morning, the Martians present him with a surprise, a house built to look exactly like one on Earth. Pleased by this, Conrad is left alone inside. But very soon, Conrad comes to the shocking realization that the house has no windows and all the doors are locked. Suddenly, a wall slides upward, revealing vertical bars beyond which stands a crowd of gaping Martians. Conrad is in a zoo. He cries out, Marcusson, you were rightpeople are alike everywhere!
Species of animal brought back alive. Interesting similarity in physical characteristics to human beings in head, trunk, arms, legs, hands, feet. Very tiny undeveloped brain; comes from primitive planet named Earth. Calls himself Samuel Conrad. And he will remain here in his cage with the running water and the electricity and the central heat as long as he lives. Samuel Conrad has found the Twilight Zone.
People Are Alike All Over is adapted from Paul Fairmans Brothers Beyond the Void, which originally appeared in the March, 1952, issue of Fantastic Adventures and is included in August Derleths anthology Worlds of Tomorrow (Berkley, 1953). In the original story, however, it is Marcusson alone who goes to Mars; Sam Conrad is an older friend who stays at home. As for the Martians, they are four-and-a-half feet tall, not ugly or especially beautiful, and they certainly dont look like Susan Oliver (something that is undoubtedly the Martians loss).
In scripting this for The Twilight Zone, Serling put added emphasis on the irony of the piece by making Sam Conrad initially afraid of the Martians and then being reassured by Marcussons conviction that people are the same all overa cosmic truth that ultimately brings about his downfall. Particularly nice is the shows opening shot. It is the night before the launch.
Time Enough at Last remains one of the best-remembered and bestloved episodes of The Twilight Zone. Few can watch it and not be seduced by its simplicity and its pathos.
The only thing I can tell you about that particular episode, says Meredith, is that Ive heard more about that than any of [the other three Twilight Zone episodes], and indeed almost more about it than anything else Ive done on television. I think it must have had a great impact on people. I dont suppose theres a month goes by, even to this day, that people dont come up and remind me of that episode.
PEOPLE ARE ALIKE ALL OVER (3/25/60)
Written by Rod Serling
Based on the short story Brothers Beyond the Void by Paul Fairman
Producer: Buck Houghton
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Director of Photography:George T. Clemens
Music: stock
Cast:
Sam Conrad: Roddy McDowall Warren Marcusson: Paul Comi Teenya: Susan Oliver Martian #1: Byron Morrow Martian #2: Vic Perrin Martian #3: Vernon Gray
Youre looking at a species of flimsy little two-legged animal with extremely small heads whose name is Man. Warren Marcusson, age thirty-five. Samuel A. Conrad, age thirty-one… . Theyre taking a highway into space, Man unshackling himself and sending his tiny, groping fingers up into the unknown. Their destination is Mars, and in just a moment well land there with them.
When their ship crashes on the Martian surface, Marcusson the optimist who believes people are alike all over, even on Mars is killed. Left alone is Sam Conrad, who does not share Marcusson's philosophy and who is terrified when he hears someone banging on the outside of the ship. His terror turns to relief, however, when he ventures out and sees that the Martians are indeed human, albeit telepathic, and that they appear extremely friendly. The next morning, the Martians present him with a surprise, a house built to look exactly like one on Earth. Pleased by this, Conrad is left alone inside. But very soon, Conrad comes to the shocking realization that the house has no windows and all the doors are locked. Suddenly, a wall slides upward, revealing vertical bars beyond which stands a crowd of gaping Martians. Conrad is in a zoo. He cries out, Marcusson, you were rightpeople are alike everywhere!
Species of animal brought back alive. Interesting similarity in physical characteristics to human beings in head, trunk, arms, legs, hands, feet. Very tiny undeveloped brain; comes from primitive planet named Earth. Calls himself Samuel Conrad. And he will remain here in his cage with the running water and the electricity and the central heat as long as he lives. Samuel Conrad has found the Twilight Zone.
People Are Alike All Over is adapted from Paul Fairmans Brothers Beyond the Void, which originally appeared in the March, 1952, issue of Fantastic Adventures and is included in August Derleths anthology Worlds of Tomorrow (Berkley, 1953). In the original story, however, it is Marcusson alone who goes to Mars; Sam Conrad is an older friend who stays at home. As for the Martians, they are four-and-a-half feet tall, not ugly or especially beautiful, and they certainly dont look like Susan Oliver (something that is undoubtedly the Martians loss).
In scripting this for The Twilight Zone, Serling put added emphasis on the irony of the piece by making Sam Conrad initially afraid of the Martians and then being reassured by Marcussons conviction that people are the same all overa cosmic truth that ultimately brings about his downfall. Particularly nice is the shows opening shot. It is the night before the launch.
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