TZ Marathon Stuff.

 

In Praise of Pip is the episode I'm very glad I kicked off my Memorial Day marathon with. The love of a father for his son comes across really well thanks to Klugman's ache. The amusement park content really worked for me. Despite all his character flaws, Klugman makes his bookie likable still. That man regrets a lot and tries to make right by episode's end.

I really hadn't planned to watch Ninety Years Without Slumbering, but I guess I needed my Ed Wynn fix today. Later during my first half of marathon episodes, I went ahead and watched One for the Angels from the first season. Both dealing with Death, one Wynn unable to escape the inevitable demise and the other him getting some time to be a great grandfather, Ed's age seemed like meat on the bone TZ writers took advantage of.

The big question that persists with Ring-a-Ding Girl is how is Bunny Blake on the plane to New York that eventually crashes and in her hometown of Howardville trying to keep her loved ones (and locals) from going to a picnic so they won't be killed by that plane crash...this is the Twilight Zone so that sort of magic exists. This is that episode I like more and more with each viewing. I find Bunny's "ghost" or whatever that arrives / visits Howardville a fascinating concept. That sort of content gives an episode legs for decades. I think this episode has gained fans over the years.

The lingering question that seems to nag me every time I watch Queen of the Nile is how could Pamela Morris continue to bring young men to her mansion and avoid investigations into all the disappearances that seem to connect to her since their last known whereabouts were with her or at her home. And her "daughter" never turning her in seems ridiculous. I think the leads are good, though. I don't mind watching the episode but I just can't shake Pamela avoiding the authorities at some point, even if she's a big movie star. In fact, her being a movie star would seem to bring even more publicity if men were turning up missing after meeting her for interviews.