Twilight Zone on Paramount + (Where is Everybody?/King Nine Will Not Return)

 

Broke down and got Paramount+ for the month, so I can just access certain parts of the service, mainly for uncut Twilight Zone, and two Godfather movies I plan to watch for my They Shoot Pictures, Don't They Top 1,000 2021 list.

I thought about Two for a big third season marathon for Sunday night and early Monday. But after some consideration, I thought I would just start with Where is Everybody? and mix it up. I figure I might work in the classics tomorrow. What makes this episode always work to me is when our bewildered astronaut finds activity but no person. Water on, a cigar still lit, a jukebox on, etc. As if he just missed them.

I did go with King Nine Will Not Return, with a cracking up Cummings very similar to Holliman in Where is Everybody?, just desperate to find his crew, stumbling around in the desert all alone, coming apart at the seams, mentally.

In both cases, Holliman and Cummings are "rescued" by the Twilight Zone. They wake up with people available to them to find sanity again after losing their marbles for a bit.

I thought I'd kick off with my night lineup with this old favorite since I watch it so damned much.

Some errant pics during the marathon

I dunno...just something about this shot

James Gregory makes an appearance

Rod opens King Nine Will Not Return

Trying to conserve air conditioning, so please forgive the fan. This is a terrible pic with Cummings in the downed plane

Cummings' James Embry at odds with what is going on.