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A considerate and important message this holiday season ... from the Twilight Zone. (Original Post)
robertpaulsen
Dec 2017
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(82,849 posts)1. That reminds me!
Twilight Zone marathon on SyFy, usually on New Year's weekend. Since I gave up football (watching young men grind up their brains is no longer a suitable form of entertainment for me), I can gorge on glorious black-and-white.
robertpaulsen
(8,632 posts)2. I appreciate the reminder too!
Always a fun binge!
longship
(40,416 posts)3. One of the great Twilight Zone episodes.
Art Carney at his absolute best.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,586 posts)4. Internet says, thanks to info at the YouTube link:
The Night of the Meek
"The Night of the Meek" is episode 47 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on December 23, 1960 on CBS.
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Closing narration
The original narration, on December 23, 1960, ended with the words, "and a Merry Christmas, to each and all", but that phrase was deleted in the 1980s and is now excluded from reruns, VHS releases and the five-DVD set The Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition. The phrase is heard in the Blu-ray release of Season 2 as well as the version streamed by Netflix, but with noticeably different sound quality from the rest of Serling's narration.
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Closing narration
A word to the wise to all the children of the twentieth century, whether their concern be pediatrics or geriatrics, whether they crawl on hands and knees and wear diapers or walk with a cane and comb their beards. There's a wondrous magic to Christmas and there's a special power reserved for little people. In short, there's nothing mightier than the meek.
The original narration, on December 23, 1960, ended with the words, "and a Merry Christmas, to each and all", but that phrase was deleted in the 1980s and is now excluded from reruns, VHS releases and the five-DVD set The Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition. The phrase is heard in the Blu-ray release of Season 2 as well as the version streamed by Netflix, but with noticeably different sound quality from the rest of Serling's narration.