The Twilight Zone Zone - Episode 9: “The Obsolete Man” and “A Game of Pool”

Every week on The Twilight Zone Zone,we go down Donald
Liebenson’s list The 26 Episodes We Talk About When We Talk
About The Twilight Zone from Vanity Fair, chronologically by
release date and compare two episodes and choose which one to
recommend. This week we watched “The Obsolete Man” and “A Game of
Pool”


“The Obsolete Man”


Burgess Meredith stars as a librarian deemed obsolete by the
totalitarian state and sentenced to death, though he gets to
choose his manner of execution. 
“A Game of Pool”

A sure-bet episode featuring two stellar performances by Jack
Klugman and Jonathan Winters, playing it straight and cool as the
late “Fats” Brown, a champion pool player who takes Klugman’s
Randolph Street pool jockey at his word when he says he would do
anything for just one game against the dead legend. This episode
boasts some great dialogue (“Nothing’s impossible; some things
are less likely than others”), and sage observations about the
risks needed to become a champion and the responsibilities of
carrying on a legacy.
There are many paths in life, but which one will you travel
down in the Twilight Zone, Zone…

Host: Nic Hoffmann


Panel: Matthew, Jeremy and Daniel