Video: 'The Midnight Sun' (with commentary, extended clip)
(Friday, November 17, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — The Earth’s orbit has been changed, drawing ever closer to the sun and promising imminent destruction on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone.
Category Archives: 1960s
‘Deaths-Head Revisited’ debuts on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 50 years ago this hour (1961)
Video: 'Deaths-Head Revisited' (clip)
(Friday, November 10, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — A former Nazi SS Captain returns to the ruins of a concentration camp to reminisce, and is met by one of his victims on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone.
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‘It’s a Good Life’ debuts on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 50 years ago this hour (1961)
Video: 'It's a Good Life' (highlights)
(Friday, November 3, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — Little Anthony Fremont controls an entire town with his ability to read minds and make people do as he wishes on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading ‘It’s a Good Life’ debuts on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 50 years ago this hour (1961)
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‘What’ll We Watch Tonight?’ premieres on ‘Hazel’ 50 years ago this hour (1961)
(Thursday, November 2, 1961, 9:30 p.m. ET) — George and Dorothy’s nightly television viewing has been getting interrupted by Hazel who’s excuse is that her television set in her room is broken on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Hazel. It was the show’s first episode to be filmed in color.
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Kennedy advisers arrive in Vietnam 50 years ago today (1961)
(Wednesday, October 18, 1961) — Two key advisers to U.S. President John F. Kennedy, General Maxwell Taylor and Walt Rostow, arrived today in Saigon, South Vietnam.
Their visit coincided with a serious flood. They would recommend a big increase in military aid, including U.S. combat troops disguised as flood fighters.
President Ngo Dinh Diem would say no to the troops. He needed U.S. support, but he wanted to keep control, and he wanted to keep the foreigners out.
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‘The Twilight Zone’ presents ‘A Game of Pool’ 50 years ago this hour (1961)
Video: 'A Game of Pool' (part 1)
(Friday, October 13, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — Pool shark Jesse Cardiff (Jack Klugman) challenges long dead pool great Fats Brown (Jonathan Winters) to a game to find out who’s the best player on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading ‘The Twilight Zone’ presents ‘A Game of Pool’ 50 years ago this hour (1961)
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‘Splendor in the Grass’ opens in the U.S. 50 years ago tonight (1961)
Video: 'Splendor in the Grass' trailer
(Tuesday, October 10, 1961) — Splendor in the Grass, a romantic drama film that tells a story of sexual repression, love, heartbreak, and manic-depression, which the character Deanie suffers from, opened today at the Victoria and the Trans-Lux Fifty-second Street theaters in New York.
Written by William Inge, the film stars Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty and was directed by Elia Kazan.
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New York Yankees win World Series 50 years ago today (1961)
Video: Yankees win 1961 World Series (@ 5:35)
(Monday, October 9, 1941) — The New York Yankees won the 1961 World Series today, beating the Cincinnati Reds 13-5 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the fifth and deciding game.
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‘The Twilight Zone’ presents ‘The Passersby’ 50 years ago this hour
Video: ‘The Passersby’
(Friday, October 6, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — A woman (Joanne Linville) waits for her husband on the porch of her war-damaged house, while a stream of soldiers pass by during the Civil War on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone.
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‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ starring Audrey Hepburn opens in New York 50 years ago today
Video: 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' trailer
(Thursday, October 5, 1961) — Breakfast at Tiffany’s, a romantic comedy film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, opened today at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The film, directed by Blake Edwards, is loosely based on the novella of the same name by Truman Capote.
