S4YA S313 – Once Upon a Time – Twilight Zone

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Phil Rood from the Blazing Caribou Studios podcast, Brokebot Mountain, joins me to discuss the Buster Keaton TZ classic, Once Upon a Time!

Phil is an illustrator and a comic artist who plays guitar and co hosts the aforementioned Brokebot Mountain… he also raises kids and cats! You can see what he’s doing with The Adventures of Professor Whiskers here!

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SHOW NOTES – Once Upon a Time

  • Show Info
    • Originally aired: 1961-12-15
    • Starring:
      • Buster Keaton (as Woodrow Mulligan)
    • Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod (No. Directed Horse Feathers and Monkey Business (Marx Brothers comedies))
    • Teleplay by: Richard Matheson (Don’t Even…)

You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

  • You: a man trades his pants for a dumb looking hat that reminds of a time when steak was cheaper
  • Me: An accidental time traveller longs for the sound of silence
  • IMDB: Janitor Woodrow Mulligan gets a trip from 1890 to 1962 courtesy of his employer’s time helmet.

Discussion:

  • Initial thoughts
    • Unlike any twilight zone
    • Comedy ness
      • Buster Keaton
    • Buster Keaton
    • Longing for different times
      • Silent film vs 
      • Crazy by the noise
    • The Fixit shop
    • Richard Matheson
  • Stray Observations
  • What do you rate the episode?
    • ⅘ old timey bicycles
    • 4.5/5 bicycles

Choose your Own Endventure

  • Phil – Reveals that the fixit guy crossed the wire and sent them forward and ended up in an episode of the Jordan Peele Twilight Zone
  • Brandon – Goes back to the past and gets a Farmer’s Almanac and goes back to the future to afford the Steak of the Future

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