Let’s get our best friends and play Kick the Can on a new episode of the podcast with my best friend Matt Sizemore!!!

Matt is back on the show for the 4th or 5th time… I lost count, it’s fine. Always a joy and always a blast to talk to. Follow him at the links below!

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SHOW NOTES – Kick the Can

Show Info

Originally aired: 2/9/1962
Starring:

Ernest Truex as Charles Whitley
Russell Collins as Ben Conroy


Directed by: Lamont Johnson (Directed other episodes? Yes)
Teleplay by: George Clayton Johnson (Wrote other episodes? Yes)



You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: old folks home gets a shot of youth when an oldy but goody remembers what kids are like
* Me: Oh, grow up… wait, wait, I don’t have to?! NOoOoOoOoOo!
* IMDB: An old man living in a rest home thinks he’s found the secret of youth in children’s games.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

Favorite episode that he’s watched


Stray Observations

Who is more likely of us to believe in magic?
Best friends
Nostalgia


What do you rate the episode?

3.5 old people
3.5 old people



Choose your Own Endventure

Matt – Scatman John makes an appearance, change the episode title to “Scatcan John”
Brandon – He gets arrested, episode title changed to “Kick the Manslaughter” or “Kick the Canslaughter”

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Fellow podcaster extraordinaire Gerald joins the show this week to cover the comedic stylings of Showdown with Rance McGrew!

Long time friend and fellow podcaster, Gerald is an absolute joy to hang out with! You can find him and his multitude of shows on Twitter and Facebook!

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SHOW NOTES – Showdown with Rance McGrew

Show Info

Originally aired: 2/2/1962
Starring:

Larry Blyden as Rance McGrew
Robert Kline as Jesse James


Directed by: Christian Nyby (Directed other episodes? Yeah, Cavender is Coming)
Teleplay by: Story by Frederic L. Fox 



You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: a spoiled and pretentious western start gets a taste of the real old west with 
* Me: If you’re gonna make biopics, at least make them accurate
* IMDB: The star of a Western TV series suddenly finds himself transported back in time to the real Wild West, and face-to-face with the real Jesse James.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

Funny, actually pretty funny
The mirror
Whiskey bottle
Glass in mouth


7 year old son
Jarring twist
Stray Observations
What do you rate the episode?

6/10 
7/10



Choose your Own Endventure

Gerald – James and mcgrew and actually have a showdown. McGrew is stuck in the mirror watching 
Brandon – cancelled

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Long time supporter of the podcasts, Tyler Tigno, joins me to discuss the heaven and hell-filled episode, “The Hunt”!

Tyler is a long time listener of my shows and is a wonderful supporter. I was glad he could join me! I’m happy to announce that he is hosting a Married with Children podcast as well! Go and check him out:

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SHOW NOTES – The Hunt

Show Info

Originally aired: 1962-01-26
Starring:

Arthur Hunnicutt as Hyder Simpson
Jeanette Nolan as Rachel Simpson


Directed by: Harold Schuster ()
Written by: Earl Hamner, Jr (Yeah)



You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* Me: Never cross a racoon
* You: Why the hell don’t all dogs go to heaven?
* IMDB: Upon returning from a coon hunt, Hyder Simpson discovers that no one can see or hear him because he has passed on.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

Love Rural Setting compared to military/urban life/interpersonal life

Nature based 


First time seeing
Religion

Christianity, Catholicism, The Waltons




Stray Observations
What do you rate the episode?

Him 5/5 coon skin hats
Me ⅘ coon skin hats



Choose your Own Endventure

Tyler – that was st Peter and he chose to walk the eternity, and then Rachel shows up calling for Hyder. Walking eternity together 
Brandon – Heaven was actually Hell, and Hell is actually just a really bureaucratic mess

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Fellow Twilight Zone podcasters Ana and Dan walk a mile in the Season 3 body swapping episode, “Dead Man’s Shoes”!

On their podcast, Between Science and Superstition, Ana and Dan watch every episode of The Twilight Zone! Connect with them as they watch and cover the philosophy, themes, and behind the scenes. Lately, they’ve also started covering recent movies, as well as writing essays on things like the General Mills Monster Cereals.
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SHOW NOTES – Dead Man’s Shoes

Show Info

Originally aired: 1962-01-19
Starring:

Warren Stevens as Nathan Bledsoe
Richard Devon as Bernie Dagget
Florence Marley as Dagget’s Woman


Directed by: Montgomery Pittman (Yes, 5)
Written by: Charles Beaumont (Yeah, for sure)



You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: A homeless man is forced to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes
* Me: Shoes don’t make a man, but possessed shoes will get you killed
* IMDB: A homeless man takes the shoes of a dead gangster and steps into his life.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

Wish they’d play with the concept a little more – taking control of people’s body

Jumanji


Anaa – Liked it more than him
The Four of Us are DYing
Starts off as kind of a goofy bit… slow to change
Smelly
Warren Stevens’ ability to change on the fly


Body Swapping in pop culture

Rick and Morty
Fallen with Denzel Washington


Stray Observations

Poor Nathan… losing his agency because of a revenge tale…


What do you rate the episode?

Ana and Dan Size 7 out 10
7/10 Brandon



Choose your Own Endventure



Guests 

Dan – continue with failing… homeless superstition, then a thrift store
Ana – dagget perspective continuing his paranoia


Brandon – Bernie takes the shoes off and becomes Nathan… rewarding both men in a twisted way. OR Bernie gets killed and his shoes are possessed. Eventually the final battle after 2 seasons, the shoes fatally maim one another and die slowly, acknowledging that they could’ve done so much more good in the world if they’d only walked the same path



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Travis Menard stops in again to apologize to me for everything he’s done wrong and to cover the Season 3 episode, “One More Pallbearer”!

Travis is currently the second fiddle to Brandon on the Apathetic Enthusiasm Podcast and Interdimensional RSS: The Unofficial Rick and Morty Podcast. He’s a pretty cool dude, overall… Brandon likes him well-enough.
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SHOW NOTES – One More Pallbearer

Show Info

Originally aired: January 12, 1961
Starring:

Joseph Wiseman as Paul Radin
Trevor Bardette as Colonel Hawthorne
Katherine Squire as Mrs. Langford


Directed by: Lamont Johnson
Teleplay by: Rod Serling



You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: a scorned millionaire devotes his riches to one more gotcha on the villains of his past
* Me: A man learns to fall in love with One Republic, and realizes for some It’s too late to apologize
* IMDB: Wealthy Paul Radin tries to get three people from his past to apologize to him by offering them shelter from a staged and phony nuclear war scenario

Discussion:

What are your initial thoughts?

The Ending jumped around too much
* No real hint of the twist throughout the episode
* The theme of honor and standing true to your convictions


 Stray Observations

Was the whole thing a psychotic break?


What do you rate the episode?

2 pallbearers out of 4
2.5 pallbearers out of 4



Choose your Own Endventure

Traivs – Include 1 or all 3 of the individuals in the street at the end to make it known that it wasn’t ALL a dream
Brandon – 1 or all 3 of the individuals come and kick the crap out of him but all he sees are giant, radioactive rats kicking him

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The wonderful Kristen Lopez joins the show this week to discuss the wanting to die in the arms of Robert Redford in, “Nothing in the Dark”!

Kristen is currently an @IndieWire TV Editor who’s been writing for nearly 15 years. She’s been published in Roger Ebert, Forbes, and in Variety. She’s a big classic film fan and 1/3 of the classic film podcast Ticklish Business! 
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SHOW NOTES – Nothing in the Dark

Show Info

Originally aired: January 2nd, 1961
Starring:

Robert Redford as Harold Beldon
Gladys Cooper as Wanda Dunn


Directed by: Lamont Johnson
Teleplay by: George Clayton Johnson



You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: A sexy guy masquerades as death OR an old woman has to make a choice when a wounded police officer shows up at her door.
* Me: You keep on knockin but you can’t come in… death
* IMDB: An old woman has fought with death a thousand times and has always won. But now she finds herself afraid to let a wounded policeman in her door for fear he is Mr. Death. Is he?

Discussion:

What are your initial thoughts?

Death is a comforting figure
Interest in filmmaking
Meta

Singing in the rain


Women in media


 Stray Observations

“Mother” – why does he say this?      


What do you rate the episode?

⅗ redfords
3.5/5 Redfords… the .5 is an old Redford



Choose your Own Endventure

Kristen – go out on the town and restaurant… things we can’t do. Cheeseburger and fries, and separate shakes
Brandon – A Meet Joe Black prequel

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Author extraordinaire, Steve Gronert Ellerhoff joines the show this week to discuss the extremely pertinent, A Quality of Mercy.

Steve is a scholar of literature and a fiction writer of short stories and novels. He is currently writing a book titled Jung and the Mythology of Star Wars. Originally from the Midwest, he’s lived in England, Ireland, and now resides in Eugene, Oregon, where he tutors students at Lane Community College.
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SHOW NOTES – A Quality of Mercy

Show Info

Originally aired: 12/26/1961
Starring:

Dean Stockwell as Lt. Katell
Rayford Barnes as Watkins
Leonard Nimoy as Hansen
Albert Sami as Sgt. Causarano


Directed by: Buzz Kulik (Yes)
Teleplay by: Rod Serling based on an idea by Sam Rolfe (Creator of Have Gun – Will Travel) (yes)



You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: An american Lieutenant fresh on the field on the last day of World War II really wants to kill Japanese soldiers till the tables are turned
* Me: Take a minute to walk in the other Army’s boots
* IMDB: Hot shot new Lieutenant Katell tries to make his mark on the last day of World War II in the Pacific and gets a unique perspective on his actions.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

Black Lives Matter and Racism in War

Specific dynamics of racism


Merchant of Venice
Want to do better
Intellectual empathy


Stray Observations
What do you rate the episode?

Steve: 5/5 hedgehogs
Me:  4 and a hoglet



Choose your Own Endventure

Guest – 5 characters huddled together, crane over the top… skull t shirt…. Sid… 
Brandon – More Toy Story ripping-off

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Travis Menard, cofounder of this site, Apathetic Enthusiasm and the hit Rick and Morty Podcast, Interdimensional RSS, joins me for Five Characters in Search of an Exit!

Travis is my long-time friend and collaborator! WE cofounded this site and the podcast, Apathetic Enthusiasm, and went on to create Interdimensional RSS: The Unofficial Rick and Morty Podcast! If you want to hear more of him (and me, by extension) we’re on all podcast apps of your choice!
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SHOW NOTES – Five Characters in Search of an Exit

Show Info

Originally aired: 1961-12-22
Starring:

William Windom as The Major
Murray Matheson as the Clown
Directed by: Lamont Johnson (Yes, 8 episodes (Kick the Can, Nothing in the Dark, The Shelter))


Teleplay by: Teleplay by Rod Serling based on a short story called, “The Depository” by Marvin H. Petal (Yes)



You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: Something fancy about people trying to get out, haha
* Me: 5 Characters… trying to find an exit
* IMDB: An army major awakens in a small room with no idea of who he is or how he got there. He finds four other people in the same room, and they all begin to question how they each arrived there, and more importantly, how to escape.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

Quick get to mystery aspect


Stray Observations

Toy Story
Lost
The characters don’t know who they are, but they fit their roles still…
Consciousnesses tied to the bin?
The BELLS
Escape Room: The Tube
General and rank structure


What do you rate the episode?

4.5 dolls out of 5 -Travis
4.5 out of 5



Choose your Own Endventure

Guest – 5 characters huddled together, crane over the top… skull t shirt…. Sid… 
Brandon – More Toy Story ripping-off

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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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On this brand new episode, Matt Sizemore is in town and between you and us, it’s “The Jungle” out there!

Matt is my BESS and a news anchor up at KIVI Idaho! If you want to know what the news is, then you can certainly get a bit of it from there. Just a hint, there’s potatoes? 
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SHOW NOTES – The Jungle

Show Info

Originally aired: 1961-12-01
Starring:

John Dehner as Alan


Directed by: William Claxton (4 others, I Sing the Body Electric)
Teleplay by: Charles Beaumont (YES)



You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: business man recently back from africa learns about voodoo the hard way as some shite goes down and dead goats and noises are running amok and nothing good happens from drilling in africa
* Me: A man doesn’t believe in voodoo nonsense… he’ll tell you what to do, ooh ee, oo ah ah, ting tang, walla walla bing bang. JUNGLE NOISES
* IMDB: A businessman who has recently returned from Africa is stalked by the superstitions and warnings of a witch doctor.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

Do you get it? It’s a jungle out there
Most reminiscent of what a newbie thinks of the twilight zone is
Guy is a jerk getting rid of the trinkets
Humanitarian episode
Spiritualism discussion
Business going to africa and destroying stuff


Stray Observations

Hey, excuse me Mistah
Listen to your wife… don’t open the door
Superstitions

Do you have any?




What do you rate the episode?

Matt: 8 Dead Goats
I give it a 7 Dead Goats



Choose your Own Endventure

Matt – in the bar and lions tooth and put it back in the pocket. Does he get protected? Learns lesson and kills everyone in the boardroom

OR… called animal control 


Brandon – There’s a lion and a baby lion and a baboon comes over and lifts the baby up… and tosses it on the man’s face where he is slashed to death. Mufasa looks on proudly

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Matt Hurt joins the show again to cover the importance of avoiding an on-the-nose book about witchcraft in, “Still Valley”!

Matt is the host of Anthology, a podcast where he watches and reviews The Twilight Zone as a first time viewer. He also hosts The Obsessive Viewer, a general movie/tv discussion show and Tower Junkies, a podcast devoted to Stephen King with a special focus on The Dark Tower series.
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SHOW NOTES – Still Valley

Show Info

Originally aired: 1961-11-24
Starring:

Vaughn Taylor (as Teague) ((was in 5 episodes!))
Gary Merrill (as Paradine)


Directed by: James Sheldon (6 other episodes)
Written by: Based on “The Valley Was Still” by Manley Wade Wellman 



You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: Confederate soldier stumbles into elegey esque town, finds warlock gets book and doesn’t use it
* Me: The Confederacy debates on whether to use books to win a war
* IMDB: In June 1863, Confederate soldiers come across a warlock who can help bring victory to the Southern cause.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

Just ok not that interesting
Not sure what it was trying to say


Stray Observations

Making Confederates actual bad guys… but not
Fascination with Civil War
Book named Witchcraft… does that count as show don’t tell?
Squanders too much time showing still valley


What do you rate the episode?

Matt: 5.5/10 Warlocks
Me: 5.5/10



Choose your Own Endventure

Matt – Slaughtered because they use the book. Arrogance
Brandon – Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies

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Chris Osborne, from the Play Comics Podcast, joins me just as summer is heating up to discuss the uncomfortable “The Midnight Sun”!

Chris is the host of the Play Comics Podcast, a show that looks at how well video game adaptations of popular comics translate from their source material. He’s also the co-host of Meddling Kids Podcast where they talk about Scooby Doo!
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SHOW NOTES – The Midnight Sun
Originally aired: October 20th, 1961
Starring:

Lois Nettleton – Norma
Betty Garde (2 episodes – Flight 33) – Mrs. Bronson
Tom Reese – The Intruder

Directed by: Anton Leader (2 episodes – Long Live Walter Jameson)
Teleplay by: Rod Serling
You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: The weather has gone horribly.
* Me: As Earth hurtles from its orbit straight toward the sun, a young woman struggles to cool down.
IMDB: When the Earth falls out of orbit, two women try to cope with increasingly oppressive heat in a nearly abandoned city

Discussion:

What are your initial thoughts?
Science!

It’s always sunny in New York
It’s always nighttime in New York


What would you have done if you knew the earth was going to end
Sympathy for the man
The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes
How effective the episode is in making you FEEL uncomfortably hot

Using Wax instead of paint with a heater behind it


Stray Observations

The Radio announcer dialogue
The gun she has


Submitted for Your Approval: alternate endings!

Let us know who wins @S4YA_Podcast


What do you rate the episode?

I give it 9/10 melted paintings






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The great Paul, owner of @Thenightgallery Twitter account and Shadow & Substance website visits the show again to discuss Deaths-Head Revisited!

Paul Gallagher is a writer-editor who works in the Baltimore-Washington area. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and studied at Georgetown University. He writes on a range of topics: history, public policy, film, books, music … and the work of Rod Serling.
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SHOW NOTES – Deaths-Head Revisited



Show Info

Originally aired: 1961-11-10
Starring:

Joseph Schildkraut as Alfred Becker
Chuck Fox as the Dachau victim
Oscar Beregi as Gunther Lutze


Directed by: Don Medford (5 episodes, including passage for trumpet and The Mirror)
Teleplay by: Rod Serling (Yeah, duh)





You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: An unrepentant nazi founds out the hard way that justice delayed is not justice denied
* Me: A Nazi piece of crap visits the concentration camp he ran but the ghosts there have a few words for him
IMDB: A former German SS captain returns to Dachau concentration camp and begins reminiscing on the power he enjoyed there, until he finds himself on trial by those who died at his hands.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

One of Serling’s finest efforts

Light touch and heavy touch
Remembering with pleasure
Truth run away from… he goes back to Dachau




Stray Observations

“Functioned as I was told”

A go-to defense that never works. Taught to military 23:28 ramble on


The hanging victims on tv seem bold
The gate closes and locks by itself but he doesn’t freak out
Such good times – a dude in the window in the shot…
Memorials in general (OKC building, 9/11, etc)
Impressive 


What do you rate the episode?

Both of us give it an A



Choose your Own Endventure



Paul – He’s recognized and tried as a Nazi after going back to town as a mad man
Brandon – An extension of the ending. Someone from the town actually reports Lutze and though he’s insane, he’s still tried as a Nazi. It’s not enough that he’s in anguish… he’s gotten away by being incognito



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My Bess friend, Matt Sizemore, joins the show this week to discuss the incredibly not-bleak episode featuring the great Bill Mumy in, “It’s a Good Life”!

This is Matt’s handwritten bio: Hello. My name is Matt or Matthew. I am a broadcaster, currently serving as a morning television anchor. I’ve done radio and voice-overs in the past as well. I’m also the bff of the podcast host. That makes me rad. I need to lift more weights.
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SHOW NOTES – It’s a Good Life

Show Info

Originally aired: 1961-11-03
Starring:

Cloris Leachman as Mrs. Fremont
Bill Mumy as Anthony Fremont
John Larch as Mr. Fremont


Directed by: James Sheldon (Yes, 6 other episodes)
Teleplay by: Jerome Bixby (No)



You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: Small boy, not sure if birthed hatched or adopted terrorizes a small town
* Me: The story of a boy who gets everything he wants
* IMDB: On an isolated family farm, a young boy with vast mental powers, but lacking emotional development, holds his terrified family in thrall to his every juvenile wish.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

Peeksville entitled community back to the dark ages
Mental thriller way

Hostage – asshole of a child
His own




Stray Observations
What do you rate the episode?

3/10
7.5/10



Choose your Own Endventure

* Matt – They kill him
* Brandon – The parents actually parent

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Longtime friend, first-time guest Kevin Ruiz joins the show to stab at a discussion about the classic scary tale, “The Grave” and bonus discussion on the new series!

Kevin is an overall nerd who enjoys most aspects of geek culture. He’s a horror fanatic who has been searching for that thing that will scare but never finds it. He’s a guy who is overly analytical, who tries not to, but can be caught saying “Um, actually.”
To reach him:



* Twitter: @Solucid



SHOW NOTES – The Grave

Show Info

Originally aired: 1961-10-27
Starring:

Lee Marvin as Connie Miller
Lee Van Cleef as Steinhart
Elen Willard as Ione
James Best as Johnny Rob


Directed by: Montgomery Pittman (Yes,  5 others)
Written by: Montgomery Pittman (Yes, 2 others)



You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: Cowboys rival gets taken down when the cowboy is away and swears vengeance
* Me: A man takes a stab at bravery in the Old West
* IMDB: Old West lawman Conny Miller visits the grave of a man who he failed to track down to prove he was never afraid of him but gets more than he bargained for.

Discussion:

What are your initial thoughts?
Classic horror tale

* Why is it effective?


Stray Observations

Issues with the wind
Who takes a plate to a dead cowboy?


What do you rate the episode?

7 20 dollar coin pieces out of 10



Choose your Own Endventure

* Kevin – There was nothing special about the mirror
* Brandon – The mirror has the bad side of each character

BONUS – Talking about the reboot, “The Comedian”
Kevin and I started talking about the Child’s Play reboot for a minute and it led to our thoughts on the Twilight Zone reboot, starting with the first episode of the series. Stay tuned after “The Grave” discussion to hear our thoughts.
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