Any fans of this '70's anthology show here? One of the spookiest shows to hit television and had Rod Serling as the host. The paintings that introduced each story ran from not-so hot to fantastic, as did the tales themselves. Over three seasons, a lot of talent of the day were featured on there: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Bill Bixby, Leslie Nielson, David Carradine, Leonard Nimoy, David McCallum, Burgess Meredith and more. All three seasons are finally available on DVD now as well.
This series belongs up there with Twilight Zone, Thriller and Outer Limits for some fantastic storytelling of the weird and bizarre kind. What are some of your favorite episodes?
Off the top, Pickman's Model ( adapted from HP Lovecraft) & The Doll, from an Algernon Blackwood story, also one of the scariest reads I've encountered.
The Doll is one of the creepiest tales presented on there..Good call!
I loved the surreal quality the show had. The episodes I remember best are Cool Air (from the Lovecraft short story) and The Girl With The Hungry Eyes (from a short story by Fritz Leiber).
When I was a kid (the 70's), "Night Gallery" was one of those things that was a little too much...a touch scarier than typical scary TV fare (and even some movies). Even when the intent was a morality play, the vengeful ghost would be depicted in a most unwholesome and frightful way, as I recall. The paintings themselves (prints of which they used to sell in magazines and comic books, remember?) were even a little too much!
Didn't dare watch it as a kid, and then even later I found some of the episodes very scary!
The opening score was nightmarish. I remember watching (I think) channel 11 during Summer weeknights and getting this lineup:
The Odd Couple
The Honeymooners
The Twilight Zone
Night Gallery...
WOW.
Some of the best episodes:
The Cemetery(from the pilot)
The Dead Man
Room With A View
Certain Shadows On the Wall
Clean Kills and Other Trophies
The Doll
The Last Laurel
A Death In the Family
Class Of '99
Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay
A Fear Of Spiders
The Academy
The Phantom Farmhouse
A Question Of Fear
Dr.Stringfellow's Rejuvenator
Pickman's Model
Cool Air
Camera Obscura
Logoda's Heads
Green Fingers
A Feast Of Blood
The Miracle At Camafeo
The Waiting Room
Last Rites For A Dead Druid
Deliveries In the Rear
Dead Weight
Sins Of the Fathers
The Caterpillar
Return Of the Sorcerer
Girl With the Hungry Eyes
Rare Objects
The Other Way Out
Death On A Barge
Wow! Those episode titles sure bring back some memories!
My favorite is "The Devil is not Mocked", where the Nazi's meet Count Dracula.
"Night Gallery" was truly great at adapting classic horror short stories. So many great stories that, today, are just being ignored.
When I was a kid we lived in a duplex and my bed was up against the common wall. I'd hear the neighbors watching Night Gallery while I tried to sleep. Scarred me for life.
The paintings from the show are easily found online http://www.nightgallery.net/index.html?title.html&0 (http://www.nightgallery.net/index.html?title.html&0) but, I'd like to see them collected in a nice book.
Sylvester Stallone purchased a handful of the series' paintings and has them in his Hollywood office.
Quote from: Inkfink on May 13, 2012, 01:11:01 AM
When I was a kid we lived in a duplex and my bed was up against the common wall. I'd hear the neighbors watching Night Gallery while I tried to sleep. Scarred me for life.
The paintings from the show are easily found online http://www.nightgallery.net/index.html?title.html&0 (http://www.nightgallery.net/index.html?title.html&0) but, I'd like to see them collected in a nice book.
Shouldn't the "Night Gallery" book promoted on nightgallery.net have the paintings in it.
I absolutely love Night Gallery (even though when my grandma watched it late at night I ran into the other room when the opening music played.....but that doesnt leave this thread. ;))
Pamela's Voice is one of my favorites--just a short, fun horror story that has a real kicker of an ending. It's just what Serling does, totally awesome.
Now the best of the absolute best, for me anyhow, is not at all horror themed. "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar." This episode is INCREDIBLE! way ahead of it's time and totally out of the box as far as the genre goes.
I remember watching that a few years back and for few reasons I was just down on myself, feeling like crap. The entire idea of this episode help lift my spirits a bit. You can't live in the past, gotta press forward and move on. The shot of the main character crossing the street to the new bar and his "new life" right while they show the wrecking ball knock down Tim Riley's place......to me...that is borderline genius storytelling and TV.
Love it !! I have been trying to collect all the episodes on vhs recently.
What! The Caterpillar is so far down the list of best episodes. I'll tell you it scared the life out of me at the time because a few months before I watched that episode back in the 70's, I had found a real Earwig on my pillow! To this day I'm convinced that it bored through my brain, my proof you ask. On windy days I can hear the wind whistling through my ears (well that bit's a lie but I am a touch mad). BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Look at the list again. The list isnt rated..it's the order in which they were aired.
Night Gallery was a great show. I am surprised how many people I talk to don't know of it. Some don't even remember that it started out as one of the four NBC Sunday Mystery movies. It was on only once a month then it got popular enough to get a regular series. I remember when they hacked up episodes of The Sixth Sense with Gary Collins. It used ot be an hour show but it didn't so well in syndication so Universal edited them to half hour shows and paid Rod Serling to air them on Night Gallery in syndication. They had paintings made for them and in the opening it said it was a Sxith Sense episode. Rod Serling himself said that they made no sense but he got paid and that was the bottom line. He hosted those also. I have Season 2 and just got 3. Hoping to get 1 soon . I noticed they did not put the Sixth Sense episodes on the DVD. I hope they release that show in it's hour long format on DVD. I used to have a couple of the lithographs of the paintings. There was just so many good episodes I couldn't name any of them as a favorite. They all were kind of a favorite.
Let's just hope neither Johnny Depp nor Tim Burton were "huge fans" of this show, too!
This show actually creeped me out as a kid. My Mom loved it though so I saw it regularly but it was hard going. Even today when I hear the music I get that little shiver racing down my spine. But it's certainly a memorable show, and although I don't recall episode titles, I do remember several episodes, particularly the one with the young girl and the swamp creature in the pit, and the food critic and the spider. Scary stuff.
I really liked the Sixth Sense series, even though it really doesn't fit in with Night Gallery. It also would make sense for Universal to want to increase the number of Night Gallery episodes, while at the same time find a way to place the "Sixth Sense" into syndication, because that show only lasted a single season. At least they were willing to pay Serling for the new openings. I think my favorie episode of the Six sense was the one where the central character was on board an airliner, and kept having this vision of a horsedrawn hearse. Maybe they could do a seperate DVD of Sixth Sense episodes, with the Serling openings, for those who might want to see them.
Quote from: Haunted hearse on May 19, 2012, 06:18:57 PM
I really liked the Sixth Sense series, even though it really doesn't fit in with Night Gallery. It also would make sense for Universal to want to increase the number of Night Gallery episodes, while at the same time find a way to place the "Sixth Sense" into syndication, because that show only lasted a single season. At least they were willing to pay Serling for the new openings. I think my favorie episode of the Six sense was the one where the central character was on board an airliner, and kept having this vision of a horsedrawn hearse. Maybe they could do a seperate DVD of Sixth Sense episodes, with the Serling openings, for those who might want to see them.
I am glad someone else remembers the show. I also remember that episode. It was a pretty good series. I wish that if they released it on DVD, they would do the whole hour long episodes. The stories would make more sense.
Quote from: Moonshadow on May 19, 2012, 04:45:20 PM
This show actually creeped me out as a kid. My Mom loved it though so I saw it regularly but it was hard going. Even today when I hear the music I get that little shiver racing down my spine. But it's certainly a memorable show, and although I don't recall episode titles, I do remember several episodes, particularly the one with the young girl and the swamp creature in the pit, and the food critic and the spider. Scary stuff.
Those episodes would be BRENDA and A FEAR OF SPIDERS..both rather creepy tales.
remember "Night Gallery" with great affection...I can remember watching it on NBC (I think), in the mis-spent days of youth. Many important writers had their works adapted or wrote episodes, among them Manly Wade Wellman and Seabury Quinn ("Phantom Farmhouse". I picked up the first season on DVD, haven't checked to see if there was a Season 2.
One of the shows I remember quite well is "Pickman's Model".
Bizarro Jeff
Night Gallery will always be one of my favorites! My parents sent me to bed and wouldn't let me stay up and watch it when it first aired. My bed time was 9:00 no exceptions ( my loving the scary stuff didn't bother them). Luckily, I had a television set in my room and I would quitely get out of bed and turn on the set with the volume turned down low. I would sit with my ear pressed to the speaker and watch Night Gallery in the dark. Good times!!! (until I got caught).
I'm going to start the series on Hulu while it's free. Finished the original Outer Limits, loved it.
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Wow! I remember that article in TV Guide vividly! Thanks for showing it Gillfan!
Re the Pickman's Model article, I was rather suprised, I always assumed it was a bastardized Creature From The Black Lagoon outfit, I had no idea they actually sculpted the whole thing.
Quote from: Bizarro Jeff on January 07, 2013, 11:25:47 PM
Many important writers had their works adapted or wrote episodes, among them Manly Wade Wellman and Seabury Quinn ("Phantom Farmhouse". One of the shows I remember quite well is "Pickman's Model".
Bizarro Jeff
Just.bought.the.series.on.dvd...really.enjoyed.a.couple.famous.authors'.ones--LITTLE.BLACK.BAG.(Cyril.
Kornbluth).and.CERTAIN.SHADOWS.ON.THE.WALL.(Mary.Wilkins.Freeman)...What.great.casts...old.stars.
and.great.character.actors!
Bought the first season on DVD......what a great show!!
Just finished the series on Hulu, sure was great. Up next is 1959-61's 'One Step Beyond', all new to me!
I bought the entire series in January and am watching one episode per week.
I loved season 1 of The Night Gallery, it was like a darker version of Twilight Zone. But Season 2 is kind of rough to watch. Don't get me wrong, I'm really enjoying the episodes, but they don't match the first season.
Quote from: BigShadow on June 12, 2014, 04:42:05 AM
I loved season 1 of The Night Gallery, it was like a darker version of Twilight Zone. But Season 2 is kind of rough to watch. Don't get me wrong, I'm really enjoying the episodes, but they don't match the first season.
I think there was a lot of external tampering with the 2nd season.
Quote from: Mord on June 12, 2014, 05:41:20 AM
I think there was a lot of external tampering with the 2nd season.
Between the network execs and producer Jack Laird, Rod Serling found himself butting heads quite a bit during the second and third seasons..
Big Surprise was probably my favorite episode. The Caterpillar & The Cemetery would be next.
JP
Quote from: aura of foreboding on February 18, 2013, 10:02:55 PM
I bought the entire series in January and am watching one episode per week.
One episode per week? When I buy box sets I have to watch at least one disk at a shot. Sometimes more.
Quote from: Wicked Lester on June 12, 2014, 10:26:41 PM
One episode per week? When I buy box sets I have to watch at least one disk at a shot. Sometimes more.
I know that's how most people do it nowadays. I, however, enjoy experiencing something closer to the original broadcasts -- plus it lasts longer that way!
I try and watch one disc at a time. When I don't, I tend to loose track of where I left off. lol
Favorite episode: The Waiting Room/Last Rites For A Dead Druid from Season 2. Great cast in both stories.
The Devil Will Not Be Mocked
and Silent Snow Secret Snow (I think that is the title)
yes...from the story by...Conrad Aiken I think...starring the kid from "Kung'Fu"....
What I really love about the show; besides seeing Rod Serling in color, and getting more of his stories is -- that in some episodes you can see some of the house interiors used in Universal Horror Films.
An example is "You Can Come Up Now Mrs. Millikan." The staircase is the same one in The Wolf Man 1941. During the "Gypsy woman? Now we're getting down to it" part of the conversation between Rains and Chaney Jr. The three diamond shaped widows were still quite beautiful even in the 1970s.
You get a glimpse of the Universal village in the excellent season 2 episode "Pickman's Model."
The only problem I had with Night Gallery was Serling's Mike Brady hair.
Loved this show as a little boy. The Caterpillar is the one episode that stood out in my mind when I was little. I bought the first two boxsets, but did not buy the 3rd. Is it worth it???
Quote from: Rockshasa on June 20, 2014, 03:05:43 AM
Loved this show as a little boy. The Caterpillar is the one episode that stood out in my mind when I was little. I bought the first two boxsets, but did not buy the 3rd. Is it worth it???
The third series has some great episodes: Return Of the Sorcerer with Vincent Price and Bill Bixby, The Girl With the Hungry Eyes, The Other Way Out, Death On A Barge and Whisper. Worth checking out for sure!
Quote from: Monster Bob on June 19, 2014, 07:05:10 PM
The only problem I had with Night Gallery was Serling's Mike Brady hair.
Well, at least it wasn't the Mike Brady/Greg Williams perm of the final years. That was rough.
Quote from: Scatter on June 20, 2014, 09:37:11 PM
Well, at least it wasn't the Mike Brady/Greg Williams perm of the final years. That was rough.
The Brady Bunch was a horror show in it's own way.. ;)
Just finished watching episode: Silent Snow, Secret Snow. This has been by far my favorite episode. Partly because I love the snow, and partly because Orson Welles did a fantastic job narrating the episode. Kind of reminded me of how Jean Sheperd narrated A Christmas Story.
Quote from: Memphremagog on June 21, 2014, 02:42:12 PM
The Brady Bunch was a horror show in it's own way.. ;)
The clothing sported therein was certainly terrifying. >:D
Quote from: horrorhunter on June 24, 2014, 06:15:39 PM
The clothing sported therein was certainly terrifying. >:D
The acting wasnt far behind either. ;D
Here's the story of a grisly lady
Who was digging up three very lovely ghouls.
All of them had spacious tombs in the graveyard,
Their plots were by the pool.
Here's the story of a mad mad doctor
Who was digging up three guys of his own.
They would form one, but all together...
Like Frankenstein all sewn.
Until the lightning hit the castle by the city
And the Frankenguy and Ghoul soon came to life
Then they both tied the knot and married
And, together, they began the Frankenlife!
The Frankenlife! The Frankenlife!
This what we all call the Frankenlife!
GREAT topic, very cool show.
" The Caterpillar " 1972 ***spoilers ***STOP READING NOW if you have not seen it...
A nasty little carnivorous insect crawls into Laurence Harvey's ear as he sleeps; it proceeds to burrow through his middle and inner ears and into his brain. Harvey is tied down to his bed and writhes in screaming, tortured, insane agony for days, as the bug EATS its way through his head and emerges through his other ear. The attending physician is amazed --- he's never even heard of anyone surviving this ordeal, and yet Laurence Harvey somehow manages to pull through it. Until, that is, the earwig is identified as a female, and the doctor solemnly informs Harvey that the thing apparently LAID EGGS on its way through his brains.
I've been checking the listings on ME-TV's airings of "Night Gallery"for months and have waited in vain to catch "Sins of the Fathers" with Richard Thomas, Michael Dunn and Barbara Steele. Anyone been watching this? Did I miss it, or are they not airing it?
Great show , truely terrifying as a child , best episode for me is Pickman's Model , though The Catapillar and Cool Air were equally good.
Happy to hear all 3 seasons are availible
Quote from: TheHoldingCoat on December 17, 2014, 04:11:38 PM
I've been checking the listings on ME-TV's airings of "Night Gallery"for months and have waited in vain to catch "Sins of the Fathers" with Richard Thomas, Michael Dunn and Barbara Steele. Anyone been watching this? Did I miss it, or are they not airing it?
I dont know if it has aired recently, but I do remember seeing it back in the spring, around late March-early April sometime..
Thanks, Memphremagog. I just wanted to know whether or not ME-TV is airing it at all, or if I just have missed it. Looks like I missed it and should keep my eye open!
The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes , also really really creeped me out even though there were no monsters in it ,for weeks I kept worring that the sun was going to go supernova.
Quote from: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 25, 2014, 04:45:08 PM
The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes , also really really creeped me out even though there were no monsters in it ,for weeks I kept worring that the sun was going to go supernova.
Me too- also with the fear that an old lady was going to grow out the ground, a doll was going to bite me to death and an earwig was going knaw into my brain- not to mention Richard Kiley's screaming face in the ceiling of my dark bedroom in the middle of the night!
I loved that show.
Fabulous show! Anything even remotely comparable to Night Gallery these days?
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Quote from: Herr Hussmann on December 29, 2014, 07:00:22 PM
Me too- also with the fear that an old lady was going to grow out the ground, a doll was going to bite me to death and an earwig was going knaw into my brain- not to mention Richard Kiley's screaming face in the ceiling of my dark bedroom in the middle of the night!
I loved that show.
I'll never forget that "earwig" episode. Does anyone recall the title of that one?
The Caterpillar.
Quote from: Memphremagog on June 21, 2014, 02:42:12 PMThe Brady Bunch was a horror show in it's own way.. ;)
Quote from: Memphremagog on June 24, 2014, 08:36:36 PMQuote from: horrorhunter on June 24, 2014, 06:15:39 PMThe clothing sported therein was certainly terrifying. >:D
The acting wasnt far behind either. ;D
Me I found the very concept of the show horrifying.
hmjfym
Quote from: aura of foreboding on December 29, 2014, 11:38:24 PM
The Caterpillar.
Thanks, AoF, I'll have to check that one out again.
Night Gallery was absolutly the best , it gave more creeps per minute than any other show of the day
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TV Guide
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The one that scared the absolute daylights out of me as a kid was "Lindemann's Catch". I very clearly remember my heart pounding as the mermaid started thumping around in the hold and started to walk up the stairs. I desperately didn't want to see what it looked like (even though I had to!)
So what did she look like?
???
"Lindemann's Catch".
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Quote from: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 31, 2014, 04:00:59 AM
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It's the Bride of the Creature; No wonder he chased after Kay!
Is that a modified Creature from the Black Lagoon mask?
Quote from: zombiehorror on December 31, 2014, 04:20:52 AM
It's the Bride of the Creature; No wonder he chased after Kay!
Is that a modified Creature from the Black Lagoon mask?
It really looks somewhat like it especially around the neck
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Yep, I'd say it was a modified Creature mask, and the arms and legs on the monster in the TV guide article look vaguely Creature-like as well. Would they have had access to an original mould?
Is it just me, or is that she-creature with the long hair & bugged eyes kinda hot?
Quote from: Pauspy on December 31, 2014, 04:54:38 PM
Would they have had access to an original mould?
I was thinking maybe it was a modified Don Post Creature?
I'm a Night Gallery fan too. In fact, I've been watching my NG collection in between Horror Films. It's also interesting to see some of the sets from the Universal Horror Films. For instance - the staircase in "You can come up now Mrs. Millikan is the same one that Claude Rains and Lon Jr. have the "Stop it! Stop it!" and "You can't run away" exchange in the Wolf Man 1941. Awesome series. Jeannette Nolan scared me in "Since Aunt Ada Came To Stay."
Quote from: Anthony Caranci on May 07, 2015, 09:09:04 PM
I'm a Night Gallery fan too. In fact, I've been watching my NG collection in between Horror Films. It's also interesting to see some of the sets from the Universal Horror Films. For instance - the staircase in "You can come up now Mrs. Millikan is the same one that Claude Rains and Lon Jr. have the "Stop it! Stop it!" and "You can't run away" exchange in the Wolf Man 1941. Awesome series. Jeannette Nolan scared me in "Since Aunt Ada Came To Stay."
Not to mention that classic horror era Universal stars, Gale Sondergard and Martin Kosleck appear in an episode or two..
Quote from: Memphremagog on May 08, 2015, 11:17:32 PM
Not to mention that classic horror era Universal stars, Gale Sondergard and Martin Kosleck appear in an episode or two..
Yes indeed. Elsa Lanchester in Green Fingers. Julie Addams in The Miracle at Camafeo. I watched some of my favorite episodes today like:
The Messiah on Mott Street/The Pained Mirror.
The Phantom Farmhouse/Silent Snow, Secret Snow. Orson Welles narration is fantastic. His narration in King of Kings 1961 is some of the finest put on film.
Cool Air/Camera Obscura.
I watch it pretty much evvery night during the week. it comes on ME-TV at around 1 to 1:30 am. followed by Alfred Hitchcock Hour, and Boris Karllofs Thriller
Sunday I watched:
The Caterpillar/Little Girl Lost.
Deliveries in the Rear/Stop Killing Me/Dead Weight.
The Waiting Room/The Last Rites of a Dead Druid.
Quote from: Anthony Caranci on May 11, 2015, 07:56:10 PM
Sunday I watched:
The Caterpillar/Little Girl Lost.
Deliveries in the Rear/Stop Killing Me/Dead Weight.
The Waiting Room/The Last Rites of a Dead Druid.
The Waiting Room/Last Rites For A Dead Druid is one of my all-time favorite episodes.
Quote from: Memphremagog on May 11, 2015, 10:39:03 PM
The Waiting Room/Last Rites For A Dead Druid is one of my all-time favorite episodes.
I really like The Waiting Room. The cast is awesome! I have to tell you that I really love the performances Albert Salmi gave with The Twilight Zone episodes he did, and also in The Waiting Room. It's great how he tells Steve Forrest off. I wish he would have been in that episode a little longer. Albert Salmi lived up here in the State of Washington. He died (apparently suicide) in Spokane, WA.
Quote from: Anthony Caranci on May 14, 2015, 06:03:42 AM
I really like The Waiting Room. The cast is awesome! I have to tell you that I really love the performances Albert Salmi gave with The Twilight Zone episodes he did, and also in The Waiting Room. It's great how he tells Steve Forrest off. I wish he would have been in that episode a little longer. Albert Salmi lived up here in the State of Washington. He died (apparently suicide) in Spokane, WA.
Salmi was a great character actor in his time. It was a tragedy about his death; murdered his wife then took his own life. I agree about the cast of The Waiting Room..a lot of old time Western character actors and each turning in a brief, but memorable, appearance.
Very fond of this serious, there was a rather remorseful sadness about many TV horrors of that era, the '70s. You also find that in TV movies like the Devil's Daughter, Night Stalker and Black Noon.
I have a real thing for the Death on a Barge episode, I think Lesley Warren was one of the best female vampires ever. I really however don't like the way MeTV handles it by running it so late, and the way Universal packaged it. It's probably the worst reedited program running on MeTV.
Quote from: Anthony Caranci on May 10, 2015, 09:19:58 AM
Yes indeed. Elsa Lanchester in Green Fingers. Julie Addams in The Miracle at Camafeo. I watched some of my favorite episodes today like:
The Messiah on Mott Street/The Pained Mirror.
The Phantom Farmhouse/Silent Snow, Secret Snow. Orson Welles narration is fantastic. His narration in King of Kings 1961 is some of the finest put on film.
Welles' opening narration in "The Magnificent Ambersons" IS the finest opening narration put on film, as long as we're mentioning him.
Silent Snow Secret Snow is a great episode. And a terrific short story too.
Matt
Worth remembering that Welles was Serling's original choice to narrate TWILIGHT ZONE, but his asking price was too high.
And of course, Orson WAS one of the best narrators in Classic Era Radio, along with a few select others like Jack Beck and Fred Foy. If any folks like his film work, but haven't sampled his radio stuff, they're missing a bet!
http://old-time-radio-shows.blogspot.com/2011/07/suspense-hitchhiker.html (http://old-time-radio-shows.blogspot.com/2011/07/suspense-hitchhiker.html)
-Craig
Quote from: Wich2 on May 24, 2015, 01:13:28 PM
Worth remembering that Welles was Serling's original choice to narrate TWILIGHT ZONE, but his asking price was too high.
And of course, Orson WAS one of the best narrators in Classic Era Radio, along with a few select others like Jack Beck and Fred Foy. If any folks like his film work, but haven't sampled his radio stuff, they're missing a bet!
http://old-time-radio-shows.blogspot.com/2011/07/suspense-hitchhiker.html (http://old-time-radio-shows.blogspot.com/2011/07/suspense-hitchhiker.html) But it wasn't too high that the makers of the Transformers cartoon feature could?
-Craig
>But it wasn't too high that the makers of the Transformers cartoon feature could?<
1. Feature budgets generally beat TV budgets.
2. Series work involves a commitment to many more hours than Single-Feature work.
Quote from: Wich2 on May 25, 2015, 06:18:42 PM
>But it wasn't too high that the makers of the Transformers cartoon feature could?<
1. Feature budgets generally beat TV budgets.
2. Series work involves a commitment to many more hours than Single-Feature work.
I know this takes us even further off topic... but I so wish there existed outtakes from Orson Welles' narration from the "Transformers" movie. One could only imagine him saying "What the hell is a Megatron??"
Here is a video of the infamous "fozen peas" meltdown Orson had while trying to record a commercial for Jolly Green Giant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhWM4_pIKVg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhWM4_pIKVg)
I loved that. Those roving eyes.
I used to watch Night Gallery on MeTV almost every night. Then they pushed it back to the wee hours of the morning. I rarely watch it now.
I wish they would show The Incredible Hulk on Saturday nights instead of Wonder Woman. And replace Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea with Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Then their Sci-Fi Saturday lineup would have my approval.
Tuesday I watched Night Gallery episodes:
The Dead Man, The Housekeeper.
Thank you for mentioning this!
I have never seen this before. I just watched one and I love it.
I especially like the background music, it's excellent.
It's not the kind that they like put on to loud volume to "scare you" out of nowhere, with no matching to the voices what so ever. (I think they do that all the time now in series, ugh)
I will check the rest out. :)
Night Gallery is a fantastic show but when they sold the syndication package they took The Gary Collins tv show The Sixth Sense and put new titles on them and Rod Serling as well so they were "new" Night Galleries , his show was ok but not to the level of Night Gallery
If you watch a night Gallery and see Gary in it the chances are good it is a repackaged Sixth Sense ep.
Quote from: mjaycox on May 26, 2015, 02:18:19 AM
I know this takes us even further off topic... but I so wish there existed outtakes from Orson Welles' narration from the "Transformers" movie. One could only imagine him saying "What the hell is a Megatron??"
Here is a video of the infamous "fozen peas" meltdown Orson had while trying to record a commercial for Jolly Green Giant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhWM4_pIKVg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhWM4_pIKVg)
Thank you for posting this , it was a delight
It's been a little while since I viewed a Night Gallery episode. So I thought that I would start watching my collection from the beginning. I can fit them in between Classic Universal Horror Films.
Tonight I begin with the episode that I already mentioned on May 28th (I think).
The Dead Man.
The Housekeeper.
Tonight I viewed:
Room with a View.
Little Black Bag.
The Nature of the Enemy.
Great show but for the life of me I can't recall specific episodes the way I can with Twilight Zone.
Quote from: WnewCreatureFeatures on July 17, 2015, 08:20:53 PM
Night Gallery is a fantastic show but when they sold the syndication package they took The Gary Collins tv show The Sixth Sense and put new titles on them and Rod Serling as well so they were "new" Night Galleries , his show was ok but not to the level of Night Gallery
If you watch a night Gallery and see Gary in it the chances are good it is a repackaged Sixth Sense ep.
I was kind of glad they did that. I enjoyed the sixth sense, I'm sure Rod Serling was fine with doing the new openings, and the more episodes a show has, the better it is for syndication. The only problem I have, is how they took each Hourlong sixth sense episode, and cut them down to a half hour.
Tuesday I viewed these episodes:
The House.
Certain Shadows of the Wall (It almost seems as if you can see the ending to this episode coming from a mile away. Still, very enjoyable).
Monday night:
I viewed these episodes before my Universal Monster double feature:
Make Me Laugh, Clean Kills and other Trophies.
Pamela's Voice, Lone Survivor, The Doll.
Wednesday night:
One Rod's best:
They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar.
The Last Laurel.
I get Me TV and watch this every night now. Love it!
Quote from: raycastile on May 26, 2015, 03:09:53 AM
I used to watch Night Gallery on MeTV almost every night. Then they pushed it back to the wee hours of the morning. I rarely watch it now.
I wish they would show The Incredible Hulk on Saturday nights instead of Wonder Woman. And replace Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea with Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Then their Sci-Fi Saturday lineup would have my approval.
Wow, Ray. Your tweaks to the lineup would get my full approval. 8)
Wednesday night:
The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes, Miss Lovecraft Sent Me, The Hand of Borgus Weems, The Phantom of What Opera?
It sure is nice to see Rod Serling in color.
Monday night:
Death in the Family.
Class of '99.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Thursday night:
Since Aunt Aida Came to Stay - Jeanette Nolan is just flat out scary in this one.
With Apologies - Mr. Hyde.
The Flip Side of the Devil - Arte Johnson plays the hypocrite, on a grand scale.
Friday afternoon:
A Fear of Spiders - This one almost gave me Arachnophobia!
Junior
Marmalade Wine - Rudy Vallee, of all people.
The Academy - I always thought it was interesting to pat Boone in a Night Gallery episode.
Thursday afternoon:
Deliveries in the Rear. Great episode. The first I saw this episode, I was completely blown away!
Stop Killing Me.
Dead Weight.
I got the DVD set but still haven't delved into it. I feel much shame.
Quote from: Scatter on September 30, 2015, 10:55:10 PM
I got the DVD set but still haven't delved into it. I feel much shame.
Write "I'll start watching the DVD set starting tonight" 100x in chimp poop on your wall.
But where on Earth will you ever get chimp poop?
Oh. RIGHT. ::)
Quote from: Universal Steve on May 19, 2012, 05:04:50 AMI am surprised how many people I talk to don't know of it.
I don't know it, of course few American TV shows are familiar to me. Our kids are starting on Twilight Zone and Outer Limits, a few Thrillers, One Step Beyond's.
Hubby only vaguely remembers it, and said it was intermittent, then he lost interest in trying to locate it's broadcast time. He said his expectations were probably too high, too - "Nothing could touch Twilight Zone," he's said.
Thanks for all of these notes. It gives us a good starting point for many episodes to start with.
Quote from: Sean on October 18, 2015, 06:31:05 PM
Write "I'll start watching the DVD set starting tonight" 100x in chimp poop on your wall.
But where on Earth will you ever get chimp poop?
Oh. RIGHT. ::)
My chimp poop cursive is quite elegant.
Tuesday night:
I'll Never Leave You -- Ever!
There Aren't Anymore Mac Banes.
The Sins of The Fathers
You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore.
Tuesday night:
The Caterpillar.
Little Girl Lost.
Enjoyed the Night Gallery 2 day marathon last weekend on channel 2-2
Tuesday night:
Night Gallery : The Different Ones, Tell David, Lagoda's Heads.
To start gearing up for the Halloween Season, I've decided to watch the complete series all over again.
Tuesday night:
Night Gallery - The Pilot Movie 1969
The Cemetery
Eyes
Escape Route.
I'll be posting everyday until I finish.
Thursday night:
The Dead Man
The Housekeeper.
Room with a View.
Little Black Bag.
The Nature of the Enemy.
The House.
Certain Shadows of the Wall.
Friday morning:
Make Me Laugh
Clean Kills and Other Trophies
Pamela's Voice
Lone Survivor
The Doll
They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar
The Last Laurel
Friday night:
The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes
Miss Lovecraft Sent Me
The Hand of Borgus Weems
The Phantom of What Opera?
Death in the Family
Class of '99
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Since Aunt Aida Came to Stay
With Apologies - Mr. Hyde
The Flipside of the Devil.
Saturday:
A fear of Spiders, Junior, Marmalade Wine, and The Academy.
Deliveries in the Rear, Stop Killing Me, Dead Weight.
Midnight Never Ends, Brenda.
Sunday morning:
The Diary, A Matter of Semantics, Big Surprise, Professor Peabody's Last Lecture.
The Phantom Farmhouse, Silent Snow -- Secret Snow. (Orson Welles narration is just brilliant).
A Question of Fear, The Devil is not Mocked.
Sunday night:
House - with Ghost, A Midnight Visit to the Blood Bank, Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator, Hells Bells.
The Dark Boy, Keep in Touch - We'll Think of Something.
Pickman's Model, The Dear Departed, An Act of Chivalry.
Monday morning:
Cool Air, Camera Obscura.
The Messiah on Mott Street, The Painted Mirror.
The Different Ones, Tell David, Lagoda's Heads.
Tuesday morning:
Green Fingers, The Funeral, The Tune in Dan's Café.
Lindeman's Catch, The Late Mr. Peddington, A Feast of Blood.
The Miracle at Camefeo, The Ghost of Sorworth Place.
Wednesday afternoon:
The Waiting Room - I really love this one. Great cast. Albert Salmi's line: "I'd rather be kin to a vulture bird!"
The Last Rites of Dead Druid
The Sin's of the Fathers
You Can't Get Help like That Anymore.
The Caterpillar
Little Girl Lost.
Thursday afternoon (lunchtime in the Night Gallery):
Return of the Sorcerer, The Girl With the Hungry Eyes.
Rare Objects, Spectre in Tap Shoes.
Early Friday morning:
You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan, The Other Way Out.
Fright Night, Finnegan's Flight.
Something in the Woodwork, Death on a Barge.
Friday afternoon & evening:
Whisper, Doll of Death, Hatred Unto Death.
Lost Treasures Part 1:
Season 2 - Episode 19: I'll Never Leave you, There Aren't Anymore McBanes.
Season 3 - Episode 9: She'll Be Company For You.
Season 3 - Episode 10: The Ring With the Red Velvet Ropes.
Lost Treasures Part 2:
Die Now, Pay Later.
Room For One Less
Witches Feast.
Reprise of Little Girl Lost.
I recently started watching the series again on Hulu and am enjoying it very much. It's been a long time since I caught these in syndication and it's cool going through them in the original order.
Anthony, I couldn't do marathons but I've made it thru the first 5 episodes in a couple of months. I don't understand why I can gobble up TWILIGHT ZONEs five at a time, but NIGHT just hasn't grabbed me like that.
Quote from: ChristineBCW on October 06, 2016, 10:02:57 PM
Anthony, I couldn't do marathons but I've made it thru the first 5 episodes in a couple of months. I don't understand why I can gobble up TWILIGHT ZONEs five at a time, but NIGHT just hasn't grabbed me like that.
I think it may be because The Twilight Zone is a better show. Let's face it -- some of the best Night Gallery episodes are the ones that Rod Serling wrote. One of my favorite "things" about Night Gallery is - you can see some of the sets from the old Universal Horror Films in some of the episodes.
For instance; in the episode: You Can Come Up Now Mrs. Millikan (with Ozzie & Harriet), look at the staircase. It's the same one you see in The Wolf Man 1941 when Sir John tells his son: "You're not a child Larry and you believe in the superstitions of a Gypsy woman!"
Night Gallery was designed to be Horror & Twilight Zone was more Science Fiction with some Fantasy also. Twilight Zone had better casting too, although Night Gallery did okay in that respect too.
TZ is certainly a better show. NG is uneven, to say the least. But it has its own charms. Serling had almost no control over NG, which explains the uneven quality. It's a shame his talents weren't better utilized in his last decade or so....and so sad that he had so little time to share his gifts.
Some of the Night Gallery's portraits:
Pickman's Model
(http://78.media.tumblr.com/c7492aeaac009136b2234bdcdca87ab3/tumblr_mt5260tbWI1suhy3po3_1280.jpg)
Spectre In Tap Shoes
(http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1615/1422/400/29756/spectre2.jpg)
You Cant Get Help Like That Anymore
(https://www.hakes.com/Image/MediumRes/56238/1/image.jpg)
The Waiting Room
(http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/9646/10499653_1.jpg?v=8CE714124B67990)
Rare Objects
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/3a/24/a53a249c090d5959ecd5cfab5b71b039.jpg)
The Cemetery
(https://www.artranked.com/images/75/757d68c475dc0c81d3f426ed1fdc6963.jpg)
Return Of the Sorcerer
(https://www.thesoundofvincentprice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Return-of-the-Sorcerer_2.jpg)
More paintings from the Gallery:
Lone Survivor
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/39/51/41/395141f272d3ed6c5127bdbb0fde7c2d.jpg)
A Fear Of Spiders
(https://www.horrorbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/NightGallerytomwright-insert2.jpg)
Dr.Stringfellow's Rejuvenator
(https://i.imgur.com/TqeJQqt.jpg)
The Girl With the Hungry Eyes
(https://www.blackgate.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/10-The-Girl-with-the-Hungry-Eyes.jpg)
A few more paintings:
A Death In the Family
(https://thenightgallery.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/death-in-the-family.jpg)
The Dear Departed
(https://i0.wp.com/genresnaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ngdeardeparted04.jpg)
Deliveries In the Rear
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/23/3f/96/233f9650676b760182f603f778b69c77--night-gallery-the-nights.jpg)
Fright Night
(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/6e/e1/c9/6ee1c933789d257967bfc51af878e720--night-gallery-fright-night.jpg)
Love the paintings! Especially "Pickman's Model"! "Deliveries in the Rear" is another one that I like a lot!
If we're being honest here, there are a number of Twilight Zone episodes I never want to see again. Both shows had their ups and downs. The Serling episodes of both series always come off as the strongest, most watchable entries. I own all of TZ and all of NG on DVD. I am much more willing to watch NG again in its entirety than TZ for the simple fact that there are just certain TZ episodes I know are amazing and kind of just want to see those ones over and over again, leaving the others to the depths of the Twilight Zone. Nothing in either show is particularly terrible, but consistently good is not something I would say about TZ or NG. There are just more absolute winners in TZ.
Does anyone own any of the original paintings?
Quote from: skully on April 22, 2018, 06:53:53 PM
Does anyone own any of the original paintings?
Sylvester Stallone purchased several of the original paintings, they are in his Hollywood offices. Many others have been bought by private collectors over the years.
More:
The Little Black Bag
(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/e9/29/77/e92977904af26d6d4a5e3c380a980447--night-gallery-night-love.jpg)
The Nature Of the Enemy
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b4/6c/75/b46c75a20e3060315859ef5f2684d2fd--tom-wright-night-gallery.jpg)
The Phantom Farmhouse
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/05/9d/db/059ddbc2c8e9d73f91ac20abc7d76636.jpg)
The Ghost Of Sorworth Pllace
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/82/65/d9/8265d9d7c3077b0d442fb934a796ef14--night-gallery-the-nights.jpg)
The Caterpillar
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/57/f4/61/57f46166cbe5bfdc2025d2d1cd5ea85d.jpg)
Sorry if this has already been posted,didn't want go through the whole thread. Anyone remember this ad.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b8/4b/a6/b84ba636d9ed7af42597fc7fdbc4932a.jpg)
Quote from: Wicked Lester on May 07, 2018, 11:26:49 PM
Anyone remember this ad.
Sure do! They were in one (or more) of the mags I was buying, at the time.
There's a guy on eBay who sells paintings of all the artwork from NG. He's from Hong Kong, but I must admit, they're pretty impressive looking. In the $200-300 range.
JP
Several more:
Class Of '99
(https://i0.wp.com/www.thesoundofvincentprice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Class-of-99_4.jpg?ssl=1)
The Hand Of Borgus Weems
(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/cb/78/dd/cb78ddbc84092b57785a3424ee4ee874.jpg)
The Devil Is Not Mocked
(https://dangerousminds.net/content/uploads/images/made/content/uploads/images/36DevilIsNotMockedsmall_465_925_int.jpg)
The Last Laurel
(https://dangerousminds.net/content/uploads/images/17LastLaurel.jpg)
Quote from: Memphremagog on May 19, 2018, 03:14:52 PM
Several more:
The Last Laurel
(http://nightgallery.net/wp-content/uploads/17LastLaurel-600x564.jpg)
You misheard it. This is actually called The Last Yanny.
Quote from: aura of foreboding on April 22, 2018, 05:31:39 PM
If we're being honest here, there are a number of Twilight Zone episodes I never want to see again. Both shows had their ups and downs. The Serling episodes of both series always come off as the strongest, most watchable entries. I own all of TZ and all of NG on DVD. I am much more willing to watch NG again in its entirety than TZ for the simple fact that there are just certain TZ episodes I know are amazing and kind of just want to see those ones over and over again, leaving the others to the depths of the Twilight Zone. Nothing in either show is particularly terrible, but consistently good is not something I would say about TZ or NG. There are just more absolute winners in TZ.
I generally feel the same, however, it should be said that there are also five seasons of Twilight Zone versus three of Gallery..however, I also feel that there are more duds in Zone due to this as well.
Quote from: Memphremagog on July 15, 2018, 08:54:03 PM
I generally feel the same, however, it should be said that there are also five seasons of Twilight Zone versus three of Gallery..however, I also feel that there are more duds in Zone due to this as well.
When Decades had their "Rod, White and Blue" Marathon on July 4, I could watch every single episode, one right after the other. But all of the episodes were penned by Serling. If I put in the DVDs, I know there would be a number I'd skip on every disc. I am glad that TZ was made and that we have the awesome episodes we have, but I feel that any new TZ efforts should follow the "Columbo" mystery movie format, where it's still a TV series, but you only get a few high quality episodes each season.
Recently found on Facebook: an homage to two fantastic TV series.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/847/28566490417_bc9630b46c.jpg)
:) (https://flic.kr/p/KwjJmR)
A view of some of the fiends of NIGHT GALLERY:
Ghoul from PICKMAN'S MODEL
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QV9vJiDs3bw/VbS5bJnPSrI/AAAAAAAAI7w/ru92uwgl_Vs/s400/ngpickmansmodel33.jpg)
The Muck Monster from BRENDA
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7e/2a/6a/7e2a6a286bd99cbd84f6aa58c065a3f2.jpg)
The title thing from THE DOLL
(https://www.scaryforkids.com/pics/night-gallery-doll.jpg)
The phony spectre from A QUESTION OF FEAR
(https://genresnaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ngquestion09.jpg)
A few more portraits:
THE FUNERAL
(https://thenightgallery.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/funeral2.jpg)
MAKE ME LAUGH
(https://www.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/styles/blog-post-embedded--mobile/public/makemelaugh.jpg)
CLEAN KILLS AND OTHER TROPHIES
(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/57/50/b4/5750b4c4e76dad680e6d683c60dd2373.jpg)
THE DIARY
(https://i2.wp.com/genresnaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ngdiary01.jpg)
I'd love to have that funeral portrait hanging in my house.
Watching my Night Gallery Collection:
The Pilot Film:
The Cemetery
Eyes
Escape Route.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the Night Gallery.
(https://i.postimg.cc/1zTtZwWG/NG-1.gif)
Coming soon:
(https://www.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/styles/blog-post-embedded--mobile/public/book-cover-flat-rod-serlings-night-gallery-the-art-of-darkness.jpg)
Cool book! :)
Night Gallery must have been one of the more expensive series to prepare for syndication.
Not only did they have to edit the segments to fit the time allotted, which required taking out material from some segments and also including material in others, they also had to edit down the Sixth Sense episodes to fit half their original run time, have Serling record linking narration (much of it you can tell was dubbed over scenes with his back to the camera, walking towards the gallery and over clips of the episode), and, of course, painting had to be commissioned.
That fell to Jaroslav "Jerry" Gebr (http://www.gebrart.com/Home_Page.html (http://www.gebrart.com/Home_Page.html)), who also painted the three paintings in the Night Gallery pilot film. Interestingly, he had already painted three of the Sixth Sense paintings: "With This Ring, I Thee Kill!," "Eye of the Haunted," and "Whisper of Evil " These had been featured in Sixth Sense Episodes ("Whisper of Evil," along with another NG Sixth Sense painting, "Candle, Candle Burning Bright," would later be repurposed for the Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode, "The Devil's Platform" as part of Palmer's wine cellar/Satanic sanctum). Images of all Sixth Sense paintings, and further details, can be found here: http://www.nemsworld.com/6sense/ (http://www.nemsworld.com/6sense/)
More portraits:
The Tune In Dan's Cafe:
(https://pm1.narvii.com/6999/3aeb1e0c2794b2319deb1682028d0a741f0cc137r1-459-1026v2_hq.jpg)
I'll Never Leave You..Ever:
(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/c3/56/f9/c356f923f7ee406200b2304df8fb9bd0.jpg)
The Dark Boy:
(https://thenightgallery.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/darkboy.jpg)
Pamela's Voice:
(https://dangerousminds.net/content/uploads/images/13PamelasVoice.jpg)
The Flip-Side Of Satan:
(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/c4/43/a1/c443a1ebe15a5fb07f32f6ead48d9a77--tom-wright-night-gallery.jpg)
Camera Obscura:
(https://dangerousminds.net/content/uploads/images/53CameraObscura.jpg)
Miss Lovecraft Sent Me:
(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/40/48/47/404847c432b06108601bafb53a27ec61.jpg)
The House:
(https://magicklounge.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/house-painting.jpg)
There Arent Anymore Macbanes:
(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/d3/16/8e/d3168e3f51032f6768b9142eaacd8c6a--tom-wright-night-gallery.jpg)
The Other Way Out:
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a1/a0/62/a1a0625b5aa92a0eb4192da11d29e51f.jpg)
LOGODA'S HEADS
(https://i0.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/NGLogodasHeads.jpg?resize=600%2C575&type=vertical)
THE ESCAPE ROUTE
(https://www.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/styles/blog-post-embedded--mobile/public/theescaperoute.jpg)
BIG SURPRISE
(https://thenightgallery.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/bigsurprise.jpg)
THE DOLL OF DEATH
(https://i.pinimg.com/550x/6b/55/cc/6b55cc84a78349890b274a6080e1d5cb.jpg)
LINDEMANN'S CATCH
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/45/db/7b45dbb1e8c9aa2429cb52fdcc5c5359.jpg)
HATRED UNTO DEATH
(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/1c/3d/18/1c3d1865e46d45b5695241c00a9b7ba3--tom-wright-night-gallery.jpg)
A QUESTION OF FEAR
(https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzI1WDUwMA==/z/DZIAAOSwdfVce~Zx/$_12.JPG)
COOL AIR
(https://thenightgallery.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/coolair.jpg)
Some episode stills:
CERTAIN SHADOWS ON THE WALL
(https://ruinedhead.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/shadows4.jpg?w=640)
RETURN OF THE SORCERER
(https://aiptcomics.com/ezoimgfmt/i0.wp.com/aiptcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/night-gallery-sorcerer-vincent-price.jpg?w=740&ssl=1&ezimgfmt=rs:412x311/rscb1/ng:webp/ngcb1)
THE DIFFERENT ONES
(https://i2.wp.com/genresnaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ngdifferent18.jpg)
PROFESSOR PEABODY'S LAST LECTURE
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-29f_l2YLoTQ/T24yQZ4GpEI/AAAAAAAABtg/RWDbcvELJts/s1600/NightGallery-PPLL3.jpg)
DEATH ON A BARGE
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESS0tQqWsAAgXm8.jpg)
Quote from: segeorge on March 29, 2021, 08:09:07 PM
Night Gallery must have been one of the more expensive series to prepare for syndication.
Not only did they have to edit the segments to fit the time allotted, which required taking out material from some segments and also including material in others, they also had to edit down the Sixth Sense episodes to fit half their original run time, have Serling record linking narration (much of it you can tell was dubbed over scenes with his back to the camera, walking towards the gallery and over clips of the episode), and, of course, painting had to be commissioned.
That fell to Jaroslav "Jerry" Gebr (http://www.gebrart.com/Home_Page.html (http://www.gebrart.com/Home_Page.html)), who also painted the three paintings in the Night Gallery pilot film. Interestingly, he had already painted three of the Sixth Sense paintings: "With This Ring, I Thee Kill!," "Eye of the Haunted," and "Whisper of Evil " These had been featured in Sixth Sense Episodes ("Whisper of Evil," along with another NG Sixth Sense painting, "Candle, Candle Burning Bright," would later be repurposed for the Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode, "The Devil's Platform" as part of Palmer's wine cellar/Satanic sanctum). Images of all Sixth Sense paintings, and further details, can be found here: http://www.nemsworld.com/6sense/ (http://www.nemsworld.com/6sense/)
There is an amazing documentary on this exact subject that you are presenting here, to be found on the extras for the NIGHT GALLERY Season 3 blu ray set
One of the more prolific Night gallery guest stars was Joanna Pettet, starring in no less than four segments over the series' three season run:
THE HOUSE(1970)
(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/dd/6c/0f/dd6c0f31d19bc6783f1847f22b7e4ab7--night-gallery-john-astin.jpg)
KEEP IN TOUCH, WE'LL THINK OF SOMETHING(1971)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nLY3QVA25jk/VsK4-UgjXfI/AAAAAAAATUE/C6VkrAnwgjM/s1600/Alex-Cord-Joanna-Pettet-Night-Gallery-Keep-In-Touch-We%2527ll-Think-Of-Something-1971%2B%25282%2529.JPG)
THE CATERPILLAR(1972)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D3zcRmcIUQE/VsQucnP0dpI/AAAAAAAATWc/MuazD-PLWVM/s1600/Joanna-Pettet-Laurence-Harvey-Night-Gallery-Caterpillar-1972.JPG)
THE GIRL WITH THE HUNGRY EYES(1972)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oRTbRhHRle4/VsQPTU8sAoI/AAAAAAAATWA/3gHHVfnBPwE/s1600/Joanna_Pettet-James-Farentino-Night-Gallery-Girl-With-The-Hungry-Eyes-1972%2B%25282%2529.JPG)
Night Gallery had some actors who appeared in more than one segment over its' entire run, some very famous names, some not so famous, but all managed to contribute something to the show's mythos in various ways..
A list includes:
Barry Atwater(The Cemetery/The Doll Of Death)
Tom Bosley(Eyes/Make Me Laugh)
Barry Sullivan(Eyes/Finnegan's Flight)
Louise Sorel(The Housekeeper/Pickman's Model)
Jeanette Nolan(The Housekeeper/Since Aunt Ada Came To Stay)
Burgess Meredith(The Little Black Bag/Finnegan's Flight)
Joseph Campanella(Nature Of the Enemy/Miss Lovecraft Sent Me)
Joanna Pettet(The House/Keep In Touch, We'll Think Of Something/The Caterpillar/The Girl With the Hungry Eyes)
Agnes Moorhead(Certain Shadows On the Wall/Witches' Feast)
Raymond Massey(Clean Kills and Other Trophies/Rare Objects)
John Astin(Pamela's Voice/Hell's Bells/The Girl With the Hungry Eyes)
William Windom(They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar/Little Girl Lost)
Leslie Nielson(Phantom Of What Opera?/A Question Of Fear)
Vincent Price(Class Of '99/Return Of the Sorcerer)
James B. Sikking(Nature Of the Enemy/Death In the Family)
James Farentino(Since Aunt Ada Came To Stay/The Girl With the Hungry Eyes)
Leif Erickson(The Academy/Something In the Woodwork)
Ivor Francis(The Phantom Farmhouse/Little Girl Lost)
Susan Strasberg(Midnight Never Ends/The Doll Of Death)
Lindsay Wagner(The Diary/Smile, Please)
Alan Napier(House-With Ghost/Sins Of the Fathers/Fright Night)
Patricia Donahue(Hand Of Borgus Weems/The Dear Departed)
Ross Martin(Camera Obscura/The Other Way Out)
Sandra Dee(Tell David../Spectre In Tap Shoes)
Albert Popwell(Nature Of the Enemy/Logoda's Heads)
Cameron Mitchell(Green Fingers/Finnegan's Flight)
Stuart Whitman(Lindemann's Catch/Fright Night)
Richard Kiley(The Escape Route/Ghost Of Sorworth Place)
Bill Bixby(Last Rites For A Dead Druid/Return Of the Sorcerer)
Steve Forrest(The Waiting Room/Hatred Unto Death)
Geraldine Page(Stop Killing Me/Sins Of the Fathers/Something In the Woodwork)
Kent Smith(Deliveries In the Rear/Whisper)
John Williams(The Doll/The Caterpillar)
1970's ad that showed up in a few horror magazines selling reproductions of the Night Gallery portraits:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pr6sq0xvIMY/YR6U7T4GvHI/AAAAAAAAHfA/eu7F_cWkDmkMnK8odbatXJBrUmH-jOMTQCLcBGAsYHQ/w471-h640/Night%2BGallery%2Bad.jpg)
Rod Serling standing with a selection of some of the show's portraits
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/73/0b/f9/730bf93b0ae738dcdda6a55816fb0e06--best-tv-night-gallery.jpg)
Quote from: Memphremagog on July 30, 2023, 09:55:00 PM
1970's ad that showed up in a few horror magazines selling reproductions of the Night Gallery portraits:
I remember those! :)