Twilight Zone - Radio Drama : The Episode Guide
(Last Update - 05/14/04)
Ep. 01 - 7-5-03
"A Kind of Stopwatch" starring Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba / Young Guns). Special guest star: Spike O'Dell.
Plot: The world's most talkative bore gets a magical stopwatch that can stop everything except him. But when he misuses it, a wonderful conversation piece becomes a real party killer.
Ep. 02 - 7-12-03
"The After Hours" starring Kim Fields (Facts of Life / Living Single). Special guest star: John Williams.
Plot: A young woman goes gift shopping in a department store and is trapped on the ninth floor when the store closes - even though no such floor exists.
Ep. 03 - 7-19-03
"The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" starring Frank John Hughes (Band of Brothers / Catch Me If You Can). Special guest stars: Kathy O'Malley & Judy Markey.
Plot: The residents of a quiet street suspect an alien invasion is imminent and that one of their own is an alien monster.
Ep. 04 - 7-26-03
"The Man In The Bottle" starring Ed Begley, Jr. (St. Elsewhere / Best In Show / Six Feet Under). Special guest star: Steve Cochran.
Plot: What if a genie granted your heart's desire? Is it possible to wish your way to happiness - or is the hidden price more than anyone can pay?
Ep. 05 - 8-2-03
"The Thirty-Fathom Grave" starring Blair Underwood (LA Law / Full Frontal). Special guest stars: David Kaplan and Tom Waddle.
Plot: When a naval destroyer picks up a signal from a ship that sank twenty years ago, a crewman is haunted by a strange memory buried at the bottom of the sea.
Ep. 06 - 8-9-03
"Mr. Dingle the Strong" starring Tim Kazurinsky (Police Academy / SNL) Special guest star: Milt Rosenberg.
Plot: A mild-mannered vacuum cleaner salesman is given the strength of three hundred men in a scientific experiment conducted by two Martians.
Ep. 07 - 8-16-03
"The Lateness Of The Hour" starring Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) and James Keach (Vacation). Special guest stars: Steve King & Johnnie Putman.
Plot: A young woman lives a life of comfort and ease, thanks to her father's robot servants. The problem is, she may also be a prisoner in her own perfect home.
Ep. 08 - 8-23-03
"The Bard" starring John Ratzenberger (Cheers / Monsters Inc.). Special guest stars: Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong.
Plot: Jack Weston is an untalented would-be TV writer whose career takes off when the ghost of William Shakespeare (played by Stacy Keach) writes a script for him. But when the sponsor makes changes, Shakespeare is appalled and won't stand for it.
Ep. 09 - 8-30-03
"Escape Clause" starring Mike Starr (Goodfellas / Dumb & Dumber / Mad Dog and Glory) Special guest star: Tom Petersen.
Plot: Hypochondriac Walter Bedeker sells his soul for immortality and indestructibility, only to find out that life might not be worth living if the thrill is gone.
Ep. 10 - 9-6-03
"The Passers By" starring Morgan Brittany* (Dallas) Special guest star: Nick Digilio.
Plot: On the road home from the Civil War, a Confederate soldier meets a widow and together they learn that the road they're traveling may not be leading home at all. * Factoid: Before child actress Suzanne Cupito changed her name to Morgan Brittany she appeared in three Twilight Zone television programs, "Ceasar and Me" (4-10-64), "Nightmare as a Child" (4-29-60) and "Valley of the Shadow" (1-17-63).
Ep. 11 - 9-13-03
"A Short Drink From A Certain Fountain" starring Adam West (Batman) Special guest star: Dave Eanet.
Plot: An aging man desperate to keep up with his much younger wife tries a highly experimental youth serum with disastrous results.
Ep. 12 - 9-20-03
"A Stop At Willoughby" starring Chelcie Ross (A Simple Plan / Major League / Rudy) Special guest stars: Mike Nowak and Kathleen Thompson.
Plot: An ad executive dreams himself away from his job pressures and finds himself back in time to a peaceful town called Willoughby.
Ep. 13 - 9-27-03
"The Lonely" starring Mike Starr (Goodfellas / Mad Dog & Glory / Dumb & Dumber)
Plot: A convicted murderer incarcerated on a distant asteroid is dying of loneliness until a supply ship Captain leaves him a female robot for a companion.
Ep. 14 - 10-4-03
"The Odyssey of Flight 33" Starring Daniel J. Travanti (Hill Street Blues) Special guest stars: Mike Mathis, Anne Maxfield and Mary Van De Velde.
Plot: Flight 33 picks up a peculiar tailwind and is blown off course. After apparently correcting the problem, the flight arrives at its destination - a billion years ahead of schedule!
Ep. 15 - 10-11-03
"Mr. Garrity And The Graves" Starring Chris McDonald (Happy Gilmore / Quiz Show / Air Force One) Special guest stars: Dave Stewart, Paula Cooper and Charlie Myerson.
Plot: Jared Garrity makes a living as a resurrecter of the dead in the Old West. He doesn't make money from people who want to see their loved ones again, but from the many town folk who want to keep the dead buried!
Ep. 16 - 10-18-03
"Four O'Clock" Starring Stan Freberg (Satirist)
Plot: Political fanatic Oliver Crangle has determined that at 4 p.m. he'll eliminate all his enemies by shrinking them, but his plan proves to be "short-sighted."
Ep. 17 - 10-25-03
"No Time Like the Past" Starring Jason Alexander (Seinfeld / Curb Your Enthusiasm) Special guest star: Lyle Dean.
Plot: A scientist travels back in time to try to prevent some of history's catastrophes. Unsuccessful, he decides to stay in the past without interfering until disaster strikes close to home.
Ep. 18 - 11-1-03
"One More Pallbearer" Starring Chelcie Ross (Rudy / Above the Law / A Simple Plan) Special guest stars: Steve Bertrand, Judy Pielach and Andrea Darlas.
Plot: Eccentric millionaire Paul Radin offers the use of his bomb shelter to three people who wronged him in life. But the price they have to pay, an apology, may be too high.
Ep. 19 - 11-8-03
"The Dummy" Starring Bruno Kirby (City Slickers / Good Morning Vietnam / Godfather Part II) Special guest stars: Dave Eanet at Wes Bleed.
Plot: A ventriloquist is convinced that Willie, his dummy, is alive and quite evil. He makes plans for a new act with a new dummy … plans that Willie is not about to let happen.
Ep. 20 - 11-15-03
"A Most Unusual Camera" Starring Mike Starr (Dumb & Dumber / Jersey Girl / Ed Wood) Special guest stars: Garry Lee Wright and Larry Schreiner.
Plot: Two thieves discover that a camera they have stolen takes pictures of the future, but not every photo develops as they might expect.
Ep. 21 - 11-22-03
"The Obsolete Man" Starring Jason Alexander (Seinfeld / Curb Your Enthusiasm) Special guest star: Dean Richards.
Plot: In a future state where religion and books have been banned, a librarian is judged to be obsolete by the Chancellor and sentenced to death.
Ep. 22 - 11-29-03
"Still Valley" Starring Adam West (Batman) Special guest star: Spike O'Dell.
Plot: A Confederate soldier gets his chance to win the civil war for the South but to do it he must call on the devil.
Ep. 23 - 12-6-03
"Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" Starring Shelley Berman * (Twilight Zone / Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Plot: Frisby is a loud-mouthed braggart whose boasts attract the attention of aliens. Perhaps he should have read the story of the boy who cried wolf before embarking on his greatest adventure. * Factoid: Shelley Berman starred in the original Twilight Zone episode "The Mind and the Matter" originally televised 5-12-61.
Ep. 24 - 12-13-03
"A Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room" Starring Adam Baldwin (My Bodyguard / Radio Flyer / Full Metal Jacket)
Plot: Ordered to commit a murder he doesn't want to perform, a small-time hood nervously looks in the mirror and sees the man he could have been - confident, strong and determined to get out.
Ep. 25 - 12-20-03
"The Changing of the Guard" starring * Orson Bean (Twilight Zone / Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) with special guest, Steve Cochran.
Plot: Professor Ellis Fowler is forced to retire after 51 years of teaching. Feeling his life was worthless he decides to end his life until he is visited by the ghostly appearances of former students. (* Factoid: Orson Bean starred in the Twilight Zone TV episode "Mr. Bevis" originally televised 6/3/60)
Ep. 26 - 12-27-03
"The Incredible World of Horace Ford" starring Mike Starr (Goodfellas / Mad Dog and Glory / Ed Wood) with special guest, Kathy O'Malley.
Plot: Toy designer Horace Ford spends most of his time reminiscing about his idyllic childhood. But when he gets the chance to go back to those years, he gets a bad taste of reality.
Ep. 27 - 1-10-04
"Midnight Sun" starring Kim Fields (Facts of Life / Living Single) with special guest, Milt Rosenberg.
Plot: The Earth's Sun has suddenly changed, drawing ever closer to the Sun and promising eminent destruction - or has it?
Ep. 28 - 1-17-04
"The Trade Ins" starring * H. M. Wynant (Twilight Zone / Days of Our Lives) and Peggy Webber (Dragnet) with special guests Steve King and Johnnie Putman.
Plot: An elderly couple visits The New Life Corporation, hoping to transplant their personalities into youthful artificial bodies - problem is, they can only afford one. (* Factoid: H.M. Wynant starred in the Twilight Zone television episode "The Howling Man" originally televised 11/4/60)
Ep. 29 - 1-24-04
"The Last Night of a Jockey" starring Bruno Kirby (Godfather 2 / Good Morning Vietnam / City Slickers) with special guest Nick Digilio.
Plot: Grady, a former jockey, banned from horse racing and down on his luck gets one wish, to grow to over eight feet tall - which, he finds out can be much too big.
Ep. 30 - 1-31-04
"A Hundred Yards Over The Rim" starring Jim Caviezel (Count of Monte Cristo / Frequency / The Passion of Christ) with special guest, Rick Kogan.
Plot: In 1847, a western settler sets out to find medicine for his dying young son - and stumbles into modern-day New Mexico. Can he find his way back to the past to save his son's life?
Ep. 31 - 2-7-04
"Twenty-Two" starring Andrea Evans (Passions) with special guest, Dean Richards.
Plot: Liz Powell is terrified by a recurring nightmare involving the number 22. Her doctor reassures her that it is just a bad dream, yet Miss Powell is to learn that bad dreams can come true.
Ep. 32 - 2-14-04
"The Little People" starring Daniel J. Travanti (Hill Street Blues).
Plot: Spaceship commander Peter Craig declares himself a God when his ship lands on a planet populated by people smaller than ants.
Ep. 33 - 2-21-04
"A Passage For Trumpet" starring Mike Starr (Dumb & Dumber / Ed Wood / Jersey Girl) with special guests Lyle Dean and Dave Eanet.
Plot: After committing suicide, an unsuccessful trumpet player is given a second chance at life, but he must first learn what it means to be dead in a world full of life.
Ep. 34 - 2-28-04
"Cavender Is Coming" starring Andrea Evans (Passions) with special guests Lou Manfredini and Dave Kaplan.
Plot: Agnes Grep is a klutzy usherette who is "rescued" from a life of poverty by a guardian angel and soon learns that she may not like living in anyone else's skin.
Ep. 35 - 3-6-04
"The Parallel" starring Lou Diamond Phillips (LaBamba / Young Guns) with special guests, Mike Nowak and Andy Masur.
Plot: Astronaut Robert Gaines finds himself back on Earth in a world very similar to, but not quite his own. Even his wife and young daughter seem to be strangers to him.
Ep. 36 - 3-13-04
"The Big Tall Wish" starring Blair Underwood (Full Frontal / Sex and the City) with special guests, Gary Lee Wright and Jim Memolo.
Plot: An over-the-hill prizefighter gets a boost from a little boy who's a big fan with a very rare gift in a disillusioned world - an unswerving belief in the power of wishing.
Ep. 37 - 3-20-04
"The Long Morrow" starring Kathy Garver (Family Affair) with special guests, Tom Waddle and Glen Kozlowski.
Plot: Commander Douglas Stansfield and Sandra Horn fall in love shortly before Stansfield launches into space to begin 40 years in suspended animation. As they dream of someday being together, their fates take an ironic turn.
Ep. 38 - 4-3-04
"Of Late I Think Of Cliffordville" starring * H.M. Wynant (Twilight Zone / Days of Our Lives).
Plot: William Feathersmith is a bored, wealthy businessman who gets the chance to go back in time to start over, armed with the knowledge he's acquired - an arsenal that's not as powerful has he may think. (* Factoid: H.M. Wynant starring in the Twilight Zone episode "The Howling Man" originally televised 11/4/60)
Ep. 39 - 4-10-04
"Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up" starring Richard Kind (Spin City / Mad About You).
Plot: Two state troopers follow the tracks of an unidentified flying object to a diner where they try to determine which of the seven bus passengers stranded inside is really a Martian.
Ep. 40 - 4-24-04
"King Nine Will Not Return" starring Adam Baldwin (My Bodyguard / Full Metal Jacket / We Are Soldiers).
Plot: WWII Captain James Embry finds himself next to his crashed plan in a vast desert. Where is his crew? And why are futuristic jet planes flying overhead?
Ep. 41 - 5-1-04
"Walking Distance" starring Chelcie Ross (Major League / Madison / A Simple Plan).
Plot: Martin Sloan is a frazzled ad executive who decides to visit his hometown where he finds things exactly as they were when he was a child.
Ep. 42 - 5-8-04
"Living Doll" starring Tim Kazurinsky (Police Academy / Saturday Night Live).
Plot: A man is displeased when his wife buys "Talky-Tina" an expensive doll for his stepdaughter and becomes even more displeased when the doll sets out to do him in.
Ep. 43 - 5-22-04
"I Am the Night, Color Me Black" starring John Ratzenberger (Cheers / Monsters Inc.).
Plot: On the day an unpopular idealist is to be executed for killing a racist bully, the town's Sheriff and other townsfolk are shocked to see that the sky turns pitch black even during daytime.
Ep. 44 - 5-29-04
"A Thing About Machines" starring Mike Starr (Goodfellas / Ed Wood / Jersey Girl).
Plot: Mr. Bartlett Finchley despises any sort of machine, and he'll experience a new kind of terror when he learns the feeling is VERY mutual.
Ep. 45 - 6-6-04
"Death's Head Revisited" starring * H. M. Wynant (Twilight Zone / Batman).
Plot: A former Nazi SS Captain returns to the ruins of the concentration camp he ran to re-live the good old days - until his long-dead victims appear to greet him. (* Factoid: H.M. Wynant starred in the Twilight Zone episode "The Howling Man" originally televised 11/4/60)
Ep. 46 - 6-12-04
"Sounds and Silences" starring Richard Kind (Mad About You / Spin City).
Plot: A boisterous man who loves noise soon loses his wife and maybe his mind when his hearing goes haywire.
Ep. 47 - 6-26-04
"Uncle Simon" starring Beverly Garland (Twilight Zone / Airport) and * Peter Mark Richman (Twilight Zone / Beverly Hills 90210).
Plot: Barbara Polk has taken care of her detested Uncle Simon for 25 years, waiting impatiently to inherit his wealth. But his will stipulates that she must take care of his latest invention, a robot that has an unnervingly familiar personality. (* Factoid: Peter Mark Richman starred in the Twilight Zone episode "The Fear" originally televised 5/29/64)
Ep. 48 - 7-3-04
"Mr. Denton on Doomsday" starring Adam Baldwin (We Are Soldiers / Full Metal Jacket).
Plot: A has-been, drunk of a gunslinger finds that drinking a magic potion can actually restore his fast-draw abilities!
Ep. 49 - 7-10-04
"The Fever" starring Stacy Keach (Mike Hammer / Up in Smoke / American History X) and Kathy Garver (Family Affair).
Plot: Tight-fisted Franklin Gibbs is not pleased when his wife wins a trip for two to Las Vegas. But things change when he falls under the spell of a slot machine that calls out his name.
Ep. 50 - 7-17-04
"The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms" starring Richard Grieco (21 Jump Street)
Plot: National Gardsmen conducting war exercises near Little Big Horn in 1964 encounter evidence that another battle is going on - one that occurred in 1876.
Ep. 51 - 7-31-04
"The Brain Center At Whipples" starring Stan Freberg (Satirist).
Plot: Callous factor owner Wallace Whipple automates his plant, putting thousands of men out of work. He has no regrets … at first.
Ep. 52 - 8-7-04
"Mirror Image" starring Morgan Brittany (Dallas) and Frank John Hughes (Catch Me If You Can / Band of Brothers).
Plot: When Millicent Barnes discovers her double at a train station, she becomes convinced that her double is trying to take her place. A fellow traveler thinks she's crazy … at first.
Ep. 53 - 8-14-04
"One For The Angels" starring Ed Begley, Jr. (Best in Show / Six Feet Under).
Plot: A salesman cleverly eludes Death. But if he lives, a little girl must die in his place. Only the salesman's greatest pitch can save her.
Ep. 54 - 8-21-04
"The Fear" starring Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) and James Keach (Vacation)
Plot: An unknown creature hidden in the shadows - apparently monstrously large and immensely powerful - terrorizes a hysterical young woman and a state trooper who's arrived to help her. But is this gargantuan invader really what it seems to be?
Ep. 55 - 8-28-04
"The Old Man in the Cave" starring Adam Baldwin (Full Metal Jacket / Radio Flyer / My Bodyguard / We Are Soldiers)r.
Plot: After an Atomic Holocaust, a tiny community has managed to survive for ten years by following the instructions of the mysterious "Old Man in the Cave" as relayed to them by Mr. Goldsmith, their leader. But when the "Old Man" is revealed to be a computer the community destroys the machine and suffers the consequences.
Ep. 56 - 9-11-04
"I Shot An Arrow Into the Air" starring Chelcie Ross (A Simple Plan / Madison).
Plot: The world's first manned space mission goes awry, stranding the crew on an apparent asteroid that is desolate and waterless. One man ruthlessly grasps for survival before a peculiar symbol reveals the group's true location.
Ep. 57 - The Rip Van Winkle Caper
Ep. 58 - Night Of The Meek
Ep. 59 - Back There