Phoenix said this was the most fun he had recording an episode. He got to do his Daniel Day Lewis from There Will Be Blood impression and then yell at an imaginary wife while pretending to be a drug addict. This episode was sober too. Figure that out..
16: TZ1959 - 116 - The Hitch-Hiker
This episode is an urban legend. That's about it. Have you heard the urban legend about the hitch-hiker that turned out to be death, trying to warn the girl that she died? Yes? Then you have seen this episode already. If not, spoiler alert back there. Phoenix likes the way this episode was done though so it made up for lack of story. He isn't impossible to please (Filipino lady-boys will attest to that).
15: TZ1959 - 115 - I Shot An Arrow Into The Air
In this episode, Phoenix talks about how this is a classic TZ story, he gives a tip to a NASA chart guy, talks about how Corey should be a horror villain icon, how the story twist actually makes zero sense if you think about it and then how he himself became addicted to water just like Corey.
14: TZ1959 - 114 - Third From The Sun
In this episode Phoenix talks about the obvious ending that he didn't guess until 24 minutes in. Then he slowly realizes it wasn't so obvious until you see the telephone. He also talks about how 1960's code talking sounds like gay innuendo and how all of the females in this episode just couldn't handle the pressure of knowledge. They sure couldn't write female characters back then. Or now, for the most part. This episode has a twist ending. A twist ending that they had to state and then overstate slowly for the dumb-dumb audiences back then. Phoenix also learns the importance of rewinding technology because without it he would have thought the main character was a pedophile. Not that the girl being his daughter rules him out for being a pedophile but it helps in some ways.
13: TZ1959 - 113 - The Four Of Us Are Dying
In this episode, Phoenix talks about how shape shifting can be the creepiest power ever. He also talks about the amount of neon signs outside of Hotel Real and the price of $3.80 back in 1960 compared to nowadays. This is a fast talking episode in which Phoenix can't figure out how a man broke an old timey television with a beer bottle. Impossible.
12: TZ1959 - 112 - What You Need
In this episode Phoenix swears more than he ever has on an episode. He also talks about the worst salesman in history. He doesn't even charge for his products which actually makes him not a salesman. Also, the bartender in this episode is a real dick. But not as big of a dick as Fred, that piece of shit asshole that nobody likes. Rod said it, not me. Phoenix also talks about how grossed out he is by the greasy hair of the man at the end. Do you also think greasy hair is gross? Send us a message at loiteringinwonderland@gmail.com
11: TZ1959 - 111 - And When The Sky Was Opened
In this episode, Phoenix falls in love all over again. This TZ episode is the most TZ episode ever. It has almost every single great TZ trope. Phoenix talks about this episode with such passion. He talks about how he hates the desperation / pretend disgust in the woman at the bar. He talks about how full of shit the ending of the episode was because it didn't make sense. Do you guys actually read these descriptions? If you do send an email to loiteringinwonderland@gmail.com that just contains the following text, "Roid-rage Kool-Aid Man." Listen to the episode to understand the reference.
10: TZ1959 - 110 - Judgment Night
In this episode, Phoenix loves the way the main character talks and proceeds to do impressions of him at every chance he gets. He also loves the line "But sir, there were people on that ship...women too." Because women aren't real people. Goddamn right, apparently. 1959 sure was a different time. Anyway, this episode is predictable as hell but isn't terrible. Let me know what you think.
9: TZ1959 - 109 - Perchance To Dream
In this episode, Phoenix discusses at length how this was a bottle episode of TZ. He also loves how much the psychiatrist doesn't give a single shit about his patient. He literally just stares off into nothingness during the session and chimes in with, "That seems perfectly normal." He must have gotten his degree from the School of the Half-Listening.
8: TZ1959 - 108 - Time Enough At Last
Phoenix watched Time Enough At Last and had a lot to say about the surrounding characters that back up Burgess Meredith's character Henry Bemis (who may or may not have Aspergers). Phoenix also relates his reading obsession with being a word junkie. Why is everyone around him a horrible piece of shit? Seriously? They're downright 'doggerel". Phoenix explains it all in this episode.
7: TZ1959 - 107 - The Lonely
In this episode, Phoenix talks about the importance of having a sex-bot to treat like shit. Also, he explains why having a system where prisoners are all sent to live on separate asteroids 9 million miles from home would be insanely expensive compared to the current system. In fact, it would be bankrupting the world expensive.
6: TZ1959 - 106 - Escape Clause
In this episode a white man demands immortality from the devil played by a hispanic actor. Real sensitive, 1959. Phoenix runs down a list of 60's television shows that he grew up watching. He then explains the TZ episode in a way that only he can; with lots of swearing, drinking and calling every woman "bitch" or "broad" for no reason. Only because of the era that the episodes come from. Have a problem with that? Don't be a bitch, you broad.
5: TZ1959 - 105 - Walking Distance
In this episode, Phoenix talks about living via nostalgia and how his generation all does it. This episode should have been called Mid Life Crisis Theater. He also talks about how the main character was almost the first person in history to almost be arrested for being a pedophile against himself. It gets weird a lot in this episode...
4: TZ1959 - 104 - The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine
The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine is what Phoenix calls a vagina.
In this episode, Phoenix discusses how he wants a masturbation station like the one the main character in this episode of TZ had. At least it looked like she had one. Either way it looked sweet. This was a sober episode for Phoenix but he can't remember words to save his life. Perhaps he should become a recluse and dream of a better life in the past. It seemed to work for the main character in this episode of The Twilight Zone.
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3: TZ1959 - 103 - Mr. Denton On Doomsday
No idea why the 'day' in this episode is considered 'doomsday'. No idea why Mr. Denton just decided to stop being an alcoholic and it worked. No idea about a lot of things but I try my hardest to explain the shit. This episode inspired the Denton name in my book I, Of The Storm which is available to digital purchase on Amazon and www.loiteringinwonderland.com so go get it for only $5. Or else I'll shoot a gun out of your hand signifying my victory over you in armed combat. Or so this episode will have you believe. Nobody ever died in the old west. Ever.
2: TZ1959 - 102 - One For The Angels
In this episode, Phoenix talks about the 2nd episode of TZ, One For The Angels. Phoenix rambles on about how people back in the 50's could just be friend with kids and nobody assumed rape and murder was the logical conclusion of the friendship. He then explains the episode in only a way that he can: with plenty of swearing and drinking. Get ready for a sweet tender episode about an old man and his 8 year old friends having to battle Death. Ironically, that's what today's episode was about also.
1: TZ1959 - 101 - Where Is Everybody?
Welcome to the first episode of both The Twilight Zone AND The Twilight Zone Episode Review show hosted by Phoenix West. This episode is a bit longer than most will be because Phoenix had to set up his love for 1960's television and The Twilight Zone. He also quickly turns racist and feeds into McCarthyism because it's an episode from 1959! Even if you're not into The Twilight Zone, this show is funny. Plus TZ is free on Netflix.* So watch the episodes on Netflix and then listen to this FREE show! It's THE BEST summarization of TZ that you will find online!**
*Netflix itself is not free. But once you pay for Netflix, TZ is kinda free, right?
**Phoenix said to say this. The opinion is only his.