They kick a can in the most confusing game of hide-and-seek ever where you count by 5's to 100. Aluminum cans apparently have magical powers that transport you from death's door to a physically abused child of 8. It's just the worst.
94: TZ1959 - 320 - Showdown With Rance McGrew
Rance is a first name. Believe it. The production featured in this episode is beyond inept. They allow the star to make major plot changes to the show on a whim. They have the camera directly behind the director and script supervisor. They apparently have an unlimited mirror budget. They get zero coverage for the editor so good luck getting those stunt double shots in there.
93: TZ1959 - 319 - The Hunt
Watch in awe as an old man mocks his 50 year old wife in old lady make-up about how he never touches her anymore before he dies in a mild stream. Then he almost goes somewhere and then goes somewhere else. The end. AWE.
92: TZ1959 - 318 - Dead Man's Shoes
Magic shoes and shitty sound quality sum up this episode. If you're curious about the sound then check out the 2018 State Of The Studio Address episode that you probably skipped. You make bad life choices. So do bums with their shoe theft plans that get them killed. Anyway, we are back and so is Dane.
91: TZ1959 - 317 - One More Pallbearer
Cut the last 2 minutes and this episode is amazing. For once the twist endings got in the way of our enjoyment. Either way, witness the most pathetic person ever scream out the most pathetic dialogue ever. Witness two podcasters do the same. Or something. Whatever makes the joke work.
90: TZ1959 - 129 - Nightmare As A Child Redux
Another redux episode. Somehow Frank doesn't love this one as much as he does the one where the guy lays on a couch and goddamn dies. Is this the creepiest episode of The Twilight Zone ever? The guy admits to having a crush on a 10-11 year old when he's easily 25 years older than the girl. He also still carries around a photograph of the girl from that age. He then has the balls to show the grown up the photo of her a a child. So yeah, it's pretty creepy.
89: TZ1959 - 316 - Nothing In The Dark
Rod ruins this episode several times before the reveal even happens so why bother watching this, right? Actually it's a sweet episode with a nice little lesson in it. It's not terribly exciting but if you're a fan of antiques then this is your goddamn episode. Fan of hoarding? Your episode. Fan of murdering old ladies? Please stop listening to our show and go turn yourself in.
88: TZ1959 - 315 - A Quality Of Mercy
Racist or nah? Phoenix and Frank come up with several different ideas of how to do this episode in a better way. We don't think the actor himself had to turn Japanese. We really think so.
87: TZ1959 - 314 - Five Characters In Search Of An Exit
If you've ever wanted a Toy Story / Saw crossover then you're in luck. These toys have souls and are tortured by that fact. The toy gods over at Mattel have some explaining to do. Oh shit, they sponsored this episode. Those toy gods over at Mattel have some great products. If you buy your child a homelessman action figure then you hate your goddamn kids. At least give them to the orphans. As if they don't have enough problems.
86: TZ1959 - 313 - Once Upon A Time
All the best stories revolve around elderly janitors. It isn't depressing as shit or anything. Phoenix and Frank start off talking about having to masturbate to VHS porn before the internet was around. It's a rough life, folks. Oh yeah, we also discuss this episode of The Twilight Zone.
85: TZ1959 - 109 - Perchance To Dream Redux
Another redux episode where Frank gets to chime in on a season 1 gem. This is one of Frank's favorite episodes and Phoenix couldn't give a shit less. Phoenix tries to argue about what changes he would have made but Frank argues that what you see is what they did so that's that. Phoenix uses this logic to describe how much Frank should love Kid Rock if that's the way he's going to argue. It's messy.
84: TZ1959 - 312 - The Jungle
So. Here we are. Another shitty TZ episode. It hasn't been long since the last one. This one features a man that has to conscious when it comes to tearing up the African jungle. Except the longest scene in the episode where he clearly has a problem with it. Whatever. He befriends a homeless superhero and his wife turns into a wig and a wax hand. Something like that.
83: TZ1959 - 311 - Still Valley
This episode is not worth describing in here. Something about a guy screaming at civil war mannequins. And a witch but then nah, no witch. Burn book. End.
82: TZ1959 - 310 - The Midnight Sun
Vasoline: The One Act Play. Imagine a world where the world has stopped spinning and is moving toward the sun. Can you imagine the chaos with the loss of gravity? The tidal waves! The destruction! Well, nope. Earth just slowly gets warmer while our main character paints murder landscapes.
81: TZ1959 - 309 - Deaths-Head Revisited
This isn't the typical LIW The TZ Review show. We are actually serious for some of it and you'll see why. Show this episode to your high school kids. Show this to anyone you can. Not our podcast but the actual TZ episode. Not even going to end this with a joke. Just going to leave it sad.
80: TZ1959 - 308 - It's A Good Life
A problem so tough it could be solved with a happy thought and a hammer. Seriously, kill the goddamn kid already. I don't feel bad for you people at all. Either way I want a prequel and a sequel to this episode. A sequel where we see the awesome freak party in the cornfield and a prequel where we see what horrible shit the parents did to get this devil child. Someone did something wrong and I want to see it.
79: TZ1959 - 307 - The Grave
We are back from our mini-break with the first of hopefully a long series of plays. Phoenix and Frank take turns swapping roles out to reenact The Grave almost word for word. Well, close enough. They MIGHT have said 'cunt' a few less times in the actual TZ episode.
78: TZ1959 - 306 - The Mirror
Vivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivaviva.... Apparently, all you need is shoe polish and a Scarface level terrible accent and you're Cuban. Or as Phoenix made up: Canadian. They didn't say what country it was so he made up his own story. Frank also adds more fuel to the future podcast The Divorce Podcast. Viva The Twilight Zone! Viva Loitering In Wonderland. Viva Vivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivavivaviva...
77: TZ1959 - 119 - The Purple Testament Redux
Another in the line of Redux episodes in which Frank gets to chime in on a season 1 episode. This was also in his season 1 top 5 episodes so Phoenix puts him on the spot to explain himself.
76: TZ1959 - 305 - A Game Of Pool
Our sponsor for the week can go fuck themselves. This episode is about billiards, not swimming pools. Anyway, we talked forever about how good this episode is despite being minimalistic. It's literally two guys playing a sweaty game of forever pool. Phoenix reveals that Jack Klugman is his favorite TZ actor to appear in more than 1 episode.