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TV Chat

John1956PA

(3,740 posts) Sat Sep 16, 2023, 12:46 AM Sep 2023

Sixty years ago today, "The Outer Limits" debuted on ABC. [View all]

The debut episode was "The Galaxy Being." I was watching. As a seven year old, I was frightened when the eerie creature literally took the screen.

Cliff Robertson portrayed the brilliant radio engineer who invented the 3-D monitor with audio. The son of a U. S. Supreme Court justice portrayed the creature in some scenes. William O. Douglas, Jr., donned a rubber suit coated with fluorescent paint. The effect was terrifying to me.

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Sixty years ago today, "The Outer Limits" debuted on ABC. [View all] John1956PA Sep 2023 OP

Fridays were always fun in grade school: yonder Sep 2023 #1

In the last year of "The Outer Limits" (1963) the series was broadcast on Saturday evenings. John1956PA Sep 2023 #2

Would've been 1965 thereabouts. 11pm'ish after the local news yonder Sep 2023 #10

Sure. Rebroadcasts were common. I also like the first season better. John1956PA Sep 2023 #11

Fictional radio station KXKVI PSPS Sep 2023 #3

I was a kid, too, and the only episode I remember seeing was one involving Custer's last stand Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #4

There is a 1963 "Twlight Zone" ep. wherein US Army tank soldiers are transported back to 1876. John1956PA Sep 2023 #9

Yep, I remember being transfixed by The Galaxy Being in the debut of The Outer Limits. NBachers Sep 2023 #5

I was seven also nuxvomica Sep 2023 #6

My favorite episode was "The Voyage Hoome" featuring a young Michael Dorn. cloudbase Sep 2023 #7

Boy did they get letters! justaprogressive Sep 2023 #8

I used to be so scared bif Sep 2023 #12