The Once and Future King/A Saucer of Loneliness
- Episode aired Sep 27, 1986
- TV-PG
- 1h
"The Once and Future King": Elvis impersonator Gary Pitkin finds himself transported back to Elvis' time after a car accident. "A Saucer of Loneliness": Shy, lonely Margaret receives a priva... Read all"The Once and Future King": Elvis impersonator Gary Pitkin finds himself transported back to Elvis' time after a car accident. "A Saucer of Loneliness": Shy, lonely Margaret receives a private message from a flying saucer."The Once and Future King": Elvis impersonator Gary Pitkin finds himself transported back to Elvis' time after a car accident. "A Saucer of Loneliness": Shy, lonely Margaret receives a private message from a flying saucer.
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- Boyfriend (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness")
- (as Brick Karnes)
- Directors
- John D. Hancock(segment A Saucer of Loneliness)
- Jim McBride(segment The Once and Future King)
- Writers
- Rod Serling
- George R.R. Martin(segment The Once and Future King)
- Bryce Maritano(segment The Once and Future King)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- Trivia"A Saucer of Loneliness" is dedicated to the memory of Theodore Sturgeon, who wrote the 1953 short story of the same name on which it was based.
- GoofsIn "The Once and Future King", Gary Pitkin picks up a copy of "The Commercial Appeal" and sees that the date is Monday July 3, 1954, which was actually a Saturday.
- Quotes
Margaret (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): You know who I am, don't you? You want to know what the saucer said.
Beach Man (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): I already know that. 'There is, in certain living souls, a loneliness unspeakable, so great it must be shared as company is shared by lesser beings. Such a loneliness is mine. And know by this that an immensity is one lonelier than you.' And it's addressed: 'To the loneliest one'.
Margaret (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): How did you know?
Beach Man (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): That's what you put in the bottles, isn't it?
Margaret (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): It was the only thing in my life I could call my own... the only thing I could give to anybody. I just couldn't take it anymore. I'd throw a bottle into the sea... and out went a part of my own loneliness.
Beach Man (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): I found it. I found it. And it made a difference, it really did. When I read it, I knew somehow this was connected to the saucer. And when I read the words... it's like a song... I'm not explaining this right, I know.
Margaret (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): On, no, it's fine. Your people thought the saucer was a ship or a weapon, but it wasn't. It was a bottle with a message inside. Only it had a much bigger ocean to cross... all of space. And without much chance of anybody finding it... but still someone sent it out.
- Crazy credits"The Cooperation of the Elvis Presley Estate and Elvis Presley Enterprises Is Greatly Appreciated"
- ConnectionsReferenced in Quantum Leap: Memphis Melody - July 3, 1954 (1993)
- SoundtracksThat's Alright, Mama
Written by Arthur Crudup
Set in the then present day mid 80's a young and struggling Elvis impersonator gets the break of his life as thru another dimension he's all of a sudden transported to the past in 1954 Memphis. And you guessed it he meets the young up and coming Elvis. And this was before the real Elvis would become famous a then truck driver.
And this dream come true encounter transforms them both as only fate many times will play a cruel role. It's good to see the want to be Elvis become famous as when he fills the shoes of the real intended one after a tragic incident. Only aside from the fame and fortune it's discovered with success comes a price like things of guilt and regret it's filled with a lonely feel in the end. As really history should not have been changed as some things were meant to stay the same.(Note look for real life Elvis bodyguard Red West in a cameo) This episode proves a point it's better to stay who you are as despite success it can be filled with sorrow and sadness.
- blanbrn
- May 3, 2011