NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series)
The Cube (1969)
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- 53min
- Animation, Comedy
- 23 Feb 1969
- TV Episode
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Cast
Richard Schaal | ... |
The Man in the Cube
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Hugh Webster | ... |
Arnie
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Rex Sevenoaks | ... |
Manager
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Jack Van Evera | ... |
Prisoner
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Jon Granik | ... |
Straight Man / Sergeant
(as Jon Granic)
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Guy Sanvido | ... |
Comic Fritz
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Liza Creighton | ... |
Seductress
(as Eliza Creighton)
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Don Crawford | ... |
Black Militant
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William Osler | ... |
Scientist
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Jerry Nelson | ... |
Monk
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Sandra Scott | ... |
Decorator
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Claude Rae | ... |
Dr. Conners
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Don McGill | ... |
Professor
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Ralph Endersby | ... |
Guitarist
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Trudy Young | ... |
Liza 1
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Ruth Springford | ... |
Liza 2
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Moe Margolese | ... |
Father-in-Law / Dr. Bingham
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Alice Hill | ... |
Mother-in-Law / Mrs. Stratton
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Loro Farrell | ... |
Margaret
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Eric Clavering | ... |
Dr. Bradowski / Old Man
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Jean Christopher | ... |
Nurse
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Jim Henson | ... |
Gorilla (uncredited) (voice)
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Jerry Juhl | ... |
Pipe smoking party guest (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jim Henson |
Written by
Jim Henson | ... | (written by) & |
Jerry Juhl | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Jim Henson | ... | producer |
David M. Robertson | ... | associate producer (as David Robertson) |
Music by
Walter E. Sear | ... | (electronic music) (as Walter Sear) |
Editing by
Keith Robinson | ... | (video tape) |
Editorial Department
Edward Brennan | ... | videotape editor |
Makeup Department
Max Axler | ... | hair stylist |
Carol Davidson | ... | makeup artist |
Janet Nethercot | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Jack Spiers | ... | unit manager |
Art Department
Gerry Holmes | ... | set dresser |
David Jaquest | ... | set dresser |
Jack McAdam | ... | set designer |
Sound Department
John Grimsditch | ... | audio |
Camera and Electrical Department
Percy Brinkworth | ... | video operator |
Howard Galbraith | ... | lighting director |
Casting Department
Pat Barney | ... | casting |
Additional Crew
Gerry Bean | ... | floor director |
Joan Chilcott | ... | production assistant |
Jay Gellner | ... | technical director |
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Special Effects
Other Companies
- Glen Warren Productions (production facilities)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
A man awakens inside a white cube, covered in a four-by-four grid. He has no memory of how he got there and there seems no way out. But as time passes, panels open temporarily to admit an intruder or onlooker. They pop back through their panels but bar the man from going through, pointing out "this is MY door; you'll have to find YOUR door." The intruders vary from individuals to a child on a tricycle and and a rock band. More and more people start to come into the cube, filling it up and this developes into a sort of cocktail party. A rock band comes through sometime during all of this, singing The Cube's theme song, "You'll never get out, you'll never get out, you'll never get out till you die." At one point the man sees himself, a double, and has a dialog with himself about how he has to find HIS way out. Is the man a prisoner? An inmate? Someone on a voluntary retreat? The stories change with each new visitor. Eventually, just as he succumbs to despair, a square panel clicks open. The man crawls through it and discovers he is in a clinic corridor. A therapist welcomes his escape form the Cube and takes him to his office. There the therapist reveals the reason the man was in the Cube. Or does he? Once in the office the man was given a fountain pen to sign some forms before being discharged. He accidently cuts his finger, and when he sucks the cut he tastes not blood but .... strawberry jam. The office then dissolves into ... the white cube. Fade to white. Written by David E. Martin and friends |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | When the man in the cube watches the ending of his story on TV, the program has a Joe Raposo director's credit. Raposo was a friend of and frequent collaborator with writer/director Jim Henson. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Jim Henson (2015). See more » |
Quotes |
Professor:
[clears throat]
Excuse me, I know this is, well, a bad time but I just wanted to congratulate you and shake your hand. The Man in the Cube: Oh? On what? Professor: Well, as I interpret what you're doing here, this is all a very complex discussion of, eh, Reality versus Illusion. The perfect subject for the television medium! The Man in the Cube: What do you mean, television? Professor: Well, this is a television play. The Man in the Cube: [scoffs] What? Professor: Oh, you don't believe that? The Man in the Cube: Of course not! Professor: I should have thought you'd want to. After all, there's only one other possible explanation. The Man in the Cube: Which is? Professor: Hallucination. That you are altogether insane. See more » |