A Kind of a Stopwatch
- Episode aired Oct 18, 1963
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.3K
YOUR RATING
A man is given a stopwatch that halts time.A man is given a stopwatch that halts time.A man is given a stopwatch that halts time.
Dick Wessel
- Charlie
- (as Richard Wessel)
Ray Kellogg
- Fred
- (as Ray Kellog)
Sam Balter
- Game Announcer
- (uncredited)
Roy Damron
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
- Office Worker
- (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
- Banker
- (uncredited)
Robert McCord
- Man in Bar Doorway
- (uncredited)
Ray Pourchot
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Paul Power
- Banker
- (uncredited)
John Roy
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- …
Al Silvani
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOne of only three episodes to feature the introductory line, "Submitted for your approval" during Rod Serling's opening narration, which is the phrase usually most associated with the show's monologues.
- GoofsWhen the helicopter is shown frozen in flight the blades are shown as a blur, the result of the rotor moving too fast to be caught by the camera's slower frame rate.
- Quotes
McNulty: [early draft; later revised] Say, uhm... You wouldn't be interested in having dinner, would ya?
Secretary: If the world as we know it was about to end, if you were its most prominent restauranteur, and if I weren't very happily married already, I *might* be. But it isn't, you aren't, and I am; so *drift*, McNulty.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Twilight-Tober-Zone: A Kind of A Stopwatch (2023)
Featured review
Classic
One of the most classic episodes. It's not necessarily among the best, but it's really good and is certainly among the ones that is most well remembered by posterity. This is one of those ones that really rides an interesting premise, but it also features an interesting main character, a really fun stereotypically-sarcastic NY bartender, and one of the more ironic of the classic twist endings. This one has a more light-hearted, silly tone to it than maybe is befitting for the topic... not to mention the ending. But it still works well enough to hold up well today. Definitely one of the stories that went on to influence more than a few other storywriters and stories ever since. As far as I know, this was the first.
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- leoocampo
- Jan 6, 2023
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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