The Cube
- Episode aired Feb 23, 1969
- 53m
A man is trapped inside a mysterious cube.A man is trapped inside a mysterious cube.A man is trapped inside a mysterious cube.
- Straight Man
- (as Jon Granic)
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- Seductress
- (as Eliza Creighton)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen 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.
- 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in In Their Own Words: Jim Henson (2015)
I remember the people telling the guy in the cube, "This is my door, you can't use it", so much so that when somebody does offer to let him escape he protests, "I can't, that's your door!". I also seem to remember that it was shot on videotape, not film. That's about all I can picture. I must have missed the ending.
It seems so appropriate to find out that this show was done by Jim Henson! Because I also have memories of watching 'Hey Cinderella' and 'The Musicians of Bremen' at about the same time (early 70s).
- eskovan1
- Feb 19, 2004