"Static"

Dean Jagger as Ed Lindsay from the Twilight Zone episode "Static"
Dean Jagger as Ed Lindsay from the Twilight Zone episode "Static"

  • Twilight Zone Season 2, Episode 56
  • Original Air Date: March10th, 1961
  • Director: Buzz Kulik
  • Teleplay: Rod Serling
  • Cast: Dean Jagger plays Ed Lindsay. Vinnie is played by Carmen Mathews; Professor Ackerman is played by Robert Emhardt; and Bob Crane is the voice on the radio.
  • My rating: Middle Upper-tier
  • Question 1: In an age of easy video, is there still an argument to be made for the value of just listening as a form of entertainment?
  • Question 2: Do you think it’s possible that we will experience a nostalgic return for
    television--I mean in the non-recordable, in-the-moment sense of it?
  • Question 3: What are your moments of awe?

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