To Serve Man, one of my all-time favorite TZ episodes ever, reading about this is going to have me doing an search on my satilite box for the next airing.
To Serve Man (1962)
Director: Richard L. Bare Writers: Damon Knight (story) Rod Serling (teleplay)
TV Series: "The Twilight Zone" (1959) Original Air Date: 2 March 1962 (Season 3, Episode 24)
Plot Outline: An alien race comes to earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A linguist and his team set out to translate the alien's language, using a book who's title they deduce is "To Serve Man".
Cast: Lloyd Bochner ... Chambers Susan Cummings ... Pat
Richard Kiel ... Kanamit Hardie Albright ... Secretary General Theodore Marcuse ... Gregori Bartlett Robinson ... Colonel Carleton Young ... Colonel (as Carlton Young) Nelson Olmsted ... Scientist Robert Tafur ... Valdes Lomax Study ... Leveque Jerry Fujikawa ... Japanese Delegate (as J.H. Fujikawa)
Trivia: The short story on which this episode is based was awarded the 1951 "Retro" Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2001. more
Goofs: Factual errors: The TV station broadcasting the Kanamits' arrival at the United Nations building in New York has the call letters "JFOD-TV". TV stations in New York should have call signs that start with the letter "W".
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