TWILIGHT ZONE REFERENCES It|s a cookbook! | ||
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1 | Anthony Fremont and His Orchestra | THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1923 Other | BBB | Music | Orchestras |
Anthony Fremont and His Orchestra Band performing at the Tip-Top Club. Anthony Freemont was the six-year-old child with godlike mental powers in the Twilight Zone episode It's a Good Life. | |||||
2 | Culpeper Library | REVOLUTION 2014 TV Series | BBB | Entertainment | Libraries |
Culpeper Library Miles tracks down Jim Hudson, finding him taking care of the Culpeper Library, living under the name Henry Bemis, a Twilight Zone reference. | |||||
3 | Damien Faustman | THE BEN STILLER SHOW 1990 TV Series | BBB | Radio | Radio Programs |
Damien Faustman Shock jock radio DJ from Twilight Zone anthology TV show spoof Low Budget Tales of Cliched Horror. "He's mad as hell!" | |||||
4 | Deli | BOB'S BURGERS 2011 Animated Series | BBB | Dining | Cafes and Delis |
Deli Generic deli in Bob's neighborhood. | |||||
5 | The Devil and Homer Simpson | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | BBB | Arts | Paintings |
The Devil and Homer Simpson The name of the painting during Bart's introduction. Rod Serling's Night Gallery reference. | |||||
6 | Dingle Moving | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 2019 TV Series | BBB | Services | Shipping and Storage |
Dingle Moving Moving truck from various episodes. | |||||
7 | Dr. Cravat | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 2019 TV Series | BBB | Healthcare | Therapy |
Dr. Cravat Justin's therapist. | |||||
8 | The Dusky Realm | THE X-FILES 1993 TV Series | BBB | Television | TV Shows |
The Dusky Realm Science fiction anthology TV show. | |||||
9 | Frosted Kanamunch | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 2019 TV Series | BBB | Food Products | Breakfast Cereal |
Frosted Kanamunch Breakfast cereal from various episodes - named for the Kanamits, the alien race from the original Twilight Zone Episode To Serve Man. | |||||
10 | Gremlin Aircraft | MAD MAGAZINE 1952 Magazines | BBB | Industrial Companies | Vehicle Manufacturing |
Gremlin Aircraft Vehicle manufacturer mentioned in Wall Street Journal parody newspaper The Wall Street Jungle. | |||||
11 | Hollywood Tower Hotel | THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1923 Other | BBB | Travel | Hotels |
Hollywood Tower Hotel The name of the hotel from the accelerated drop tower ride inspired by Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone varies by location - while usually called the Hollywood Tower Hotel, it is known as Hotel Hightower in Tokyo. | |||||
12 | Hotel Hightower | THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1923 Other | BBB | Travel | Hotels |
Hotel Hightower The name of the hotel from the accelerated drop tower ride inspired by Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone varies by location - while usually called the Hollywood Tower Hotel, it is known as Hotel Hightower in Tokyo. | |||||
13 | How to Cook for Forty Humans | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | BBB | Literature | Cookbooks |
How to Cook for Forty Humans Book Lisa finds on the alien spaceship. it looks like the title is "How to Cook Humans", but there's dust covering some of the words. When the dust is blown off, the title becomes, "How to Cook for Humans", then, "How to Cook Forty Humans" and finally, "How to Cook for Forty Humans". | |||||
14 | Jim Henry's Paradise | CABIN IN THE SKY 1943 Film | BBB | Nightlife | Nightclubs |
Jim Henry's Paradise Nightclub - same sign seen in the Twilight Zone episode Execution. | |||||
15 | Low Budget Tales of Cliched Horror | THE BEN STILLER SHOW 1990 TV Series | BBB | Television | TV Shows |
Low Budget Tales of Cliched Horror Twilight Zone anthology show spoof featuring the story of shock jock radio DJ. | |||||
16 | Matheson Charter School | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 2019 TV Series | BBB | Education | Primary Schools |
Matheson Charter School School that Eve's housekeeper Anna mentions - she wants to use Eve's address so that her son Daniel may attend. Presumably named for writer Richard Matheson, frequent contributor to the original Twilight Zone series. | |||||
17 | Mr. Dingle's Ice Cream | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 2019 TV Series | BBB | Dining | Ice Cream Parlors |
Mr. Dingle's Ice Cream Ice cream truck. Nod to the main character in episode Mr. Dingle, The Strong. | |||||
18 | Needful Things | RICK AND MORTY 2013 Animated Series | BBB | Retail | Discount Stores |
Needful Things Vintage thrift store that sells Twilight Zone Ray Bradbury Friday the 13th: The Series voodoo crap magic. | |||||
19 | The Nightlight Zone | BOB'S BURGERS 2011 Animated Series | BBB | Home Furnishing | Home Furnishing Stores |
The Nightlight Zone Store next door. | |||||
20 | Northern Goldstar Airlines | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 2019 TV Series | BBB | Transportation | Airlines |
Northern Goldstar Airlines Airline. Gold Star Airways is the airline from episode Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. | |||||
21 | Old Cadwallader Inn | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 2019 TV Series | BBB | Travel | Inns |
Old Cadwallader Inn Hotel where Nina and Dorian spend the night. Reference to the devil's name in episode Escape Clause. | |||||
22 | Paradox Theater | THE VAST OF NIGHT 2019 Film | BBB | Television | TV Shows |
Paradox Theater The Scandelion Television Hour presents Paradox Theater, a Twilight Zone type TV show. | |||||
23 | PeopleAllOver | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 2019 TV Series | BBB | Media | Websites |
PeopleAllOver Address search engine. Nod to episode People Are Alike All Over. | |||||
24 | Public Library | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | BBB | Entertainment | Libraries |
Public Library Library from the TV show the Scary Door, parodying the Twilight Zone episode Time Enough at Last. | |||||
25 | The Red Dwarf of Courage | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | BBB | Literature | Novels |
The Red Dwarf of Courage Book from the TV show the Scary Door, parodying the Twilight Zone episode Time Enough at Last. The title is a play on Stephen Crane's novel The Red Badge of Courage. | |||||
26 | S.S. Lady Anne | THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1923 Other | BBB | Vehicles | Watercrafts |
S.S. Lady Anne Ship on Mr. & Mrs. Ransome's travel itinerary. Reference to the episode Passage on the Lady Anne. | |||||
27 | The Scandelion Television Hour | THE VAST OF NIGHT 2019 Film | BBB | Television | TV Shows |
The Scandelion Television Hour The Scandelion Television Hour presents Paradox Theater, a Twilight Zone type TV show. | |||||
28 | The Scary Door | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | BBB | Television | TV Shows |
The Scary Door TV show, parody of Rod Serling's the Twilight Zone. | |||||
29 | Three Cent Foods | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 2019 TV Series | BBB | Food Industries | Food Companies |
Three Cent Foods Company that makes Frosted Kanamunch, the breakfast cereal at the grocery store where Phil works. Reference to episode To Serve Man. | |||||
30 | The Tip-Top Club | THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1923 Other | BBB | Nightlife | Clubs |
The Tip-Top Club Exclusive club in the hotel, featuring Anthony Freemont and his Orchestra. Anthony Freemont was the six-year-old child with godlike mental powers in the classic episode It's a Good Life. | |||||
31 | To Serve Man | NEWSRADIO 1995 TV Series | BBB | Literature | Books |
To Serve Man New book that Mr. James gets for everybody after buying a publishing house. | |||||
32 | To Serve Man | THE NAKED GUN 2 1/2: THE SMELL OF FEAR 1991 Film | BBB | Literature | Cookbooks |
To Serve Man "It's a cookbook!" | |||||
33 | To Serve Man | THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1923 Other | BBB | Literature | Cookbooks |
To Serve Man Alien cookbook from the episode To Serve Man. | |||||
34 | WDVL | THE BEN STILLER SHOW 1990 TV Series | BBB | Radio | Radio Stations |
WDVL Damien Faustman's radio station from the Twilight Zone anthology TV show spoof Low Budget Tales of Cliched Horror. "666 on your Radio Dial" | |||||
35 | Whipple MP3 Player | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 2019 TV Series | BBB | Technology Products | Audiovisual Devices |
Whipple MP3 Player Brand of the MP3 player that Justin finds. Nod to the company Whipple Manufacturing from episode The Brain Center at Whipple's. | |||||
36 | Whipple Video Camera | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 2019 TV Series | BBB | Technology Products | Audiovisual Devices |
Whipple Video Camera Nina's camcorder brand/model. Nod to the company Whipple's Manufacturing from episode The Brain Center at Whipple's. The phrase written on the camera is "Dix a la Proprietaire", French for "ten to an owner", the phrase that was inscribed on the camera from episode A Most Unusual Camera. | |||||
FICTITIOUS TIMELINE | |||||
37 | October 31, 1939 | THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1923 Other | Dates | 20th Century: 1st Half | Events |
October 31, 1939 Date of Cadwallader's signature on operator permit. Reference to episode Escape Clause. | |||||
38 | November 1, 1939 | THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1923 Other | Dates | 20th Century: 1st Half | Events |
November 1, 1939 Date on Mr. & Mrs. Ransome's travel itinerary for Global Air flight from Los Angeles to New York. Reference to episode The Odyssey of Flight 33. | |||||
39 | November 5, 1939 | THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1923 Other | Dates | 20th Century: 1st Half | Events |
November 5, 1939 Date on Mr. & Mrs. Ransome's travel itinerary for the S.S. Lady Anne from New York to South Hampton. Reference to episode Passage on the Lady Anne. | |||||
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40 | Emmett Avenue | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 2019 TV Series | Map | Transit Routes | Avenues |
Emmett Avenue Dorian's uncle's address, probably a reference to Emmett Till, a black child that was murdered in Mississippi in 1955, a news story that partially inspired Rod Serling to create The Twilight Zone. | |||||
41 | Peaksville | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series | Map | Urban Areas | Cities-U.S. |
Peaksville Ohio town. Narrator: Tonight's story on The Twilight Zone is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This, as you may recognize, is a map of the United States, and there's a little town there called Peaksville. On a given morning not too long ago, the rest of the world disappeared and Peaksville was left all alone. Its inhabitants were never sure whether the world was destroyed and only Peaksville left untouched or whether the village had somehow been taken away. They were, on the other hand, sure of one thing: the cause. A monster had arrived in the village. Just by using his mind, he took away the automobiles, the electricity, the machines, because they displeased him, and he moved an entire community back into the dark ages, just by using his mind. | |||||
42 | The Twilight Zone | GOLDEN EARRING 1961 Music | Map | Worlds | Dimensions |
The Twilight Zone Mysterious realm from the song Twilight Zone on Golden Earring's 1982 album Cut that pays tribute to Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone. | |||||
43 | Willoughby | RUGRATS 1991 Animated Series | Map | Urban Areas | Cities-U.S. |
Willoughby Train stop. | |||||
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44 | Adam Fuller & Rhonda Patterson | 21 JUMP STREET 1987 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Adam Fuller & Rhonda Patterson Adam Fuller: I keep thinkin' I'm stuck in some bad Twilight Zone episode. Rhonda Patterson: I don't remember there being a bad Twilight Zone episode. | |||||
45 | Alec | CONTINUUM 2012 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Alec Alec: What if time self-corrects? I mean, not to get all Rod Serling over here, but what if all I've done was just throw in a few more people into the gears while playing God? | |||||
46 | Barry Andrew Hay | GOLDEN EARRING 1961 Music | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Barry Andrew Hay Barry Andrew Hay: It's two a.m. Fear is gone. I'm sitting here waiting, the gun still warm. Maybe my connection is tired of taking chances. | |||||
47 | Barry Andrew Hay | GOLDEN EARRING 1961 Music | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Barry Andrew Hay Barry Andrew Hay: Well the night weighs heavy on his guilty mind this far from the borderline. When the hitman comes, he knows damn well he has been cheated. | |||||
48 | Barry Andrew Hay | GOLDEN EARRING 1961 Music | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Barry Andrew Hay Barry Andrew Hay: Yeah, there's a storm on the loose, sirens in my head. Wrapped up in silence, all circuits are dead. Cannot decode, my whole life spins into a frenzy. | |||||
49 | Barry Andrew Hay | GOLDEN EARRING 1961 Music | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Barry Andrew Hay Barry Andrew Hay: Somewhere in a lonely hotel room there's a guy starting to realize that eternal fate has turned its back on him. It's two a.m. | |||||
50 | Barry Andrew Hay | GOLDEN EARRING 1961 Music | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Barry Andrew Hay Barry Andrew Hay: Help, I'm steppin' into the Golden Earring. Place is a madhouse, feels like being cold. My beacon's been moved under moon and star. Where am I to go now that I've gone too far? | |||||
51 | Bender | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Bender Bender (apron): To serve man. | |||||
52 | Chris | GET A LIFE 1990 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Chris Chris: Oh no - this is worse than the way it used to end up. Gus was right about the Twilight Zone! | |||||
53 | Chris | GET A LIFE 1990 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Chris Chris: This is like an episode of the Twilight Zone and Mama's Family all rolled into one. | |||||
54 | Chris Park | CSI: VEGAS 2021 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Chris Park Chris Park: So I'm the only CSI that uses Luminol now? Is this the Twilight Zone? | |||||
55 | Deacon & Jennifer Goines | 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Deacon & Jennifer Goines Deacon: So you know some things about me. My family's shit, my Wilson's disease. We got... we got a knife that looks the same. Jennifer Goines: It is the same. Deacon: No, no. Witness? Messengers? Time travel? That is some Twilight Zone bullshit. Jennifer Goines: For Christ's sake, I'm too old for this shit. | |||||
56 | Emily | IN & OUT 1997 Film | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Emily Emily: Is everybody gay? Is this the Twilight Zone? | |||||
57 | Garth Algar | WAYNE'S WORLD 1992 Film | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Garth Algar Garth Algar: Did you ever see that Twilight Zone where the guy signed a contract and they cut out his tongue and put it in a jar and it wouldn't die, it just grew and pulsated and gave birth to baby tongues? Pretty cool huh? | |||||
58 | Gary & Wyatt | WEIRD SCIENCE 1985 Film | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Gary & Wyatt Gary: We're in. Wyatt: We're in trouble, Gary. This is highly illegal. | |||||
59 | Grace | WILL & GRACE 1998 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Grace Grace: I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone and I'm in a room full of pigs and I'm the pretty one, but everyone thinks that I'm the ugly one because they're all pigs! | |||||
60 | Gus | GET A LIFE 1990 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Gus Gus: Back in time? No! I saw this Twilight Zone once. This guy goes back in time to keep his young son from getting killed in a car accident. Well, when he returns to the present, the kid had become the evil fascist ruler of the world, enslaving millions, and the dad felt lousy. Get my point? ...I'm tellin' ya, you mess with the past, you get screwed over. | |||||
61 | Jonathan Switcher | MANNEQUIN 1987 Film | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Jonathan Switcher Jonathan Switcher: Am I in the Twilight Zone, or am I just nuts? | |||||
62 | Lem | THE SHIELD 2002 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Lem Lem: Hey, are you talking now? We lost you to the Twilight Zone there for a few weeks, man. Doctor says you can start rehab pretty soon. | |||||
63 | Lois Lane & Clark Kent | SMALLVILLE 2001 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Lois Lane & Clark Kent Lois Lane: Our Twilight Zone acid trip to the, uh, phantom prison, that place was... Clark Kent: Kryptonian. | |||||
64 | Marge Simpson | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Marge Simpson Marge Simpson: Homer, you get tired watching the Twilight Zone marathon! | |||||
65 | Marnie & Jenny | SCREAM 4 2011 Film | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Marnie & Jenny Marnie: I don't get it. Jenny: Okay, it's like the Twilight Zone. Marnie: I get that. But it's illogical. It begs the question that if the beginning of Stab 7 is Stab 6, then is the beginning of Stab 6 Stab 5? And if so, what is Stab 4 about? Jenny: You're over thinking it. Marnie: Am I? Or did whoever make it, just under think it? There's a reason I don't watch these movies. | |||||
66 | Miss Parker | THE PRETENDER 1996 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Miss Parker Miss Parker: What am I, in the Twilight Zone? | |||||
67 | Neal Schweiber | FREAKS AND GEEKS 1999 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Neal Schweiber Neal Schweiber: A defaced locker, a humiliated freshman and a busty succubus from Hell... perhaps we've left McKinley High, and entered the chilling corridors of the Twilight Zone. | |||||
68 | Nick Andopolis | FREAKS AND GEEKS 1999 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Nick Andopolis Nick Andopolis: I don't know. It happened. It's like being in the Twilight Zone. | |||||
69 | Rockwell | ROCKWELL 1971 Music | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Rockwell Rockwell: I'm just an average man with an average life / I work from 9 to 5, hey hell, I pay the price / All I want is to be left alone, in my average home / But why do I always feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone? | |||||
70 | The Scary Door Narrator | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
The Scary Door Narrator The Scary Door Narrator: Imagine, if you will, a three by seven inch wooden frame -- a frame that's a gateway to a world of imagination. Wipe your mind on the welcome mat. You're about to enter The Scary Door. | |||||
71 | The Scary Door Narrator | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
The Scary Door Narrator The Scary Door Narrator: In the end, it was not guns or bombs that destroyed the aliens, but that humblest of God's creatures. The Tyrannosaurus Rex. | |||||
72 | The Scary Door Narrator | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
The Scary Door Narrator The Scary Door Narrator: You're entering a realm which is unusual. Maybe it's magic, or contains some kind of monster... The second one. Prepare to enter the Scary Door. | |||||
73 | The Scary Door Narrator | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
The Scary Door Narrator The Scary Door Narrator: You're taking a vacation from normality. The setting: a weird motel where the bed is stained with mystery. And there's also some mystery floating in the pool. Your key card may not open the exercise room because someone smeared mystery on the lock. But it will open the Scary Door. | |||||
74 | The Scary Door Narrator | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
The Scary Door Narrator The Scary Door Narrator: Enclosed as a PDF attachment, a picture of yourself in a boat on a river. It's a river that flows in two directions. Make that three. It's a magic river, that's how. And it's flowing down the eerie canal to... The Scary Door. That's eerie with two Es. | |||||
75 | The Scary Door Narrator | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
The Scary Door Narrator The Scary Door Narrator: Imagine, if you will, an announcer you can barely understand. He refers to a (mumbles) but you're not quite sure what he said. (mouth full) He seems to be eating something (normal) or perhaps he's a little drunk. It's remotely possible that he just said something about... The Scary Door. | |||||
76 | The Scary Door Narrator | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
The Scary Door Narrator The Scary Door Narrator: You are entering the vicinity of an area adjacent to a location. The kind of place where there might be a monster, or some kind of weird mirror. These are just examples. It could also be something much better. Prepare to enter: The Scary Door. | |||||
77 | The Scary Door Narrator | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
The Scary Door Narrator The Scary Door Narrator: You're on a scenic route through a state recreational area known as the human mind. You ask a passer-by for directions, only to find he has no face or something. Suddenly up ahead, a door in the road. You swerve, narrowly avoiding The Scary Door. | |||||
78 | Scott Morofsky & Sam Hilliard | JACK'S BACK 1988 Film | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Scott Morofsky & Sam Hilliard Scott Morofsky: What do you think - he's some kind of Swami? Sam Hilliard: My grandma had the sight. Scott Morofsky This isn't Twilight Zone, Sam, this is real life. Sam Hilliard: I tell you man, it's deep. Shit happens. | |||||
79 | Victoria Mason | 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
Victoria Mason Victoria Mason: Okay, okay, so... so you guys came here from the future to stop some guy from killing me in order to stop the guys that were trying to kill him? Okay, that is some Twilight Zone shit right there. |
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