A Nice Place to Visit

  • 1.1 Opening Narration
  • 1.2 Episode Summary
  • 1.3 Closing Narration
  • 1.4 Preview for Next Week's Story
  • 1.5 Preview for Another CBS Show
  • 2.3 Production Companies
  • 2.4 Distributors
  • 2.6 Home media release
  • 4 External Links

Episode Details [ ]

Opening narration [ ].

"Portrait of a man at work, the only work he's ever done, the only work he knows. His name is Henry Francis Valentine, but he calls himself Rocky, because that's the way his life has been- rocky and perilous and uphill at a dead run all the way. He's tired now, tired of running or wanting, of waiting for the breaks that come to others, but never to him, never to Rocky Valentine.
"A scared, angry little man. He thinks it's all over now, but he's wrong. For Rocky Valentine, it's just the beginning."

Episode Summary [ ]

Henry "Rocky" Valentine is robbing a pawnshop after knocking out the pawnbroker, but before he can get away he is shot by the police in a gunfight. He wakes up to find himself seemingly unharmed by the encounter and in the company of a pleasant individual named "Pip" who tells Rocky that he is his guide and has been instructed to grant him whatever he desires. Rocky is suspicious, having never received anything for free in his life. He believes Pip is trying to con him and asks him if he is a cop. Pip proceeds to quote personal information about Rocky's tastes and hobbies from a notebook. Irritated, Rocky demands that Pip give him his wallet. Pip says he has no wallet but obligingly gives him a large amount of money and is willing to give him as much as he desires. Rocky believes Pip wants him to commit a crime on his behalf and that the money is an incentive. Rocky holds Pip at gunpoint, following him to a luxurious apartment that Pip insists is Rocky's. Demanding to know what he must do to acquire all this luxury, Rocky remains skeptical when he is told that it's all free. Despite his suspicions, he begins to relax, changing his clothes and taking a shower, after which he is presented with a meal served on a silver platter. He abruptly becomes suspicious again and demands that Pip taste the food, believing it to be poisoned. When Pip claims he can't remember how to eat, Rocky shoots him in the head but finds that the bullets phase through him, leaving Pip unharmed. Rocky now realizes that he is dead and immediately assumes that he is in Heaven and that Pip is his guardian angel. Later, we see Rocky in a casino, surrounded by beautiful women and winning every poker game he plays. Outside he sees a tall policeman and is able to make him smaller and thus pick on him. After returning to his apartment with Pip and the "dolls" (as Rocky refers to them), Rocky asks to see some of his former friends who have died. Pip says that won't be possible, as this "paradise" is his own private world, and none of the people are real except for Rocky and Pip. Rocky becomes curious as to why he was allowed into Heaven. "I must have done something good that made up for all the other stuff. But what? What did I ever do that was good?" With Pip, he visits the hall of records, but it merely contains a list of his sins. Rocky is puzzled but he decides that if God is okay with him being there, he won't bother worrying. After a month, Rocky becomes thoroughly bored by always having his whims satisfied and predictably winning at anything he attempts. He tells Pip, "If I gotta stay here another day, I'm gonna go nuts! I don't belong in Heaven, see? I want to go to the other place." Pip retorts, "Heaven? Whatever gave you the idea that you were in heaven, Mr. Valentine? This is the other place!!" Pip then begins to laugh malevolently as he watches a horrified Rocky come to the realization that he is in Hell and unsuccessfully tries to escape his endless "paradise".

Closing Narration [ ]

"A scared, angry little man who never got a break. Now he has everything he's ever wanted, and he's going to have to live with it for eternity - in the Twilight Zone."

Preview for Next Week's Story [ ]

"Next week, you'll spend a few rather unforgettable hours in this living room, watching Miss Janice Rule and Mr. Shepperd Strudwick partake in a dramatic delicacy that is one part nursery rhyme, one part terror. This is designed for those of you who are getting too much sleep. Next week on The Twilight Zone , "' Nightmare as a Child '. We hope you'll join us. Thank you and good night."

Preview for Another CBS Show [ ]

"Be sure to see the fun-filled family life on one of America's greatest entertainers, The Danny Thomas Show , Monday nights over the most of these stations!"

Background Information [ ]

  • Rod Serling as Narrator (voice only); uncredited
  • Larry Blyden as Henry Francis 'Rocky' Valentine
  • Sebastian Cabot as Mr. Pip
  • John Close as Policeman; uncredited
  • Barbara English as Dancing Girl; uncredited
  • Peter Hornsby as Croupier; uncredited
  • Robert McCord as Waiter; uncredited
  • Bill Mullikin as Parking Attendant; uncredited
  • Nels P. Nelson as Midget Policeman; uncredited
  • Wayne Tucker as Croupier; uncredited
  • Sandra Warner as Girl; uncredited
  • Rod Serling  (executive producer: Cayuga Productions )
  • Buck Houghton (producer)
  • George T. Clemens  (director of photography)
  • Joseph Gluck (film editor)
  • George W. Davis (art director)
  • Merrill Pye (art director)
  • F. Keogh Gleason (set decorator; credited: Keogh Gleason)
  • Henry Grace (set decorator)
  • Ralph W. Nelson (production manager)
  • Donald C. Klune (assistant director; credited: Don Klune)
  • Franklin Milton (sound; credited: Frank Milton)
  • Philip Mitchell (sound)
  • Van Allen James (sound effects editor; uncredited)

Production Companies [ ]

  • Cayuga Productions
  • Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (in association with)

Distributors [ ]

  • Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1960) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
  • United Productions of America ( UPA ) (animated title)

Home media release [ ]

This episode is included on the Image Entertainment Vol. 29 DVD along with " A Penny for Your Thoughts ", " Little Girl Lost " and " I Am the Night—Color Me Black ".

  • Mickey Rooney was the first choice to play Valentine. In a memo to Rod Serling, Charles Beaumont suggested, should Rooney not be available, that Serling himself consider playing the part. Serling declined and Rooney ended up being unavailable. (He guest starred in a later episode .)
  • Guest star Cabot had to bleach his hair white for the role and it took three months for the actor's hair to return to its original dark color.
  • One version of this episode has Valentine throwing an apple at a table which changes into a pool table - although another version has this scene cut out.
  • "A Nice Place to Visit" was also singled out for its brazen sexual innuendo. Program Practices requested that Valentine not refer to a girl as "a broad ... really stacked," even though the crudity was essential to establishing the unsavory qualities of the character. Nor could the protagonist refer to a party as "a ball", since that word had more than one meaning. In another "Nice Place" sequence, a voluptuous young lady tends to Blyden's every need, then says "is there anything else I can do for you?" CBS's comment: "Please be certain that the girl's third speech be delivered in a sweet manner, as described."
  • In 1965, a slightly modified version of this story was broadcast on the radio program Theater Five. The episode (number 154), "The Land of Milk and Honey", retained all of the important aspects of this episode, including the innuendos and the surprise ending.
  • The slot machine seen in the episode is the same one used in " The Fever ".
  • Just as Valentine is about to leave the house with Pip, he peers into his bedroom where his three girlfriends are, to tell them that he will be back soon and sees something in the room that leaves him with a look of confusion on his face, he makes this face again as he is about to close the front door of his house. It is never revealed what Valentine sees in the bedroom that causes him to pull such an expression.
  • The Hall of Records contains the files for every resident of Hell (including Henry Valentine's) and is the epicenter of Hell that keeps all of its dimensions tethered together. What is unique about the Hall of Records is that it is the only place in Valentine's personal dimension of Hell that cannot be changed or edited. The records are located atop a grand staircase marking them as above any power or influence in Hell and it is indicated that all residents of Hell can access the Hall of Records. The steps used in this scene are the same used in Time_Enough_at_Last
  • Henry Valentine's nature is similar to Walter Bedecker in " Escape Clause ". Both men's overwhelming lack of imagination, and demand for instant gratification cause them to be trapped in supernatural ruts, which would be easily escapable to someone with more wit.

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Monday, September 21, 2020

Reflections on the twilight zone's "a nice place to visit".

During this seemingly endless pandemic I’ve taken to watching the sermons of Bishop Robert Barron on YouTube.

A few weeks ago, he spoke at length about a painting in Paris’s Musee d’Orsay by Thomas Couture called “The Romans of the Decadence.” It shows a large crowd of people engaged in all sorts of carousing and debauchery; but at the center of the canvas is a woman who looks directly out toward the viewer, and seems utterly bored with the revelry that surrounds her.

The message, according to Bishop Barron, is that all of the pleasures this world can offer, wonderful and wicked, legal and illegal, will eventually not be enough to satisfy us. We were made for something greater.

To me, that sermon was a reminder of a classic TV episode that communicated   a similar message. “A Nice Place To Visit” aired on April 15, 1960, near the end of the first season of The Twilight Zone . 

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As the show opens we meet Rocky Valentine (Larry Blyden), a career criminal in the midst of robbing a safe in a pawnshop. He is shot and killed by the police while trying to escape. Seemingly moments later, he wakes up and meets Mr. Pip (Sebastian Cabot), a debonair man in a white suit, who introduces himself as Rocky’s “guide.”

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A clearly confused and suspicious Rocky is given a luxurious apartment, a new fancy wardrobe, and piles of cash. Taking stock of “the joint, the clothes, the booze,” he figures he must be in heaven, and Pip is his guardian angel. “Anything I want,” he says, gleefully rubbing his hands together, and it’s off to the casino. As beautiful women cheer him on, he tries roulette and the slot machines and he can’t lose. 

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Still, Rocky is curious as to why he was allowed into Heaven: "I must have done something good that made up for all the other stuff.” Pip takes him to the Hall of Records to review his file, which provides no answers: Rocky has been a rat since he killed a dog at the age of six. But if God is fine with the decision, he figures he’s happy to keep living the good life. 

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But one month later, Rocky finds that everything he used to enjoy now brings no pleasure at all. Even the prospect of robbing a bank fails to interest him, as he already knows he’ll get away with it.

“I don’t think I belong here,” he finally tells Pip. “If I have to stay here another day I’m going to go nuts! I don’t belong in heaven. I want to go to the other place.”

“Heaven?” Pip replies. “Whatever gave you the idea you were in Heaven, Mr. Valentine? This *is* the other place!”

And that cues up Rod Serling’s close: “A scared and angry little man who never got a break. Now he has everything he’s ever wanted. And he’s going to have to live with it for eternity…in the Twilight Zone.”

Did you guess the outcome when you first saw this episode? Whether you did or not, it’s the message that I find most interesting. And while The Twilight Zone routinely delved into provocative questions related to ethics and philosophy, it was not the only series from the Comfort TV era to contemplate the same set of circumstances described by Bishop Barron and painted by Couture. I can think of two other series, both among the era’s most popular situation comedies, which also explored this scenario.

Guesses? If not, I will humbly recommend my forthcoming book, out next month, which I’ll talk about more in my next blog.

As I write this, the Emmy Awards are being presented on ABC. I’m not watching – I haven’t watched in more than a decade. See previous Emmy-related blog entries for those reasons. But I do know a little about some of the shows deemed worthy of Emmy recognition. And I wonder what messages those shows are sending, or if that’s even a relevant question.

One might think that some lessons would remain pertinent in any era of entertainment. But if we could count on that being the case 50 years ago, or even 20 years ago, I’m not sure we can still count on it now. To illustrate I give you The Good Place , a recent Emmy-winning series that closed out its first season with a twist similar to the one in “A Nice Place to Visit.” But on that series, the inversion of good and bad destinations was not the end but a starting point, from which the show asked questions that never would have occurred to previous generations, such as whether “the good place” was really good for everyone. What times we live in.

Here is a look at the Couture painting:

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5 comments:

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No offense, Mr. Hofstede, but the controversial Roman Catholic apologist Michael Voris has blasted Bishop Barron. Grab a barf bag and check out the following URLs: https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/bp.-robert-barrons-spiritual-poison https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/a-response-to-bishop-robert-barrons-letter-to-a-suffering-church https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/a-response-to-bishop-robert-barrons-letter-to-a-suffering-church https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/vortex-barron-bishops-running-scared To learn more about Michael Voris, check out a certain blog commentary at the following URL: https://catholicinbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2016/04/when-will-michael-voris-stop-hating.html

He is entitled to his opinion. I do not share it.

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Excellent article as always, David, and very insightful. I really appreciate the way you linked the painting, the episode, and the world of today.

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I always liked this episode. Your screen grabs reminded me that when I was a teen, in the late '70s, I used to have a camera set up on a tripod in front of my B & W TV set so that I could take photos and make my own stills. How things have changed!

This episode is starting right now in ET/CT on MeTV for anyone who wants to see it.

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Monday, April 9, 2012

"a nice place to visit".

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This is another favorite episode of mine. I love the script, Brahm's direction, and the acting. That staircase with the card catalog is forever etched in my memory.

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Brahm's direction is always dead on and by this point in his career he was very workman-like, churning out quality television with flourishes of his signature, German Expressionist inspired, style. I do think the script is a little too predictable but I agree, Jack, that the acting is top notch and keeps the episode engaging. That Hall of Records set is certainly striking and is the indelible image from the episode. Thanks for reading!

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I like the episode better than you do, Mr. Prejean. Its flaws are the same as one finds in some of O. Henry's tales, but this does not for me take away from my enjoyment of watching it. Of the two leads, Sebastian Cabot comes off better; and not because he was a better actor than Larry Blyden but because he was better cast. Blyden's unsympathetic persona and his maybe just a bit too stylized playing of Rocky is somewhat alienating. I watched the show a few hours ago and I wondered how it would have played had Jack Klugman been cast as Rocky. It would be funnier, for sure, but also, due to Klugman's innately sympathetic-empathetic qualities, it would bring out the tragedy of Rocky's fate during the Big Reveal. I find the production values more impressive with each repeat viewing. Director Brahm & Company did a superb job of making the MGM back lot look like the MGM back lot. The show's artifice,--real city streets don't look like this, nor do casinos or bachelor pads--create a fitting generic alternate universe for the events depicted in the episode to occur in that are near spot on perfect.

The radio play you mentioned was an adaptation of John Balderston's one-act play "A Morality Play for the Leisure Class", written in the twenties. At heart, it's the same plot as this TZ episode...guy dies, ends up in what he thinks is Heaven, welcomed by a spirit guide that he takes for an angel, gets everything he wants for the asking but finds it wears on him after a while, asks to go to Hell but finds out that he's already there. I'd read the one-act in high school and was surprised to find out that this TZ episode had so much in common with it.

Thanks for filling in the details of that radio play, Jennifer. I'm all but certain that Beaumont heard the radio play during its original broadcast as he was an avid listener of dramatic radio programs. It's likely that he forgot where the idea originated in his mind.

I'm still dying to know why he had such a weird expression on his face as he's about to close the door of the bedroom (where he just guided the three women he was partying with..). What had he observed?

I've always taken that moment to signify Rocky is beginning to perceive that something is off-kilter about "heaven." It may have even been improvised by Larry Blyden.

He probably saw them sitting there like zombies.

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Your commentary is extraordinary, Sir. I congratulate you!

Thanks for saying so, and thanks for reading!

I love your website. Everything Twilight Zone! Thank you!

Thanks for visiting!

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Barbara English is mis-identified here @ aveleyman.com, on IMDB and elsewhere as the "Dancing Girl." Classic case of web-misinformation propagating itself. Unfortunately do not know who the actress is, but this is Barbara English on "Peter Gunn:" https://wwreview.piwigo.com/_datas/3/v/p/3vpqqekc90/i/uploads/3/v/p/3vpqqekc90//2018/01/09/20180109030642-f4ac3e19-me.jpg [copy/pasta]

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Thanks for the heads up. I've removed the credit here since it is not credited on-screen but if this is a wrong credit it isn't web-misinformation. Zicree gives this credit in the TZ Companion. Thanks for stopping by!

THE HALL of RECORDS STAIRS look very familiar. Was it on a set, or were these stairs real and have since been torn down. I seem to remember Time Enough At Last had similar large stairs. Anyone have a CLUE? Thanks! ♥

A Morality Play for the Leisure Class might actually be a short story than a one act play, or was a short story first. It appeared in the September 1920 issue of Harper Magazine. I found a listing for it on eBay and ordered it yesterday. I'm skeptical they published something in play format, it is identified on the contents page as a story, but when it arrives, if it does, we'll see.

I received it. It is a play. Very short, more like skit length. The Fleischmann Hour was a variety show hosted by Rudy Vallee, so they probably just performed the play as written.

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Cavender is coming, imdb rating: 5.9.

  • Episode: Season 3, Episode 36
  • Air Date: May 25, 1962
  • Starring: Jesse White, Carol Burnett, and Howard Smith

Carol Burnett is the star of this episode, which guarantees a few laughs anyway, but the whole story is a parody of the trope of a helpful angel. Cavender is supposed to be the guardian angel of Burnett's character, Agnes Grep, but he's not exactly a shining example of elegance, goodness, or moral grace.

Cavender appears next to Agnes on a bus, and it scares the driver so much he quits by jumping through a window. People jumping out of windows and through mirrors seems to be a running joke, and it's so random that viewers can't help but laugh. Some of the physical comedy makes this episode more like a Three Stooges short.

The angel's attempts to improve Agnes' life and earn his wings are both overblown and hilarious, involving material wealth and money. When these things don't make her life better, he takes them away and returns Agnes to her old life. Finally, she's happy, and he gets his wings .

The Whole Truth

Imdb rating: 6.4.

  • Episode: Season 2, Episode 14
  • Air Date: January 20, 1961
  • Starring: Jack Carson, Loring Smith, and George Chandler

There was a movie called Liar Liar that borrowed the plot of this episode, but used a lawyer as the main character instead. This time it's another profession notorious for playing fast and loose with the truth, a used car salesman, and his habit of lying about his wares changes abruptly when he buys a haunted car.

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The "haunting" is more like a curse that makes it impossible for the owner to lie, and since Harvey Hunnicut spends all day telling fibs, his life grinds to a halt. To Harvey's credit, he figures out the problem very quickly after he finds out that he can't only lie to potential customers, but also can't lie to his wife or co-workers. He manages to sell it, and viewers will have to know something about Cold War history to get the final punchline.

Escape Clause

Imdb rating: 7.3.

  • Episode: Season 1, Episode 6
  • Air Date: November 6, 1959
  • Starring: David Wayne

Remember in Family Guy when Death sprained his ankle and ended up on Peter's couch, thereby making it impossible for anyone to die? Here's an earlier version of the same idea, but in this case the clever man is the cynical Walter Bedeker, played by recurring actor David Wayne. Walter has found what he thinks is a loophole that allows him to cheat death.

The result is that Walter is having some fun jumping in front of subway trains and drinking bleach. It's hard not to laugh at his antics as he dreams up more and more creative ways to kill himself and collect life insurance money. Of course, this is a deal with the devil, and Walter is so obnoxious that it's also funny when the time comes for him to pay the piper.

Once Upon A Time

Imdb rating: 7.2.

  • Episode: Season 3, Episode 13
  • Air Date: December 15th, 1961
  • Starring: Buster Keaton, James Flavin, and Stanley Adams

One of the more notorious and well-known "feel-good" Twilight Zone episodes is the whimsical "Once Upon A Time," the story of an emotionally reserved, elderly janitor from the year 1850, who travels to the future. He comes across his employer's experimental time-travel hat and is transported forward to the present day (in this case, 1961). Hilarity ensues.

The story follows a "city mouse and country mouse" theme, in which the janitor, the humble Woodrow Mulligan, expects to find a utopian future and is disappointed by modern life. His new friend Rollo, who lives in 1961 but imagines life in 1850 as more simple and idyllic, asks to go back with his friend and is similarly discontented. The episode contains plenty of physical comedy, and the misfortunes and misunderstandings of the protagonist are played for laughs.

Night of the Meek

Imdb rating: 7.9.

  • Episode: Season 2, Episode 11
  • Air Date: December 23, 1960
  • Starring: Art Carney, John Fiedler, and Robert P. Lieb

"Night Of The Meek" is a bittersweet tale, as most Christmas stories are, and it has some profound moments along with some funny ones. The kids have some especially hysterical lines. One wayward tenement child requests a gun, and another unfortunate lad, Percival, asks for a new name as a present.

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Sad and drunk mall Santa, played by Art Carney, wishes that just once, he could get everyone anything they wanted for Christmas. In other words, the meek would inherit the earth. He stumbles across a mysterious bottomless sack in an alley and proceeds to do just that. Just when it seems there's nothing left for him , he receives the greatest gift of all.

One For The Angels

Imdb rating: 7.6.

  • Episode: Season 1, Episode 2
  • Air Date: October 9, 1959
  • Starring: Ed Wynn, Murray Hamilton, and Dana Dillaway

Ed Wynn, star and voice actor of Disney fame , carries this sad but whimsical episode. This was the second Twilight Zone episode ever, and its light and funny tone is in stark contrast to the previous one that debuted the series, "Where is Everybody?"

Wynn plays the main character, Lewis J. "Lew" Bookman, a fast-talking but well-liked neighborhood salesman. He loves to pitch so much that he even has a sales rap prepared for Mr Death when he comes to town. It's time for Bookman to go, but he makes a deal with Death to make one more sales pitch, or as he puts it, "One For The Angels." He makes his pitch, but not how he originally planned.

To Serve Man

Imdb rating: 9.0.

  • Episode: Season 3, Episode 24
  • Air Date: March 2, 1962
  • Starring: Lloyd Bochner, Susan Cummings, and Richard Kiel

One of the most well-known Twilight Zone episodes is also among the funniest, but it contains some dark humor that not all viewers will appreciate. Like many other episodes, this one has a unique take on the concept of alien visitors that hinges on what might be a misunderstanding...or a deliberate trap.

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When a large but mild-mannered alien shows up on earth with a book entitled "To Serve Man," the humans think it's about how to make human beings happy. Nothing else in the book can be deciphered, but all it takes to fool humans is a bit of flattery. By the time mankind figures out that the tome is a cookbook, it's too late.

Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?

Imdb rating: 8.7.

  • Episode: Season 2, Episode 28
  • Air Date: May 26, 1961
  • Starring: Jack Elam, John Hoyt, and Jean Willes

A funny episode for its twist on the concept of extraterrestrial visitors and alien colonies , "Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?" is about an alien posing as a human but hiding among the motley patrons of a diner. Jack Elam plays a quirky old man who spends most of the episode and does have some scary moments, as the comic relief and his outspoken nature are also intended to make him a red herring for suspicion.

The funny twist at the end is that there isn't one alien in the diner. There are two of them, one from Venus and the other from Mars, and the rivals are on a scouting mission as part of their colonization plans.

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Release Date October 2, 1959

Creator Rod Serling

Network CBS

Genres Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Horror

Number of Episodes 156

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  1. A Nice Place to Visit

    A Nice Place to Visit. " A Nice Place to Visit " is episode 28 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The episode first aired on CBS on April 15, 1960. The title comes from the saying, "It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there." In 1965, a slightly modified version of this story was broadcast on the ...

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    A Nice Place to Visit: Directed by John Brahm. With Larry Blyden, Sebastian Cabot, John Close, Louise De Carlo. When bad guy Henry Francis Valentine dies in a shootout with police, he wakes up in the next world where his every wish is granted forever, and ever.

  3. A Nice Place to Visit

    Italic "A Nice Place to Visit" is the twenty-eighth episode of the The Twilight Zone. It first aired on CBS on April 15, 1960. The title comes from the saying, "A nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there." Part 1 "Portrait of a man at work, the only work he's ever done, the only work he knows. His name is Henry Francis Valentine, but he calls himself Rocky, because that's the way ...

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    A Nice Place to Visit has one of the most effective endings in Twilight Zone history. While most people can figure out Rocky is in Hell early on, what makes it work is how it's executed. Throughout the episode Pip had been friendly towards Rocky. Even when Rocky was threatening him. The moment Rocky states "I don't belong in Heaven.

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  6. A Nice Place to Visit

    A Nice Place to Visit. After being shot to death, Rocky Valentine encounters the amiable white-haired Mr. Pip, who gives Rocky everything he wishes for. S1E28 25 min. Pluto TV. Movies and Shows in United States. The Twilight Zone. Stream The Twilight Zone free and on-demand with Pluto TV. Season 1, Episode 28.

  7. The Twilight Zone

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    If so, you're in luck, because in this video, I'm going to show you the Twilight Zone episode "A Nice Place to Visit", starring Larry Blyden and Sebastian Cabot.

  9. "The Twilight Zone" A Nice Place to Visit (TV Episode 1960)

    Summaries. When bad guy Henry Francis Valentine dies in a shootout with police, he wakes up in the next world where his every wish is granted forever, and ever. Rocky Valentine is a small-time hood who has been on the wrong side of the law for most of his life. After robbing a pawn shop, he is gunned down by the police and awakens to be met by ...

  10. S1 E28: A Nice Place to Visit

    The Twilight Zone Classic "The Twilight Zone" was the brainchild of Emmy Award-winner Rod Serling, who served as host and wrote over 80 episodes of the original show's 150-plus episode run. It's a strange mix of horror, science-fiction, drama, comedy and superstition.

  11. "The Twilight Zone" A Nice Place to Visit (TV Episode 1960)

    "A Nice Place to Visit" displays some expensive sets (at least for the Twilight Zone) and lively performances by Blyden and Cabot. Blyden, who died much too young, was an excellent comedian who also had the talent to effectively play a despicable punk.

  12. The Twilight Zone (1960)

    It's time. Paramount Pictures guides me deeper into The Zone this week, as I explore another trio of episodes from The Complete Series Collection. First up is A Nice Place to Visit. Written by Charles Beaumont this story aired on 15 April, 1960, and tells a rather entertaining tale.

  13. Twilight Zone Lite: A Nice Place To Visit

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  14. Twilight Zone: Lessons From "A Nice Place to Visit"

    Can't Have the Sweet Without the Bitter I'm a big fan of the classic 1960s-era television show, The Twilight Zone. Even when you can see the episodes' famous twists coming a mile away, they're still enjoyable to watch, as the show managed to niftily combine elements of science-fiction, suspense, psychological thrills…and even a little social commentary and abstract philosophy.

  15. The Twilight Zone: "The Big Tall Wish"/"A Nice Place To Visit"

    "A Nice Place To Visit" (Season 1, episode 28; originally aired 4/15/1960) In which you wouldn't want to live there. You could fill a conference hall with The Twilight Zone 's "small, hungry" men.

  16. Reflections on The Twilight Zone's "A Nice Place to Visit"

    Reflections on The Twilight Zone's "A Nice Place to Visit". During this seemingly endless pandemic I've taken to watching the sermons of Bishop Robert Barron on YouTube. A few weeks ago, he spoke at length about a painting in Paris's Musee d'Orsay by Thomas Couture called "The Romans of the Decadence.". It shows a large crowd of ...

  17. The Twilight Zone Vortex: "A Nice Place to Visit"

    "A Nice Place to Visit" is of the same type episode as the more famous "Time Enough At Last," "Third from the Sun," and "People Are Alike All Over," albeit with a much stronger shot of dark humor.

  18. Does anyone else like the episode 'A Nice Place To Visit'?

    Does anyone else like the episode 'A Nice Place To Visit'? its not one of the highest esteemed episodes but it is for me.. really put things into perspective to me how lonely, hollow and empty a person can become having absolutely everything they ever dreamed of 24/7 your existence loses meaning and the monotony becomes hell. what do all you TZ fans think? did this particular episode strike a ...

  19. A Nice Place To Visit

    While this is not an episode that really gets under your skin, "A Nice Place To Visit" is filled with memorable performances from Larry Blyden and Sebastian ...

  20. A Nice Place to Visit : r/TwilightZone

    A Nice Place to Visit I looked through previous discussions, and I couldn't find anyone asking the question I'd like to ask. First, a brief recap: A crook (Rocky) is shot and finds himself in a place where he gets anything he wants and wins at every game of chance. He assumes this is heaven and that the man assisting him (Pip) is an angel.

  21. The Funniest Twilight Zone Episodes, Ranked

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  22. First Time Watching Ep. 28 *A NICE PLACE TO VISIT* (1960) what is life

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  24. A nice place to visit : r/TwilightZone

    A nice place to visit Hi! So I've been on a little Twilight zone marathon in quarantine, and I've watched a nice place to visit about twice now (one of the best episodes in the entire Twilight zone series imo) and I've been wondering: how exactly did rocky end up in hell? I know he died. And why didn't he end up in heaven?

  25. A Nice Place to Visit

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