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librarianjen

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Sep 3 09 12:47 PM

That IS interesting. Thanks for posting it! I have to say, outside of TZ, I've never heard anyone pronounce it like that. I'm going to start a new trend here in western PA. twilightzonewor/clap.gif

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ringading

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Sep 3 09 2:49 PM

Like, uh... how come?

Perhaps Rod had in his contract that you must pronounce 'rob-it' the way he does or he cuts you out of story.

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James B W Bevis

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Sep 3 09 3:38 PM

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QUOTE (ringading @ September 03, 2009 03:49 pm)

Perhaps Rod had in his contract that you must pronounce 'rob-it' the way he does or he cuts you out of story.

Or reprograms you into a servant...

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Crown 85

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Sep 3 09 6:56 PM

Or tosses your tape snippet into the fire.

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librarianjen

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Sep 3 09 8:53 PM

QUOTE (Crown 85 @ September 03, 2009 06:56 pm)

Or tosses your tape snippet into the fire.

Hee hee! Love it - my 2nd favorite episode.

Y'all are cracking me up!

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dhshoops

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Nov 1 09 12:16 PM

Any idea if this episode can be found anywhere online? Haven't seen it in years. Thanks.

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Locutus

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Nov 18 09 2:26 PM

Here's the link to the episode on VEOH...

The Lateness of the Hour

This got me thinking... about robots and pain or lack thereof. All robots are portrayed as lacking the ability to feel pain, and this is treated as an advantage.

Yet any self guiding machine is going to need the functional equivalent of pain; a way to monitor if the self is receiving damage or malfunctioning. In order to work effectively and prevent extensive damage from happening, it has to behave the way pain does in our bodies.

1) It has to be independent from the consciousness, it cannot be simply shut off or ignored.

2) It has to "hurt" i.e. it has to scream for immediate attention.

Maybe the robots are sturdier, and have a higher pain threshold, but there still has to be a point where the pain reflex says "I'm being damaged. Do something!"

Bugs Bunny is who we imagine ourselves to be. Daffy Duck is who we fear we actually are.
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LeenZone

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Nov 18 09 5:35 PM

It's ro-bit, Locutus, ro-bit.

Head 'em up, move 'em out!

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Locutus

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Nov 19 09 9:43 AM

QUOTE (LeenZone @ November 18, 2009 05:35 pm)

It's ro-bit, Locutus, ro-bit.

I just have to pronounce it that way. No one said I had to spell it that way.

I wonder if "Robit" is used in other shows. Seems to be a uniquely TZ oddity, but I could be wrong.

Bugs Bunny is who we imagine ourselves to be. Daffy Duck is who we fear we actually are.
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LeenZone

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Nov 19 09 9:46 AM

QUOTE (Locutus @ November 19, 2009 09:43 am)

QUOTE (LeenZone @ November 18, 2009 05:35 pm)

It's ro-bit, Locutus, ro-bit.

I just have to pronounce it that way. No one said I had to spell it that way.

I wonder if "Robit" is used in other shows. Seems to be a uniquely TZ oddity, but I could be wrong.

Oh okay, I couldn't hear you from here.

Head 'em up, move 'em out!

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AbraCadaveric

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Nov 19 09 9:27 PM

QUOTE (Locutus @ November 19, 2009 06:43 am)

I wonder if "Robit" is used in other shows. Seems to be a uniquely TZ oddity, but I could be wrong.

I wonder about that too. Has anyone heard it said that way on other shows?

JERRY: You know, this is like that Twilight Zone where the guy wakes up, and he's the same - but everyone else is different!

KRAMER: Which one?

JERRY: They were all like that.

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Gooberman

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Nov 19 09 11:58 PM

It's funny that this one has just been added to, because last night I saw "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" with Inger Stevens, and I only see that once a year or less.

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ht2

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Nov 20 09 7:34 AM

QUOTE (Gooberman @ November 20, 2009 12:58 am)

It's funny that this one has just been added to, because last night I saw "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" with Inger Stevens, and I only see that once a year or less.

Goob, could you please tell me how it ends? I once saw most of it on TV -- it was on very late, too late for me to stay up and see the whole thing, so I set my VCR to tape the rest of it. I added an extra 45 minutes to the timer, because I knew they usually added lots of commercials and the movies ran late, but the VCR still stopped recording before the end! I saw up to the point where Belafonte and the other guy were about to fight each other. What happens next? If you don't want to post a spoiler, please feel free to PM me.

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EmiTheShogun

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Jun 22 10 12:50 AM

10/10 WOW! What a twist at the end, awesomeness!!

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Paladin

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Aug 20 10 10:44 PM

Inger Stevens should have quit when she was ahead. She went from one of TZ's classic episodes, to a downright stinker. I gave it a 4. Probably 5 if it wasn't taped. I vaguely remember this forgettable episode. One of the cast members gave me a chuckle. Jason Johnson played Jensen. Even the actor doesn't seem real.

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ChesterfieldKing

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Aug 26 10 3:34 PM

QUOTE (Paladin @ August 20, 2010 10:44 pm)

Inger Stevens should have quit when she was ahead. She went from one of TZ's classic episodes, to a downright stinker. I gave it a 4. Probably 5 if it wasn't taped. I vaguely remember this forgettable episode. One of the cast members gave me a chuckle. Jason Johnson played Jensen. Even the actor doesn't seem real.

Whenever I think of this episode, I always think of Inger Stevens's great quote:

"...ANIMAL GRUNTS OF PLEASURE!"

I almost wanna use that as my username.

Regardless of the merits of the episode, I really like the title. It's a good-un.

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LeenZone

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Aug 26 10 4:11 PM

Interesting, Pal. I just found the ending of this one unforgettable!

Head 'em up, move 'em out!

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Paladin

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Aug 26 10 5:05 PM

QUOTE (LeenZone @ August 26, 2010 05:11 pm)

Interesting, Pal. I just found the ending of this one unforgettable!

Alright Leen, I see your point. I guess even bad episodes have some good moments. But at that point of the episode, I just didn't care anymore about the characters and their creations.

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ht2

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Aug 26 10 6:29 PM

QUOTE (ChesterfieldKing @ August 26, 2010 03:34 pm)

QUOTE (Paladin @ August 20, 2010 10:44 pm)

Inger Stevens should have quit when she was ahead. She went from one of TZ's classic episodes, to a downright stinker. I gave it a 4. Probably 5 if it wasn't taped. I vaguely remember this forgettable episode. One of the cast members gave me a chuckle. Jason Johnson played Jensen. Even the actor doesn't seem real.

Whenever I think of this episode, I always think of Inger Stevens's great quote:

"...ANIMAL GRUNTS OF PLEASURE!"

I almost wanna use that as my username.

Regardless of the merits of the episode, I really like the title. It's a good-un.

I would love to have seen the sponsor's / network's notes on that line: "Suggest 'feline purr of contentment.'"

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James B W Bevis

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Dec 3 10 5:27 PM

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Yes, tonight's the night to chat about "The Lateness of the Hour" (sorry for the late notice). All members interested in a fun and friendly time are welcome to join us! Here's the chatroom link:

http://pub43.bravenet.com/chat/show.php/3645509632

Here's an upload on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llnt_qEO3tY&feature=related

If you use this upload, or the pre-Definitive Edition DVD, you'll want to skip past the first 13 seconds before we get together, so you can get past the "Image-Entertainment intro" and start at the real episode intro. Not all versions have the "Image-Entertainment intro" (though any decent version has the real episode intro).

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