The Twilight Zone Marathon.

tomanderson · Post by **tomanderson** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:01 pm

In the 70's, I recall, there was an interesting thing introduced during Thanksgivings which still exists to this day...the television tradition of running "marathons" of one sort or another--usually one TV station would run episodes of The Twilight Zone all day long. A couple of years, it was a whole day of continuous Godzilla films. My earliest memories of this type of TV programming was a whole day, more or less, of King Kong (1933), run at least four or five times that day and into the evening.

This type of programming may seem odd but it was always strangely appropriate. Feasting celebrants would chow down on whatever tasty victuals were at hand and then sit around the TV and let their minds drift away watching really weird and somewhat ghoulish fantasy programs.

mama2taj · Post by **mama2taj** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:06 pm

oh man a whole day cuddled in bed drinking hot chamomile,mint, and rosemary tea. Watching only twilite zone's would be a dream. ahhhhh someday I'm gonna buy a box set. or mabey ask my husband to get that for christmas!

Haunted Horseman · Post by **Haunted Horseman** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:16 pm

Man, I miss those Thanksgiving King King, Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young marathons, it really became a tradition in my house. Then on Friday it would be Godzilla marathons. Boy I miss those days.

tomanderson · Post by **tomanderson** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:44 pm

Yeah, you can go online and get vhs collections of Twilight Zone on Ebay for a lot cheaper than buying a full set...you can get ten or twelve episodes or maybe fourteen and then whoo hoo, you'll be styling!

Kong, I love King Kong, that was so cool on Thanksgiving, I remember watching King Kong several times in a day and just going Ahhhhhh!