A Kind of a Stopwatch
- Episode aired Oct 18, 1963
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.3K
YOUR RATING
A man is given a stopwatch that halts time.A man is given a stopwatch that halts time.A man is given a stopwatch that halts time.
Dick Wessel
- Charlie
- (as Richard Wessel)
Ray Kellogg
- Fred
- (as Ray Kellog)
Sam Balter
- Game Announcer
- (uncredited)
Roy Damron
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
- Office Worker
- (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
- Banker
- (uncredited)
Robert McCord
- Man in Bar Doorway
- (uncredited)
Ray Pourchot
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Paul Power
- Banker
- (uncredited)
John Roy
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- …
Al Silvani
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOne of only three episodes to feature the introductory line, "Submitted for your approval" during Rod Serling's opening narration, which is the phrase usually most associated with the show's monologues.
- GoofsWhen the helicopter is shown frozen in flight the blades are shown as a blur, the result of the rotor moving too fast to be caught by the camera's slower frame rate.
- Quotes
McNulty: [early draft; later revised] Say, uhm... You wouldn't be interested in having dinner, would ya?
Secretary: If the world as we know it was about to end, if you were its most prominent restauranteur, and if I weren't very happily married already, I *might* be. But it isn't, you aren't, and I am; so *drift*, McNulty.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Twilight-Tober-Zone: A Kind of A Stopwatch (2023)
Featured review
The Usual Idiot with an Amazing Gift
This is yet another story of a man given an amazing gift. Because he is such a knucklehead, he can't figure out a way to use it to some advantage. He is an insufferable bore who goes from place to place, driving people to distraction with his stupid comments. He has no off switch. For whatever reason, a barfly gives him a stopwatch. When you push the stem down, it literally stops everything. There is no thought process with this guy. He uses it to play a few tricks. He tries to get his former boss to reproduce it. He has no credibility. Eventually he does what every Twilight Zone bozo does. He figures a way to get rich. He never protects the watch. He goes right into a bank and takes a load of money from the safe. This lack of imagination and stupidity is typical, and, of course, is what the episode is really about.
helpful•209
- Hitchcoc
- Dec 11, 2008
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content