LORELAI: This whole morning has been a little Twilight Zone-y.

TimK — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:31:23 -0800

In the episode “It Should've Been Lorelai,” in reference to The Twilight Zone.

LORELAI: This whole morning has been a little Twilight Zoney.

LUKE: Or Outer Limits-y.

LORELAI: What?

LUKE: Great show, just as eerie, same era, but no one ever references it.

LORELAI: Oh, I’m sorry, I don’t speak geek.

LUKE: Yup, stepped right in it.

In the same era as The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits was a similar science-fiction anthology series, which lived a shorter life, coming on the scene just as The Twilight Zone was on its way out. But it still managed to be one of the top 5 science-fiction TV shows of the 1960’s. The series died when ABC moved it to a different time-slot and subsequently killed it.

It’s not true, however, that “no one ever references it.” For example, “Weird Al” Yankovic in his 1989 cult-favorite, comedy film UHF, in the “UHF” theme song, he sings, “We control the horizontal. We control the vertical, too.” This is a reference to The Outer Limits introduction:

There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We can reduce the focus to a soft blur, or sharpen it to crystal clarity. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to… The Outer Limits.

Both of these classic series were remade as modern “next generation” shows: The Twilight Zone in 1985, continuing for 3 seasons, and The Outer Limits in 1995, for 7 seasons.

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