The Twilight Highlight Zone

MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork continue their ongoing podcast where they review every episode of The Twilight Zone with this bonus episode focusing on The Simpsons and their parodies of The Twilight Zone with the Treehouse of Horror and more. We talk about the classic Simpsons episodes Homer 3D, Bart's Comet, and also talk about attending a Simpsons table read with Werner Herzog. There's also a video version available over at YouTube.com/MinnMaxShow

Welcome back to The Twilight Zone, everybody! MinnMax's Ben Hanson is reunited with Jeff Cork as well as former Game Informer intern Harry Mackin as we talk about the recent Fathom Event screening of six episodes of the original Twilight Zone in theaters to celebrate Rod Serling and the series' 60th anniversary. In this discussion, we also rank the episodes they selected which were Walking Distance, Time Enough at Last, Eye of the Beholder, The Invaders, To Serve Man, and The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. The Twilight Highlight Zone is also now available as a video podcast on YouTube.com/MinnMaxGames. Please consider supporting our Patreon to keep this type of content rolling in the future! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork return from The Twilight Zone to talk about Jordan Peele's revival of Rod Serling's classic series. On this episode, they critique the season finale Blurryman and talk about how it compares to the classic episode A World of His Own. You can listen to the podcast by subscribing to the show here or watch the YouTube version (audio only) below.<iframe allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wx1oKa5jyYg" width=""></iframe>  

Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork return from The Twilight Zone to talk about Jordan Peele's revival of Rod Serling's classic series. On this episode, they review Point of Origin and talk about how it compares to classic episodes like A Most Unusual Camera. You can listen to the podcast by subscribing to the show here or watch the YouTube version (audio only) below. <iframe allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hfNcKoQBf1s" width=""></iframe>  

Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork return from The Twilight Zone to talk about Jordan Peele's revival of Rod Serling's classic series. On this episode, they review Point of Origin and debate how simple a story about multiple dimensions can really be. You can listen to the podcast by subscribing to the show here or watch the YouTube version (audio only) below. <iframe allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-jaJLdsRpOE" width=""></iframe>  

Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork return from The Twilight Zone to talk about Jordan Peele's revival of Rod Serling's classic series. On this episode, they review Not All Men and talk about the new show's push to tackle relevant cultural discussions. You can listen to the podcast by subscribing to the show here or watch the YouTube version (audio only) below. <iframe allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O-Ey0dh7YSE" width=""></iframe>

Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork return from The Twilight Zone to talk about Jordan Peele's revival of Rod Serling's classic series. On this episode, they review Six Degrees of Freedom featuring Jessica Williams and talk about how it compares to classic episodes like Where Is Everybody? You can listen to the podcast by subscribing to the show here or watch the YouTube version (audio only) below.<iframe allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XZ2qfq86Lxg" width=""></iframe>

Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork return from The Twilight Zone to talk about Jordan Peele's revival of Rod Serling's classic series. On this episode they review The Wunderkind (starring John Cho) and talk about how it compares to classic episodes like It's A Good Life. You can listen to the podcast by subscribing to the show here or watch the YouTube version (audio only) below.<iframe allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6AnhabEe-9o" width=""></iframe>

Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork return from The Twilight Zone to talk about Jordan Peele's revival of Rod Serling's classic series, focusing with this episode on A Traveler and how it compares to episodes like The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street and Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up? You can listen to the podcast by subscribing to the show here or watch the YouTube version (audio only) below. <iframe allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FQMClTcOIb8" width=""></iframe>

Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork return from The Twilight Zone to talk about Jordan Peele's revival of Rod Serling's classic series, focusing with this episode on Replay and how the episode calls back to A Most Unusual Camera. You can listen to the podcast by subscribing to the show here or watch the YouTube version (audio only) below. <iframe allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rrBqd8L-6VA?start=141" width=""></iframe>  

Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork return from The Twilight Zone to talk about Jordan Peele's revival of Rod Serling's classic series, focusing with this episode on Nightmare at 30,000 Feet starring Adam Scott and how it compares to the original episode with William Shatner. You can listen to the podcast by subscribing to the show here or watch the YouTube version (audio only) below. <iframe allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9-8pcvQwtHY?start=12" width=""></iframe>

Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork return from The Twilight Zone to talk about Jordan Peele's revival of Rod Serling's classic series, focusing with this episode on The Comedian starring Kumail Nanjiani. You can listen to the podcast by subscribing to the show here or watch the YouTube version (audio only) below.<iframe allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kU8z4Cowhno" width=""></iframe>

<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/s3/files/styles/body_default/s3/legacy-images/imagefeed/Twilight%20Highlight%20Zone%20-%20A%20Deep%20Dive%20Into%20A%20Most%20Unusual%20Camera/camera6100222.jpg" />Surprise, here's a new episode of The Twilight Highlight Zone with Jeff Cork and Ben Hanson! Years ago, we hosted this podcast where we debated and dissected each and every episode of the classic TV show The Twilight Zone and now we've come back from the dead to give you a most unusual new episode. We were contacted by Brandon Cruz, who hosts another Twilight Zone podcast called Submitted For Your Approval, and he asked us if we'd want to record a cross-over episode where we take a closer look at the episode A Most Unusual Camera. Since Jeff Cork and I had zero strong feelings about the episode, we couldn't resist another look. We hope you enjoy this fun episode, and be sure to check out Brandon's podcast or just send him some thanks over Twitter. Also, check out our ongoing other podca

<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/s3/files/styles/body_default/s3/legacy-images/imagefeed/Twilight%20Highlight%20Zone%20-%20Jumping%20Death%20Ship/THZonelogo610.jpg" /> Hello Twilight Zone fans! Jeff Cork and I haven't forgotten about you, we promise. I don't know how to break it to you, but there's somebody else. We'll always have feelings toward you, but there's a hot new love in our life, and it's the band AFI. We wanted to make sure fans of The Twilight Highlight Zone podcast know that we started a spiritual-successor podcast that breaks down each and every album of the band AFI. It's called A Fire Inside Out and it's available on iTunes. It's a fun romp chronicling a drastically changing band full of plenty of entertaining tangents, so give it a listen even if you don't know or care about the specific band. Anyway, we'll see you in the new podcast feed! Thanks!

<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/s3/files/styles/body_default/s3/legacy-images/imagefeed/Twilight%20Highlight%20Zone%20-%20Twilight%20Zone%3A%20The%20Movie/Twilightzonethemovie610.jpg" /> And we're back! I'm not sure if you recall, but fellow editor Jeff Cork and I recorded ourselves debating and dissecting each and every episode of the classic TV show The Twilight Zone. It took us a while to get back to it, but this is our first "bonus" episode of the podcast that goes above and beyond the original series. In 1983, and presumably made with the best intentions, Steven Spielberg produced a full-length movie dedicated to The Twilight Zone. Divided into four segments, mostly consisting of remakes of classic episodes, the movie has its highs and lows and is ripe for discussion. Feel free to watch the movie before you listen (it's available for streaming on Amazon) and join in on the dumb fun. Listen to the podcast below (or subscribe to us on iTunes) to hear us review and analyze eac

<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/s3/files/styles/body_default/s3/legacy-images/imagefeed/Twilight%20Highlight%20Zone%20-%20The%20Mega-Franklins%20For%20The%20Entire%20Series/MegaFranklins610.jpg" /> Well we did it. I'm sorry that it took so long for us to record and post this final episode, but we've finally come to the end of The Twilight Zone road. In our grand finale (not counting the bonus episodes that are on the way), Jeff Cork and I comb through all 156 episodes of the classic show and dish out some damning and praising awards. If you need a refresher on what we've been up to, our last episode was a recap and contains links to every episode of the podcast that we've recorded. So what is the best episode of The Twilight Zone? What is the worst? What's the dumbest thing from the entire series? Find out all that and more in our final awards show, which we lovingly call the "Mega-Franklins". Let us know what you think of our categories and winners in the comments below.

<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/s3/files/styles/body_default/s3/legacy-images/imagefeed/Twilight%20Highlight%20Zone%20-%20The%20Full%20Recap/THZonelogo610.jpg" /> Look, I know we promised that today we'd be unleashing our Mega-Franklins that awarded the best and worst episodes for the entire run of the series, but we needed a little more time to make it the greatest podcast in recorded history. Instead, we decided to give you this fun bonus episode. After recording The Franklins for the fifth season, I kept the mics rolling as I surprised Jeff Cork with a pop quiz. I read off the title for all 156 episodes of The Twilight Zone to test how well we remember this show that we've devoted so much time to studying and debating. You can listen to the podcast below or subscribe to us on iTunes. Stay tuned next week for our ultimate awards show, it'll be fun. I hope this episode serves as a nice reminder of some episodes you might have forgotten. If you're interested in diving into our a

<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/s3/files/styles/body_default/s3/legacy-images/imagefeed/Twilight%20Highlight%20Zone%20-%20The%20Franklins%20For%20Season%205/Franklinss3.jpg" />Well we may have run out of new episodes of the original Twilight Zone, but that can't stop us from recording our dumb voices. Jeff Cork and I are capping off the fifth and final season of the show with our prestigious awards show. Which episodes will we hold above our heads and celebrate and which will we cast down into the dirt, forever to be forgotten? What is the best machine from the fifth season? Which episode's plot is needlessly complicated? Which great episode gets royally screwed due to our arbitrary rules? Find out by listening to the podcast below and feel free to subscribe to us on iTunes. Don't forget that we're on the hunt for new categories for our next episode, which will be an awards show for the entire five seasons. It's going to be a monster. Feed us your ideas in the comments below.

<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/s3/files/styles/body_default/s3/legacy-images/imagefeed/Twilight%20Highlight%20Zone%20-%20Season%205%2C%20Episodes%2031-36/twilighthighlight0804-610.jpg" />Holy smokes, we did it! This episode of the Twilight Highlight Zone marks the end of the fifth and final season of The Twilight Zone. If you've been watching along with us, that means that you can now say that you've watched all 156 episodes of one of the most well-known TV shows around. Did it end with a bang or a whimper? Check out this episode of the podcast to hear our thoughts. The final season had 36 episodes, so we're recapping six shows this week instead of our usual five. Think of that extra one as a bonus. Well, it's a bonus unless you realize that it's The Bewitchin' Pool. Bleargh. We'll be back in two weeks with our special season-five installment of our Franklin Awards, which highlights the best, worst, and weirdest parts of the season. After that, we're going to do a series-wide s

<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/s3/files/styles/body_default/s3/legacy-images/imagefeed/Twilight%20Highlight%20Zone%20-%20Season%205%2C%20Episodes%2026-30/TwilightZonesmalltstop610.jpg" />We're close. We're so close to the finish line we can taste it. Unfortunately, that finish line only exists... in the twilight zone. Alongside my buddy Jeff Cork, I'm running down the classic version of The Twilight Zone and blathering on about every detail. We're on the home stretch with the fifth season, and this is the second-to-last recap episode. This is an interesting block of episodes, with hangings, dummies, and dim-witted assassins. Listen to the podcast below or subscribe to us on iTunes to find out. The podcast above covers the following episodes from the fifth season... 26. I Am The Night, Color Be Black 27. Sounds And Silences 28. Caeser And Me 29. The Jeopardy Room 30. Stopover In A Quiet Town