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
What Now, McNulty?
Richard Erdman stars as Patrick Thomas McNulty, a most talkative and opinionated man who drives everyone he meets crazy with his endless suggestions and ideas. One day, after losing his job, he meets a mysterious foreign man named Potts in a bar, then buys him a beer. Out of gratitude, Potts gives McNulty a most unusual stopwatch that somehow has the ability to stop time, freezing in place all people(except the holder of course!) This gives McNulty many ideas on how to get ahead(and get revenge) in his life, but after deciding to rob a bank, a disaster occurs... Erdman is most amusing as McNulty, who isn't really that bad, but it has a memorable premise with a most effective payoff.
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- AaronCapenBanner
- Nov 5, 2014
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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