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Post by Lawtonka on May 1, 2006 20:51:57 GMT -6
This single episode of Twilight Zone was probably the most exciting thing I remember seeing as a kid. To me it was the first real glimpse of the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Custer Monument.......or at least what I though was it until 1984.
Remember it? Can you remember the three charactors Wm. Connors, Michael McCluskey and Richard Landsford? I have always admired how the show ended as these three soldiers decided to pitch in, although leaving behind their tank, to help Custer. What a perfect ending to have thier names on the monument.
Notice their was a mountain behind this hollywood version of the monument. One thing for sure, for many years I had to wonder if their three names were actually names of soldiers who were there....not ! But very intertaining.
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Post by bubbabod on May 1, 2006 21:17:33 GMT -6
Ya know, I caught the very tail end of that last year. It's been so many years since I saw it in full, I can't remember much about it. So they left their tank behind. What did they take with them? I keep looking for this show on TV and haven't been able to find it.
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Post by El Crab on May 2, 2006 1:41:30 GMT -6
I DVR'd that the other day. Recently, my wish list caught the old Time Tunnel episode, though I was extremely disappointed that they didn't show any battle scenes. And I have the Custer/Wayne Maunder 2 hour movie on Little Big Horn that recently was saved for me. Legend of Custer, I think its called.
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Post by pjsolla on May 2, 2006 2:42:50 GMT -6
Bubbabod:
The shows ends with them going over a ridge (Custer Ridge?) and just carrying their handguns.
Best bet to catch it is to go to the Sci-Fi website and it lists shows for roughly 6 months out.
PJS
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Post by Lawtonka on May 2, 2006 5:03:56 GMT -6
You can get it on DVD, Volume 19 of the Twilight Zone Collection. Good place to get it is on Ebay if you don't want to buy th ewhole set. I have seen this volume on there at a very reasonable cost.
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Post by crzhrs on May 2, 2006 16:43:17 GMT -6
Wasn't the closing line said by their commanding officer:
"They should've takin' the tanks with 'em"
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Post by Jas. Watson on May 12, 2006 13:44:24 GMT -6
Don't watch television much so I never saw it though I know of it. But did you know there is a whole book of that story? I have a copy and read it years ago. It takes place 'from' a more modern time so the tank is a bit more powerful (an M-60,A1 I believe), and to complicate matters a bit, one of the crewmen is an Amerind. So there is a little bit of conflict of interests there. Can't recall the title off hand--have to go look.
Jas.~
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Post by Jas. Watson on May 12, 2006 20:12:04 GMT -6
I just went and dug out the book. The name of it is "The Sign of the Thunderbird". I don't remember much about it at all except I can tell it's quite a bit more involved than the TV story...maybe I'll read it again--after I get through the stack that's already by my chair......
Jas.~
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