Dan Benbow
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From the Antipodes to the Americas.
From the Antipodes to the Americas.
...The doctor repeating it might seem excessive, but it makes clear his lack of care for her. That he understands her plight yet still has little sympathy makes him more cruel than if he were ignorant of it.
Also, "bubble-headed booby" was the doc's classic zinger for the robot in Lost in Space.
Also, "bubble-headed booby" was the doc's classic zinger for the robot in Lost in Space.
February 4, 2026 at 12:34 AM
...The doctor repeating it might seem excessive, but it makes clear his lack of care for her. That he understands her plight yet still has little sympathy makes him more cruel than if he were ignorant of it.
Also, "bubble-headed booby" was the doc's classic zinger for the robot in Lost in Space.
Also, "bubble-headed booby" was the doc's classic zinger for the robot in Lost in Space.
I get your critique of the repetitiveness of this episode but I think there's a purpose to it. I think it helps to repeat the dream because it makes her distress palpable. Also, the final "room for one more" wouldn't hit as hard if you don't hear it a couple of times earlier.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I get your critique of the repetitiveness of this episode but I think there's a purpose to it. I think it helps to repeat the dream because it makes her distress palpable. Also, the final "room for one more" wouldn't hit as hard if you don't hear it a couple of times earlier.
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I'm thinking the episodes of the Twilight Zone should be retitled based on your discussion of them on the podcast. For example, 'The Invaders' would become 'I Love Those Little Guys', or maybe just 'Those Little Guys'.
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I'm thinking the episodes of the Twilight Zone should be retitled based on your discussion of them on the podcast. For example, 'The Invaders' would become 'I Love Those Little Guys', or maybe just 'Those Little Guys'.
Bumper stickers from the Twilight Zone:
"I stop for hitchhikers... eventually"
"Caution: this car brakes - and breaks - for all invisible walls"
"My other car is trying to get me to confess to a hit-and-run"
For something more recent, if only relatively: "Wanna see something really scary?"
"I stop for hitchhikers... eventually"
"Caution: this car brakes - and breaks - for all invisible walls"
"My other car is trying to get me to confess to a hit-and-run"
For something more recent, if only relatively: "Wanna see something really scary?"
January 14, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Bumper stickers from the Twilight Zone:
"I stop for hitchhikers... eventually"
"Caution: this car brakes - and breaks - for all invisible walls"
"My other car is trying to get me to confess to a hit-and-run"
For something more recent, if only relatively: "Wanna see something really scary?"
"I stop for hitchhikers... eventually"
"Caution: this car brakes - and breaks - for all invisible walls"
"My other car is trying to get me to confess to a hit-and-run"
For something more recent, if only relatively: "Wanna see something really scary?"
Also, I'm going to assume by "writing Batman in Australia", you're referring to the location of your current activity, and not the title of the work you're writing. Sadly 🫤.
January 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Also, I'm going to assume by "writing Batman in Australia", you're referring to the location of your current activity, and not the title of the work you're writing. Sadly 🫤.
So when there's a scene in an upcoming issue of Detective where Batman is sitting on a gargoyle loudly eating a nectarine, we'll know why.
Also, is it ever explained why a Canadian DC hero was named Flying Fox and not the Australian member of the Batmen of All Nations?
Also, is it ever explained why a Canadian DC hero was named Flying Fox and not the Australian member of the Batmen of All Nations?
January 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
So when there's a scene in an upcoming issue of Detective where Batman is sitting on a gargoyle loudly eating a nectarine, we'll know why.
Also, is it ever explained why a Canadian DC hero was named Flying Fox and not the Australian member of the Batmen of All Nations?
Also, is it ever explained why a Canadian DC hero was named Flying Fox and not the Australian member of the Batmen of All Nations?
Ringo Kid? Is that a LoSHer whose backstory is that they were bitten by a radioactive drummer from a certain Scouser band and thus gained his superpowers, like being able to ride along with paradigm changing musical acts and narrate Thomas the Tank Engine?
January 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Ringo Kid? Is that a LoSHer whose backstory is that they were bitten by a radioactive drummer from a certain Scouser band and thus gained his superpowers, like being able to ride along with paradigm changing musical acts and narrate Thomas the Tank Engine?
Thank you for clarifying. I thought nanopatticles went on Micro Macs.
December 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Thank you for clarifying. I thought nanopatticles went on Micro Macs.
Spoiler alert: there isn't a reference to 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet' in Airplane 2. At least, as far as I recall.
What I wouldn't have given, however, if - back in 2021 when Shatner took that trip on the New Shepherd rocket - someone had got in the costume and went outside the spaceship...
What I wouldn't have given, however, if - back in 2021 when Shatner took that trip on the New Shepherd rocket - someone had got in the costume and went outside the spaceship...
a man in a suit and tie is peeking out from behind a window .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is peeking out from behind a window .
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December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Spoiler alert: there isn't a reference to 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet' in Airplane 2. At least, as far as I recall.
What I wouldn't have given, however, if - back in 2021 when Shatner took that trip on the New Shepherd rocket - someone had got in the costume and went outside the spaceship...
What I wouldn't have given, however, if - back in 2021 when Shatner took that trip on the New Shepherd rocket - someone had got in the costume and went outside the spaceship...
...but she still would have been better off not taking action as it resulted in no life at all. Assuming, of course, that you believe that a limited life is better than no life at all. As was said a few times in the last couple of episodes, however, that's a discussion for another episode 🙃.
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
...but she still would have been better off not taking action as it resulted in no life at all. Assuming, of course, that you believe that a limited life is better than no life at all. As was said a few times in the last couple of episodes, however, that's a discussion for another episode 🙃.
...the inadvisable action would be Jana wanting the robots deactivated, given that she is one herself, and that she should have let things be. A possible additional angle is Jana is starting to feel like time is running out for her and her family to have a life - the hour is late in that respect -..
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
...the inadvisable action would be Jana wanting the robots deactivated, given that she is one herself, and that she should have let things be. A possible additional angle is Jana is starting to feel like time is running out for her and her family to have a life - the hour is late in that respect -..
...As for the meaning of the title, my best guess is as follows. 'At this late hour' or 'given the lateness of the hour' tend to be used in situations where too much time has passed and a suggested or potential action would not be advisable/appropriate at this time. In the ep,...
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
...As for the meaning of the title, my best guess is as follows. 'At this late hour' or 'given the lateness of the hour' tend to be used in situations where too much time has passed and a suggested or potential action would not be advisable/appropriate at this time. In the ep,...
...that the character railing against the creations turns out to be a creation herself. What might be a little different from the other instances of reworked ideas/episodes is that this episode would be Serling reworking someone else's idea, although that might have happened other times.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
...that the character railing against the creations turns out to be a creation herself. What might be a little different from the other instances of reworked ideas/episodes is that this episode would be Serling reworking someone else's idea, although that might have happened other times.
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WRT to the familiarity/potential copyright infringement of the story, this feels like another Serling rework of an earlier idea or TZ episode. The earlier episode in this instance would be 'A World of His Own' from S1, where another character rails against a creator's inventions, only to find...
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
WRT to the familiarity/potential copyright infringement of the story, this feels like another Serling rework of an earlier idea or TZ episode. The earlier episode in this instance would be 'A World of His Own' from S1, where another character rails against a creator's inventions, only to find...
One of the many things I loved about Tom's writing on Nightwing was that Bruce was not an emotionally disfunctional jerk but someone who had gone though a lot of trauma and didn't always get things right because of that but was also hugely compassionate because of it. There was a lot of love.
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
One of the many things I loved about Tom's writing on Nightwing was that Bruce was not an emotionally disfunctional jerk but someone who had gone though a lot of trauma and didn't always get things right because of that but was also hugely compassionate because of it. There was a lot of love.
"Twilight Zone Auto - our services are more shadow than substance, and our prices lie somewhere between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge."
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Twilight Zone Auto - our services are more shadow than substance, and our prices lie somewhere between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge."
... negative consequences befalling you. As the saying goes, "play stupid games, win stupid prizes".
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
... negative consequences befalling you. As the saying goes, "play stupid games, win stupid prizes".
...There certainly are times where it seems the TZ is meting out some cosmic justice. My explanation for that is when you're already in an area of uncertainty and you act in negative ways, you're adding to the uncertainty. You're an agent of chaos. More chaos = more uncertainty = higher chance of...
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
...There certainly are times where it seems the TZ is meting out some cosmic justice. My explanation for that is when you're already in an area of uncertainty and you act in negative ways, you're adding to the uncertainty. You're an agent of chaos. More chaos = more uncertainty = higher chance of...
... Even if this evaluation happens instantaneously on a subconscious level, the amount and pace of it still contributes to a sense of uncertainty and unease. That's why the TZ and its focus on the in-between are still so engaging, as we go through life trying to sort substance from shadow.
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
... Even if this evaluation happens instantaneously on a subconscious level, the amount and pace of it still contributes to a sense of uncertainty and unease. That's why the TZ and its focus on the in-between are still so engaging, as we go through life trying to sort substance from shadow.
The proliferation of information - true and false - means that now we are overwhelmed. With that proliferation being channeled through social media, we are barraged by words which we must constantly evaluate to see whether they are true, or - for too many - whether they accord with our beliefs. ...
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The proliferation of information - true and false - means that now we are overwhelmed. With that proliferation being channeled through social media, we are barraged by words which we must constantly evaluate to see whether they are true, or - for too many - whether they accord with our beliefs. ...