The Bewitching Pool sequences

[DarleneIllyria]

The Bewitching Pool is a pretty weird episode to me. It's probably my least favorite episode, but I'm still wondering something. Why do they repeat two scenes?

The episode starts off by the parents telling the kids that they are getting a divorce. The kids jump into the pool and go back to the happy land. When they come back out of the pool, the parents tell the kids that they are getting a divorce again. It was the exact same thing as the beginning. Why did they do that? Was it supposed to be a filler or something if the episode was too short?

Hope everybody understands my question.

[Brian]

I don't know. Another thing that is strange is that the lead girl's voice is dubbed by June Foray in the scenes at home. For trivia buffs, Mary Badham (the lead girl) is perhaps most famous for her role as Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird." June Foray is famous as the voice of Rocky in TV's "Rocky and Bullwinkle." Her voice can also be heard as the Talking Tina doll in the episode "Living Doll."

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by BJL
I don't know. Another thing that is strange is that the lead girl's voice is dubbed by June Foray in the scenes at home. For trivia buffs, Mary Badham (the lead girl) is perhaps most famous for her role as Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird." June Foray is famous as the voice of Rocky in TV's "Rocky and Bullwinkle." Her voice can also be heard as the Talking Tina doll in the episode "Living Doll."

That was pretty odd too. I read in one of the TZ books that noise in the background affected Mary's speaking lines (something like that). They tried to get Mary to come back and dub the lines over again, but Mary wasn't available. I must say the accents displayed in that episode makes me want to pull my hair out. lol Yeah, I know I'm a southerner too. I guess that's why it affects me so badly. lol

[Brian]

I do know that although "The Bewtchin' Pool" was the last episode aired, it was not the last one produced. I'm assuming that they experimented with the repeating of the beginning and end segment and decided not to do it anymore. It was the only episode in the series, as far as I know, to do that.

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by BJL
I do know that although "The Bewtchin' Pool" was the last episode aired, it was not the last one produced. I'm assuming that they experimented with the repeating of the beginning and end segment and decided not to do it anymore. It was the only episode in the series, as far as I know, to do that.

I suppose you are right. Btw, it was the only episode that did the repeating segments.

[Tweety]

so it WAS intentionally done that way (showing the same scene in the beginning and then again later on)? I thought it was just bad syndication editing...


And I think the southern accents the kids spoke with in that episode are ridiculous...nothing against southern accents, but their parents showed no signs of having any accent, so how did the kids acquire them?

Maybe it's because when they came up in "Aunt T" Land, a Huck Finn-like boy helped them out of the fishin' hole...

[BrandonS]

I always thought the episode was kind of cool.

[DavidSimp]

All Twilight Zone episodes that I ever saw when they were on broadcast television did have a preview or introduction before the Title and Theme music. This episode is really no different than the others I've been watching lately except this preview is quite a bit longer than usual.

This was usually the same preview they would air to advertise the upcoming episode's day, time, and content.

Just like the last one I viewed, which was where Burgess Meredith was the last man on earth and just wanted to read. They show him break his glasses in the preview. And that is the same scene that you see during the full episode that follows the title and theme music.

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by DavidSimp

All Twilight Zone episodes that I ever saw when they were on broadcast television did have a preview or introduction before the Title and Theme music. This episode is really no different than the others I've been watching lately except this preview is quite a bit longer than usual.

This was usually the same preview they would air to advertise the upcoming episode's day, time, and content.

Just like the last one I viewed, which was where Burgess Meredith was the last man on earth and just wanted to read. They show him break his glasses in the preview. And that is the same scene that you see during the full episode that follows the title and theme music.

You're partially correct, The episodes did in fact have a preview before the titles but the theme music aired first. Also, The scene you described with Burgess Meredith did not air during the preview of Time Enough at Last because it would've been idiotic for CBS to spoil the episode's ending.

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by Tweety

so it WAS intentionally done that way (showing the same scene in the beginning and then again later on)? I thought it was just bad syndication editing...


And I think the southern accents the kids spoke with in that episode are ridiculous...nothing against southern accents, but their parents showed no signs of having any accent, so how did the kids acquire them?

Maybe it's because when they came up in "Aunt T" Land, a Huck Finn-like boy helped them out of the fishin' hole...

I thought the same thing. Bad editing.

abt the southern accents...that is what I wondered myself.

[jehobden]

Originally Posted by Tweety

And I think the southern accents the kids spoke with in that episode are ridiculous...nothing against southern accents, but their parents showed no signs of having any accent, so how did the kids acquire them?

Maybe it's because when they came up in "Aunt T" Land, a Huck Finn-like boy helped them out of the fishin' hole...

Actually the parents did have southern accents, just not as pronounced as those of the kids. If you listen closely, you can tell.

[kooky12]

Originally Posted by DarleneIllyria

The episode starts off by the parents telling the kids that they are getting a divorce. The kids jump into the pool and go back to the happy land. When they come back out of the pool, the parents tell the kids that they are getting a divorce again. It was the exact same thing as the beginning. Why did they do that? Was it supposed to be a filler or something if the episode was too short?

I always thought that this was done to get another chance. The parents had another chance to keep their kids but blew it. The kids had another chance to be with their parents but it didn't work out. The kids then had another chance to go to the "other world" but it wasn't guaranteed - you don't usually get 2 chances, but they did get in.

[Loves Old Tv]

Actually the parents did have southern accents, just not as pronounced as those of the kids. If you listen closely, you can tell.

I just watched this episode again on the New Year's marathon, listening very closely to the parents. They did not have ANY TRACE WHATSOEVER of a southern accent, not even slightly.

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by Loves Old Tv

I just watched this episode again on the New Year's marathon, listening very closely to the parents. They did not have ANY TRACE WHATSOEVER of a southern accent, not even slightly.

Considering the fact that Tod Andrews and Dee Hartford were born in New York, New York and Salt Lake City, Utah respectively, I wouldn't expect them to have southern accents.