{"id":321,"date":"2008-12-21T10:58:26","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T18:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=321"},"modified":"2008-12-21T10:59:06","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T18:59:06","slug":"twilight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/twilight\/","title":{"rendered":"Twilight"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, I’m not talking about the movie and series of books<\/a> that are all the rage these days.\u00c2\u00a0 This is about Rod Serling and his good old fashioned series The Twilight Zone<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I recently discovered that video site Joost<\/a> has streaming episodes of the show available for free online, which allowed me to remember this time travel gem featuring Russell Johnson (the Professor from Gilligan’s Island<\/em><\/a>) as an accidental time traveler attempting to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n

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It’s a bit over the top at times, but a neat little episode nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, I’m not talking about the movie and series of books that are all the rage these days.\u00c2\u00a0 This is about Rod Serling and his good old fashioned series The Twilight Zone. 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