Note that one of the kids - the daughter - is played by Mary Badham, who played Jean Louise "Scout" Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

@alanrkanter

Ай бұрын

Beat me to it.

@LyleFrancisDelp

Ай бұрын

Yes, but her voice was overdubbed in this TZ episode. They filmed outdoors and later discovered they couldn't hear her dialogue, so they engaged June Foray to dub the dialogue.

@kali3665

Ай бұрын

@@LyleFrancisDelp Which created a problem when you DO hear Badham's voice because it doesn't match June Foray at all.

@kali3665

Ай бұрын

When I realized it was the same actress, I wondered whether her name in this episode was intended as something of a callback: Scout in Mockingbird; Sport in Bewitching Pool. Twilight Zone borrowed a LOT of cast members from Mockingbird. Frank Overton (Sheriff Tate) was in a couple of episodes, including the classic Walking Distance. Collin Wilcox (Mayella) was in Number 12 Looks Just Like You. Robert Duvall (Boo Radley) was in Miniature. William Windom (Horace) was in several TZ episodes. Paul Fix (Judge Taylor) was in I Am The Night Color Me Black. TZ put people from Mockingbird in more episodes than they used that spacecraft from Forbidden Planet! Also Kim Stanley (Adult Scout) and Brock Peters (Tom Robinson) both did separate episodes of Night Gallery.

@wildforthecats661

Ай бұрын

@@LyleFrancisDelpCorrect. You beat me to it.

I noticed that over the years. I looked it up and found the following on IMDb: The Sharewood's swimming pool, their home in the background, and the buildings peeking through the trees to the right were all permanent sets of MGM's lot #2. The mansion was called Southern Mansion, the buildings in the trees were part of Girls School, and the swimming pool was none other than Esther's Pool, built specifically for occasional use in the bathing beauty films of Esther Williams.

@williamrooth

Ай бұрын

That was really great information! Thank-you for sharing that!

@gc4644

Ай бұрын

Is the pool still there?

@SoundJudgment

Ай бұрын

@@gc4644 Most of those Backlot Home sets at Columbia Ranch, have been demolished over the last year or so. A real shame.

@flyingo

Ай бұрын

⁠Unfortunately the entire lot was buldozed not too long ago.

@moosebohunkus6892

Ай бұрын

Thank you for that info. That was the next logical question, "Where was the pool?"

Didn't know they used the same pool for these different episodes! Still love watching the Twilight Zone marathons when they air.

@howiecricket52

Ай бұрын

3 episodes altogether!!! The Bewitchin' Pool, The Trouble With Templeton, Queen Of The Nile!!! THIS POOL!!!

@stratcat4450

Ай бұрын

While it is a great old show, the over the air channel H an I is doing 4 days of "Rod white, an blue" They have a lot of great shows that I will miss until next week.

To me, "The Bewitchin' Pool" has always had a magical quality.

@AlisaPowerDashaArgentinaHillsV

Ай бұрын

Oh yes

@patriciaschuster1371

5 күн бұрын

Absolutely! I loved it when it was first run. I love watching all TZ's but The Bewitching Pool was always my favorite!

June Foray was the dubbed voice of Sport Sharewood in the outdoor scenes

@davef.2329

Ай бұрын

"Not that trick again."

@tevenstyler8025

Ай бұрын

@@timfurnier7061 They didn't discover the audio problem until Mary Badham had returned home to Alabama and didn't want to spend the money to bring her back out. Being the last Twightligh Zone probably played a part in this decision.

@osbornvonpulaski1642

Ай бұрын

I always thought it hilarious that the little girl's voice suddenly sounded like Rocket J. Squirrel.

@davef.2329

Ай бұрын

@@osbornvonpulaski1642 She was a talent-treasure.

@ReconViper1

Ай бұрын

@@osbornvonpulaski1642 That was distracting, and took me out of the story.

Another thing about this episode: In the outdoor scenes, some of Mary Badham's words were rendered inaudible by nearby traffic, and she had already flown back home to Alabama before they realized it. Rather than pay to fly her back to re-record the dialogue, they hired June Foray (Rocky, Nell Fenwick, Natasha Fatale, Witch Hazel, etc.) to dub in the words. If you listen for it, the voice doesn't sound quite right for a girl that young.

@timfurnier7061

Ай бұрын

I had to scour the comments sections to find your great answer. Apparently it's easier for people here to scold me for asking my question about this rather than to just tell me or to copy and paste your answer. Unreal!!!!!!!!!!

@timothyhall861

Ай бұрын

@@timfurnier7061 I could always tell it was a Voice Re-dubb and I often commented on that fact when I would watch this episode with my family....My theory was that since this was the very LAST Twilight Episode and there was an obvious problem with the original voice, they did it to save money....I've watched it and all the others countless times and I don't notice it much anymore but it's a shame they didn't re- do it right with the child's real voice

@dawoool

Ай бұрын

@@timothyhall861 Today it could easily be done from 2,000 miles away. Back then, not so much.

@anadr2299

Ай бұрын

A BIG THANK YOU!!!! I have always wondered why, because to me it was so obvious, the voice was different. I probably saw this rerun first time in my pre-teens, and caught it since then. And forgetting we have internet for questions like this, I am glad nonetheless you finally solved the mystery for me! Thanks!!!😃

@timfurnier7061

Ай бұрын

@@anadr2299 Yes, but that internet option only works when you have good people who are willing to answer your question or gently guide someone to the answer. I didn't get that here (not here in this post specifically but in the main list of comments). The answer to my querie was that it was already answered and that I should read all the comments to find it.

Another favorite episode! I did not know that it was the final Twilight Zone episode. Thank you for that.

I love the episode of the kids and the pool. Thank you for the neat info!

After watching this episode as a kid, we swam at a place called Edgewater Park in the Mojave desert. We would swim down to the drain trying to get to Aunt Tees. Fun memory.

Fun fact: This past June 19, 2024 was the 60th anniversary of the last of the first run Twilight Zone episodes ….The Bewitchin’ Pool.

H2O Industry Phile here, that is a pool from the late 1940's-1950's, I recall the tile. It is a thick 6"X6" baby blue, I did a re-do on one, it was so old that the cement used fused into something harder than marble and the pool was made out of 8"X8"X16" concrete blocks. Back when deep pools were in style, my favorite, got kicked out of Landa Park for swimming in the deep end right before the first Pan Pipe was blown. I watched, thinking you were going to show the underwater passage to the underground spa...

Good eye Rick! I haven’t watch that show since I was a kid. Thanks for sharing.

I always thought that was the same pool on the studio lot that was recently destroyed? If it is the Bewitched house would be 100yds away and it was in NL's Xmas Vacation.

@SIXPACK110

3 күн бұрын

The Warner Ranch?...That's what I was thinking too

I've seen them all! Ann Marie Blyth, Queen of the Nile, is still alive so she must have that scarab from the episode!

@Spikestrip55

Ай бұрын

Ms. Blyth's husband, Dr. McNulty delivered me 68 years ago. She is still doing well and wrote a very nice note in our correspondence!

@mitchsalawine5420

Ай бұрын

@@Spikestrip55 Really glad to hear she is still doing well! I always loved her work and she was SO beautiful!

They reuse sets to save money.on filming .love your videos keep me posted .

Great episodes all. I particularly liked the one about Templeton going back in time.

@AlisaPowerDashaArgentinaHillsV

Ай бұрын

Oh yes...

Twilight Zone marathon starts on the 4th. How many other locations did they reuse??? Guess I'll watch and see if I notice. HAHAHA Everyone have a wonderful day.

The Twilight Zone was filmed on the old MGM studios. MGM had a "backyard with pool" lot. Every movie and TV show filmed at MGM studios used the same pool. Most uses of the pool set involved more swimmers, beach chairs, an optional high diving board, and other set decorations. TZ episodes are simple so you can more easily tell it's the same set.

The hypnotic effect Twilight Zone episodes seemed to have on me caused me to disregard props and locations as Serling's genius ripped open the fabric of my imagination for 30 minutes.

I noticed this pool in several Twilight Zone movies as well. I have always been a Twilight Zone fan. I watch the reruns today as well on cable. Many are only in Black and White. My favorites were "The After Hours" when Martha White goes to a department store but she is actually a mannequin at that store, "Valley of The Shadow" with Ed Nelson, and "Going My Way" with inger Stevens. Twilight Zone will always be a hit in my house.

@DaveTexas

27 күн бұрын

Sweetie there was only ever ONE Twilight Zone movie. How could you notice things in "several"? All episodes of the original series were in B&W. There were exactly zero in color. You’re either 12 years old or you need to see a doctor about your extreme mental deterioration. You might be suffering from dementia.

I always remember this it's my favorite one very good one

Makes sense to use the same pool over. Why would you build or rent different pools for different episodes?

i enjoy what u do..keep doing it

My late mother liked this episode...especially the massive cake that Aunt Tee was preparing. My mom was a from-scratch baker, and she appreciated the rough-edged perfection of a homemade cake...especially a huge one that only exists in kids' daydreams.

Also isn't this the same pool that the character played by Richard Hadyn (spelling) drowned in? The character was afraid of machines. I forgot the episode title but also Barbara Stuart was in it.

Interesting to hear about something regarding the final episode of The Twilight Zone. Keep up the great work Rick, I hope you’re doing well. Take care!

I'll be hearing June Foray shouting "Aint Tee, Aint Tee!" for the rest of my life 🤗.

I'm now wondering if the same pool could have been used in "A Thing About Machines" with a different set dressing at another angle! Same type of pool with the same safety bars!

@SoundJudgment

Ай бұрын

Yep. You found another instance of it. Same pool, with those same goofy hand-rails (at night). Wow, they really got their money's worth with that one... 'prop' hehe

@mitchsalawine5420

Ай бұрын

Yes, I was wondering about that one myself. the pool his car drives him over the edge into.

Once again you found something we didn’t notice!

Did you know that the boy’s voice was REPLACED in post-production? The voice was actually that of my old pal, the original voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, the one and only June Foray! She did so many voices, it’s impossible to count them all. She was the second voice of Tweety’ s “Granny” in the 1940’s Looney Tunes. The first voice of Granny was Bea Benaderet, who played many hundreds roles in Radio and later TV. She was Gracie Allen’s next-door neighbor on the Burns & Allen Show, and appeared frequently on The Jack Benny Program. She was even the first voice of Berry Rubble on The Flintstones! Then she got too busy for all that when playing “Kate Bradley” on CBS’s “Petticoat Junction), which you can see within the next 24 hours on MeTV.

@charlesballard5251

Ай бұрын

The boys voice may have been replaced, but it was not by June Foray. June Foray did the girls voice.

Only you Rick 🤣 but thanks for that, TZ was one of my favorites 👍

Aunt T was awesome.

That is a huge pool! Imagine how much to fill and maintain it.

Thanks for the video. I saw another video where they showed a studio pool used in many different shows.

One other thing I’ve always wondered about this episode is The Voice of the little girl. It seems to sound a great deal like June Foray who is the famous voice actor from that error? She did The Voice of a Rocky in Rocky and Bullwinkle. I always wondered if they used her voice to read the little girl.

@lazyhomebody1356

Ай бұрын

Yes it was her! A few comments said

@YouSimon1000

Ай бұрын

There's was too much background noise in the scene as it was filmed, so June Foray had to dub over the girl's voice. Stood out like a sore thumb.

Love your eye for detail, thanks.

Love this episode!!!

Season 2, episode 4 "A Thing About Machines" has a part where a car chases a man into a pool, where he drowns. I can almost guarantee it's the same pool in that one too.

@ricknineg

Ай бұрын

I’ll have to take a look! Cool

Watched it when it was on for the 1st time.

Very enjoyable vids.

Why do the children have these odd southern accents when the parents dont!

@williamrooth

Ай бұрын

The children were born in Virginia and their parents were from New Jersey and Illinois. Maybe, the parents were so rich, the kids saw their southern teachers and nanny more often than their mom and dad? Most likely though, the children were Super Smart and affected a southern drawl just to bug their parents! Just kidding about all of this and by the way, you made a very great catch here which becomes obvious when you think about it! Thank-you!

@robertrochester403

Ай бұрын

@@williamrooth I guess their nanny had a southern accent!The parents probably didn't raise them personally!

@lazyhomebody1356

Ай бұрын

Because the children may have been born and raised in souless LA but at heart they were Southerners!

@rivaridge7211

Ай бұрын

@@lazyhomebody1356 As we in the South like to say, "Well bless their hearts!" ;-)

June Foray did the voice over for Sport (Mary Badham). She was also the voice of Chatty Kathy.

@hitechworld7264

7 күн бұрын

I think you mean Talky Tina from the episode "Living Doll".

Pretty cool- very possibly connected or just same location used. It is so much easier now to notice common locations in these old shows and it was very difficult back in the day due to changes in technology, access and being able to repeat any scene we want whenever we want. In Rockford files there is an apartment complex in several episodes, sometimes apartment, or maybe hotel but very many. It is also in a Columbo as well as other shared filming locations. It's certainly fun discovering and noticing them! Greta video.

@richardbadaracco5148

Ай бұрын

Sheraton Universal was used in lots of Rockford, and other shows

This episode took some rewatching to really begin to like it because it was so different from the regular TZ format.

Watched the Twilight Zone when it first aired. It’s fun as one of the tv stations runs the program 6 out of 7 evenings

I believe the pool was also used in the episode "A Thing About Machines" where the car drowns the main character. It is shot from a different angle, but appears to share the same features.

Cool! Thanks Rick! Any idea of the location of that pool?

@jaycogan5182

25 күн бұрын

Old mgm back lot

This was my most favorite show!

Just wow! Fantastic research, buddy!

Any chance this same pool was used in the "get out of here Finchley" car chase in "A Thing About Machines"?

Imagine if you will escaping the world through a portal in your pool. I would have loved to swim in that pool. Thanks for confirming that the pool was used in 3 episodes.

@jaycogan5182

25 күн бұрын

Was used in lot more than that

Loved it!! Child of a divorced family. Made a lot of sense to me at the time in the 70’s.

I always liked this episode. I suppose because it had children in it! The more I watch Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (METV 11:00 pm) the more I prefer Hitchcock. TZ is seeming more sentimental and corny to me

Yes. That girl's voice was eerie.

That is interesting that the same swimming pool was used in multiple different episodes, but it is not surprising. "The Twilight Zone" was filmed at a major movie studio, I believe MGM?, so if you look at other productions shot at this studio, you are bound to see this pool in other productions. You might notice that other "The Twilight Zone" episodes may share other props and locations. Over at Universal Studios, Hollywood, how many different productions were shot using the same residential street. How about all the different people who lived in the Munster's house or the "Leave It To Beaver" house? Great observations, thank you!

I remember this episode. It was good.

For folks who grew up when these aired (TV).. this sort of thing happened more than you think, even in Cartoons...

Yes I have seen them all.

Although I was not thrilled with the acting nor the editing, I DID have a lot of empathy for the two children who understandably feel they're being treated like unwanted trash. Children of that age aren't stupid. They KNOW when they're being rejected.

Also the pool at the end of A Thing About Machines. (Season 2 Episode 4)

Watched it and loved it

I remember!!! This is a good one!

I like all episodes of the twilight zone regardless of content some of them don’t catch my interest very much but I like all of them it’s the freaking twilight zone is one of the best TV shows ever produced

This episode stuck in my memory for such a long time. The idea of escaping was fascinating. I can't say I loved it. All I can say is that it occupied space in my mind and still does.

Interesting video. Thanks, Rick. Next question….Where was the pool actually located?

I have the box set of all Twilight Zone episodes 😁

It’s a great episode.

Whoever hates this episode probably never had an imaginary friend or favorite stuffed animal. The Twilight Zone was always "unlocked with the key of imagination", which is often more "real" than the traumatic events we create for ourselves or our children. This show was far more spiritual and religious than we ever gave it credit for. A similar episode but for old people was called "kick the can"

The children acted more like adults than the two self-centered parents.

@mikevandebunt811

Ай бұрын

That was kind of the point of the episode.

Looks like Serling read Lewis’ “The Magician’s Nephew” 😉

@michaelschramm1064

17 күн бұрын

Except that the episode was written by Earl Hamner Jr.

I always thought that the children actually drowned in "real life" in the end like the gentleman in the Willoughby episode but because we saw things from their point of view and it was about children and the censors would have pitched a fit, we only saw their transition to the next world/afterlife

@lazyhomebody1356

Ай бұрын

I don't think they did. The pool was empty, so I think they disappeared. Would have been a better ending though, more logical, lol

I think I also saw that T-Bird in another episode of TZ. And that carpeting? And that guy's shoes? It's all connected!

@STho205

Ай бұрын

That's also Peggy's T Bird from Andy Griffith. Everything was filmed on the backlots and parks in the TMZ like the Culver 40, The Ranch, Courthouse Square, the Hollywood Rocks, Griffith Park, Malibu Hills, Malibu Beach.

The little girls voice sounds like Rocky the squirrel

@AlisaPowerDashaArgentinaHillsV

Ай бұрын

Lol

@jaycogan5182

25 күн бұрын

It is. That's why. Literally is

I've seen all the episodes many times over. One of my very favorite shows. The other is I Love Lucy

@sandybruce9092

Ай бұрын

I’ve seen all,of them, too but can’t remember till I see them again😁😁. I watched them back when they were new and also the resins probably during the Summer when TV shows were used during the day because we didn’t have all this morning crap in today! I lived in Phoenix without a/c - inky the good old swamp cooler - so we stayed inside most of the day as it was too hot to play outside and there wasn’t much to do anyways!!! I’m still watching a,l the old shows I can find online, especially the ones when I was too young at the time they were on at night (I’m a,most 77)!

This was kind of like Earl Hamner Jrs version of Next Stop is Willoughby. Mary Badhams voice in the outdoor scenes were dubbed by June Foray, because the orginal audio was poor quality, and I guess Mary Badham wasnt available for the dubbing. So the only time you really hear her is at Aunt Tees

57 here, & I always liked this episode. I'm pretty sure it was one of creator Rod Serling's favorites, too, b/c it aired during a PBS marathon in his honor. He grew up in Binghamton, NY, where I'm from, & his childhood home was perhaps 5 blocks from my high school. His house was ~7 mins by my watch from Recreation "Rec" Park, where he often played as a boy, & that's where his most famous ep took place, "Walking Distance." In that ep, a boy carves what looks like "R.S." into a tree or pillar, & RS did that same to a Roman-type building there (& it's still there!). Lots of overlap between his real life & that park, btw. I forget what else. His favorite ep is "Time Enough at Last" (which I found very frustrating, but he gushed about to the PBS interviewer). Go figure. My journalism instructor, Mike Doll, wrote his obit for The Evening Press. And his childhood friend was giving tours of all his favorite places thru-out Bing. for yrs. Not sure if he's still around tho. Cool, no? :-)

Good episode. In a Hallmark series, "The Way Home!" This one Mom and daughter. Jump in a lake and it has time travel capabilities. They jump in and wind up in another time. Mostly, has to do with their family history and mysteries too. I have wondered if the writers of this series, got their ideas from this Twilight Zone episode. I like it. Take care, Rick. Thanks.

Awesome attention to details dude!! Do more, good research on this too

Hansel and Gretel. Aunt T was the witch fattening up her kids with big cakes and lots of frosting.

A strange thing about the Bewitching Pool episode is that the little girls voice is done with a voice over, I think I heard that when the episode was finished Rod Sterling thought she spoke too quietly and had her lines dubbed, her voice just doesn’t sound like it comes from her.

@jaycogan5182

25 күн бұрын

It doesn't. It's by rocky the squirrels voice actor June foray

Hay Rick, I think you missed 1 more Twilight Zone - A think about Machines - The ending - Finches car chases him into the pool and drowns him - Same pool, added hedges at the opposite end of the diving board. MGM lot #3

Does anyone know the actual location of the pool in the TZ episodes and whether it still exists or not? When I was twelve years old in 1962 we went to visit my cousins in Illinois and they had a pool. They no longer live in that city but when I went back there in 2010 for a general visit the home where the pool was had been filled in which I think is probably the case with a lot of pools from that time era. Thank You!

@CraigDion-xj5zd

Ай бұрын

MGM backlot 2

Several TWILIGHT ZONE episodes prominently feature children.

The pool was located on the Warner Bros. back lot. It was used in lots of movies, including the scene in National Lampoon’s Christmas. Vacation is now demolished along with all the houses.

I definitely remember it. The children had exaggerated Southern accents. The parents didn't have Southern accents at all. As if some producer insisted their kids get cast.

Nice catch. Thanks. I've seen all TZ's many times. The one where the kids swim to another 'place' was, I believe, the final episode of TZ ever, or very near the end. I remember seeing it when it aired.

I remember "The Bewitching Pool". I liked it, but found it to be a bit chilling.

I was 7 when I saw this episode. Freaked me out.

I don't see how anyone would not like this episode ?

I like this episode very much. I just wish it would haven't did a little more positively for the parents.

The father of the children , was also a state police inspector on an Andy Griffith episode .

Rick, You are the Sherlock Holmes of Classic TV! Thanks for another great episode. Interesting fact: In "The Queen of the Nile," the role of Pamela Morris was played by the Oscar-nominated actress *Ann Blyth.* She was just 17 at the time of her Oscar-nominated performance in "Mildred Pierce" (1945). She's still kicking and will celebrate her 96th birthday next month, God willing. Remember to Like, Comment, Share, and Subscribe with the bell notifications turned "ON." It really helps Rick's channel! Be hopeful!

Love the old twilight zone with rod

Twilight zone was the best! So far ahead of its time. I enjoyed every episode and watch every rerun.

I remember all of the TZ episodes mentioned. I love all of them.

not the best conclusion to a wonderful series, the same scene is shown twice, once as a preview in the beginning, presumably to fill the time. also the kids travel back and forth to Aunt Tee for no apparent reason other than to fill the time up. it was, however, one of the first shows ever to deal with divorce.

This was a good catch. I remember the pool from 2 of those episodes which seemed to be the same but I never caught the 3rd example. I always figured they used the same film location to save money. (I did wonder if it may have been Rod Serling's pool) LOL!

The pool as you note the various episodes in here and what is can represent, reminds me a bit of the mirrors that Jean Cocteau uses in his Orpheus films.

I would think the budget for production had a lot to do with it.

It's probably Rod Serling's backyard pool