Rod Serling opened this show with a self deprecating comment, comparing himself to an undernourished Alfred Hitchcock. I guess that's one way of looking at it, both had an interest in the oddball and the macabre so I guess it fits.
'Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay' has actress Jeanette Nolan in a familiarly typecast role as an old witch, preparing herself to take over the body of Joanna Lowell (Michele Lee) when all the tea leaves settle. Joanna's husband (James Farentino) has his suspicions about Aunt Ada, and confirms them when he locates her gravestone in a neighboring town's cemetery. It appears that Craig Lowell manages to save his wife in the nick of time when midnight strikes following an Autumn moon, but the conclusion of the story leaves room for doubt, in a tale that might have been right at home in Rod Serling's 'Twilight Zone'. I mention that because Jeanette Nolan was featured in a Season Four episode of that series titled 'Jess-Belle'. In that one, she had the part of, what else, a wicked mountain witch.
The second segment here featured former campy Batman, Adam West in the role of Dr. Jekyll with unusual advice for his Igor-like assistant, portrayed by the series producer, Jack Laird. It was actually kind of dumb, and I won't mention it here. If you really must know, you'll have to catch the show.
'The Flip-Side of Satan' had a gruesome twist with Arte Johnson as a stuck on himself disc jockey, newly assigned to a radio station in Podunk, Nowheresville, USA by way of New York City. One has to wonder how he ever lasted fifteen years in the Big Apple because his schtick is atrocious and grating on the ear. You get the idea he won't last very long in his current assignment, as it looks like he's being primed for underground radio.
'Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay' has actress Jeanette Nolan in a familiarly typecast role as an old witch, preparing herself to take over the body of Joanna Lowell (Michele Lee) when all the tea leaves settle. Joanna's husband (James Farentino) has his suspicions about Aunt Ada, and confirms them when he locates her gravestone in a neighboring town's cemetery. It appears that Craig Lowell manages to save his wife in the nick of time when midnight strikes following an Autumn moon, but the conclusion of the story leaves room for doubt, in a tale that might have been right at home in Rod Serling's 'Twilight Zone'. I mention that because Jeanette Nolan was featured in a Season Four episode of that series titled 'Jess-Belle'. In that one, she had the part of, what else, a wicked mountain witch.
The second segment here featured former campy Batman, Adam West in the role of Dr. Jekyll with unusual advice for his Igor-like assistant, portrayed by the series producer, Jack Laird. It was actually kind of dumb, and I won't mention it here. If you really must know, you'll have to catch the show.
'The Flip-Side of Satan' had a gruesome twist with Arte Johnson as a stuck on himself disc jockey, newly assigned to a radio station in Podunk, Nowheresville, USA by way of New York City. One has to wonder how he ever lasted fifteen years in the Big Apple because his schtick is atrocious and grating on the ear. You get the idea he won't last very long in his current assignment, as it looks like he's being primed for underground radio.