"Twilight Zone" 64 Year-Old HUGE Swimming Pool SECRET You Never Noticed Before!
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- "Twilight Zone" 64 Year-Old HUGE Swimming Pool SECRET You Never Noticed Before!
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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.
That was really great information! Thank-you for sharing that!
Is the pool still there?
@@gc4644 Most of those Backlot Home sets at Columbia Ranch, have been demolished over the last year or so. A real shame.
Unfortunately the entire lot was buldozed not too long ago.
Thank you for that info. That was the next logical question, "Where was the pool?"
Note that one of the kids - the daughter - is played by Mary Badham, who played Jean Louise "Scout" Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Beat me to it.
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.
@@LyleFrancisDelp Which created a problem when you DO hear Badham's voice because it doesn't match June Foray at all.
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.
@@LyleFrancisDelpCorrect. You beat me to it.
Didn't know they used the same pool for these different episodes! Still love watching the Twilight Zone marathons when they air.
3 episodes altogether!!! The Bewitchin' Pool, The Trouble With Templeton, Queen Of The Nile!!! THIS POOL!!!
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.
Yeah, but they edit them on the SyFy channel. It's a travesty that they'd cut up a great show for stupid commercials.
But if you're watching a classic show on regular TV, pretty much all the channels do the same thing.
I always loved Rod Sterling and TZ. Thanks for showing the reviews of their old episodes
Another favorite episode! I did not know that it was the final Twilight Zone episode. Thank you for that.
I've seen the first two episodes and have always remembered the first with the two kids as a magical realm with the pool....
To me, "The Bewitchin' Pool" has always had a magical quality.
Oh yes
Absolutely! I loved it when it was first run. I love watching all TZ's but The Bewitching Pool was always my favorite!
Great pick up! As far as the "Bewitching Pool", one of my all-time TZ favs which has stuck in mind since my childhood'. Never realized it was the last episode, and I have never seen it in reruns, and I watch the TZ marathons faithfully. i was able to find some TH-cam shorts of the episode while searching during covid. Thanks for the info!
I love the episode of the kids and the pool. Thank you for the neat info!
Fun fact: This past June 19, 2024 was the 60th anniversary of the last of the first run Twilight Zone episodes ….The Bewitchin’ Pool.
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.
I love this final episode due to the appearance of Mary Badham, who had one of the most iconic movie roles of all time as Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. The episode itself is a bit clunky in it's direction and acting, but it is still magical, nonetheless. Thank your Rick Nineg for this video and all of the others.
June Foray was the dubbed voice of Sport Sharewood in the outdoor scenes
"Not that trick again."
@@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.
I always thought it hilarious that the little girl's voice suddenly sounded like Rocket J. Squirrel.
@@osbornvonpulaski1642 She was a talent-treasure.
@@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.
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!!!!!!!!!!
@@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
@@timothyhall861 Today it could easily be done from 2,000 miles away. Back then, not so much.
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!!!😃
@@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.
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...
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.
I've seen them all! Ann Marie Blyth, Queen of the Nile, is still alive so she must have that scarab from the episode!
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!
@@Spikestrip55 Really glad to hear she is still doing well! I always loved her work and she was SO beautiful!
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.
The Warner Ranch?...That's what I was thinking too
Great episodes all. I particularly liked the one about Templeton going back in time.
Oh yes...
Twilight zone was the best! So far ahead of its time. I enjoyed every episode and watch every rerun.
Watched it when it was on for the 1st time.
Only you Rick 🤣 but thanks for that, TZ was one of my favorites 👍
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.
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 remember all of the TZ episodes mentioned. I love all of them.
They reuse sets to save money.on filming .love your videos keep me posted .
Holy cow, very interesting, never knew this. Yep, all three episodes is the same swimming pool. Another great clip, thank you.
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 love what you do here on your channel. So fascinating.
Very enjoyable vids.
Love this episode!!!
Watched it and loved it
Once again you found something we didn’t notice!
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
i enjoy what u do..keep doing it
Yes I have seen them all.
I always remember this it's my favorite one very good one
Love your eye for detail, thanks.
I think this swimming pool is part of the landmarks for the perfect location for the Twilight Zone Series
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.
Are you certain? At the end of each Twilight Zone episode at the end of the credits it says “Filmed at Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studio.”
One of my top episodes!
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.
Love the old twilight zone with rod
June Foray did the voice over for Sport (Mary Badham). She was also the voice of Chatty Kathy.
I think you mean Talky Tina from the episode "Living Doll".
I have the box set of all Twilight Zone episodes 😁
Just wow! Fantastic research, buddy!
I remember!!! This is a good one!
That is a huge pool! Imagine how much to fill and maintain it.
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
Makes sense to use the same pool over. Why would you build or rent different pools for different episodes?
Thanks for the video. I saw another video where they showed a studio pool used in many different shows.
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!
Yes. That girl's voice was eerie.
I remember this episode. It was good.
This episode is one of my 4 favorites. 😊
Great episode.
Interesting video. Thanks, Rick. Next question….Where was the pool actually located?
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.
This was my most favorite show!
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.
Sheraton Universal was used in lots of Rockford, and other shows
Awesome attention to details dude!! Do more, good research on this too
This episode took some rewatching to really begin to like it because it was so different from the regular TZ format.
Love that episode, makes me wonder!
I loved it
Never knew this secret or never knew this about the swimming pool never noticed thanks for pointing out rick
It’s a great episode.
Cool! Thanks Rick! Any idea of the location of that pool?
Old mgm back lot
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.
Great Find 😊
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.
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"
There's a fantastic interview with Rod somewhere on You Tube its very long and you are on the edge of your seat listening to his very honest , memorable comments, his answers and outlook.
@@optimus163 Thanks I'll look it up Did you know that Rod Serling wrote the script for one of everyone's all time favorites, the Masks? Twilight Zone was unquestionably the greatest show ever on television
Columbo would be an interesting video playlist for you. They used the same sets and film locations for different episodes. Another interesting topic would be “Then and now” site locations.
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!
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
Yes, I was wondering about that one myself. the pool his car drives him over the edge into.
I remember it well. I wish I had a pool like that!
Aunt T was awesome.
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.
Yes it was her! A few comments said
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.
One of my favs!
Any chance this same pool was used in the "get out of here Finchley" car chase in "A Thing About Machines"?
I've seen all the episodes many times over. One of my very favorite shows. The other is I Love Lucy
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)!
How could you not love this episode. It’s heart rending, spooky, fun and intriguing. Wow. And the mom here, Dee Hartford was in many sci-fi tv shows always a strange roll of some sort. 👍🏻
One of my top five episodes
Interesting
For folks who grew up when these aired (TV).. this sort of thing happened more than you think, even in Cartoons...
I remember "The Bewitching Pool". I liked it, but found it to be a bit chilling.
Perhaps the pool heater was on the fritz?
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.
One of my all time favorites as the aunt tea character reminded me of my grandmother who was much like her.
Looks like Serling read Lewis’ “The Magician’s Nephew” 😉
Except that the episode was written by Earl Hamner Jr.
Excellent observation and there is “connectivity” between the episodes Rick. That’s being said where was this pool actually located?? On a movie lot or private property?? I’d love to know the location. That being said I’m sure it’s not there anymore.
I definitely remember the episode. I always thought that the daughter had such a distinctive voice and wondered if she did any voices for cartoons.
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!
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.
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.
I’ll have to take a look! Cool
What estate were these episodes filmed at, I wonder?
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.
The boys voice may have been replaced, but it was not by June Foray. June Foray did the girls voice.
Eenie meanie, chili beanie the spirits about to speak. Are they friendly spirits...friendly? Just listen. June was great!
The children acted more like adults than the two self-centered parents.
That was kind of the point of the episode.
@@mikevandebunt811 I never got that impression. I thought the point was the parents were selfish and didn't really love the kids anymore, so they decided to stay with Aunt T. Just my take.
Old enough that I saw this when it first aired.
Loved it!! Child of a divorced family. Made a lot of sense to me at the time in the 70’s.
Is the pool still in existence today...quite a large installation. Using the same pool is a cost saver in production!
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.
Any photos of the pool then and now? Does it still exist? And where is it (was it) located?
MGM Backlot 2. Gone since early 80’s
@@CraigDion-xj5zd Thank you for the info. I did not know that. I grew up there in San Fernando Valley. (Chatsworth) Family worked at TBS (Warner Brothers) in the sixties and seventies. Not surprised to hear about MGM backlot 2. History destroyed for progress! Always the case! Probably a condo sits on the site, now!
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.
Was used in lot more than that
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