This is a video created from "The Changing of the Guard" Twilight Zone Episode 99 of the third season. The video ponders the question, "What kind of a mark can we, as educators, make?"
This makes me cry because I can't help but think of a good friend of mine who died in a car accident. He was a good man who helped so many people, yet shortly before he passed, he confided to me that he felt like all of his hard work was for nothing and that all people did was take and take. When he died, so many people went to his funeral and told his parents about how he helped them in times of trouble. I wish that I can tell him that he did make a difference for so many people.
Good deeds have way of being the butterfly effect. Your friend most likely had an effect that was far greater then he or you realized. God bless your friend and you for caring
This episode can really change a person. It just puts a realization of what an impact someone has had on you, and what they have taught you. Always good to give someone a reminder on their remarkable presence.
+Scott Miller A FORMER ELDER IN A CHURCH I USED 2 GO 2 AS A KID IN CA..THE ELDER'S NAME WAS RICHARD, AND HIS LATE WIFE ROSILY. BUT MILLER IS A COMMON LAST NAME. 😮
Just watched this episode, I cried during this scene because I was so moved. Teachers may never realize the mark they end up leaving on their students' lives. I think teachers of any level can appreciate this and aspire to inspire young impressionable students as this old professor had. He was ready to end his life upon his retirement, feeling as though he did not do enough when in fact he left a legacy bigger than he could imagine. Definitely a favorite episode.
I love this episode because it says a lot about a "good" teacher. How I wished each teacher would realize how important they are to each student. Also, the reality of how students should believe in themselves. Greatest profession ever!
One of my favourite episodes of the whole series, if not my one favourite. As a teacher, I wish I knew the impact I've made on my students. And the quote from Horace Mann resonates with me as it sums up the reason I do what I do. If only today's students were that respectful of their teachers. And grateful. Good video.
@@alexmcdowell8868 lol, you sound like one of those people who fatigues at their home who march up and down day in and day out preparing for when NATO troops are sent to confiscate your guns.
My High School Principal told Me that there were two kinds of people in the world, Takers (who took everything society had to offer, but gave nothing in return) and Givers (who freely gave to Society but took very little). He hoped that I’d be a Giver. For 30 Years I was a Volunteer in an Emergency Service Organisation. The only thing I really took from that was “a Medal with Clasp” for Meritorious Service, in hazardous circumstances at risk of My Own Life. I think he would be proud of that.
This is an absoloute fave of mine . This also reminds me of one of my teachers who pushed us really hard .Well there was some talk going around about they were going to fire him . All of us kids got together and went to the school board meeting and told them in our own way why they should not fire him . I believe I told them that he was the reason I was going to Boston college in the fall and the only reason and if it had not been for him i probably would not have even thought about going to college .so Thank You Dr . Harvey Limwell . May you rest in peace .He passed in 1983 .
@@johnmolina3284 Disagree John, although I do remember that one and it had its lessons and merits. I just think it was a little far-fetched. I love this one one because it shows a man his worth, an old man near the end of his life, which he thinks has been spent in vain. He presents an after-life in reverence (I believe in the Biblical accounts) and over all it is respectful, encouraging, redeeming, reverential, kind-hearted, emotional, and it overcomes despair. All with platic snow and a backdrop of Christmas, and honoring the dead of WW II and other heroes. I love this one.
@@jkmorrison1013 it's NOT far-fetched as long as they remain within the logic of TZ episodes. I don't remember if I even saw this one. Pleasance is known for portraying over-the-top characters: "Cul-de-Sac," "Soldier Blue," etc. This one seems too low-key. I would argue, as a writer myself, WHERE is the conflict???
@@johnmolina3284 All of these things are subjective, like chocolate or vanilla preferences. I know the "conflict" angle, I have been writing professionally (mostly for newspapers) for almost 30 years and I never did agree that a story has to have some kind of conflict in order to be interesting. But a man becoming suicidal (on Christmas Eve to boot) thinking his life has been wasted only to be redeemed at the last minute by the ghosts of those he helped and influenced is a pretty good fictional plot or angle or conflict to me, especially as opposed to routine Americans in the early 1960s logically concluding that aliens from another planet have infiltrated their ranks on Maple Street because the lights went out. But I enjoyed that episode also, and don't see any need to argue the point over a subjective preferece. So I will just say that I agree or agree to agree.
This episode reaches out on so very many levels and to so very many professions; as an EMT I also never know the impact that I may have had on people's lives, but believe that every one of us HAS an impact, for good or ill, even if we never know it. This episode is, absolutely, my favorite, and stands the test of time as a testimony to the good that we can do every day, in ways we cannot begin to imagine. The incomparable Donald Pleasence is the icing on the cake, as it were. Excellent video, excellent ideas, and well done!
Simply one of the most under rated episodes about uplifting the human spirit. We have gone from television episodes such as this to the gutter with the Kardashians. Very shameful, this why our culture is at the bottom of the heap.
@East Prussian 1st Infantry Golden age indeed! That's why TH-cam is about my most favorite thing in the world!!!! I'm 63 yrs young, so I obviously feel very sentimental about this time period.
You know the Civil Rights Act hadn't passed when this episode aired, right? If you want to have a culture war, the 50s isn't the best era to hang your hat on.
This just showed up in my TH-cam feed from 14 years ago. Absolutely one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes if not my favorite. Still brings tears to my eyes. So much meaning but -- I am feeling quite like Donald Pleasance right now.
I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THIS EPISODE. IT HELPED ME MY WHOLE LIFE IN DOING THE RIGHT AND COURAGEOUS THING. I ALWAYS REMIND THE NEW TEACHERS OF TODAY, OF THE IMPACT THEY HAVE ON THEIR STUDENTS LIVES. COMMANDER WALTER K. VAN DER VEER
Donald Pleasance was always a great first-class actor. He is stunning, as well, in the film (based on a Boadway play he also acted in) -- "The Caretaker." Intense. He should've received an Academy Award it's that's good. It's on TH-cam.
One of my all time favorite episodes proving that people can touch lives and have impact on others as those memories last a lifetime, believe me I had teachers and professors that I've felt that have made an impact on me!
I have seen all Twilight Zone original series episodes; many multiple times . I have been professionally diagnosed by a psychiatrist as Schizoid Personality Disorder in adult. This means i have blunting of emotions. Despite this, every time I see this episode the tears flow.
My favorite episode. Absolutely wonderful from start to finish, perfectly cast, and perfectly executed. Led by the practically flawless acting of Donald Pleasance.
I am seeing this clip and just realized a UCLA professor was murdered by an ex student. Students please tell your teachers at the end of the term how much you appreciate them. At UCLA we would give them a standing ovation on the last day of regular class.
I sent a personal email to a professor who, much like the man in this episode, tries to instill values in his students that will make them good citizens and human beings. It's a very endangered way of teaching, but it's the only way. He was retiring after that term so I hope he got some reassurance from my letter because he was so often frustrated by people's utter lack of caring or responsiveness.
When I first watched this episode, I thought it was really good, but watching it for the second time just now, I totally forgot how powerful this episode was. Some things are worthy to be seen more than once, and this is one of them. A truly powerful and underrated episode. This is definitely going in my top ten list.
I watched this episode when I was a boy...before it was a rerun. Bring back true classic education...the virtues those students mentioned are barely mentioned in schools today. It was a wonderful episode.
And in one of his finest moments. A character filled with disgust at himself who thinks he wasted his life, only to learn from those he taught that his life was not only not a waste, but an inspiration to them all. Wonderful acting, fantastic writing, and all in all one of the Twilight Zone's best.
Beautiful clip from "Changing Of The Guard", one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes! The music for this...all of it touches my heart! Wish the complete half hour was on You tube, I appreciate this video, thank you!
What frightens me there are not enough teachers that are willing to teach anymore due to the lack of respect and consideration given to them. I feel deep sorrow for the teaching profession.
I'm more concerned about the well educated who can not apply their knowledge in todays society intelligence is almost obsolete treated as a disease or mental disorder instead or revered it is so uncommon now particularly ethics and morals investigative reasoning etc. Bygone era. Better to just be alone with your thoughts if you can not conform at least keep your mind and soul free despite how your life is ruined otherwise.
When I look back on my life, I realize that the people who had the greatest influence on my life were teachers from primary school to high school and finally college. Sports stars, rock stars and movie stars never influenced my life, they were just amusements but never had a positive influence on me.
This episode could have been about a parent, grandparent or any family member who cared enough to inspire and nurture a young person. "But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child".
This episode had a significant influence on me when I saw it in college. Now that I am faculty in a primarily undergraduate institution, I’ve thought of it often. It has reminded me of my obligation to my students and to the future. Now I wonder, where are the men and women of integrity. It seems as though corruption is so embolden that it no longer has the need to be covert….or has the world always been this shameless…and I’ve just been a foolish idealist? This seeing this episode again has been uplifting.
It's an absolute masterpiece of a scene. This is the most heart-wrenching creation Rod Serling was ever associated with. Or practically anyone else!! I tear up like an aqueduct every time I watch this scene. The man who commented that the actor portraying Arty Beechcroft is his father truly hits home. What a sense of pride he must have felt watching his father live on through this scene. Just as all of us can live on through those, we impact in a moving, powerful way. In one sense, the episode Changing of the Guard will never change. It never fails to make you cry. May we all have half so powerful a play to tell.
Best episode of the entire series. The students look as they graduated because that would have been the last time he saw them. Notice each student is wearing a different style of clothes to match the year they graduated
Outstanding performance by Donald Pleasance in this TZ episode. For another example of his artistic range, check out his role in Columbo "Any Old Port in a Storm."
This is wonderful moment in the history of TV. The two teachers who opened my world I never met Carl Sagan and Joseph Campbell. They opened me to new readings which would shape and form me. But as a person we all must be as Campbell put it ' Affective Agents ' in other lives. If you just help one person to do as Krishan advised Arjuna ' Become Yourself '.
This scene reminds me of a couple of quotes from Batman: The Animated Series. Batman: “As a kid, I used to watch you with my father. The Grey Ghost was my hero.” Grey Ghost: “So, it wasn’t all for nothing.” When you make genuinely lasting impacts on people’s lives, your efforts are NEVER in vain.
I wonder what they have accomplished. All the privates I trained as a Drill Instructor. To a lesser extent, the Marines I trained in Avionics. And the real estate agents I have taught. It would be interesting to know the impact.
That white supremacists is real and the real victims are the people of color! Orange man is still awful! And kids have rights to be trans if they wanted too or for adult and children to hook up as Joe biden did with his grand daughter
0:32 "It's the Congressional Medal of Honor." No, it's not. There's no such thing. There's a Congressional Gold Medal, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, but the Medal of Honor is just the Medal of Honor. Even back then people were getting it wrong.
All those lessons and theyre all dead now so....so much for those lessons. Seriously , I think of this episode from time to time still ( im 46 and dangerously close to 47 ).. Its good to know that others remember this as well. An excellent video
EVERY Twilight Zone Marathon, I watch for this episode and "A Passage For Trumpet." Both of them leave me blubbering like an idiot. We can all make a mark on someone or something; a lot of times, we don't even know it.
Just remember, it cuts both ways. Students also can carry a teacher's momentary lapse for a long time as well. Be it a lapse of patience, a slight, an unfairness, a dismissed idea, etc...
Your right. A teacher in high school told me "You're a real pain in the ass" just for asking another question. I remember his name, his face, everything.
*I regard this as a 'Condemnation' of myself in that I betrayed 'what I should have been and done' rather than 'drifting and waiting"* ( *If there is any 'Hell' we create it for ourselves by knowing 'what you are' rather than being 'what you wanted to be' and knew inside was right and yet denied it* ) *The one thing I cannot forgive is betraying the woman I love by not being strong for her and my greatest fear in life is that some part of me may still exist after death...and if that is true, then that part will still love her and need her and I'll still be punished in death as I was in life*
An incredibly beautiful episode of Twilight Zone. I had such a teacher in 1978. God bless you, Mr Bonnet.
My absolute most favorite Twilight Zone episode! This episode was magnificently done! Donald Pleasance was brilliant! .... as was Rod Serling!
Perhaps the Zone's most under-rated episode!
One of my Favorite Episodes of the Twilight Zone!
This makes me cry because I can't help but think of a good friend of mine who died in a car accident. He was a good man who helped so many people, yet shortly before he passed, he confided to me that he felt like all of his hard work was for nothing and that all people did was take and take. When he died, so many people went to his funeral and told his parents about how he helped them in times of trouble. I wish that I can tell him that he did make a difference for so many people.
Long distance call makes me cry, because my grandma died in July 2002. 😱😭
By taking the mark that he left on you and applying it to your life and outlook on how to treat others, you're letting him know.
😉 I'm sure he knows now!
Good deeds have way of being the butterfly effect. Your friend most likely had an effect that was far greater then he or you realized. God bless your friend and you for caring
This episode can really change a person. It just puts a realization of what an impact someone has had on you, and what they have taught you. Always good to give someone a reminder on their remarkable presence.
good point jack
Jake,
Unfortunately, there's a flip side to that coin ...
One of the greatest episodes of this classic show...great message! THANK YOU for posting this
This Twighlight episode made me cry. I grew up watching the re-runs.
This is one those fine episodes that one appreciates or relates too as we get older and moves on from one phase of life to another.
My dad is the last student to speak.
+Drew Kerlee No way that is so..AWESOME.!!.
Really?
How wonderful Drew! Tell your father well done!
Dennison Kerlee, right?
"Dickie Wise" was a semi-regular on "Leave It To Beaver". He was Wally's friend Chester. Did your Dad do any other 60's TV programs?
This episode was directed by my uncle, Robert Ellis Miller. Glad you enjoyed it.
+Scott Miller Scotty, AND MR.M DO NOT RELATE. (As far as 👀 know.).
+Scott Miller A FORMER ELDER IN A CHURCH I USED 2 GO 2 AS A KID IN CA..THE ELDER'S NAME WAS RICHARD, AND HIS LATE WIFE ROSILY. BUT MILLER IS A COMMON LAST NAME. 😮
My b.f.f's last name is miller.
Have we met before.?. Cause I knew a Scotty miller in ca, we met in this century.
My best friend Breanna.miller, her dads name is Robert.miller.
Just watched this episode, I cried during this scene because I was so moved. Teachers may never realize the mark they end up leaving on their students' lives. I think teachers of any level can appreciate this and aspire to inspire young impressionable students as this old professor had. He was ready to end his life upon his retirement, feeling as though he did not do enough when in fact he left a legacy bigger than he could imagine. Definitely a favorite episode.
I love this episode because it says a lot about a "good" teacher. How I wished each teacher would realize how important they are to each student. Also, the reality of how students should believe in themselves. Greatest profession ever!
I'm not crying... YOU'RE crying. Mr. Fifield, you are missed.
One of my favourite episodes of the whole series, if not my one favourite. As a teacher, I wish I knew the impact I've made on my students. And the quote from Horace Mann resonates with me as it sums up the reason I do what I do. If only today's students were that respectful of their teachers. And grateful. Good video.
I teach as well, and I saw this as a child. It's amazing how this episode impacts me now.
Brian washing kids with gov books and curriculum no thanks....
Time will tell.
I cried over this episode. I never thought a TZ episode would make me emotional.
@@alexmcdowell8868 lol, you sound like one of those people who fatigues at their home who march up and down day in and day out preparing for when NATO troops are sent to confiscate your guns.
"This particular changing of the guard... I wouldn't have it any other way."
this makes me miss my teacher that introduced me to this show. Rip Mr. Hermele
This my all-time favorite episode. Great writing, acting ; wonderful message.
I always cry when watching this episode.
My High School Principal told Me that there were two kinds of people in the world, Takers (who took everything society had to offer, but gave nothing in return) and Givers (who freely gave to Society but took very little).
He hoped that I’d be a Giver.
For 30 Years I was a Volunteer in an Emergency Service Organisation.
The only thing I really took from that was “a Medal with Clasp” for Meritorious Service, in hazardous circumstances at risk of My Own Life.
I think he would be proud of that.
I Know he would be proud of you!!! God bless you Sir!
This is an absoloute fave of mine . This also reminds me of one of my teachers who pushed us really hard .Well there was some talk going around about they were going to fire him . All of us kids got together and went to the school board meeting and told them in our own way why they should not fire him . I believe I told them that he was the reason I was going to Boston college in the fall and the only reason and if it had not been for him i probably would not have even thought about going to college .so Thank You Dr . Harvey Limwell . May you rest in peace .He passed in 1983 .
This Episode made me Cry. I have students still come up to me saying that I made a difference in their Life..
We all have teachers we can't stop admiring.
the best Twilight Zone ever, especially when they bow their heads in reverence before they go back
No, that would be "Monsters are due on Maple Street." It's like it was filmed this morning.
@@johnmolina3284 Disagree John, although I do remember that one and it had its lessons and merits. I just think it was a little far-fetched. I love this one one because it shows a man his worth, an old man near the end of his life, which he thinks has been spent in vain. He presents an after-life in reverence (I believe in the Biblical accounts) and over all it is respectful, encouraging, redeeming, reverential, kind-hearted, emotional, and it overcomes despair. All with platic snow and a backdrop of Christmas, and honoring the dead of WW II and other heroes. I love this one.
@@jkmorrison1013 it's NOT far-fetched as long as they remain within the logic of TZ episodes. I don't remember if I even saw this one. Pleasance is known for portraying over-the-top characters: "Cul-de-Sac," "Soldier Blue," etc. This one seems too low-key. I would argue, as a writer myself, WHERE is the conflict???
@@johnmolina3284 All of these things are subjective, like chocolate or vanilla preferences. I know the "conflict" angle, I have been writing professionally (mostly for newspapers) for almost 30 years and I never did agree that a story has to have some kind of conflict in order to be interesting. But a man becoming suicidal (on Christmas Eve to boot) thinking his life has been wasted only to be redeemed at the last minute by the ghosts of those he helped and influenced is a pretty good fictional plot or angle or conflict to me, especially as opposed to routine Americans in the early 1960s logically concluding that aliens from another planet have infiltrated their ranks on Maple Street because the lights went out. But I enjoyed that episode also, and don't see any need to argue the point over a subjective preferece. So I will just say that I agree or agree to agree.
@@jkmorrison1013 What the blank!!! In narrative or dramatic writing, it's imperative!!! Read Lajos Egri.
This episode reaches out on so very many levels and to so very many professions; as an EMT I also never know the impact that I may have had on people's lives, but believe that every one of us HAS an impact, for good or ill, even if we never know it. This episode is, absolutely, my favorite, and stands the test of time as a testimony to the good that we can do every day, in ways we cannot begin to imagine. The incomparable Donald Pleasence is the icing on the cake, as it were. Excellent video, excellent ideas, and well done!
Simply one of the most under rated episodes about uplifting the human spirit. We have gone from television episodes such as this to the gutter with the Kardashians. Very shameful, this why our culture is at the bottom of the heap.
Couldn't agree more! Sigh..........................
@East Prussian 1st Infantry
Golden age indeed! That's why TH-cam is about my most favorite thing in the world!!!! I'm 63 yrs young, so I obviously feel very sentimental about this time period.
There was gutter trash tv back in the day too, just as there is good tv today too. People are all the same.
You know the Civil Rights Act hadn't passed when this episode aired, right? If you want to have a culture war, the 50s isn't the best era to hang your hat on.
This just showed up in my TH-cam feed from 14 years ago. Absolutely one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes if not my favorite. Still brings tears to my eyes. So much meaning but -- I am feeling quite like Donald Pleasance right now.
Will always remember this episode.....I'm 66
I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THIS EPISODE. IT HELPED ME MY WHOLE LIFE IN DOING THE RIGHT AND COURAGEOUS THING. I ALWAYS REMIND THE NEW TEACHERS OF TODAY, OF THE IMPACT THEY HAVE ON THEIR STUDENTS LIVES. COMMANDER WALTER K. VAN DER VEER
I love this episode and I love the Original Classic Twilight Zone
Donald Pleasance was always a great first-class actor. He is stunning, as well, in the film (based on a Boadway play he also acted in) -- "The Caretaker." Intense. He should've received an Academy Award it's that's good. It's on TH-cam.
This is one of my favorite episodes...wonderfully and brilliantly done
One of my all time favorite episodes proving that people can touch lives and have impact on others as those memories last a lifetime, believe me I had teachers and professors that I've felt that have made an impact on me!
I have seen all Twilight Zone original series episodes; many multiple times . I have been professionally diagnosed by a psychiatrist as Schizoid Personality Disorder in adult. This means i have blunting of emotions. Despite this, every time I see this episode the tears flow.
My favorite episode. Absolutely wonderful from start to finish, perfectly cast, and perfectly executed. Led by the practically flawless acting of Donald Pleasance.
Although the Twilight Zone punishes the wicked, it also rewards the good. This is the best example of that.
It's a Twilight Zone episode made of equal parts It's a Wonderful Life and Mr Holland's Opus.
Sad then.
The mark of an outstanding teacher; one whom all educators should emulate. Thank you for this wonderful episode.
I am seeing this clip and just realized a UCLA professor was murdered by an ex student. Students please tell your teachers at the end of the term how much you appreciate them. At UCLA we would give them a standing ovation on the last day of regular class.
I sent a personal email to a professor who, much like the man in this episode, tries to instill values in his students that will make them good citizens and human beings. It's a very endangered way of teaching, but it's the only way. He was retiring after that term so I hope he got some reassurance from my letter because he was so often frustrated by people's utter lack of caring or responsiveness.
When I first watched this episode, I thought it was really good, but watching it for the second time just now, I totally forgot how powerful this episode was. Some things are worthy to be seen more than once, and this is one of them. A truly powerful and underrated episode. This is definitely going in my top ten list.
Always teach someone something they didn’t know and learn something you didn’t
I watched this episode when I was a boy...before it was a rerun.
Bring back true classic education...the virtues those students mentioned are barely mentioned in schools today.
It was a wonderful episode.
This was a GREAT EPISODE
Its Donald Pleasance.
His first American role, I believe.
And in one of his finest moments. A character filled with disgust at himself who thinks he wasted his life, only to learn from those he taught that his life was not only not a waste, but an inspiration to them all. Wonderful acting, fantastic writing, and all in all one of the Twilight Zone's best.
Beautiful clip from "Changing Of The Guard", one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes! The music for this...all of it touches my heart! Wish the complete half hour was on You tube, I appreciate this video, thank you!
What frightens me there are not enough teachers that are willing to teach anymore due to the lack of respect and consideration given to them. I feel deep sorrow for the teaching profession.
I'm more concerned about the well educated who can not apply their knowledge in todays society intelligence is almost obsolete treated as a disease or mental disorder instead or revered it is so uncommon now particularly ethics and morals investigative reasoning etc. Bygone era. Better to just be alone with your thoughts if you can not conform at least keep your mind and soul free despite how your life is ruined otherwise.
When I look back on my life, I realize that the people who had the greatest influence on my life were teachers from primary school to high school and finally college. Sports stars, rock stars and movie stars never influenced my life, they were just amusements but never had a positive influence on me.
Donald Pleasance in one his best roles.
This Twilight Zone episode should remind us that, it's not what you take with you but what you leave behind once you are gone.
This episode could have been about a parent, grandparent or any family member who cared enough to inspire and nurture a young person. "But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child".
I love this episode too.I put it on once to show my sister and she said it's the best episode she's ever seen of the show. ...TONY
This episode had a significant influence on me when I saw it in college. Now that I am faculty in a primarily undergraduate institution, I’ve thought of it often. It has reminded me of my obligation to my students and to the future. Now I wonder, where are the men and women of integrity. It seems as though corruption is so embolden that it no longer has the need to be covert….or has the world always been this shameless…and I’ve just been a foolish idealist? This seeing this episode again has been uplifting.
A modernised version of "Goodbye, Mr Chips".
Bless my heart, this is human rocket fuel.
The inspiring gift of knowledge should always be passed on
This is amazing
I had two teachers in high school like this . One was at Pearl harbor on Dec . 7th.
It's an absolute masterpiece of a scene. This is the most heart-wrenching creation Rod Serling was ever associated with. Or practically anyone else!! I tear up like an aqueduct every time I watch this scene. The man who commented that the actor portraying Arty Beechcroft is his father truly hits home. What a sense of pride he must have felt watching his father live on through this scene. Just as all of us can live on through those, we impact in a moving, powerful way. In one sense, the episode Changing of the Guard will never change. It never fails to make you cry. May we all have half so powerful a play to tell.
Great scene.
*Ensure*
And oh lord what an actor Donald Pleasance was. I had not fully realised.
Very moving. So many of the WWII soldiers and sailors were still kids when they saw their first action.
"Jack Glover sir. I'm not dead I just needed to know the homework chapters."
LOL ❗
This episode reminded me of It’s a Wonderful Life (1946).
This superlative episode helps to prove my point Devoted parents and teachers help to build a foundation that is difficult to sway or destroy
Best episode of the entire series. The students look as they graduated because that would have been the last time he saw them. Notice each student is wearing a different style of clothes to match the year they graduated
Outstanding performance by Donald Pleasance in this TZ episode. For another example of his artistic range, check out his role in Columbo "Any Old Port in a Storm."
This is wonderful moment in the history of TV.
The two teachers who opened my world I never met Carl Sagan and Joseph Campbell. They opened me to new readings which would shape and form me.
But as a person we all must be as Campbell put it ' Affective Agents ' in other lives. If you just help one person to do as Krishan advised Arjuna ' Become Yourself '.
Rod was years ahead of his time and we will never see anyone come close to what he gave us in his mind.
What an incredible scene.
The spirits of those who died came back to save him from committing suicide. Well done.
We all impact each other in positive and negative ways i treat everyone the way i want to be treated i recommend others to do the same.
This scene reminds me of a couple of quotes from Batman: The Animated Series.
Batman: “As a kid, I used to watch you with my father. The Grey Ghost was my hero.”
Grey Ghost: “So, it wasn’t all for nothing.”
When you make genuinely lasting impacts on people’s lives, your efforts are NEVER in vain.
Wow! If only teachers would have that kind of positive, transcending influence today. They currently are sadly lacking.
Mr. Hollands Opus decades before the actual movie. 😊
This episode makes me cry.
It's amazing. I know this is purely fiction, yet still, tears come.
A fine job, Mr. Mannix.
Wow! Very very touching. Ashame most teachers aren't like that today. Should be the rule rather than the exception
Bartlett--! You can't fool me. You're that confounded rabbit who always wants Trix!
too much edits, but this si one of my many favorite episodes
These 2 Cat's are Setting up For A War From the Inner Pit's of HELL 😂... At least,With the Music,This Is A Battle to the Death...
Many of todays teachers will never teach this ideas today. Sad.
Our teachers are so valuable. We don't honor them as we should.
I wonder what they have accomplished. All the privates I trained as a Drill Instructor. To a lesser extent, the Marines I trained in Avionics. And the real estate agents I have taught.
It would be interesting to know the impact.
Great episode, wish I could see the entire thing.
These 2 Cat's Are like Really,Really Going For the Juggular,This is not A Game,This Is Straight up WAR!!!
Mr Holland's Opus
What mark are we leaving on the world?
That white supremacists is real and the real victims are the people of color! Orange man is still awful! And kids have rights to be trans if they wanted too or for adult and children to hook up as Joe biden did with his grand daughter
0:32 "It's the Congressional Medal of Honor."
No, it's not. There's no such thing. There's a Congressional Gold Medal, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, but the Medal of Honor is just the Medal of Honor. Even back then people were getting it wrong.
Nurture us all but not to die, to live. Each one teach one.
All those lessons and theyre all dead now so....so much for those lessons.
Seriously , I think of this episode from time to time still ( im 46 and dangerously close to 47 ).. Its good to know that others remember this as well.
An excellent video
Goosebumps
Truth is, you cannot teach without influencing. The question is,
HOW is your influence going to reveal itself in their lives?
Cool shows
EVERY Twilight Zone Marathon, I watch for this episode and "A Passage For Trumpet." Both of them leave me blubbering like an idiot. We can all make a mark on someone or something; a lot of times, we don't even know it.
. . . Move Over , hemlock 😓
Sadly, most teachers don't have that mark.
It's a shame Donad Pleasence didn't do any more Twilight Zone episodes. This was brilliant
Just remember, it cuts both ways. Students also can carry a teacher's momentary lapse for a long time as well. Be it a lapse of patience, a slight, an unfairness, a dismissed idea, etc...
Good Point, and not every teacher is like the one so beautifully
characterized by Donald Plesence in the brilliant and touching episode.
Your right. A teacher in high school told me "You're a real pain in the ass" just for asking another question. I remember his name, his face, everything.
This was so beautiful so touching yeah thank you for sharing this with me agape
*I regard this as a 'Condemnation' of myself in that I betrayed 'what I should have been and done' rather than 'drifting and waiting"*
( *If there is any 'Hell' we create it for ourselves by knowing 'what you are' rather than being 'what you wanted to be' and knew inside was right and yet denied it* )
*The one thing I cannot forgive is betraying the woman I love by not being strong for her and my greatest fear in life is that some part of me may still exist after death...and if that is true, then that part will still love her and need her and I'll still be punished in death as I was in life*
Teachers now teach social justice, how far we have fallen
J Henn haha this comment made me bust out laughing because it’s true