I bought my only color TV used for $200 in 1993 and when my nieces visited, they never even noticed I hadn't had color the many years before so when taking them home, I asked if they noticed I had a color TV. We didn't watch TV but I would rent a funny VCR tape... FYI, YOUR BRAIN IS IN USE MORE, TRANSFERRING IT INTO COLOR so that's probably why you enjoy it more-- YOUR BRAIN IS WORKING as opposed to just watching. OH, ON THIS IT'S DIFFERENT as there are large black edges so it's more noticeable but if it enveloped the entire screen it would be different.
Yours is an astute observation ! I did grow up in that era, and I didn't realize how correct your observation was until I saw a episode in color . It just didn't create the unsettling ambiance that is perfect for this story . I hope you get as much enjoyment out of "One Step Beyond" as I do !
What a joy to see these old black and white episodes again.I saw them when I was a young boy and was always scared to death of what they showed. It got me to wondering about what was really real. I found that there are many sides to life and most of them we don't understand yet. Why things happen the way they do has always been a puzzle for me. I think with black and white you pay more attention to the actors. And shadows are important.
When the train conductor says that Kumar doesn’t understand about classes, it was somewhat ironic considering that India has so many classes of its own.
What a terrible thought, go through one life with all it's screw-ups and misery only to try it again without learning anything from the old life, a very long ground hogs day.
Amazing episode. Who would have thought that 60 years after this episode was broadcast, the United Kingdom would have Rishi Sunak, British citizen of Indian descent, as Prime Minister #onestepbeyond #rishisunak #10downingstreet
My eldest sister was deep into this reincarnation stuff. She purchased the books, wasted her money, some say, on this topic. I used to read those books after she was done, and I have to say, the concept is indeed very comforting, especially when she has now gone on to the great beyond, or has she? Her remains, her ashes if you will, as she was cremated, it's cheaper, and she was a poor lady, are still sitting on the end table in my nieces apartment. Her last wishes were that they be spread across the grass that still grows behind what remains the skeleton of a house where we spent our youth in the 50's. The place where she and my other sister used to run and play on that grass in those ever so happy days. Well both sisters have now gone, and when the snow has gone, and the sun has baked the old dirt roads that lead to that long abandoned farm-site in North Dakota, I will accompany my mom, if she lives that long, and my niece to that place, and we shall sprinkle her ash over the grass, so once again, my sisters can run, hand in hand across the green green grass of home. Then again, do they lay side by side as the twins who would be my youngest sister's great-great grand children?
Amazing! So many OSB (original b&w ones) that I not seen before. I enjoyed being goosebumpy scared especially watching them alone in the dark. My parents were upstairs (they were not TV addicts) but they allowed me (age 10) to watch all the TV I wanted so long as my grades were good, my chores and responsibilities around the house done and did all the other stuff kids back then participated in. But as a "Tweener" my priorities became girls, sports, getting even better grades, girls, hanging out with my friends and classmates, and did I mention, girls? So for me, seeing many of these OSB episodes for the first time is a treat.
Lots of Love from India, Mr. Newland, wherever you are.Lots of love from India to all.❤❤ And India is NOT as mysterious and unfathomable as the West would have you think. Open for all. Welcomes all (except Pakistanis😬). We are a pretty practical lot. Yes, one thing is true: we do look at life and death somewhat differently. There s so much diversity (with 24 official languages and hundreds of dialects) that even among ourselves we do not always understand or accept each other's views on the matter.
And about the trains! Yes, in 1959 perhaps some people from villages did not understand the trains. Today, with 115,000 km of track length, 12,617 trains carry over 23 million passengers DAILY (equivalent to moving the entire population of Australia) connecting more than 7,172 stations, with most passengers tracking the progress of their trains on smartphones. So you can bet we do know something about the stuff.
Back in the day, Bombay to Calcutta would have taken 4- 6 days, back in the 50s maybe 7. Oh god! If I were traveling in that train Bombay to Calcutta I would go crazy too!
8:55...all l can think of is that her Purse and Luggage are still on that Train! I'm obsessing about it Rolling on down the line with their things!! Lol
Most comments are from sad, dissolusional people who think the "good old days" were innocent and wholesome. I hope someday we could call these the "good old days", but why do I seriously doubt it
I watched an episode the other day, and who do I see, but a very very young William Shatner. Love watching these, and recognizing future big stars to be...
Reincarnation in the New Testament there is one line that comment about it You notice in the beginning of the story husband didn't want to be in India at all.
“The Riddle, Season 1, Episode 22, aired 16 June 1959. Warren Stevens as Leonard Barrett, Bethel Leslie as Betty Barrett, Barry Atwater as Mr. Graham, Patrick Westwood as Kumar, Arthur Batanides as Constable Gaisingh, Leonard Strong as the Conductor, John Newland as Himself-Host, Rama Bai as Piari.
When the guy ccollapses on the street at the beginning, you can see a Chinese man wearing a turban looking on ! Hes to the left of the screen, standing back of the cop. Also, the Indian guy that Leonard chases looks like Giancarlo Giannini.
@@EmmanuelGoldsteinINGSOC Real luv, Believe or not this show aired during my overseas tours, came on twice a day. I was a relentless sham expert, often I got out of training, jobs to peep one step beyond and others. It's a treat years later to folks like you putting these 30 min cliques up, I had to peep this cold one again, are you into past noir similar to myself? Which shows, flicks? Then when I was off on the weekends I go down and peep this, and orher retro shows at the post rec ctr. Contrary to your associate Robert , a health issue I'm currently battling.
This maybe a case of reincarnation , the reason he felt about the man , is to with is consciousness, we have the same consciousness throughout our lives. It being his last the memory was just below the surface, it was probably revenge but the Indian gentleman obviously recognised him some how, it I is very strange indeed!!
I thought Leonard was "sick" when he kept a jacket on in all that terrible heat! Not too sure about his wife as she never mentioned taking it off. Lol!
The more of these episodes I watch the more Star Trek actors I find. So far I have seen about half a dozen including Gary Seven and one of the Orion slave girls.
This series had such uneven quality. There were real gems, then there's this one. The whole thing is like emptying a can of itching powder on yourself. The guy has no motivation whatsoever to go crazy, the wife is useless, the old man is a nonentity, the local cops goes blah blah blah blah when all he has to say of relevant is contained in one sentence.... Well, they can't all be pearls, I suppose.
'I hold, that when a person dies, he will return once more to Earth; arrayed in some new flesh-disguise, another mother gives him birth; with fresher limbs and brighter brain, the old soul takes the road..again."
We can't absolutely count on the fresher limbs and brighter brain. The more it goes, the more I fear there is no telling where I might end up next time around, and the odds do not look promising. The life we're standing in right now might be the best we're going to see for eons to come. Daddy, may I stay home from school from here on out?
Cynthia---- partly right.... Karma is real and so is Reincarnation as it was in the bible in plain view but was taken out by some ??Religious Bishops and others around 550 AD. Reincarnation is still mentioned in the scriptures. And it was the base grounding in the Christian Faith. how could God give to one man a rich life and to another a poor rough life. if all they had was one life to live>???? Exactly that is so wrong today.... The soul reincarnates and as to what is how the soul behaves while on the earth. God gave all Free Will and to choose to do what one wants be it GOOD or BAD. but the rewards at the end are just. Jesus said that all of down here are sinners and have come short of Gods Glory we sure made some wrong choices. and God s Law stands eternal what you sow so shall you reap..... and the soul carries the deeds to the judgement place when one dies. shedds their garb of flesh.
The plot was a stretch BUT then so are most of the comments that have been made. People need to chill and just enjoy the show. What a bunch of self-important viewers; one sees the influence of social media on mainstream "thinking". It ain't a good one.
Very very well said. Just too much "superiority" on display for my tastes. I just think, hey, relax. Not everything at all times and in all places needs glib commentary or hyper-critical analysis. But, that's just me.
He did not want to go to India in the first place his wife pressed him to go to India so he went to go to India when things got rough she pressed him to take a salt tablet a very lame cure because he lost his life in India thank you honey
The host John Newland has an uncanny resemblance and mannerism as the late 'Great' Vincent Price. In view of the above, the One Step Beyond stories are very similar to the ones l read many years ago, as a child, in the Amazing Stories, Tales of the Unexpected and Out of this World american comic/magazines.
Due to ITS TITLE (The Riddle), I was enticed to watch it but 17 mins. into it, I can tell they MISTITLED IT as there is NO RIDDLE... The script-writer didn't know what the word "riddle" meant...
@V J Yep, when working at the railroad we used to take them alot back in the days before a/c. That and putting ice into rags and stuffing them into our hard hats...😁 Working glass is hot work even in the winter. Your shoes would get full of sweat it was so hot...
I believe in re-incarnation, you can’t kill something as intangible as a personality, it has to go somewhere when the the body dies. The logical thing is to hang around until a new body without a personality is born. Then start again without memories.
The spirit doesn't die. The body dies. Your personality can change through reincarnation based unders the aspects your born under but you are you. You are how the power behind ALL things express itself. Infinite potential. On this plane in this human carnation our actions are limited but potential is infinite.
pjr525 - OK-I'll bite. How exactly does this intangible personality transfer itself from the dead body to a newly born person. And where does it hang around until it's time to team up with a new body? I would have thought a person's personality and qualities would be shaped by the circumstances around them and life experiences (the old nature vs nurture discussion).
@@arthurvaisvilas7853 Second season episode (1967-68) `By Any Other Name`` Warren Stevens played Rojan: memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/By_Any_Other_Name_(episode)
The right to bear arms is a gravely believed topic in America, so this story is a switcheroo: it was the American who reincarnated and the Indian who bore arms.
Couldn't they get actors that resembled Indians more than these Asian and Mexican looking actors? I mean, do they think people were ignornant enough to not notice the difference or KNOW the difference?
Hey, I see your logic. I notice that but appreciated the attempt. This is decades ago. The message and good will and being a bit educational, and even sharing in the awareness of the social consciousness of the world we live in makes up for the lack thereof. #yourightthoughSheilaDreaden
I too appreciate the attempt, and don't need to try and look smart by bashing on this. I disagree with you that they look Mexican and Asian. I disagree with you that there's such a world-shaking difference in the way Mexicans and Asians look and the way these people "should look" and wouldn't appreciate attempts by TH-cam commenters as to what I should 'look like" racially if ever portrayed in a fictional television episode. Boy, was that a needless waste of typing. Night-night!
It maybe that this show was one of the first to be written by regular drug user's, the difference between Gate's and Job's was that Job's took acid and probably a lot of the early worker's did too.
Oh please, you do not know these things. TH-cam comments feature so many people who know so many celebrities so much better than their mothers ever did.
OMG is that a white guy supposed to be Indian? Sheesh- first time on a train my ass that old man wasn't confused, he had a murderous expression for sure.
One Step Beyond aired from 1959 to 1961. The character was supposed to have been born in 1925. That would mean the character was at most 36. If this were a "true story", it would not have been sufficiently well known right away, meaning he was presumably about 30 at the time of his death, and the man who killed him would have been 50 to 55.
Whatever the case, this episode was a dreadful one IMO. It seemed to be a study in irritants. The wife's sharp, breaking voice shrilling "Len! Len! Len!" without rest, the strange little man refusing to budge, just standing there jabbering after bursting in, as the male tourist's startled rage went from overblown to murderous in seconds, the characters stumbling around without purpose, tripping face-first over things, making me want get up in a fit of defensive cussing and go take a Tylenol, turning it off as I hurried by. What the heck was that all about????
9:00) what help can he be,when already, his spoken four,labeled,and tagged, for being a nonsense! The man can't even defend himself, when accusations are arriving to the constebul (police) if mission wasn't there,maybe things could be DANGEROUS. CRAZY ATTITUDE YET ON TOURISTS BEHALF, AND ECONOMY, EVRYTHING SHOULD BE POSITIVE, AND FRIENDLY, SO THAY CAN REMEMBER TO VISIT WITH GOOD CHEER,AND MONEY, FOR MANY REASONS AND TIMES AS POSSIBLE. TAKE CARE OF THEM,SO BLESSINGS ALL AROUND MOBY?) FARMERS ARE PISTOFF ! BE GOOD TO SOMBODY.
He had the old man pegged dead to right. The conductor's bullshit excuse "he doesn't understand the different classes on a train" is total bullshit; INDIA is a Caste society. They know damn well their place in society, and they know better than crossing the line. The guy should chill out and lay off the nerve pills. He's overreacting due to his addiction, but he was spot on in his discernment of the old peasant. He would have slit their throats in a NEW YORK MINUTE. In a real life scenario, the Conductor would have in in on the dirty deal, and would have set it from the start. He should have pushed of the train.
Something about black and white adds so much atmosphere to these old shows. I didn't grow up in that era but I love these old shows.
I bought my only color TV used for $200 in 1993 and when my nieces visited, they never even noticed I hadn't had color the many years before so when taking them home, I asked if they noticed I had a color TV. We didn't watch TV but I would rent a funny VCR tape... FYI, YOUR BRAIN IS IN USE MORE, TRANSFERRING IT INTO COLOR so that's probably why you enjoy it more-- YOUR BRAIN IS WORKING as opposed to just watching. OH, ON THIS IT'S DIFFERENT as there are large black edges so it's more noticeable but if it enveloped the entire screen it would be different.
Yours is an astute observation ! I did grow up in that era, and I didn't realize how correct your observation was until I saw a episode in color . It just didn't create the unsettling ambiance that is perfect for this story . I hope you get as much enjoyment out of "One Step Beyond" as I do !
It’s more calming and gives more interest in story. Less distraction. I still like them as well. I’m drawn to them.
What a joy to see these old black and white episodes again.I saw them when I was a young boy and was always scared to death of what they showed. It got me to wondering about what was really real. I found that there are many sides to life and most of them we don't understand yet. Why things happen the way they do has always been a puzzle for me. I think with black and white you pay more attention to the actors. And shadows are important.
When the train conductor says that Kumar doesn’t understand about classes, it was somewhat ironic considering that India has so many classes of its own.
Good point!! 😅
From the opening theme song (which I love) to the closing credits......this series never fails to entertain AND get you thinking.
Creativity is lacking in today's so called entertainment industry. In this case yesterday was better than today.
What a terrible thought, go through one life with all it's screw-ups and misery only to try it again without learning anything from the old life, a very long ground hogs day.
Amazing episode. Who would have thought that 60 years after this episode was broadcast, the United Kingdom would have Rishi Sunak, British citizen of Indian descent, as Prime Minister #onestepbeyond #rishisunak #10downingstreet
My eldest sister was deep into this reincarnation stuff. She purchased the books, wasted her money, some say, on this topic. I used to read those books after she was done, and I have to say, the concept is indeed very comforting, especially when she has now gone on to the great beyond, or has she? Her remains, her ashes if you will, as she was cremated, it's cheaper, and she was a poor lady, are still sitting on the end table in my nieces apartment. Her last wishes were that they be spread across the grass that still grows behind what remains the skeleton of a house where we spent our youth in the 50's. The place where she and my other sister used to run and play on that grass in those ever so happy days. Well both sisters have now gone, and when the snow has gone, and the sun has baked the old dirt roads that lead to that long abandoned farm-site in North Dakota, I will accompany my mom, if she lives that long, and my niece to that place, and we shall sprinkle her ash over the grass, so once again, my sisters can run, hand in hand across the green green grass of home. Then again, do they lay side by side as the twins who would be my youngest sister's great-great grand children?
Senators and congressmen/women get reincarnated into trees in a dog park.
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That was so beautiful and I am sorry for your loss.
Are you high on what stuff, Sir?
Amazing! So many OSB (original b&w ones) that I not seen before. I enjoyed being goosebumpy scared especially watching them alone in the dark. My parents were upstairs (they were not TV addicts) but they allowed me (age 10) to watch all the TV I wanted so long as my grades were good, my chores and responsibilities around the house done and did all the other stuff kids back then participated in. But as a "Tweener" my priorities became girls, sports, getting even better grades, girls, hanging out with my friends and classmates, and did I mention, girls?
So for me, seeing many of these OSB episodes for the first time is a treat.
Love the intros in this show and how it blends in with the opening scenes.Enjoying these episodes. Thanks for posting.
“We're all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.”― Tennessee Williams.
It's difficult for him to understand about different classes, so he ends up in first class. Oddly, he would never end up in the lower class area.
Arrogant tourist got his! Disappointed that an Indian tiger didn't get him in the end though.
leonard strong as the porter was great as THE CRAW on GET SMART.
She ran off the train without her purse.
Lots of Love from India, Mr. Newland, wherever you are.Lots of love from India to all.❤❤ And India is NOT as mysterious and unfathomable as the West would have you think. Open for all. Welcomes all (except Pakistanis😬). We are a pretty practical lot. Yes, one thing is true: we do look at life and death somewhat differently. There s so much diversity (with 24 official languages and hundreds of dialects) that even among ourselves we do not always understand or accept each other's views on the matter.
And about the trains! Yes, in 1959 perhaps some people from villages did not understand the trains. Today, with 115,000 km of track length, 12,617 trains carry over 23 million passengers DAILY (equivalent to moving the entire population of Australia) connecting more than 7,172 stations, with most passengers tracking the progress of their trains on smartphones. So you can bet we do know something about the stuff.
PS : And sorry 1. Only the Sikhs in the small province of Punjab wear turbans and 2. all the Hindi in this wonderful episode is funny and wrong.
I like Pakistani
Back in the day, Bombay to Calcutta would have taken 4- 6 days, back in the 50s maybe 7.
Oh god! If I were traveling in that train Bombay to Calcutta I would go crazy too!
Even then it took only 2/2.5 days
Warren Stevens and a young Jack Palance are spitting images of each other.
I thought it was Jack Palance at first.
i thought it warren stevens at first
The husband played here, was the character on the Twilight Zone's episode of "Dead Man's Shoes".
The moral of this story is if you ever visit India, avoid a man named Kumar, he probably has a scar.
Well honey, I guess we're getting off at this stop. Let's just leave all our stuff on the train.
@V J Yup, that's exactly what he did.
8:55...all l can think of is that her Purse and Luggage are still on that Train! I'm obsessing about it Rolling on down the line with their things!! Lol
I know right!
it's okay. the stage hands'll get their stuff later and put them back in wardrobe. lol
Fun and relaxing to watch. This is what entertainment should be about.
I never tire of seeing this series
Take one step beyond into the outer limits of the twilight zone. Are you lost yet?
Alfred Daniel Loved all three shows!
I see what you did there!
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Ever notice how on most episodes they drink a lot, take drugs, smoke, etc. etc.? I do love the old B/W TV shows, though. Thanks for posting!
Most comments are from sad, dissolusional people who think the "good old days" were innocent and wholesome. I hope someday we could call these the "good old days", but why do I seriously doubt it
@@michaelwertzy9808 drink all-out, smoke, drugs... Yup good old days!!
Sounds to me someone didn't get laid back in them days!
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@V J Oh shut up and learn your place.
I drink but don't smoke only after sex when i am doing to fast
@@naviarael Most people dudntsmoke, drink or do drugs.
One of the best episodes I've ever seen The Riddle Ah the Wife of the Jack Palance such a beautiful woman!
I watched an episode the other day, and who do I see, but a very very young William Shatner. Love watching these, and recognizing future big stars to be...
Superb quality picture. Interesting story.
Cant help singing the madness song 😬
The 'Indian' beggar spoke Hindi with great difficulty-as if he were an European masquerading as an Indian
Lol I love these shows. Always with the nerve pills and sleeping pills 😂.
Now try and get a scrip and they act like somethings wrong with you.
Exactly!
8:14 " isn't there someone here who speaks English " per capita largest English speaking country in the world .
Dude turned it up 11 in like three seconds: arghhh, I'm angry [BREAKS BOTTLE TO STAB A MAN WITH!!!]
I know! I was lost from that instant onward. Irritated, too!
I think he was still thinking he was on the other SET, the one making REEFER MADNESS
Ron Burgundy: That escalated quickly!
Well, if you followed the story, you'd understand why.
Reincarnation in the New Testament there is one line that comment about it
You notice in the beginning of the story husband didn't want to be in India at all.
Reincarnation is still false
What line did you find in the new testament about reincarnation?
Scripture please...
New Testament - Eternal Life, not reincarnation.
“The Riddle, Season 1, Episode 22, aired 16 June 1959. Warren Stevens as Leonard Barrett, Bethel Leslie as Betty Barrett, Barry Atwater as Mr. Graham, Patrick Westwood as Kumar, Arthur Batanides as Constable Gaisingh, Leonard Strong as the Conductor, John Newland as Himself-Host, Rama Bai as Piari.
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@@upthedownescalator630 You kill me.
@@SuperIliad ;)
@@upthedownescalator630 Jamie Anywhere.
When the guy ccollapses on the street at the beginning, you can see a Chinese man wearing a turban looking on ! Hes to the left of the screen, standing back of the cop. Also, the Indian guy that Leonard chases looks like Giancarlo Giannini.
Chinese man wearing a turban...... Dear Lord sounds like Canada..
Well, they are almost next door . . .
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Another great episode.
This guy left the " Twilight Zone" with his " Dead Man's Shoes" on, and look where he ended up, " The Horror Express" , talk about bad luck.
LOL
Filmed at the same studio, MGM.
Too funny. 8 )
hector - you are funny! Twilight Zone - good one!
@@EmmanuelGoldsteinINGSOC
Real luv,
Believe or not this show aired during my overseas tours, came on twice a day. I was a relentless sham expert, often I got out of training, jobs to peep one step beyond and others. It's a treat years later to folks like you putting these 30 min cliques up, I had to peep this cold one again, are you into past noir similar to myself? Which shows, flicks? Then when I was off on the weekends I go down and peep this, and orher retro shows at the post rec ctr. Contrary to your associate Robert , a health issue I'm currently battling.
She is a great actress
Definitely one of the best 'dying' bits on TV. The way he fell was hilarious.
There are also words like haunting whispering spirits.
She didn't even take her handbag when she ran away from the train compartment?
And the train had left. she showed no worry about their belongings. Plus, she was a little disrespectful to authorities, This story made no sense.
This maybe a case of reincarnation , the reason he felt about the man , is to with is consciousness, we have the same consciousness throughout our lives. It being his last the memory was just below the surface, it was probably revenge but the Indian gentleman obviously recognised him some how, it I is very strange indeed!!
I thought Leonard was "sick" when he kept a jacket on in all that terrible heat! Not too sure about his wife as she never mentioned taking it off. Lol!
Warren Stevens also played Rohan in the Star trek episode "A Rose by Any other Name."
That’s interesting. I will try to find the episode.
The more of these episodes I watch the more Star Trek actors I find. So far I have seen about half a dozen including Gary Seven and one of the Orion slave girls.
This series had such uneven quality. There were real gems, then there's this one. The whole thing is like emptying a can of itching powder on yourself. The guy has no motivation whatsoever to go crazy, the wife is useless, the old man is a nonentity, the local cops goes blah blah blah blah when all he has to say of relevant is contained in one sentence.... Well, they can't all be pearls, I suppose.
Some plots are complicated or don’t make sense. Others are truly riveting.
Did you watch it all the way through?
'I hold, that when a person dies, he will return once more to Earth; arrayed in some new flesh-disguise, another mother gives him birth; with fresher limbs and brighter brain, the old soul takes the road..again."
Where are they coming back to Earth from?
Science and religion and human experience teaches that.
We can't absolutely count on the fresher limbs and brighter brain. The more it goes, the more I fear there is no telling where I might end up next time around, and the odds do not look promising. The life we're standing in right now might be the best we're going to see for eons to come. Daddy, may I stay home from school from here on out?
Cynthia---- partly right.... Karma is real and so is Reincarnation as it was in the bible in plain view but was taken out by some ??Religious Bishops and others around 550 AD. Reincarnation is still mentioned in the scriptures. And it was the base grounding in the Christian Faith. how could God give to one man a rich life and to another a poor rough life. if all they had was one life to live>???? Exactly that is so wrong today.... The soul reincarnates and as to what is how the soul behaves while on the earth. God gave all Free Will and to choose to do what one wants be it GOOD or BAD. but the rewards at the end are just. Jesus said that all of down here are sinners and have come short of Gods Glory we sure made some wrong choices. and God s Law stands eternal what you sow so shall you reap..... and the soul carries the deeds to the judgement place when one dies. shedds their garb of flesh.
@@reealitychick Serious question. Do you believe animals also experience reincarnation?
OMG, I saw Justin Trudeau as Black Face in this episode. Lmfao
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Surprised the word reincarnation was never used...good episode nonetheless.
The plot was a stretch BUT then so are most of the comments that have been made. People need to chill and just enjoy the show. What a bunch of self-important viewers; one sees the influence of social media on mainstream "thinking". It ain't a good one.
Agreed
Very very well said. Just too much "superiority" on display for my tastes. I just think, hey, relax. Not everything at all times and in all places needs glib commentary or hyper-critical analysis. But, that's just me.
Magnificent story!!!
Harry Lubin "recycled" several of his cues from the 1955 "LORETTA YOUNG SHOW" episode, "I Remember the Rani".
great series
newton sure travels around a lot,at least the budget on this show now he got to get to go to india. on a train.
He did not want to go to India in the first place his wife pressed him to go to India so he went to go to India when things got rough she pressed him to take a salt tablet a very lame cure because he lost his life in India thank you honey
Love this show
This GUY is an actor in REEFER MADNESS! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA,
Good episode.
They shoulda gone to Paris....
That's Lee Remick!
Why, that guy is insane. Shows what happens frim going to the FORBIDDEN PLANET!
Nerve pills? Xanax? Valium? Back then? As the old Dow Chemical slogans goes, "Better Living Through Chemistry."
Purple Hearts, black bombers or LSD. Take your pick and all on prescription.
@@siggyretburns7523 The British. We did it, with this thing called colonialism.
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We can do it as long as our opponent thinks with reason.
But thats a rare commodity.
Dow. The corporation that killed more indians than general custer. Eastern indians.
what villager, all i see was tanned white people. HAHAHAHAH
The host John Newland has an uncanny resemblance and mannerism as the late 'Great' Vincent Price.
In view of the above, the One Step Beyond stories are very similar to the ones l read many years ago, as a child, in the Amazing Stories, Tales of the Unexpected and Out of this World american comic/magazines.
I was thinking that too, that he's like a soft blond shadow of the forever great Vincent Price.
I think you need your eyes checked.
@@sphinxrising1129 maybe, l should go to Specsavers?😎🤣🤣🤣
He is nothing like Vincent Price...
These are great 👍
John Newman is outstanding.
John NewLAND -John Newman is someone else.
Very confuses episode keep them coming 👍🇺🇸
Great story enjoyed
Guy looks like Jimmy Smits
WELL... THAT WAS SURREAL .
They couldn't find an actual native from India to play the old man role?
For that bad acting they didn't pay him enough money to get back to America so he had to end up staying over there so eventually he became a native
Thank you. Well worth watching.
Due to ITS TITLE (The Riddle), I was enticed to watch it but 17 mins. into it, I can tell they MISTITLED IT as there is NO RIDDLE... The script-writer didn't know what the word "riddle" meant...
Of course many things remain unknown until they are not, unknown anymore.
Yes.. Fear of the unknown. Is fear of well, not knowing..
Good show s I like them
There are 1.4 Billion people in India now 2022. Let that sink in.
I have heard salt tablets mentioned in other old black-and-white films. Does anyone know what salt tablets were used for?
I would think that with the high sodium American diet they wouldn't need the tablets
socal rocks, Don't be a jackass, you know nothing of Americans...😒
@V J Yep, when working at the railroad we used to take them alot back in the days before a/c. That and putting ice into rags and stuffing them into our hard hats...😁 Working glass is hot work even in the winter. Your shoes would get full of sweat it was so hot...
the conductor played the hitchhiker in TZ and the claw in get smart!
Agent 86: Who are you?
The Claw: I'm the Craw.
Agent 86: The Craw?
Claw: No! Not the Craw. The Craw!!
Lol
Oh, hey there Arthur Batanides.
I remember this episode with the title,’Beloved’, or am I imagining it?
Ha ha yes, but its not so fast, got to get a seat somewhere before starting to get born again, if not spending too much time in a hot zone...
Thrilling twists & turns! Is it a stretched picture or is her forehead really that wide!?
I believe in re-incarnation, you can’t kill something as intangible as a personality, it has to go somewhere when the the body dies. The logical thing is to hang around until a new body without a personality is born. Then start again without memories.
The spirit doesn't die. The body dies. Your personality can change through reincarnation based unders the aspects your born under but you are you. You are how the power behind ALL things express itself. Infinite potential. On this plane in this human carnation our actions are limited but potential is infinite.
pjr525 - OK-I'll bite. How exactly does this intangible personality transfer itself from the dead body to a newly born person. And where does it hang around until it's time to team up with a new body?
I would have thought a person's personality and qualities would be shaped by the circumstances around them and life experiences (the old nature vs nurture discussion).
@@ucunique7 The spirit doesn't die? I assume you have some sort of basis or proof. Or is that just what you believe? There's a big difference.
Hey didn’t the actor played in for bidden planet as the Ship Dr.
ann martinez 5
he also played on an early star trek episode.
@@arthurvaisvilas7853 Second season episode (1967-68) `By Any Other Name`` Warren Stevens played Rojan:
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/By_Any_Other_Name_(episode)
Wow this was one hell of an episode.. reincarnation is such a gravely believed topic in India. The hindi in this episode was lil rusty tho
The right to bear arms is a gravely believed topic in America, so this story is a switcheroo: it was the American who reincarnated and the Indian who bore arms.
3:10 Classic-Mother’s Little Helper
Couldn't they get actors that resembled Indians more than these Asian and Mexican looking actors? I mean, do they think people were ignornant enough to not notice the difference or KNOW the difference?
Hey, I see your logic. I notice that but appreciated the attempt. This is decades ago. The message and good will and being a bit educational, and even sharing in the awareness of the social consciousness of the world we live in makes up for the lack thereof. #yourightthoughSheilaDreaden
I too appreciate the attempt, and don't need to try and look smart by bashing on this. I disagree with you that they look Mexican and Asian. I disagree with you that there's such a world-shaking difference in the way Mexicans and Asians look and the way these people "should look" and wouldn't appreciate attempts by TH-cam commenters as to what I should 'look like" racially if ever portrayed in a fictional television episode. Boy, was that a needless waste of typing. Night-night!
Old storiez always a hit ...with thousands followers...not really a follow page. .depends on quality of picture and sound and ofcourse ads...uggh
I LOVE JOHN NEWLAND
sounds like steve urkel, "did I do that?"
Monsters from the Id.
😳 gee whiz what a little mister crabby butt.. 😒
The actor resembles Barry Sullivan a little.
but punjab indians can speak english well...
of course they will speak english, the official language of india, their accent is very heavy .. not all indian and not 70 years ago ..
My favorite
Ba gwa! Ba gwa pa ka hoo!
It maybe that this show was one of the first to be written by regular drug user's, the difference between Gate's and Job's was that Job's took acid and probably a lot of the early worker's did too.
Oh please, you do not know these things. TH-cam comments feature so many people who know so many celebrities so much better than their mothers ever did.
OMG is that a white guy supposed to be Indian? Sheesh- first time on a train my ass that old man wasn't confused, he had a murderous expression for sure.
young couple? he at least 40 lol
40 could be agey half a century ago. Today, people in their 40's are considered rather young.
One Step Beyond aired from 1959 to 1961. The character was supposed to have been born in 1925. That would mean the character was at most 36. If this were a "true story", it would not have been sufficiently well known right away, meaning he was presumably about 30 at the time of his death, and the man who killed him would have been 50 to 55.
Whatever the case, this episode was a dreadful one IMO. It seemed to be a study in irritants. The wife's sharp, breaking voice shrilling "Len! Len! Len!" without rest, the strange little man refusing to budge, just standing there jabbering after bursting in, as the male tourist's startled rage went from overblown to murderous in seconds, the characters stumbling around without purpose, tripping face-first over things, making me want get up in a fit of defensive cussing and go take a Tylenol, turning it off as I hurried by. What the heck was that all about????
Really it would have sounded so much more descriptive just to have said American couple and let us decide.
Well, it's sad that you feel old at 40, but that's your own doing - normal people are young in their forties.
9:00) what help can he be,when already, his spoken four,labeled,and tagged, for being a nonsense! The man can't even defend himself, when accusations are arriving to the constebul (police) if mission wasn't there,maybe things could be DANGEROUS. CRAZY ATTITUDE YET ON TOURISTS BEHALF, AND ECONOMY, EVRYTHING SHOULD BE POSITIVE, AND FRIENDLY, SO THAY CAN REMEMBER TO VISIT WITH GOOD CHEER,AND MONEY, FOR MANY REASONS AND TIMES AS POSSIBLE. TAKE CARE OF THEM,SO BLESSINGS ALL AROUND MOBY?) FARMERS ARE PISTOFF ! BE GOOD TO SOMBODY.
He had the old man pegged dead to right. The conductor's bullshit excuse "he doesn't understand the different classes on a train" is total bullshit; INDIA is a Caste society. They know damn well their place in society, and they know better than crossing the line. The guy should chill out and lay off the nerve pills. He's overreacting due to his addiction, but he was spot on in his discernment of the old peasant. He would have slit their throats in a NEW YORK MINUTE. In a real life scenario, the Conductor would have in in on the dirty deal, and would have set it from the start. He should have pushed of the train.