The Twilight Zone (disambiguation)
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The Twilight Zone most commonly refers to the classic Twilight Zone television series of 1959-64 and the type of eerie, ironic dark tale it espoused.
However, the "Twilight Zone" is a phrase that originally referred to:
- The line separating the portion of a planet that is illuminated by sun and that in shadow (in other words, the area between day and night). More officially known as the terminator.
Or sometimes:
- The illuminated areas inside a cave
[edit] TV & Related
In 1959 a television series with the phrase as its title began airing regularly. It ran until 1964. It not only popularized the term but became an American icon of sorts and over the years has had numerous related miscellania, including:
- Two revival TV series
- A recent nationally syndicated radio program; see The Twilight Zone (radio)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie, a 1983 film based on the classic television series and produced by Steven Spielberg
- Numerous book and comic book adaptations of the original series. See: Twilight Zone Literature
- A pinball game based on the classic TV series, released by Midway in 1993. See Twilight Zone (pinball)
- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, a Disney theme park ride
[edit] Music
Many popular musicians and bands have used the term as songtitles over the years, some of which are:
- A song by Golden Earring
- A song by Iron Maiden
- A song by Rush
- A dance song by 2 Unlimited
- "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone", a song by Alan Paul and Jay Graydon and usually performed by The Manhattan Transfer
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