What was the “To Serve Man” episode of the Twilight Zone about?
To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search “To Serve Man” The Twilight Zone episode Image:Toserveman.jpg Susan Cummings and Richard Kiel in “To Serve Man”. Episode no. Season 3 Episode 89 Written by Rod Serling (Based on the story To Serve Man by Damon Knight. First published in the January 1953 issue of If.) Directed by Richard L. Bare Guest stars Lloyd Bochner : Chambers Richard Kiel : Kanamit Susan Cummings : Pat Joseph Ruskin : Kanamit Voice (uncredited) Featured music Stock – taken almost exclusively from Jerry Goldsmith’s TZ episode scores for “Back There” and “The Invaders” Production no. 4807 Original airdate March 2, 1962 Episode chronology ← Previous Next → “The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank” “The Fugitive” List of Twilight Zone episodes “To Serve Man” is an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone. The story is based on a short story To Serve Man written by Damon Knight. The title is a play on the word serve h
An alien race comes to earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A linguist and his team set out to translate the alien’s language, using a book whose title they deduce is “To Serve Man”. That is what they have at imdb.com. But there is so much more. The aliens land and are taken to the U.N. There, they talk about how they are going to help mankind by eliminating disease and hunger through their technology. Everyone is thrilled and they let them do this. Then, they also announce that they will take people back to their planet so we can see what is out there. One of the aliens accidentally leaves behind a book. The linguist works furiously to translate the book, and finally comes up with the title, “To Serve Man”. Everyone thinks that it’s logical to be called that, because that is what they are doing – serving man by helping him. Long lines of people line up to go to their planet. This is including one of the main characters from the go
In the Twilight Zone episode ‘To Serve Man’ humankind comes into contact with a race of aliens known as the Kanamit. The Kanamit come to Earth in peace, they offer to help mankind by providing them with the necessary means to survive in peace on Earth. They also offer to transport anyone wishing to go to their planet, which seems like a paradise. Upon their departure it is found that they have left behind a book, by accident, the title of which is deciphered to be ‘To Serve Man’. While this title initially seems innocent enough, it is the first paragraph of the book that reveals the true nature and motives of the Kanamit. This paragraph identifies to the reader that the book is a cookbook, and in true Twilight Zone fashion it is revealed that the offer to transport people back to the paradise-like home of the Kanamit is actually a death ride taking people to become meals. Sources: opinion, with a little memory jogging from:
