Night Gallery: The last lesson of Mr. Peabody

[hoseybig10]

IT is from the eye of the beholder to whom the bell tolls that sparks our imaganation as the world go's What ever the jist give's you a left let it be and be free. A AMERICAN

[3636Clarence]

Cheaply made and stupid..

[SONBoomer]

"And now, if there are no further questions..." - great way to end a horror story you read out to your classmates' utter horror and terror.

[Phished123]

Class #113

[deadman00]

typical Night gallery, scaery build up, campish ending. Its a world of differnce then Twilight Zone. Gallery Serling only 'presents' and hosts he has no control over it. where as Zone he created it from the ground up.

[deadman00]

the reference to Lovecraft was neat though. since he created these 'old ones'. oh and fyi when his storys refer to abul hazard the so called writer of necronomicon. lovecraft is refering to himself. when he got interested in arabic cultur lovecraft called himself abul hazard.

[Phished123]

@deadman00 Still wrote a good few of them. But Night Gallery was a solid show! It went more for a "tales from the crypt" camp/horror vibe than Zone. Zone was more just...creepy, never really outright frightening. But i guess that really depends on when you saw them, right?

[deadman00]

personly I prefer Twilight Zone because it was more 'cereburl' to my mind. i just never got into this series. but to each his own. it depends on what type of stories one is looking for. you know the thing is though. many define TZ as a certain type. as 'horror' or as 'sci fi' but it wasnt one thing it was a lot. different generas put together. which i liked.

[bwild61]

Very offbeat but very interesting.

[Legolas2112]

I remember watching this baby when Night Gallery was CURRENT, I did not

know at the time what it really meant.. But I FOUND OUT! I discovered Lovecraft in the 5th grade. Good stuff! ;o)

[Supenmanu]

No this definitely isn't a Lovecraft story, but a great homage to him... i am sure he would be proud...

[whatuswattingat]

They don't make stuff like this anymore.

[Beatlesfanize]

Video and vocal are not playing together,,,few second lapse.

[coreolis7]

It's too funny that the students are named Derleth, Lovecraft, and Bloch after horror writers LOL

[rumad1]

Look you people, Just imagine what it would be like to read or just recite this "reading" on the street or in a public setting with a loud megaphone...bet it would put a few people ill at ease and YES, the "Old Ones" are all Characters straight from the head of Mr. Re-animator himself H P Lovecraft!!!!!

........and now if there are no further questions ...

[Inediblehulk]

@jwalsh671 Hollywood does overdo it, but in this case it makes sense. Thunder and lightning DO happen at the same time (or close enough by human measure), but we often see and hear it very far away from the source. Light moves faster than sound, so we see it first. But the closer we are to the source, the smaller the delay. The Old Ones are closing in, and the storm illustrates that well.

[Sphereal]

THANKS FOR UPLOADING THIS

[TDS4UT]

A couple of stupid questions here. Is this Rob Reiner's dad? Are the students named after famous horror writers including Lovecraft and Derleth? Is the Necranomicon mentioned here? Or am I thinking of "Death of the Sorcerer"?

[GoatBeach]

@TDS4UT

This is a nice tip of the hat to August Derleth, Robert Bloch (first student to speak), and of course Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The "paperback" grimmore IS the Necronomicon, and that is Carl Reiner, Rob's dad, who I still see both as Alan Brady on the old "Dick Van Dyke" show and in "The Jerk" with Steve Martin as the cross-eyed guy with the glasses. I think they did a nice job with the mythology as a primer, and as we all know, Hastur is "He is Who Shall Not Be Named".

[jwalsh671]

Will Hollywood EVER be able to film a thunderstorm correctly?? Lightning flashes and eventually a clap of thunder is heard. I have yet to see a movie or show that doesn't film the two occurring simultaneously.

[maestrojojoray]

I BELEIVE HIS NAME IS CARL REINER....

[Schone23666]

@maestrojojoray That's him, thanks! :)

[Schone23666]

Does anyone know the Professor's name? I swear I've seen him before several times, but I can't recall his name off the top of my head. At any rate, I recall him to be a very talented actor and he gave a marvelous and very witty performance in this bit.

[Keiththegamergeek]

And possibly Jay Baruchel as Mr. Lovecraft

[Keiththegamergeek]

I'd love to see a re-make of this segment in a "Night Gallery" movie, with John Lithgow playing Professor Peabody.

[YerJob]

lovecraft episode, cool

[TDS4UT]

@YerJob I don't think this is a Lovecraft story. I am being lazy here. Not sure who wrote this. The HP Lovecraft stories used in NIght Gallery are "Cool Air" and "Pickman's Model." The legends about the rats the dwell under the tunnels of the North End are folk lore around Boston. Now ofcourse, all of the half rat humans populate the Massachetts State House. At least the rats stop screwing with you after you are dead. The lawmakers are not so considerate. You see Lovecrafts rats are half human.

[TDS4UT]

@YerJob I don't think this is a Lovecraft story. I am being lazy here. Not sure who wrote this. The HP Lovecraft stories used in NIght Gallery are "Cool Air" and "Pickman's Model." The legends about the rats the dwell under the tunnels of the North End are folk lore around Boston. Now ofcourse, all of the rats populate the Massachetts State House. At least the rats stop screwing with you after you are dead. The lawmakers are not so considerate. You see Lovecrafts rats are half human.

[TDS4UT]

@YerJob I don't think this is a Lovecraft story. I am being lazy here. Not sure who wrote this. The HP Lovecraft stories used in NIght Gallery are "Cool Air" and "Pickman's Model." The legends about the rats the dwell under the tunnels of the North End are folk lore around Boston. Now of course, all of the rats populate the Massachetts State House. At least the rats stop screwing with you after you are dead. The lawmakers are not so considerate. You see Lovecrafts rats are half human.

[gomro]

@ baraxor: Lovecraft specifically said it was NOT pronounced "Cuthulu" or "Cuthulhu". In fact, what he said was "Khlûl'-hloo" However, he gave several differing pronunciations on different occasions, including "KOOT-u-lew" and "K' lutl-lutl." According to Lovecraft, this is merely the closest that the human vocal apparatus can come to reproducing the syllables of an alien language

[thechaz83]

@gomro You are correct. However, I have R.H. Barlow (Lovecraft's literary executor) original diary in my private collection. He used to record Lovecrafts visit to see him in Florida in '34 and said Lovecraft said it was pronounced KOOT-u-lew. But he also mentioned Lovecraft saying it was merely the closest the human vocal apparatus can come to reproducing it. So yes, from a reliable source, lol, you are correct. Are you a Lovecraftian semi-scholar. I am. If so its a pleasure to meet you.

[gomro]

@thechaz83 Yes, I am definitely a "Lovecraftian semi-scholar." It is interesting that Barlow's diary has survived; I mentioned the pronunciation he recorded in my previous entry, as well as Donald Wandrei's "K-lutl-lutl." When this aired originally I was very irritated by its tongue-in-cheek approach; with the passing of years, yea, decades, I have realized that HPL himself was not above poking fun at his creations, and enjoy this thing for what it is.

[baraxor]

So, we finally learn how to pronounce "Cthulhu".