Great episode!
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Scotch Whiskey
- Thread starter YamadudeXS650C
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There was one with Shatner that I hadn't seen before. He and his wife break down in a little town and they go into a restaurant and start playing with a fortune telling machine and Shatner gets addicted to it. His wife finally drags him away and they drive off. Then another couple comes in and starts doing the same thing, but those two are of the same mind and so can't get away. The moral is you are free to create your own future. Really good little stories with cheaply made sets, like theatrical style skeleton sets sometimes.
"The Twilight Zone" and "The Outer Limits" were way ahead of their time, and Rod Serling was a genius. How about "How to Serve Man"? (It's a cookbook!) You have to wonder if they were gulping apple juice or real liquor in some of those episodes. In an age where all the rest of TV was such whitewashed, 'nice', safe, and wholesome... Rod Serling explored the darker side of the human condition. The sicker side that has become the new "normal". So many of the stories dealt with death, the afterlife, or a dystopian future, and many didn't have happy endings. Compare these shows to the crap on TV today, and you'd find yourself more at home.... in "The Twilight Zone". (cue the music)
I can't remember that particular Shatner episode with the fortune machine, so now I've gotta look for it.
But maybe the moral of that story is "It takes a woman to get a man out of the endless trouble he gets into..."
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Speaking of sets and props and Shatner, I had for about 35 years one of the 1964 special edition George Dickle Whisky bottles used in the first Star Trek series, you'll all remember it:
I finally gave it away to a Trekkie friend who liked it more than I.
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Scottie sure loved his whisky, eh ? But he hadn't learned to just sip it and nurse the drink.
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Scottie sure loved his whisky, eh ? But he hadn't learned to just sip it and nurse the drink.
.....and how's this for a curiosity?
A George Takei Whiskey flask, spelled with an "e"
And his name spelled wrong.
A George Takei Whiskey flask, spelled with an "e"
And his name spelled wrong.
There's a nod to the womenfolk there, she's the rational one, but the message is bigger than that, like light vs dark. One thing is women and minorities get equal treatment in the series, from the early '60s. Listening to some of the voices today you'd think there was no such thing until very, very recently. Now, tell me where exactly is the twilight zone
I would agree.There's a nod to the womenfolk there, she's the rational one, but the message is bigger than that, like light vs dark. One thing is women and minorities get equal treatment in the series, from the early '60s. Listening to some of the voices today you'd think there was no such thing until very, very recently. Now, tell me where exactly is the twilight zone
Shatner, we will recall, had the on-screen "kiss heard 'round the world" in 1968.
jabcb
XS650 Enthusiast
I used to be a fan of Haig & Haig Scotch Whisky (without the “e”).
But the PA state stores don’t stock it anymore, so I moved on a found a good bourbon whiskey (with an “e”).
But the PA state stores don’t stock it anymore, so I moved on a found a good bourbon whiskey (with an “e”).
alinarobot
XS650 New Member
As a passionate collector of Scotch whisky, I've explored many different paths to find the best bottles to include in my assortment. I recently discovered the world of online whisky auctions, and while there are many different venues to choose from, one really jumped out to me: the Scotch Whisky Auction.
Hmmmmm... It's not Scotch, but a friend recently turned me on to some Sazerac Rye whiskey. It's made by Buffalo Trace. It's smoky, earthy, and smooth as hell! It almost tastes like a Scotch. I'ma hafta git me some.
Never a fan of Scotch until a friend of mine got his hands on two
bottles of J&B while renovating a house, they had been sitting for twenty years.
I'm a fan! I'm a fan! So was everyone else, lasted just over a year and gone.
bottles of J&B while renovating a house, they had been sitting for twenty years.
I'm a fan! I'm a fan! So was everyone else, lasted just over a year and gone.
So many flavors, so little time... For Christmas last year, I gave my son-in-law a sampler of Johnny Walker scotches, including the legendary Blue. I had the opportunity to taste it, and I must say, it lives up to its reputation! But it's way too rich for my fixed income, retired wallet. My go-to has been Grant's scotch. It's not bad for a young, blended scotch, and won't break the bank.
