One Step Beyond (TV-1959) EMERGENCY ONLY S1E3
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- Mind-bending series hosted by John Newland, your guide to the unknown! Based on true, supernatural events that defy scientific explanation, this show appeals to fans of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits.
EMERGENCY ONLY: Coming out of a hypnotic trance, Ellen Larrabee predicts a dangerous train trip for a skeptical witness.
This was an excellent episode, very suspenseful and great acting, good twist at the end as well. The quality we are sorely missing nowadays!
SO True..."J"
[ like "Outer Limits"] currently watching on Hulu ..episodes begin with Pilot! such a great time watching them, and they are so long - LOVE, Love...; ]
J is Scoobysmom what suspenseful and good twist do you expect from the Kardashian’s??? 🤷🏾♀️
@@batboy3746 Sorry, but Stephen King is VASTLY overrated. He has enough skill to make a good start to a story, but not enough skill to finish it.
@@batboy3746 Another example of quality lost is the master Mr Hitchcock.
Berder King- "Tales Of Tomorrow," and "Sci Fi Theatre" were two excellent shows that proceeded the "One Step Beyond"/"Twilight Zone" Era. Other good shows included "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," and "Boris Karloff's Thriller."
I love looking back at old anthology television shows like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits and One Step Beyond. The episodes offered the best in chills, suspense, fine storytelling and acting.
Don’t forget Thriller.
OSB is, I think, far superior to the other programmes you mentioned...in my humble opinion...because they are fictional & very strange fiction at that. One Step Beyond is, as the narrator says, based on "human record".
Me, three! I adore the way people dressed then, and every story line of the 30 minutes was delicious! Enjoy!🕊👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💕✝️🙏🙋♀️🌹🌺
@@michaelchristian5089 I agree with you! And I think this show was geared more to intellectual folks. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌹🕊🙏💕🙋♀️
One thing about this television series "One Step Beyond" that I love is that it leaves the viewers to believe in what they will, some believe in clairvoyance, some believe in the supernatural, some believe in coincidences, some believe in karma and etc.
One of the best written T.V. series ever.
Still gives me goosebumps!
And the stories are based on real events of psychic phenomena🙏👼
The eeire music always gave me chills. Always had to resist the urge to look over my shoulder. None the less, I always loved the show.
Roger that!
No question 👍
Watched it with my mom. In sin dictation
I really love these classics. Far better than the trash of today :)
sadly we went from The Twilight Zone to The Big Bang Theory. Nothing good anymore all garbage.
You guys, there's still good television, you've just got to search harder for it. And don't forget, when OSB and TZ were on the air, you also had shows like Hazel and Mister Ed. Even Rod Serling, when he was doing TZ, referred to the television landscape as a "vast wasteland!" My problem with television today isn't so much the trash. There's been trash television since 1947. My problem is with the morons running the networks today, who don't give shows a chance to find an audience. Far too many good shows are being cancelled after half a season because they weren't "instant" ratings hit!
@@caryrevels6584 hold on tbbt is amazing dude wtf
@@cheaterfeet331 What is so amazing dude? Its dull boring comedy vs real drama
Also TBH i would suggest you type out the words in the future as many wont understand TBBT and WTF. ugh
Back then life was good Mom and Dad, Kids playing outside 1 TV the entire family gathered around each night for one step beyond, The Twilight Zone,The outer limits,The Riflemen, etc, Today it's garbage.
I'm 63 yrs. old and I definitely remember this classic show. I would watch it with my older brothers, and of course the suspense, and intrigue of these little gems of Tv entertainment; including the Twilight Zone, and The Outer Limits, brought so much enjoyment and thrills to our weeknights! I'm so glad I found your channel!!
Hello Marie, How are you doing?
I'm 33 and remember watching these with my dad. I'm completely hooked on to these timeless pieces
Remember the outer limits and twilight zone bubble gum cards, just like baseball cards but featured the monsters from these classics.
Luckily we can watch "One Step Beyond" episodes unlike "Twilight Zone" because of copyright infringements. I like this series like the ones you mentioned too.
I remember the actor at 4:38 (who was in both films & TV) Ross Elliott who played in the "I Love Lucy" episode as the director of the commercial Lucy taped for "Vitameatavegamin", lol! "It's so tasty too"! ☺💓
Always looking out that bedroom window frosted over checking sky& shadows
Only with old age do I come to appreciate the stage-craft of some of this series episodes. The choreography of the speaker and players in the opening scene is pure professionalism. The music of the opening and closing credits of One Step Beyond still gives me the creeps!
I'm 62 and searching for any old thrillers etc becouse they don't make simple good TV anymore.
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@@malcolmclements9254 Same here. I find modern TV mostly unwatchable. Have you tried the British series 'Tales of the Unexpected' and 'Thriller'? Both available on CZcams and both very good.
What a great time on TV. One Step Beyond. Twilight Zone. and Outer Limits, all in the same time period. All three were great shows, with great writers.
NOTHING COMPARES TO TWILIGHT ZONE.
Back when movie stars were sophisticated, classy, and very talented.
And addicted to cocaine 🤧
@@zetokaiba5867 you must be some time traveler.
@@zetokaiba5867 absolutely nothing wrong with doing a few rails every couple hours.
that's a great episode. He knows he's trapped but anything he does could cause the disaster that's been foretold, so he's helpless. Really good writing and some killer acting, too.
Nobody died of boredom during this cocktail party. That truly is a step into the unknown.
I'm 40 and only just discovering many of these great old shows. I'm loving it. This was a time when people were classy and TV was worth watching. One Step Beyond reminds me of The Twilight Zone, one of my favorite shows of all time. I've seen every episode of The Twilight Zone as I purchased a collector's edition and still have most of them on VHS! I'm looking forward to digging my heels into One Step Beyond. They just don't make shows like this anymore.
Thank you Pizza Flix! I love your channel.
🎬👏🏻🍕
I'm 42 and just recently discovered this show, in the 80s loved the Twilight Zone, in ''96 my parents bought me the "Treasures of the Twilight Zone" VHS with the companion book also I been in the TZ Tower of terror (Hotel) twice. I grew up on at the age of 9 "Tales From The Crypt", "Tales From The Darkside" shows like that, the "Count duckula" 80's cartoon and more.
You should also try " Science Fiction Theater ", when I was a kid that theme music would always bring me running.
I to love the Twilight Zone. I also have the complete series collectors edition on DVD. Must have seen it a dozen times throughout my life. I even collected the magazine when I was young, still have a few stashed away. I discovered "One Step Beyond" quite awhile ago and at first found it hard to get into cause I was such a die hard TZ fan. But eventually came around because I needed to fill the void with something similar. This genre is too fascinating to not enjoy. In recent years I was on the search for other similar shows, of course there was "The Outer Limits" which was quite good.
Also found a series called "Thriller" with Boris Karloff narrating, which was also good. And again found another series with Boris Karloff called "The Veil" which was also good. Perhaps I think they're good because that's all we have left. They don't make these type shows anymore, might as well enjoy the oldies.
Hope you have some luck finding these and hope you enjoy them as well.
Too bad John Newland had to host a mediocre sequel to this show, The Next Step Beyond. Second rate acting, mediocre sets. He himself said later that it wasn't a good show.
Your 👀‘s
We need more quality shows like this...
Don’t count on it… producers just won’t do anything unless it fits in their little box.
However... Things have changed. All stories are subverted, mildly perverted, and manipulated
John Newland's voice still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, even after all these years. 😮
I'm 63 yrs. old & used to watch this show as a kid. I still love it. Especially the theme song.
This is when television was entertaining, fun and decent, unlike what it has evolved into.
When I was little, I used to watch this on local TV at 11:00. I always couldn’t sleep for hours afterwards. Great Show!
An old tv show has better pacing and thrill than current shows that only rely on cheap jumpscares.
Word 👏
Eloquent actors, filmmakers knowing their stuff, sense of artistry for new then-new medium ...
Yes, viewers nowadays don’t have the patience to observe the plot unfolding like this.
Those people who wrote years ago, werent raised on screens
I totally agree with you! I love this show! Only trouble is, I’ve watched every single one You Tube has to offer!😣
This has got to be my most favorite episode. Watched it quite a lot of times!! Enjoy everyone!! BTW, If you sleep listening to these types of programs rather than watching them, try CBS Mystery Theatre and of course Johnny Dollar radio program. You can find them and many others on CZcams. I can't sleep to music or silence, so I became addicted to old time radio programs years ago. Forces you to use your imagination and visualize as you drift off to sleep! The older I get the less sleep I get so its a win-win for me although I have some crazy dreams 😂😂😂🤣
I'm binging on this show. It's sooo much better than anything on television. Anything, hands down. Sometimes the Internet brings us a treasure, wading through its wasteland...😘
The music brings me back to a time when my sisters and I would watch this on a Saturday night, scaring each other. 😅
One day as my boyfriend drove me into town I 'saw' him in an accident and told him to be careful, he laughed and said that in 16 years he had never had a scrape ! that late after noon he called me from the hospital, a car had gone through a red light and smashed his car. He was so mad afterwards and kept Calling me a witch, I really could not explain it.
And that kiddies was your bed time fairy tale from Old Aunty utter Bol~locks!
Those things happen more than you think. My aunt heard my uncle call her name when he was out fishing with a friend. Turned out he got caught in some nasty weather at high sea and the boat almost sank. My fathers family had many experiences like these. My grandmother and another aunt. Welcome to the club. When my father got killed, I was home alone with my baby brother while my mom went to find out what happened to my dad, and at one point I KNEW he wasnt coming back, but I wasnt upset. I was very calm.. I was only ten. I think, now that I know about these things, that he came to see us and let us know he was ok. This is the absolute truth.
@@axiomist1076 I believe you. My brother who is both diabetic and disabled collapsed behind his front door. This was just after Christmas last year. He lives about 150 miles away on his own and we phone regularly and his kids go and visit as well.
We tried in early January phoning him over the weekend but we could not get an answer, but that is not unusual as Mike is a poor sleeper at night, and often naps during the day. By Sunday night my mother who is 94 got really worried and said, 'I feel something is amiss.'
She went to make herself a cup of tea and as she was standing by the sink she said she distinctively heard my brother's voice whispering, 'Mum, Mum.'
Cut a long story short. His children were also worried about Mike and they went around to his flat but could not get in as Mike's body was blocking the doorway. They called the paramedics and police and eventually managed to get him out of the way. He was unconscious (diabetic coma) and he spent nearly 3 weeks in hospital fighting pneumonia and other complications. So these types of phenomena do happen.
Stranger things have happened
And I hope you aren’t still with that jerk! You have a gift. You aren’t a witch. Many years ago I was shopping with my mother. When we went to leave the little strip mall, I went out the opposite direction I should have. I went around the corner and turned down a random street. A few blocks down, we came to a smashed up car. The accident had just happened. It was my brother-in-laws’ car and he was standing there in shock. Our minds are more powerful than we realize.
I remember One Step Beyond in late night syndication when I was a kid. John Newland's opening and closings were just as entertaining as the episodes themselves. When I was in the service in the late 70's I was home on a weekend pass and was due to fly back to Norfolk from Newark but a snowstorm hit and I had to take a train instead. Unfortunately, I didn't have as nice a traveling companion as this guy did. On the plus side, my trip was not eventful as his was.
Fun Fact: John Newland directed the Star Trek ToS episode "Errand Of Mercy".
Boris Karloff Thriller television series episode "Pigeons From Hell" was directed by John Newland , many Thriller fans believe this to be the best episode of series 👌🏻
These shows were great ! I'm 74 and grew up watching all the classics. The Golden Age of TV and I'm so happy I grew up during these years!😂😂
Am about 30 years...in my mid twenties, I dated a geek who got me to watch the “twilight zone” ( the original series) which I absolutely fell in love with...so while here looking and watching the twilight episodes, I stumbled on this...and I must say I looooove it!!! My kind of series...I understand why my mama and grandma hate tv this days if this are the series they watched then!!!!😍😍😍💯
3 years ago I was on CZcams looking for episodes from the Alfred Hitchcock hour I came across an episode of The Twilight Zone and absolutely love the show my son brought me the complete set box last year for Christmas and I have just started watching this show and really enjoy the episodes as well
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I just can't believe that there are so many people who have never heard of one step beyond I am 60 years old and have been watching this program since I was a kid.
@@debraandrews1375 43 here and just found this show.
@@debraandrews1375 I know, right? I can understand if all these people are under 40, and never had a parent who got them to sit down and watch an episode of this show... But all these people in their 60's saying the never heard of this series?!? It's hard to believe.
Happy to have found this again. Havn’t seen these since I was little.
I remember watching these when I was just a little boy in the 60s. The stores were absolutely fascinating and the music was pretty eerie. I just loved watching them. I liked the part where, in the end, John Newman would offer theories of how it happened. I haven't watched the other episodes yet but this episode has a really clear picture for such an old tv show. Wish they would make a new series with more recently strange events since these were made.
Omega0401- Yeah, they could start out by retelling that story of the car in the river in Utah a few years ago, where the EMS people claimed they heard the driver calling for help, only to discover she'd been dead for hours! (They found her baby alive, though, just before the water closed in over her car seat.) Unfortunately, like the original series, they'd quickly run out of "true" stories, and have to rely on urban legends.
Beautiful Paula Raymond!
She's a knockout!
Stunning woman and a good actress. Great hair.
The skeptic has the perfect suave poise demeanor all while spooked almost out of his mind and that is hard to pull off. Specially when he saw the ring. That transition to full on spooked was great to an almost comedic though believable extent.
You are correct sir!
I thought he (the skeptic) overacted. The psychic was great, though.
John Newland, Rod serling, Roald Dahl and Alfred Hitchcock were pure genius.
Serling stole credit away from his writer's, They were their ideas, not Serling's!!
Dahl- a very wonderful mind
@@safetydave720 It’s fair to say they all got help from other people with their stories. Don’t downplay Rod like he wasn’t just as amazing as the others.
@@jasminerawlings8442 Sorry but Rod Serling was sneaky and underhanded. Around 1999 I read an article about how he cheated his assistants and abused them. Many of his fellow Jews were ashamed of him bc of his abusive antics.
Yes and I read that he fired any if they complained.
Even though I loved "Twilight Zone" & "Outer Limits"--no episodes scared me the way "One Step Beyond" did. The music itself gives me the chills. I did buy the whole series on DVD.
John Newland gave me the creeps as a kid. Maybe it was because the small UHF station running One Step Beyond had really grainy old prints, but the part where he'd wrap it all up in front of the shadowy backdrop seemed unbearably eerie.
I'll have to admit I had no idea this show even existed until i found it by chance here on CZcams. :) I only ever recall watching Twilight Zone and Outer limits as far as metaphysical type shows. Love these shows still.
EDDIE LEAL Me as well
Suspense, Tales of Tomorrow, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Science Fiction Theater, and Boris Karloff's Thriller, were five other shows that covered the same type of stories in the fifties and early sixties. Shows that came about a decade after OSB were Rod Serling's Night Gallery, and ABC's The Sixth Sense, starring Gary Collins.
@@williamanthony9090 THANK YOU!!! I could never figure out why I hated Gary Collins so much- now I know. I am the first space traveler- the first human to 7 senses and conscious of more space: 10,000,000,002,019 than the entire human race.
You didn't find it. It found you. (And it found me.) CZcams and its wily methods of getting us to watch things we've never heard of.
Anthony Like most of the candidates this year till they all dropped out, save two.
The woman playing the psychic is Marlon Brando's sister Jocelyn Brando.
Thanks for the interesting info, svjim 1!
Now that you say that I can see it.
@@squareysquare3150 It's the eyes. She and Marlon have the same eyes.
Did not know he had a sister.
Well now I know....
🙂
Was she a boxer? .
I grew up watching the reruns and it scared us kids, especially the eerie music. Thank you for sharing with us. I'm going to binge watch at night.
Yes, binge on all the wonder and glory as you journey to The Outer Limits (I mean of course) One Step Beyond. The first episode of TOL I saw happened to be season one epi one and woah it freaked me out a bit at the tender age of five even as it fascinated me. I found One Step Beyond like a soothing bubble bath next to The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone, both of which had several episodes that warped my fragile young mind. But they were also highly educational, introducing we younger viewers to important concepts in a wide variety of areas from science to social psychology to politics (especially given that these shows were produced during the Cold War) and much much more. But most of all, wow, they were entertaining.
Yes! the music was haunting
The music used to scare me into panic attacks! Even as a teenager I couldn't handle hearing it. As an adult I finally trained myself out of the irrational fear it produced in me. What I find interesting are the number of people who also comment on the music. What is it exactly that causes such a reaction with some of us? After a bit of research I found that the name of the piece is "Weird," and it was first introduced on The Loretta Young Show. Later it was picked up by the producers of One Step Beyond.
The guy just got out of his comfort zone and went into the twighlight zone.
Watched this every week with my family when I was just thirteen
years old and still in grade school and later had some experiences
like this. I was born in Chicago, later moved to New York after
living on campus at Northwestern University in Evanston where I
received my Master's Degree in Music in 1973! In New York, I had
a friend named Arthur. Interesting coincidences? Perhaps, perhaps
not!
loving this show. ...especially the no commercial part.
True. Back then, the "word from our sponsor" used to bookend the story, not rudely interrupt it. Bliss. MInd you, CZcams is doing its best to give me a "modern" viewing experience, with adverts every 10 minutes! :)
I took the train from AZ. to MD. in the 60's, so glad I idn't see this before hand.
The surgical nurse was gorgeous. Even that word is inadequate.
NewHampshireBoy Yes but one point and Gracie Allen said it, beware of surgeons, because they wear a mask and carry a knife.
What wonderful writing. The ending was not what I expected, someone sure had a hell of an imagination.
Excellent show. Loved it. Love John newlin. I was fortunate to meet him one time Great guy. Very talented director
Wow.. that woman is so elegant and beautiful.
Moumita Moon - we’d prob insult someone like her now, by calling her “Karen”
What a great twist....superb storytelling!
Until today 6-23-22 I completely forgot about One Step Beyond! And we loved it as kids! I’m now 63 and it was as fun to watch today as it was in the 70’s!! All the suspense shows were our weekly staple viewing! I want to go back to the 70’s!!
These stories are so good.I enjoy very much.great child memories of shows.
Paula Raymond, who plays the passenger, is what is technically known as... a dish.
@@tr7938 Another good reason to finish that time machine! ;-7
I like the cut of your jib.
You're so right Mr. I. Biggun...but a.. "tomato" dish... HaHaHa
I haven’t heard that in years. It brings back memories.
She has the most amazing eyes! I wish I could see them in color, blue, green or gray. The only thing I do not like about Black & White TV and Film.
Where has this been all my life? Awesome! Thank you.
This was my introduction to weird tv. I've been hooked ever since. A great series.
I was little when I loved watching this TV show! Sooo glad it’s back!💗🎥
Stephanie do you date imature men? 📅😊
The greatest thing to me about these old shows is there all start of explaining the context of the situation we are watching.
A lot of ppl dont understand context or nuance anymore.
I appreciate how they set every scenerio up.
just loved them as a kid,still love them now in my 60's.
Same with me!
me to but I like to think of me self 29 plus😃
+Guy Azbell Thank you so much for sharing . I love watching these old Shows. They used to freak me out
LOL....me too!!! My favorite show in the 50s, this and Twilight Zone.....And I've been 29 , 38 times now....
Me too! Saw them in first run as a kid, love them now. I think they've held up really well. Very under-rated show.
I have missed this show over the years. I am glad to find it again. Thank you.
I have just started watching this show and I really enjoy the episodes I was looking for the Twilight Zone episodes and came across this show I think I'll start watching it 😊
When I was a kid in the 60's I would watch this and the " Twilight Zone " and Boris Karloff's " Thriller ( Chiller ? ) theater " along with " The Outer Limits " .
There's one episode of " One Step Beyond " that I haven't seen in a long time , if I remember right it's title was " Angel Hair " it's based on U F O encounter were this substance Was Left Behind after the UFO encounter some was placed in a jar and they tried to get a sample analyzed but the jar was empty upon arrival to the lab .
Absolutely awesome!!!! Loved it when I was a kid and it is still incredible.
Thanks, PizzaFlix! Loved watching OSB, The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits as a young child, later as a teen and again as an adult. Epoch-making stories which expanded the boundaries of pop culture, showcasing the work of great writers...
...whose tales were later adapted into films, video games, et al. The first episode of TOL I saw happened to be season one epi one and woah it freaked me out a bit at the tender age of five even as it fascinated me. I found One Step Beyond like a soothing bubble bath next to The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone, both of which had several episodes that warped my fragile young mind. But they were also highly educational, introducing younger viewers to important concepts in a wide variety of areas from science to social psychology to politics (especially given that these shows were produced during the Cold War), philosophy, epic archetypes of all types from Venusians to the Devil (whatever you do, do NOT open that door!) to the evil "other" and much much more. But most of all, wow, they were intensely entertaining.
I was crazy about Outer Limits as a kid. It scared the bejeezus out of me. 😄
@@CrudChronicles I hear that! The first epi I viewed happened to be the very 1st episode and it warped my fragile young mind lol.
This tale had me in tears. This is excellent.
I can’t thank you enough for putting this together, and doing such a great job I have had so much fun I am unfortunately housebound right now and this has been my saving grace
I loved this show when I was a kid. Even then, I didn't believe Newland's claim that the stories were true (and I certainly don't believe it now), but that didn't make them any less entertaining.
Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX
A few might be based on rumor, but things like this episode arent very rare. You just dont hear about them a lot because theyre not publicized much.
Some of those stories were true. I looked some of them up.
You would not believe when one time I came to a country that was closed and I picked up a shadow.
Most of the episodes were based on myths, urban legends, and campfire ghost stories. Even the ones that could be traced to actual events, like the episode "Tidal Wave," were found to be vastly exaggerated by the writers.
i don't believe it for the first time in years i have been able to watch a film without fixating on the fact that its all just an act and i am grateful
Sure do
Wow!!! These classics are unbeatable and physiologically thought-provoking. I LOVE IT!!
Nice I never seen this show time to look into it. Born in 87. I just remember twilight zone, outer limits, unsolved mysteries, and amazing stories.
Wow, does this take me back. Always good shows.
Sit down and watch with your family like olden days.
When their was only 1 TV in the house for all to watch .
Enjoyed very much! Great to see a happy ending for a change. Thanks for posting.
Yeah. This show used to freak me out. Of course, I was a kid at the time, so that may be why. It's still interesting, though. Haven't seen it since I saw it first-run, so thanx for the nostalgia trip, PizzaFlix, and thanx for sharing!
buster rymes- Harry Lubin. :) He also did the music for "The Outer Limits" (TOS)
The Music creeped me out as a Kid....I instantly recognized it.
I absolutely love this episode... Thanks alot
Back in around 1972/3 Summer they showed Twilight Zone then this show right after every night around midnight and our dad let us stay up to watch. Great memories
Do you remember Rod Serling "Sixth Sense"?
@@msbrowngault
I forgot about that one.
@@msbrowngault It was later repackaged under "The Night Gallery" series.
John Newland is so classy. Finally getting to watch all the episodes I fell asleep to as a kid. The music used to creep me out. Great show.
Feb. 2018----Thanks for the video....this is one series I've never even heard of. And a heck of a plot twist at the end. Gotta watch more now.
Thanks for watching
Me Too....
I don't know. I can't figure how anyone alive and watching television between, say 1965 to 1975, can't remember weekend afternoons filled with reruns of One Step Beyond, and other shows like, Thriller, Combat, Outer Limits, and Gilligan's Island. Next I'll be hearing how nobody remembers The Invaders or Wagon Train... Weird!
I heard about this show about 5 days ago, its crazy I've never heard of it, especially with me being a Twilight Zone/ Outer Limits fan
Yea i wonder why for myself! I love this stuff!
I always loved watching the Twilight Zone and Outer limits but I have never heard of One Step Beyond. Thank God I ran into this series because it's like watching a whole new batch of brand new Twilight Zones even if it was made in the '60s
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My mother loved this show. It came on too late for us kids but at breakfast table she'd recount in her dramatic way, the previous night's show. Happy to watch this old program.
Wow I love this show first time I ever seen it and heard of it glad I was looking for twilight zone frfr now!!!
I am so happy you discovered One Step Beyond. Although it aired a few years before TZ and TOL I didn't screen my first episode in syndication until I was about eight years old at which point I had already been entranced by TOL and The Twilight Zone for years, since circa age five when my neglectful mother and oblivious grandparents and great-grandmother would allow me to watch TOL, which for some reason was aired during the afternoon, and TZ to my young heart's content. Anyway, OSB is a classic and I am pleased you finally came across this great show. The Internet really is The Great Library of our time and I never stop thrilling to the fact that essentially the entirety of human knowledge including the humanities is available to access free of charge in an instant.
The "I'm Sorry" line was smooth. I'm using that
I do not remember this series at all. At the time it was popular 1959 to 1961 I was in the service and at sea most of the time, probably why I never heard of it. Thank you for posting it is good.
SlimJim- Okay, but where were you between 1967 and 1977 when every UHF station in the country used to rerun OSB to death? I'm not trying to pick you out of the crowd, I'm just trying to figure out how so many people never heard of this show. My enquiring mind is trying to figure it out.
@@williamanthony9090
Funny, isn't it? I saw it coming on, on TV, as a kid, in the 70s [ONE STEP BEYOND - at first I thought it was BEYOND STEP ONE] and yet I never watched it. I changed the channel, or shut the TV off. Which I'd known the show was right up my alley. No one talked about it that I knew of. Maybe if it had had a different title. "Beyond your imagination", or something similar to that, then I would've watched it.
One Step Beyond, The Outer Limits, and of course The Twilite Zone. All great shows!
I have never heard of this show. I watched it for the first time today. I am a big fan of the original twilight zone and I'm very surprised this never came across my radar. Its a decent show!
I remember as a kid that this series was one of the very few I looked forward to seeing. Even if they could be really scary!
Saul Bellow had written years ago that all we do is 'explain AWAY things, instead of really understanding or even trying hard to understand them' -not his EXACT words perhaps, but words to that effect. I had read it in his novel titled "Herzog", back in the early 90s. Lots of Love from India.❤❤❤❤❤
These One Step Beyond stories are great...just great. Thanks for uploading them. They are a wonderful source of trips down Memory Lane and the display of great talent in television production.
My parents loved this show. Great stuff and the haunting music really ads to the drama.
These shows scared me to death when I was a kid. Like they really happened.
I absolutely love old TV programmes of the 'supernatural' type, though I don't remember One Step Beyond being showed here in the UK.
Have to say that John Newland is highly impressive as the host. He exudes great charm, professionalism and character that perfectly accompanies the content that follows. A very polished guy indeed.
Turrican60 I saw him in an old movie so looked up his IMDB page. He did quite a bit of acting but was known for directing. He even directed a "Star Trek" episode "Errand of Mercy" I can't imagine "One Step Beyond" without him.
Then you'll probably be even more shocked to know that when ABC was threatening to cancel him, he moved the show to England and filmed it's third season there!
@@williamanthony9090 Well, there you go, William...I'm shocked, lol!
@@Lambieschmoo I can't imagine the show without him, either. He was a very cool dude indeed, and always had the perfect expression at all times....including that fleeting, almost unnerving little half-smile of his. Talented bloke.
Nice little twist at the end there.. Thanks for the uploads.
WOW pretty neat. I am 62 was raised with the Twilight Zone series Alfred Hitchcock ETC
Why hadn’t t I never seen or heard of this series ? I mean, who did nt watch all of that Outer Limits kind of stuff ? This is a mystery to me but what a great find on CZcams !
Gloria Apodaca- You're 62, but never heard of One Step Beyond? I don't know how that's even possible. Once UHF came about, they used to rerun the hell out of it from coast to coast!
Im 73 and I first saw these when I was 11, so you werent born yet. By 1961 they were over. Ran 3 years only, starting in '58 thru 60. That was when you were 2. Back then they didnt keep re running shows like they do now. They made about 30 - 35 episodes each year and when they went off the air, that was that.
axiomist WOW....THATS GOOD TO KNOW. cause I was a little lost. 😺
I love Pizza Fix, it's now the first one I go to for movies and now this show. It's like The Twilight Zone, I never heard of it before.
Thank you for sharing this with us! 🤗 🍕📺🕑🇺🇸
WOW that was really good! 4 Stars, it would have been talked about around the water cooler back then.
This is the best of the whole series, an excellent true story.
It's our most popular episode.
It's a good episode, out of a show that had many fine episodes. Was it true, though? So they claimed...
Most of the episodes were really based on word of mouth stories, passed on from someone who heard it from someone, who heard it from someone's neighbor, who knew someone who was there. In other words, *Urban Legends* of the day! John Newland was kind of stretching it when he said: "This story is a matter of human record."
Still, it was a fun show that told compelling stories, but never really got the ratings that other shows of the time period such as, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, or The Outer Limits, received.
I agree. This episode (S1E3) was the best.
This TV show was very popular when I was a kid. It was amazing the number of viewers who thought the episodes were based on actual events as opposed to being nothing more than the output of creative TV writers and existing suspenseful short stories.
The viewers had help believing that, seeing as the show claimed to be telling true stories. When the episode called "Tidal Wave" premiered, a local reporter investigated its authenticity. He found that although it was based on an actual incident, the writers at OSB vastly exaggerated what had actually happened. Despite the claims of John Newland, OSB was no "Dragnet" of the supernatural. As you've surmised, most of the stories were based on myths, urban legends, and campfire ghost stories. The bitch of it is, things happen in the world that really do defy rational explanations. The paramedics in Utah who thought they heard a woman crying for help in her overturned SUV, only to discover she had been dead for hours, is a fairly recent example.
Excellent episode! I am a big fan of the Twilight Zone and Outer Limits! These shows rank up there with them!
Surely one of the best episodes from One step beyond especially the performance of the girl who was hipnotize in the first part of the story, Ellen Larabee played by the Marlon Brando 'sister
I have always loved this show!
I have always enjoyed going into the Twilight zone and taking that One Step Beyond into The Outer Limits!
bohemoth1- When we were teenagers in the seventies, and something strange or odd would happen, we'd declare the event was One Step Beyond the Outer Limits of The Twilight Zone!
Underrated series. Fantastic.
Love looking at these old movie sets.
This "ONE STEP BEYOND" series is the original (Ripley's believe it or not)...He even says it in the start of every episode.
I really enjoy watching these.👍
That was not the ending I expected. What wonderful writing.
This is a GOOD one! It stars Jocelyn Brando, Marlon’s older sister! She’s the blonde having the premonition at the party…👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Excellent episode! The part of Ellen was played by Jocelyn Brando, sister of Marlon & a great actor in her own right.
This very vague in my memory compared to my clearer memory of the Twilight Zone. But then again, my memories cannot precede the 1960s
Then I predict you were around 5 years old in 1960. When better and longer childhood 'memory' patterns start to form.
I am and was a great fan of this show. Got to see it on original broadcast (yes, that old) I managed to even voice record a few episodes too. Some of the cases were quite provocative and I never have been able to confirm the veracity or not of them. Example; I grew up in N.J. and moved out here to the SF bay area. There was a story about Rocks that were made to fall out of the sky in Chico, Ca. There was a note sent to mayor that someone was doing this. Well I checked back in the only Chico paper I could find online which did go back to around that date, but no story on anything like that. So, it makes me wonder.
My favorite and most scary story that I would like to investigate (since I am a UFOlogist) is the one about the pilot in Canada who was flying his plane and encountered the cigar shaped UFO that wound up abducting him, and they found him about a week later down in the SW US desert. He uttered something about being kidnapped before he died. The timber company that employed him supposedly had his communications on tape, where he said "it is as big as a mountain and it's coming right at me..." end of transmission. Never able to verify this but boy, is it some hell of a case that was ahead of it's time.
Being 74 I actually grew up with One Step Beyond.
Watching this reminds me watching this program as a child in fear.
One Step Beyond was contemporaneous to Twight Zone and actually started before TZ. I personally liked OSB more as they were based on actual accounts and events. I own the series and so many sets are available as it's in the public domain. Quality can be shakey in some sets but it is available.