The second season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm (EST) on CBS from September 30, 1960 to June 2, 1961. There are 29 episodes.
Intro
This season debuted the theme music by Marius Constant most often associated with The Twilight Zone, replacing the first season music written by Bernard Herrmann. The graphics used for the intro were a hybrid of the two sets of graphics used for the first season, with some slight modifications to Rod Serling's narration. For the first three episodes Serling's narration went as follows:
"You're traveling through another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop—The Twilight Zone."
For the subsequent episodes some phrases were added, with the same set of graphics:
"You're traveling through another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead. Your next stop—The Twilight Zone."[1]
This opening was added to some first season episodes that were aired as repeats during the summer of 1961. In most of these Herrmann's theme music continued to be played for the closing credits.
A woman (Donna Douglas) wrapped in bandages after facial surgery hopes that she will no longer be ugly. Maxine Stuart voices Douglas' role while the latter's character is wrapped in bandages.
A superstitious newlywed (William Shatner) becomes convinced, in spite of the protests of his bride (Patricia Breslin), that a fortune-telling machine's predictions are quite accurate.
A drunken department store Santa Claus (Art Carney) is fired by his boss (John Fiedler) on Christmas Eve and then finds a sack that gives people anything they want. NOTE: Fourth of six episodes shot on video.
A used-car dealer (Jack Carson) is forced to tell the truth after buying a car from an old man (George Chandler) who says it is haunted. NOTE: Third of six episodes shot on video.
When a coin lands on its edge, a bank clerk (Dick York) gains the ability to hear other people's thoughts – and soon learns that you cannot always believe what you hear.
Based on an anecdote by : Bennett Cerf Teleplay by : Rod Serling
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A dancer (Barbara Nichols) hospitalized for exhaustion has a recurring nightmare in which she is led to Room 22, the morgue, by a sinister nurse (Arlene Martel). NOTE: Fifth of six episodes shot on video.
A meek vacuum cleaner salesman (Burgess Meredith) is given incredible strength by a two-headed Martian (Douglas Spencer, Michael Fox) as part of an experiment.
A boy (Bill Mumy) talks with his dead grandmother (Lili Darvas) on the toy telephone she gave him before she died. NOTE: Sixth of six episodes shot on video.
In the year 1847, a pioneer (Cliff Robertson) traveling west with his family and friends scouts ahead for food and water and finds himself in the year 1961.
State troopers (John Archer, Morgan Jones) investigating a UFO sighting track footprints to a diner, where they try to determine which one of seven bus passengers is really a Martian.
