The Mighty Casey
- L’episodio è andato in onda il 17 giu 1960
- TV-PG
- 25min
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA down-and-out baseball team's fortunes are lifted by a mysterious but seemingly unbeatable young player.A down-and-out baseball team's fortunes are lifted by a mysterious but seemingly unbeatable young player.A down-and-out baseball team's fortunes are lifted by a mysterious but seemingly unbeatable young player.
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This Twilight Zone episode tends to be a bit whimsical, a tale that could have come from the pen of a Damon Runyon or a Paul Gallico. It's another Joe Hardy
type player who comes to the Zephyrs and moves them considerably up in the
baseball standings.
It's mighty Casey, a pitcher who is a robot played by Robert Sorrells and who was created by Abraham Sofaer who must be a baseball fan because Casey has built into him a fast ball like Sandy Koufax and a sweeping curve like Warren Spahn. Casey is mowing them down at the plate and the Zephyrs are on the move to the delight of their manager Jack Warden.
As for Paul Harvey's 'rest of the story'. One can look to Star Trek the Next Generation and Data's quest to become more human. Or even more simply to Jack Haley's wish in The Wizard Of Oz.
It's mighty Casey, a pitcher who is a robot played by Robert Sorrells and who was created by Abraham Sofaer who must be a baseball fan because Casey has built into him a fast ball like Sandy Koufax and a sweeping curve like Warren Spahn. Casey is mowing them down at the plate and the Zephyrs are on the move to the delight of their manager Jack Warden.
As for Paul Harvey's 'rest of the story'. One can look to Star Trek the Next Generation and Data's quest to become more human. Or even more simply to Jack Haley's wish in The Wizard Of Oz.
Yes this episode sounds very familiar to us, now, in 2025, because I think it announces the Artificial Intelligence sixty years in advance, a future era where technology and robots will replace human beings? Back in 1960, maybe it sounded funny, amusing, interesting...Now, when I write those lines, I will not say it is sad, but it is still rewarding to discover this episode in a period where A I will slowly but surely replace the humans in any domain; including human feelings...I don't know anything about base ball, but I got the message. Nothing special however, besides what I said, just interesting. Bitterly interesting.
Something different from Rod Serling, all about a super duper left handed pitcher who helps a hapless baseball team --because he has NO heart, NO compassion? Now the question. What if he has heart and compassion?
10 Stars.
Watch the rest, and especially bewildered (if not astounded!) Jack Warden as the team skipper. Accolades to the good old team doctor, played by Abraham Sofaer. He was born in Burma and had one long career, playing distinguished gentlemen in several classic films. Perfect for this role; the doc who "changes" things. Rod Serling's ace in the hole.
A must see, even if you're not a baseball fan with some laugh out loud situations for TZ. I do agree with the last reviewer; does come off as a Damon Runyon-eque tale with some fun characters, possibilities for a movie. The material is there. Also look for character actor Rusty Lane, a staple in tv westerns.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 35 remastered CBS dvd box set. 5 dvds. Released 2013. Also on blu ray in a cool box.
10 Stars.
Watch the rest, and especially bewildered (if not astounded!) Jack Warden as the team skipper. Accolades to the good old team doctor, played by Abraham Sofaer. He was born in Burma and had one long career, playing distinguished gentlemen in several classic films. Perfect for this role; the doc who "changes" things. Rod Serling's ace in the hole.
A must see, even if you're not a baseball fan with some laugh out loud situations for TZ. I do agree with the last reviewer; does come off as a Damon Runyon-eque tale with some fun characters, possibilities for a movie. The material is there. Also look for character actor Rusty Lane, a staple in tv westerns.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 35 remastered CBS dvd box set. 5 dvds. Released 2013. Also on blu ray in a cool box.
Hapless Hoboken baseball team hopes to turn fortunes around by employing unbeatable robot as star pitcher. In the process, however, they get a surprise.
A rather tragic episode whose attempt at whimsy doesn't come off despite winning performance by gangly Robert Sorrells as the genial robot. Apparently the production was almost wrapped when the star Paul Douglas suddenly died. As a result, much had to be reshot on a hurry-up schedule using Jack Warden. And it shows. As reviewer Mulrooney points out, the direction is "merciless", to say the least. Sorry to say, an inferior entry.
Interesting to compare current steroid scandal in major league baseball with premise of this show. Whereas robotic Sorrells has to become more "human' to stay in the league, some major leaguers now work at an edge by becoming more bionic. Ironically, the Mighty Casey's process is being reversed by today's homerun sluggers chasing the big bucks whatever the human cost. Although the episode may stand as an artistic bust, it does remain oddly topical.
A rather tragic episode whose attempt at whimsy doesn't come off despite winning performance by gangly Robert Sorrells as the genial robot. Apparently the production was almost wrapped when the star Paul Douglas suddenly died. As a result, much had to be reshot on a hurry-up schedule using Jack Warden. And it shows. As reviewer Mulrooney points out, the direction is "merciless", to say the least. Sorry to say, an inferior entry.
Interesting to compare current steroid scandal in major league baseball with premise of this show. Whereas robotic Sorrells has to become more "human' to stay in the league, some major leaguers now work at an edge by becoming more bionic. Ironically, the Mighty Casey's process is being reversed by today's homerun sluggers chasing the big bucks whatever the human cost. Although the episode may stand as an artistic bust, it does remain oddly topical.
Lo sapevi?
- QuizPaul Douglas, who had drinking habits, was originally cast to play McGarry but onstage began to look red and read raspingly, and it wasn't until his coronary-related death days after the episode was completed that it was realized he had been suffering poor health rather than reaction to drink. Because the episode was supposed to be a comedy, Rod Serling was reluctant to let it be broadcast with Douglas' impending death essentially captured on film. When CBS refused to pay for the episode to be re-shot, Serling personally underwrote the $27,000 it cost to have Jack Warden brought in to replace Douglas and to have some scenes re-done with Warden in place of Douglas.
- BlooperIn a shot of the stadium, there are palm trees, which cannot be found in New Jersey.
- Citazioni
Rod Serling - Narrator: [Closing Narration] Once upon a time, there was a major league baseball team called the Hoboken Zephyrs, who, during the last year of their existence, wound up in last place and shortly thererafter wound up in oblivion. There's a rumor, unsubstantiated, of course, that a manager named McGarry took them to the West Coast and wound up with several pennants and a couple of world championships. This team had a pitching staff that made history. Of course, none of them smiled very much, but it happens to be a fact that they pitched like nothing human. And if you're interested as to where these gentlemen came from, you might check under 'B' for Baseball - in The Twilight Zone.
- ConnessioniEdited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: The Mighty Casey (2021)
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