5x36 The Bewitchin' Pool - The Twilight Zone (1959) Episode Guide

The Twilight Zone (1959)

- Episode 05x36

Episode: 05x36
Title: The Bewitchin' Pool
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 2619
First Aired: Jun. 19, 1964

Summary: Two children escape their bickering parents by wandering into a world of happiness from the bottom of the swimming pool.

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CONT: The last time that Sport jumps in the pool to return to Aunt T's house, she is wearing a housecoat over her swimsuit. When she surfaces on 'the other side', she is no longer wearing the coat. Apparently the surfacing scene is the same scene used for their original arrival.

The "confrontation" sequence (where Jeb and Sport declare they don't have to live with their bickering parents anymore and dive into the pool for good), was actually written by Earl Hamner Jr. to be the climax of the story; it was also used at the beginning because the final version came up a few minutes short (Whit's "Howdy!" greeting as the kids emerge from the "swimming hole" and the tracking shot of the children in Aunt T's yard were repeated as well for the same reason). There was noise interference on the MGM back-lot during the pool sequences, and everyone had to be called back for post-dubbing, but actress Mary Badham wasn't available. June Foray was brought in to dub her lines. It was a "sloppy" job, and Rod Serling knew it. It was held until the very end of the season as the "final" show (where, it was figured, most people wouldn't notice, having tuned out of the series).
Last broadcast show of the series.

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