X Minus One (1955-58) aired “Project Mastodon” on June 5, 1956 as its 54th episode. This novelette by Clifford D. Simak (1904-1988) first saw print in the March 1955 issue of Galaxy. For those new to science fiction and not familiar with Simak (pronounced with a short “i” as in “simple”) I borrow an introductory …

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Lights Out aired “Sub-Basement (Going Down)” on August 24, 1943. The original iteration of Lights Out! ran from 1934-39, producing some 274 original scripts (of which only around 140 are believed to still exist), though it was revived for short periods of time–using many recycled or updated scripts from the 1930s–off and on until 1947. …

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