"In Praise of Pip" | |
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The Twilight Zone episode | |
Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 1 |
Directed by | Joseph M. Newman |
Written by | Rod Serling |
Featured music | Rene Garriguenc, conducted by Lud Gluskin |
Production code | 2607 |
Original air date | September 27, 1963 |
Guest appearances | |
Jack Klugman: Max Phillips Connie Gilchrist: Mrs. Feeny Robert Diamond: Pvt. Pip Billy Mumy: Young Pip | |
"In Praise of Pip" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. In this episode, after learning that his soldier son has suffered a mortal wound in an early phase of the Vietnam War, a crooked bookie encounters a childhood version of his son.
This was the first episode of The Twilight Zone to be 25 minutes long since "The Changing of the Guard".