The Bard (The Twilight Zone)

"The Bard"
The Twilight Zone episode
Burt Reynolds and John Williams in a scene from "The Bard"
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 18
Directed by	David Butler
Written by	Rod Serling
Featured music	Fred Steiner
Production code	4852
Original air date	May 23, 1963 (1963-05-23)
Guest appearances
Jack Weston John Williams Burt Reynolds Henry Lascoe John McGiver Howard McNear Judy Strangis Marge Redmond Doro Merande William Lanteau Clegg Hoyt John Newton John Bose Rudy Bowman
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"The Bard" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It was the final episode of The Twilight Zone to be one hour long. A direct satire of the American television industry, the episode features a parody of Marlon Brando by Burt Reynolds, and concerns an inept screenwriter, who through the use of black magic, employs William Shakespeare as his ghostwriter.