CBS television revived a classic television program from the early 1960's called the Twilight Zone. This black and white program was a collective anthology of common human behavioral themes. The premise was mixing morals, life lessons, i.e., Prejudice, bigotry infidelity. hypochondria or any phobia known to the human race and putting it in an anomaly of the supernatural. Hosted by the silver tongued Rod Serling creator and writer of most of the scripts had total control of the series. Rod,.impeccably dressed with cigarette in hand as he narrates the prologue for the next 20 minute story to unfold but in all cases except one episode was not involved in any of the episodes as a participant. Twilight zone ended it's run in 1962. In 1969, NBC TV revived a new series with a different twist in color called Night Gallery. The program begins with our dapper host Serling in his signature suit who welcomes his viewing audience as the mythical curator as he walks into a gallery of three paintings. Unveils the portrait and the story of horror and macabre unfolds. In the Late 70's Rod Serling past away due to frequent heart attacks from his chain smoking. Sadly, Serling died on then operating room table during a 10 hour open heart surgery. He was only 50 years old. Moving on to the mid 1980's during a viewing of the New York Based late night talk show hosted by nostalgia expert Joe Franklin, Mrs. Rod Serling was a guest that night. Mrs. Serling told Joe Franklin that she came upon unused scripts of Twilight Zone episodes. Fans of the earlier show wrote to her in her upstate New York home as she annually received thousands of letters for more Twilight Zone to be put back to television. Mrs. Serling lobbied for the series to be brought back to air..The new shows where shorter in time without Rod of course but a narrator, (voice only) and not shown to narrate each tale of oddity. Shown in groups of three in a one hour time slot on the CBS network. One such episode was a script written by the famed television writer Harlan Ellison called "Paladin of The Lost Hour" Starring famed entertainer Danny Kaye as a contemptible but strange elderly widower called Gaspar. Gaspar was visiting the love of his life Minna at her grave site when he is attacked by two thugs. One of the muggers attempts to steal Gaspar's pocket watch but instead the watch starts to glow and burns the mugger's hand as the watch floats back into the hand of Gaspar. A man of color Billy (Glynn Turman) witnesses this and comes to Gaspar's aide. Billy offers to take Gaspar back to his apartment as they recount the earlier events. Billy was at the cemetery to visit an old Army buddy. Billy has to go to work but offers his place for Gaspar to rest. When Billy finishes work he comes home to find Gaspar cooking a meal for him in gratitude. Billy further learns more about his new guest . Gaspar is terminally ill and homeless. Gaspar learns that Billy wasn't just visiting a friend but a man who sacrificed his life for him during the Vietnam war. As the episode evolves we learn of this strange time piece Gaspar possess and the meaning of the holder of the watch and it's ramifications and consequences. To me this episode brought out the purity of friendship,integrity and loyalty. How beautifully the script is woven together as these two men from different backgrounds,strangers interlock in a special bond. Just makes you think why each of us is here on Earth for a special purpose. FYI... Writer Harlan Ellison who was expelled from College for punching an English professor. Went on to publish somewhere to date in the neighborhood of 1700 works. Every time his books were published Ellison would mail his books to that professor in reprisal.