Bill Russo's video: Science Fiction Theater - Friend of a Raven S1 E 31

From November 26th 1955 – Friend of a Raven Tommy, ten years old, is deaf and mute. Nature compensated him by giving him usual powers. He hears - but not with his ears. Tommy speaks, especially to animals, without a sound coming from his damaged vocal cords. When school officials try to force his Dad to enroll him in school; though outside and far out of the range of the human ear, Tommy knows what is being said, and runs away. Fans of the Twilight Zone will notice a familiar face! Barney Phillips has a supporting role in this episode. The veteran radio and tv actor played the three-eyed real Martian, in the classic Twilight Zone episode, “Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? Friend of a Raven is a season one, color episode. If you enjoy the show, please hit the like button and subscribe in order to get access to all our videos. This is one of the season one color episodes. The producers were an early adopter of ‘color’ TV. All of the season one episodes were produced in color, which was an expensive extra in the early days of TV. In season two, they apparently decided the extra expense was not warranted, so all of the second season episodes are in black and white. Before the Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, and the Outer Limits, there was Science Fiction Theater, which ran from 1955 to 1957. Hosted by Truman Bradley, a radio/TV announcer and 1940s film actor, each episode of Science Fiction Theater introduced stories based on scientific or pseudo scientific Principles. The tales usually related to the life or work of scientists, engineers, inventors, and explorers. The program concentrated on such concepts as space flight, robots, telepathy, flying saucers, time travel, and the intervention of extraterrestrials in human affairs. Broadcasting a total of 78 25–26 minute episodes, I t was also known as Beyond The Limits for repeat syndication during the 1960s, and alternatively as Science Fiction Theater.