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In Praise of Pip ()

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  • Season 5
  • Episode 1
A wearied bookie, learning of his grown soldier son Pip dying in South Vietnam, gets to spend one last delightful hour with a ten-year-old version of him at an amusement park.
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Max Phillips
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Mrs. Feeny
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Pvt. Pip (as Robert Diamond)
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Young Pip (as Billy Mumy)
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Doctor (uncredited)
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Lieutenant (uncredited)
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George Reynold (uncredited)
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Moran (uncredited)
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Gunman (uncredited)
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Surgeon (uncredited)
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Narrator / Self - Host (uncredited)

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Joseph M. Newman

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Rod Serling ... (written by)
 
Rod Serling ... (created by) (creator)

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Bert Granet ... producer

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René Garriguenc ... (as Rene Garriguenc)

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George T. Clemens ... director of photography

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Thomas Scott ... (as Thomas W. Scott)

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Patricia Mock ... (as Patricia Rose)

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George W. Davis
Walter Holscher

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Robert R. Benton
Henry Grace

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Ralph W. Nelson ... production manager

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Charles Bonniwell ... assistant director (as Charles Bonniwell Jr.)
Carl 'Major' Roup ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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Franklin Milton ... sound
Philip Mitchell ... sound (as Philip N. Mitchell)

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James V. King ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Lud Gluskin ... conductor
Marius Constant ... composer: theme music (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In the early 1960s, small-time bookie Max Phillips (Jack Klugman) hates his life. His only pride is his son, Pip, who is serving the U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam. When a young man uses company funds to place a bet with Max, the man loses the wager. Max then returns his money, which angers Max's bosses. Written by David Stevens

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  • In Praise of Pip (United States)
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  • 25 min
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Trivia The favorite Twilight Zone of Rod Serling's daughter Anne Serling. Watching she noticed several conversations between son Pip and father Pop were almost identical to banter she had with her father. Rod Serling nicknamed his daughter Pop, not Pip, and the final image on screen which fits the narrative was also a personal message to his daughter. See more »
Goofs In the beginning when Max opens the whiskey bottle. He throws the cap away. In the next scene he is screwing the cap onto the bottle and tosses the bottle into a drawer. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Not Fade Away (2012). See more »
Soundtracks Twilight Zone Theme See more »
Quotes Narrator: [Closing Narration] Very little comment here, save for this small aside: that the ties of flesh are deep and strong, that the capacity to love is a vital, rich and all-consuming function of the human animal, and that you can find nobility and sacrifice and love wherever you may seek it out: down the block, in the heart, or in the Twilight Zone.
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