It was our annual tradition to order a metric ton of Chinese food and stuff ourselves silly, but now that we live in an area not known for good take-out, or any good food, really, we do the best with what we have.
I also like to stay in instead of venturing out. I've attended parties, events, and activities, which were fun for their time, but staying home is more comfortable (and safer).
As a lifelong New Yorker, I always questioned the sanity of those standing in Times Square on New Year's Eve. I get that it's "New Year's in New York City," but it's often bitterly cold, and even before 9-11 and all of the security around the ball drop, you would have to enter Times Square before noon and not leave. Restaurants and stores wouldn't provide restrooms unless you were buying stuff, if they stayed open at all. It just seemed uncomfortable and not much fun, but to each their own!
As I mentioned above, one of my favorite things to do is to catch some good television as I'm frequently able to be home for a long weekend. It's harder to do now with a kid in the house, but we used to binge-watch marathon after marathon. Between Christmas and New Year's, it was tradition to watch Breaking Bad from start to finish, and after New Year's, we'd frequently start in again on The Sopranos. On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, we'd watch only two things:
Twilight Zone and The Honeymooners.
If you've found this article looking for information on this year's marathons, have no fear! You can read about the Twilight Zone marathon and its episode schedule HERE at the SyFy website. For those who'd rather see it here, just read on! And for those not interested in the Twilight Zone marathon, just keep scrolling!
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
3:00am – The Chaser
3:30am – The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross
4:00am – King Nine Will Not Return
4:40am – The Man in the Bottle
5:00am – A Kind of Stopwatch
5:30am – Steel
6:00am – Black Leather Jackets
6:30am – Stopover in a Quiet Town
7:00am – Twenty-Two
7:30am – What’s in the Box
8:00am – Mr. Dingle, the Strong
8:30am – The Prime Mover
9:00am – An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
9:30am – The Last Night of a Jockey
9:55am – The Mind and the Matter
10:20am – The Obsolete Man
10:45am – The Passersby
11:10am – The Mirror
11:35pm – The Grave
12:00pm – I Am The Night—Color Me Black
12:25pm – The Midnight Sun
12:50pm – The Jungle
1:15pm – Number 12 Looks Just Like You
1:40pm – Dead Man’s Shoes
2:05pm – Two
2:30pm – Showdown With Rance McGrew
2:55pm – Kick the Can
3:20pm – A Piano in the House
3:45pm – Four O’Clock
4:10pm – The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
4:35pm – Little Girl Lost
5:00pm – Person or Persons Unknown
5:25pm – The Gift
5:50pm – The Trade-Ins
6:15pm – Hocus Pocus & Frisby
6:40pm – The Masks
7:05pm – The Dummy
7:30pm – The After Hours
7:55pm – Time Enough at Last
8:20pm – Eye of the Beholder
8:45pm – Nick of Time
9:10pm – Execution
9:35pm – The Long Morrow
10:00pm – The Last Flight
10:25pm – The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms
10:50pm – Ninety Years Without Slumbering
11:15pm – Static
11:40pm – Spur of the Moment
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
12:05am – The Trouble with Templeton
12:30am – Back There
12:55am – The Odyssey of Flight 33
1:20am – A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
1:45am – The Rip Van Winkle Caper
2:10am – Once Upon a Time
2:35am – Walking Distance
3:00am – Sounds and Silences
3:25am – I Sing the Body Electric
3:50am – The Jeopardy Room
4:15am – The Encounter
4:40am – Ring-A-Ding Girl
5:05am – The Fear
5:30am – The Bewitchin’ Pool
6:00am – Mr. Denton on Doomsday
6:30am – Judgment Night
7:00am – What You Need
7:30am – The Fever
8:00am – A World of Difference
8:30am – The Big Tall Wish
9:00am – A Passage for Trumpet
9:30am – The Mighty Casey
9:55am – A World of His Own
10:20am – A Thing About Machines
10:45am – The Howling Man
11:10am – Dust
11:35am – Shadow Play
12:00pm – The Arrival
12:25pm – The Shelter
12:50pm – Deaths-Head Revisited
1:15pm – Still Valley
1:40pm – A Quality of Mercy
2:05pm – Nothing in the Dark
2:30pm – One More Pallbearer
2:55pm – The Hunt
3:20pm – The Fugitive
3:45pm – The Little People
4:10pm – Young Man’s Fancy
4:35pm – Cavender is Coming
5:00pm – In Praise of Pip
5:25pm – To Serve Man
5:50pm – The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
6:15pm – Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
6:40pm – The Invaders
7:05pm – Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
7:30pm – Five Characters in Search of An Exit
7:55pm – A Game of Pool
8:20pm – Living Doll
8:45pm – It’s a Good Life
9:10pm – Where is Everybody?
9:35pm – Mirror Image
10:00pm – The Four of Us are Dying
10:25pm – Perchance to Dream
10:50pm – The Hitch-Hiker
11:15pm – A Nice Place to Visit
11:40pm – A Stop at Willoughby
Thursday, January 2, 2025
12:05am – Long-Distance Call
12:30am – The Old Man in the Cave
12:55am – Escape Clause
1:20am – And When the Sky Was Opened
1:45am – Third From The Sun
2:10am – The Whole Truth
2:35am – A Penny for Your Thoughts
3:00am – The Silence
3:30am – Uncle Simon
Also, for those who get the "Heroes & Icons Network," this channel will host a Twilight Zone marathon from New Year's Eve at 8PM Eastern thru January 2nd. Click HERE to see if you get Heroes & Icons.
Unfortunately, for the Honeymooners marathon on WPIX in New York, you'll have to be in the New York area or have a VPN to trick streaming services into thinking you are temporarily in New York to watch it. You can check the schedule HERE on WPIX 11's website, or read below. The marathon does not start until 12:30AM on the 1st this year and only runs until 5:00PM. Gone are the days of the two-day-long marathon, I suppose.
January 1st
12:30AM - Pal O' Mine
1:00AM - A Matter of Record
1:30AM - Oh, My Aching Back
2:00AM - The Babysitter
2:30AM - Ralph Kramden, Inc
3:00AM - Here Comes the Bride
Please Leave the Premises
--- Marathon Pauses for Local News ---
7:00AM - The Safety Award
7:30AM - Mind Your Business
8:00AM - TV or Not TV
8:30AM - Funny Money
9:00AM - The Golfer
9:30AM - A Woman's Work is Never Done
10:00AM - A Matter of Life and Death
10:30AM - The Sleepwalker
11:00AM - Better Living Through TV
11:30AM - Hello, Mom
12:00PM - The Man from Space
12:30PM - The $99,000 Answer
1:00PM - Young at Heart
1:30PM - Head of the House
2:00PM - The Worry Wort
2:30PM - Trapped
3:00PM - On Stage
3:30PM - A Man's Pride
4:00PM - Un-Conventional Behavior
4:30PM - Mama Loves Mambo
In the past, I've written some good articles about our New Year's television traditions, and I'd like to share them again now.
Thanks for reading YesterYear Retro. It means very much to me that you read and enjoy what I have to say, so thank you again from the bottom of my heart. I look forward to another wonderful year ahead and hope you and yours have a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2025!
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Comments
Happy New Year, Jeff!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI have yet to ever partake in the Twilight Zone New Year's marathon. I love the show though, and stream a few episodes every so often. From the list of what was shown this year, I think my favorite of the bunch is The Prime Mover with Buddy Ebson.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Honeymooners, I love the show, but have never had access to the channels that show the marathon.
It seems like this years Honeymooners marathon on WPIX is going to be the last year. If not, its certainly on its death bed. There is a youtube account that has all of the episodes on a playlist, but we'll see how long that lasts.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with that episode of Twilight Zone, I'll have to check it out!