The Bard (The Twilight Zone)
| "The Bard" | |
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| The Twilight Zone episode | |
Burt Reynolds and John Williams in a scene from "The Bard".
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| 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 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Jack Weston: Julius Moomer |
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Jack Weston: Julius Moomer
John Williams: William Shakespeare
Burt Reynolds: Rocky Rhodes
Henry Lascoe: Gerald Hugo
John McGiver: Mr. Shannon
Howard McNear: Bramhoff
Judy Strangis: Cora
Marge Redmond: Secretary
Doro Merande: Sadie
William Lanteau: Dolan
Clegg Hoyt: Bus driver
Paul Dubov: Man
John Newton: TV Interviewer
Diane Sayer: TV Actress
Jason Wingreen: Director
"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 bumbling screenwriter, Julius K. Moomer, is in desperate need of brilliant scripts. His agent suggests that he does some research, and he finds a book with a black magic spell that he uses to bring William Shakespeare to life. Shakespeare produces a riveting screenplay for the writer, but is so horrified at the revisions by the sponsor that he assaults the leading man and storms out for good. Moomer's next assignment, a TV special on American history, seems doomed to failure until he remembers his book on black magic—and uses it to conjure up a new writing staff, including Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Pocahontas, Daniel Boone, Benjamin Franklin, and Theodore Roosevelt.
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