How many episodes actually exist? Where are they available?
Beside the three sets of IMAGE DVDs, do other episodes survive? and where can one get them?
I know of at least 2 that aren't on the three "Tales of Tomorrow" collections. And I haven't seen them on any other regular DVD release either. They are:
A Child is Crying
The Diamond Lens
I got "A Child is Crying" by looking up VHS versions of the series, and "Diamond Lens" was on an unofficial DVD. Both shows were of decent video quality that compares to the IMAGE DVD.
Now, since those two do exist, it's not unreasonable to optimistically hope more are out there. Some time back, it was thought there were no episodes of the series "Suspense". Now there are about 90 episodes on DVD.
Wouldn't an entire series release to "Tales of Tomorrow" be a dream come true!!
Fancast.com seems to have a number of episodes, complete with Kreisler watchband commercials. I just watched Verdict From Space.
Very primitive live paleo-television. I probably won't bother watching more episodes but they are interesting as ancient artifacts of the earliest days of television
If your favorite movie was made during your lifetime you haven't seen enough movies.
Ahh! before giving up there are some interesting ones you may want to give a whirl.
Although I like this series pretty well, I don't feel "Verdict From Space" was one of the Top Episodes.
Here are some of my picks.
THE CHILDREN'S ROOM - A story with a somewhat similar premise as The Outer Limits story "The Special One"
THE DUPLICATES - This one is a little like the Sci-Fi movie "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" A story of an exact duplicate society to our own, which our government feels is a big threat! (Stars Darrin McGavin)
TIME TO GO - Story about a bank where instead of money, you deposit your "spare time". creepy ending!
THE LITTLE BLACK BAG - An alcoholic washed up doctor gets his hands on a doctor's bag from the year 2450. (This was later done on "Night Gallery")
ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD - This one is about the ability to stop time. (Think Twilight Zone's "A Kind of Stopwatch" (Look for some scenes with Jack Warden)
"WHAT YOU NEED" An earlier version of the same story made famous in The Twilight Zone. This version has a bit more of a science fiction slant.
THE WINDOW - This was a stunt the crew of Tales of Tomorrow put together to make it look like the show was being interrupted by (or jammed by) an unexplainable signal that was coming from an apartment window of a regular dwelling. A prank in a similar vain of the radio broadcast "War of the Worlds" You get to see the shows crew "Try to figure out what's going on" Even the commercials are played as part of the gag. Stars Frank Maxwell & Rod Steiger (+ most of the shows crew)
MANY HAPPY RETURNS - A youngster claims an alien from the moon gave him a the plans for a machine which runs without a power source.(and produces dangerous voltage) and can teleport things. His dad thinks it's the total nonsense of an overactive imagination (so he isn't afraid to grab the machine's big coil)
Others I like include A Child is crying, Another Chance, Blunder, Seeing Eye Surgeon, the & youth on Tap.
Now these shows do look primitive, however I found these stories to be quite interesting. Syndicated TV versions of these shows edited out some scenes (sometimes even key ones) to make room for more commercials.