History Recap / NightGalleryS2E3

* {{Catchphrase}}: J.J. usually psyches himself up by repeating to himself "Who's better than J.J.?"

-> Written by: Jack Larid

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-> Written by: Alvin Sapinsley

-> Based on the short story "The Witch" by Creator/AEVanVogt.

Based on the short story "The Witch" by Creator/AEVanVogt.

-> Teleplay by: Jack Larid

-> Written by: Malcolm Marmorsteen & Gerald Sanford

Based on a short story of the same name by Hal Dresner.

-> Teleplay by: Alvin Sapinsley

-> Teleplay by: Malcolm Marmorsteen & Gerald Sanford
-> Story by: Hal Dresner

Based on the short story "The Witch" by A. E. van Vogt.

-> Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc

-> '''Rod Serling:''' We refer to him by different names. Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub. But by any other name, he'd smell of brimstone. These, the ingredients to a one-man stew: a disc jockey, a radio show, and a painting we call: '''The Flip-Side of Satan.'''

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-> '''Rod Serling:''' This item here is called: '''Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay''', and Aunt Ada is a most memorable character. You may not like her, but I seriously doubt if you'll ever forget her. Be thankful you've met her only in: the Night Gallery.

* DeadPersonImpersonation: Craig discovers that the real Ada Quigley has been dead for quite a while, despite having been the Lowells' houseguest years before the episode begins. She's revealed to be a witch who accomplished this by transferring her soul to a new body once her last one became too frail. It's heavily implied at the end of the episode that she transferred her soul into Joanna's body.

-> '''Rod Serling:''' For those of you who've never met me, you might call me the undernourished Creator/AlfredHitchcock. The great British craftsman and I do share something in common: an interest in the oddball. A predilection towards the bizarre, and this place is nothing if it isn't bizarre, by virtue of the paintings you see hanging around me. This item here is called: '''Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay''', and Aunt Ada is a most memorable character. You may not like her, but I seriously doubt if you'll ever forget her. Be thankful you've met her only in: the Night Gallery.

-> '''Rod Serling:''' We refer to him by different names. Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub. But by any other name, he'd smell of brimstone. These, the ingredients to a one-man stew: a disc jockey, a radio show, and a painting we call: '''The Flip-Side of Satan'''.

* OddFriendship: Craig, a man of logic and science, is acquaintances with Nick, a superstitious man knowledgable in the occult.

* HellIsThatNoise: The eerie, otherworldly... "'''music'''" that replaces J.J.'s scheduled playlist. An InUniverse example comes near the end, when J.J. is bombarded with an electronic screeching noise as he tries to shut KAPH down, which gives him horrific agony.

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: During their argument about whether he should stay home to protect her or substitue his fellow professor's class, Joanna tells Craig that if he's adamant in protecting her, then she should just come with him to continue being protected and be far away from Ada. As Joanna tells him, Craig legitimately never considered that option because it's too simple for his logical mind to comprehend. It fails anyway when Ada subliminally programs Joanna to return to the house.

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!!Since Aunt Ada Came To Stay

Craig (James Farentino) and Joanna (Michele Lee) are a happily married couple. When Joanna’s Aunt Ada comes to stay, Craig begins to suspect Ada is really a witch who wants to take Joanna’s body.

!!With Apologies To Mr. Hyde

Igor (Jack Laird) attempts to improve Dr. Jekyll’s (Creator/AdamWest) potion.

!!The Flipside of Satan

After having his career ruined by the suicide of a woman he was having an affair with, DJ JJ Wilson (Arte Johnson) takes a job at a creepy radio station in an isolated small town.

* AssholeVictim: JJ is an egotistical jerk who doesn’t care about Emily’s suicide at all, and may have murdered her. When the station sacrifices him to the forces of Hell, it’s hard to feel bad.
* BottleEpisode: It mainly takes place inside the KAPH radio station.
* BreakTheHaughty: The summoning tape demands JJ humble himself before being sacrificed. [[SubvertedTrope He does not.]]
* {{Catchphrase}}: JJ has “Nobody does it better than JJ!”
* GeniusLoci: The radio station, maybe.
* MinimalistCast: The cast consists of JJ, with the only other cast members being intermittent appearances of a ghostly face and Emily’s ghost.
* SmallNameBigEgo: JJ, to the point he bursts into a fit of rage when the summoning tape demands he humble himself.
* SurrealHorror: Oh yeah.

* {{Catchphrase}}: JJ has “Nobody dies it better than JJ!”

* SurrealHorror: Oh yeah.
* YourCheatingHeart: JJ has an affair with his agent’s wife Emily, in spite of all the agent had done to him. She either commit suicide when he broke off the affair, or he killed her himself; either way, JJ is a totally uncaring ass about it.

After having his career ruined by the suicide of a woman he was having an affair with, DJ JJ Wilson (Arte Johnson) takes a job at a creepy radio station in an isolated small town.