History Trivia / TheTwilightZone

** [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones The second voice of Fred Flinstone (formerly just his singing voice)]] was in "The Gift".

** [[WesternAnimation/Superfiends Batman]] was in "The Man in the Bottle" and "Ceasar and Me"

** [[WesternAnimation/Shazzan]] was in "The Purple Testimate", "A Thing About Machines", "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" and "Miniature".
** [[Disney/Alice in Wonderland The Hookah Smoking Caterpillar]] was in "A Thing About Machines".

** [[NightCourt John Larroquette, Selma Diamond]] and [[Film/TheThing Charles Hallahan]] had bit parts in the movie. NancyCartwright was in the 3rd segment as Ethel.

* AuthorExistenceFailure / FatalMethodActing: The death of Vic Morrow in an accident during filming resulted in his segment being changed to have a DownerEnding.
* CreatorKiller: ''Barely'' averted for JohnLandis, who was sued over the deaths of Vic Morrow and the two child actors in his segment. He would bounce back with ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' and ''Film/ComingToAmerica''.
* GameShowAppearance: Brief footage of the original Art Fleming ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' (specifically April 24, 1974) appears in the "Kick the Can" segment of the movie, which is pretty much the only thing that dates those particular events.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea for the movie was to adapt a singular story (that concept became the 1988 sci-fi film ''Miracle Mile'') before the show's success in syndication led to the decision to make it an anthology. Also, Creator/StevenSpielberg was to have adapted "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" before the death of Vic Morrow led him to change his mind and adapt "Kick The Can" instead (the former was to have required many effects shots and night shooting with children, similar to the segment with Morrow).

** JuneForay played the Talking Tina doll in "Living Doll", essentially reprising the voice she did for the real life Chatty Cathy. She also dubbed over a child actor's voice in "The Bewitchin' Pool" using her [[RockyAndBullwinkle Rocky]] voice.

** "Steel" is being adapted into a feature film. Though it's somewhat subverted, as ''Film/RealSteel'', despite being based on the same story as "Steel," bears almost no resemblance to the story (outside of robot boxers). Additionally, the film is decisively more optimistic than the original story's dystopian setting.

** [[NightCourt John Larroquette, Selma Diamond]] and [[Film/TheThing Charles Hallahan]] had bit parts in the movie.

** On the writing side, Creator/HarlanEllison and JMichaelStraczynski contributed to the 80's revival.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea for the movie was to adapt a singular story (that concept became the 1988 sci-fi film ''Miracle Mile'') before the show's success in syndication led to the decision to make it an anthology. Also, StevenSpielberg was to have adapted "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" before the death of Vic Morrow led him to change his mind and adapt "Kick The Can" instead (the former was to have required many effects shots and night shooting with children, similar to the segment with Morrow).

* GameShowAppearance: Brief footage of the original Art Fleming ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' appears in the "Kick the Can" segment of the movie; amusingly, its presence dates the events to April 24, 1974.

** On the writing side, Creator/HarlanEllison and JMichaelStraczynski contributed to the 80's revival.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: The death of Vic Morrow in an accident during filming resulted in his segment being changed to have a DownerEnding.

** On the writing side, HarlanEllison and JMichaelStraczynski contributed to the 80's revival.

* DuelingShows: With ''TheOuterLimits'' during 1963-64, the only season both series were in production.

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: Almost too many examples to count. (Some are listed on the main page in the show description.) Many of them appeared [[YouLookFamiliar more than once]] on the show.
* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: JuneForay played the Talking Tina doll in "Living Doll", essentially reprising the voice she did for the real life Chatty Cathy. She also dubbed over a child actor's voice in "The Bewitchin' Pool" using her [[RockyAndBullwinkle Rocky]] voice.
** If [[TheJungleBook Kaa]] wasn't creepy enough, the creepy TV repairman in "What's in the Box" also has [[WinnieThePooh Winnie's]] voice.

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: