The Once and Future King/A Saucer of Loneliness
- Episode aired Sep 27, 1986
- TV-PG
- 1h
"The Once and Future King": Elvis impersonator Gary Pitkin finds himself transported back to Elvis' time after a car accident. "A Saucer of Loneliness": Shy, lonely Margaret receives a priva... Read all"The Once and Future King": Elvis impersonator Gary Pitkin finds himself transported back to Elvis' time after a car accident. "A Saucer of Loneliness": Shy, lonely Margaret receives a private message from a flying saucer."The Once and Future King": Elvis impersonator Gary Pitkin finds himself transported back to Elvis' time after a car accident. "A Saucer of Loneliness": Shy, lonely Margaret receives a private message from a flying saucer.
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- Boyfriend (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness")
- (as Brick Karnes)
- Directors
- John D. Hancock(segment A Saucer of Loneliness)
- Jim McBride(segment The Once and Future King)
- Writers
- Rod Serling
- George R.R. Martin(segment The Once and Future King)
- Bryce Maritano(segment The Once and Future King)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia"A Saucer of Loneliness" is dedicated to the memory of Theodore Sturgeon, who wrote the 1953 short story of the same name on which it was based.
- GoofsIn "The Once and Future King", Gary Pitkin picks up a copy of "The Commercial Appeal" and sees that the date is Monday July 3, 1954, which was actually a Saturday.
- Quotes
Margaret (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): You know who I am, don't you? You want to know what the saucer said.
Beach Man (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): I already know that. 'There is, in certain living souls, a loneliness unspeakable, so great it must be shared as company is shared by lesser beings. Such a loneliness is mine. And know by this that an immensity is one lonelier than you.' And it's addressed: 'To the loneliest one'.
Margaret (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): How did you know?
Beach Man (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): That's what you put in the bottles, isn't it?
Margaret (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): It was the only thing in my life I could call my own... the only thing I could give to anybody. I just couldn't take it anymore. I'd throw a bottle into the sea... and out went a part of my own loneliness.
Beach Man (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): I found it. I found it. And it made a difference, it really did. When I read it, I knew somehow this was connected to the saucer. And when I read the words... it's like a song... I'm not explaining this right, I know.
Margaret (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness"): On, no, it's fine. Your people thought the saucer was a ship or a weapon, but it wasn't. It was a bottle with a message inside. Only it had a much bigger ocean to cross... all of space. And without much chance of anybody finding it... but still someone sent it out.
- Crazy credits"The Cooperation of the Elvis Presley Estate and Elvis Presley Enterprises Is Greatly Appreciated"
- ConnectionsReferenced in Quantum Leap: Memphis Melody - July 3, 1954 (1993)
- SoundtracksThat's Alright, Mama
Written by Arthur Crudup
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- Jul 3, 2009