"The Night of the Meek" is episode 47 of the American
television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
It originally aired on December 23, 1960, on CBS. It was
one of the six episodes of the second season which
were shot on videotape in a short-lived experiment
aimed to cut costs.
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Arthur William Matthew Carney
(November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003)
On February 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H bowed
out after 11 seasons, airing a special two-and-a-half hour
episode watched by 77 percent of the television viewing
audience. It was the largest percentage ever to watch a
single TV show up to that time.
Zacharias Ward (54) is a Canadian actor known for his role
as Scut Farkus (above) in the 1983 film A Christmas Story
and its 2022 sequel A Christmas Story Christmas.
On December 17, 1969, Tiny Tim married Miss Vicki on The Tonight
Show Starring Johnny Carson with 40 million people watching.
At the time, this was one of the most watched television events ever.
Tiny Tim (Herbert Butros Khaury)
(April 12, 1932 – November 30, 1996)
On September 26, 1960, for the first time in U.S. history, a
debate between major party presidential candidates was
broadcast on live television.
The presidential hopefuls, John F. Kennedy, a Democratic
senator of Massachusetts, and Richard M. Nixon, the vice
president of the United States, met in a Chicago studio to
discuss U.S. domestic matters.
Kennedy emerged the apparent winner from this first of
four televised debates.
