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In Praise of Pip

"In Praise of Pip"
The Twilight Zone episode
Jack Klugman as Max Phillips
Episode no.Season 5
Episode 1
Directed byJoseph M. Newman
Written byRod Serling
Featured musicRene Garriguenc, conducted by Lud Gluskin
Production code2607
Original air dateSeptember 27, 1963 (1963-09-27)
Guest appearances
Jack Klugman: Max Phillips
Connie Gilchrist: Mrs. Feeny
Robert Diamond: Pvt. Pip
Billy Mumy: Young Pip
Episode chronology
List of episodes

"In Praise of Pip" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. In this episode, after learning that his soldier son has suffered a mortal wound in an early phase of the Vietnam War, a crooked bookie encounters a childhood version of his son.

This was the first episode of The Twilight Zone to be 25 minutes long since "The Changing of the Guard".