Night Gallery
The Tune in Dan's Cafe
TV Flash files “The Tune in Dan's Cafe” as hour 62 of 98 in the TV Flash guide — Night Gallery (1969–1973) on NBC, season 2, episode 45, aired 1972-01-05, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E45: listed hour 62 of 98 in the Night Gallery guide, hour 45 of 64 in season 2. It aired 1972-01-05 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Funeral” (S02E44). Next is “Lindemann's Catch” (S02E46).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The first segment of Night Gallery Is a funny one, with Werner Klemperer, who is arranging his own funeral. And quite a ceremony it turns out to be, with the "dead man" climbing into his own coffin, and his mourners an unruly lot of monsters. The second segment has Pernell Roberts and Susan Oliver as a couple on the verge of divorce who are helped by a persistent juke box. The jukebox in a diner repeatedly plays the same sad song. And the final segment will be distasteful to many people. It stars Elsa Lanchester as an old lady with "green fingers," who can make anything grew. Cameron Mitchell is the man who wants to buy the property she doesn't want to sell.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Tune in Dan's Cafe sit in the Night Gallery guide?
S02E45 is listed hour 62 of 98 — hour 45 of 64 in season 2, season 2 episode 45.
When did Night Gallery S02E45 air?
The Tune in Dan's Cafe aired 1972-01-05 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
The 1969 pilot, including the Spielberg-directed 'Eyes,' is the lore on-ramp; then any series hour that uses a painting as the portal. Anthology, so order is optional.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Night Gallery is Rod Serling after The Twilight Zone: paintings as cold opens, color horror, nastier punchlines. The 1969 NBC pilot even carries a young Spielberg directing credit in the lore. Serling's anthology brand shifts into a darker decade — less civics lesson, more gallery-wall dread, host still selling the moral in a tailored suit.
The silhouette is a painting used as a cold open. *Gallery-wall dread, color horror, a host still selling the moral in a tailored suit.* Night Gallery is Rod Serling after The Twilight Zone: nastier punchlines, less civics lesson, anthology dread entering the 1970s doorway. The 1969 NBC pilot even carries a young Spielberg directing credit — the segment Eyes — in the lore; the series ran 1970–1973. Serling hosts tales of horror and dark fantasy introduced through eerie gallery paintings, and wrote many segments,…
Filed against
- Rod Serling as Host
Rod Serling created and hosted The Twilight Zone — moral fables in a black suit, twist endings that taught America to fear its own reflection. Sponsor and censor battles are as legendary as the episodes. On TV Flash he is prestige…