Walking Distance
E237693
"Walking Distance" is a highly acclaimed 1959 episode of the original The Twilight Zone series, in which a stressed ad executive magically revisits his idyllic childhood town and confronts the impossibility of recapturing the past.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walking Distance canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2120484 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walking Distance Context triple: [The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes), hasNotableEpisode, Walking Distance]
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A.
Walk It Out
"Walk It Out" is a song by American singer and actress Jennifer Hudson.
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B.
Distance and Time
"Distance and Time" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys that reflects on love, longing, and emotional separation.
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C.
Walking Contradiction
"Walking Contradiction" is a punk rock song by the American band Green Day, known for its catchy riffs and lyrics about personal inconsistency and hypocrisy.
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D.
Locomotion
Locomotion is a railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, England, that showcases historic locomotives and rolling stock as part of the Science Museum Group.
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E.
"Put One Foot in Front of the Other"
"Put One Foot in Front of the Other" is a cheerful, motivational song from the classic Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas special "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," known for its catchy tune about gradual self-improvement and change.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walking Distance Target entity description: "Walking Distance" is a highly acclaimed 1959 episode of the original The Twilight Zone series, in which a stressed ad executive magically revisits his idyllic childhood town and confronts the impossibility of recapturing the past.
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A.
Walk It Out
"Walk It Out" is a song by American singer and actress Jennifer Hudson.
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B.
Distance and Time
"Distance and Time" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys that reflects on love, longing, and emotional separation.
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C.
Walking Contradiction
"Walking Contradiction" is a punk rock song by the American band Green Day, known for its catchy riffs and lyrics about personal inconsistency and hypocrisy.
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D.
Locomotion
Locomotion is a railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, England, that showcases historic locomotives and rolling stock as part of the Science Museum Group.
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E.
"Put One Foot in Front of the Other"
"Put One Foot in Front of the Other" is a cheerful, motivational song from the classic Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas special "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," known for its catchy tune about gradual self-improvement and change.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
The Twilight Zone episode
ⓘ
television episode ⓘ |
| airDate | October 30, 1959 ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor | television ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Robert Stevens ⓘ |
| followedBy | Escape Clause ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Martin Sloan ⓘ |
| medium | television broadcast ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bernard Herrmann ⓘ |
| narrator | Rod Serling ⓘ |
| notableFor | exploration of nostalgia and the impossibility of recapturing childhood ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | 1959-10-30 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Twilight Zone (TV series)
ⓘ
surface form:
The Twilight Zone (original series)
|
| plotSummary | A stressed advertising executive returns to his childhood hometown and finds himself back in the past, confronting the impossibility of reliving his youth. ⓘ |
| precededBy | One for the Angels ⓘ |
| producer | Buck Houghton ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | advertising executive ⓘ |
| runningTime | 25 minutes ⓘ |
| season | Season 1 ⓘ |
| series |
The Twilight Zone (TV series)
ⓘ
surface form:
The Twilight Zone
|
| setting | Homewood ⓘ |
| starring |
Anne Barton
ⓘ
Ernest Truex ⓘ
surface form:
Barry Truex
Byron Foulger ⓘ Frank Overton ⓘ Gig Young ⓘ Helen Brown ⓘ Irene Tedrow ⓘ Joe Mell ⓘ Lillian O'Malley ⓘ Marlene Warfield ⓘ Michael Montgomery ⓘ Robert Connelly ⓘ Ronnie Dapo ⓘ Sheridan Comerate ⓘ Terry Burnham ⓘ |
| theme |
irretrievability of the past
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midlife crisis ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| writer | Rod Serling ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walking Distance Description of subject: "Walking Distance" is a highly acclaimed 1959 episode of the original The Twilight Zone series, in which a stressed ad executive magically revisits his idyllic childhood town and confronts the impossibility of recapturing the past.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.