Twentyyearsaftertheoriginalserieslefttheair,andoverfiveyearsafterHitchcock‘sdeath,thefamousdirectorachievedauniquedistinction;hebecamethefirstpersoninhistorytoreturnfromthedeadtohostanewTVseries.FilmsofhisoriginalBlack-and-Whiteintroductionswerecomputer“colorized”andusedtointroducethenewepisodes.Someofthecolorepisodesmadeforthe1985revivalserieswereentirelynewstories,whileotherswereremakesoforiginalscripts.Hitchcock’sBlackHumortookonaneeriequalitycoming,asitwere,fromthegrave.ItwasthesortofMacabretouchtheMasterwouldhaveenjoyed.