The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 2, Episode 19 - Mr. Dingle, the Strong - full transcript

Luther Dingle is a meek and mild-mannered vacuum cleaner salesman. He spends some time in a bar but always seems to be in the middle of others arguments and always seems to get the worst of it. Courtesy of visiting - but invisible - aliens, he is given great strength, some 300 times greater than that of a normal human being. Dingle becomes something of a local celebrity but just how long will his powers last?

( eerie music)

YOU'RE TRAVELING
THROUGH ANOTHER DIMENSION

A DIMENSION NOT ONLY OF
SIGHT AND SOUND, BUT OF MIND

A JOURNEY INTO A WONDROUS LAND

WHOSE BOUNDARIES
ARE THAT OF IMAGINATION.

THAT'S THE SIGNPOST UP AHEAD.

YOUR NEXT STOP,
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

UNIQUELY AMERICAN INSTITUTION
KNOWN AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD BAR.

READING LEFT TO RIGHT ARE
MR. ANTHONY O'TOOLE, PROPRIETOR

WHO WATERS HIS
DRINKS LIKE GERANIUMS

BUT WHO STANDS FOUR-SQUARE
FOR PEACE AND QUIET



AND FOR BOOTHS FOR LADIES.

THIS IS MR. JOSEPH J. CALLAHAN,
AN UNREGISTERED BOOKIE

WHOSE ENTIRE LIFE IS
ANY SPORTING EVENT

WITH TWO SIDES
AND A SET OF ODDS.

HIS IDEA OF A MEETING AT
THE SUMMIT IS ANY DIALOGUE

BETWEEN A CATCHER AND PITCHER
WITH MORE THAN ONE MAN ON BASE.

AND THIS ANIMATED CITIZEN
IS EVERY ANONYMOUS BETTOR

WHO EVER DROPPED RENT MONEY

ON A HORSE RACE OR PRIZE
FIGHT OR A FLOATING CRAP GAME

AND WHO TOOK OUT HIS
FRUSTRATIONS AND HIS INSOLVENCY

ON ANY VULNERABLE
FELLOW BARSTOOL COMPANION

WITHIN ARM'S AND FIST'S REACH.

AND THIS IS MR. LUTHER DINGLE,
A VACUUM CLEANER SALESMAN

WHOSE VOLUME OF
BUSINESS IS ROUGHLY THAT



OF A VALET AT A HOBO CONVENTION.

HE'S A CONSUMMATE FAILURE
IN ALMOST EVERYTHING

BUT IS A GOOD LISTENER
AND HAS A PROMINENT JAW.

DON'T GIVE ME THAT, CALLAHAN.

I DON'T PAY OFF ON A BUM CALL.

THREE UMPIRES CALL THE MAN OUT.

I CALL THE MAN OUT.

60,000 FANS CALL THE MAN OUT.

THE FINAL SCORE WAS
PITTSBURGH 3, DODGERS NOTHING.

YOU AND I GOT AN EVEN BET, PAL.

I HAPPENED TO HAVE THE PIRATES.

YOU GOT THE DODGERS.

SO YOU OWE ME FIVE DOLLARS.

THE BALL WAS
FOUL WHEN IT HIT HIM

SO INSTEAD OF AN
OUT, IT WAS A FOUL BALL.

SO WHO'S TO SAY THERE WOULDN'T
HAVE BEEN A MAN ON BASE?

AND WHEN PIGNATANO GOT A
SINGLE A RUN WOULD HAVE SCORED.

AND FURTHERMORE, CALLAHAN,

YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A CHEATING
INSULT TO THE AMERICAN BOOKIE.

I'LL GIVE YOU FIVE SECONDS
TO TAKE BACK THAT INNUENDO.

CALLAHAN, I TOLD YOU
ONCE BEFORE ALREADY.

YOU START ANOTHER BRAWL IN HERE

AND I'M GOING TO FIX
THAT MOUTH OF YOURS

SO ANY FUTURE DRINKING YOU'LL DO

IS GONNA BE THROUGH
A TUBE STUCK IN A VEIN.

ME? WHY ME? TELL IT
TO THE TROUBLEMAKER.

THE NUMBER-ONE WELCHER

OF ALL THE WESTERN
STATES SITTING OVER HERE.

HIS FATHER OWES MY FATHER FROM
THE SECOND DEMPSEY-TUNNEY FIGHT.

YEAH? YEAH? YEAH?

MAINLY ON ACCOUNT
OF IT WAS A BUM CALL.

HEY, BUDDY, DID YOU
SEE THE TUNNEY FIGHT?

YOU REMEMBER THE REFEREE
WITH THE LONG COUNT?

THE GUY WAS KNOCKED
CLEAR OUT OF THE RING.

YOU COULD HAVE GONE UP IN
THE STANDS, GOT A CAN OF BEER

ENGAGED IN A LITTLE CONVERSATION

COME BACK, SIT DOWN IN YOUR SEAT

AND THE REFEREE STILL
WASN'T FINISHED COUNTING.

NOW, I ASK YOU, HOW ABOUT THAT?

I ASK YOU, HOW ABOUT IT?

ME?

YEAH, YEAH, YOU.

DID YOU WATCH THE GAME
ON TELEVISION LAST NIGHT?

YOU TALK ABOUT BUM CALLS.

DUKE SNIDER WAS UP

AND IT WAS IN THE NINTH INNING.

TWO MEN WERE OUT.

HOWARD AND MOON WERE
ON FIRST AND SECOND.

AND THIS UMPIRE WITH
NO PUPILS IN HIS EYES

CALLS A FOUL BALL
AN OUT. DID YOU SEE IT?

( stuttering:) AS A MATTER OF FACT I
DID WATCH THE GAME ON TELEVISION.

EXCEPTIONAL DEFENSIVE
PLAY, EXCEPTIONAL.

ABNER D-D-DOUBLEDAY
WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD.

NEVER MIND ABOUT
ABNER DOUBLEDAY.

I'M WILLING TO
LEAVE IT UP TO YOU.

WAS IT A FOUL BALL
OR WAS IT AN OUT?

IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE
BALL FELL INTO FAIR TERRITORY

AND THEREFORE WHEN
STRIKING THE GROUND

AND HITTING THE BATTER

THE RULES VERY DEFINITELY
STATE THE BATTER WAS OUT.

YOU ASKED THE MAN,
YOU GOT AN ANSWER.

OF COURSE YOU REALIZE, PAL

THAT YOU'RE CALLING ME A LIAR.

NOW, I'M NOT AN UNREASONABLE MAN

SO I'M GOING TO GIVE
YOU ONE MORE CHANCE.

WAS IT A FOUL BALL
OR WAS IT AN OUT?

WELL, IT'S MY
CONSIDERED OPINION...

HOW'S COME YOU GOT TO
ALWAYS BE HITTING DINGLE?

YOU HIT HIM LAST WEEK,
YOU HIM THE WEEK BEFORE.

A MAN CAN ONLY STAND SO MUCH.

I'M TIRED OF THIS GUY
CONTRADICTING ME.

AND WHEN A GUY CALLS ME A LIAR

THERE'S MY HONOR
TO BE CONSIDERED.

YOUR HONOR?

YOU'VE GOT NOTHING
IN LINE IN YOU

FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR ARCHES

TO WHERE YOU PART YOUR HAIR

WHICH IS PRETTY TOUGH TO FIND.

AND WHEN YOU DIE

THEY'LL HAVE TO SCREW
YOU IN THE GROUND.

AM I CROOKED?

YOU GOT TO BELIEVE ME.

AM I CROOKED?

DINGLE, DINGLE, FOR ONCE...

FOR ONCE, WHY CAN'T
YOU BE NEUTRAL?

AM I CROOKED?

WHY DON'T YOU TELL THE MAN?

WAIT A MINUTE, BACK OFF.

ARE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT THIS?

AND THESE TWO UNSEEN GENTLEMEN
ARE VISITORS FROM OUTER SPACE.

THEY'RE ABOUT TO ALTER
THE DESTINY OF LUTHER DINGLE

BY LEAVING HIM A LEGACY

THE KIND YOU CAN'T
HARDLY FIND NO MORE.

IN JUST A MOMENT, A SAD-FACED,
PERENNIAL PUNCHING BAG

WHO MISSED EVEN THE
CABOOSE OF LIFE'S GRAVY TRAIN

WILL TAKE A SHORT CONSTITUTIONAL

INTO THAT MOST
UNPREDICTABLE REGION

THAT WE REFER TO
AS THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

THIS MAN DON'T KNOW THE
FIRST THING ABOUT BASEBALL.

( men arguing)

IF ANYBODY CAN TELL ME

THE PHILLIES DESERVED

WINNING THE PENNANT THAT YEAR

THEY'RE OUT OF THEIR MINDS.

YOU SURE WE'RE INVISIBLE?

BEYOND ANY DOUBT.

I WISH THEY WERE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

( arguing)

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ANSWER.

JUST BECAUSE HE
DON'T LIKE THE PHILLIES...

LET ME TELL HIM.

YOU HAVE A BRAIN OF
YOUR OWN, DON'T YOU?

YOU HAVE YOUR OWN VIEWPOINT.

WHAT DID YOU THINK
OF THE PHILLIES OF 1953?

PHILLIES... 1953?

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT, PHILLIES OF 1953.

YOU EVER SEE SUCH
JERKY-LOOKING CREATURES?

AND ONE HEAD YET.

TYPICAL EARTHMEN.

NOT REALLY THOUGH.
THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE,

THE ONE WHO JUST SUFFERED
THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE

HE MAY BE THE ONE
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.

HOW DO YOU MEAN?

SILENCE, I'M
RECEIVING HIS WAVES.

NAME IS DINGLE, ABJECT COWARD

DOES NOT EVEN POSSESS WHAT EARTH
CREATURES CALL MINIMUM MUSCLES.

DECIDEDLY A SUB-PHYSICAL TYPE.

I THINK WE HAVE
FOUND OUR SUBJECT.

YOU INTEND TO GIVE HIM
THE ADDITIONAL STRENGTH?

WE HAVEN'T FOUND
ANYONE WEAKER, HAVE WE?

I BELIEVE HE WILL BE AN
EXCEPTIONAL SUBJECT.

GIVE HIM AROUND 11
SECOGRAMS ATOMIC WEIGHT.

THAT SHOULD MAKE HIM
ROUGHLY 300 TIMES STRONGER

THAN THE AVERAGE HUMAN BEING.

YES, I THINK THAT WILL DO IT.

WE HAD BETTER CONTACT
CENTRAL LABORATORIES

TELL THEM WE HAVE
FOUND A SUBJECT.

IN OTHER WORDS,
YOU'RE TELLING ME

THAT YOU THOUGHT ROBIN
ROBERTS HAD MORE STUFF

THAN CLEM LEVINE?

WELL, TO BE FRANK AND CANDID

THOSE TWO MEN, AS
GOOD AS THEY BOTH ARE

AND ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL...

COME ON ALREADY, TAKE YOUR PICK.

ROBERTS?

FOR THE LAST TIME.

YOU START ONE MORE
ROUGHHOUSE IN HERE

AND I WON'T LET YOU COME BACK.

NOW, LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

HOW YOU FEELING, DINGLE?

C-C-CLEM L-L-L-LEVINE
WAS DEFINITELY SUPERIOR.

YOU SEE? ALL I MADE HIM DO

WAS SEE THINGS CLEARER.

I CAN OBSERVE HIM NOW.

LET HIM HAVE IT.

( electrical crackling)

HOW ABOUT IT, DINGLE?

HOW YOU DOING?

DEFINITELY CLEM LEVINE.

DINGLE, WOULD YOU
MIND A LITTLE ADVICE?

NOW, THE WHOLE
WORLD IS FULL OF GUYS

THAT ARE GOING TO GET
PUNCHED IN THE NOSE

NO MATTER WHO THEY
PICK IN A BALL GAME

WHO THEY VOTE FOR.

NOW, YOU WANT TO KNOW MY ADVICE

FOR WHAT YOU SHOULD DO

FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?

JUST DON'T TALK, JUST NOD.

SOMEBODY ASKS YOU
WHO YOU LIKE IN THE THIRD

YOU JUST SMILE.

UNDERSTAND, DINGLE?

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

IT'S VERY ODD.

WHAT'S ODD?

I... I FEEL F-F-FUNNY.

FUNNY?

YEAH.

WONDER WHAT CAUSED THAT?

CAUSED WHAT?

WELL, THIS VACUUM
CLEANER, IT'S...

LIGHT AS A FEATHER.

NOT THAT THE
MACHINE ISN'T RIGHT.

NO, SIR, IT'S THE
LIGHTEST ON THE MARKET.

YES, SIR, I TELL YOU

IT'S A HANDY-DANDY
PIECE OF MERCHANDISE.

GUARANTEED TO LIGHTEN THE
LOAD AND LENGTHEN THE LIFE

OF THAT PARTNER IN THE
HOME, TH-TH-THE HOUSEWIFE.

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
IT WAS THIS LIGHT.

DINGLE, I ALWAYS FIGURED YOU

FOR A NICE GUY.

YOU NEVER CAUSED ME NO TROUBLE.

NOW WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU
GOT TO WRECK MY FRONT DOOR?

MR. O'TOOLE, I'M MYSTIFIED.

I'M ABSOLUTELY MYSTIFIED.

THIS DOOR SEEMED TO
COME RIGHT OFF IN MY HAND.

YOU HERE AGAIN?

DIDN'T MY OLD MAN SAY

HE WAS GONNA
PUNCH YOU IN THE NOSE

IF YOU CAME AROUND
HERE BOTHERING US AGAIN?

YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT.

IT'S THE WRONG NUMBER.

I WAS HEADED ACROSS THE STREET.

NOW THAT'S NOT THE BEST OF
ALL POSSIBLE MANNERS, IS IT?

AW, GO PEDDLE YOUR
VACUUM CLEANERS, YOU CREEP

AND THROW ME MY BALL BACK.

ALL RIGHT, RUN OUT FOR THE PASS.

HEY, MISTER, WHERE'D YOU
LEARN TO FLING A BALL LIKE THAT?

WHY, I DON'T KNOW.
I REALLY DON'T...

WHAT IS HAPPENING?

WHAT ON EARTH IS
HAPPENING TO ME?

TAXI, TAXI, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

OH, BELIEVE ME, THIS IS AS MUCH
A MYSTERY TO ME AS IT IS TO YOU.

THEY DON'T MAKE HANDLES
LIKE THEY USED TO, DO THEY?

OH, I'M SORR...

( clears throat)

EXCUSE ME, MISS.

YES.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO
THINK I'M A MASHER.

I'M CERTAINLY NOT A MASHER.

BUT WOULD YOU MIND
ANSWERING A QUESTION?

THAT DEPENDS.

WELL, WHAT I MEAN
IS LOOKING AT ME

IN A PERFUNCTORY,
CURSORY FIRST SURVEIL

DO I APPEAR ABNORMAL IN ANY WAY?

NOT AT ALL.

NOT UNLESS YOU PLAN
TO USE THAT IN THE PARK.

OH, THAT.

DO YOU KNOW THAT UP
UNTIL A FEW HOURS AGO

I SOLD THOSE.

OR I WENT THROUGH THE MOTIONS.

I WAS A VERY BAD SALESMAN.

MISERABLE.

YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK

I ONLY MADE 89
CENTS IN COMMISSIONS.

THAT WAS FOR AN ATTACHMENT.

IT'S THE UPHOLSTERY NOZZLE.

AND I SOLD IT TO A DRUNK

WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A
DIVINING ROD FOR ALCOHOL.

OH, I FULLY EXPECT TO BE FIRED

BUT THAT IS THE
LEAST OF MY TROUBLE.

WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED

IN HEARING THE
MOST OF MY WORRIES?

GO AHEAD.

WATCH.

( screaming)

YOU SEE?

NOW, W-W-WATCH THIS.

HEY, BUDDY, I'M A REPORTER
WITH THE BULLETIN.

WOULD YOU MIND DOING THAT AGAIN?

WITH THE ROCK?

THAT'S RIGHT.

INCIDENTALLY, WHAT'S THE GAG?

THERE'S NO GAG, SEE?

GET ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE.

THIS I GOT TO GET IN THE PAPER.

GOODNESS.

( clock ticking)

( alarm ringing)

( ringing stops)

MR. DINGLE, IF WHAT
WE HEAR IS TRUE

DO YOU REALIZE HOW
MUCH MONEY CAN BE MADE

ON A TOUR WITH OUR CARNIVAL?

MR. DINGLE, THIS
IS A CON ARTIST.

YOUR FUTURE LIES IN TELEVISION.

YOU'RE THE WALKING,
TALKING EMBODIMENT

OF EVERY AMERICAN
MALE'S WISH FULFILLMENT.

YOU'RE JOHN Q. CITIZEN.

YOU'RE BABBITT, YOU'RE
TOM, DICK AND HARRY.

NOW HERE'S OUR
IDEA FOR THE SERIES.

A SIMPLE 15-MINUTE
ADDRESS BY YOU

WITH LITTLE EXAMPLES OF
YOUR PHYSICAL PROWESS.

IT'S A NATURAL FOR
BREAKFAST CEREALS

TONICS, VITAMIN PILLS, ANYTHING.

AND I KEEP TELLING
YOU YOU LINE UP WITH ME

I'LL GET YOU SOME EASY SETUPS.

INSIDE OF EIGHT MONTHS

I'LL HAVE YOU FIGHTING

FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

THAT'S SO RIDICULOUS.

Man: WOULD THE PEOPLE
SURROUNDING MR. DINGLE

JUST GET OUT OF THE WAY, PLEASE.

OUT OF THE WAY.

THE CAMERA IN THERE
AND THAT LIGHT THERE AND...

( clears throat)

HELLO, THERE, FRIENDS.

JASON ABERNATHY HERE WITH
YOUR SHOW, TV PROBES THE UNUSUAL.

AND OUR UNUSUAL SUBJECT
TODAY IS MR. LUTHER DINGLE

WHO, IF WHAT ACTUAL
ONLOOKERS SAY IS TRUE

IS THE WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN.

MR. DINGLE...

MR. DINGLE, WOULD YOU
CARE TO GIVE US AN EXAMPLE

OF THIS FANTASTIC ALLEGED
STRENGTH OF YOURS?

I'D BE HA-HAPPY TO.

IS IT ALL RIGHT,
MR. O'TOOLE IF I...

ARE YOU KIDDING?

I AIN'T DONE SO MUCH BUSINESS

SINCE THE NIGHT THEY
REPEALED THE 18th AMENDMENT.

BE MY GUEST, MR. DINGLE.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO START
WITH SIMPLE THINGS.

Abernathy: WONDERFUL.

( applause)

( humming)

( cheering)

( humming)

WAIT A MINUTE, DINGLE.

AIN'T YOU EVER HEARD OF
BYGONES BEING BYGONES?

Man: THAT'S AMAZING.

( cheering and applause)

Man: BRAVO!

HAD ENOUGH?

MOST INFERIOR.

WE GIVE HIM THE
STRENGTH OF 300 MEN

AND HE USES IT FOR
PETTY EXHIBITION.

GIVE HIM 20 OR 30 SECONDS MORE

THEN REMOVE THE POWER.

EXCELLENT IDEA.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE OFF.

THREE PLANETS ON
TOMORROW'S ITINERARY.

ONE SHOULD BE
PARTICULARLY INTERESTING...

CONTAINS ONLY FEMALES.

AND NOW, LADIES...

AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

I BELIEVE THE MOST
UNIQUE TRICK OF ALL

I SHALL RAISE THIS ENTIRE
BUILDING WITH MY BARE HANDS.

WHAT? RAISE THE BUILDING?

HE CAN'T DO THAT.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

( building rumbling)

( electronic crackling)

Man: I DON'T KNOW.

HE SEEMS TO HAVE LOST IT.

Man: HE'S A FAKE,
THAT'S WHAT HE IS.

I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM.

POOR LITTLE GUY
HE'S LOST HIS BELIEF.

HE'S A SAD LITTLE MAN, ISN'T HE?

UH-OH! UH-OH!

( laughter)

ALL RIGHT, LEAVE OFF
OF POOR DINGLE HERE.

NOW, COME ON,
EVERYBODY OUT OF HERE.

COME ON, BEAT IT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

YOU HAVE THIS STATION'S
ABJECT APOLOGY.

WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT
WAS A TRICK... OBVIOUSLY...

WELL, WE'RE OFF THE AIR...

FOR GOOD, I THINK.

SO LONG, HERCULES.

BRING THAT THING OUT OF HERE.

( electronic crackling)

Both: HOW ARE YOU, FELLAS?

NICE SEEING YOU.

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

( deep voice): VENUS.
HOW ABOUT YOU?

MARS. CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS?

YEAH, AND YOU?

SUDDEN INTRODUCTION OF STRENGTH

TO SUBNORMAL EARTHMAN.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

SUDDEN INTRODUCTION
OF EXTREME INTELLIGENCE.

FIND ANY INTERESTING SUBJECTS?

THAT ONE OVER THERE.

HE'S REFERRED TO AS A DINGLE.

HE CERTAINLY IS SUB-PHYSICAL.

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED
IF HE'S SUB-MENTAL, TOO.

LOOKS LIKELY ENOUGH.

GIVE HIM THE
INTELLIGENCE QUOTA RAY.

HOW STRONG?

MAKE IT ABOUT... LET'S SEE.

PERHAPS 500 TIMES
MORE INTELLIGENT

THAN THE AVERAGE HUMAN.

( high-pitched beeping)

Announcer: Roebuck's ready.

Here's the pitch.

High and outside.

HE COULDN'T HIT THE
LENGTH OF THE BAT.

I'LL LAY YOU FIVE
TO ONE HE GETS ON.

LOGAN? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?

HEY, HEY, DINGLE.

WHAT ABOUT IT?

WHAT WILL HE DO?

VARIOUS FACTORS ARE
BROUGHT INTO PLAY HERE

INVOLVING THE
LAWS OF PROBABILITY

INTERSPERSED WITH THE
PROCESS OF CALCULUS

FENAGLIAN LAWS OF CHANCE
AND THE SUBDIVISIONAL GREPPLE

WHICH IS BASED ON
THE POSITION OF BODIES

IN MATHEMATICAL
RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BODIES.

NOW, IN THIS CASE,
USING THE TWO FACTORS

REPRESENTED BY THE
DIVISIONS INVOLVED

I THINK THAT THE BATTER WILL
UNQUESTIONABLY HIT A HOME RUN.

A home run by Johnny Logan.

HOLY MACKEREL!

HOW ABOUT THAT?

LIGHT.

Two to one.

A tremendous blow
over the left-field fence.

NOW, IT APPEARS
TO ME IT IS APPARENT

IN A MATHEMATICAL PLAN

THAT THE ENTIRE QUANTUM THEORY

OF SPACE AND TIME RELATIVITY

MUST HAVE BEEN EQUATED
WITH THE PARELLELIAN ROLE

OF DEFINITIVE NUMERICAL
DIALECTIC ALGEBRAIC

AND MUST BE FURTHER ANNOTATED...

EXIT MR. LUTHER DINGLE, FORMERLY
VACUUM CLEANER SALESMAN

STRONGEST MAN ON EARTH,
AND NOW MENTAL GIANT.

THESE LATTER POWERS WILL LIKELY
BE ELIMINATED BEFORE TOO LONG

BUT MR. DINGLE HAS AN APPEAL

TO EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL NOTE-TAKERS

AS WELL AS TO FRUSTRATED
AND INSOLVENT BET-LOSERS.

OFFHAND, I'D SAY

HE WAS IN FOR A GREAT DEAL
OF EXTREMELY ODD PERIODS

SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE ARE
SO MANY INHABITED PLANETS

WHO SEND DOWN OBSERVERS

AND ALSO BECAUSE OF
COURSE MR. DINGLE LIVES HIS LIFE

WITH ONE FOOT IN HIS MOUTH AND
THE OTHER IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

Announcer: ROD SERLING, THE
CREATOR OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE

WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
NEXT WEEK'S STORY

AFTER THIS WORD FROM
OUR ALTERNATE SPONSOR.

AND NOW, MR. SERLING.

ITEM OF CONSEQUENCE: A RADIO.

A CARRYOVER FROM THAT OTHER ERA

WHEN QUIZ SHOWS
WENT UP TO ONLY $64

AND ENTERTAINMENT WAS
AIMED ONLY AT THE EARS.

MR. CHARLES
BEAUMONT HAS GIVEN US

A MOST UNUSUAL
STORY CALLED "STATIC."

WE INVITE YOU TO
WATCH MR. DEAN JAGGER

FIDDLE WITH A FEW OF THESE
KNOBS, CHANGE A FEW STATIONS

AND FIND A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS

THAT ARE BROADCAST
ONLY IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

Announcer: SEE THE NEW ANDY
GRIFFITH SHOW EACH WEEK

OVER MOST OF THESE STATIONS.

CONSULT LOCAL LISTINGS.