The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 5, Episode 13 - Ring-A-Ding Girl - full transcript

YOU UNLOCK THIS DOOR
WITH THE KEY OF IMAGINATION.

BEYOND IT IS
ANOTHER DIMENSION...

A DIMENSION OF SOUND...

A DIMENSION OF SIGHT...

A DIMENSION OF MIND.

YOU'RE MOVING INTO A LAND OF
BOTH SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE,

OF THINGS AND IDEAS.

YOU'VE JUST CROSSED
OVER INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

I KNOW.

I KNOW.

I KNOW!



I KNOW, AND YOU ARE
MAKING ME ALL THE LATER.

AND LOVESVILLE TO YOU.

IVOR IS NERVOUS.

SO AM I... YOU'VE 25 MINUTES

TO GET TO THE AIRPORT.

WON'T THEY HOLD THE PLANE?

NOT FOREVER.

YOU'D BETTER SHIFT GEARS.

I'M ALL PACKED,
EXCEPT FOR MY RINGS.

I'M GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THEM.

OH, YOU KOOK.

IT WAS YOUR IDEA.

IT WAS MY IDEA IT WOULD
MAKE GOOD PUBLICITY

IF THE RING-A-DING
GIRL COLLECTED RINGS.



NOW, YOU'D BETTER HAUL
YOUR FANTAIL OUT OF HERE,

OR ALL YOU'RE GONNA SEE OF
THAT PLANE IS A VAPOR TRAIL.

OH, THIS JUST CAME
SPECIAL DELIVERY.

YOU CAN LOOK AT IT ON THE PLANE.

I ADORE PRESENTS.
LET THE PLANE WAIT.

"PLEASE ACCEPT THE ENCLOSED
AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTION

OF YOUR FAN CLUB
IN HOWARDVILLE."

DO YOU KNOW WHERE
HOWARDVILLE IS?

DOESN'T EVERYBODY?

YOU'LL SEE IT IF YOU LOOK DOWN.

WE FLY RIGHT OVER
THE CENTER OF TOWN.

WELL, HOORAY FOR US.

HOWARDVILLE HAPPENS
TO BE MY HOMETOWN,

AND MY LOYALEST
FANS ARE STILL THERE.

DO YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T HAVE
GOTTEN HERE IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THEM.

THEY ACTUALLY
TOOK UP A COLLECTION

TO PAY MY FARE TO HOLLYWOOD.

WHAT'D THEY SEND YOU...
THE KEY TO THE LOCAL STILL?

WELL, LET'S FIND OUT.

YOU FIND OUT.

I'M GOING TO GET THIS
ICE DOWN TO THE CAR.

BUNNY, COME HOME.

COME HOME, BUNNY.

BUNNY, THIS IS HILDY.

COME HOME COME HOME COME HOME...

OCCUPATION, FILM ACTRESS.

RESIDENCE,
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA,

OR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THAT
CAMERAS HAPPEN TO BE GRINDING.

BUNNY BLAKE IS A PUBLIC FIGURE.

WHAT SHE WEARS, EATS,
THINKS, SAYS IS NEWS.

BUT UNDERNEATH THE GLAMOUR,
THE MAKEUP, THE PUBLICITY

THE BUILDUP, THE COSTUMING

IS A FLESH-AND-BLOOD
PERSON, A BEAUTIFUL GIRL

ABOUT TO TAKE A LONG AND BIZARRE
JOURNEY INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

YEAH, OKAY, NANCY.

HEY, WE STILL GOING
TO THE DANCE FRIDAY?

GREAT. Hildy: BUD!

WHAT?

I NEED THAT PICNIC
BASKET OUT OF THE CELLAR.

OH, LOOK, I'LL CALL
YOU RIGHT BACK.

HEY, CAN'T I FINISH
READING THE BALL SCORES?

NOW, BUSTER. I'M GOING
TO PACK THE SANDWICHES

JUST AS SOON AS I FINISH
CLEANING THIS ROOM.

HEY, YOU KNOW,
THE PAPER SAYS RAIN.

YEAH, I KNOW. SO DOES THE RADIO.

BUT JUST IN THE NORTH
PART OF THE COUNTY.

WILL YOU PLEASE GET
THE PICNIC BASKET?

AND THEN CLEAN UP YOUR
ROOM... AND MOW THE LAWN.

AREN'T THERE ANY LAWS

AGAINST CHILD
LABOR IN THIS STATE?

Bunny: BOO.

BUNNY!

I DON'T BELIEVE IT!

OH, IT HAS BEEN SO LONG!

I'VE LOOKED FORWARD TO IT SO!
I THINK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME.

BUT HOW DID YOU EVER GET IN HERE

WITHOUT ME HEARING YOU?
IT'S SO GOOD TO BE HOME!

I COULD JUST SHAKE YOU.

THAT IS NO WAY TO
GREET A CELEBRITY.

BUT FIVE YEARS, AND NOT
EVEN ONE SPECK OF WARNING.

OH, YOU KNOW ME... GLAMOROUS,

UNPREDICTABLE,
FULL OF SURPRISES...

THE SAME OLD NUT.

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO
COME HOME OUT OF THE BLUE?

I THOUGHT MAYBE
YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ME.

OH, I'M TICKLED TO DEATH.

AND MAYBE IT WAS THE RING.

OH, IT ARRIVED.

WHAT A PROJECT THAT WAS.

EVERYONE IN TOWN
CHIPPED IN A DOLLAR,

AND THEY LET ME PICK IT OUT.

DO YOU REALLY LIKE IT?

I LOVE IT.

SIS, IS EVERYTHING
ALL RIGHT HERE?

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

NEVER BETTER. WHY?

OH, I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE I'M HAVING HALLUCINATIONS.

OH, DON'T DRAG THAT ON THE
FLOOR. I HAVEN'T EVEN VACUUMED.

OH, THAT'S THE WAY
YOU DO IT IN HOLLYWOOD.

THEY TEACH YOU IN DRAMA CLASS.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO SHOW
THAT YOU REALLY DON'T CARE

AND BESIDES, YOU'VE GOT TEN
MORE AT HOME IN THE CLOSET.

HOW DO YOU LIKE THE WALK?

YOU DIDN'T LEARN
THAT IN DRAMA CLASS.

MY ONE NATURAL TALENT.

OH, BUNNY, WE'RE
SO PROUD OF YOU...

THE WHOLE TOWN IS.

HOW LONG DO WE GET TO KEEP YOU?

JUST FOR ONE DAY.

OH, THAT'S NOT
NEARLY LONG ENOUGH.

I'M STEALING TIME AS IT IS, SIS.

I'M SUPPOSED TO BE IN ROME.

BUT I GOT TO THE AIRPORT,
AND RIGHT AT THE LAST MINUTE

I SAID, "SHOOT, I'M GOING HOME."

AUNT BUNNY!

WHO IS THIS DIVINE MAN?

HELLO, AUNT BUNNY.

IS IT REALLY BUD?

FUNNY, I THOUGHT IT WAS
ROCK, OR MAYBE CARY.

YEAH, MOM SAID YOU
WERE A SCREWBALL.

AND SHE WAS RIGHT.

GEE, IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME.

I'M SO ANXIOUS TO
SEE EVERYBODY...

ALL MY OLD FRIENDS AND ALL.

YOU PICKED THE RIGHT DAY FOR IT.

YOU REMEMBER THE
FOUNDER'S DAY PICNIC?

HOW COULD I FORGET IT?

THE YEAR I WON
THE BEAUTY PAGEANT

WAS WHAT REALLY GOT ME STARTED.

WELL, THE PICNIC
IS THIS AFTERNOON.

EVERYONE IN TOWN WILL BE THERE.

PICNIC?

OF COURSE YOU'LL COME?

PICNIC!

BUD AND I HAVE TO GO...

I'M ON THE FOOD COMMITTEE,

AND HE'S THE LIFEGUARD.

GOOD MORNING,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THIS IS YOUR YOUNG
OLD FRIEND, BEN BRADEN,

HOWARDVILLE'S ANSWER
TO ARTHUR GODFREY,

BRINGING YOU THE
NEWS AND WEATHER

AND A VERY SPECIAL HELLO TO YOU,
BUNNY BLAKE, WHEREVER YOU ARE.

BUNNY, PLEASE COME HOME.

WE NEED YOU, WE NEED
YOU, WE NEED YOU...

OH...

BUNNY, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

BUNNY, WHAT IS IT?

BUD, CALL DR. FLOYD.

BUNNY!

I PLAYED A NURSE
IN A MOVIE ONCE.

THE DOCTOR REMINDED ME OF YOU.

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

A KINDLY, GRUFF
OLD FAMILY PHYSICIAN.

I SAW IT.

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
SHOULD HAVE SUED.

UH, I WAS FAKING...

ABOUT BEING SICK, I MEAN.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE YOU.

WELL, THAT'S FLATTERING.

WHAT'S YOUR DIAGNOSIS?

ONE TIRED LITTLE GIRL.

WHAT DO YOU DO IN
HOLLYWOOD, ANYWAY?

ME? I GLOW.

WIND ME, AND I LIGHT UP.

TURN ME ON AND I GIVE OFF
INCANDESCENT SPARKLES.

HECK, DOC, I'M A STAR.

WELL, YOU'VE BEEN SPARKLING

A LITTLE TOO MUCH LATELY.

WHAT YOU NEED IS
SLEEP, REST, FRESH AIR

AND SOME OF HILDY'S
GOOD COOKING.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE IT A
LITTLE EASY FOR A WHILE.

SORRY, KINDLY, GRUFF
OLD FAMILY PHYSICIAN

BUT THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

THERE IS A PRODUCER IN
ROME RIGHT THIS MINUTE

PULLING OUT WHAT'S
LEFT OF HIS HAIR

WONDERING WHERE I AM.

TELL ME HIS NAME, AND
I'LL CABLE HIM YOU'RE SICK.

BUT I'M NOT SICK.

YOUR SISTER SAID
YOU WERE IN SHOCK,

THAT YOU SEEMED NOT TO
HEAR HER OR EVEN TO SEE HER

DURING THAT SEIZURE.

IT WAS A PERFORMANCE.

EVIDENTLY A VERY CONVINCING ONE.

I TOLD YOU, IT WAS ALL AN
EXCUSE TO GET YOU OVER HERE.

THERE'S SOMETHING I
WANT TO ASK YOU. WELL?

YOU USED TO BE A VERY BIG DEAL
ON THE FOUNDER'S DAY COMMITTEE.

STILL AM.

I'M THE CHAIRMAN.

WELL, AS ONE KINDLY, GRUFF
OLD FAMILY FRIEND TO ANOTHER

WOULD YOU DO ME A
VERY LARGE FAVOR?

I'LL TRY.

PUT OFF THE PICNIC...

POSTPONE IT TO ANOTHER DAY.

REALLY?

YOU CAN'T BE
SERIOUS, BUNNY... WHY?

I'VE ONLY GOT ONE
DAY TO SPEND AT HOME.

I WANT IT TO BE A
PLAIN, ORDINARY

APPLE-PIE KIND OF DAY...
THE WAY I REMEMBER.

I WANT TO DROP IN ON OLD FRIENDS

AND SURPRISE THEM AT HOME.

YOU CAN SEE THEM AT THE PICNIC.

IT WOULDN'T BE THE SAME...

THERE'D BE CROWDS,
NEW PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW,

STRANGERS TUGGING
AT ME FOR AUTOGRAPHS.

I'D BE MISERABLE.

BUNNY, YOU CAN'T
SERIOUSLY EXPECT

THAT AN ENTIRE TOWN IS
GOING TO REARRANGE ITS PLANS

JUST TO SUIT YOUR WHIM.

DOC, I LOVE THIS TOWN,
AND I LOVE THE PEOPLE.

WOULD I ASK THEM
TO DO THIS FOR ME

IF IT WEREN'T MORE THAN A WHIM?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR
LIFE IS LIKE AWAY FROM HERE.

PERHAPS IN HOLLYWOOD YOU CAN
MAKE AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST

AND YOUR CAPRICE IS GRATIFIED.

BUT THIS ISN'T HOLLYWOOD.

NOW, I'M GOING TO
GIVE YOU SOMETHING

THAT WILL HELP YOU REST.

"RING-A-DING GIRL"...

BUT SHE DON'T FOOL CYRUS GENTRY.

MISS HIGH AND MIGHTY
COMING BACK HERE

LIKE SHE WAS SOMEBODY SPECIAL.

WELL, YOU ARE
SPECIAL... RIGHT NOW.

MAYBE THE MOST SPECIAL PERSON
HOWARDVILLE WILL EVER HAVE.

SO, BUNNY BLAKE...
HELP US... HELP US...

HELP US...

OH, BUNNY... I HAVE
WRITTEN YOU OUT...

EXCUSE ME, DOCTOR.

BUNNY?

BUNNY!

OH, HILDY...

HOW'S THE PATIENT?

WHERE IS THE PATIENT?

SHE WENT UPSTAIRS.

HILDY, WHAT'S
UPSETTING YOUR SISTER?

I WISH I KNEW.

SHE SEEMS TO BE
UNDER A SEVERE STRAIN,

AND SHE'S ACTING
QUITE IRRATIONALLY.

NOW, YOU HAVE THIS
PRESCRIPTION FILLED OUT.

IT'LL RELAX HER.

TRY TO KEEP HER AS
QUIET AS POSSIBLE,

AND BY NO MEANS LET
HER GO ON HER OWN.

I'LL TRY.

IT MAY BE... MAY
BE JUST FATIGUE.

THEN AGAIN...

WELL, YOU JUST CALL
ME IF YOU NEED ME.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

GOOD-BYE.

BUD?

YEAH. THIS IS A PRESCRIPTION

FOR SOME MEDICINE
YOUR AUNT BUNNY NEEDS.

WOULD YOU GET IT FILLED
RIGHT AWAY, PLEASE?

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HER?

THERE'S NOT A SINGLE SOLITARY
THING THE MATTER WITH ME, HILDY.

I'M REALLY SHOCKED AT HOW
OLD DR. FLOYD IS GETTING.

I THINK THE POOR OLD DEAR OUGHT
TO PUT HIMSELF OUT TO PASTURE.

HE THINKS YOU OUGHT
TO GET SOME REST.

WHY? I'M NOT THE
LEAST BIT TIRED.

HE'S THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO REST.

DID YOU NOTICE HOW
HIS HAND TREMBLES?

HE LEFT THIS PRESCRIPTION

FOR SOMETHING TO HELP YOU RELAX.

NOW, BUD'S GOING TO THE
DRUGSTORE TO GET IT FILLED.

AND WHILE WE'RE
WAITING, WHY DON'T YOU

JUST LIE DOWN AND
TRY TO TAKE IT EASY?

MM-HMM, AND I CAN JUST
HEAR WHAT PEOPLE WILL SAY:

"BUNNY DIDN'T DROP IN TO
SEE ANY OF HER OLD FRIENDS.

SHE'S GETTING UPPITY,
AND SHE PUTS ON AIRS."

I CAN EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT
YOU WEREN'T FEELING WELL.

BOBBI WOODSON USED
TO BE MY BEST FRIEND.

I'VE GOT TO SEE HER.

AND BEN BRADEN...
DO YOU REMEMBER

THAT EXCRUCIATING CRUSH
HE USED TO HAVE ON ME?

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BEN?

HE'S STILL HERE. HE RUNS THE
TELEVISION STATION. NOW, LISTEN, BUNNY...

I COULD HAVE
MARRIED THAT OLD BOY.

I'VE GOT A GOOD MIND TO
WALK IN AND SURPRISE HIM.

BUNNY, I DON'T WANT
YOU TO LEAVE THIS HOUSE.

CAN'T STAND BEING
COOPED UP IN THE HOUSE.

SOMETIMES IN CALIFORNIA
WHEN I GET THAT

CLOSED-IN FEELING,
YOU KNOW WHAT I DO?

I TAKE OFF EVERY
STITCH OF CLOTHES

AND I JUMP IN THE
OLD SWIMMING POOL

AND I SWIM LIKE A
RING-A-DING FISH.

THAT MUST BE VERY INTERESTING
FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS.

NOBODY'S COMPLAINED SO FAR.

BUD, WANT TO GO FOR A WALK
AND SAY "HEY" TO PEOPLE?

GREAT. THE DOCTOR
WANTS YOU TO REST.

HE ALSO SAID I NEEDED
SOME FRESH AIR.

WILL YOU AT LEAST WAIT
UNTIL BUD COMES BACK

FROM THE DRUGSTORE
WITH YOUR MEDICINE?

I'VE GOT A BETTER IDEA.

I'LL DRIVE TO THE
DRUGSTORE WITH YOU.

WHAT COULD BE MORE
RESTFUL THAN A LITTLE DRIVE?

UNLESS YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE
HOT RODDERS... ARE YOU, BUD?

UH, NO, NO, NO.

Bunny: WELL, I AM.

WELL, ARE YOU GOING
TO COME WITH ME,

OR ARE YOU GOING TO
STAND ALL DAY TALKING?

SURE... HEY... RING-A-DING!

WELL, WHAT DO YOU
THINK OF HER, AUNT BUNNY?

RING-A-DING!

SHE'S REAL COOL,
BUT CALL ME BUNNY!

"AUNT BUNNY" SOUNDS LIKE THE
HOUSEMOTHER AT THE PLAYBOY CLUB.

UM... BUD, IS MR. GENTRY
STILL THE CARETAKER

OVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL?

YOU MEAN OLD METHUSELAH?

YOU'D HAVE TO BLOW THE SCHOOL UP

TO GET RID OF THAT OLD BIRD.

WELL, BE AN ANGEL AND
STOP JUST LONG ENOUGH

FOR ME TO RUN IN AND SAY HELLO.

YEAH, WELL, HADN'T WE BETTER
GET YOUR MEDICINE FIRST?

BUD, THIS IS IMPORTANT.

OKAY, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SO YOU FINALLY GOT YOUR
FILL OF HOLLYWOOD, HUH?

NO, I LIKE IT OUT THERE.

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK.

OH, ISN'T IT?

WE HEARD ABOUT
ALL THOSE HIGH JINKS

YOU GOT INTO OUT THERE.

CAN'T SAY I'D BE PROUD OF IT.

JUST WHAT BROUGHT
YOU BACK HERE, BARBARA?

COMING HOME WAS AN IMPULSE.

WELL, YOU SURE PICKED A DAY
FOR IT... FOUNDER'S DAY PICNIC.

NOT THAT YOU'D BE INTERESTED.

OH, BUT I AM, MR. GENTRY.
THAT'S WHY I NEED YOUR HELP.

MY HELP?

I WANT YOU TO UNLOCK THE
DOORS TO THE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.

NOW, SOME PEOPLE MAY
SHOW UP, AND IF THEY DO,

I WANT YOU TO LET THEM IN.

NO, I CAN'T DO THAT, I'VE
GOT TO GO TO THE PICNIC.

MR. GENTRY, I KNOW
YOU DON'T LIKE ME,

BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT...
TERRIBLY IMPORTANT.

ALWAYS ASKING FAVORS.

ALWAYS WANTED TO BE
TREATED LIKE SOMEBODY SPECIAL...

BARBARA BLAKE.

WELL, BARBARA, MAYBE YOU FORGOT

THAT THESE DOORS
ARE OPEN ALL DAY LONG.

NOW, YOU WANT TO COME HERE,

YOU WALK IN LIKE ANYBODY ELSE.

THANK YOU, MR. GENTRY.

MR. GENTRY...

DON'T GO TO THAT PICNIC.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THE OLD TOWN, BUNNY?

IT'S SO GOOD, I
WONDER WHY I LEFT IT.

WHY DID YOU LEAVE?

OH, I GUESS I COULD
HAVE STAYED HERE

AND DONE BLITHE SPIRIT
AT THE LITTLE THEATER,

AND PLAYED AN ANGEL
AT THE CHURCH PAGEANT

AT CHRISTMAS TIME,
BUT I WAS TOO AMBITIOUS

AND TOO TALENTED.

I DON'T MEAN THAT THE
WAY IT SOUNDED, BUT...

I JUST KNEW I HAD A TALENT,

AND I HAD TO FIND A
PLACE TO LET IT GROW.

OTHERWISE, IT WOULD HAVE DIED.

AND I WOULD HAVE ENDED
UP A FRUSTRATED WOMAN

PUSHING A BROOM
AROUND A HOUSE I HATED

AND SCREAMING AT A BROOD
OF CHILDREN I COULDN'T STAND.

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, BUD?

YEAH. YEAH, I CAN
UNDERSTAND THAT, BUNNY.

OH, HERE'S YOUR PRESCRIPTION.
YOU WANT TO GO HOME?

UM...

THE TELEVISION STATION'S
STILL DOWN THE STREET?

YEAH, RIGHT OVER THERE.

MM-HMM, WELL, I'LL BE BACK.

HELLO?

NO, I DON'T HAVE IT ON.

SHE IS?

WELL, YES, OF COURSE I
KNEW SHE WAS IN TOWN, BUT I...

SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE AT
THE DRUGSTORE WITH BUD.

ALL RIGHT, CLARA.
I'LL CALL YOU LATER.

And I can't tell you how
exciting it is to be home again.

Braden: Well, are you gonna be
with us for a nice, long visit, Bunny?

I have to leave tonight... I'm
starting a new picture in Rome.

Oh, that's too bad.

A lot of your friends
won't get to see you.

They can if they really want to.

Remember that one-woman
show I did in Las Vegas last winter?

We read about it.

Well, I'm putting
it on this afternoon

in the high school auditorium,

and I want everybody in
town to come as my guest.

You know, everybody here at
home has always been so nice to me.

It's kind of a token
of my appreciation.

Looks like we've
got a conflict...

The Founder's Day
picnic starts this afternoon.

Well, all I've got to say is,

folks have a choice of
coming to see me at 3:00

or going to Riverside Park

and getting bit by
a bunch of ants.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS
DOWN AT THE DRUGSTORE,

AND THE NEXT THING I
KNOW, HERE SHE IS ON TV.

OH, I DON'T KNOW
WHICH I'LL GO TO.

THE WAY I FEEL
NOW, I'M SO ASHAMED

I DON'T WANT TO SHOW
MY FACE ANYWHERE.

I'LL CALL YOU BACK.

BUNNY? I'M TRYING VERY HARD

NOT TO GET ANGRY WITH YOU,

BECAUSE I THINK YOU
HAVE LOST YOUR MIND.

OOH, BUDDY BOY, I TOLD YOU

THERE'D BE AN EXPLOSION.

BUD, YOU MAY BE EXCUSED.

THIS IS NOTHING TO JOKE ABOUT.

HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE
HAVE CALLED ME ALREADY.

WELL, WHAT DO THEY SAY?

WELL, THEY-THEY'RE CONFUSED.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHETHER TO GO

TO THE FOUNDER'S DAY PICNIC

OR THIS THING YOU'RE
PUTTING ON AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

BUNNY, WHAT ARE
YOU TRYING TO DO?

I OWE THIS TOWN
SOMETHING, HILDY.

IT'S JUST MY WAY OF
PAYING OFF A DEBT.

WELL, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT.

YOU LOOK LIKE A SHOW-OFF...

A BIG HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY

WHO'S TRYING TO IMPRESS

A LOT OF SMALL-TOWN HICKS.

SIS, LET'S NOT FIGHT.

WELL... I CAN'T CONDONE
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I THINK IT'S BEST THAT BUD
AND I SHOW UP AT THE PICNIC.

IS THAT HOWARDVILLE
DOWN THERE, BUNNY?

THAT FLYSPECK NEXT TO THE RIVER?

IS THAT THE PLACE YOU
WANT TO GO BACK TO?

FORGET IT, BUNNY.

HILDY?

OH, HONEY, IF THIS PERFORMANCE

MEANS SO MUCH TO
YOU, WE'LL BE THERE.

BUNNY, WE'RE LATE.

OH, ONE THING FOR SURE.

THEY CAN'T START THE
SHOW UNTIL I GET THERE.

BUD? BUD?

BUD, WE'RE WAITING.

Bud: I CAN'T FIND MY BLUE TIE.

WELL, WEAR ANOTHER
ONE. WE'RE LATE.

YOU'D BETTER FIRE
YOUR WEATHERMAN.

BUD, HURRY!

Bud: I'M COMING!

REMEMBER WHEN WE USED
TO LIE IN BED ON RAINY NIGHTS

AND CALL TO EACH OTHER
WHEN WE WERE KIDS?

FUN, WASN'T IT, BEING KIDS?

IT WAS VERY GOOD.

LOOKS LIKE IT'S
STARTING TO RAIN A LITTLE.

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BRAVE IT.

I'VE GOT AN AUDIENCE WAITING.

I'LL GET SOME RAINCOATS.

OH, NO, SIS... YOU'RE
GOING IN STYLE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS
IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING.

WE'RE RUNNING INTO A
LITTLE ROUGH WEATHER,

SO FASTEN YOUR
SEAT BELTS, PLEASE.

IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BUMPY.

IT'S GOING TO GET ROUGH.

SCARED, HONEY?

NATCH... ISN'T EVERYONE?

WHAT WAS THAT FOR?

HILDY... YES?

THANK YOU.

FOR WHAT?

JUST FOR BEING MY SISTER.

HOLY COW, LISTEN TO THAT!

FIRE ENGINES AND AMBULANCES!

TURN ON THE RADIO.

GOOD-BYE, HILDY.

Radio Announcer: Good afternoon,

and welcome to the
3:00 edition... HELLO?

YES, WHAT IS IT?

YES, JIM.

I'M OUT AT THE PARK.

I THOUGHT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW.

KNOW WHAT, JIM?

IT'S TERRIBLE, HILDY, HORRIBLE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.

JIM, WILL YOU PLEASE TELL ME
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?

THE PLANE CRASH... HAPPENED
JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.

WHAT CRASH?

Passenger jet, L.A. to New York.

THAT STORM JUST-JUST
TORE IT APART.

IT LANDED RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PICNIC GROUNDS.

HILDY... YOUR SISTER, BUNNY...

Bunny's dead, Hildy.

DEAD? WHY, THAT'S CRAZY.

SHE WAS A PASSENGER
ON THAT PLANE.

SHE AND ANOTHER WOMAN

WERE SITTING RIGHT
NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

I just... I just saw them.

JIM, MY SISTER IS
RIGHT HERE NOW.

I SAW THE BODY, HILDY.

BUNNY BLAKE IS DEAD.

I'm sorry I have to be
the one to tell you, but...

Announcer: while Governor
Nathan has requested federal aid...

BUNNY?

BUNNY!

BUNNY! Howardville
was rocked today

BUNNY! by news of a
transcontinental jet air...

BUNNY, WHERE ARE
YOU? 87 passengers and crew.

The crash occurred... BUNNY?

BUNNY!

BUNNY, WHERE ARE YOU?!

Most of the local citizens
had planned to join

the annual Founder's
Day celebration.

A disaster of major proportions
was averted by the fact

that most of the citizens in
town are safe at this moment

attending an
announced performance

by our local celebrity,
Bunny Blake.

How many more would have
died had they attended the picnic?

Fortunately for them,

Howardville chose
to see Bunny Blake.

Eyewitnesses at the
scene of the crash say

Bunny was a passenger
aboard the ill-fated plane.

But other witnesses have sworn

she was here in
Howardville this afternoon

visiting her sister.

Until the mystery is unraveled

only one thing is certain:

Bunny Blake is dead.

Meanwhile, local
citizens are asked

to stay away from the area.

All Howardville fire engine
companies are at the scene.

Police have blocked the
Founder's Day picnic grounds,

and we repeat, local citizens
are asked to avoid the area.

Names of the victims
are being withheld,

pending identification...

WE ARE ALL TRAVELERS.

THE TRIP STARTS IN
A PLACE CALLED BIRTH

AND ENDS IN THAT LONELY
TOWN CALLED DEATH.

AND THAT'S THE
END OF THE JOURNEY,

UNLESS YOU HAPPEN TO EXIST
FOR A FEW HOURS, LIKE BUNNY BLAKE

IN THE MISTY REGIONS
OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

AND NOW, MR. SERLING.

ON TWILIGHT ZONE NEXT TIME

AGAIN THE SERVICES
OF EARL HAMNER JR.,

IN A STRANGE STORY,
A STRANGE CONCLUSION

AND A VERY UNUSUAL
BRAND OF JUSTICE,

DRAMATIZED IN A SHOW
CALLED "YOU DRIVE."

IT'S THE STORY OF A
HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER

IN A VERY SPECIAL
KIND OF AN AUTOMOBILE.

A CONSUMMATELY FINE ACTOR
NAMED EDWARD ANDREWS

LIVES OUT A NIGHTMARE
PARTLY OF HIS OWN MAKING.

ON TWILIGHT ZONE, "YOU DRIVE."

I HOPE YOU'RE GOING
TO WATCH IT WITH US.