1. The After Hours
First Aired: 10 June 1960
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2. You're about to enter
another dimension.
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3. A dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind.
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4. A journey into a wondrous land
of imagination.
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5. Next stop: The Twilight Zone
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6. May I show you something?
- No, that's not what I'm looking for.
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7. Going up, ma'am.
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8. Housewares?
- That would be the mezzanine, ma'am.
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9. What in particular were
you looking for?
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10. Gold thimbles.
You had them advertised.
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11. That would be Specialties, ma'am.
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12. The ninth floor.
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13. I'm not accustomed to such service.
- Ma'am?
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14. There were a lot of people waiting
or the elevator. I have a private one.
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15. This is an express elevator
to the ninth floor.
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16. The others are all locals
this time of day.
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17. Express elevator to the ninth floor
of a department store.
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18. Carrying Ms Marsha White on a
most prosaic, ordinary errand.
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19. Ninth floor.
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20. There must be some mistake.
There's nothing here.
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21. Ms Marsha White, on the ninth floor.
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22. Specialties department,
looking for a gold thimble.
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23. The odds are that she'll find it.
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24. But there are even better odds that
she'll find something else.
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25. Because this isn't
just a department store.
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26. This happens to be
the Twilight Zone.
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27. Was someone helping you?
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28. Can I show you something?
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29. Yes. I was looking for a gold
thimble. A gift for my mother.
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30. A gold thimble. I think
we have something you'd like.
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31. This way, please.
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32. How about this?
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33. It's 14-karat gold and quite
distinctive looking, I think.
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34. Don't you?
- Yes, I think this will do.
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35. This is a charge?
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36. Is this a charge, miss?
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37. I beg your pardon. A charge?
No, I'll pay for it.
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38. You want it gift wrapped?
- Yes, please.
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39. No, I'll wrap it myself.
- Miss, that's 22.80 plus tax.
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40. $25 even.
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41. Now that's odd.
- What is, Marsha?
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42. You haven't any merchandise here
at all, except the thimble.
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43. Except the very thing I needed.
The whole floor, it looks so empty.
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44. You called me Marsha.
- Did I? I'm sorry.
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45. That was forward of me. I apologize.
- How did you know my name?
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46. I must have seen you in the store.
- No, you haven't. I've never seen you.
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47. Forget it, but what
kind of a place is this?
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48. All I want is a gold thimble.
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49. I come up on a floor that hasn't a
thing, except what I'm looking for.
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50. This I call odd.
- Please come again.
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51. Any time.
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52. Thank you.
- Ms White?
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53. Are you happy?
- I beg your pardon?
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54. Am I what? Am I happy?
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55. Forgive me, but that's really
none of your business.
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56. Really? It's none of my business.
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57. All right, suit yourself.
It's none of my business.
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58. Going down.
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59. Found what you were looking for?
- As a matter of fact, I did.
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60. Also as a matter of fact, it was the
only thing for sale on that floor.
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61. Very efficient. One entire floor
devoted to the sale of one thimble.
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62. An extremely oddball saleslady.
Somebody ought to look into.
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63. This is scratched.
I didn't notice that before.
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64. I can't send this to my mother.
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65. It's scratched, and it's dented too.
Look here.
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66. Complaints, third floor.
- Look at this thing!
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67. It's scratched and it looks as
if somebody stepped on it.
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68. Third floor, Complaints.
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69. I told her that all the gold
thimbles that we have, are in Gifts.
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70. And we would replace a damaged item.
I distinctly told her that.
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71. Then what is the problem,
Mr Armbruster?
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72. The customer claims that she
didn't get the item in Gifts.
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73. That she got it
in another department.
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74. Tell her to take it back to the
department where she purchased it.
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75. That's just the point. She says that
she has purchased a gold thimble...
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76. on the ninth floor.
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77. Ninth floor?
Mr Armbruster...
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78. I trust you informed the lady that
this store has no ninth floor.
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79. I have tried desperately
to acquaint her with this fact.
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80. She still insists that she was there
and waited on by a rather odd woman.
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81. A personality trait that she would
be particularly knowledgeable about.
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82. Anyway, this woman who allegedly...
- Never mind. I'll talk to her.
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83. She's waiting right outside, sir.
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84. Ms White. Our manager, Mr Sloan.
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85. Perhaps I can help you.
- Perhaps you can.
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86. This thimble, it's damaged.
- It most assuredly is.
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87. Why don't you take it back
to the Gift department...
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88. I did not purchase this in the Gift
department. But on the ninth floor.
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89. That's what we don't understand.
We don't have a ninth floor.
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90. I was taken to the ninth floor.
I was waited on by a very odd woman.
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91. Your receipt?
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92. I didn't get a receipt
But I paid cash.
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93. I gave her $25.
She gave me this thimble and I...
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94. There she is. There's the woman
who waited on me. Miss?
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95. Miss, I wonder if you'd...
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96. How is she?
- All right. She was just frightened.
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97. What about this delusion of hers?
- I don't know, I didn't talk to her.
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98. But she's resting now.
I think, maybe even gone to sleep.
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99. Tell her we're closing.
Tell her to come back tomorrow.
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100. And we'll get her a replacement
or a refund.
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101. Ms Pettigrew, we're closing up now.
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102. What I'd like to give her is a one-way
bus ticket to a department store...
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103. preferably in Chicago or
Los Angeles or Honolulu.
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104. Ms Pettigrew, did you hear me?
We're closing up now. Ms Keevers...
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105. you have a customer. Hurry, please.
- All right, I'm coming.
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106. Somebody?
Please, I'm locked in here.
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107. Anyone?
I need some help.
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108. Anyone? Please?
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109. Marsha.
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110. Marsha.
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111. Marsha?
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112. Who do you think you're fooling?
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113. Come on, dear.
Climb off it.
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114. You remember, Marsha.
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115. You know who you are.
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116. You remember, Marsha.
- Climb off it. Come on.
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117. Come on, dear.
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118. Now, Marsha, dear.
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119. You'll forgive an observation but
you're acting like a silly child.
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120. Come now, Marsha.
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121. Think now.
Concentrate.
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122. Remember now?
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123. All of us will try and help you.
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124. We'll help you concentrate.
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125. Remember now?
Coming back to you?
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126. That's really odd, but suddenly...
- Remember. Coming back now, is it?
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127. I'm a mannequin. That's what I am.
And it was my turn...
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128. Your turn to leave us for a month.
Becoming much clearer now, isn't it?
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129. You left us for a month and
you lived with the outsiders.
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130. But you were due back yesterday
and you didn't show up.
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131. That's very selfish.
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132. All of us wait our turn and we
simply do not overstay it.
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133. It was my turn starting last night.
I'm one day delayed already.
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134. Of course, I'm sorry.
I forgot.
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135. When you're on the outside,
everything seems so normal.
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136. As if...
- As if what, Marsha?
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137. As if we were like the others.
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138. Like the outsiders.
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139. Like the real people.
- Well, no serious harm done.
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140. Well, I'll see you all in a month.
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141. Take good care of yourselves.
- Have a ball.
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142. And you'll all miss me?
- Yes!
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143. And you'll all be here
when I get back?
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144. Bye.
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145. Did you enjoy yourself?
Was it fun?
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146. Ever so much fun.
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147. Ever so much fun.
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148. Good morning, dear. We're expecting
$100 out of you today.
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149. Keep your powder dry, darling.
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150. Well, it will sell.
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151. Morning, ladies.
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152. Here, break it up. Back to
your posts, girls. It's 9:00.
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153. Marsha White in her normal
and natural state.
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154. A wooden lady with a painted face
who, one month out of the year...
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155. looks as normal and as
flesh and blood as you and I.
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156. But it makes you wonder, doesn't it?
Just how normal are we?
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157. Just who are the people we nod our
hellos to as we pass on the street?
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158. A rather good question to ask.
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159. Particularly in
the Twilight Zone.
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