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2. You're traveling
through another dimensionCopy !req
3. a dimension not only
of sight and sound, but of mindCopy !req
4. a journey into a wondrous landCopy !req
5. whose boundaries
are that of imagination.Copy !req
6. That's the signpost up ahead.Copy !req
7. Your next stop,
the twilight zone.Copy !req
8. Uniquely american institution
known as the neighborhood bar.Copy !req
9. Reading left to right are
mr. Anthony o'toole, proprietorCopy !req
10. who waters his drinks
like geraniumsCopy !req
11. but who stands four-square
for peace and quietCopy !req
12. and for booths for ladies.Copy !req
13. This is mr. Joseph j. Callahan,
an unregistered bookieCopy !req
14. whose entire life is
any sporting eventCopy !req
15. with two sides
and a set of odds.Copy !req
16. His idea of a meeting at
the summit is any dialogueCopy !req
17. between a catcher and pitcher
with more than one man on base.Copy !req
18. And this animated citizen
is every anonymous bettorCopy !req
19. who ever dropped rent moneyCopy !req
20. on a horse race or prize fight
or a floating crap gameCopy !req
21. and who took out his
frustrations and his insolvencyCopy !req
22. on any vulnerable fellow
barstool companionCopy !req
23. within arm's and fist's reach.Copy !req
24. And this is mr. Luther dingle,
a vacuum cleaner salesmanCopy !req
25. whose volume of business
is roughly thatCopy !req
26. of a valet
at a hobo convention.Copy !req
27. He's a consummate failure
in almost everythingCopy !req
28. but is a good listener
and has a prominent jaw.Copy !req
29. Don't give me
that, callahan.Copy !req
30. I don't pay off
on a bum call.Copy !req
31. Three umpires call
the man out.Copy !req
32. I call
the man out.Copy !req
33. 60,000 fans call
the man out.Copy !req
34. The final score was
pittsburgh 3, dodgers nothing.Copy !req
35. You and I got an even bet, pal.Copy !req
36. I happened to have the pirates.Copy !req
37. You got the dodgers.Copy !req
38. So you owe me
five dollars.Copy !req
39. The ball was foul
when it hit himCopy !req
40. so instead of an out,
it was a foul ball.Copy !req
41. So who's to say there wouldn't
have been a man on base?Copy !req
42. And when pignatano got a single
a run would have scored.Copy !req
43. And furthermore, callahan,Copy !req
44. you're nothing but a cheating
insult to the american bookie.Copy !req
45. I'll give you five seconds
to take back that innuendo.Copy !req
46. Callahan, I told you
once before already.Copy !req
47. You start another brawl
in hereCopy !req
48. and I'm going to fix
that mouth of yoursCopy !req
49. so any future
drinking you'll doCopy !req
50. is gonna be through
a tube stuck in a vein.Copy !req
51. Me? Why me?
Tell it to the troublemaker.Copy !req
52. The number-one welcherCopy !req
53. of all the western states
sitting over here.Copy !req
54. His father owes my father from
the second dempsey-tunney fight.Copy !req
55. Yeah? Yeah? Yeah?Copy !req
56. Mainly on account of
it was a bum call.Copy !req
57. Hey, buddy, did you see
the tunney fight?Copy !req
58. You remember the referee
with the long count?Copy !req
59. The guy was knocked
clear out of the ring.Copy !req
60. You could have gone up in the
stands, got a can of beerCopy !req
61. engaged in a
little conversationCopy !req
62. come back,
sit down in your seatCopy !req
63. and the referee still
wasn't finished counting.Copy !req
64. Now, I ask you,
how about that?Copy !req
65. I ask you,
how about it?Copy !req
66. Me?Copy !req
67. Yeah, yeah, you.Copy !req
68. Did you watch the game
on television last night?Copy !req
69. You talk about
bum calls.Copy !req
70. Duke snider was upCopy !req
71. and it was in
the ninth inning.Copy !req
72. Two men were out.Copy !req
73. Howard and moon were
on first and second.Copy !req
74. And this umpire
with no pupils in his eyesCopy !req
75. calls a foul ball an out.
Did you see it?Copy !req
76. ) as a matter of fact I did
watch the game on television.Copy !req
77. Exceptional defensive play,
exceptional.Copy !req
78. Abner d-d-doubleday
would have been proud.Copy !req
79. Never mind about
abner doubleday.Copy !req
80. I'm willing to leave
it up to you.Copy !req
81. Was it a foul ball
or was it an out?Copy !req
82. It appears to me that the ball
fell into fair territoryCopy !req
83. and therefore when
striking the groundCopy !req
84. and hitting the batterCopy !req
85. the rules very definitely state
the batter was out.Copy !req
86. You asked the man,
you got an answer.Copy !req
87. Of course you
realize, palCopy !req
88. that you're
calling me a liar.Copy !req
89. Now, I'm not an
unreasonable manCopy !req
90. so I'm going
to give youCopy !req
91. one more chance.Copy !req
92. Was it a
foul ballCopy !req
93. or was it
an out?Copy !req
94. Well, it's
my considered opinion...Copy !req
95. how's come you got to
always be hitting dingle?Copy !req
96. You hit him last week,
you him the week before.Copy !req
97. A man can only
stand so much.Copy !req
98. I'm tired of this guy
contradicting me.Copy !req
99. And when a guy
calls me a liarCopy !req
100. there's my honor
to be considered.Copy !req
101. Your honor?Copy !req
102. You've got nothing
in line in youCopy !req
103. from the bottom
of your archesCopy !req
104. to where you
part your hairCopy !req
105. which is pretty tough
to find.Copy !req
106. And when you dieCopy !req
107. they'll have to screw you in the ground.Copy !req
108. Am I crooked?Copy !req
109. You got to
believe me.Copy !req
110. Am I crooked?Copy !req
111. Dingle, dingle,
for once...Copy !req
112. for once, why can't
you be neutral?Copy !req
113. Am I crooked?Copy !req
114. Why don't you tell the man?Copy !req
115. Wait a minute,
back off.Copy !req
116. Are you serious
about this?Copy !req
117. And these two unseen gentlemen
are visitors from outer space.Copy !req
118. They're about to alter
the destiny of luther dingleCopy !req
119. by leaving him a legacyCopy !req
120. the kind you can't
hardly find no more.Copy !req
121. In just a moment, a sad-faced,
perennial punching bagCopy !req
122. who missed even the caboose
of life's gravy trainCopy !req
123. will take a short constitutionalCopy !req
124. into that most
unpredictable regionCopy !req
125. that we refer to
as the twilight zone.Copy !req
126. This man don't know the
first thing about baseball.Copy !req
127. If anybody
can tell meCopy !req
128. the phillies
deservedCopy !req
129. winning the pennant that yearCopy !req
130. they're out
of their minds.Copy !req
131. You sure
we're invisible?Copy !req
132. Beyond any doubt.Copy !req
133. I wish they were.Copy !req
134. You don't have
to do that.Copy !req
135. You don't even
have to answer.Copy !req
136. Just because he don't like the phillies...Copy !req
137. let me tell him.Copy !req
138. You have a brain of
your own, don't you?Copy !req
139. You have your
own viewpoint.Copy !req
140. What did you think of
the phillies of 1953?Copy !req
141. Phillies... 1953?Copy !req
142. That's right.Copy !req
143. That's right,
phillies of 1953.Copy !req
144. You ever see such jerky-looking creatures?Copy !req
145. And one head yet.Copy !req
146. Typical earthmen.Copy !req
147. Not really though.
The one in the middle,Copy !req
148. the one who just suffered
the physical damageCopy !req
149. he may be the one
we've been looking for.Copy !req
150. How do you mean?Copy !req
151. Silence,
I'm receiving his waves.Copy !req
152. Name is dingle, abject cowardCopy !req
153. does not even possess what earth
creatures call minimum muscles.Copy !req
154. Decidedly a sub-physical type.Copy !req
155. I think we have
found our subject.Copy !req
156. You intend to give him
the additional strength?Copy !req
157. We haven't found
anyone weaker, have we?Copy !req
158. I believe he will be
an exceptional subject.Copy !req
159. Give him around 11 secograms atomic weight.Copy !req
160. That should make him
roughly 300 times strongerCopy !req
161. than the average
human being.Copy !req
162. Yes, I think
that will do it.Copy !req
163. We had better contact central laboratoriesCopy !req
164. tell them we have
found a subject.Copy !req
165. In other words,
you're telling meCopy !req
166. that you thought robin
roberts had more stuffCopy !req
167. than clem levine?Copy !req
168. Well, to be frank and candidCopy !req
169. those two men,
as good as they both areCopy !req
170. and all things
being equal...Copy !req
171. come on already,
take your pick.Copy !req
172. Roberts?Copy !req
173. For the last time.Copy !req
174. You start one more
roughhouse in hereCopy !req
175. and I won't let
you come back.Copy !req
176. Now, look what
you've done.Copy !req
177. How you feeling,
dingle?Copy !req
178. C-c-clem l-l-l-levine
was definitely superior.Copy !req
179. You see?
All I made him doCopy !req
180. was see things
clearer.Copy !req
181. I can observe him now.Copy !req
182. Let him have it.Copy !req
183. How about it, dingle?Copy !req
184. How you doing?Copy !req
185. Definitely clem levine.Copy !req
186. Dingle, would
you mindCopy !req
187. a little advice?Copy !req
188. Now, the whole world
is full of guysCopy !req
189. that are going to get
punched in the noseCopy !req
190. no matter who they
pick in a ball gameCopy !req
191. who they
vote for.Copy !req
192. Now, you want
to know my adviceCopy !req
193. for what you should doCopy !req
194. for the rest
of your life?Copy !req
195. Just don't talk,
just nod.Copy !req
196. Somebody asks you who
you like in the thirdCopy !req
197. you just smile.Copy !req
198. Understand, dingle?Copy !req
199. What's the matter?Copy !req
200. It's very odd.Copy !req
201. What's odd?Copy !req
202. I... I feel f-f-funny.Copy !req
203. Funny?Copy !req
204. Yeah.Copy !req
205. Wonder what
caused that?Copy !req
206. Caused what?Copy !req
207. Well, this vacuum
cleaner, it's...Copy !req
208. light as a feather.Copy !req
209. Not that the machine
isn't right.Copy !req
210. No, sir, it's the lightest on the market.Copy !req
211. Yes, sir,
I tell youCopy !req
212. it's a handy-dandy
piece of merchandise.Copy !req
213. Guaranteed to lighten the load
and lengthen the lifeCopy !req
214. of that partner in the home,
th-th-the housewife.Copy !req
215. But I didn't know
it was this light.Copy !req
216. Dingle, I always
figured youCopy !req
217. for a nice guy.Copy !req
218. You never caused me no trouble.Copy !req
219. Now why all of a sudden
you got to wreck my front door?Copy !req
220. Mr. O'toole,
I'm mystified.Copy !req
221. I'm absolutely
mystified.Copy !req
222. This door seemed to come
right off in my hand.Copy !req
223. You here again?Copy !req
224. Didn't my old man sayCopy !req
225. he was gonna punch you
in the noseCopy !req
226. if you came around here
bothering us again?Copy !req
227. You're quite right.Copy !req
228. It's the wrong number.Copy !req
229. I was headed
across the street.Copy !req
230. Now that's not the best
of all possible manners, is it?Copy !req
231. Aw, go peddle your vacuum
cleaners, you creepCopy !req
232. and throw me
my ball back.Copy !req
233. All right, run out for the pass.Copy !req
234. Hey, mister, where'd you learn
to fling a ball like that?Copy !req
235. Why, I don't know.
I really don't...Copy !req
236. what is happening?Copy !req
237. What on earth is
happening to me?Copy !req
238. Taxi, taxi, please.
Thank you.Copy !req
239. Oh, believe me, this is as much
a mystery to me as it is to you.Copy !req
240. They don't make handles like
they used to, do they?Copy !req
241. Oh, I'm sorr...Copy !req
242. excuse me, miss.Copy !req
243. Yes.Copy !req
244. I don't want you to
think I'm a masher.Copy !req
245. I'm certainly
not a masher.Copy !req
246. But would you mind
answering a question?Copy !req
247. That depends.Copy !req
248. Well, what I mean
is looking at meCopy !req
249. in a perfunctory,
cursory first surveilCopy !req
250. do I appear abnormal
in any way?Copy !req
251. Not at all.Copy !req
252. Not unless you plan
to use that in the park.Copy !req
253. Oh, that.Copy !req
254. Do you know that up
until a few hours agoCopy !req
255. I sold those.Copy !req
256. Or I went through
the motions.Copy !req
257. I was a very
bad salesman.Copy !req
258. Miserable.Copy !req
259. You know, last weekCopy !req
260. I only made 89 cents
in commissions.Copy !req
261. That was for
an attachment.Copy !req
262. It's the
upholstery nozzle.Copy !req
263. And I sold it to a drunkCopy !req
264. who thought it was
a divining rod for alcohol.Copy !req
265. Oh, I fully expect
to be firedCopy !req
266. but that is the least of my trouble.Copy !req
267. Would you be interestedCopy !req
268. in hearing the most
of my worries?Copy !req
269. Go ahead.Copy !req
270. Watch.Copy !req
271. You see?Copy !req
272. Now, w-w-watch this.Copy !req
273. Hey, buddy, I'm a reporter
with thebulletin.Copy !req
274. Would you mind doing that again?Copy !req
275. With the rock?Copy !req
276. That's right.Copy !req
277. Incidentally,
what's the gag?Copy !req
278. There's no gag, see?Copy !req
279. Get another
one of those.Copy !req
280. This I got to get
in the paper.Copy !req
281. Goodness.Copy !req
282. Mr. Dingle, if what
we hear is trueCopy !req
283. do you realize how much money can be madeCopy !req
284. on a tour with
our carnival?Copy !req
285. Mr. Dingle, this
is a con artist.Copy !req
286. Your future lies
in television.Copy !req
287. You're the walking,
talking embodimentCopy !req
288. of every american male's
wish fulfillment.Copy !req
289. You're john q. Citizen.Copy !req
290. You're babbitt,
you're tom, dick and harry.Copy !req
291. Now here's our idea
for the series.Copy !req
292. A simple 15-minute
address by youCopy !req
293. with little examples of
your physical prowess.Copy !req
294. It's a natural for
breakfast cerealsCopy !req
295. tonics, vitamin
pills, anything.Copy !req
296. And I keep
telling youCopy !req
297. you line up
with meCopy !req
298. I'll get you some easy setups.Copy !req
299. Inside of
eight monthsCopy !req
300. I'll have
you fightingCopy !req
301. for the world
championship.Copy !req
302. That's so
ridiculous.Copy !req
303. Would the people
surrounding mr. DingleCopy !req
304. just get out of
the way, please.Copy !req
305. Out of the way.Copy !req
306. The camera in there and
that light there and...Copy !req
307. hello, there, friends.Copy !req
308. Jason abernathy here with your
show, tv probes the unusual.Copy !req
309. And our unusual subject today
is mr. Luther dingleCopy !req
310. who, if what actual
onlookers say is trueCopy !req
311. is the world's strongest man.Copy !req
312. Mr. Dingle...Copy !req
313. mr. Dingle, would you care
to give us an exampleCopy !req
314. of this fantastic alleged
strength of yours?Copy !req
315. I'd be ha-happy to.Copy !req
316. Is it all right,
mr. O'toole if I...Copy !req
317. are you kidding?Copy !req
318. I ain't done so much businessCopy !req
319. since the night they repealed
the 18th amendment.Copy !req
320. Be my guest,
mr. Dingle.Copy !req
321. First, I'd like to start
with simple things.Copy !req
322. Wonderful.Copy !req
323. Wait a minute, dingle.Copy !req
324. Ain't you ever heard of
bygones being bygones?Copy !req
325. That's amazing.Copy !req
326. Bravo!Copy !req
327. Had enough?Copy !req
328. Most inferior.Copy !req
329. We give him the
strength of 300 menCopy !req
330. and he uses it
for petty exhibition.Copy !req
331. Give him 20 or
30 seconds moreCopy !req
332. then remove the power.Copy !req
333. Excellent idea.Copy !req
334. And I think
we should be off.Copy !req
335. Three planets on
tomorrow's itinerary.Copy !req
336. One should be particularly interesting-Copy !req
337. contains only females.Copy !req
338. And now, ladies...Copy !req
339. and now, ladies and gentlemenCopy !req
340. I believe the most
unique trick of allCopy !req
341. I shall raise this entire
building with my bare hands.Copy !req
342. What? Raise
the building?Copy !req
343. He can't
do that.Copy !req
344. I don't
believe it.Copy !req
345. I don't know.Copy !req
346. He seems to
have lost it.Copy !req
347. He's a fake, that's what he is.Copy !req
348. I feel sorry for him.Copy !req
349. Poor little guyCopy !req
350. he's lost
his belief.Copy !req
351. He's a sad little man,
isn't he?Copy !req
352. Uh-oh!
Uh-oh!Copy !req
353. All right, leave off
of poor dingle here.Copy !req
354. Now, come on,
everybody out of here.Copy !req
355. Come on, beat it.Copy !req
356. Ladies and gentlemenCopy !req
357. you have this station's
abject apology.Copy !req
358. We didn't realize that it
was a trick... obviously...Copy !req
359. well, we're
off the air...Copy !req
360. for good, I think.Copy !req
361. So long, hercules.Copy !req
362. Bring that thing
out of here.Copy !req
363. How are you, fellas?Copy !req
364. Nice seeing you.Copy !req
365. Where are
you from?Copy !req
366. Venus. How about you?Copy !req
367. Mars. Conducting
experiments?Copy !req
368. Yeah,
and you?Copy !req
369. Sudden introduction
of strengthCopy !req
370. to subnormal earthman.Copy !req
371. How about you?Copy !req
372. Sudden introduction of
extreme intelligence.Copy !req
373. Find any interesting
subjects?Copy !req
374. That one over there.Copy !req
375. He's referred to
as a dingle.Copy !req
376. He certainly is
sub-physical.Copy !req
377. I wouldn't be surprised
if he's sub-mental, too.Copy !req
378. Looks likely enough.Copy !req
379. Give him the intelligence quota ray.Copy !req
380. How strong?Copy !req
381. Make it about...Copy !req
382. let's see.Copy !req
383. Perhaps 500 times
more intelligentCopy !req
384. than the
average human.Copy !req
385. Roebuck's ready.Copy !req
386. Here's the pitch.Copy !req
387. High and outside.Copy !req
388. He couldn't hit the
length of the bat.Copy !req
389. I'll lay you five
to one he gets on.Copy !req
390. Logan? Are you
out of your mind?Copy !req
391. Hey, hey, dingle.Copy !req
392. What about it?Copy !req
393. What will he do?Copy !req
394. Various factors are
brought into play hereCopy !req
395. involving the laws
of probabilityCopy !req
396. interspersed with
the process of calculusCopy !req
397. fenaglian laws of chance
and the subdivisional greppleCopy !req
398. which is based on
the position of bodiesCopy !req
399. in mathematical relationship
to other bodies.Copy !req
400. Now, in this case,
using the two factorsCopy !req
401. represented by the
divisions involvedCopy !req
402. I think that the batter will
unquestionably hit a home run.Copy !req
403. A home run by johnny logan.Copy !req
404. Holy mackerel!Copy !req
405. How about that?Copy !req
406. Light.Copy !req
407. two to one.Copy !req
408. A tremendous blow over
the left-field fence.Copy !req
409. Now, it appears to
me it is apparentCopy !req
410. in a
mathematical planCopy !req
411. that the entire
quantum theoryCopy !req
412. of space and
time relativityCopy !req
413. must have been equated
with the parellelian roleCopy !req
414. of definitive numerical
dialectic algebraicCopy !req
415. and must be
further annotated...Copy !req
416. exit mr. Luther dingle,
formerly vacuum cleaner salesmanCopy !req
417. strongest man on earth,
and now mental giant.Copy !req
418. These latter powers will likely
be eliminated before too longCopy !req
419. but mr. Dingle has an appealCopy !req
420. to extra-terrestrial note-takersCopy !req
421. as well as to frustrated
and insolvent bet-losers.Copy !req
422. Offhand, I'd sayCopy !req
423. he was in for a great deal
of extremely odd periodsCopy !req
424. simply because there are
so many inhabited planetsCopy !req
425. who send down observersCopy !req
426. and also because of course
mr. Dingle lives his lifeCopy !req
427. with one foot in his mouth and
the other in the twilight zone.Copy !req
428. Rod serling, the creator
of the twilight zoneCopy !req
429. will tell you
about next week's storyCopy !req
430. after this word
from our alternate sponsor.Copy !req
431. And now, mr. Serling.Copy !req
432. A radio.Copy !req
433. A carryover from that other eraCopy !req
434. when quiz shows
went up to only $64Copy !req
435. and entertainment was aimed
only at the ears.Copy !req
436. Mr. Charles beaumont
has given usCopy !req
437. a most unusual story
called "static."Copy !req
438. We invite you to watch
mr. Dean jaggerCopy !req
439. fiddle with a few of these
knobs, change a few stationsCopy !req
440. and find a couple of programsCopy !req
441. that are broadcast
only in the twilight zone.Copy !req
442. Captioned by media access
group at wgbh access. Wgbh. OrgCopy !req
443. see the newandy griffith show
each weekCopy !req
444. over most of these stations.Copy !req
445. Consult local listings.Copy !req