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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. Well, I can tell you
gentlemenCopy !req
9. the most idiotic thing
occurred in the market today.Copy !req
10. Just idiotic. I've been
dabbling in the syndicate.Copy !req
11. It has some oil holdings
in texas.Copy !req
12. Jack brewer handles
our new york operation.Copy !req
13. He came on the floor today-
I just happened to be there.Copy !req
14. This was about
10:30 this morning.Copy !req
15. He has a sheaf of
papers in his handCopy !req
16. he waves to me.Copy !req
17. Now, if there is anybody
that I don't wantCopy !req
18. to see before noon
on any given dayCopy !req
19. it is jack brewer.Copy !req
20. He's a raucous sort,
a little crude, nouveau riche-Copy !req
21. you know the type.Copy !req
22. Charlie, old man, you don't mind
if I sit here, do you, boy?Copy !req
23. Well,
where was I?Copy !req
24. Oh, yes,
jack brewer.Copy !req
25. He, uh, walks across
the floor to meCopy !req
26. and with an
intense voice-Copy !req
27. a voice absolutely
shaking with intensity-Copy !req
28. he sidles up to me
and he whispers...Copy !req
29. he's got the most miserable
habit of whispering-Copy !req
30. sotto voce- so that everyone
in the world can hear him.Copy !req
31. Anyway, he says to me "jim,Copy !req
32. "I must scrape up
a quarter of a millionCopy !req
33. and you're the only one
that can handle it for me."Copy !req
34. Now, this is brewer speaking
to me.Copy !req
35. A quarter of
a million dollars!Copy !req
36. And I am supposed
to scrape it up for him.Copy !req
37. I mean, I am supposed
to scrape it upCopy !req
38. as though it were
some kind of residueCopy !req
39. that could be literally
scooped up off a floor!Copy !req
40. To make a long
story shortCopy !req
41. he arrives at the busiest
time of the morningCopy !req
42. absolutely the
busiest timeCopy !req
43. and he says to meCopy !req
44. "jim, I've got an opportunity to corner..."Copy !req
45. I just got your letter.Copy !req
46. Shh! Our young friend
is discoursing again.Copy !req
47. Well, of course I looked a
little askance at himCopy !req
48. because the boor wouldn't know
a corner of the marketCopy !req
49. from a railroad roundhouse!Copy !req
50. The only thing worse
than his talking so muchCopy !req
51. is his transparency.Copy !req
52. In about 30 seconds, alfred,
he will very nonchalantly askCopy !req
53. for a loan from
anybody within earshot.Copy !req
54. Just last week he asked meCopy !req
55. for the loan of a quarter
of a million dollars.Copy !req
56. The letter you sent meCopy !req
57. is the most incredible
thing I have ever read.Copy !req
58. Archie, we're
old friends.Copy !req
59. I must tell you...Copy !req
60. my communication to youCopy !req
61. was not as an old friend,
but as my lawyer.Copy !req
62. Is the wager
I have in mind legal?Copy !req
63. No wager is legal
in this state.Copy !req
64. Well, is it against
the law, then?Copy !req
65. Anything criminal in it?Copy !req
66. I don't see anything
criminal in it, no.Copy !req
67. Alfred, that is exactly
what I wanted to hear from you.Copy !req
68. Franklin, would you take
this note across the roomCopy !req
69. to young mr. Tennyson
over there.Copy !req
70. Archie...Copy !req
71. you tell him
it's from me.Copy !req
72. Ask him to read it
immediately.Copy !req
73. Why, yes, sir.Copy !req
74. The note that this man
is carrying across a club roomCopy !req
75. is in the form
of a proposed wagerCopy !req
76. but it's the kind of wager
that comes without precedent.Copy !req
77. It stands alone
in the annals of bet makingCopy !req
78. as the strangest game of chance
ever offeredCopy !req
79. by one man to another.Copy !req
80. In just a moment,
we'll see the terms of the wagerCopy !req
81. and what young
mr. Tennyson does about it.Copy !req
82. And in the processCopy !req
83. we'll witness all parties
spin a wheel of chanceCopy !req
84. in a very bizarre casino
called the twilight zone.Copy !req
85. Do you know whaticould doCopy !req
86. with a quarter of a million
dollars in a deal like this?Copy !req
87. Well, I can tell you this-
I could treble it, quadruple it.Copy !req
88. Why, with an initial
investmentCopy !req
89. of a quarter of a
million dollars...Copy !req
90. I could take this
plastics thing...Copy !req
91. excuse me,
mr. Tennyson.Copy !req
92. A note for you
from colonel taylor.Copy !req
93. Just put it down
somewhere, franklin.Copy !req
94. Excuse me, mr. Tennyson,
his instructions areCopy !req
95. that you read
it immediately.Copy !req
96. I beg your pardon.Copy !req
97. Acts like he had
seen a ghost.Copy !req
98. This is... this is
absolute nonsense.Copy !req
99. What about it, tennyson?Copy !req
100. Is this some
kind of a joke?Copy !req
101. I mean, really, colonel,
if it is a joke,Copy !req
102. it suggests a sense of
humor quite beyond me.Copy !req
103. It isnota joke.Copy !req
104. You know me
reasonably well, tennyson.Copy !req
105. You know that
humor is perhapsCopy !req
106. the least developed
aspect of my character.Copy !req
107. I am quite serious.Copy !req
108. Would you mind
terribly, tennysonCopy !req
109. if I acquainted the members
with my proposition?Copy !req
110. Well, that's your business,
colonel, quite your business.Copy !req
111. But I do believe that you willCopy !req
112. make yourself
highly suspect.Copy !req
113. I'll take that risk.Copy !req
114. I propose a wager
to mr. Tennyson here.Copy !req
115. The wager is to take
the following form.Copy !req
116. I will bet him $500,000...Copy !req
117. that he cannot remain
silent for one year.Copy !req
118. The wager carries with it
the following conditions:Copy !req
119. He will be placed
in a room for observationCopy !req
120. by me or by any one of us,
at our discretion.Copy !req
121. He will be furnished
with anything he desiresCopy !req
122. by way of diversion.Copy !req
123. But he will not be able to speak
one single word for 12 monthsCopy !req
124. not one single word.Copy !req
125. He will make
his wants knownCopy !req
126. in writing,
not by voice.Copy !req
127. What about it, tennyson?Copy !req
128. Well, may I ask what is
the reason for this wager?Copy !req
129. What I'm about to say might
horrify the average personCopy !req
130. but to someone
as insensitive as youCopy !req
131. it probably won't
mean a thing.Copy !req
132. I dislike you
intensely, tennyson.Copy !req
133. It goes much beyond
the ordinary distasteCopy !req
134. I feel for someone
without breedingCopy !req
135. without principles,
without manners.Copy !req
136. Your voice has become
intolerable.Copy !req
137. I sit here each night and
the sound of it makes me wince!Copy !req
138. I cannot ask you
to resign from the club.Copy !req
139. I haven't got that right.Copy !req
140. So it occurred to meCopy !req
141. that I'd be willing
to offer a large sum of moneyCopy !req
142. just to have some quiet.Copy !req
143. You see, tennysonCopy !req
144. you could not possibly
remain silent for a year.Copy !req
145. It's not in your nature.Copy !req
146. You're a shallow, talkative,
empty-headed ne'er-do-wellCopy !req
147. and to remain silent
would destroy you.Copy !req
148. So what I assume
will happenCopy !req
149. you will perhaps
withstand the pressuresCopy !req
150. for three or four weeks,
maybe a couple of monthsCopy !req
151. and then you will succumb.Copy !req
152. That's, again,
your nature.Copy !req
153. In the meantime, I will deriveCopy !req
154. oh, several months
of exquisite silence.Copy !req
155. Well, tennysonCopy !req
156. does it appeal to
your sporting blood?Copy !req
157. Oddly enough, it does
appeal to my sporting blood.Copy !req
158. Now, that, too,
is patently ridiculous.Copy !req
159. There's nothing sporting
about you, tennyson.Copy !req
160. I happen to know
you're deliveringCopy !req
161. your nightly
financial folderolCopy !req
162. because you're in
desperate straits.Copy !req
163. You've run through
your inheritanceCopy !req
164. your debts are
insurmountableCopy !req
165. and you'd do practically
anything for money.Copy !req
166. Except, perhaps, to
remain silent for a year.Copy !req
167. If this were europe, or the
company were more sophisticatedCopy !req
168. I should be forced
to invite you outCopy !req
169. for the things
you've said to me.Copy !req
170. The ground rules
here, howeverCopy !req
171. are different.Copy !req
172. I can either ignore you
or call your bluff.Copy !req
173. Well, I choose to do the latter.Copy !req
174. I accept your wager.Copy !req
175. Uh, just a few questions.Copy !req
176. Where am I to be
incarcerated?Copy !req
177. Well, in the old
game room downstairs.Copy !req
178. It isn't being used.Copy !req
179. With the permission of
the board of governorsCopy !req
180. I'll have some work
done on it.Copy !req
181. You'll be in a glass-enclosed
living room and bedroom.Copy !req
182. Microphones will be
placed around the roomCopy !req
183. which you are
to leave untouched.Copy !req
184. Your every movement
will be recordedCopy !req
185. and so will your voice
when you decide to give up.Copy !req
186. You will permit me
or any one of usCopy !req
187. to observe you
at any time.Copy !req
188. When, uh, is this
supposed to start?Copy !req
189. Well, the room could be
prepared by tomorrow night.Copy !req
190. I've made all
the necessary inquiries.Copy !req
191. You could enter
anytime after 10:00 p.m.Copy !req
192. And so, at 10:00 p.m.,
june 3, 1962Copy !req
193. you may leave the room.Copy !req
194. At that time
I will haveCopy !req
195. a check for $500,000
waiting for youCopy !req
196. assuming, of course,
that the impossible happensCopy !req
197. and you're able to remain silent
for those 12 months.Copy !req
198. I'll be back tomorrow night.Copy !req
199. Uh, colonel, I would like
to have that check certifiedCopy !req
200. and placed on deposit
in my nameCopy !req
201. a photostat of it availableCopy !req
202. and witnessed
by every member of this club.Copy !req
203. That might be
the usual procedureCopy !req
204. in a fish market or a pawn shopCopy !req
205. but not in this club
and not with me.Copy !req
206. My credit is well-knownCopy !req
207. so is my honor, as every
member here will vouch for.Copy !req
208. There will be no check
placed on deposit.Copy !req
209. You'll have to take my word.Copy !req
210. I see.Copy !req
211. It's my courage
against your credit.Copy !req
212. Well, a year
from tomorrow nightCopy !req
213. both can be proved.Copy !req
214. Franklin,
get me my coat.Copy !req
215. Yes, sir.Copy !req
216. Tennyson, I've known colonel
taylor for a long time.Copy !req
217. This is not
a capricious man.Copy !req
218. I warn you,
he is in deadly earnest.Copy !req
219. Do you know
my wife, sir?Copy !req
220. Her name is doris.Copy !req
221. She's a lovely thing-
frail, beautiful, fragile.Copy !req
222. Like a cameo broochCopy !req
223. but her tastes run
to unfragile things-Copy !req
224. sizable baubles to
sizable price tags.Copy !req
225. She shops at tiffany's the way
other women enter a supermarket.Copy !req
226. My miserable
misfortune isCopy !req
227. that I happen to be very
much in love with her.Copy !req
228. I am also desperate
in need of money.Copy !req
229. I may sound melodramatic,
but it happens to be true.Copy !req
230. Any time now, mr. Tennyson.Copy !req
231. Any time.Copy !req
232. Oh, mr. Tennyson's
dinner, hmm?Copy !req
233. Yes, sir.Copy !req
234. Is he eating well,
appetite good?Copy !req
235. Not very much up
to a week ago, sirCopy !req
236. but he's eating
very well now.Copy !req
237. Well, that's nice.Copy !req
238. And I hope he stays
in perfect health.Copy !req
239. I wouldn't want
this experienceCopy !req
240. to damage him
in any way.Copy !req
241. Quite the contrary, sir.Copy !req
242. He seems in
excellent spiritsCopy !req
243. and it's nine weeks
now, sirCopy !req
244. nine weeks today that
he's been in there.Copy !req
245. Nine weeks?Copy !req
246. Well, that's really
quite incredible.Copy !req
247. I gave him
four weeksCopy !req
248. possibly, to hold out,
six at the outside.Copy !req
249. Nine weeks!Copy !req
250. There's a little bit
more gristle thereCopy !req
251. than I gave him
credit for.Copy !req
252. Will there be
anything else, sir?Copy !req
253. Oh, hello, alfred.Copy !req
254. Franklin told me
you were waiting.Copy !req
255. Only to pose this
question to you.Copy !req
256. Very succinct,
archie, very brief.Copy !req
257. How long?Copy !req
258. How long what?Copy !req
259. How long are you
going to keep onCopy !req
260. with this... this
prolonged practical joke?Copy !req
261. Well, not much longer.Copy !req
262. Thank you, franklin.Copy !req
263. You should see
our boy down there.Copy !req
264. Four and a half months,
not a sound out of him.Copy !req
265. It's incredible.Copy !req
266. That fop won't take it
for another month.Copy !req
267. This I'll guarantee you.Copy !req
268. For your sake,
I hope that's the case.Copy !req
269. Mysake?Copy !req
270. You have
the money, archie?Copy !req
271. I find that
insulting, alfred.Copy !req
272. I'm sorry if it is.Copy !req
273. I think he's going
to beat you, archie.Copy !req
274. I think that boy
down thereCopy !req
275. is going to remain silent
for the entire year.Copy !req
276. And I think you're
going to owe him $500,000.Copy !req
277. I just hope you've got it.Copy !req
278. You can hear me,
tennyson, can't you?Copy !req
279. I've been giving this
considerable thought.Copy !req
280. You fulfilled your part
of the bargain admirably.Copy !req
281. As a matter of factCopy !req
282. you have completely
surprised me, tennyson.Copy !req
283. But the fact isCopy !req
284. I feel the whole thing
has gone too far.Copy !req
285. It's becoming inhuman.Copy !req
286. I'm prepared to offer you
a thousand dollarsCopy !req
287. and you may walk out todayCopy !req
288. right this moment,
if you choose.Copy !req
289. It's going to be an early spring
this year, tennyson.Copy !req
290. You ought to see it.Copy !req
291. In that time of the yearCopy !req
292. when a young man's
fancy lightly turns...Copy !req
293. well, you know that
better than I do.Copy !req
294. And young ladies, too.Copy !req
295. For exampleCopy !req
296. your wife.Copy !req
297. She must be lonely
for you, tennysonCopy !req
298. desperately lonely.Copy !req
299. As a matter of fact,
she...Copy !req
300. she has been seen
with other young men.Copy !req
301. It's oddCopy !req
302. she hasn't paid you a visit,
isn't it?Copy !req
303. Don't you think it's odd?Copy !req
304. I happen to know
you've written her many notesCopy !req
305. requesting a visit.Copy !req
306. She hasn't responded,
even to the notes.Copy !req
307. You may lose
your wife, tennyson.Copy !req
308. I hope you're fully
aware of that.Copy !req
309. While you stay here
behind glassCopy !req
310. the very reason
for all your agonyCopy !req
311. may be slipping
away from you.Copy !req
312. Why don't you leave, tennyson?Copy !req
313. Why don't you leave right now?Copy !req
314. It still might be possible
to save your marriage.Copy !req
315. Tennyson, I saw
your wife again.Copy !req
316. She was getting into
a little european sports car.Copy !req
317. There was a, you know,
a nice young fellow driving it.Copy !req
318. Your wife... wife... your
wife... wife... wife... wife.Copy !req
319. Today is april fools' day,
tennyson.Copy !req
320. You remember april fools' day.Copy !req
321. I think it was named for youCopy !req
322. for only a fool would stay
in there as long as you haveCopy !req
323. knowing precisely what's
happening on the outside.Copy !req
324. Your wife, I mean, tennyson,
your wife... wife... wife.Copy !req
325. Tennyson, this nonsense
must cease!Copy !req
326. You've got
to get out of there.Copy !req
327. You really do.Copy !req
328. Why I could tell you some
stories about your wife.Copy !req
329. How about it, tennyson?Copy !req
330. I might see my way clear
to giving you $5,000.Copy !req
331. That would pay off
a lot of your debts.Copy !req
332. And a little bracelet
for your wife.Copy !req
333. Something to compensate
for the months of loneliness.Copy !req
334. How about it, tennyson?Copy !req
335. $5,000.Copy !req
336. $6,000, tennyson.Copy !req
337. You're an idiot, you
know that, tennyson?Copy !req
338. You're going out of
your mind in there.Copy !req
339. I know you are.Copy !req
340. You're ready to crawl up
the walls.Copy !req
341. Listen, tennyson, you cannot
stay in there one more hour.Copy !req
342. Not another half hour.Copy !req
343. I wouldn't have
believed it.Copy !req
344. A year
in that roomCopy !req
345. and not one word
out of him.Copy !req
346. Two minutes is all
the poor devil has got now-Copy !req
347. two more minutes.Copy !req
348. Look at archie.Copy !req
349. Not the face of a happy man, would you say?Copy !req
350. A rather monumental occasion,
isn't it, archie?Copy !req
351. 12 months ago to the moment
you destroyed yourselfCopy !req
352. much as I told you you would.Copy !req
353. Your little reminders
are gratuitous, alfred.Copy !req
354. Besides, it's
not yet 10:00.Copy !req
355. Whether it is
or whether it isn'tCopy !req
356. the destruction
I'm talking aboutCopy !req
357. has already
taken place.Copy !req
358. There have been
ugly rumors, archieCopy !req
359. things you've
done to himCopy !req
360. like little
asides, innuendosCopy !req
361. suggestions, gossip
about his wife.Copy !req
362. You place such a premium
on honor, archieCopy !req
363. but you haven't acted
like an honorable man.Copy !req
364. Please don't go to the
trouble of denying it.Copy !req
365. I'm sure much of it
is true.Copy !req
366. But the ugly affair
has proved two thingsCopy !req
367. hasn't it, archie?Copy !req
368. That that boy down
there is strongerCopy !req
369. than you gave him
credit forCopy !req
370. and you are
considerably weaker.Copy !req
371. How could he have done it?Copy !req
372. How could he
have done it?Copy !req
373. It's impossible!Copy !req
374. You, uh, have me at
a disadvantage, mr. Tennyson.Copy !req
375. In a rather
compromising situation.Copy !req
376. You force me into a position
of... rather distasteful candor.Copy !req
377. The truth is I am a fraud.Copy !req
378. I haven't
any money.Copy !req
379. I offered you a thousand
dollars, then $5,000.Copy !req
380. I would have had to go out
into the streetCopy !req
381. to beg even that amount, let
alone a half a million dollars.Copy !req
382. It's true that I have prideCopy !req
383. bearing, taste,
exceptional breeding...Copy !req
384. but I lost
most of my moneyCopy !req
385. some years ago.Copy !req
386. Now you have forced me
to uncover the situationCopy !req
387. proving, mr. Tennyson,
proving that, of the two of usCopy !req
388. you are by far
the more substantial.Copy !req
389. And I will naturally resign.Copy !req
390. I will not ask you to suffer
my presence any longer.Copy !req
391. Tennyson, you can talk,
your time is up.Copy !req
392. You can talk, gurgle, sing,
chortle, anything you want.Copy !req
393. What's
he writing?Copy !req
394. What is
he doing?Copy !req
395. Why doesn't
he talk?Copy !req
396. What does it
say, archie?Copy !req
397. What did
he write?Copy !req
398. Why didn't he
say something?Copy !req
399. "I knew I would not
be able to keepCopy !req
400. "my part of the bargain...Copy !req
401. "so one year ago
I had the nervesCopy !req
402. to my vocal
chords severed."Copy !req
403. Mr. Jamie tennyson
who almost won a betCopy !req
404. but who discovered
somewhat belatedlyCopy !req
405. that gambling can be
a most unproductive pursuitCopy !req
406. even with loaded dice,
marked cardsCopy !req
407. or, as in his case,
some severed vocal chords.Copy !req
408. For somewhere beyond him,
a wheel was turnedCopy !req
409. and his number came up
"black 13."Copy !req
410. If you don't believe it,
ask the croupierCopy !req
411. the very special one
who handles rouletteCopy !req
412. in the twilight zone.Copy !req
413. Rod serling, creator
of the twilight zoneCopy !req
414. will tell you
about next week's storyCopy !req
415. after this word
from our alternate sponsor.Copy !req
416. And now, mr. Serling.Copy !req
417. Next week onthe twilight zoneCopy !req
418. you'll sit in this courtroom and
you'll watch what is apparentlyCopy !req
419. the standard, everyday turning
of the wheels of justice.Copy !req
420. But because this is
the twilight zoneCopy !req
421. don't be fooled
by the readily apparent,Copy !req
422. for when the judge enters,
the jury rises,Copy !req
423. the bailiff calls out the case,
all of thisCopy !req
424. is the opening salvo to one
of our wildest journeys yet.Copy !req
425. Our program is called
"shadow play"Copy !req
426. and it's written
by mr. Charles beaumont.Copy !req
427. It comes well recommended.Copy !req
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group at wgbh access. Wgbh. OrgCopy !req
429. hi, this is ed sullivan,Copy !req
430. reminding you that the colgate-
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