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2. You're traveling
through another dimension-Copy !req
3. a dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind,Copy !req
4. a journey into a wondrous landCopy !req
5. whose boundaries
are that of imagination.Copy !req
6. Your next stop,
the twilight zone.Copy !req
7. Mr. Chambers? Mr. Chambers?Copy !req
8. It is the mealtime.Copy !req
9. Kindly state
your preference, please.Copy !req
10. Mr. Chambers?Copy !req
11. It is the mealtime.Copy !req
12. Kindly state your preference.Copy !req
13. Please deposit cigarettes
in appropriate receptacle.Copy !req
14. This is a safety measure.Copy !req
15. Why don't you take
a flying jump at the moon?Copy !req
16. Kindly repeat request.Copy !req
17. Aw, knock it off,
leave me alone.Copy !req
18. You do not care
for food at this time?Copy !req
19. Yes, I do not care
for food at this time.Copy !req
20. Very well.Copy !req
21. Very well... very, very well.Copy !req
22. Please conserve water.Copy !req
23. What time is it?Copy !req
24. There is no time in space.Copy !req
25. This is to sayCopy !req
26. there is no chronology
that can be calibrated.Copy !req
27. I said what time is it,
what time is it on earth?Copy !req
28. Can you tell me thatCopy !req
29. without an exercise
in euclidean geometry?Copy !req
30. Now, just tell me
what time it is on earth.Copy !req
31. On earth it would be 12:00 noon.Copy !req
32. 12:00 noon, 12:00 noon.Copy !req
33. This is the way
nightmares begin...Copy !req
34. or, perhaps, end.Copy !req
35. Very simple, direct, unadorned.Copy !req
36. Incredible,
and yet so terribly realCopy !req
37. that even
while they're happeningCopy !req
38. we live with them
and digest themCopy !req
39. and assimilate them.Copy !req
40. And if it's 12:00 noonCopy !req
41. that's what you
preoccupy yourself with.Copy !req
42. You don't think
about 12:00 noonCopy !req
43. on the next day
or the day after that.Copy !req
44. But that's what we should
have been thinking about-Copy !req
45. tomorrow
and the day after tomorrow.Copy !req
46. We were preoccupied
with the hands on a clockCopy !req
47. when we should have been
checking off a calendar.Copy !req
48. It was an april day,
and it was noon then, too.Copy !req
49. And people walked and droveCopy !req
50. and bought and sold
and fretted and laughed.Copy !req
51. The world went on
much as it had been going onCopy !req
52. with a tentative tiptoeingCopy !req
53. alongside a precipice
of crisis.Copy !req
54. There was berlin to worry aboutCopy !req
55. and indochina, and algeriaCopy !req
56. and all the other myriad
problems, major and minorCopy !req
57. that somehow had lost
their incisive edge of horrorCopy !req
58. because we were
so familiar with them.Copy !req
59. And then...Copy !req
60. and that's when it happened.Copy !req
61. That's when we first heard
that they had come.Copy !req
62. That's when we should
have prepared ourselvesCopy !req
63. for any eventuality,
but we didn't.Copy !req
64. Instead, we milled around
like frightened farm animalsCopy !req
65. looking for formulas
and father images,Copy !req
66. while the secretary general
of the united nationsCopy !req
67. made the first
official announcementCopy !req
68. of the arrival of creatures
from outer space.Copy !req
69. They called themselves kanamitsCopy !req
70. and announced
over the short waveCopy !req
71. that on that given afternoon,
they would arrive on earth.Copy !req
72. At 11:00 this morning,
eastern standard timeCopy !req
73. the first of these landingsCopy !req
74. took place in an area just
outside of newark, new jersey.Copy !req
75. Subsequently, we have had
reports of other landingsCopy !req
76. in the soviet union, in norway,
the southern coast of franceCopy !req
77. just outside of rio de janeiro
and several others.Copy !req
78. Speaking on behalf
of the united nations,Copy !req
79. I can only tell you
that at this momentCopy !req
80. it would be premature
to assume hostile intentCopy !req
81. on the part of these...
these kanamits.Copy !req
82. And so, it is the position
of the united nationsCopy !req
83. that the world population
remain calm,Copy !req
84. to make no hostile move,Copy !req
85. to keep in mindCopy !req
86. that all governments
are being apprisedCopy !req
87. of the events as they happenCopy !req
88. and have the situation
well in hand.Copy !req
89. What do they look like?
Yeah, whatdo
they look like?Copy !req
90. Please, gentlemen,
please...Copy !req
91. who are they, mr.
Secretary general?
Can't we getCopy !req
92. a more specific statement?
We do not know
what they look like.Copy !req
93. We only know that several
of their craft have landedCopy !req
94. and that they...Copy !req
95. what's the secret?Copy !req
96. Why can't we have
a statement?Copy !req
97. What's going on?
What's happening here?Copy !req
98. Please,
mr. Secretary general...Copy !req
99. it appears... it appears
that one of the craftCopy !req
100. has landed just
a few blocks away.Copy !req
101. That close?
Does the defense
department know...?Copy !req
102. One of their representatives
is on his way to this building.Copy !req
103. Fantastic!
Unbelievable!Copy !req
104. Respectfully submitted
for your perusal... a kanamit.Copy !req
105. A little over nine feet.Copy !req
106. In the neighborhood
of 350 pounds.Copy !req
107. Unknown.Copy !req
108. Motives?Copy !req
109. Therein hangs the tale,
for in just a momentCopy !req
110. we're going to ask you
to shake hands, figuratively,Copy !req
111. with a christopher columbusCopy !req
112. from another galaxy
and another time.Copy !req
113. This is the twilight zone.Copy !req
114. Ladies and gentlemen
of the earth,Copy !req
115. we greet you
in peace and friendship.Copy !req
116. We come from a planet
far beyond this galaxy,Copy !req
117. a planet far more developed
than earth,Copy !req
118. but we come as friends.Copy !req
119. Although we know your language,Copy !req
120. our own methods of communication
are mental rather than verbal.Copy !req
121. Hence, the voice you hear me
speaking withCopy !req
122. is totally mechanical.Copy !req
123. Our intentions
are honorable.Copy !req
124. We desire above all things
to help the people of earth...Copy !req
125. to establish embassies here,Copy !req
126. and, in the near future,
to set up reciprocal visitsCopy !req
127. between earth people
and kanamits.Copy !req
128. Perhaps you watched
this initial questioning-Copy !req
129. most people on earth didCopy !req
130. on television sets,
radios, shortwave.Copy !req
131. Surely, some of the questions
asked by your representativesCopy !req
132. must have been identical
to a few of your ownCopy !req
133. because as a race,
we're unaccustomed to charity.Copy !req
134. Brutality is a far more
universal language to usCopy !req
135. than an expression of friendship
from outer space.Copy !req
136. Would you be willing to
be interrogated hereCopy !req
137. and at this time?Copy !req
138. There are u.n.
Delegates presentCopy !req
139. from most of the
important countriesCopy !req
140. and the television camerasCopy !req
141. are carrying our meeting
throughout the world.Copy !req
142. I will be glad to.Copy !req
143. Senor valdes of argentina
is recognized.Copy !req
144. Thank you, mr. Secretary.Copy !req
145. Senor, could you
please inform usCopy !req
146. precisely why have you chosen
this planet for your visit?Copy !req
147. It has come to
our attentionCopy !req
148. that earth has
been plaguedCopy !req
149. by both natural and
unnatural catastrophesCopy !req
150. all of which could easily
be acted upon and prevented.Copy !req
151. We are here
to help you.Copy !req
152. Recognizing dr. Denis leveque,
the representative of france.Copy !req
153. Monsieur, my government
wishes me to ask youCopy !req
154. the nature of your help.Copy !req
155. What forms will it take?Copy !req
156. Indeed, if we should prefer
not to avail ourselvesCopy !req
157. of the various aids
that you mentioned,Copy !req
158. your reply
would be what?Copy !req
159. We will not force
anything on you.Copy !req
160. You will take only that
which you choose to take.Copy !req
161. For example, tomorrow
we will demonstrateCopy !req
162. to all interested partiesCopy !req
163. a new and extremely
interesting power sourceCopy !req
164. which is atomic
in natureCopy !req
165. and which can supply
a form of electric powerCopy !req
166. for entire countriesCopy !req
167. for the cost
of a few dollars.Copy !req
168. It's extremely
economical.Copy !req
169. Mr. Gregori,
the representativeCopy !req
170. of the soviet union,
is recognized.Copy !req
171. The soviet people would
like to ask the kanamitsCopy !req
172. precisely-
I repeat that to him-Copy !req
173. precisely what
are your motivesCopy !req
174. in coming here
quite uninvited?Copy !req
175. Are we to assume
that there is no ulterior motiveCopy !req
176. beyond this vast humanity
you speak of?Copy !req
177. There is nothing ulterior
in our motives.Copy !req
178. Nothing at all.Copy !req
179. You will discover this
for yourselves before too longCopy !req
180. simply by testing
the various devicesCopy !req
181. which we will make
available to you.Copy !req
182. We can show you,
for example,Copy !req
183. how to add a certain very
cheap nitrate to the soilCopy !req
184. and end famine on earth
for good and all.Copy !req
185. We can demonstrate
to you quite practicallyCopy !req
186. the principles
of the force fieldCopy !req
187. in which you may
cloak each nationCopy !req
188. with an invisible wallCopy !req
189. absolutely impenetrable
by bombs, missiles,Copy !req
190. or anything else.Copy !req
191. We ask only
that you trust us.Copy !req
192. Only that you simply trust us.Copy !req
193. That was what we all thought.Copy !req
194. It was the age of santa claus.Copy !req
195. Only these kriss kringles
came without white whiskersCopy !req
196. and rosy cheeks
and twinkling eyes.Copy !req
197. They were nine-feet tall enigmasCopy !req
198. who descended on us
like locusts.Copy !req
199. But nobody was counting
or worrying.Copy !req
200. Except perhaps
a few professionalsCopy !req
201. whose job it was
to second guess.Copy !req
202. In a sense, I was one of these-Copy !req
203. a decoding specialist for
the united states government,Copy !req
204. and this is where
I got into the act.Copy !req
205. Well, chambers,
what have you got?Copy !req
206. A corker of a migraine headache
and eye strain.Copy !req
207. You can't lick it?Copy !req
208. No, not in eight hours, I can't.Copy !req
209. Colonel,
it took us almost a yearCopy !req
210. to crack the japanese code-Copy !req
211. we had an army of men
working on that.Copy !req
212. But this is a language of people
from outer space,Copy !req
213. probably 500 times
as intelligent as we areCopy !req
214. and a thousand times
more complex.Copy !req
215. You need more help?Copy !req
216. All donations
gratefully accepted.Copy !req
217. I showed this
to every man on our staff.Copy !req
218. I've had a dozen people working
on it since late last night.Copy !req
219. We've tried
pretty much everything-Copy !req
220. single transposition,
double transposition.Copy !req
221. We've tried every known method
of cryptography there is,Copy !req
222. and I don't know
whether we're even closeCopy !req
223. or a million miles away.Copy !req
224. Are you saying it's
indecipherable?Copy !req
225. No, we've just got
to keep trying, that's all.Copy !req
226. Standard, direct, reversed,
systematically mixed,Copy !req
227. keyword mixed, random mixed,Copy !req
228. reciprocal, conjugate.Copy !req
229. Every nature of sequence
of letters there is.Copy !req
230. I'll tell you something,
colonel, this is a tough nut.Copy !req
231. This is a real tough nut.Copy !req
232. How important is it?Copy !req
233. Hmm, I don't know.Copy !req
234. That... that kanamit,Copy !req
235. or whatever it is
he calls himself,Copy !req
236. walked off and left
this book yesterday at the u.n.Copy !req
237. The white house feels
if we can decipher this bookCopy !req
238. we can find out
what they're up to.Copy !req
239. Well, obviously,
nothing but our good.Copy !req
240. He hasn't commented
on the loss of this book.Copy !req
241. Probably unconcerned.Copy !req
242. Why should we be so concerned?Copy !req
243. They've done all rightCopy !req
244. by us so far.Copy !req
245. Parlor tricks.Copy !req
246. They don't seem
like tricks, colonel.Copy !req
247. That new nitrate use
they demonstratedCopy !req
248. in argentina
this morning-Copy !req
249. that soil had more vitamins
in it six hours laterCopy !req
250. than a drugstore chain.Copy !req
251. I know that country.Copy !req
252. That's as barren and fruitlessCopy !req
253. as any place
on earth.Copy !req
254. Well...Copy !req
255. we might lick this,
we might not.Copy !req
256. But I got
a strange feeling.Copy !req
257. What?Copy !req
258. That we're lookingCopy !req
259. a gift horse
in the mouth.Copy !req
260. I got another
funny feeling, too.Copy !req
261. And that is?Copy !req
262. That if these kanamitsCopy !req
263. are as helpful as
I think they are,Copy !req
264. you boys will be
out of a job.Copy !req
265. And probably,
so will I.Copy !req
266. Am I to assumeCopy !req
267. this is a scientific
analysis, mr. Chambers,Copy !req
268. or just some
kentucky windage?Copy !req
269. Well, I don't know
what it is, colonel,Copy !req
270. beyond an instinctive
feeling.Copy !req
271. When this earth
gets enough to eatCopy !req
272. and there are no more wars
or diseases or famines,Copy !req
273. this is going to be
a garden of eden.Copy !req
274. Your optimism is most
refreshing, mr. Chambers,Copy !req
275. but I suggest
you continueCopy !req
276. your process
of decipheringCopy !req
277. until you can
tell us precisely-Copy !req
278. and I mean precisely-
what that book says.Copy !req
279. We've licked the title, anyway.Copy !req
280. What does
it say?Copy !req
281. How much
does it tell us?Copy !req
282. Here it is.Copy !req
283. Well, that makes
the cheeseCopy !req
284. a little more binding,
wouldn't you say, colonel?Copy !req
285. I'd call that a reasonably
altruistic phrase,Copy !req
286. do you agree,
patty?Copy !req
287. Well, I, uh...Copy !req
288. well, I want to
believe it, but...Copy !req
289. I don't know
what to think.Copy !req
290. "To serve man."Copy !req
291. I hope so.Copy !req
292. I fervently hope so.Copy !req
293. Gentlemen,
the purpose of this meetingCopy !req
294. is to acquaint you with certain
tests made over the past week.Copy !req
295. At the request
of several delegatesCopy !req
296. and with the full consentCopy !req
297. of our guests, the kanamits,Copy !req
298. these tests were filmed,
cut together into one short filmCopy !req
299. and you can watch them now.Copy !req
300. Kindly lower the screen.Copy !req
301. These are
the standard instruments usedCopy !req
302. to determine
the truth of a statement.Copy !req
303. Our first object,Copy !req
304. since the physiology of the
kanamits is unknown to us,Copy !req
305. was to determine whether or not
they react to these testsCopy !req
306. as human beings do.Copy !req
307. We will now repeat one
of the many experiments madeCopy !req
308. in an effort
to discover this fact.Copy !req
309. This instrument records
the subject's heartbeat.Copy !req
310. This one shows the electrical
conductivity of the skinCopy !req
311. in the palm of the hand-Copy !req
312. a measure of perspiration,
which increases under stress.Copy !req
313. This one shows the patternCopy !req
314. and intensity
of the electrical wavesCopy !req
315. emanating
from the subject's brain.Copy !req
316. Which of these is
longer than the other?Copy !req
317. The gray.Copy !req
318. I shall repeat
the question.Copy !req
319. Which of these is
longer than the other?Copy !req
320. The black.Copy !req
321. How did you get
to this planet?Copy !req
322. Walked.Copy !req
323. Once again, how did
you get to this planet?Copy !req
324. In a spaceship.Copy !req
325. Many such experiments were madeCopy !req
326. and my colleagues and myself
are satisfiedCopy !req
327. that the mechanisms
are effective.Copy !req
328. Now, I shall ask
our distinguished guestCopy !req
329. to reply to the question
put at the last sessionCopy !req
330. by several of the delegates.Copy !req
331. Namely, what is the motive
of the kanamit peopleCopy !req
332. in offering such great giftsCopy !req
333. to the people of the earth?Copy !req
334. I hope that the people of earth
will understand and believeCopy !req
335. when I tell you that our mission
upon this planet is simply this:Copy !req
336. To bring to you the peace and
plenty which we ourselves enjoyCopy !req
337. and which we have in the pastCopy !req
338. brought to other races
throughout the galaxy.Copy !req
339. When your world
has no more hunger,Copy !req
340. no more war,
no more needless suffering,Copy !req
341. that will be our reward.Copy !req
342. And the machine
showed no deviation.Copy !req
343. According to it, the kanamit
was telling the truth.Copy !req
344. You and I and the rest of
this earth had a ringside seatCopy !req
345. to the rebirth of every dream
man had ever dreamed.Copy !req
346. Santa claus came through.Copy !req
347. Arid deserts became gardensCopy !req
348. with the devices the kanamits
showed us how to use.Copy !req
349. The force field that was
to end war did precisely that.Copy !req
350. Armies and navies
were practically disbanded.Copy !req
351. Please check your guest visas.Copy !req
352. This is flight number 267
from earth to our planet.Copy !req
353. They tell me they have
a mean temperature of 76 degreesCopy !req
354. on their planet,
and the sun never goes down.Copy !req
355. And there clothing-Copy !req
356. it's a metallic substance,
just beautiful.Copy !req
357. Kind of like a spun gold.Copy !req
358. My sister wrote me.Copy !req
359. She says the day you land,Copy !req
360. they take you on a conducted
tour of all their shopsCopy !req
361. and you can pick out as
much of it as you want.Copy !req
362. But it's an entire planet.Copy !req
363. It's bigger than china.Copy !req
364. Besides it's an opportunityCopy !req
365. to spread peaceful coexistence
to an entire galaxy.Copy !req
366. Stand aside, please,
I have diplomatic visa.Copy !req
367. It's just one big holiday
when you get there.Copy !req
368. They've even got
a form of baseball.Copy !req
369. Leagues of everything,
just like we've got.Copy !req
370. And the whole trip,
billions of miles,Copy !req
371. only takes just a few days.Copy !req
372. Oh, man, I don't think
I'll want to come backCopy !req
373. once I do get there.Copy !req
374. I'm going home, boss.Copy !req
375. Need me for anything?Copy !req
376. Need you for anything?
Like what?Copy !req
377. This isn't exactly what you call
a beehive of activity.Copy !req
378. Well, this is
the new story of man.Copy !req
379. Nobody needs to decipher
much of anything anymoreCopy !req
380. because there aren't
any more codesCopy !req
381. simply because there aren't
any more secret messages.Copy !req
382. Odd.Copy !req
383. Huh?Copy !req
384. Well, I mean,Copy !req
385. we're not reading
about the hydrogen bombCopy !req
386. or war scares or insurrectionsCopy !req
387. or anything like that anymore.Copy !req
388. Millennium.Copy !req
389. Yeah, close to it.Copy !req
390. How many of them
are around now?Copy !req
391. Anybody ever
figure it out?Copy !req
392. A few thousand, I guess.Copy !req
393. They've got embassies
in every country now.Copy !req
394. And for every one
of them that comes,Copy !req
395. a few thousand of us
take off in their shipsCopy !req
396. to live with them.Copy !req
397. Yeah, that's
the odd thing:Copy !req
398. The fantastic ease
with whichCopy !req
399. human beings
make adjustments.Copy !req
400. One day, they watch
with bated breathCopy !req
401. while a single individual
orbits the earthCopy !req
402. in a rinky-dink
little cubicleCopy !req
403. and they think this is
the most historic momentCopy !req
404. that's ever happened in
the history of mankind.Copy !req
405. And then, one year later,Copy !req
406. they stand in lineCopy !req
407. waiting to take off
in a spaceshipCopy !req
408. to go 100 billion miles
off into spaceCopy !req
409. and they act and reactCopy !req
410. as if this were
a weekend picnic in the country.Copy !req
411. Oh, strange
and complex sanity of man.Copy !req
412. Nothing fazes him.Copy !req
413. Are you going?Copy !req
414. Well, as a matter of factCopy !req
415. I'm on a ten-year
exchange group waiting list.Copy !req
416. And what about you, patty?Copy !req
417. I'm on the list, too.Copy !req
418. The trouble is,
their quotas fillCopy !req
419. just as soon as they makeCopy !req
420. the announcement
of a new trip.Copy !req
421. While I'm waiting,Copy !req
422. I think I'll do the
next best thing.Copy !req
423. I'm still working
on that book.Copy !req
424. Deciphering that title
has been of no helpCopy !req
425. because their capital
letters are differentCopy !req
426. than the other signs they use,Copy !req
427. just as ours are.Copy !req
428. But it's starting
to fall into place.Copy !req
429. I think I'll get
the answer eventually.Copy !req
430. Well, I gave up
trying a month ago.Copy !req
431. This is flight number 914Copy !req
432. from earth to our planet.Copy !req
433. We will be taking off
in three minutes.Copy !req
434. Mr. Chambers!Copy !req
435. Mr. Chambers!Copy !req
436. Don't get on that ship!Copy !req
437. The rest of the book,
to serve man-it's...Copy !req
438. it's a cookbook!Copy !req
439. No! No!Copy !req
440. No, no, no!Copy !req
441. Hey! No!Copy !req
442. You have not eaten enough,
mr. Chambers.Copy !req
443. Please, enjoy.Copy !req
444. Eat hearty.Copy !req
445. Please, mr. Chambers, eat.Copy !req
446. We wouldn't want you
to lose weight.Copy !req
447. How about you?Copy !req
448. You still on earth
or on the ship with me?Copy !req
449. Well, it doesn't make
very much differenceCopy !req
450. because sooner or later
we'll all of us be on the menu-Copy !req
451. all of us.Copy !req
452. The recollections
of one michael chambersCopy !req
453. with appropriate flashbacks
and soliloquy.Copy !req
454. Or more simply stated,
the evolution of man,Copy !req
455. the cycle of going
from dust to dessert...Copy !req
456. the metamorphosis from being
the ruler of a planetCopy !req
457. to an ingredient
in someone's soup.Copy !req
458. It's tonight's bill of fare
on the twilight zone.Copy !req
459. Rod serling,
creator of the twilight zone,Copy !req
460. will tell you
about next week's storyCopy !req
461. after this message.Copy !req
462. And now, mr. Serling.Copy !req
463. Next week onthe twilight zone
contributor charles beaumontCopy !req
464. provides us
with a most charming taleCopy !req
465. of an old man
and some children-Copy !req
466. an old man
who's an exceptional playmate,Copy !req
467. exceptional because, well,Copy !req
468. how many old men do you know
who can change into monsters?Copy !req
469. Mr. Beaumont's
excellent tasting stewCopy !req
470. is further seasoned
by an element of mystery.Copy !req
471. It's called "the fugitive."Copy !req
472. We hope to see you next week.Copy !req
473. This is james arness.Copy !req
474. You know, it's only a short hopCopy !req
475. fromthe twilight zone
to dodge city ingunsmoke.Copy !req
476. Saturday nights
over most of these stations.Copy !req