1. You unlock this door
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ugliness in mankind.
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490. which, after all, is the twilight zone.
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491. And now, Mr. Serling.
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492. Earl hamner, Jr. brings his
typewriter and his fertile mind
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493. back into the twilight zone next time
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494. with a program about visitors.
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495. On the surface they're beatniks:
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496. A few raunchy-looking
characters on motorcycles
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497. draw into town one day.
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498. You won't forget them.
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499. They're quite different
from what they appear.
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500. On the twilight zone, Lee
kinsolving, shelley fabares
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501. and Michael forest star
in "black leather jackets."
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