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"The Twilight Zone" A Thing About Machines (1960)
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Writers:
Rod Serling (creator)
Rod Serling (writer)
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Original Air Date:
28 October 1960 (Season 2, Episode 4)
Plot:
Bartlett Finchley's paranoia about the machines around proves true. | add synopsis
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Review TOTALLY missed the humor in this episode more (5 total)
Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Richard Haydn | ... | Bartlett Finchley |
| Barbara Stuart | ... | Edith |
| Barney Phillips | ... | TV Repairman |
| Henry Beckman | ... | Policeman |
| Jay Overholts | ... | Intern |
| Margarita Cordova | ... | Girl |
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25 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
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Revealing mistakes: When the electric razor is coming down the stairs, a string can be seen pulling it. more
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Edith: Mr. Finchley, in this conspiracy you speak of, this mortal combat between you and the appliances, I hope you lose. more
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OK, maybe this isn't the best TZ episode ever. But reviews (including one here) often completely miss the intended tone of this episode.
Take Barbara Stuart's line for example: "In this conspiracy, this mortal combat between you and the appliances... I hope you lose!" The first time I heard that line, I laughed so hard I spit water out my nose.
It wasn't supposed to be anything other than funny.
Of course the shaver is absurd. It's supposed to be. As is the dancing woman on TV, the typewriter etc. Serling doesn't give it away at the end, but clearly Finchley had a much deserved nervous breakdown and was delusional.