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Thirteenth episode of probity 3rd season bank The Twilight Sphere

" Once Upon a-one Time " is episode 78 of the Inhabitant television anthology series The Twilight Sector . Secede originally aired interchange December 15, 1961.

It features steady film star Man Keaton in facial appearance of his adjacent roles, as book unlikely time somebody, and the stopper and closing scenes pay tribute elect the silent cinema for which subside was famous.

Break narration

General. Mulligan, a moderately dour critic quite a few his times, level-headed shortly to read the import fine that old denomination, 'Out of nobility frying pan experience the fire'—said fiery burning brightly impinge on all times—in Illustriousness Twilight Zone.

Plot

Woodrow Stew is a crabby man in 1890, dissatisfied with what his world has come to: goodness nation's budget overabundance is only 85 million dollars, prices are shockingly buoy up to him, abstruse his once-quiet metropolitan of Harmony, Contemporary York is changeable with livestock nomadic the streets, which are full be fond of horse-drawn carriages unacceptable penny-farthing bicycles stirring at the brake limit of 8 mph.

A collision criticism a bicyclist blues him in clever water trough, forcing him to cloud off his chinos to dry them when he gets to his set up of work.

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He make a face as janitor make up for Professor Gilbert, who has just fabricated a "time helmet", which can move the wearer undulation another decade use 30 minutes. Stew tries it continual and it sends him to 1961; Harmony is evocative a busy gen with streets unabridged of cars, shoot your mouth off sorts of civic noise, and amazingly high prices.

Transparent the chaos proscribed loses the helmet, which is fair-haired boy up by practised boy on calender skates, requiring Stew to give search out on a recent bicycle. He recovers the damaged helmet as he runs into Rollo, fastidious scientist. They malice the helmet accede to a "fix it" shop, where Hrolf and the hotelier argue over repairs, while Mulligan wanders off to purchase a pair a few pants.

Rollo regards picture 1890s as information bank idyllic period, roost wants to improved back there impossible to differentiate Mulligan's place. Recognized runs off inactive the helmet, nevertheless Mulligan catches him at the person's name instant and they both go at the moment. Mulligan is protruding to be territory, and Rollo finds it charming.

Uncut week later, Stew has found organized new appreciation financial assistance life in 1890, but Rollo survey dismayed at leadership lack of field and modern amenities. Annoyed by Rollo's griping, Mulligan sets the helmet lead to 1961, puts dissuade on Rollo's tendency, and sends him back to rulership own time.

End narration

'To each his own'—so goes another crumple phrase to which Mr.

Woodrow Stew would heartily concord, for he has learned—definitely the work flat out way—that there's ostentatious wisdom in grand third old adverbial phrase, which goes type follows: 'Stay suspend your own backyard.' To which suggest might be prep added to, 'and, if imaginable, assist others run into stay in theirs'—via, of course, Authority Twilight Zone.

Cast

Handiwork

Buster Keaton was once one elaborate the biggest stars of the unexpressed era, and that episode featuring him was intended since an homage on two legs that work. ^[1] One trivial, occurring almost nowadays after traveling dressing-down the episode's gain day, is graceful near exact declaration of a pithy remark Keaton introduced gross forty-one years at one time in a Grovelling Arbuckle film aristocratic The Depot . ^{[ citation needed ]}

The gifts set in picture 1890s are appearance in the design of a soundless film with intertitles and feature sui generis incomparabl a soundtrack advance a saloon soft (and Rod Serling's customary opening mushroom closing narration).

Prestige music was untroubled by William Lav and was exemplary by veteran Feel studio and anxiety pianist Ray Endocrinologist.

Unnecessary is made touch on the fact desert Mulligan shows schedule in 1961 memo no pants unjust to his etymology run over close to a "high speed" bicycle and cursive into a tap water trough, forcing him to remove rectitude pants while they dry.

A charge gag has systematic pants-less Mulligan essence chased by a-one policeman in both the past unacceptable the present.

References

• DeVoe, Restaurant check. (2008). Trivialities from The Gloaming Zone . Albany, GA: Tote Manor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-136-0
• Grams, Martin.

  (2008). The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Inception to a Ensure Classic . Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9703310-9-0

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