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In The Twilight Zone episode “Living Doll“, a young girl is given a doll. Talky Tina, as she is known, speaks cute phrases to the girl, but death threats against the child’s father. Now you can have one in your own home! Entertainment Earth is selling Talky Tina replicas which say the following phrases:
“My name is Talky Tina, and I love you very much.”
“My name is Talky Tina, and I don’t think I like you.”
“My name is Talky Tina, and you’d better be nice to me.”
“My name is Talky Tina, and you’ll be sorry.”
“My name is Talky Tina, and I’m going to kill you.”
Cartoonist Timonthy Lim and writer Mark Pellegrini imagined Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes as the villain in “It’s a Good Life“, an episode of The Twilight Zone. Pictured above is one panel. Pellegrini writes:
Tonight’s story on The Twilight Zone is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. On a given morning not too long ago, the rest of the world disappeared, save for one small town. Its inhabitants were never sure whether the world was destroyed or whether their small town was taken away. They were, on the other hand, sure of one thing: the cause. A monster. Just by using his mind, he took away the automobiles, the electricity, the machines – because they displeased him – and replaced them with tyrannosaurs in F-15′s, chainsaw Batman, and an unmarried-Spider-Man who sold his marriage to the Devil – just by using his mind.
Link via Popped Culture
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the debut of The Twilight Zone. The first episode of Rod Serling’s classic horror/suspense television show aired on October 2, 1959. William Kates wrote for the AP about the origin of the series:
In a time on television when suburbia was idealized in popular shows such as “Ozzie and Harriet” and “Make Room for Daddy,” Serling offered a mixture of fantasy, science fiction, suspense, horror — and the show’s trademark macabre or unexpected twist.
Serling had already earned acclaim for his television writing (“Requiem for a Heavyweight,” “Patterns,”) but found himself fighting CBS to get “The Twilight Zone” on the air. Serling would have repeated conflicts with network censors throughout his career.
My favorite episode is “The Shelter.” What is yours?
Link via Alphecca | Image: CBS
UPDATE 10/2/09: Via GeekDad, free episodes online from CBS.
2nd UPDATE 10/2/09: io9 presents 6 Important Life Lessons from The Twilight Zone
