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[eerie music]

(male presenter, off) There is a fifth dimension

Beyond that Which is known to man.

It is a dimension As vast as space

And as timeless As infinity.

It is the middle ground Between light and shadow

Between science And superstition

And it lies between The pit of man's fears

And the summit Of his knowledge.

This is the dimension Of imagination.

It is an area Which we call The twilight zone.

Two, three, four.

One, two, three.

Mrs. Chester, Have you ever read David copperfield?

How's that?

It's a wonderful book.

There's this Poor little fella And his father

Has passed away And his mother Has married

This miserable man Called murdstone.

Isn't that A villainous Name? Murdstone.

Well, this murdstone Has a sister Called jane--

Mr. Bemis, You shortchanged me again.

You owe me One more dollar.

See? There's only 24 here

And there Should be 25.

Oh, I'm terribly sorry, Mrs. Murd-- er, uh--

Mrs., uh, chester.

I thought there was five ones

And there's only four.

I thought I'd given you five.

I'm terribly sorry. Then there's another Funny character,

Called m icawber, Mr. M icawber.

And he's Always being sent To debtor's prison.

Hm!

Then there's Another character Called peggoty.

That is david's--

Nurse.

[sighs] Oh, well. [mumbies]

Yes, sir?

I wonder if imight See you in my office, Mr. Bemis?

Why, certainly, Mr. Carsville.

I don't suppose

You've read David copperfield?

No, Mr. Bemis, I have not.

Now if you'd kindly

Accompany me.

(male presenter, off) Witness Mr. Henry Bemis, A charter member

In the fraternity Of dreamers.

A bookish little man

Whose passion Is the printed page

But who is conspired Against by a bank President and a wife

And a world full Of tongue-cluckers

And the unrelenting Hands of a clock. But in just a moment

Mr. Bemis will enter a world Without bank presidents,

Or wives, or clocks, Or anything else.

He'll have a world All to himself, Without anyone.

(president) Now, Mr. Bemis

I shall come To the point.

I shall arrive via The following route

Which is namely, "What constitutes

An efficient member Of this organization?"

Viz, a bank teller Who knows his job And performs it.

I.E., An organization man

Who functions Within an organization.

You, Mr. Bemis, Do not function Within the organization.

You are neither An efficient bank teller

Nor a proficient employee.

You, Mr. Bemis, are a reader.

A "Reader"?

A reader!

A reader of books, Magazines

Periodicals, newspapers.

I see you constantly Going downstairs

Into the vault During your lunch hour.

Ultimatum, Mr. Bemis!

You'll henceforth Devote your time To your job

And forget Reading, or you'll Find yourself outdoors

On a park bench reading From morning till night

For want of having a job.

Do I make myself Perfectly clear?

That's perfectly Clear, sir. It's Just that,

Just that what, bem is?

Make it quick And get back to your cage.

It's just that my wife Won't let me read at home.

See, when I get Home at night and try To pick up a newspaper

She yanks it out of my hand

And after dinner If I try to find

A magazine, she hides them.

Well, I got so desperate That I found myself

Trying to read the labels On the condiment bottles On the table.

Now, she won't Even let me use The catsup.

Unasked, I give My reaction to this.

Your wife Is an amazingly Bright woman.

I remember last november You spent the days

Reading campaign buttons On customers' lapels.

You will recall The lady who took Exception to this

And tried to hit you With her umbrella.

Yes, I remember that.

I never got a chance To tell her

That I was only Looking to see Who she voted for.

Good day, bem is.

[ciears throat]

[startied gasp]

(wife, shrill call) Henry!

Henry!

Yes, dear? I'm in the living room!

You want more Coffee or don't you?

No, thank you, dear.

But then why don't You tell me that,

And don't sneak off Into the loving room To bury yourself in newsprint?

I think we've Been over this Quite enough, Henry.

I won't tolerate a husband Of mine sacrificing the art Of conversation.

[chuckies]

All right. What's so funny?

No, no, dear, it's Just that you said "A husband of m ine."

How many husbands Have you got? You've Only got me!

I would appreciate that Not being rubbed in! [beats newspaper]

We're playing cards Tonight. I want you To change your shirt.

We're going over To the phillips' house.

Oh, dear.

All right, Henry. Anything to say?

No, dear, nothing to say.

What time Do we do that?

In about 1 5 m inutes.

I'll be ready on time.

See that you are!

[startied] Oh!

Henry?

Yes, my dear?

What have You got, Henry?

Got?

Got!

Nothing, my dear.

What's this?

What, that?

This!

Isn't that odd?

How did that Get here?

I can only hazard A guess.

"A book Of modern poetry."

Yours, Henry?

Would you like To read me some?

Read you some?

Do you mean Read you out loud Out of the book?

Do you want to?

Oh, I would love to.

You know, There are some Lovely things in here.

There are One or two things From t.S. Eliot

And edna st. Vincent m illay, Robert frost, carl sandburg.

Helen.

Who did this, helen?

Who do you think Did it, Henry?

You should Thank me, really.

A grown man who reads silly

Ridiculous, Nonsensical doggerel.

This isn't doggerel! There's some beautiful Things here.

I say it's doggerel.

And I also say It's a waste of time.

Helen, helen, Don't do that!

Helen, please Don't do that!

Why, helen?

Why do you do These things?

Because I'm Married to a fool.

[crash]

[expiosion]

(carsville) I can only tell you

That in adherence to duty, A constant remembrance

That a bank, Like a political office Is a public trust.

These things Are of the essence.

Those things are basic Above all things.

Just the qualities I've mentioned.

Miss jackson, that's my speech For thursday night banquet.

Would you type that--

[explosion]

(presenter, off) Seconds, minutes, hours,

They crawl by

On hands and knees For Mr. Henry Bemis

Who looks for a spark In the ashes of a dead world.

A telephone connected To nothingness.

A neighborhood bar, a movie

A baseball diamond, A hardware store

The mailbox of what Was once his house And is now a rubble.

They lie at his feet

As battered monuments To what was, but is no more.

Helen!

Where are you?!

(male presenter, off) Mr. Henry Bemis, On an eight-hour tour

Of a graveyard.

They're all dead.

They must be.

Everybody's dead except

Me.

I'm all right.

Why am I all right?

I was right there In the middle of--

The vault!

I was down in the vault.

That's why I'm alive.

I went down in the--

The thing of it is, though,

The thing of it is

I'm not at all sure

That I want to be alive.

Well, I'm not Going to starve To death anyway.

Lots of food.

Food enough to last For years and years And years

And years.

All the food I can eat.

All the food

And more too.

[humming]

Let's see, the worst part, The very worst part

Is being alone.

Is this how it's going to be

Sitting around day after day

Eating?

Smoking a cigarette.

Reading the same half Of a newspaper

Over and over,

And over

And over again.

[horn honking]

[engine sputtering]

Is someone there?

Please, someone!

Is someone there?

Someone!

No. No. No.

No. No, that doesn't make Any difference.

No, it doesn't. It doesn't Make a bit of difference.

It's quite all right.

This is solitude.

I've never had much solitude.

I have enough To occupy my m ind And my time.

I have enough food

And I'm really Very fortunate.

Yes, I'm really Extremely fortunate.

Help. Help. Help.

Someone, please! Someone!

Please. Please, someone!

Someone! Please!

Someone, please!

Someone.

[suspense music]

If it just weren't Forthe loneliness.

If it just Weren't for the sameness.

If there were Just something To do, do, do.

Oh, well,

I'm sure I'll be forgiven For this--

The way things are.

I know I'll be forgiven.

Collected works of dickens!

Collected works Of george bernard shaw!

Poems by browning!

Shelley, keats.

Great dramas of the world!

Books. Books.

All the books I'll need.

All the books

All the books I'll ever want.

Shelley, shakespeare, Shaw, oh.

All the books I want.

All the books.

Ah.

[sighs]

January,

February, march,

April,

May,

This year,

The next year,

And the year after,

And the year After that,

And the year After that.

Ah.

[chuckies]

Oh.

And the best thing, The very best thing of all.

Is there's time now.

There's all the time I need And all the time I want.

Time, time, time.

Ah, there's time enough At last.

[crash]

That's not fair.

That's not fair at all.

There was time now.

There was, Was all the time I needed.

[sobbing] It's not fair.

It's not fair.

(male presenter, off) The best laid plans Of mice and men

And Henry Bemis

The small man in the glasses Who wanted nothing but time.

Henry Bemis, now just a part Of a smashed landscape

Just a piece of the rubble

Just a fragment of what man Has deeded to himself.

Mr. Henry Bemis, In the twilight zone.

(male presenter, off) Rod serling, the creator Of twilight zone,

Will tell you About next week's story

After this word From our alternate sponsor.

(male presenter, off) And now, Mr. Serling.

Next week we enlist The considerable Literary talents

Of charles beaumont And invite you to join us

In a strange And shocking dream.

Our story is called Perchance to dream And stars richard conte.

I hope you will be able To join next week's excursion Into the twilight zone.

Thank you and good night.

(male presenter, off) Kimberly clark invites You to watch steve mcqueen

Inwanted dead or alive

Saturday nights over most Of these same stations.

(male presenter, off) Twilight zone Is being brought To you tonight

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