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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
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NARRATOR: You're traveling
through another dimension.
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A dimension not only of
sight and sound, but of mind.
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A journey into a wondrous land
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whose boundaries are that of imagination.
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That's the signpost up ahead.
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Your next stop, the Twilight Zone.
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["JINGLE BELLS" PLAYS]
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[PEOPLE TALKING]
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I told you that Santa Claus
should be back by 6:00.
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BOY: Come on, Mom, let's go.
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[PEOPLE GRUMBLING]
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Hey, you told me to tell
you when it was 6:30.
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It's 6:30.
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That's right.
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It's exactly 6:30.
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So.
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So what happens now?
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You turn into a reindeer?
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Would that I could.
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I'll have another one.
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You owe me for six drinks and a sandwich.
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That's $3.80.
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[KNOCKING ON WINDOW]
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[CASH REGISTER RINGS]
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Why do you suppose there
isn't really a Santa Claus?
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How's that?
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Why isn't there a real Santa Claus
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for kids like that?
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What am I supposed to be?
Some kind of philosopher?
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You know what your trouble is?
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You let that dopey red
suit go to your head.
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Are you some kind of a nut?
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Here's your change.
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I'll flip you. Double or nothing.
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What do you think this is, Monte Carlo?
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Finish your sandwich and get out of here.
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I've had enough to eat.
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[PHONE RINGS]
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Hello, Jack's Place.
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No, Jack's not here.
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This is Bruce.
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BRUCE: Wait a minute.
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Santa Claus, I catch you trying that
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one more time I'm going
to break both your arms
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up to the shoulder blades.
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Now, go on, get out of here.
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What's that?
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No, it's just Santa Claus
trying to heist the joint.
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["JINGLE BELLS," SLOW VERSION]
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Thanks a lot, Bruce.
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[COIN HITS COUNTER]
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[CAR HORN HONKS]
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GIRL: Please, Santa
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I want a carriage and a dolly,
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BOY: Please, I want a gun.
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And a playhouse.
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And a set of soldiers and a fort.
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And oh, please, Santa Claus
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a job for my daddy.
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Please, a big turkey
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for our Christmas dinner.
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[CRYING]
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NARRATOR: This is
Mr. Henry Corwin, normally unemployed
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who once a year takes the lead role
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in the uniquely popular
American institution
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that of a department store Santa Claus
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in a road company version
of The Night Before Christmas.
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But in just a moment, Mr. Henry
Corwin, ersatz Santa Claus
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will enter a strange kind of north pole
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which is one part the
wondrous spirit of Christmas
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and one part the magic
that can only be found
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in the Twilight Zone.
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["O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL" PLAYS]
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[TURNS TRAIN ON]
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[TURNS TRAIN OFF]
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[DRUNKENLY] You should
see me with ERECTOR sets.
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Corwin, you're an hour late!
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I am?
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Now, you get up on your throne
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and see if you can keep
from disillusioning a lot of kids
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that not only isn't there a Santa Claus
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but the one in this store
happens to be a wino
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who'd be more at home playing
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
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Now, get with it, Santa Claus!
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[PEOPLE CHATTING]
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MOTHER: You go ahead.
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You climb up on his lap.
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Go ahead, he won't hurt you
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will you, Santa Claus?
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You won't hurt my
little boy. Go on, tell him!
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CORWIN: What's your name?
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Percival Smithers.
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And what do you want
for Christmas, Percival?
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A new front name.
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Percy!
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-I think we have…
-[CROWD GASPS]
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PERCIVAL: Look, Mom!
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Santa Claus is loaded.
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MOTHER: Oh! You've got some nerve,
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you ought to be ashamed!
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Madam, I am ashamed.
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MOTHER: Come on, Percival.
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I hope this won't be
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a traumatic experience for you.
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Sot!
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Is there some trouble here?
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Yes, there's some trouble.
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I shall never trade in this store again.
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You hire your Santa
Clauses out of a gutter.
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Come on, dear.
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All right, back to work.
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Back to your positions, please.
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And now,
Mr. Kris Kringle of the lower depths
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since it is only a few
hours to closing time
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it is my distinct pleasure to tell you
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that there is no more
need for your services.
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You have had it!
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Now, get out here!
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I'd be very glad to.
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And get that crummy red suit back
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to wherever you rented it from
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before you really tie
one on and destroy it.
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You drunk!
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["JINGLE BELLS" CONTINUES PLAYING]
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Thank you very much, Mr. Dundee.
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As to my drinking, this is indefensible
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and you have my abject apologies.
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I find of late that I
have very little choice
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in the matter of expressing emotions.
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I can either drink or I can weep
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and drinking is so much more subtle.
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Will you please leave?
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As for my insubordination I was not rude
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to that woman.
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Someone should remind her that Christmas
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is more than barging up and
down department store aisles
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and pushing people out of the way.
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Now, Corwin… someone has to tell her
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that Christmas is another
thing, finer than that,
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richer, finer, truer,
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and it should come
with patience and love,
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charity, compassion.
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That's what I would have told her
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if you'd given me the chance.
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Well, how philosophical, Mr. Corwin.
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Now, perhaps as your parting word
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you can tell us how we can go about
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living up to these
wondrous yule standards
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which you have so graciously
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laid down for us.
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I don't know how to tell you, Mr. Dundee.
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I don't know at all.
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All I know is
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that I'm an aging, purposeless relic
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of another time
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and I live in a dirty rooming house
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on a street
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filled with hungry kids and shabby people
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where the only thing
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that comes down the chimney
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on Christmas Eve is more poverty.
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Will you keep your voice down?
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CORWIN: Do you know another reason
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why I drink, Mr. Dundee?
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So that when I walk down the tenements
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I can really think it's the north pole
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and the children are elves
and that I'm really Santa Claus
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bringing them a bag of wondrous gifts
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for all of them.
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I just wish, Mr. Dundee,
on one Christmas.
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Only one
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that I could see some
of the hopeless ones
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and the dreamless ones,
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just on one Christmas
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I'd like to see the meek
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inherit the earth.
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And that's why I drink, Mr. Dundee.
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[SNIFFS]
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And that's why I weep.
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[SOLEMN MUSIC]
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[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
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George, you want another drink?
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WOMAN: Hey, look. It's Santa Claus!
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Look. Come on in.
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Nah, nah. Go on, get lost.
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Get out of here.
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MAN: Merry Christmas. [LAUGHING]
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Santa's a lush.
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[SLEIGH BELLS RINGING]
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[SOFT CHRISTMAS MUSIC]
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[SLEIGH BELLS RING AGAIN]
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[CAT HOWLS]
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[CAT GROWLS]
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[TRASH CAN LID CRASHES]
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[SLEIGH BELLS RINGING]
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[SUSPENSE MUSIC]
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[SOFT CHRISTMAS MUSIC]
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Hey, everybody!
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Hey, kids!
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Merry Christmas, everybody!
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Hey, kids! Everybody!
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Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas, everybody!
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Merry Christmas!
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♪ Joy to the world ♪
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♪ The Lord is come ♪
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♪ Let earth receive her King ♪
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♪ Let every heart prepare Him room ♪
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♪ And heaven and nature sing ♪
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♪ And heaven… ♪
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What is going on here?
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What's the idea of coming
in here and disrupting
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the Christmas Eve service?
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Sister Florence, I ain't touched a drop
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since last Thursday and
that's the gospel truth.
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[MEN LAUGHING]
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And I swear to you
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on account of I've seen
it with my own eyes.
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Santa Claus is coming down
the street heading this way
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and bringing everybody
his heart's desire.
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There's a real, honest-to-goodness Santa.
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[MEN SHOUT]
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CORWIN: Merry Christmas, gentlemen.
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Now, what'll be your pleasure
for Christmas, gentlemen?
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How about you, Burt?
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I fancy a new pipe.
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Let's see what I can do for you.
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Here's your new pipe.
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How about you?
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I want a sweater.
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What size?
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Who cares what size? [LAUGHING]
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Oh, thank you.
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BURT: Could I have a smoking jacket?
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A smoking jacket to go with the pipe.
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I'll see what I can get.
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There's your smoking jacket.
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Where did you get all these gifts?
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Sister Florence, don't ask me to explain.
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I'm just as much in the
dark as anybody else.
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All I know is I've got a
Santa Claus bag here
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that gives everybody
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exactly what they want for Christmas
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and as long as it's
putting out, I'm putting in.
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[MEN LAUGH]
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Sister Florence, how about a new dress?
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Give that to Sister Florence
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when she comes back.
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Thank you.
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MAN: A bottle of wine.
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[MEN YELLING REQUESTS]
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Merry Christmas,
Officer, merry Christmas.
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What's your name?
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Henry Corwin, or is it?
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Maybe it's Santa Claus or
Kris Kringle. I don't know.
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[MEN LAUGH]
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You're drunk, Corwin. Is that it?
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Of course I'm drunk.
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I'm intoxicated with
the spirit of the yule.
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Drunk with the spirit of the yule.
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Intoxicated with the magic and
wonder that is Christmas Eve.
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I'm inebriated with joy and delight.
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-Yes, Officer, I'm drunk.
-[MEN LAUGH]
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We'll settle this in a hurry.
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Have you got a receipt for this stuff?
267
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Receipt?
268
00:16:00,899 --> 00:16:02,467
Of course you've got a receipt.
269
00:16:02,601 --> 00:16:03,668
No.
270
00:16:03,802 --> 00:16:05,104
Sister Florence
271
00:16:05,238 --> 00:16:07,507
would you please
collect all the stolen goods
272
00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:09,008
and put them over there?
273
00:16:09,142 --> 00:16:11,494
I'll send for them when I
check on who owns them.
274
00:16:11,578 --> 00:16:12,579
Come on, Santa.
275
00:16:12,713 --> 00:16:14,282
Be right with you, Officer.
276
00:16:14,416 --> 00:16:16,451
Don't worry about a thing, gentlemen.
277
00:16:16,584 --> 00:16:19,321
There's more where this came from.
278
00:16:19,455 --> 00:16:22,324
Officer, let me tell you
how this whole thing started.
279
00:16:22,459 --> 00:16:24,509
I was having a glass
down at Jack's Place.
280
00:16:24,594 --> 00:16:27,498
It was just about 4:30 in the
afternoon when I got there.
281
00:16:27,632 --> 00:16:29,300
CORWIN: Like I said, Officer
282
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I arrived at Jack's Place about 4:30.
283
00:16:32,204 --> 00:16:34,773
Between 4:30 and 5:00, the cocktail hour.
284
00:16:34,907 --> 00:16:36,876
Jack wasn't there but Bruce was.
285
00:16:37,010 --> 00:16:38,144
I know Bruce, yes.
286
00:16:38,278 --> 00:16:39,412
Right here.
287
00:16:39,546 --> 00:16:40,548
CORWIN: After you.
288
00:16:40,681 --> 00:16:43,050
I had a sandwich that I couldn't finish
289
00:16:43,184 --> 00:16:44,335
and I got to talking…
290
00:16:44,419 --> 00:16:46,021
[MISCHIEVOUS MUSIC]
291
00:16:46,154 --> 00:16:50,626
Uh-huh, here he is and
here we are and there that is.
292
00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,228
And here you are.
293
00:16:52,361 --> 00:16:54,865
How nice to see you again, Mr. Dundee.
294
00:16:54,998 --> 00:16:56,433
And how nice it will be
295
00:16:56,567 --> 00:16:59,404
to see my wistful Saint
Nicholas going up the river.
296
00:16:59,537 --> 00:17:01,841
Do you suppose he can
get as much ten years?
297
00:17:01,974 --> 00:17:02,942
Ten years?
298
00:17:03,075 --> 00:17:04,677
It don't look good, Corwin.
299
00:17:04,810 --> 00:17:06,880
Of course, they could
lop off a few months
300
00:17:07,013 --> 00:17:09,298
if you tell them where
the rest of the loot was.
301
00:17:09,382 --> 00:17:11,583
He's been giving out
the stuff for two hours.
302
00:17:11,686 --> 00:17:12,903
He must have a lot of it.
303
00:17:12,987 --> 00:17:14,455
I'm glad you brought that up.
304
00:17:14,589 --> 00:17:16,992
There seems to be a
slight discrepancy here.
305
00:17:17,125 --> 00:17:18,894
Listen, you moth-eaten Robin Hood
306
00:17:19,027 --> 00:17:21,931
the wholesale theft of thousands
of dollars' worth of goods
307
00:17:22,065 --> 00:17:23,500
is not a slight discrepancy.
308
00:17:23,634 --> 00:17:25,584
Though I can tell you right now, Corwin
309
00:17:25,703 --> 00:17:28,073
this whole affair comes
as no surprise to me.
310
00:17:28,206 --> 00:17:30,542
I'd perceived that
criminal glint in your eyes
311
00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:32,676
the first minute I'd laid eyes on you…
312
00:17:32,778 --> 00:17:35,014
[CAT MEOWS]
313
00:17:35,147 --> 00:17:37,684
It seems to me that
you've put your finger
314
00:17:37,818 --> 00:17:39,953
on the problem, Mr. Dundee.
315
00:17:40,087 --> 00:17:41,422
This bag doesn't know
316
00:17:41,556 --> 00:17:43,458
whether to give out gifts or garbage.
317
00:17:43,591 --> 00:17:45,477
It was giving out gifts when I seen it.
318
00:17:45,561 --> 00:17:47,997
Whatever they was wanting
Corwin was supplying.
319
00:17:48,130 --> 00:17:51,001
All kinds of stuff. Toys,
gifts, expensive stuff.
320
00:17:51,134 --> 00:17:52,102
Admit it, Corwin.
321
00:17:52,235 --> 00:17:53,637
Oh, I admit it, I admit it.
322
00:17:53,770 --> 00:17:56,107
But it seems to me the
essence of our problem
323
00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,609
is that we're dealing
with a most unusual bag.
324
00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:02,714
My advice to you is to clean
up this mess and get out here.
325
00:18:02,848 --> 00:18:06,819
Officer Flaherty, you
call yourself a policeman.
326
00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:09,757
Well, I suppose it is a demanding task
327
00:18:09,890 --> 00:18:12,193
to distinguish between
a bag full of garbage
328
00:18:12,327 --> 00:18:15,864
and an inventory of
expensive stolen gifts.
329
00:18:15,997 --> 00:18:17,900
Mr. Dundee, believe me.
330
00:18:18,034 --> 00:18:19,602
It's like Corwin says,
331
00:18:19,735 --> 00:18:22,406
we're dealing with the supernatural here.
332
00:18:22,539 --> 00:18:23,707
In other words
333
00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,144
all we have to do is to ask Mr. Corwin
334
00:18:26,277 --> 00:18:28,279
to make a little abracadabra for us
335
00:18:28,413 --> 00:18:29,782
and no sooner said, done.
336
00:18:29,915 --> 00:18:31,617
Well, go ahead, Corwin.
337
00:18:31,750 --> 00:18:34,254
I fancy a bottle of cherry brandy
338
00:18:34,387 --> 00:18:35,689
vintage 1903.
339
00:18:35,822 --> 00:18:38,993
Oh, that's a good year.
340
00:18:39,126 --> 00:18:41,295
And as for you, Officer Flaherty
341
00:18:41,429 --> 00:18:43,298
how dare you drag me down here
342
00:18:43,432 --> 00:18:45,200
at the busiest time of the year
343
00:18:45,334 --> 00:18:47,103
to look at a bag full of garbage?
344
00:18:47,236 --> 00:18:51,275
Mr. Dundee… Pardon me, gentlemen.
345
00:18:51,408 --> 00:18:53,444
Merry Christmas to both of you!
346
00:18:53,577 --> 00:18:55,981
[SOFT CHRISTMAS MUSIC]
347
00:19:01,387 --> 00:19:05,025
"To Mr. Dundee, from Santa."
348
00:19:05,158 --> 00:19:06,660
Here, Mr. Dundee.
349
00:19:06,793 --> 00:19:08,696
You need one.
350
00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,870
Here's beautiful yellow sweater for you.
351
00:19:15,004 --> 00:19:16,105
BOY: I want a toy.
352
00:19:16,238 --> 00:19:18,241
I've got a beautiful toy for you.
353
00:19:18,375 --> 00:19:20,410
BOY 2: I want an electric train engine.
354
00:19:20,543 --> 00:19:21,645
Diesel or steam?
355
00:19:21,778 --> 00:19:22,747
I don't care.
356
00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:24,081
There it is.
357
00:19:24,215 --> 00:19:25,316
GIRL: I want a dolly.
358
00:19:25,449 --> 00:19:26,485
A dolly?
359
00:19:26,618 --> 00:19:27,886
A blonde, brunette?
360
00:19:28,020 --> 00:19:29,054
Blonde!
361
00:19:29,187 --> 00:19:30,188
Here she is.
362
00:19:30,322 --> 00:19:31,991
I want a toy, please.
363
00:19:32,125 --> 00:19:34,260
Oh, I've got one here for you.
364
00:19:34,394 --> 00:19:35,663
Right there, sweetheart.
365
00:19:35,796 --> 00:19:37,031
Thank you.
366
00:19:37,164 --> 00:19:39,534
I've got a baseball bat for you
367
00:19:39,668 --> 00:19:41,336
and a toy dog for you.
368
00:19:41,469 --> 00:19:42,804
Thanks.
369
00:19:42,937 --> 00:19:44,373
And a baseball mitt.
370
00:19:44,507 --> 00:19:49,079
[CLOCK CHIMES]
371
00:19:49,212 --> 00:19:51,415
Merry Christmas to all!
372
00:19:51,548 --> 00:19:53,685
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
373
00:20:07,735 --> 00:20:10,005
Nothing for you this Christmas?
374
00:20:10,138 --> 00:20:13,008
I think I've had the nicest Christmas
375
00:20:13,141 --> 00:20:15,311
since the beginning of time.
376
00:20:15,445 --> 00:20:16,679
Nothing for you.
377
00:20:16,813 --> 00:20:19,950
Nothing for yourself, not a thing.
378
00:20:20,084 --> 00:20:21,652
You know, I…
379
00:20:21,785 --> 00:20:25,190
I can't think of anything I want.
380
00:20:25,323 --> 00:20:29,762
I guess what I've really wanted is,
381
00:20:29,895 --> 00:20:32,833
to be the biggest gift giver of all times
382
00:20:32,966 --> 00:20:39,474
and in a way I think I had that tonight.
383
00:20:39,607 --> 00:20:42,544
Although, if I had my choice of any gift,
384
00:20:42,678 --> 00:20:45,882
any gift at all,
385
00:20:46,015 --> 00:20:49,987
I think I'd wish I could
do this every year.
386
00:20:50,121 --> 00:20:53,157
That'd be some gift wouldn't it, Burt?
387
00:20:53,290 --> 00:20:55,427
Oh, it sure would.
388
00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:56,661
God bless you, Burt
389
00:20:56,795 --> 00:20:58,364
and merry Christmas to you.
390
00:20:58,498 --> 00:21:00,333
Merry Christmas to you, too, Santa
391
00:21:00,466 --> 00:21:02,903
and thanks for the
smoking jacket and the pipe.
392
00:21:03,036 --> 00:21:04,838
Don't mention it.
393
00:21:04,972 --> 00:21:07,709
[MELANCHOLY CHRISTMAS MUSIC]
394
00:21:41,483 --> 00:21:43,352
[SOFT CHRISTMAS MUSIC]
395
00:22:03,009 --> 00:22:06,781
[SHRILLY] You! We've
been waiting quite a while
396
00:22:06,914 --> 00:22:08,283
for you, Santa Claus.
397
00:22:11,086 --> 00:22:12,555
Oh, no.
398
00:22:12,689 --> 00:22:14,757
Did you hear what I said?
399
00:22:14,891 --> 00:22:17,528
I said we've been waiting quite a while
400
00:22:17,661 --> 00:22:19,063
for you, Santa Claus.
401
00:22:25,805 --> 00:22:27,039
[GIGGLES]
402
00:22:27,173 --> 00:22:29,308
We've got a year of hard work ahead of us
403
00:22:29,442 --> 00:22:31,411
to get ready for next Christmas.
404
00:22:31,545 --> 00:22:33,146
Come on.
405
00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,850
Are you ready?
406
00:22:35,984 --> 00:22:37,652
Oh, yeah.
407
00:22:41,323 --> 00:22:42,925
[WHISTLES]
408
00:22:43,058 --> 00:22:45,262
[SLEIGH BELLS RINGING]
409
00:22:45,395 --> 00:22:49,133
[MISCHIEVOUS MUSIC]
410
00:22:49,267 --> 00:22:51,302
Going home, Officer Flaherty?
411
00:22:51,435 --> 00:22:53,372
Going home, Mr. Dundee, and you?
412
00:22:53,505 --> 00:22:55,841
Going home, Officer Flaherty.
413
00:22:55,974 --> 00:22:58,945
This is the most remarkable Christmas Eve
414
00:22:59,078 --> 00:23:00,013
I've ever had.
415
00:23:00,146 --> 00:23:01,916
[SLEIGH BELLS RINGING]
416
00:23:06,488 --> 00:23:08,723
[SOFT CHRISTMAS MUSIC]
417
00:23:11,460 --> 00:23:13,262
Flaherty.
418
00:23:13,396 --> 00:23:15,732
I could have sworn that I…
419
00:23:15,866 --> 00:23:17,134
Did you see it?
420
00:23:17,267 --> 00:23:18,236
I thought I did.
421
00:23:18,369 --> 00:23:19,470
What did you see?
422
00:23:19,604 --> 00:23:21,439
I don't think I ought to tell you.
423
00:23:21,572 --> 00:23:23,676
You might report me for drinking on duty.
424
00:23:23,809 --> 00:23:25,744
Go ahead, what did you see?
425
00:23:25,878 --> 00:23:27,414
It was Corwin, Mr. Dundee
426
00:23:27,547 --> 00:23:30,050
big as life in a sleigh with reindeer
427
00:23:30,183 --> 00:23:31,652
sitting next to an elf
428
00:23:31,786 --> 00:23:33,587
and riding up toward the sky.
429
00:23:33,721 --> 00:23:35,489
That's about the size of it
430
00:23:35,623 --> 00:23:39,227
ain't it, Mr. Dundee?
431
00:23:39,361 --> 00:23:43,232
Flaherty, you better come home with me
432
00:23:43,366 --> 00:23:46,503
and we'll pour out some hot coffee
433
00:23:46,637 --> 00:23:49,341
and we'll pour some brandy in it
434
00:23:49,474 --> 00:23:53,846
and we'll… [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
435
00:23:53,980 --> 00:23:55,514
And we'll thank God
436
00:23:55,648 --> 00:23:59,553
for miracles, Flaherty. [CHUCKLES]
437
00:23:59,686 --> 00:24:03,658
NARRATOR: A word to the wise,
to all the children of the 20th century
438
00:24:03,791 --> 00:24:06,362
whether their concern
be pediatrics or geriatrics
439
00:24:06,495 --> 00:24:09,231
whether they crawl on hands
and knees and wear diapers
440
00:24:09,365 --> 00:24:11,416
or walk with a cane
and comb their beards.
441
00:24:11,501 --> 00:24:13,436
There's a wondrous magic to Christmas
442
00:24:13,570 --> 00:24:16,907
and there's a special power
reserved for little people.
443
00:24:17,041 --> 00:24:19,678
In short, there's nothing
mightier than the meek.
444
00:24:19,811 --> 00:24:22,781
A merry Christmas to each and all.
445
00:24:25,318 --> 00:24:28,555
PRESENTER: Rod Serling,
creator of The Twilight Zone
446
00:24:28,689 --> 00:24:30,591
will tell you about next week's story
447
00:24:30,724 --> 00:24:34,262
after this word from
our alternate sponsor.
448
00:24:34,396 --> 00:24:35,964
And now, Mr. Serling.
449
00:24:36,097 --> 00:24:39,635
A traditional, if somewhat stark
and tragic piece of Americana
450
00:24:39,769 --> 00:24:40,970
known as the gallows.
451
00:24:41,103 --> 00:24:42,806
And next week on The Twilight Zone
452
00:24:42,939 --> 00:24:44,908
we'll watch a young man mount its steps
453
00:24:45,042 --> 00:24:46,744
and then wait during that eternity
454
00:24:46,878 --> 00:24:49,080
that lies between life and sudden death,
455
00:24:49,213 --> 00:24:51,817
for the trapdoor to
spring, his neck to break,
456
00:24:51,950 --> 00:24:54,788
and the elements of his body
to rejoin the vast darkness
457
00:24:54,921 --> 00:24:56,322
of whatever lies beyond.
458
00:24:56,456 --> 00:24:59,627
Our program is called "Dust."
Thank you and good night.
459
00:25:30,731 --> 00:25:32,400
This is James Arness.
460
00:25:32,533 --> 00:25:35,270
You know, it's only a short
hop from the Twilight Zone
461
00:25:35,404 --> 00:25:36,905
to Dodge City and Gunsmoke.
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Saturday nights over
most of these stations.
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