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[Eerie music]

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(Narrator) You're tra vel/ng
through another dimension,

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a dimension not onl y of
sightand sound, but of mind.

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A journey into a wondrous land whose
boundaries are tha t of ima Gina t/on.

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Tha t's the signpost up ahead.
Your next stop, the twilight zone.

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A brief if frenet/o introduction
to Mr. Arch/bald beeohoroft,

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a child of the 20m century.

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A product of the
popula t/on explosion.

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And one of the inher/tors
of the legacy of progress.

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Mr. Beechcroft a gain.

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This timeact ii of his
da/I yba ttle for survival.

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And in just a moment our hero will
begin his personal one-man rebellion

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against the
mechanics of his age.

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And to do so he will enlist certain
aids available only in the twilight zone.

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[Gasps]

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Why, you clumsy clod!

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Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Beechcroft. I
didn't notice where I was going.

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That's precisely your problem.

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Feeling ill, beechcroft?

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If you'll forgive a personal observation,
beechcroft, you're not looking too well.

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I'm all right, Mr. Rogers.

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You know, keeping yourself fit is not
only a personal obligation, beechcroft.

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Oh, no, in a larger sense it's part
of your responsibility to your job

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and to the firm
that employs you.

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I'm not unaware
of that, Mr. Rogers.

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Why don't you pull
yourself together, man?

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Get some sleep at night. Eat regular
meals, lots of milk and fresh vegetables.

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Greens! Oh, you can't beat
those Greens for vitamins.

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I'm a spinach and lettuce man
myself. I even have them for breakfast.

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Well, if people wouldn't
look at me a little tilt.

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But the power's in
the Greens, beechcroft.

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The power's definitely
in the Greens.

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You're not drinking,
are you, beechcroft?

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I don't drink, Mr. Rogers.

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Well, then, you don't drink and
you don't stay out late at night.

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Are you watching your diet?

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If you'd really like
to know, Mr. Rogers,

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if you'd really like to know
precisely why I am so dead tired,

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you ought to try coming to work
on the subway at 7:30 every morning.

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Then jamming into an elevator
like part of a herd of cattle.

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Then working in that... in that
cacophonous din that you call an office.

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Always get jostled,
always get shoved,

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always get pushed arou n d.

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Take hold of yourself, beechcroft.
For goodness sakes, man, take hold.

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I'll take hold,
Mr. Rogers. I'll take hold

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when I can achieve
that millennium,

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that absolute perfection
that comes with solitude.

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You read me, Mr. Rogers?
People. People, people!

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If I had my way, here's
how I'd fix the universe.

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I'd eliminate the people.
I mean, cross them off,

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get rid of them, destroy
them, decimate them,

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and there'd only be one man left:
Me, Archibald beechcroft, esquire.

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Why, you are quite mad,
beechcroft. Do you know that?

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People!

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Mr. Beechcroft. Mr. Beechcroft!

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Here's a place for you, sir.

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I've been saving it.

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I am obliged, Henry.

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Oh, think nothing of it. I was...

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Well, I was just trying to
make up for this morning.

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This morning?

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When I spilled
coffee on your coat.

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I'm really very sorry
about that, Mr. Beechcroft.

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Oh, it's all right.

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A friend of mine works in a
bookstore around the corner.

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Iwent there first part
of the lunch break.

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I got you this.

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The mind and the ma tter.

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How you can achieve the ul
t/ma te power of concentra t/on.

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A little on the occult
side, isn't that, Henry?

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Maybe so, Mr. Beechcroft.
But this friend of mine is...

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Well, you might say he's
a student of the mind.

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Oh, he swears by that book.

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He says, to the best of his
knowledge it's the only one in existence.

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Would you believe it,
Mr. Beechcroft? I've seen...

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I've seen my friend
cause a woman

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to purchase a chartreuse
and orange scarf.

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How's that?

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That's right, Mr. Beechcroft.
We were in a department store

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and he saw some woman picking over a
table full of scarves that were on sale.

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And he concentrated real hard
on the chartreuse and orange one.

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And, mr, beechcroft, as sure
as I'm sitting here in the cafeteria

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of the park central
insurance company,

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that woman picked up the
chartreuse and orange scarf.

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Why, it's the absolute,
unvarnished truth. Oh!

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Oh, Mr. Beechcroft,
I'm so sorry.

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Oh, I...

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I thank you so much
for the book, Henry.

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I... I am indebted.

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Well... there.

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Uh, Mr. Beechcroft,
chapter three.

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That's the one on initial
phenomena of intense concentration.

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Chapter three.

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Chapter three.
Right, chapter three.

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They're right.

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They're absolutely,
unequivocally right.

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Concentration is
the most underrated,

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unknown power in the universe.

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Why, a person could...

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A person could move mountains.

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There's really no I/m/t to what a man
could do using the power properly.

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No limit at all.

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People.

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If I could just concentrate
hard enough to get rid of them.

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Concentration!

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That's what it takes.

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Concentrate on

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getting rid of the people.

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Mr. Beechcroft! Your
rent is due, Mr. Beechcroft.

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[Knocking]

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Mr. Beechcroft! Rent's due.

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Mr. Beechcroft!

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Go away, disappear, be extinct!

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Mr. Beechcroft!

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Go away, be extinct, disappear.

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Concentration.

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Mind over matter.

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Today th e LAN dlady,

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tomorrow the world.

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[Complete silence]

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[Train approaching]

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All right, let's get going.

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[Whirring]

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That'll be just
about enough of that.

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[Humming]

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Fl for love fl

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[humming]

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Fl for love fl

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[Groans]

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All well and good.

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All well and good, to be sure.

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But what's to do?

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How does one occupy his time?

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(Man) Too much of a good thing?

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Well, I wouldn't, uh,
I wouldn't say that.

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But you're thinking it.

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Bored to death, aren't you?

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Well, uh, let's
just say that, um...

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Let's just say that I am temporarily
somewhat accessible to suggestions

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as to, uh, how
to occupy my time.

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So?

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Let's face it. You
are bored to tears.

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Solitude is one
thing but loneliness,

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loneliness is quite another.

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Loneliness nothing.
I despise people.

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I loathe them.

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And I, Archibald beechcroft,
have done away with them

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for good and all, mind you?

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For good and all.

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[Humming]

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Thought about anyal terna t/ves?

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Alternatives to what?

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Al terna t/ves to this.
You're bored.

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You don't ha ve /dea one
how to occupy your t/me.

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People are bad enough
but inactivity is even worse.

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How about it?

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Oh, don't talk nonsense, please.

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I'm content.

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I am honestly and truly content
for the first time in my life.

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I've rid myself of the worst
scourge there is: The populace.

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Well, what about the thing that's
going to happen to you in the after...

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Shut up.

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[Humming]

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[Imitating airplane]

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Although, if the truth be known,

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I would like a little diversion of
some kind. Any sort of diversion.

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Like, um...

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Like, um, an earthquake.

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[Rumbling]

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Uh, for goodness sakes,
no, no, no, not that!

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How about a nice
little electrical storm?

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[Clap of thunder]

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Forget it!

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[Sighs]

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I believe I've
had it for the day.

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[Chuckles]

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It's preying on
you now, isn't it?

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I mean, the quiet,
the emptiness.

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Well, the thing of it is...

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It's just that while I don't
care much for people,

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it's difficult
not having anyone.

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Why not get someone?

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That's the point,
someone is everyone.

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And I can't stand everyone
or anyone for that matter.

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There frankly isn't a breed

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or a specie of human
being that I can stomach.

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Ever thought of
a cocker spaniel?

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Well, I never cared
much for animals, either.

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Of course. Of course!

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Why didn'ti think of it before?

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Think of what?

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People! People who I can stand.

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People like...
People like myself.

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That's what I'll do.
I'll create people,

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but they'll-they'll be like me.

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A world full of Archibald
beechcrofts. Now, that's a thought.

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You bet your life it's a
thought. You bet your sweet life.

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That's what I'll do.
I-I'll will it.

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I'll concentrate and I'll
will that from now on

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everyone I see will be like me.

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It's really quite simple.

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[No audio]

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[Whistle b/o ws]

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People. It's not enough they're
justa mob. They're a dishonest mob.

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Kindly deposit ten cents for the purchase,
please, or shall I call the police?

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Will you please get off my
foot, you ugly little man?

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Twelfth floor.
Everybody out, please.

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Sardines!

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[Office noise]

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The noise, the miserable noise.

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I'll go out of my mind. I'll go
out of my ever-loving mind.

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A sty, that's what it is.

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Nothing but people,
and people are pigs.

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People, people, people, people.

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Is there no respite?
Is there no relief?

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Herds, droves, hosts
and bevies of people.

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Will you people stop muttering
back there? I'm trying to work.

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Had it?

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Undeniably.

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Coming through to you, huh?

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Without a doubt.

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A lot of me is just
as bad as a lot of them.

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So, what's to do now?

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I'll just put it
back the way it was.

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Just the way it was.

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[Gasps] Oh!

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Oh, Mr. Beechcroft,
please, sir, forgive me. I-I...

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Uh, nothing serious, Henry.

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Just, uh, forget it.

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Yes?

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I was wondering.
That book I gave you,

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did you get anything out of it?

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Well, uh...

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Not really, Henry, I, uh...

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Frankly, I thought
it was a lot of pap.

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It was interesting,
but totally unbelievable.

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(Narrator) Mr. Arch/bald beechcrof
t, a child of the 20th century

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who has found out through
trial and error, and mos tl y error,

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that with all its faul ts it may well be
that this is the best of all possible worlds.

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People no tw/ths tand/ng,
it has much to offer.

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Tonight's case in point
in the twilight zone.

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(Male presenter) Rod serl/ng,
crea Tor of the twilight zone

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will tell you about next week's storyafter
this word from our al terna te sponsor.

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And now, Mr. Serling.

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It's been said that singularly, the
most difficult feat of all mankind

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is to find a needle in a haystack. On the
twilightzone next time, we do it one better.

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We pose a problem of finding
a martian in a snow bank.

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It all adds up to a kind of
extraterrestrial who's who

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with a couple of laughs, and
more than a couple of tensions.

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We recommend this to the space
buffs and the Jigsaw puzzle addicts.

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Next time on the twilight
zone, our story is called

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will the real martian
please stand up?

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[Eerie music]

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Hi, this is ed Sullivan rem/nding you
that the colga te-palmolive company

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also brings you star-studded
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on most of these same sta t/ons.