1 00:00:01,126 --> 00:00:04,004 [Theme music playing] 2 00:00:09,676 --> 00:00:12,679 (Narrator) You're tra vel/ng through another dimension. 3 00:00:12,763 --> 00:00:16,058 A dimension not onl y of sightand sound, but of mind. 4 00:00:16,141 --> 00:00:20,062 A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are tha t of ima Gina t/on. 5 00:00:20,145 --> 00:00:22,272 Your next stop, the twilight zone. 6 00:00:30,155 --> 00:00:33,367 [Organ music plays] 7 00:00:51,593 --> 00:00:53,095 I don't see him. 8 00:00:53,178 --> 00:00:55,097 He's in the box in front of the pulpit. 9 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:56,807 I thought he'd be in a coffin. 10 00:00:56,890 --> 00:01:00,269 Silly fool. That's what the box is, a coffin. 11 00:01:09,653 --> 00:01:10,821 [Organ music ends] 12 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:12,573 Thank you, sister. 13 00:01:14,491 --> 00:01:18,662 Brothers and sisters, we are congregated here today 14 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:22,958 to pa y homa ge to our dear brother, Jefferson myrtlebank. 15 00:01:23,041 --> 00:01:25,043 [Sobbing] 16 00:01:25,127 --> 00:01:29,965 Weall know that Jeff myrtlebank was a good boy. 17 00:01:30,048 --> 00:01:33,427 He didn't al wa ys show up to Sunday school on Sunday, 18 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:37,097 but we never saw him at the bootlegger's on Saturday night, either. 19 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:39,057 Amen. 20 00:01:39,141 --> 00:01:41,602 We're all going to miss this fine youth. 21 00:01:41,685 --> 00:01:44,980 The good lord must ha ve had a powerful reason 22 00:01:45,063 --> 00:01:48,275 to want to take him so young in life. 23 00:01:48,317 --> 00:01:52,779 But we all know that the lord moves in mysterious wa ys 24 00:01:52,863 --> 00:01:55,782 and toda y... 25 00:01:55,866 --> 00:01:58,076 [Gasps] 26 00:02:04,082 --> 00:02:06,335 [Woman screams] 27 00:02:06,418 --> 00:02:08,337 [Screaming] 28 00:02:10,422 --> 00:02:13,133 [Screaming and gasping] 29 00:02:13,175 --> 00:02:15,135 He's alive. 30 00:02:15,218 --> 00:02:17,638 [Screaming] 31 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:31,068 Time: The mid-205. Place: The midwest. 32 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:34,154 The southernmost section of the midwest. 33 00:02:34,237 --> 00:02:36,657 We were just witnessing a funeral, 34 00:02:36,740 --> 00:02:39,409 a funeral that didn't come off exactly as planned 35 00:02:39,493 --> 00:02:43,830 due to a slight fallout from the twilight zone. 36 00:02:50,629 --> 00:02:55,175 [Footsteps s/o w/y approaching] 37 00:03:02,265 --> 00:03:05,060 Who in tarnation put me in that coffin? 38 00:03:05,143 --> 00:03:07,562 [Shocked screams] 39 00:03:07,646 --> 00:03:10,857 Brethren, let's not give way to panic. 40 00:03:10,941 --> 00:03:13,402 A small mistake seems to have been made. 41 00:03:13,485 --> 00:03:16,947 Brother siddons, it seems you got a little sense left. 42 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:19,032 Now, what's going on around here? 43 00:03:19,116 --> 00:03:21,535 Son, we was about to Bury you. 44 00:03:21,618 --> 00:03:23,537 Bury me? 45 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:26,540 We was real certain that you'd died day before yesterday. 46 00:03:26,581 --> 00:03:28,458 Died? 47 00:03:30,502 --> 00:03:32,462 Well, that's silly. 48 00:03:32,546 --> 00:03:35,215 Doc Bolton pronounced you dead. 49 00:03:35,257 --> 00:03:38,260 That's right, son. Your heart stopped beating two days ago. 50 00:03:38,343 --> 00:03:40,429 I was at the bedside. 51 00:03:40,512 --> 00:03:44,141 Well, I... that couldn't be. I'm-I'm breathing now. 52 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:47,060 It sure wasn't beating day before yesterday. 53 00:03:47,144 --> 00:03:50,230 You was sick, son. Real sick. 54 00:03:50,313 --> 00:03:54,234 Worst case of flu I've ever comeacross in my whole med/cal career. 55 00:03:54,317 --> 00:03:57,112 I'm surprised he lasted past last Wednesday. 56 00:03:57,195 --> 00:04:00,407 Well, / ha te to casta shadow on your med/cal career, doc, 57 00:04:00,490 --> 00:04:03,994 but I'm not gonna crawl back in that coffin just to save face with you. 58 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:08,415 Yes, sir. There was no question about it. There was no pulse. 59 00:04:08,457 --> 00:04:11,084 Well, I'm sure glad you didn't embalm me. 60 00:04:12,711 --> 00:04:14,796 How do you feel now, son? 61 00:04:16,006 --> 00:04:18,175 Well, I feel good. 62 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:22,429 I feel a little weak but, uh, rested. Hungry. 63 00:04:22,471 --> 00:04:25,766 I could eat the hide off a bear. I'm real hungry. 64 00:04:25,807 --> 00:04:29,519 I reckon you should be. I know you ain't et for three days. 65 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:34,649 Ma! Pa! 66 00:04:34,733 --> 00:04:36,276 Surprise! 67 00:04:38,779 --> 00:04:42,449 I sure hope you got a good supper on the calendar. 68 00:04:42,491 --> 00:04:44,493 What's the matter? 69 00:04:44,576 --> 00:04:47,537 You act like I'm some sort of ghost or something. 70 00:04:47,621 --> 00:04:50,499 Hello, son. 71 00:04:50,582 --> 00:04:53,043 Well, I'll be double-dogged. 72 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:56,505 My own folks are scared of me. 73 00:04:58,715 --> 00:05:01,510 Comfort? 74 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:07,182 I bet you ain't a-scared of me. 75 00:05:07,265 --> 00:05:08,934 I'm the man you're gonna marry. 76 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:15,524 Well, I guess you are at that. 77 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:26,993 Liz? Now, you ain't a-scared of me, are ya? 78 00:05:37,546 --> 00:05:39,923 Jeff, you fooled them, didn't you, Jeff? 79 00:05:40,006 --> 00:05:42,092 Yeah, honey, I fooled them. 80 00:05:43,844 --> 00:05:45,387 Son. 81 00:05:48,181 --> 00:05:49,850 Son! 82 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:52,561 Praise be. We ain't lost you after all, son. 83 00:05:52,644 --> 00:05:55,605 I know what it is. I know what it is. 84 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:59,943 The miracle that happened here in our county. 85 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:04,573 Medical term for it it's ipso suspendo animation. 86 00:06:04,656 --> 00:06:07,701 Very rare. Ma tter of fact, 87 00:06:07,784 --> 00:06:10,453 there's been only 30 cases in the past 1,500 years. 88 00:06:10,537 --> 00:06:13,790 Ain't you just trying to cover up for your own miscalculations, doc? 89 00:06:13,874 --> 00:06:16,418 I ain't never heard of that sickness like that. 90 00:06:16,501 --> 00:06:21,590 Ain't likely you would only 30 cases in 1,500 years. All them in Europe. 91 00:06:21,673 --> 00:06:24,467 Best thing for you to do is quit trying to slander my name 92 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:27,888 and take him home, give him some soup. He'll need some rest. 93 00:06:27,971 --> 00:06:30,307 Yeah, I... I'm a mite weak. 94 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:32,475 Bless you. We'll get you right on home. 95 00:06:32,559 --> 00:06:34,644 (Father) Justas soon as / crank up. 96 00:06:34,728 --> 00:06:37,522 I'll fry you a nice rabbit. 97 00:06:43,111 --> 00:06:47,240 I'm sorry I acted so funny, Jeff. 98 00:06:47,324 --> 00:06:49,242 It was just that... 99 00:06:49,284 --> 00:06:51,786 It was so sudden. 100 00:06:55,081 --> 00:06:58,501 Sure nice to have you back. 101 00:06:58,585 --> 00:07:01,755 Oh, thank you kindly, comfort, honey, 102 00:07:03,381 --> 00:07:05,467 but I ain't never been away. 103 00:07:05,550 --> 00:07:08,511 [Car engine starts] 104 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:16,019 That was a larruping good breakfast, ma. 105 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:19,105 Well, I guess I'll get over to that east 40 and mend that fence. 106 00:07:19,189 --> 00:07:21,316 Oh, I wish you wouldn't. 107 00:07:21,399 --> 00:07:24,235 It's only been two weeks since you was at the brink of the grave. 108 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:26,988 You oughtn't to be toiling from sunup to sundown. 109 00:07:27,072 --> 00:07:30,200 I feel great, ma. I never felt better in my life. 110 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:35,455 I'll see you down there, pa. 111 00:07:35,497 --> 00:07:37,290 All right. 112 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:44,589 I-I'm real concerned. 113 00:07:44,673 --> 00:07:50,303 I-I just don't like the way he's behaved the last two weeks. 114 00:07:50,345 --> 00:07:52,973 What do you mean? 115 00:07:53,014 --> 00:07:55,642 He's different. 116 00:07:55,725 --> 00:07:57,811 Not like he was at all. 117 00:07:57,894 --> 00:07:59,729 Seems the same to me. 118 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:02,482 He only et two eggs again. 119 00:08:02,565 --> 00:08:04,651 Why, ever since he's sprouted teeth 120 00:08:04,693 --> 00:08:07,237 he's been having three eggs at breakfast. 121 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,990 Well, a man's taste can change. 122 00:08:10,073 --> 00:08:14,077 And he goes around fiddling with things night and day. 123 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,247 And the way he goes at that hard work. 124 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:21,167 Why, he was never that friendly with work before. 125 00:08:21,251 --> 00:08:23,545 Yes, sir, that's true at that. 126 00:08:23,628 --> 00:08:25,672 I recollect worrying many times 127 00:08:25,755 --> 00:08:28,925 that he leaned just a shade towards the side of shiftlessness. 128 00:08:29,009 --> 00:08:30,760 Not lazy exactly but... 129 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:33,763 No. No, just uninterested. 130 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:36,599 And since his sickness, he's been fighting in that work 131 00:08:36,683 --> 00:08:38,852 just like he was a year behind. 132 00:08:38,935 --> 00:08:41,604 No, it ain't like him at that. 133 00:08:41,688 --> 00:08:43,565 All right, big ears, 134 00:08:43,648 --> 00:08:45,942 you run down to the mailbox and wait for the mailman. 135 00:08:46,026 --> 00:08:47,777 I'm expecting a new catalog. 136 00:08:47,861 --> 00:08:51,031 Sure hope it gets here. You've about wore that out. 137 00:08:51,114 --> 00:08:53,992 Make way for the queen! 138 00:09:04,961 --> 00:09:06,504 He ain't been here, yet. 139 00:09:07,756 --> 00:09:09,382 Can I shoot? 140 00:09:09,424 --> 00:09:10,967 Sure. 141 00:09:12,427 --> 00:09:13,803 Here's your ammunition. 142 00:09:13,887 --> 00:09:16,473 [Frog croaks] 143 00:09:16,556 --> 00:09:20,810 I ain't afraid of frogs. It's just that they're dirty. 144 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:23,313 How's your brother? 145 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:25,398 All right, I reckon. 146 00:09:25,482 --> 00:09:28,068 Only ma and pa are a little bit concerned 147 00:09:28,109 --> 00:09:30,236 the way he's been behaving lately. 148 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,988 How's he been acting? 149 00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:34,824 I don't know, just... different. 150 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:37,160 He eats different, works different, 151 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:39,329 al wa ys fiddling with things. 152 00:09:39,412 --> 00:09:42,582 Besides, it ain't none of your business. 153 00:09:44,918 --> 00:09:46,628 He loves me not, 154 00:09:46,711 --> 00:09:48,755 he loves me. 155 00:09:48,838 --> 00:09:53,843 Is that a fact? Well, I was wondering if you'd heard anything. 156 00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:57,013 Well, as a matter of fact, I have heard a little something. 157 00:09:57,097 --> 00:10:00,183 I... just a minute. You run out and play. 158 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:02,477 Why? I wanna listen. 159 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:04,437 Go on now. Scoot. 160 00:10:04,479 --> 00:10:06,439 Aw, shuckin'. 161 00:10:06,523 --> 00:10:09,442 You wanna hold a mouthful of black pepper for ten minutes? 162 00:10:14,697 --> 00:10:17,158 Little pitchers have big ears. 163 00:10:17,242 --> 00:10:22,330 Well, now, I know for a fact that those poor folks are scared to death. 164 00:10:22,413 --> 00:10:26,209 Why, he's been acting like a complete stranger ever since the funeral. 165 00:10:28,711 --> 00:10:31,131 Yes, sir, I mean, 166 00:10:31,214 --> 00:10:34,300 I sure wouldn't wanna go sleep in a house with that boy around. 167 00:10:34,342 --> 00:10:36,302 Not me. 168 00:10:36,386 --> 00:10:39,556 They say he's started fiddling with things now, like axes. 169 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:41,891 I don't know. 170 00:10:41,975 --> 00:10:44,519 He was always such a good boy. 171 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:48,022 Gents. 172 00:10:48,106 --> 00:10:50,024 What do you say, doc? 173 00:10:50,108 --> 00:10:52,402 We was just discussing that myrtlebank boy. 174 00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:54,487 Yeah, what about him? 175 00:10:54,529 --> 00:10:56,823 Oh, just wondering about him. 176 00:10:56,906 --> 00:11:00,160 I guess you've heard how peculiar he's acted lately. 177 00:11:00,243 --> 00:11:03,204 Yeah, I heard. I ain't one to pass on gossip. 178 00:11:03,288 --> 00:11:06,166 Still, you gotta wonder. 179 00:11:06,249 --> 00:11:11,504 Where was he them 48 hours he was supposed to be dead? Had to be somewheres. 180 00:11:11,588 --> 00:11:14,841 If he was dead. Even doc says he had that rare sickness. 181 00:11:14,924 --> 00:11:17,260 Maybe I told a white lie, Strauss. 182 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:21,097 Maybe I was thinking of his folks' feelings when I brought up that disease. 183 00:11:21,181 --> 00:11:23,683 Can you straighten that out? 184 00:11:23,725 --> 00:11:27,520 I'm not the kind of man to send a body to the grave unless I'm positive he's dead. 185 00:11:27,604 --> 00:11:29,105 You know me better than that. 186 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:31,107 Shoot, yes, we know you, doc. 187 00:11:35,653 --> 00:11:37,780 I did more than just feel that boy's pulse. 188 00:11:37,864 --> 00:11:40,366 When his folks left the room, 189 00:11:40,408 --> 00:11:42,535 I gave him the pin test. 190 00:11:44,370 --> 00:11:47,790 I stabbed him with a pin. 191 00:11:47,874 --> 00:11:49,959 He didn't even flicker. 192 00:11:50,043 --> 00:11:53,046 Then I held a mirror to his lips. 193 00:11:53,129 --> 00:11:55,757 If there was any life left in the man at all, 194 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,800 his breath would fog up the mirror. 195 00:11:57,884 --> 00:11:59,469 Well, what happened? 196 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:02,388 I pronounced him dead, didn't I? 197 00:12:02,430 --> 00:12:05,975 Then where could he have been for them 48 hours? 198 00:12:06,059 --> 00:12:08,269 Why don't we just come out and say it? 199 00:12:08,353 --> 00:12:10,063 We're all a-thinking it. 200 00:12:10,104 --> 00:12:12,315 You sa yit, Peters. You got the floor. 201 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:14,776 I'll say it. You're dadgum right I'll say it. 202 00:12:14,859 --> 00:12:17,820 How do we know the man who got up and crawled out of that coffin 203 00:12:17,904 --> 00:12:20,114 is really Jeff myrtlebank? 204 00:12:20,198 --> 00:12:23,660 I wouldn't talk like that, gentlemen. It could cause a lot of trouble. 205 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:27,413 Well, I don't know. My grandma, she used to tell me 206 00:12:27,455 --> 00:12:29,916 about evil spirits roaming around the world 207 00:12:29,958 --> 00:12:32,835 trying to find a body to take over. 208 00:12:32,919 --> 00:12:36,923 She said that they'd steal a corpse sometime before a man was good dead. 209 00:12:36,965 --> 00:12:39,175 That kind of talk's dangerous, Peters. 210 00:12:39,259 --> 00:12:43,179 Although I must confess this throws a lot of dry kindling on the fire 211 00:12:43,263 --> 00:12:46,766 that's been smoldering in my brain ever since the funeral. 212 00:12:50,645 --> 00:12:52,897 Have a good day, gents. 213 00:13:11,874 --> 00:13:14,460 It's him. 214 00:13:14,544 --> 00:13:16,879 [Dogs barking, cow mooing] 215 00:13:16,963 --> 00:13:20,967 Dagnabit, comfort, now's the time to tell him. 216 00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:22,927 Right now. 217 00:13:23,011 --> 00:13:26,973 No. I don't tell you who to see. And you leave me alone. 218 00:13:27,056 --> 00:13:29,017 Well, maybe orgram's right, dear. 219 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:31,686 You know what everyone in the county is saying about him. 220 00:13:31,769 --> 00:13:34,355 Well, he's not visiting the county. He's visiting me. 221 00:13:34,439 --> 00:13:37,567 Well, you're just plain rotten stubborn. 222 00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:41,237 I bet all your kids are born with horns. 223 00:13:41,321 --> 00:13:45,408 You two just get on into the kitchen and let me entertain my guest. 224 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,078 [Dog barks] 225 00:13:55,126 --> 00:13:57,670 Well, bless my soul! 226 00:13:57,754 --> 00:13:59,339 Comfort. 227 00:13:59,380 --> 00:14:00,923 Look at who's here. 228 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:02,550 [Guffaws] 229 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:04,302 Well, come on in this house. 230 00:14:07,972 --> 00:14:10,350 And how's your ma and orgram? 231 00:14:10,391 --> 00:14:12,518 Just fine. How's your folks? 232 00:14:12,602 --> 00:14:16,064 Just fine, except ma. She's gonna be madder than a hornet tomorrow. 233 00:14:16,147 --> 00:14:17,899 Mad? 234 00:14:17,982 --> 00:14:21,527 Yeah. You see, I, uh, I robbed her pet Rose vine 235 00:14:21,611 --> 00:14:24,447 just so I could bring you a bouquet. 236 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:27,116 Oh, you oughtn't have done that. 237 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,327 Oh, it's not much. 238 00:14:31,079 --> 00:14:33,706 They're dead, aren't they? 239 00:14:33,790 --> 00:14:36,751 I guess tame roses, they don't last very long. 240 00:14:36,834 --> 00:14:38,586 When did you pick them? 241 00:14:38,669 --> 00:14:41,464 Oh, I picked them just before I came over here. 242 00:14:41,547 --> 00:14:43,549 Oh, well. 243 00:14:46,511 --> 00:14:48,638 Why-why don't we have some music? 244 00:14:48,721 --> 00:14:50,473 Yeah, I'd like that. 245 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:53,393 We just bought a new country blues last week. 246 00:14:54,936 --> 00:14:57,313 Yeah, I see you did. 247 00:14:58,689 --> 00:15:00,650 Don't touch me. 248 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:03,069 What's the matter with you? 249 00:15:03,111 --> 00:15:05,488 I'm sorry. 250 00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:09,158 Just the way them flowers died. 251 00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:11,494 Maybe you've got poison on your hands. 252 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:14,831 I ain't got no poison on my hands, and you know it. 253 00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:18,584 Tha t's not what? t is bothering you. Everywhere I go it's just the same. 254 00:15:18,668 --> 00:15:21,504 I expect it from the others but not from you, comfort. 255 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:25,967 I'm getting sick and tired the way everybody treats me like avampire. 256 00:15:26,050 --> 00:15:27,802 Oh, Jeff. 257 00:15:27,885 --> 00:15:29,804 Now, you tell me. 258 00:15:29,887 --> 00:15:32,432 Are you my girl or not? 259 00:15:34,350 --> 00:15:36,227 [Gasps] 260 00:16:06,757 --> 00:16:09,802 Well, land's sakes, child, you're scared half to death. 261 00:16:09,844 --> 00:16:11,554 What'd he do? 262 00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:14,682 Nothing. 263 00:16:14,765 --> 00:16:18,311 It's time to put a stop to this. After all, I'm the man of the family. 264 00:16:18,394 --> 00:16:20,313 He didn't do nothing wrong. 265 00:16:20,354 --> 00:16:22,815 I ain't liked him since we were both three years old. 266 00:16:22,857 --> 00:16:24,525 Unhand me. 267 00:16:24,609 --> 00:16:26,068 Orgram, you be careful. 268 00:16:33,493 --> 00:16:36,496 [Engine starts] 269 00:16:36,537 --> 00:16:37,997 Jeff? 270 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:41,709 Now, what do you want? 271 00:16:41,792 --> 00:16:44,170 I don't want you hanging around here anymore. 272 00:16:44,212 --> 00:16:46,589 Now, let me give you some advice, orgram. 273 00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:49,175 I'm mad right now. 274 00:16:49,258 --> 00:16:51,552 I ain't mad at you in particular, 275 00:16:51,636 --> 00:16:54,889 but it'd be a shame if you got in my way and I had to take it out on you. 276 00:16:54,972 --> 00:16:59,268 You threatening me? Huh. You forget who I am. 277 00:16:59,352 --> 00:17:03,940 If I had a dime for every time I whopped you, I'd have $100. 278 00:17:04,023 --> 00:17:05,775 That's right. 279 00:17:07,443 --> 00:17:09,695 But you ain't whupped me lately. 280 00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:14,242 Now, you get out of my way. 281 00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:18,871 Make me. 282 00:17:51,612 --> 00:17:54,490 Oh, my baby. My poor little baby. 283 00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:57,577 Get out the wagon and the team. He broke my jaw. 284 00:17:57,660 --> 00:18:00,496 Oh, we'll get you right into doc Bolton, boy. 285 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:04,750 Poor Jeff. He hasn't got anybody. 286 00:18:04,834 --> 00:18:06,669 Poor Jeff? 287 00:18:11,549 --> 00:18:15,928 Orgram, your jaw ain't broke or wouldn't be trying to talk so much. 288 00:18:15,970 --> 00:18:18,347 You ought to do something about that dandruff. 289 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:20,349 Itell ya, I'm convinced. 290 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:23,603 How long I been whupping Jeff in a bareknuckle fight? 291 00:18:23,686 --> 00:18:27,773 As far back as I can recollect, I used to chase him home from school every day 292 00:18:27,815 --> 00:18:30,026 like it was one of my regular chores. 293 00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:33,529 He never was no match for you, orgram. How come he bested you tonight? 294 00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:36,699 'Cause it weren't Jeff myrtlebank iwas fighting. 295 00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:41,871 Whoever it was, he had ring training. 296 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:45,791 He h/ t in a different way tha t we do around here. 297 00:18:45,833 --> 00:18:49,879 That man is dangerous enough to kill with his bare hands. 298 00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:53,007 That's exactly what I'm afraid of, gentlemen. 299 00:18:53,090 --> 00:18:55,718 We seem to be living with something evil in our midst, 300 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:57,553 and we got to put a stop to it. 301 00:18:57,637 --> 00:18:59,805 We've all discussed what we're gonna do, 302 00:18:59,847 --> 00:19:04,477 and I for one can't see any reason for putting it off any longer. 303 00:19:04,518 --> 00:19:07,647 You through talking now? Let me have another look in there. 304 00:19:33,297 --> 00:19:36,926 I rode out to warn you. There's a group of men coming out from town. 305 00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:40,262 They're gonna ask you to move out of the country. 306 00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:42,932 Well, now, how do you feel about that, comfort? 307 00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:45,601 Well, I'm a fickle woman, Jeff. 308 00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:50,106 I'm the kind who believes whatever is said by them I'm with. 309 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:53,025 I've heard some bad things said about you, 310 00:19:53,067 --> 00:19:56,696 and sometimes I ain't strong enough to turn a deef ear to them, 311 00:19:58,239 --> 00:20:02,451 but in my heart, I reckon I love you 312 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:05,121 or else I wouldn't be here with you now. 313 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:08,124 I got a great love for you, comfort, 314 00:20:08,207 --> 00:20:11,377 and I want you to marry me. 315 00:20:11,419 --> 00:20:14,213 [People yelling] 316 00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:20,803 I reckon you better give me your answer right now. 317 00:20:33,566 --> 00:20:35,776 Gents. What do you say? 318 00:20:35,860 --> 00:20:39,447 Jeff, we are here as a committee to speak for the community. 319 00:20:39,530 --> 00:20:43,325 Now, we talked this all over and we came to the conclusion 320 00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:45,494 that Jeff myrtlebank is dead. 321 00:20:45,578 --> 00:20:47,872 We think you're a hant. 322 00:20:47,955 --> 00:20:50,791 Tha t's right. We don't know who you are or where you come from. 323 00:20:50,875 --> 00:20:54,420 We figure you stole Jeff's body. We don't even like you as a neighbor. 324 00:20:54,462 --> 00:20:57,506 So we're asking you to move out. Move out, you hear? 325 00:20:57,590 --> 00:21:00,509 (Strauss) Wha t do you sa y, Jeff? 326 00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:04,013 Well, I think that depends on miss comfort gatewood. 327 00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:07,475 I just asked her a question and she ain't answered it, yet. 328 00:21:27,036 --> 00:21:31,123 I reckon I'm with you no matter where we have to go. 329 00:21:31,207 --> 00:21:35,377 Then you stand behind me, then. 330 00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:40,716 Gents, my wife-to-be and me, now, we was born and raised in this county. 331 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,678 We like it, and we don't aim to raise our kids anyplace else. 332 00:21:44,762 --> 00:21:46,222 Now, you... 333 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:48,224 Wait a minute now! I heard you out. 334 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:50,142 Let him speak. 335 00:21:50,184 --> 00:21:53,395 We're gonna stay, and that means just two things. 336 00:21:53,479 --> 00:21:57,066 One, if you're wrong about me, 337 00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:59,485 then you ain't got nothing to worry about 338 00:21:59,568 --> 00:22:02,029 because that means I'm justa poor ol' countryboy 339 00:22:02,112 --> 00:22:05,074 by the name of Jeff myrtlebank. 340 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:08,077 But on the other hand, if you're right about me, 341 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,413 then you better start treating me pretty nice 342 00:22:11,497 --> 00:22:14,917 because you just don't know all the kind of trouble I can cause you. 343 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:21,090 I might wave my right hand and bring a whole grove of locusts down on your crops. 344 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:23,759 Then I might wave my left hand and dry up all your Wells. 345 00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:26,929 Then I might snap my fingers [snaps fingers] 346 00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:30,057 And burn a barn or two. And then some morning 347 00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:33,185 if I get up and I feel exceptionally ornery, 348 00:22:33,227 --> 00:22:36,105 I might have the hawks come down and steal your chickens. 349 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:39,024 Yes, sir. 350 00:22:39,066 --> 00:22:42,528 You folks better start trea ting me and mine real nice. 351 00:22:42,611 --> 00:22:46,448 Well, that's a different picture, Jeff, with you aiming to marry comfort. 352 00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:48,784 We sure ain't wanting to hurt her none. 353 00:22:48,868 --> 00:22:52,413 Yes, sir, it'd sure be wrong to hurt her trying to get at somebody else. 354 00:22:52,496 --> 00:22:54,874 When are you fixing on marrying her, Jeff? 355 00:22:54,957 --> 00:22:58,586 Right away, I reckon. 356 00:22:58,669 --> 00:23:02,214 Well, let us know about it, boy. We'll picnic that day. 357 00:23:02,256 --> 00:23:05,384 Well, come on, gents. They got a lot of talking to do. 358 00:23:08,554 --> 00:23:11,307 [Men talking indistinct/ y] 359 00:23:21,984 --> 00:23:24,778 You couldn't really do all that, could you? 360 00:23:24,862 --> 00:23:27,448 Of course not. I hate lying to them, 361 00:23:27,531 --> 00:23:31,577 but I find that when something comes up, you've gotta cope with it. 362 00:23:31,660 --> 00:23:33,412 How'd you do that? 363 00:23:33,454 --> 00:23:35,247 Do what? 364 00:23:35,331 --> 00:23:38,751 Light that match? You didn't strike it on anything. 365 00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:41,086 It just lit. 366 00:23:41,128 --> 00:23:46,133 Comfort, honey, first thing you've got to learn is not to imagine things. 367 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:56,268 (Narrator) Jeff and comfort are still alive toda y, 368 00:23:56,352 --> 00:23:59,521 and their onl yson is a united sta tes sena Tor. 369 00:23:59,605 --> 00:24:03,275 He's noted as an uncommonl y shrewd politician, 370 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,528 and some believe he must ha ve gotten his education 371 00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:09,114 in the twilight zone. 372 00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:15,871 (Male presenter) Rod serl/ng, crea Tor of the twilight zone 373 00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:19,959 will tell youabout next week's story after this message. 374 00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:24,046 And now, Mr. Serling. 375 00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:27,883 Next week we burrow deep into the most inner confines of kook land 376 00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:31,804 and hopefully wind up dead center of the oddest portion thereof. 377 00:24:31,845 --> 00:24:34,306 We'll bring you a story called to serve man, 378 00:24:34,390 --> 00:24:36,850 written originally by Damon knight. 379 00:24:36,934 --> 00:24:40,729 Now, if you've ever wondered how we'd react to the arrival of some honest—to—pete saucers. 380 00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:42,690 Next week's diet should be your meat. 381 00:24:42,773 --> 00:24:45,484 On the twilightzone, to serve man. 382 00:24:47,361 --> 00:24:50,155 [Theme music playing] 383 00:25:16,432 --> 00:25:19,268 (Male presenter) Mental illness is no longer hopeless. 384 00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:22,354 Manyare now being sa ved. 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