"[eerie music]" "(male presenter, off) THERE IS A FIFTH DIMENSION" "BEYOND THAT WHICHIS 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. BEM IS, 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." "[mumbles]" "YES, SIR?" "I WONDER IF IMIGHT SEE YOU IN MY OFFICE, MR. BEM IS?" "WHY, CERTAINLY, MR. CARSVILLE." "I DON'T SUPPOSE" "YOU'VE READ DAVID COPPERFIELD?" "NO, MR. BEM IS, 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" "WHICHIS 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. BEM IS, DO NOT FUNCTION WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION." "YOU ARE NEITHER AN EFFICIENT BANK TELLER" "NOR A PROFICIENT EMPLOYEE." "YOU, MR. BEM IS, 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. BEM IS!" "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." "[clears 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." "[chuckles]" "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] [explosion]" "(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." "[chuckles]" "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" "BY KIMBERLY CLARK" "WHOSE HANDY KLEENEX PAPER PRODUCTS" "HELP YOU EVERY DAY IN SO MANY WAYS." "WHY A NEW KIND OF PAPER TOWEL?" "LET ME SHOW YOU." "WE'LL COVER YOUR SCREEN WITH THIS FILM" "NOW LET'S SEE HOW AN ORDINARY TOWEL WORKS." "SEE?" "IT LEAVES STREAKS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SHAPE TO THE SURFACE." "LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE WITH A NEW KLEENEX TOWEL." "KLEENEX TOWELS ARE BUILT LIKE A SPONGE." "AND LIKE A SPONGE, THEY HAVE A SOFTNESS THAT SHAPES TO THE JOB." "SO THE WHOLE TOWEL SURFACE IS ABSORBING." "KLEENEX TOWELS HELP YOU IN SO MANY WAYS" "BECAUSE THEY'RE SO SOFT" "AND SO STRONG" "WET OR DRY" "TO HELP YOU SCOUR THE MOST STUBBORN STAINS" "AND ALUMINUM SCUFF MARKS FROM YOUR SINK." "AND LOOK, EVEN WITH A HARSH CLEANSER" "THERE'S NO SHREDDING, NO BREAK THROUGH IN A KLEENEX TOWEL." "WHEN YOUR SHOPPING SQUEEZE THE KLEENEX TOWEL PACKAGE" "YES, SQUEEZE IT, AND FEEL THE DIFFERENCE IN," "(jingle) ?" "THE BIG SOFT TOWEL THAT'S BUILT LIKE A SPONGE" "HELPFUL KLEENEX TOWELS ?" "(female presenter, off) ANOTHER GOOD VALUE FROM KLEENEX." "(jingle) ?" "SOFT, STRONG, POPS UP, TOO" "?" "KLEENEX TISSUES ARE BEST FOR YOU" "?" "HELPING ME TO WIPE UP QUICK" "?" "HANDY KLEENEX DOES THE TRICK" "?" "SOFT, STRONG, POPS UP, TOO" "KLEENEX TISSUES ARE BEST FOR YOU ?" "YOU KNOW, I FIND KLEENEX TISSUES SO USEFUL" "I KEEP A BOX IN EVERY ROOM OF MY HOUSE." "IT'S A MUST IN OUR LIVING ROOM, OF COURSE." "YOU KNOW HOW YOUNGSTERS WILL SPILL THINGS." "AND WHAT CLEANS UP QUICKER THAN KLEENEX?" "WE FIND IT BEST FOR COLDS, TOO." "IT'S SO WONDERFULLY STRONG AND ABSORBENT." "NATURALLY, WE KEEP SOME HERE." "THOSE PRETTY KLEENEX COLORS JUST MATCH OUR DECOR." "AND OF COURSE, THE BEDROOM, TOO." "THESE GENTLE TISSUES SUIT MY SKIN JUST PERFECTLY." "THEY'RE SO SOFT AND SOOTHING." "KLEENEX TISSUES IN THE POP UP BOX," "THERE'S A COLOR FOR EVERY ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE."