You're talking about "It's a Good Life", starring Billy "Will Robinson" Mumy from "Lost in Space", as the evil and omnipotent Anthony. That's a great one, one of the top ten easily. It's always shown during a Zone marathon, so shouldn't be hard to catch next time. By the way, the most recent incarnation of "Twilight Zone"--the one hosted by Forest Whitaker--revisited that evil Anthony, now an adult with a daughter (gotten by a woman too terrified to say no to his advances--how revolting). It's a very good ep, one of the best, and totally justifies going back to that world.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Augustus Augustus" <jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 7:16:17 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Forwarded Jokes Keith, as for which came first, the ep or the joke......i am going 2 go with the ep......as 4 watching the zone as a kid.......it scared the bejezus out of me sometimes! and you are totally correct about the end of times ep's in the series. one f my most memorable ep's was the one about the kid sending people 2 the 'corn field' when he got upset with them. i have tried around the holidays 2 catch that ep again so that i can record it, but i seem 2 never 2 able 2 catch it. Fate. --- On Mon, 1/18/10, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote: From: Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Forwarded Jokes To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 5:48 PM And on another note, as a kid, shows like this often had me confused or frightened. When I first saw the Twilight Zone ep described below, i thought it reasonable that the Devil would make a last minute grab at a soul in route to Heaven. So my young mind was frightened at the thought that some day *I'd* face some tough test--what if I failed and ended up in a lake of fire and brimstone? What if I didn't have a faithful hound dog to help me defeat the Devil's ploy? As an adult, I think differently, of course, and ain't worried about Satan getting one last shot on souls who've died in Grace. But man did that stuff scare me as a kid! Let's not even start on Revelation and some of the horrors it described for the end times! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Johnson" <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 5:42:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Forwarded Jokes This is a take on a classic ep of "The Twilight Zone". In it, an old hillbilly guy goes hunting for 'coon with his hound dog, even though his wife begs him not too. She'd seen signs and portents that something awful would happen. The man and his dog pursue a raccoon into a river, then things go blank. Later he tries to go home, but quickly realizes he's died, and can't be seen or heard by his wife or anyone else. Sorrowfully, he and his hound dog walk along a dirt road toward their reward. The man stops at one place with a slick-looking guard before a gate, but his dog is upset and barks at the guy. The gatekeeper says "no pets allowed in Heaven", and the old man sadly says "I don't want no part of a place that won't accept my dog". They then keep walking, and end up at a simple gate with a hillbilly chewing on a piece of straw, who says "Howdy! We've been waiting for you!" He says that dogs are sho' 'nuff welcome in Heaven, and then tells the relieved old man that the fancy place down the street was Hell. They gatekeeper was always lying in order to do a last minute grab on saved souls, he explained, but the Devil couldn't fool a dog! I wonder if this joke precedes or comes after that Twilight Zone, which is at least forty years old? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Augustus Augustus" <jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com> To: "Sci Fi" <scifino...@yahoogro ups.com> Cc: "Black SciFi" <blackscifihorrorfan tasyclub@ yahoogroups. com> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 5:30:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Forwarded Jokes This answers all questions & explains why I forward jokes. A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them. After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold.. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and ashe got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?' 'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered. 'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked. 'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up' . The man gestured, and the gate began to open. 'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too? ' the traveler asked. 'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.' The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog. After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book. 'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?' 'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.' 'How about my friend here?' the traveler gestured to the dog. 'There should be a bowl by the pump.' They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree. 'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked. 'This is Heaven,' he answered. 'Well, that's confusing,' the traveler said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.' 'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates ? Nope. That's hell.' 'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?' 'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.' Soooo... Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word. Maybe this will explain. When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You forward jokes. When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you forward jokes. When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how, you forward jokes. Also to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get? A forwarded joke. So, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile. You are all welcome @ my water bowl anytime!!! A Cheerful Heart Is Good Medicine. Prov. 17:22 Fate.