Happy Halloween, 2018!

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The home of Mr. Gregory West, one of America's most noted playwrights. The office of Mr. Gregory West. Mr. Gregory West—shy, quiet, and at the moment, very happy. Mary—warm, affectionate...And the final ingredient: Mrs. Gregory West. ---Opening narration, A World of His Own ---Episode Thirty-Six Of The Twilight Zone ---Directed by Ralph Nelson ---Written by Richard Matheson ---Original Air-Date: July 1, 1960 As I said yesterday, this is an especially scary Halloween. In just six short days, America is going to begin the righting of a horrible wrong that never should have happened in the first place. OR it will shrug, say, "So what?" And continue letting the wrong grow while at the same time throwing the USA on the trash heap of history. Merely mentioning any of that would seem a bit gratuitously terrifying, not to mention depressing because so much could go wrong, on a wonderful holiday like this. So I'm not going to. Instead, I'm going to focus exclusively on today's subject, my all-time favorite episode of The Twilight Zone. As good fortune would have it, it's a comedy. You Halloween Purists can settle down and shut up because I'm not trying to turn Halloween into a laugh fest. There is nothing wrong with that but we can argue about that some other time because it's not what I'm doing today. A World of His Own is funny but it does it with humourous scary things. The most amazing thing about it is that it became my favorite Twilight Zone without it being written or directed by Rod Serling. I have no explanation for that and maybe it's a good thing. Have you ever thought about how dull life would be if all unsolvable mysteries were solved? Me, either. Cause the whole notion is laughably absurd but it sure sounds thought-provoking and profound, doesn't it? But stop thinking about that. Let's get back to A World of His Own. It's a wonderfully funny story about a man who creates his own reality and how it complicates his life. And how he fixes said complications. I wish I could show you the entire episode but I couldn't find it on YouTube. I can, however, show you the ending, which is the best part. And that's what I will do now. Happy Halloween!