A World of His Own
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Template:Infobox TTW season one A World of His Own is an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.
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Details
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- Original air date: July 1, 1960
- Writer: Richard Matheson
- Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast
- Gregory West: Keenan Wynn
- Victoria West: Phyllis Kirk
- Mary: Mary LaRoche
Synopsis
Coming home, Victoria West spots her husband, Playwright Gregory West, through the window sharing a drink with Mary, an attractive blonde. But when Victoria barges into the room, Mary is nowhere to be found. Gregory tries to explain to his wife that if he describes anything into his dictation machine, he can cause that thing to suddenly appear in his study. To make it disappear, all he has to do is throw the tape into his fireplace. He demonstrates this, first with Mary and then an elephant in the hallway. Believing none of this, Victoria tells Gregory that he is insane and she is going to have him committed. In response, Gregory takes a tape from his safe and explains that it contains her description. Still skeptical, Victoria snatches the tape away from him and throws it on the fire -- and promptly disappears. Frantic, Gregory rushes to his dictation machine and begins to redescribe Victoria -- then reconsiders and begins to describe Mrs. Mary West. Mary reappears and mixes her husband a drink.
Trivia
This is the only episode in the first season in which Rod Serling appears on-screen. In the final scene, Serling appears and says to viewers: "We hope you enjoyed tonight's romantic story on The Twilight Zone. At the same time, we want you to realize that it was, of course, purely fictional. In real life, such ridiculous nonsense..."
"Rod you shouldn't!" interrupts Gregory West. West then walks over to his safe and pulls out a tape marked "Rod Serling". "I mean, you shouldn't say things as 'nonsense' and 'ridiculous'!" he continues as he throws the tape into the fire. "Well that's the way it goes," replies Serling and promptly disappears.
References
- Zicree, Marc Scott: The Twilight Zone Companion. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition)