View Full Version : Is "The Dummy" from The Twilight Zone The Creepiest Episode Ever?


Brian Damage
04-11-2010, 07:46 PM
this classic 1962 episode, ventriloquist Jerry Etherson (played by Cliff Robertson -- Uncle Ben in the Spider-Man films) is convinced that his dummy, Willie, is alive. He wishes to leave the dummy behind and move to another city, which sounds like a perfectly logical solution to escape an inanimate doll. But his agent, Frank, thinks Jerry is just a drunk schizo and knows that running won't eliminate his delusions. So Jerry tries out a new dummy named Goofy Goggles and finds him a whole lot more pleasant than Willie... but Jerry soon finds out that he can't just lock Willie in a case and expect him to go away, because Willie has other plans. The same dummy is used in the 1964 episode "Caesar and Me."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJVrmqEiB_U&feature=player_embedded

Mr. Bevis
08-21-2010, 05:06 PM
Talky Tina was scarier for me on first viewing, but it's Willy who has haunted my dreams through the years.