Is "The Dummy" from The Twilight Zone The Creepiest Episode Ever? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

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=WJVrm...layer_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.

04-11-2010, 07:46 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Is "The Dummy" from The Twilight Zone The Creepiest Episode Ever? 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=WJVrm...layer_embedded
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08-21-2010, 05:06 PM	#2
Mr. Bevis Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 15, 2003 Location: my own private and special Twilight Zone Posts: 125	Talky Tina was scarier for me on first viewing, but it's Willy who has haunted my dreams through the years.