Original Twilight Zone Episode Guide



Season Three

29. Four O'clock

Airdate: 6 Apr 1962
Main Cast: Theodore Bikel, Moyna MacGill, Phyllis Love, Linden Chiles
Writer: Price Day/Rod Serling

Four O Clock - Twilight Zone

Oliver Crangle is a bigot and a charlatan. At four O' clock he proclaims that all evil people in the world will be shrunk.



30. Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

Airdate: 13 Apr 1962
Main Cast: Andy Devine
Writer: Frederic Fox/Rod Serling

Hocus Pocus And Frisby - Twilight Zone

Frisby runs a small store and gas station and is known in the town for the ridiculous yarns he spins about all sorts of subjects. One night, he is asked to board a spacecraft by two creatures. They wish to take him with them as they believe all the exaggerated tales he tells them. When Frisby tells them that he lied, the aliens do not understand him as they have no comprehension of the concept of a lie.



31. The Trade-Ins

Airdate: 20 Apr 1962
Main Cast: Joseph Schildkraut, Alma Platt
Writer: Rod Serling

The Trade Ins - Twilight Zone

An elderly couple wish to partake in a new technique to extend their lives - body swapping.



32. The Gift

Airdate: 27 Apr 1962
Main Cast: Geoffrey Horne, Nico Minardos, Edmund Vargas, Cliff Osmond
Writer: Rod Serling

The Gift - Twilight Zone

An alien crash lands, and after being involved in a fracas with police, gives Pedro, a young boy, a "gift".



33. The Dummy

Airdate: 4 May 1962
Main Cast: Cliff Robertson, Frank Sutton
Writer: Lee Polk/Rod Serling

The Dummy - Twilight Zone

Jerry Etherson is a ventriloquist, and he performs with his dummy, Willy. When Jerry decides that he wants to change his act and perform with a new dummy, Willy is none too pleased.



34. Young Man's Fancy

Airdate: 11 May 1962
Main Cast: Alex Nicol, Phyllis Thaxter, Wallace Rooney, Helen Brown, Ricky Kelman
Writer: Richard Matheson

Young Mans Fancy - Twilight Zone

A newly married man and his wife move into his late mother's home. While there he finds it impossible to leave behind the memories of his childhood. So strong and intense are his memories that a vision of his mother reappears from the past.



35. I Sing the Body Electric

Airdate: 18 May 1962
Main Cast: Josephine Hutchinson, David White
Writer: Ray Bradbury

I Sing The Body Electric - Twilight Zone

A widower picks a robotic grandmother for his motherless children. All the children grow to love their new "grandmother" except Anne, who takes a dislike to her. Will she come to accept her transistorised grandma?



36. Cavender is Coming

Airdate: 25 May 1962
Main Cast: Carol Burnett, Jesse White
Writer: Rod Serling

Cavender Is Coming - Twilight Zone

Agnes Grep, down on her luck and behind on her rent is sent a guardian angel, Cavender, to make her happy in twenty-four hours and earn his wings.



37. The Changing of the Guard

Airdate: 1 Jun 1962
Main Cast:
Writer: Rod Serling

The Changing Of The Guard - Twilight Zone

Elderly teacher, Ellis Fowler, is forced to retire by his school. After reminiscing about his time at the school, he comes to the conclusion that his time spent there has been a waste. He returns, in the depths of depression, once more to the school intending to kill himself.