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The Twilight Zone predicted this

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Posted By: earlybird, 7/29/2024 11:51:08 AM

A reader pointing to the anti-Semitic riots in Washington by the spoiled brats of socialism last week made a reference to Billy Mumy and the Twilight Zone episode, It’s A Good Life. In it, Mumy plays an 8-year-old boy named Anthony whose telepathic powers terrorize his small town in Ohio. Anthony had not reached the age of reason, which is why he used his supernatural powers capriciously. He did not realize his actions had consequences. This led to death and destruction with the boy sending people who think a bad thought about him to the cornfield.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: volksford 7/29/2024 12:29:48 PM (No. 1768446)
Once in a while I still watch a few of these old Twilight Zones... they were quite remarkable.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: red1066 7/29/2024 12:48:30 PM (No. 1768461)
Even before I was ten years old, the Twight Zone was my favorite tv show. That and the Outer Limits. The article brought back lots of memories of that show that I had forgotten.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: danu 7/29/2024 1:45:15 PM (No. 1768494)
In 2019, history plus A+E introduced a show called Project Blue Book, meant to dramatise famous UFO episodes of the post WWII era-such as Roswell-- which were then classified, tucked in Air Force files. The guy from Game of Thrones--Aiden Gillen--was the astrophysicist, featuring his investigatory case files... Blue Book and other secret projects of that day. It was wonderfully crafted, a big hit, and garnered a world-wide fan base from Russia to the Americas. The sturm-und-drang of that anxious period was depicted, along with beautiful vintage autos and costuming, Cold War intrigue, and with public and private dilemmas much like our own today. Before the 3rd season was expected to air, the show was mysteriously cancelled, 'due to the cv lockdowns'. You can see it on amzn, tubi, ... buy the dvd's..., and solve the puzzles, and mysteries--for yourselves. Be amazed.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: mossley 7/29/2024 2:07:48 PM (No. 1768513)
Absolutely love the original, "The Twilight Zone" but this story is really a stretch.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Bogasso 7/29/2024 2:11:29 PM (No. 1768514)
I’ve noticed a number of times when that episode was a prediction of the behavior of a political party. Mostly seen coming from the alphabet/rainbow crowd, it applies to the Left accurately across the board.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Trav 7/29/2024 4:08:44 PM (No. 1768588)
Originally a short story by Jerome Bixby. Can be found online.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: chumley 7/29/2024 5:18:11 PM (No. 1768655)
That episode was massively spooky with almost no special effects. My daughter was pre-teen when we watched it together during a marathon. It had such an impact on her she still quotes it at 40. "Thats really good what you did Anthony. Really good." I bet she sends her kids to the corn field when they're bad too.
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A reader pointing to the anti-Semitic riots in Washington by the spoiled brats of socialism last week made a reference to Billy Mumy and the Twilight Zone episode, It’s A Good Life. In it, Mumy plays an 8-year-old boy named Anthony whose telepathic powers terrorize his small town in Ohio. Anthony had not reached the age of reason, which is why he used his supernatural powers capriciously. He did not realize his actions had consequences. This led to death and destruction with the boy sending people who think a bad thought about him to the cornfield.
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