Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

Infobox Television episode
Title = Hocus-Pocus and Frisby
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption = Frisby's Alien
Season = 3
Episode = 95
Airdate =April 13, 1962
Production =4833
Writer =Rod Serling (Based on an unpublished story by Frederic Louis Fox.)
Director =Lamont Johnson
Guests = Andy Devine : Frisby
Milton Selzer : Alien #1
Larry Breitman : Alien #2
Peter Brocco : Alien #3
Howard McNear : Mitchell
Dabbs Greer : Scanlan
Clem Bevans : Old Man
Music = Tommy Morgan
Episode list = List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev = Four O'Clock
Next = The Trade-Ins

Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" is an episode of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone".

Opening Narration

ynopsis

Frisby manages a grocery store/gas station in a small town, and the townsfolk know him well for the tall tales he spins of his experiences, all of which he fabricates and which are often contradictory.

One evening, a friendly voice summons him. Creatures from another planet, disguised as humans, ask him to board their ship. They want Frisby for use as a zoo specimen--they take his exaggerated tales as reality, so why not take the perfect example? The alien tells Frisby that he seems to have the widest range of experience and highest education - they have obviously been listening to him for a long time - and want him to come with them.

Frisby tells them that he lied, but the aliens do not understand the term "to lie", and ask him to just sit quietly and wait for departure. Frisby, unable to convince them of their erroneous decision, decides to relax by playing his harmonica. He then makes the unexpected discovery that the sound is extremely painful to the aliens--He escapes from the ship, and the now frightened aliens leave. Running back to the gas station, he finds all of his friends waiting to throw him a surprise birthday party. When he tries to tell them what happened, they laugh it off as another of his stories, even though this time he tries to tell them this is true.

Closing Narration

Preview for Next Week's Story

"The Twilight Zone" links

* The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
* Episode list
* [http://www.cbs.com/classics/the_twilight_zone/video/video.php?cid=649562032&pid=IECkKTlzXOKHzyVQ7SlBL30rLA8P9xvr&play=true&cc=2 Full video of the episode at CBS.com]

References

*DeVoe, Bill. (2008). "Trivia from The Twilight Zone". Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
*Grams, Martin. (2008). "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic". Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090
* Zicree, Marc Scott. "The "Twilight Zone" Companion", Bantam Books, 1982. ISBN 0-553-01416-1

External links

*imdb title|id=0734573|title=Hocus-Pocus and Frisby


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