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The Twilight Zone
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| Title: | A World of Difference |
| Episode Number: | 23 |
| Season: | 1 |
| Season Episode #.: | 23 |
| Production Number: | 173-3624 |
| Original Airdate: | Friday March 11th, 1960 |
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A businessman discovers his office is really only a set for a movie in which he is a character.
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| David White also appeared in "I Sing the Body Electric." He may be best known for his role as Larry Tate on Bewitched.
| Gail Kobe starred in Charlton Heston's movie The Ten Commandments. She would return for "In His Image" and "The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross."
| Howard Duff was once married to actress/director Ida Lupino.
| Eileen Ryan is the mother of actors Christopher and Sean Penn.
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| Opening Narration
Narrator: You're looking at a tableau of reality, things of substance, of physical material: a desk, a window, a light. These things exist and have dimension. Now this is Arthur Curtis, age thirty-six, who also is real. He has flesh and blood, muscle and mind. But in just a moment we will see how thin a line separates that which we assume to be real with that manufactured inside of a mind.
| Arthur Curtis: I don't know what's going on! I don't know what's going on!
Brinkley: Jerry?
Nora: Alright, get over here now.
Brinkley: Nora, don't!
Nora: Look, you stay out of this!
Brinkley: Nora, please, can't you see he's upset?
Arthur Curtis: Leave me alone.
Nora: You're going to sign this check, Jerry! You're going to sign it right now!! Gerald Raigan! (taking his hand with pen) G-E-R! A-L-D!
Arthur Curtis: That is not my name!
Nora: (screaming loudly) R-A-I-G-A-N!
Arthur Curtis: That's not my name! Now, listen, this has gone far enough! I'm not Gerald Raigan. I don't know any of you. My name is Arthur Curtis. Do you hear me? Arthur Curtis, and I work for Davis... (calls directory assistance) I'd like to have a telephone number of the Davis Morton company. 189 Brand Street, in Los Angeles. (a beat) Of course there is! I work there! I've worked there for the last seven years. Hello?! Hello?!
| Brinkley: Feeling better?
Arthur Curtis: You don't believe me, do you?
Brinkley: I believe you've been overworked and under a terrible strain. You need help, Jerry.
Arthur Curtis: Help?
Brinkley: It's not my province but I've known you a long time. Can't you see what's happened? Cast of characters: Arthur Curtis, age thirty-six. A young business executive, happily married. Curtis lives in Woodland Hills with his wife and child. Marian Curtis, age thirty-three. A charming young woman. Typical of that efficient breed which can manage a house and family and still have ample time...
Arthur Curtis: Stop it!
Brinkley: The only information you have about Arthur Curtis is what's written in this script.
Arthur Curtis: No.
Brinkley: Jerry, sometimes I'd like to escape myself. Away from this turmoil to some simpler existence.
Arthur Curtis: You're telling me that this is a delusion, that I'm really Gerald Raigan, a drunken...
Brinkley: Gerald Raigan, a sweet, unhappy man, burdened with that...that harpie. Jerry Raigan, trying to find a little happiness, that's all.
Arthur Curtis: No, it's real. It's real.
Brinkley: I wish it were. For your sake Jerry, I wish it were. I've got to go, Jerry. Try and get some rest. Forget about the picture. You don't have to finish it. I just spoke to the studio a few minutes ago. They're canceling production. Arthur Curtis is dead. (he drops the script in the wastebasket)
Arthur Curtis: I've got to get back.
Brinkley: It's too late, Jerry. It's finished.
Arthur Curtis: I've got to get back to my office!
Brinkley: Your office? If you mean the set, they're probably tearing it down right now.
Arthur Curtis: They can't! They can't do that! (he bolts down the stairs and out to his car, driving wildly through LA back to the studio)
Brinkley: Jerry!
| Arthur Curtis: Let's get out of here.
Marian Curtis: Artie, are you alright?
Arthur Curtis: Yes.
Marian Curtis: Well, where were you?
Sally: Mr. Curtis, are you leaving now?
Arthur Curtis: Yes.
Sally: Well, I have your tickets for Saturday night. Here you are.
Arthur Curtis: Fine, thanks.
Stagehand: (O.S.) Alright, let's get those lamps and tables out of here!!
Marian Curtis: Honey, what's the matter?
Arthur Curtis: Please. Honey, let's not wait. Let's go on our vacation right away.
Marian Curtis: Hey, what's wrong?
Arthur Curtis: Nothing, darling. I just don't want to lose you.
| Closing Narration
Narrator: The modus operandi for the departure from life is usually a pine box of such and such dimensions, and this is the ultimate in reality. But there are other ways for a man to exit from life. Take the case of Arthur Curtis, age thirty-six. His departure was along a highway with an exit sign that reads 'This way to escape.' Arthur Curtis, en route to the Twilight Zone.
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