# LEAST favorite Twilight Zone episode? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811 "2011-07-04T14:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/202 "2017-09-23T00:37:26Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The threat of being shipped back to relatives in Terre Haute was always hanging over their heads, at least in the early episodes. :eek: Yeah. And I’ve been to Terre Haute. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/203 "2017-09-23T00:57:14Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > There’s just something weird about it. Maybe I watched some of the episodes where Jody and Buffy were older, and approaching puberty, and they were still trying to make them look like they were 7. I dunno. I thought it was bizarre. There was some weird undertone about it. It was just too nice, like those families you know, and then later you’re interviewed by the police saying you never dreamed they were luring runaway to the house for Saturday night meals, as the main course. In the \*\*\*MAD Magazine \*\*\*satire “Familiar Affair,” French the Butler was walking out on Uncle Bill because the kids just didn’t seem to be "normal’: \*\*“MR STENCH”: \*\* I’ve \*\*had \*\*it, sir. I’m **leaving**! **Good-bye**! " **UNCLE BILGE"** : Stench, you can’t leave me \*\*alone \*\*with those kids. They’ll **“cute”** me to death! Turned out that Buffy and Jody were midgets and Cissy was actually a youthful 29-year-old. > **[Mad Magazine – Embarrassing Treasures](https://embarrassingtreasures.com/tag/mad-magazine/)** > > Posts about Mad Magazine written by Amy ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/204 "2017-09-23T01:07:41Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Turned out that Buffy and Jody were midgets and Cissy was actually a youthful 29-year-old. > > [Mad Magazine | Embarrassing Treasures](https://embarrassingtreasures.com/tag/mad-magazine/) OK, a youthful 28-year-old. ☹ Cut me some slack, it’s been 50 years! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/205 "2017-09-23T01:16:33Z")
That MAD parody was great. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/206 "2017-09-23T15:28:05Z")
I have a cousin who was about 7 when he tried out for the part of Jody. He almost got it, too. If he had, and _Mad_ had run that parody, I would have hit the roof. I also remember the appearance of Sean McClory as the father of a bullying girl who menaced Jody. Had my cousin been cast McClory would be a pariah to me. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/207 "2017-09-23T15:43:25Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I have a cousin who was about 7 when he tried out for the part of Jody. He almost got it, too. If he had, and _Mad_ had run that parody, I would have hit the roof. I also remember the appearance of Sean McClory as the father of a bullying girl who menaced Jody. Had my cousin been cast McClory would be a pariah to me. :mad: Just think, your cousin might even have gotten to meet Uncle Fester! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/208 "2017-09-23T15:55:23Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I have a cousin who was about 7 when he tried out for the part of Jody. He almost got it, too. If he had, and _Mad_ had run that parody, I would have hit the roof. I also remember the appearance of Sean McClory as the father of a bullying girl who menaced Jody. Had my cousin been cast McClory would be a pariah to me. :mad: Johnny Whitaker is a Mormon now, so maybe your cousin was spared that. At least he wasn’t almost cast as Buffy. The coroner who did her autopsy said that she had the most drugs he’d ever seen a person voluntarily get into her system while still conscious. That was his explanation when asked why he’d called it the “worst” drug overdose he’d ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/209 "2017-09-23T16:23:00Z")
Yes, I heard about what happened to Anissa Jones. ☹ But how did Jackie Coogan (a one-time child star himself) get into the picture? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/210 "2017-09-23T16:43:56Z")
Yes, I heard about Anissa Jones; but I don’t know how Jackie Coogan got into the picture. And my cousin did not become a Mormon, but my younger brother’s family did; in fact I posted on the SDMB about my niece getting married in a Mormon temple. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/211 "2017-09-23T16:47:02Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Yes, I heard about Anissa Jones; but I don’t know how Jackie Coogan got into the picture. How quickly we forget… ☹ > **[jackie coogan – Embarrassing Treasures](https://embarrassingtreasures.com/tag/jackie-coogan/)** > > Posts about jackie coogan written by Amy If you’d watched the show, you’d never be able to get this episode out of your mind! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/212 "2017-09-23T16:48:55Z")
Excuse me–I tried to get that second reply removed but I couldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/213 "2017-09-23T17:32:27Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > At least he wasn’t almost cast as Buffy. The coroner who did her autopsy said that she had the most drugs he’d ever seen a person voluntarily get into her system while still conscious. That was his explanation when asked why he’d called it the “worst” drug overdose he’d ever seen. And on that cheery note… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/214 "2017-09-23T17:52:56Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Yes, I heard about Anissa Jones; but I don’t know how Jackie Coogan got into the picture. And my cousin did not become a Mormon, but my younger brother’s family did; in fact I posted on the SDMB about my niece getting married in a Mormon temple. > [@terentii](#): > > How quickly we forget… ☹ > > [jackie coogan | Embarrassing Treasures](https://embarrassingtreasures.com/tag/jackie-coogan/) > > If you’d watched the show, you’d never be able to get this episode out of your mind! I did watch it, but I don’t remember this episode. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/215 "2017-09-23T19:50:54Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I did watch it, but I don’t remember this episode. I watched it, and I remember this episode. It was the episode where I realized that Uncle Bill was supposed to be really rich. I knew little kids who had nannies who weren’t really rich, so the presence of Mr. French didn’t trigger that for me, the way it probably did for middle America. The one that really sticks out in my mind was the one where Sissy wants to be a hippie, but only on weekends. I somehow thought hippie was a stage of life-- it came in between “high school” and “parent.” I didn’t think it was something people chose to be, let alone could be part-time. ETA: or is it Cissy? You know, I don’t think I’ve even seen it written. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/216 "2017-09-23T19:55:49Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > ETA: or is it Cissy? You know, I don’t think I’ve even seen it written. Hmm. IMDb says it’s “Cissy.” Also says it’s short for Catherine. And Buffy is “Ava Elizabeth,” (thank goodness), and Jody is “Jonathan.” Also, Mr. French’s first name is “Giles.” It doesn’t say what “Bill” is short for, but I’m not betting money I can’t lose that it’s William, at this point. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/217 "2017-09-23T22:48:13Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Hmm. IMDb says it’s “Cissy.” Also says it’s short for Catherine. And Buffy is “Ava Elizabeth,” (thank goodness), and Jody is “Jonathan.” Also, Mr. French’s first name is “Giles.” It doesn’t say what “Bill” is short for, but I’m not betting money I can’t lose that it’s William, at this point. … And the “other” Mr French (John Williams) was named Nigel. Nigel was Giles’s older brother. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/218 "2017-09-23T23:20:37Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > … And the “other” Mr French (John Williams) was named Nigel. Nigel was Giles’s older brother. Named Nigel but called “Niles” to make the names rhyme, I think. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/219 "2017-09-23T23:50:52Z")
Yes. Williams appeared during Cable’s illness in the first season. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811/220 "2017-09-23T23:52:05Z")
Cabot, excuse me, not Cable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811.md?page=10)