Twilight Zone (Radio) A World of Difference (2023)

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The Twilight Zone is a nationally syndicated radio series featuring radio play adaptations of the classic television series The Twilight Zone first produced for the British station BBC Radio 4 Extra in October 2002 with the final show released in 2012 for 176 episodes in all.
Many of the stories are based on Rod Serling's scripts from the original Twilight Zone series, and are slightly expanded and updated to reflect contemporary technology and trends (e.g., the mention of "cell phones" and "CD-ROMs" which, of course, were not around when the television show aired in the 1960s). In addition to adapting all of the original episodes aired on the 1959-1964 TV series, the radio series has also adapted some Twilight Zone TV scripts which were never produced, scripts from other Serling TV productions, and new stories written especially for the radio series. Taking Serling's role as narrator is Stacy Keach. Different Hollywood actors, such as Blair Underwood and James Caviezel, take the lead role in each radio drama.

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There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man.

It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity.

It is the middle ground between light and shadow.

And it lies between the pit of man's fears.

And the summit of his knowledge.

This is the dimension of imagination.

It is an area which we call the twilight zone.

Hey, there will good morning.

Mr reagan reagan, yeah, that's a good.

One.

Yeah, I want to open the gate.

Yeah, I guess it is a good one want to let me in on it.

Let you in on what you called me will yeah.

So so my name's harold, you know that since when how long you've been working here, oh long time.

All that time I've always been herald.

Some people call me shorty, but never will and I'm.

Arthur my wife calls me, artie sometimes.

But if you want to be harold that's, okay, by the way, oh I get it.

You want.

I should call you arthur from now on instead of mr reagan, you got it.

I guess that makes us even will.

I mean, harold do you a favor what's that leave the parking lot open? Then take the rest of the day off? Okay, I'll bite.

What for he must be tired, didn't get much sleep.

Last night, huh? Have some breakfast cup of coffee see if that helps help white to get your head on straight, you can open the gate now harold or whatever your name is sure if you say so morning, sally, oh, good morning.

Mr, curtis, I just got here myself.

I hope I'm not late.

No, no.

I thought I'd better get an early start.

I have to leave about three.

You do my wife, and I haven't gotten a thing for tina's birthday yet, that's, right? The party's saturday, afternoon, isn't it.

If my daughter can last that long excited, she sure is it's all she can think about are the matson contracts.

Ready? Right here.

I finished them before I left last night, good, I'll, look them over in my office.

Well back to the grindstone.

Yes, sir, oh, I almost forgot.

Would you call the airline for me? See if you can get those reservations changed from monday to saturday will do straining at the beast to get out of town.

You bet it's the first real vacation marion, and I have had in years.

So I figure why lose a whole weekend before starting out.

I don't blame you saturday, night, it's, san francisco.

Here we come hold all calls for a few minutes will you? I want to tell my wife, certainly seth hope, her mother can take tina after the party.

Now for heaven's sake, sally sally, I can't get a dial tone what's.

He doing, I don't know, this isn't in the script.

Sally I said who are you? What are all you people doing in cut? Where did sally go? What happened to the wall? And I said, cut all right? Everybody take five will somebody please tell me what is going on reality, the quality of being real or having an actual existence, a matter of interest to philosophers throughout the ages.

The definition comes from the dictionary and it directly concerns one.

Arthur curtis 36 years old and a successful businessman or so he believes.

Mr curtis is about to discover that the line between reality and unreality can be very thin indeed, in fact, under certain conditions, it may be less than thin.

It may be invisible at least in the twilight zone.

And now the twilight zone and our story, a world of difference, starring luke perry with stacy keach as your narrator, I asked you a question all of you.

What are you doing here? Get out of my office? Come on jerry that's.

Not my name is it so hard to make a phone call lose the ad libs? Who are you remember jerry marty fisher your friendly neighborhood tv director? What are you talking about I'll soon they forget sally.

What is all this something go wrong? Mr reagan.

Why are you sitting there like that with your feet up? Take them off the desk at once I thought we were on a break.

We are why don't you go to your dressing room while I talk to jerry sure marty call me when you're ready watch the cables.

Miss lawson, of course, I will kelly.

You'd think I'd never been on a set before what are all these lights for I I can hardly see pretty hard to shoot without him, jerry this isn't exactly verite that camera what's it for will somebody please tell me I'm warning you jerry, oh, and who do you think you are that's funny.

I was about to ask you the same thing.

Why don't you wise up and cut the dramatics dramatics.

They won't take much more of this you're, very close to the edge, the edge of what I like that you're really into it.

What is it the method? I don't think so not the method, um, who'd you study with sandy meisner, right? No, wait a minute, stella adler.

Well, I used to be at the institute too.

And the first rule is don't break character.

So, uh, what do you say shall we take it again? I don't understand what you're saying, it's a gag just a little gag.

You know, these new york actors, all right get him.

Some coffee kelly, yeah, coffee over here.

Please black coming right up.

Okay, jerry let's.

Forget about it.

Get your scene done the front office doesn't like it when they're over scheduled over schedule, not this show then let's, try it again back to the set set.

Listen.

I went out on a limb for you.

The whole agency did what agency just do your lines? Are we ready here? We're ready.

Now, jerry all right? One more time, you're gonna call your wife, tell her to meet you at 3 15.

How did you know that got all your lines down where's your script? What are you talking about easy? Jerry don't burn yourself out places? Everyone breaks over where am I in your office it's morning? You just got here.

This can't be my office.

It only looks like my office the window isn't, even real what's.

He doing the city outside it's a painting.

What is this a joke? Jerry jerry? What are you people watching me for? I don't know you? I don't know, any of you don't? Let him get away he's, not going anywhere he's, not on his mark.

Maybe you can shoot around them for a while I don't want to shoot around him, sam, we've got seven pages to do before lunch.

He'll come through marty.

We never had any trouble with him before what's.

He doing now the scene I told you get ready to follow him, roll sound and action.

Still dead cut.

Where are you going? Jerry stop calling me that it's? Not my name? Sure sure if that's what you want is there another telephone in here, sit down, jerry one that works jerry if I have to phone brinkly on this you're, dead do whatever you like just leave me alone.

You don't, look so good.

How do you feel? I felt fine when I got here, please sit down what's that on your face sweat, kelly, yeah, call for an ambulance and make it fast.

Yes, sir, uh.

Shall I ask the front office to authorize it? Of course, not if they find out there's, no telling what they do suspend production probably go on go right away.

Jerry let's go to your dressing room.

You can lie down where's.

The nearest telephone, jerry we're, trying to help you.

My name is arthur curtis.

Take your hands off me I'm getting out of here.

Did you hear that? Arthur curtis is this a real telephone looks like it.

All right? Everybody one hour for lunch is it hooked up? Should be number what's.

The number search me operator.

Number please, I I don't know I can't.

Thank I'll.

Connect you with information.

Yes, please directory information.

Hello.

Would you give me the number of arthur curtis 22437, vetner, road, woodland, hills, checking on vetner v-e-n-t-n-e-r.

I have no listing for a curtis at that address what you must be mistaken.

Jerry listen it's, my own home I'm.

Arthur curtis.

I just can't.

Remember, the number at the moment will you it's? An unlisted number it's, not an unlisted number, at least I don't, I don't think it is look.

Would you try again? I know, there's a phone there, I'm, sorry, sir jerry put the phone down you're wrong operator.

Connect me with your supervisor let's go to your dressing room.

Listen give me the phone.

What are you doing you're? Not yourself you're, sick, get your hands off me, I'm trying to help.

Well, I don't need it I'm getting out of here, where are you going home? Jerry somebody stop him? Hey, watch.

It lady are you out of your mind if you're drunk again, jerry let go of me.

Look, I don't care if they bounce you, I don't care if you never work again for the rest of your worthless, life you're going to pay me what the judge tells you to pay me or so help me I'll, put you so far behind bars, they'll, never find you again there you are mrs reagan.

I am not mrs reagan anymore.

Sorry, could I speak to you in private? I haven't the time it's about jerry he's coming with me, he'll be back in time for the afternoon filming that isn't exactly what excuse me, but I need your car.

What do you think you're doing you're, not driving? I've just called for an ambulance jerry's having a nervous breakdown? How convenient for him? Would you two get out of the way? Please I'm, not joking mrs.

Miss from now on if you won't move slide over, I don't have time to argue, I said, get in if you have to I'm getting out of this place, you pig-headed better fasten, your seatbelt, slow down, don't, touch the wheel, I'll do more than touch.

It I'm not going to let you crash.

This car it's mine now, get your hands off the brake there now will you let me drive I'm warning? You you're warning me, give me those keys.

Now stop, please.

Whoever you are, I said, I'll drive, if you want to kill yourself, you'll have to wait first I'm going to bleed, you jerry I'm going to bleed.

You dry every bank account every residual.

Listen.

I don't know who you think I am but you're wrong you're wrong.

My name is curtis arthur curtis.

And I don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about right now I'm going to cut the histrionics.

If you think you can chisel your way out of pain with a cheap trick like this I'm going to turn the key again and I'm driving to my home in woodland hills.

Once we get there, you can have your car back.

Do you understand I told you to cut the act, no act.

My name is arthur curtis.

My wife's name is marion.

I have a daughter named tina, and I live at 22437 ventner road in woodland hills.

I mean it jerry.

My name is arthur curtis.

My wife's name is I said, cut cut.

I don't understand I've made this turn twice.

Now, let me know when the grand tour is over will you I I don't know where I am? And yet I I must this is my neighborhood.

I live here.

Do you I have for years ever since I bought the house, but my street it's, just not here.

What do you want jerry an academy award? I've told you my name is, oh, can it will you who are you trying to convince you may as well give it up? You never had a less receptive.

Audience.

Why do you refuse to listen to me? Go ahead then play it out make a complete idiot of yourself.

I couldn't care less I'm, trying to find my house is that so hard to comprehend.

Well, you're not going to no matter how hard you try.

And why is that simple because there's, no such thing as ventner road, keep quiet I'm, trying to think and what's more there never was except in your dreams what's in the glove box, that's.

None of your business.

This is my car.

Now there must be a map.

Let me have it.

Please get your hands out of there.

I'm just trying to tina there.

She is who's tina my daughter.

Another little secret, you never told me about when did that happen? See her skipping down the sidewalk.

Oh, spare me, hi honey over here.

It's.

Daddy.

This is too much you're going to get us both arrested, tina, honey, come here.

I didn't have anything to do with this.

Remember that tina.

Thank god, leave me alone, but you're, not tina sorry.

Little girl.

I thought you scared me, you're, a bad man get in.

But that dress, I thought she was, I said, get in or would you rather go to jail for attempted kidnapping? You should have let me drive in the first place.

None of this would have happened.

Why are you stopping? Because this is the end of the line here don't tell me you're going to play surprised, but I've never seen this house before you just won't quit.

Will you that's brinkley's car out front? What does he want who's brinkley pound of flesh, probably well, he'll have to wait his turn coming.

I can't stay here.

I have to go.

I said, I'd get you back for the afternoon, shooting.

I mean, home, you are home, who's home.

Move it buster or would you rather sit out here? Fine with me suit yourself, but I promise you you'll regret it.

Where are we come on inside fix yourself? A drink a little hair of the dog, maybe that'll do it jerry who are you better be nice to sam he's, still, the vice president of your agency, where have you been I'm? Not sure did sam call you more than an hour ago said, he'd left.

The studio walked out.

Stumbled is more like it.

What's all this about the studio first things first, jerry come into the study.

Why nora we need to do some damage control.

We sure do can't just wait.

I've waited long enough, I want my money now before he goes off on his next binge.

Now, look, I've explained to this woman that I'm not who you all seem to think I am, frankly, I don't know what to think, but if we don't smooth this over right now today, the network won't, renew your contract, and that will cost us all money.

My name is curtis.

I live jerry stop.

It stop.

What would you rather I lie to you.

You don't seem to realize the position you're in where do you hide the checkbook these days, I beg your pardon, I'll find it if I have to tear the house down, excuse me, I have to get out of here, jerry jerry I'm going to lay it on the line.

If you lose this part we'll have to drop you as a client.

We can't cover for you anymore, it's beyond that way beyond I'm, sorry, but you're mistaken.

All right.

Look.

They can shoot around you today.

I'll tell them you came down with something they won't, buy it, but we'll do our best to make it stick.

But come tomorrow.

You've got to be there, jerry bright and early with bells on, I don't know, what's going on god.

Help me, I don't know, what's going on.

You said that jerry enough is enough.

I tell you I I found it get over here.

Now, leave me alone.

Please nora.

He doesn't, look so good.

Maybe we should take him to cedars you're going to sign this check jerry right now before you can pull anything else.

Go on pick up the pen that's.

It then we'll see about the state of your precious health.

Please I'm asking you and I'm telling you sign it.

Jerry I want what you owe me.

His hands are shaking.

Oh, no, he's, not going to get out of it that easily I'll fill in my name in the amount just sign gerald reagan, g-e-r-a-l-d that's, not my name.

R-A-I-G-A-N in case, you've forgotten how to spell too.

But I've never heard that name before in my life.

Maybe he should lie down.

Would you vote back off? This has gone far enough.

I am not gerald reagan.

My name is arthur curtis.

Do you hear me arthur curtis? I work for wait a minute I'll prove it operator.

I'd like the number for davis morton and company, 189 brand street los angeles, yes, I'll hold.

But but make it fast will you? Of course there is, I should know I worked there.

Look.

I I've been with them for seven years.

Don't, tell me that don't lean on me, sarah bernhardt, look at his eyes.

I don't think he's faking.

It awfully good timing.

If you ask me help me to get him to the other room, what what is happening to me? What are you doing just closing the blinds don't bother? I was hoping you'd catch a few winks feeling better.

You don't believe me do you it doesn't matter.

What I believe you've been overworked, trying to wrap the season must have been a terrible strain the season, I take that's supposed to mean something to me if it doesn't we're all in trouble, would you like anything some lunch if nora won't make it I'll order out? No.

Thanks.

I don't have much of an appetite.

You need help jerry it's, not in my province.

But I've known you a long time.

And I hate for this to happen it's, not necessary, you know, it really isn't can't.

You see what's happened.

Why don't you tell me, you know what this is a script for what it's all right here.

Take a look cast of characters.

Arthur curtis 36.

A young business executive, happily, married.

Let me see that curtis lives in woodland hills, california with his wife and young daughter, where did you get this it's yours from the dresser here, where you left it after studying your lines last night go on keep reading.

He is married to marion.

Curtis, 33 a charming young woman, typical of that efficient breed, which can manage a house and family and still have ample time for ring.

A bell who wrote this that's, neither here nor there.

Some hack probably the point is the only information you have about arthur curtis is what's written here.

That's.

Crazy.

Jerry I really do understand sometimes I'd like to escape myself get away from this turmoil.

The long hours the early calls to a simpler sweeter existence, it's only natural you're telling me it was all a delusion that I'm really somebody named gerald reagan.

A dissolute pitiful, a sweet unhappy man, a square peg in a round hole.

We never should have moved to hollywood burdened with that harpy in there, jerry reagan who wanted to be a serious actor once trying to make a living and find a little happiness.

That's all no.

I won't accept that the life.

I remember it was real.

I wish it were for your sake.

I wish it were.

I have to go jerry and report into the agency, try to rest and forget about the series you won't have to go back.

I just spoke to the studio.

A few minutes ago, they're, cancelling production production on what you may as well.

Give me the script I'll toss it for you.

It doesn't matter.

Now, I'm, sorry.

But arthur curtis is dead.

Well, what's his story.

I don't think it's a story, not this time all better, or should I fix him some milk and cookies he's had it withdrawn from the playing field.

And I can't say, I blame him go on then get out of here, I'll whip him into shape if he thinks a little breakdown is going to let him off the hook, wait jerry well.

What do you know it walks out of my way? Yes, sir.

What is it jerry? I've got to go back.

I told you it's too late for that it's, finished.

No.

I've got to get back to my office here.

If you mean, the set they're, probably tearing it down already and as far as I'm concerned, but they mustn't don't, you see I'll never get back if they tear down the only connection I have to jerry knock it off.

I can't do that jerry careful jerry that's.

My car name open the gate.

Oh that's.

You mr reagan I'm in a hurry.

Oh sure sure nice car.

What happened to you now harold? Well, see your name's not on the list anymore.

I mean, reagan's, not that other one you gave me what did you say it was curtis something I don't have time for this.

Hey, did you get fired real sorry to hear it? Or maybe you quit either way, I'm not supposed to stand back, huh? I was just saying, hey, you can't do that put that down? What do you think you're doing what'd? You say, watch your feet.

That's.

My sofa, yeah, where are you taking it back to props? You can't? Yeah, I got a work order right here to strike the set you mean, my office which office the low building with the rose bushes.

189, nah.

This is from stage 23., which way is that it's over there.

Hang it right at the commissary.

Take the wall down, not yet, get the desk and chairs, where do you want them? Hold on hold on? Pardon me.

Mr, reagan don't, touch the desk yet or the chair.

No, how come I I have to get something? Oh sure go ahead.

It'll take us a while too bad.

Huh? Nice set, real nice, kind of sorry to see it.

Go.

Sally are you still here? No matter.

I don't know where to start, there must be a way there has to be mr reagan who it's kelly.

I thought I saw you come in what happened to my books.

Books, oh, sent back to props by now and my papers and file cabinets even the photos on the desk.

They were pictures of my family.

My wife and daughter were they you mean, they were real.

Give me a few minutes, and maybe I could track them down do they have to do this I'm afraid.

So the studio needs the space, a career, a whole life, packed up while you're out and shipped off to god knows where I had no idea.

I thought it would last nothing lasts in this town, you know that, but I thought you thought you were different the exception to the rule.

Well, I don't blame.

You it's easy to fall into that.

You see what happens to everyone else, but you never think it'll happen to you human nature.

I guess, but you know, the next thing will come along, and what will that be beats me? But it always does you have to have a little faith and the things we we collect over the years and and leave behind.

Oh, somebody also gets some use out of it.

It was never really ours in the first place was it can't exactly take it with you.

No no, I I guess you can now they're, ready to take the walls down now you uh might want to sit somewhere else.

I thought, if I got here in time thought, what nothing you go on I'll be out of here in a minute, just following orders.

Mr reagan, nothing personal.

No, nothing personal at all marriage.

Don't lead me, don't, leave me here.

Mr, curtis found.

Mr curtis, oh there you are.

I thought you'd gone home.

What somebody's here to see you go ahead, mrs, curtis.

Arthur marion, honey.

I don't understand you don't, where have you been? I've been phoning all day marion is it really you? Well, who else would it be? Honestly, sally kept saying you were out out.

What does that mean? She couldn't imagine where you'd gone she didn't, see you leave? I you had some business to attend to I.

I got lost on the way back you did how do you mean it doesn't matter I'm back now, oh, just let me sit down for a second.

These new shoes are why where's your sofa? I won't need it anymore.

Marion let's get out of here.

But I just got here.

I didn't think you'd mind.

I thought you might want to have dinner on the way home that sounds wonderful.

Oh, and I wanted to tell you, I got something for tina's party that doll she's so crazy about now marion let's.

Go right now artie are you all? Right? Yes.

I am now you're, looking a little tired, a hard day very, where were you it's, a long story? Mr, curtis sally.

What is the matter with you? Dear you look as if you've seen a ghost leaving now? Did you make that call to the airlines? Yes, sir.

They sent the tickets over this afternoon.

I have them right here.

Let me see plane tickets for our trip are they all right? Yes, they're.

They're.

Perfect ready to strike the office, uh, get those lamps and tables out of there.

Okay? Honey.

You look.

So peculiar is something the matter can you hear that hear what over here boys, please marion let's, go on our vacation right away.

Let's, let's, not wait.

What is wrong with you? Nothing sweetheart just let me hold you.

I don't want to lose you not much chance of that.

Oh, artie.

I've never seen you like this we'll, take tina to your mother's and go right to the airport, but I'm, not packed we'll pick up what we need.

When we get there.

Oh, marion, it's, very, very important.

Well, if it matters that much to you, I suppose then let's go now, hi there.

Mr brinkley have you broken it down yet.

Not just about to has reagan been here.

It was a minute ago where the office said and he's, not there.

Now, nope, you didn't see him leave.

I didn't, any of you guys see where reagan went, no sure would you look in his dressing room? Sure thing, well, not in his dressing room.

Then I wonder where he's gone wherever it is.

I hope he finds what he's looking for flight.

23, departing at gate 5 last call flight 23, san francisco reality, the quality of being real or having an actual experience words of definition from a book.

We call the dictionary words that fail to recognize man's gift for creating realities of his own realities, perhaps beyond the measurement of science and yet actual in their own right realities existing in that vast and timeless middle ground between light and shadow the dimension of imagination also known as the twilight zone more from the twilight zone after this.

You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension, not only of sight and sound, but of mind a journey into a wondrous land of imagination.

Next stop the twilight zone.

Hi.

This is stacy keach.

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Radio dramas on cassette and cd or call toll-free 1-866-989 zone, that's 1-866-989-9663, a world of difference, starring luke perry with stacy keach as your narrator, was adapted for radio by dennis etcherson and written for the twilight zone by richard matheson heard in the cast were elizabeth.

Lado, christian, stolte.

David darlow, doug james jeff luperton, sarah, wellington, maggie, carney, carl amari, roger wolsky, vince, amari, amanda, amari, sarah court and anna sverruza to learn more about the twilight zone.

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