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In 1892, William Egbert founded the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in upstate New York.

In the 20th century, its curriculum expanded to the full spectrum of liberal arts,

and in 1960, its current campus was constructed.

The private institution has birthed the wide swath of famous alumni,

including former Disney CEO Bob Iger,

actors David Boreannis and CCH Pounder,

and multiple members of the sketch

group The Birthday Boys, including Jeff Dutton, David Ferguson, Mike Hanford, Tim Calpacus,

and Chris Van Arts Dalen, though interestingly, not Matt Kowalek, who attended the University

of Texas at Austin. But the most notable of these notables is no doubt the creator, showrunner,

and host of the still enduring sci-fi anthology show, The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling. The series,

famed for its template of morality plays with proto-shamalan-style twist endings, produced countless

episodes that became pop culture touchstones. And among those was a season three episode titled,

with pointed irony,

It's a Good Life,

about a young boy with godlike power

who a town's population sought to placate

for their own survival.

In the episode's second half,

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