You're traveling through 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 song. The Twilight Song. To look at the history of using a genie as a plot tool would be an insurmountable task.

Throughout history there have been hundreds upon hundreds of examples, but perhaps the most famous is the monkey's paw. While only just over a hundred years old, the monkey's poor feels like it's a story as

old as time, a tale of a couple who gained possession of a magical monkey's paw that grants

them three wishes, only these wishes come with the enormous price tax, leading to an emotionally

fueled a decision to revive their dead son.

The idea behind the monkeys' pour is a simple one, and it's been used in various other TV

shows like The X-Files and Supernatural.

Be careful what you wish for.

Tonight's couple in the Twilight Zone had also be careful, as they are about to meet the

man in the bottom.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Castle,

gentle and infinitely patient people

whose lives have been a hope chest

with a rusty lock and a lost set of keys.

But in just a moment, that hope chest will be opened,

and an improbable phantom will try to predict

the drabness of these two people's failure-laden lives

with the gold and precious stones of fulfillment. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Castle, standing on the outskirts

and about to enter, the Twilight Zone. First broadcast on October 7, 1960, written by by Rod Serling and directed by Don Medford.

Now we've met Don Medford on the podcast previously, having directed a passage for trumpet,

and we'll be seeing him here again down the line with the mirror, Death Ship and the incredibly provocative Death Head revisited.

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