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- Twilight Zone Time Machine
- Twilight Zone Gambling Episode
- Twilight Zone Slot Machine Franklin Nj
- The Fever
| 'The Fever' |
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| The Twilight Zone episode |
| Episode no. | Season 1
Episode 17 |
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| Directed by | Robert Florey |
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| Written by | Rod Serling |
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| Featured music | Stock (taken primarily from Jerry Goldsmith's 'jazz themes', which are used as incidental music on many other Twilight Zones, and Rene Garriguenc's 'Street Moods In Jazz') |
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| Production code | 173-3627 |
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| Original air date | January 29, 1960 |
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| Guest appearance(s) |
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- Everett Sloane as Franklin Gibbs
- Vivi Janiss as Flora Gibbs
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'The Fever' is episode seventeen of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on January 29, 1960 on CBS.
Opening narration
Description: Season 1, Episode 17
Air Date: January 29, 1960
Plot Summary: While on vacation with his wife, a stingy man becomes obsessed with a slot machine.
Twilight Zone Time Machine
Review: For the most part, this is one of the more straightforward episodes, but it's also another instance of a theme that would be explored more in depth by a different episode; specifically in 'Nick of Time.' Essentially, a grouchy old bastard, named Franklin, goes on vacation with his wife to Las Vegas. My theory is that, considering Franklin and the wife sleep in separate beds, Franklin thought he'd be able to get a prostitute and now he's a miserable fuck since that plan didn't pan out. Giving further merit to my theory is the extra hot background chickadees and the scandalously short skirts on the casino girls. For some reason, Franklin had no intention of gambling and thinks people throwing away their money recklessly is stupid (I have to agree to an extent). The wife, of course, just wants to have a little fun, but that is difficult when Franklin is such a hardass. At one point, Franklin intends to go to his room to pout when a wannabe Jerry Lewis gives Franklin a free spin on a slot machine. To his astonishment, Franklin wins a decent amount of money. Trying to control his excitement, Franklin and the wife go back to their room, but Franky-boy thinks he hears someone calling his name.
Twilight Zone Gambling Episode
While sleeping in that separate bed, Franklin decides he must go back to the slot machine but under the delusion that he feels compelled to return the winnings. Yeah, that makes soooo much sense. It's not long before Franklin is completely enthralled and begins to spend his own money--cashing check after check to continue playing. The wife, becoming concerned, tries to get Franklin to stop, but he goes off into a crazed tirade. To be fair, Franklin does sum up the scheme that is behind slot machines...although, does anyone really think that the big payoffs come from the stupid slots? Through his ravings, other patrons catch notice of his obsession as well as the casino employees who address that he's going off the rails and has been on the same slot machine all night. When Franklin is down to his last dollar, the slot machine inexplicably breaks. Believing the machine is doing this on purpose, Franky-baby knocks the machine over and is promptly thrown out of the casino. Still enamored in the situation, Franklin restlessly stays at his hotel room when he thinks he hears someone calling his name again. I actually think the voice they use is really creepy. In fact, had the tone been presented differently, this could have been a moderately scary episode. Franky-boy thinks he sees the slot machine coming after him and appearing throughout the hotel room until he clumsily falls out a window and dies. Oh great, another fucking idiot dying from a swan dive...killing me here TZ! At the end, casino employees discuss how they had never seen anyone so obsessed with a 24 hour gambling session. Then the slot machine appears and spits out Franklin's last dollar that rolls toward his corpse's hand.
Twilight Zone Slot Machine Franklin Nj
The Fever
Eh, not too bad overall. There was definitely a chance to make this creepy, but the music was off and the approach didn't allow for a proper execution. I think this is where 'Nick of Time' shined in order to take on these themes. While 'The Fever' emphasizes greed and gambling, which I don't feel were handled completely, the real idea is in regards to obsession. Nevertheless, still a cool episode and one that I would say is somewhat classic as I do see it get more airings than others.