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It's a Good Life ()

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  • Season 3
  • Episode 8
On an isolated family farm, a young boy with vast mental powers, but lacking emotional development, holds his terrified family in thrall to his every juvenile wish.
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Mr. Fremont
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Mrs. Fremont
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Dan Hollis
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Anthony Fremont (as Billy Mumy)
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Aunt Amy
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Pat Riley (as Casey Adams)
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Ethel Hollis
Lenore Kingston ...
Thelma Dunn
Tom Hatcher ...
Bill Soames
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James Sheldon ... (directed by)

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Rod Serling ... (teleplay by)
 
Jerome Bixby ... (based on a short story by)
 
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Buck Houghton ... producer (produced by)

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George T. Clemens ... director of photography

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Jason H. Bernie ... film editor

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Philip Barber ... (as Phil Barber)
George W. Davis

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H. Web Arrowsmith ... (set decoration)

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Ralph W. Nelson ... production manager

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E. Darrell Hallenbeck ... assistant director

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Bill Edmondson ... sound
Franklin Milton ... sound

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Marius Constant ... composer: theme music (uncredited)
Bernard Herrmann ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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Richard P. McDonagh ... story consultant (as Richard McDonagh)
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  • CBS (1961) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
  • Image Entertainment (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)

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In a small farming community in Ohio, a young boy by the name of Anthony Fremont terrorizes those around him. Anthony has the ability to command anything he wants simply by thought. The community is cut off from the outside world and the boy insists that those around him think only pleasant thoughts, and if they don't, he eliminates them. Everyone walks in fear of the lad who ably demonstrates what he's prepared to do at a small party in his home. Written by garykmcd

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Trivia Bill Mumy and Cloris Leachman reprised their roles in It's Still a Good Life (2003), the only sequel in the history of The Twilight Zone (1959). Mumy's real-life daughter, Liliana Mumy, played Anthony's daughter, Audrey, who is even more powerful than he is. This episode also holds the record for the longest interval between a television episode and its sequel: 41 years, three months. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time (1997). See more »
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Narrator: [Opening Narration] Tonight's story on The Twilight Zone is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This, as you may recognize, is a map of the United States, and there's a little town there called Peaksville. On a given morning not too long ago, the rest of the world disappeared and Peaksville was left all alone. Its inhabitants were never sure whether the world was destroyed and only Peaksville left untouched or whether the village had somehow been taken away. They were, on the other hand, sure of one thing: the cause. A monster had arrived in the village. Just by using his mind, he took away the automobiles, the electricity, the machines - because they displeased him - and he moved an entire community back into the dark ages - just by using his mind. Now I'd like to introduce you to some of the people in Peaksville, Ohio. This is Mr. Fremont. It's in his farmhouse that the monster resides. This is Mrs. Fremont. And this is Aunt Amy, who probably had more control over the monster in the beginning than almost anyone. But one day she forgot. She began to sing aloud. Now, the monster doesn't like singing, so his mind snapped at her, turned her into the smiling, vacant thing you're looking at now. She sings no more. And you'll note that the people in Peaksville, Ohio, have to smile. They have to think happy thoughts and say happy things because once displeased, the monster can wish them into a cornfield or change them into a grotesque, walking horror. This particular monster can read minds, you see. He knows every thought, he can feel every emotion. Oh yes, I did forget something, didn't I? I forgot to introduce you to the monster. This is the monster. His name is Anthony Fremont. He's six years old, with a cute little-boy face and blue, guileless eyes. But when those eyes look at you, you'd better start thinking happy thoughts, because the mind behind them is absolutely in charge. This is the Twilight Zone.
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