The Fever 1/3

The Twilight Zone (S1 Ep17) Original airdate: Jan 29, 1960Tight fisted Franklin Gibbs is not pleased when his wife Flora wins a trip for two to Las Vegas. Franklin detests gambling, but his wife is excited about their vacation. Things change when Frank falls under the spell of a slot machine that calls his name..(opening narration) Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Gibbs, three days and two nights, all expenses paid, at a Las Vegas hotel, won by virtue of Mrs. Gibbs's knack with a phrase. But unbeknownst to either Mr. or Mrs. Gibbs is the fact that there's a prize in their package neither expected nor bargained for. In just a moment one of them will succumb to an illness worse than any virus can produce, a most inoperative, deadly, life-shattering affliction known as the fever..(closing narration) Mr. Franklin Gibbs, visitor to Las Vegas, who lost his money, his reason, and finally his life to an inanimate metal machine variously described as a one-armed bandit, a slot machine or, in Mr. Franklin Gibbs's words, a monster with a will all its own. For our purposes we'll stick with the latter definition because we're in the Twilight Zone..'The Fever' is the only 1st season episode to not use the original Twilight Zone theme music during the closing credits. Rather, it uses the closing credits music from the 2nd-4th seasons.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: November 28, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Author: ebonyandwhite

Length: 08:18
Rating: 4.86
Views: 7699

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