I'm wondering if Stephen King ever got a chance to see this episode of The Twilight Zone". The repeated refrain of "Get out of here Finchley" might have served as the model for the demonic typewriter in 1980's "The Shining", with it's 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy'. Probably not, but that's what I thought about when I saw the show a while ago.
Hard to say whether Rod Serling was making a serious statement here or just doing it for grins. The line from Barbara Stuart about Finchley's (Richard Haydn) mortal combat with his appliances was classic, and that cobra inspired electric razor was a blast. You had a pretty good idea how this one was going to end for a curmudgeon like the Finch-man; you know, he didn't exhibit even the least bit of a redeeming quality.
Well, maybe not one of the better episodes, but what I'm for is having some of these lesser known stories show up on those Twilight Zone marathons they run on the cable channels every now and then. I'm sure many newer TZ fans haven't seen this one yet, and it's a great way to see how folks of an earlier generation had to put up with things like dial phones and writing machines that used real paper.
Hard to say whether Rod Serling was making a serious statement here or just doing it for grins. The line from Barbara Stuart about Finchley's (Richard Haydn) mortal combat with his appliances was classic, and that cobra inspired electric razor was a blast. You had a pretty good idea how this one was going to end for a curmudgeon like the Finch-man; you know, he didn't exhibit even the least bit of a redeeming quality.
Well, maybe not one of the better episodes, but what I'm for is having some of these lesser known stories show up on those Twilight Zone marathons they run on the cable channels every now and then. I'm sure many newer TZ fans haven't seen this one yet, and it's a great way to see how folks of an earlier generation had to put up with things like dial phones and writing machines that used real paper.