- [first lines]
- Narrator: [Opening Narration] You're looking at a tableau of reality, things of substance, of physical material: a desk, a window, a light. These things exist and have dimension. Now this is Arthur Curtis, age thirty-six, who also is real. He has flesh and blood, muscle and mind. But in just a moment we will see how thin a line separates that which we assume to be real with that manufactured inside of a mind.
- [last lines]
- Narrator: [Closing Narration] The modus operandi for the departure from life is usually a pine box of such and such dimensions, and this is the ultimate in reality. But there are other ways for a man to exit from life. Take the case of Arthur Curtis, age thirty-six. His departure was along a highway with an exit sign that reads, 'This Way To Escape.' Arthur Curtis, en route to the Twilight Zone.
- Arthur Curtis: [Picks up the phone and dials the operator] May I have information please. Would you get me the telephone number of Arthur Curtis, 22437 Ventner Road in Woodland Hills, please. Ventner. V-E-N-T-N-E-R.
- Arthur Curtis: What? Oh, no no, you're mistaken. Of course there's a phone there.
- Arthur Curtis: No, listen, it's my own home. I'm Arthur Curtis. I...
- Arthur Curtis: Well I can't seem to remember it at the moment. Will you...
- Arthur Curtis: No no, it's not an unlisted number. I... I don't think. Will you please try again, operator. I know there's a phone there.
- Arthur Curtis: You're wrong, operator. Please connect me with your supervisor.