Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

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The Twilight Zone original series
Season three (1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5)
Fall 1961 – Summer 1962
List of The Twilight Zone episodes

Episodes:

  1. Two
  2. The Arrival
  3. The Shelter
  4. The Passersby
  5. A Game of Pool
  6. The Mirror
  7. The Grave
  8. It's a Good Life
  9. Deaths-Head Revisited
  10. The Midnight Sun
  11. Still Valley
  12. The Jungle
  13. Once Upon a Time
  14. Five Characters in Search of an Exit
  15. A Quality of Mercy
  16. Nothing in the Dark
  17. One More Pallbearer
  18. Dead Man's Shoes
  19. The Hunt
  20. Showdown With Rance McGrew
  21. Kick the Can
  22. A Piano in the House
  23. The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
  24. To Serve Man
  25. The Fugitive
  26. Little Girl Lost
  27. Person or Persons Unknown
  28. The Little People
  29. Four O'Clock
  30. Hocus-Pocus and Frisby
  31. The Trade-Ins
  32. The Gift
  33. The Dummy
  34. Young Man's Fancy
  35. I Sing the Body Electric
  36. Cavender Is Coming
  37. The Changing of the Guard

“Hocus-Pocus and Frisby” is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

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Frisby manages a grocery store/gas station in a small town, and the townsfolk know him well for the tall tales he spins of his experiences, all of which he makes up but which would otherwise be convincing for their detail.

One evening, a friendly voice summons him. Aliens, disguised as humans, ask him to board their ship. They want Frisby for use as a zoo specimen--they take his exaggerated tales as reality, so why not take the perfect example? The alien tells Frisby that he seems to have the widest range of experience and highest education - they have obviously been listening to him for a long time - and want him to come with them.

Frisby tells them that he lied, but the aliens don't seem to understand this, or else they are very offended but stay calm, and ask him to just sit quietly and wait for departure. Frisby, unable to convince them of their erroneous decision, decides to relax by playing his harmonica. He then makes the unexpected discovery that the sound is extremely painful to the aliens! He escapes from the ship, and the now frightened aliens leave. Running back to the gas station, he finds all of his friends waiting to throw him a surprise birthday party. When he tries to tell them what happened, they laugh it off as another of his stories, even though this time he tries to tell them this is true.

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