Английская Википедия:A Kind of a Stopwatch
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"A Kind of a Stopwatch"[1] is a 1963 episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. In this episode, a man acquires a stopwatch which can stop time.
Opening narration
Plot
Patrick McNulty is a self-important, annoying man in his 40s. One day, he is summoned by his boss, Mr. Cooper. McNulty is delighted, believing that his frequent contributions to the suggestion box have earned him recognition. Cooper, however, says that all of McNulty's suggestions deal with fields of enterprise in which the company is not involved and fires McNulty for wasting his time.
McNulty goes to Joe Palucci's bar, where he drives away the other patrons with his opinions about a sporting event. Palucci requests that McNulty patronize another establishment, but McNulty ignores him and buys a drink for the sole remaining patron, Potts, a drunk who spews various phrases from times long past. In return, Potts gives McNulty his stopwatch. Thinking it an odd gift, McNulty quickly discovers that it pauses time for everyone and everything except for the watch holder.
McNulty tries to show Cooper the power of the stopwatch in the hopes of improving their company, but Cooper does not understand McNulty and dismisses him. Returning to the bar, McNulty tries to demonstrate the power of the watch to the customers, but does it in such a way that they do not understand again.
McNulty steps into a bank with the intention of robbing it, but drops the watch, which breaks and permanently freezes time. With no way to repair it, McNulty frantically begs for help from the frozen people around him.
Closing narration
Cast
- Richard Erdman as Patrick Thomas McNulty
- Herbie Faye as Joe Palucci, the bartender
- Leon Belasco as Potts, the drunk who gives McNulty the stopwatch
- Doris Singleton as Secretary to McNulty's boss Mr. Cooper
- Roy Roberts as Mr. Cooper, McNulty's annoyed boss
- Richard Wessel as Charlie, drinker in Palucci's bar
- Ray Kellog as Fred, who delivers coffee to McNulty's office
- Ken Drake as Daniel, last patron in Palucci's bar who tells McNulty, "Come on fella, we're trying to watch."
Uncredited: - Sam Balter: sports announcer on TV in Polucci's bar
- Al Silvani: one of the drinkers in Polucci's bar
One cast member, last-billed Ken Drake, had a credited bit part in an earlier episode of the original series, "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim" (April 1961).
Adaptation
The television episode was later adapted as an episode of The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas series under the title "A Kind of Stopwatch", featuring Lou Diamond Phillips in the lead role.[2]
Related works
Ideas from this episode were used in "A Little Peace and Quiet", an episode in the 1985 revival of The Twilight Zone.Шаблон:Citation needed
The Adam Sandler 2006 movie Click, uses a similar premise, only the stopwatch is a "universal remote" that pauses, fast-forwards, and reverses time.
The episode has been parodied by a number of animated series, including in the Johnny Bravo episode "The Day the Earth Didn't Move Around Very Much"; the Simpsons 2003 Halloween episode "Treehouse of Horror XIV"; The Garfield Show episode "Time Master"; and the Season 7 finale of Futurama.
See also
References
Further reading
- DeVoe, Bill. (2008). Trivia from The Twilight Zone. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. Шаблон:ISBN
- Grams, Martin. (2008). The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic. Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. Шаблон:ISBN
- Zicree, Marc Scott: The Twilight Zone Companion. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition)
External links
- The Rod Serling Archives at Ithaca College, The Twilight Zone, Season 5, Script 124, "A Kind of Stopwatch"
- Шаблон:IMDb episode
Шаблон:The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) episodes
- ↑ "A Kind of Stopwatch" is the title on the script, two versions of which were published in As Timeless as Infinity: The Complete Twilight Zone Scripts of Rod Serling, Volume 3, edited by Tony Albarella (Gauntlet Press, 2007). The original scripts (both versions) are part of The Rod Serling Archives Шаблон:Webarchive at Ithaca College.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
