History Funny / TheTwilightZone1985

* Admittedly, the premise of "Wordplay" is funny out of context: people starting to speak a mangled jargon.
* "Children's Zoo":
** Interpret it however you want, but there's something funny about Debbie walking past an exhibit of two parents lazily sleeping in bed, as though they were any other zoo animals that are too sleepy to come out today.

* "Wish Bank" appears to be setting up another BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor story, where a woman who finds a magic lamp is taken to a Wish Bank where she gets to file papers for three wishes with a genie broker. Instead, the typical problems of a bureaucracy end up getting in the way and the Bank has to close for the day without her having actually completed the process. She angrily yells "I wish I never found that stupid lamp in the first place!", and ''that'' wish is instantly granted.
* "The Burning Man" may be about a hitchhiker with uncomfortable conversation topics, but the Aunt's [[BerserkButton breaking point]] consists of her angrily lying to said hitchhiker that she has countless holy items hidden in her car.
* In "Dealer's Choice", a group of friends playing cards believe that the stranger in their group is TheDevil (note that they live in Newark):
-->"What's he doing here?"\\
"What do you mean? I think he lives here!"
** Once he confirms he is, they're less upset about him being the Devil and more that "you're a jerk!"
* "The Uncle Devil Show". Basically what ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' would be if it were written by Creator/HPLovecraft.
* "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E12HerPilgrimSoulIOfNewton I of Newton]]", in which Sherman Hemsley finds himself confronted with Creator/RonGlass's devil.
** The devil's ever-changing message FunTShirt: "Hell is a Summer Festival", "Hell is a City Much Like [[TakeThat Newark]]", "Over 2,000,000,000 Served", "Gehenna: More Than a Place, a Way of Life", and "Let's Do Damnation".

--->'''Sam:''' Yeah, well you can just go back to whatever Stygian depths you came from, fella. Because I have no intention, thank you, of selling my soul for the solution of any equation!\\
'''The Devil:''' "Stygian depths." I like that. You mention [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]] to most people these days, and they ask you how you liked ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''.
** Sam tries to protest that the demon trying to claim his soul when he didn't actually mean to sell it is to decry it as unfair. The Devil's response? "Of course it is. [[CardCarryingVillain We're evil.]] Look it up!"

* "The Misfortune Cookie": As soon as Harry complains of a sudden mysterious hunger, the street is flooded with neon lights. A street full of Chinese eateries, no less!
* This line in "To See the Invisible Man":

* "Tooth and Consequences" has a dentist getting a wish by the tooth fairy to be the most famous, which ends with him being swarmed by adoring fans. Eventually he can't take it anymore and runs away, deciding to live as a hobo. He jumps into a train filled with other hobos, who were all dentists who dealt with the same problem with the tooth fairy.
* Gerrit Graham's [[LargeHam hilariously over-the-top performance]] as an agent of death in "Welcome to Winfield".
* "Cold Reading", which depicts the humorous chaos unleashed when a wish accidentally brings to life all the sound-effects for an old-time jungle-adventure-themed radio show.
* All of the ways that the Leprechaun makes the kids' wishes go horribly wrong in "The Leprechaun-Artist".
* In "The Card", Linda's family owns a dog named "Scooby". Naturally, when it disappears mysteriously, she has a hard time convincing them they had a dog with a name like that.
* In the end of "20/20 Vision", just the way Warren so casually tells his livid boss, "Please Mr. Cutler, stop screaming."
* In "Cat and Mouse", Andie first encounters Guillaume wearing her robe and drinking coffee. Freaked out, she starts to call the police.
-->'''Guillaume:''' Tell them you've seen a man turn into a cat. ''[[[RefugeInAudacity does so]]]''
* Towards the end of "Time and Teresa Golowitz", upon learning that he managed to not only prevent Teresa's suicide, but ''also'' [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong make it so that she becomes a famous singer]], Bluestone learns from the Devil that despite his good deed, he ''[[YankTheDogsChain still]]'' needs to spend some time in Hell. The reason being? The higher ups in Heaven are ''pissed'' that history had been altered, and so he needs to stay low for a couple years until the heat dies down.

--->'''The Devil''': That's the spirit. (pats Bluestone's shoulder)

** Sam tries to protest that the demon trying to claim his soul when he didn't actually mean to sell it is to decry it as unfair. The Devil's response? "Of course it is. [[CardCarryingVillain We're evil.]]

** Sam tries to protest that the demon trying to claim his soul when he didn't actually mean to sell it is to decry it as unfair. The Devil's response? "Of course it is. [[CardCarryingVillain We're evil.][

** The devil's ever-changing message FunTShirt: "Hell is a Summer Festival", "Hell is a City Much Like [[TakeThat Newark]]", "Over 100,000,000,000 Served", "Gehenna: More Than a Place, a Way of Life", and "Let's Do Damnation".

* "I of Newton", in which Sherman Hemsley finds himself confronted with Creator/RonGlass's devil.

:: : Once he confirms he is, they're less upset about him being the Devil and more that "you're a jerk!"

* "I of Newton", in which Sherman Hemsley finds himself confronted with Creator/RonGlass's devil..
** The devil's ever-changing message FunTShirt: "Hell is a Summer Festival," "Hell is a City Much Like [[TakeThat Newark]]," "Over 100,000,000,000 Served," "Gehenna: More Than a Place, a Way of Life," and "Let's Do Damnation."
** And exchanges like this:
--->'''Sam:''' Yeah, well you can just go back to whatever Stygian depths you came from, fella. Because I have no intention, thank you, of selling my soul for the solution of any equation!\\
'''The Devil:''' "Stygian depths." I like that. You mention [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]] to most people these days, and they ask you how you liked ''Film/{{Gremlins}}.''
** Also the punchline, which just rubs it in: "That guy wasn't any help at all!"

--> "What's he doing here?"
--> "What do you mean? I think he lives here!"
** Once he confirms he is, they're less upset about him being the Devil and more that "you're a jerk!"
* "Cold Reading", which depicts the humorous chaos unleashed when a wish accidentally brings to life all the sound-effects for an old-time jungle-adventure-themed radio show.
* All of the ways that the Leprechaun makes the kids' wishes go horribly wrong in "The Leprechaun Artist".
* "Wish Bank" appears to be setting up another BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor story, where a woman who finds a magic lamp is taken to a Wish Bank where she gets to file papers for three wishes with a genie broker. Instead, the typical problems of a bureaucracy end up getting in the way and the Bank has to close for the day without her having actually completed the process! She angrily yells "I wish I never found that stupid lamp in the first place!", and ''that'' wish is instantly granted.
* "Tooth and Consequences" has a dentist getting a wish by the tooth fairy to be the most famous, which ends with him being swarmed by adoring fans. Eventually he couldn't take it anymore and ran away, deciding to live as a hobo. He jumps into a train filled with other hobos, who were all dentists who dealt with the same problem with the tooth fairy.
* Gerrit Graham's [[LargeHam hilariously over-the-top performance]] as an agent of death in "Welcome to Winfield".
* "The MisfortuneCookie": As soon as Harry complains of a sudden mysterious hunger, the street is flooded with neon lights. A street full of Chinese eateries, no less!

* Admittedly, the premise of "Word Play" is funny out of context: people starting to speak a mangled jargon.
* Interpret it however you want, but in "Children's Zoo", there's something funny about Debbie walking past an exhibit of two parents lazily sleeping in bed, as though they were any other zoo animals that are too sleepy to come out today.
** Also in the ending, when Debbie leaves her parents in their very own zoo exhibit, the parents can do nothing but mime their desperation/bickering. At one point, the dad even tears up a pack of cigarettes in half, as though miming "I won't smoke anymore, I swear!"
* "The Burning Man" may be about a hitchhiker with uncomfortable conversation topics, but the Aunt's [[BerserkButton breaking point]] consists of her angrily lying to said-hitchhiker that she has countless holy items hidden in her car.
* This line in "To see the Invisible Man":
--> '''Mitchel Chaplin:''' (drunkenly) ...Wait a minute, I ''hate'' gin!

* In the end of "20/20 Vision", just the way Warren so casually tells his livid boss "Please Mr. Cutler, stop screaming."
* "Tell them you've seen a man turn into a cat. ([[RefugeInAudacity Does so]])."

* "The Uncle Devil Show". Basically what Calvin and Hobbes would be if it were written by H.P. Lovecraft.

-->'''Sam:''' Yeah, well you can just go back to whatever Stygian depths you came from, fella. Because I have no intention, thank you, of selling my soul for the solution of any equation!
-->'''The Devil:''' "Stygian depths." I like that. You mention [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]] to most people these days, and they ask you how you liked ''Film/{{Gremlins}}.''

* "The Burning Man" may be about a hitchhiker with controversial conversation topics, but the Aunt's [[BerserkButton breaking point]] consists of her angrily lying to said-hitchhiker that she has countless holy items hidden in her car.

* "The MisfortuneCookie": As soon as Harry complains of hunger, the street is flooded with neon lights. A street full of Chinese eateries, no less!

* "Tooth and Consequences" has a dentist getting a wish by the tooth fairy to be the most famous, which ends with him being swarmed by adoring fans. Eventually he couldn't take it anymore and ran away, deciding to live as a hobo. He jumps into a train filled with other hobos, who were dentists who dealt with the same problem with the tooth fairy.

** The devil's ever-changing message T-shirt: "Hell is a Summer Festival," "Hell is a City Much Like [[TakeThat Newark]]," "Over 100,000,000,000 Served," "Gehenna: More Than a Place, a Way of Life," and "Let's Do Damnation."

* Gerrit Graham's [[LargeHam hilariously over-the-top performance]] as an agent of death in "Welcome to Winfield".

* "Tooth and Consequences" has a dentist getting a wish by the tooth fairy to be the most famous, which ends with him being swarmed by adoring fans. Eventually he couldn't take it anymore and ran away, deciding to live as a hobo. He jumps into a train filled with other hobos, who were dentists who dealt with the same problem with the tooth fairy.

* One episode has a dentist getting a wish by the tooth fairy to be the most famous, which ends with him being swarmed by adoring fans. Eventually he couldn't take it anymore and ran away, deciding to live as a hobo. He jumps into a train filled with other hobos, who were dentists who dealt with the same problem with the tooth fairy.

-->'''The Devil:''' "Stygian depths." I like that. You mention [[DivineComedy Dante]] to most people these days, and they ask you how you liked ''Film/{{Gremlins}}.''

* "Cold Reading", which depicts the humorous chaos unleashed when a wish accidentally brings to life all the sound-effects for an old-time jungle-adventure-themed radio show.

* "Cold Reading", which depicts the humorous chaos unleashed when a wish accidentally brings brings to life all the sound-effects for an old-time jungle-adventure-themed radio show.

--> "What do you mean? I think he lives here!"