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->'''Creator/RodSerling:''' Mr. Horace Ford, who has a preoccupation with another time, a time of childhood, a time of growing up, a time of street games, stickball and hide-'n-go-seek. He has a reluctance to check out a mirror and see the nature of his image: proof positive that the time he dwells in has already passed him by. But in a moment or two he'll discover that mechanical toys and memories and daydreaming and wishful thinking and all manner of odd and special events can lead one into a special province, uncharted and unmapped, a country of both shadow and substance known as the Twilight Zone.
Horace Ford (Creator/PatHingle) is a 38-year-old toy designer whose mind is dominated by memories of his seemingly idyllic childhood. As a means to recapture what he refers to as the best years of his life, Horace spends all of his time behaving like a kid. His wife Laura, his mother, and his co-workers are increasingly unnerved and concerned with Horace's behavior and his obsession with his youth, to the point where his boss, Mr. Judson, suggests that he go on medical leave and seek psychatric help, before ultimately being forced to fire him. Wandering to his childhood neighborhood of Randolph Street, Horace discovers that it seemingly appears unchanged from when he was a boy. A group of kids Horace used to remember being friends with suddenly confront Horace about his birthday party and the fact they weren't invited, prompting Horace to remember that the past wasn't as idylic as he thought.
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!! The Incredible Tropes of Horace Ford:
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Laura finds Horace, 10 years old and beaten up, when she goes to look for him on Randolph Street and he turns back into an adult. Horace finally comes to accept that his childhood was utterly miserable instead of what he always made it out to be. The original ''Studio One'' version ends with Horace remaining a child and seemingly trapped in his miserable childhood forever.
* AnAesop: There's nothing wrong with growing older. It's okay to look back on the past fondly, as long as you don't let it eclipse your future.
* AnachronismStew: On Randolph Street, 1935, a poster for the film ''The Toy Wife'' is seen. The film was released in 1938.
* BenevolentBoss: Mr. Judson is remarkably tolerant of Horace's eccentricities, and he also shows genuine concern when Horace starts ''seriously'' struggling, giving him a leave of absence and asking him to seek professional help for what seems like a nervous breakdown. Even when he's forced to fire Horace, he clearly hates having to do so.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: On Horace's 38th birthday, Mr. Judson is forced to fire him when he refuses to take a leave of absence thanks to his increasingly erratic behavior. That night, he returns to Randolph Street, where he turns into a 10-year-old boy. His [[WithFriendsLikeThese childhood friends]] promptly beat him up for not inviting them to his birthday party.
* BittersweetEnding: Recalling that his "friends" were a gang of bullies who beat him up, Horace sadly comes to terms with how miserable his childhood truly was. However, Laura comforts him, and they both walk back to his apartment to celebrate his 38th birthday party, with Horace having a new-found appreciation for his adult life.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Calling him eccentric would be an understatement, but Horace is an undeniably brilliant inventor.
* CelebrityParadox: Jackie Cooper's name can be seen on the ''O'Shaughnessy's Boys'' film poster in 1935. Cooper later played Jonathan West in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E148CaesarAndMe Caesar and Me]]".
* DisproportionateRetribution: Horace gets beaten up by his childhood friends just because they weren't invited to his birthday party.
* DontAsk: After getting beaten up by his friends, being woken up in an alley by Laura, and returning to his true age, Horace calmly asks her not to ask what happened to him, with the implication being that he well and truly doesn't know ''how'' to answer:
-->'''Horace''': (''tired'') Laura? Don't ask me anything...
-->'''Laura''': I won't...
-->'''Horace''': Because I could never... Just don't...
* FreudianExcuse: The reason Horace acts like a big kid isn't because his childhood was so amazing. Rather, his childhood was ''completely and utterly horrible'', and deep down, he acts the way he does to make up for times he couldn't be a kid.
* GenreBlindness: Subverted. Laura is understandably confused why a boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend Hermie comes to her at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet she brushes off her husband's claims that he saw his friends as children.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Horace's "childhood friends", a group of ruffians, don't understand why they weren't invited to Horace's birthday party, so they assault him.
* {{Manchild}}: Horace very much acts like he's still 10 years old, stuck in the childhood he longs for. It's revealed to be a coping mechanism to deal with the trauma his actual, miserable childhood gave him, and he's hinted to overcome it towards the end.
* NoIndoorVoice: Horace is always shouting and making noise as he remembers his childhood, and that's part of why it's seen as disturbing.
* NostalgiaFilter: Horace is revealed to have a strong one for the majority of the episode. His beloved childhood neighborhood, Randolph Street, was a crime-ridden ghetto, and his cherished friends were a bunch of punks who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow when he rediscovers it, but he slowly grows out of it when Laura points out that it's a coping mechanism to make his life just a little more bearable.
* RuleOfThree: Horace returns to Randolph Street three times.
* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of one of Horace's childhood friends, Hermie Brandt, shows up at his 38th birthday party in order to tell Laura the whereabouts of her missing husband. This is despite the fact that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace as a child.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The so-called friends Horace grew up with, who roughed him up for not getting invited to his birthday party.
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->'''Creator/RodSerling:''' Exit Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ford, who have lived through a bizarre moment not to be calibrated on normal clocks or watches. Time has passed, to be sure, but it's the special time in the special place known as the Twilight Zone.
Horace Ford (Creator/PatHingle) is a 38-year-old toy designer whose mind is dominated by memories of his seemingly idyllic childhood. As a means to recapture what he refers to as the best years of his life, Horace spends all of his time behaving like a kid. His wife Laura, his mother, and his co-workers are increasingly unnerved and concerned with Horace's behavior and his obsession with his youth, to the point where his boss, Mr. Judson, suggests that he go on medical leave and seek psychatric help, before ultimately being forced to fire him. Wandering to his childhood neighborhood of Randolph Street, Horace discovers that it seemingly appears unchanged from when he was a boy. A group of kids Horace used to remember being friends with suddenly confront Horace about his birthday party and the fact they weren't invited, prompting Horace to remember that the past wasn't as idylic as he thought.
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!! The Incredible Tropes of Horace Ford:
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Laura finds Horace, 10 years old and beaten up, when she goes to look for him on Randolph Street and he turns back into an adult. Horace finally comes to accept that his childhood was utterly miserable instead of what he always made it out to be. The original ''Studio One'' version ends with Horace remaining a child and seemingly trapped in his miserable childhood forever.
* AnAesop: There's nothing wrong with growing older. It's okay to look back on the past fondly, as long as you don't let it eclipse your future.
* AnachronismStew: On Randolph Street, 1935, a poster for the film ''The Toy Wife'' is seen. The film was released in 1938.
* BenevolentBoss: Mr. Judson is remarkably tolerant of Horace's eccentricities, and he also shows genuine concern when Horace starts ''seriously'' struggling, giving him a leave of absence and asking him to seek professional help for what seems like a nervous breakdown. Even when he's forced to fire Horace, he clearly hates having to do so.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: On Horace's 38th birthday, Mr. Judson is forced to fire him when he refuses to take a leave of absence thanks to his increasingly erratic behavior. That night, he returns to Randolph Street, where he turns into a 10-year-old boy. His [[WithFriendsLikeThese childhood friends]] promptly beat him up for not inviting them to his birthday party.
* BittersweetEnding: Recalling that his "friends" were a gang of bullies who beat him up, Horace sadly comes to terms with how miserable his childhood truly was. However, Laura comforts him, and they both walk back to his apartment to celebrate his 38th birthday party, with Horace having a new-found appreciation for his adult life.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Calling him eccentric would be an understatement, but Horace is an undeniably brilliant inventor.
* CelebrityParadox: Jackie Cooper's name can be seen on the ''O'Shaughnessy's Boys'' film poster in 1935. Cooper later played Jonathan West in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E148CaesarAndMe Caesar and Me]]".
* DisproportionateRetribution: Horace gets beaten up by his childhood friends just because they weren't invited to his birthday party.
* DontAsk: After getting beaten up by his friends, being woken up in an alley by Laura, and returning to his true age, Horace calmly asks her not to ask what happened to him, with the implication being that he well and truly doesn't know ''how'' to answer:
-->'''Horace''': (''tired'') Laura? Don't ask me anything...
-->'''Laura''': I won't...
-->'''Horace''': Because I could never... Just don't...
* FreudianExcuse: The reason Horace acts like a big kid isn't because his childhood was so amazing. Rather, his childhood was ''completely and utterly horrible'', and deep down, he acts the way he does to make up for times he couldn't be a kid.
* GenreBlindness: Subverted. Laura is understandably confused why a boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend Hermie comes to her at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet she brushes off her husband's claims that he saw his friends as children.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Horace's "childhood friends", a group of ruffians, don't understand why they weren't invited to Horace's birthday party, so they assault him.
* {{Manchild}}: Horace very much acts like he's still 10 years old, stuck in the childhood he longs for. It's revealed to be a coping mechanism to deal with the trauma his actual, miserable childhood gave him, and he's hinted to overcome it towards the end.
* NoIndoorVoice: Horace is always shouting and making noise as he remembers his childhood, and that's part of why it's seen as disturbing.
* NostalgiaFilter: Horace is revealed to have a strong one for the majority of the episode. His beloved childhood neighborhood, Randolph Street, was a crime-ridden ghetto, and his cherished friends were a bunch of punks who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow when he rediscovers it, but he slowly grows out of it when Laura points out that it's a coping mechanism to make his life just a little more bearable.
* RuleOfThree: Horace returns to Randolph Street three times.
* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of one of Horace's childhood friends, Hermie Brandt, shows up at his 38th birthday party in order to tell Laura the whereabouts of her missing husband. This is despite the fact that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace as a child.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The so-called friends Horace grew up with, who roughed him up for not getting invited to his birthday party.
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->'''Creator/RodSerling:''' Exit Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ford, who have lived through a bizarre moment not to be calibrated on normal clocks or watches. Time has passed, to be sure, but it's the special time in the special place known as the Twilight Zone.
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Horace Ford (Creator/PatHingle) is a 38-year-old toy designer whose mind is dominated by memories of his seemingly idyllic childhood. As a means to recapture what he refers to as the best years of his life, Horace spends all of his time behaving like a kid. His wife Laura, his mother, and his co-workers are increasingly unnerved and concerned with Horace's behavior and his obsession with his youth, to the point where his boss, Mr. Judson, suggests that he go on medical leave and seek psychatric help, before ultimately being forced to fire him. Wandering to his childhood neighborhood of Randolph Street, Horace discovers that it seemingly appears unchanged from when he was a boy. A group of kids Horace used to remember being friends with suddenly confront Horace about his birthday party and the fact they weren't invited, prompting Horace to remember that the past wasn't as idylic as he thought.
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!! The Incredible Tropes of Horace Ford:
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Laura finds Horace, 10 years old and beaten up, when she goes to look for him on Randolph Street and he turns back into an adult. Horace finally comes to accept that his childhood was utterly miserable instead of what he always made it out to be. The original ''Studio One'' version ends with Horace remaining a child and seemingly trapped in his miserable childhood forever.
* AnAesop: There's nothing wrong with growing older. It's okay to look back on the past fondly, as long as you don't let it eclipse your future.
* AnachronismStew: On Randolph Street, 1935, a poster for the film ''The Toy Wife'' is seen. The film was released in 1938.
* BenevolentBoss: Mr. Judson is remarkably tolerant of Horace's eccentricities, and he also shows genuine concern when Horace starts ''seriously'' struggling, giving him a leave of absence and asking him to seek professional help for what seems like a nervous breakdown. Even when he's forced to fire Horace, he clearly hates having to do so.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: On Horace's 38th birthday, Mr. Judson is forced to fire him when he refuses to take a leave of absence thanks to his increasingly erratic behavior. That night, he returns to Randolph Street, where he turns into a 10-year-old boy. His [[WithFriendsLikeThese childhood friends]] promptly beat him up for not inviting them to his birthday party.
* BittersweetEnding: Recalling that his "friends" were a gang of bullies who beat him up, Horace sadly comes to terms with how miserable his childhood truly was. However, Laura comforts him, and they both walk back to his apartment to celebrate his 38th birthday party, with Horace having a new-found appreciation for his adult life.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Calling him eccentric would be an understatement, but Horace is an undeniably brilliant inventor.
* CelebrityParadox: Jackie Cooper's name can be seen on the ''O'Shaughnessy's Boys'' film poster in 1935. Cooper later played Jonathan West in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E148CaesarAndMe Caesar and Me]]".
* DisproportionateRetribution: Horace gets beaten up by his childhood friends just because they weren't invited to his birthday party.
* DontAsk: After getting beaten up by his friends, being woken up in an alley by Laura, and returning to his true age, Horace calmly asks her not to ask what happened to him, with the implication being that he well and truly doesn't know ''how'' to answer:
-->'''Horace''': (''tired'') Laura? Don't ask me anything...
-->'''Laura''': I won't...
-->'''Horace''': Because I could never... Just don't...
* FreudianExcuse: The reason Horace acts like a big kid isn't because his childhood was so amazing. Rather, his childhood was ''completely and utterly horrible'', and deep down, he acts the way he does to make up for times he couldn't be a kid.
* GenreBlindness: Subverted. Laura is understandably confused why a boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend Hermie comes to her at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet she brushes off her husband's claims that he saw his friends as children.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Horace's "childhood friends", a group of ruffians, don't understand why they weren't invited to Horace's birthday party, so they assault him.
* {{Manchild}}: Horace very much acts like he's still 10 years old, stuck in the childhood he longs for. It's revealed to be a coping mechanism to deal with the trauma his actual, miserable childhood gave him, and he's hinted to overcome it towards the end.
* NoIndoorVoice: Horace is always shouting and making noise as he remembers his childhood, and that's part of why it's seen as disturbing.
* NostalgiaFilter: Horace is revealed to have a strong one for the majority of the episode. His beloved childhood neighborhood, Randolph Street, was a crime-ridden ghetto, and his cherished friends were a bunch of punks who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow when he rediscovers it, but he slowly grows out of it when Laura points out that it's a coping mechanism to make his life just a little more bearable.
* RuleOfThree: Horace returns to Randolph Street three times.
* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of one of Horace's childhood friends, Hermie Brandt, shows up at his 38th birthday party in order to tell Laura the whereabouts of her missing husband. This is despite the fact that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace as a child.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The so-called friends Horace grew up with, who roughed him up for not getting invited to his birthday party.
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->'''Creator/RodSerling:''' Exit Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ford, who have lived through a bizarre moment not to be calibrated on normal clocks or watches. Time has passed, to be sure, but it's the special time in the special place known as the Twilight Zone.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Calling him eccentric would be an understatement, but Horace is an undeniably brilliant inventor.
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* {{Manchild}}: Horace very much acts like he's still 8 years old, stuck in the childhood he longs for. It's revealed to be a coping mechanism to deal with the trauma his actual, miserable childhood gave him, and he's hinted to overcome it towards the end.
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* NostalgiaFilter: Horace is revealed to have a strong one for the majority of the episode. His beloved childhood neighborhood, Randolph Street, was a crime-ridden ghetto, and his cherished friends were a bunch of punks who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow when he rediscovers it, but he slowly grows out of it when Laura points out that it's a coping mechanism to make his life just a little more bearable.
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* NostalgiaFilter: Horace is revealed to have a strong one for the majority of the episode. His beloved childhood neighborhood, neighborhood, Randolph Street, was a crime-ridden ghetto, and his cherished friends were a bunch of punks who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow when he rediscovers it, but he slowly grows out of it when Laura points out that it's a coping mechanism to make his life just a little more bearable.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of one of Horace's childhood friends, Hermie Brandt, shows up at his 38th birthday party in order to essentially Laura to her missing husband. This is despite the fact that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace as a child.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of one of Horace's childhood friends, Hermie Brandt, shows up at his 38th birthday party in order to essentially tell Laura to the whereabouts of her missing husband. This is despite the fact that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace as a child.
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* NostalgiaFilter: Horace is revealed to have a strong one for the majority of the episode. His beloved hometown on Randolph Street was a crime-ridden ghetto, and his cherished friends were a bunch of punks who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow when he rediscovers it, but he slowly grows out of it when Laura points out that it's a coping mechanism to make his life just a little more bearable.
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* NostalgiaFilter: Horace is revealed to have a strong one for the majority of the episode. His beloved hometown on childhood neighborhood, Randolph Street Street, was a crime-ridden ghetto, and his cherished friends were a bunch of punks who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow when he rediscovers it, but he slowly grows out of it when Laura points out that it's a coping mechanism to make his life just a little more bearable.
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* AnAesop:
** There's nothing wrong with growing older. It's okay to look back on the past fondly, as long as you don't let it eclipse your future.
** There's nothing wrong with growing older. It's okay to look back on the past fondly, as long as you don't let it eclipse your future.
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* AnAesop:
**AnAesop: There's nothing wrong with growing older. It's okay to look back on the past fondly, as long as you don't let it eclipse your future.
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A 38-year-old toy designer named Horace Ford (Creator/PatHingle) is preoccupied with memories of his seemingly idyllic childhood on Randolph Street.
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Laura finds the beaten 10-year-old version of Horace when she goes to look for him on Randolph Street and he turns back into an adult. Horace then comes to accept that his childhood was not as idyllic as he had always made it out to be. The original ''Studio One'' version ends with Horace still a child and seemingly trapped in his miserable childhood forever.
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Laura finds the Horace, 10 years old and beaten 10-year-old version of Horace up, when she goes to look for him on Randolph Street and he turns back into an adult. Horace then finally comes to accept that his childhood was not as idyllic as utterly miserable instead of what he had always made it out to be. The original ''Studio One'' version ends with Horace still remaining a child and seemingly trapped in his miserable childhood forever.
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** There's nothing wrong with growing up or growing older.
** Alternatively, it's okay to look back on the past fondly, as long as it doesn't eclipse your future.
* AnachronismStew: A poster for the 1938 film ''The Toy Wife'' is seen on Randolph Street in 1935.
* BenevolentBoss: Horace's boss is remarkably tolerant of his eccentricities and shows genuine concern when Horace stats seriously struggling, giving him a leave of absence and asking him to seek help for what seems like a nervous breakdown. Even when he has to fire Horace, he clearly hates having to do so.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: On Horace's 38th birthday, Mr. Judson is forced to fire him after he refuses to take a leave of absence from the toy company because of his increasingly erratic behavior. That night, he returns to Randolph Street where he turns into a 10-year-old boy. His [[WithFriendsLikeThese childhood friends]] then beat him up for not inviting them to his birthday party.
* BittersweetEnding: Recalling that his "friends" once beat him up, Horace Ford sadly comes to terms with how miserable his childhood was. However, his wife comforts him. Both walk back to his apartment to his 38th birthday party, with Horace having a new-found appreciation for living in the present.
** Alternatively, it's okay to look back on the past fondly, as long as it doesn't eclipse your future.
* AnachronismStew: A poster for the 1938 film ''The Toy Wife'' is seen on Randolph Street in 1935.
* BenevolentBoss: Horace's boss is remarkably tolerant of his eccentricities and shows genuine concern when Horace stats seriously struggling, giving him a leave of absence and asking him to seek help for what seems like a nervous breakdown. Even when he has to fire Horace, he clearly hates having to do so.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: On Horace's 38th birthday, Mr. Judson is forced to fire him after he refuses to take a leave of absence from the toy company because of his increasingly erratic behavior. That night, he returns to Randolph Street where he turns into a 10-year-old boy. His [[WithFriendsLikeThese childhood friends]] then beat him up for not inviting them to his birthday party.
* BittersweetEnding: Recalling that his "friends" once beat him up, Horace Ford sadly comes to terms with how miserable his childhood was. However, his wife comforts him. Both walk back to his apartment to his 38th birthday party, with Horace having a new-found appreciation for living in the present.
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** There's nothing wrong with growing up or growing older.
** Alternatively, it'solder. It's okay to look back on the past fondly, as long as you don't let it doesn't eclipse your future.
* AnachronismStew:A On Randolph Street, 1935, a poster for the 1938 film ''The Toy Wife'' is seen on Randolph Street seen. The film was released in 1935.
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* BenevolentBoss:Horace's boss Mr. Judson is remarkably tolerant of his eccentricities Horace's eccentricities, and he also shows genuine concern when Horace stats seriously starts ''seriously'' struggling, giving him a leave of absence and asking him to seek professional help for what seems like a nervous breakdown. Even when he has he's forced to fire Horace, he clearly hates having to do so.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: On Horace's 38th birthday, Mr. Judson is forced to fire himafter when he refuses to take a leave of absence from the toy company because of thanks to his increasingly erratic behavior. That night, he returns to Randolph Street Street, where he turns into a 10-year-old boy. His [[WithFriendsLikeThese childhood friends]] then promptly beat him up for not inviting them to his birthday party.
* BittersweetEnding: Recalling that his "friends"once were a gang of bullies who beat him up, Horace Ford sadly comes to terms with how miserable his childhood truly was. However, his wife Laura comforts him. Both him, and they both walk back to his apartment to celebrate his 38th birthday party, with Horace having a new-found appreciation for living in the present.his adult life.
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* AnachronismStew:
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: On Horace's 38th birthday, Mr. Judson is forced to fire him
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Eccentric would be an understatement, but Horace Ford is undeniably a brilliant inventor.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Horace Ford gets beaten up by his childhood friends just because they weren't invited to his birthday party.
* DontAsk: After being woken up in the alley by Laura after getting beaten up by his friends, and after returning to his own age, Horace calmly asks that she doesn't ask what happened to him, with the implication being that he well and truly doesn't know ''how'' to answer:
-->'''Horace''': (tired) Laura? Don't ask me anything...
* DisproportionateRetribution: Horace Ford gets beaten up by his childhood friends just because they weren't invited to his birthday party.
* DontAsk: After being woken up in the alley by Laura after getting beaten up by his friends, and after returning to his own age, Horace calmly asks that she doesn't ask what happened to him, with the implication being that he well and truly doesn't know ''how'' to answer:
-->'''Horace''': (tired) Laura? Don't ask me anything...
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Eccentric Calling him eccentric would be an understatement, but Horace Ford is an undeniably a brilliant inventor.
* DisproportionateRetribution: HoraceFord gets beaten up by his childhood friends just because they weren't invited to his birthday party.
* DontAsk: Afterbeing woken up in the alley by Laura after getting beaten up by his friends, being woken up in an alley by Laura, and after returning to his own true age, Horace calmly asks that she doesn't her not to ask what happened to him, with the implication being that he well and truly doesn't know ''how'' to answer:
-->'''Horace''':(tired) (''tired'') Laura? Don't ask me anything...
* DisproportionateRetribution: Horace
* DontAsk: After
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* FreudianExcuse: Implied. The reason Ford acts like such a big child isn't because his childhood was so amazing. Rather, his childhood was ''horrible'' and deep down, Ford acts the way he does to make up for times he couldn't be a kid.
* GenreBlindness: Subverted, Laura Ford is understandably confused why the same boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend Hermie Brandt comes at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet brushes off her husband's claims he saw his friends as children again.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Horace Ford's "friends" don't understand why they weren't invited to Horace Ford's party, so they assault him.
* ManChild: Horace Ford very much acts like he's still in the childhood he longs for. Implied to overcome it towards the end.
* NoIndoorVoice: One of the things that makes Horace's reveries about his childhood disturbing is that he's always shouting and making noise.
* NostalgiaFilter: His hometown Horace loved so much? It was a crime-ridden ghetto. His friends? A bunch of bullies who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow. Reconstructed when his wife Laura points out it's a coping mechanism that makes life bearable sometimes.
* GenreBlindness: Subverted, Laura Ford is understandably confused why the same boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend Hermie Brandt comes at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet brushes off her husband's claims he saw his friends as children again.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Horace Ford's "friends" don't understand why they weren't invited to Horace Ford's party, so they assault him.
* ManChild: Horace Ford very much acts like he's still in the childhood he longs for. Implied to overcome it towards the end.
* NoIndoorVoice: One of the things that makes Horace's reveries about his childhood disturbing is that he's always shouting and making noise.
* NostalgiaFilter: His hometown Horace loved so much? It was a crime-ridden ghetto. His friends? A bunch of bullies who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow. Reconstructed when his wife Laura points out it's a coping mechanism that makes life bearable sometimes.
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* FreudianExcuse: Implied. The reason Ford Horace acts like such a big child kid isn't because his childhood was so amazing. Rather, his childhood was ''horrible'' ''completely and utterly horrible'', and deep down, Ford he acts the way he does to make up for times he couldn't be a kid.
* GenreBlindness:Subverted, Subverted. Laura Ford is understandably confused why the same a boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend Hermie Brandt comes to her at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet she brushes off her husband's claims that he saw his friends as children again.
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* {{Hypocrite}}:Horace Ford's "friends" Horace's "childhood friends", a group of ruffians, don't understand why they weren't invited to Horace Ford's Horace's birthday party, so they assault him.
*ManChild: {{Manchild}}: Horace Ford very much acts like he's still 8 years old, stuck in the childhood he longs for. Implied It's revealed to be a coping mechanism to deal with the trauma his actual, miserable childhood gave him, and he's hinted to overcome it towards the end.
* NoIndoorVoice:One of the things that makes Horace's reveries about his childhood disturbing Horace is that he's always shouting and making noise.
noise as he remembers his childhood, and that's part of why it's seen as disturbing.
* NostalgiaFilter: Horace is revealed to have a strong one for the majority of the episode. His beloved hometownHorace loved so much? It on Randolph Street was a crime-ridden ghetto. His friends? A ghetto, and his cherished friends were a bunch of bullies punks who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow. Reconstructed swallow when his wife he rediscovers it, but he slowly grows out of it when Laura points out that it's a coping mechanism that makes to make his life bearable sometimes.just a little more bearable.
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* NostalgiaFilter: Horace is revealed to have a strong one for the majority of the episode. His beloved hometown
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* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of one of Horace's childhood friends shows up at his 38th birthday in order to essentially guide his wife to her missing husband. And this is despite that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace Ford as a child.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The so-called friends Horace Ford grew up with.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of one of Horace's childhood friends friends, Hermie Brandt, shows up at his 38th birthday party in order to essentially guide his wife Laura to her missing husband. And this This is despite the fact that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace Ford as a child.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The so-called friends HoraceFord grew up with.
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* BenevolentBoss: Horace's boss is remarkably tolerant of his eccentricities and shows genuine concern when Horace stats seriously struggling, giving him a leave of absence and asking him to seek help for what seems like a nervous breakdown.
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* BenevolentBoss: Horace's boss is remarkably tolerant of his eccentricities and shows genuine concern when Horace stats seriously struggling, giving him a leave of absence and asking him to seek help for what seems like a nervous breakdown. Even when he has to fire Horace, he clearly hates having to do so.
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* BenevolentBoss: Horace's boss is remarkably tolerant of his eccentricities and shows genuine concern when Horace stats seriously struggling, giving him a leave of absence and asking him to seek help for what seems like a nervous breakdown.
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A 38-year-old toy designer named Horace Ford (Pat Hingle) is preoccupied with memories of his seemingly idyllic childhood on Randolph Street.
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A 38-year-old toy designer named Horace Ford (Pat Hingle) (Creator/PatHingle) is preoccupied with memories of his seemingly idyllic childhood on Randolph Street.
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* NoIndoorVoice: One of the things that makes Horace's reveries about his childhood disturbing is that he's always shouting and making noise.
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* DontAsk: After being woken up in the alley by Laura after getting beaten up by his friends, and after returning to his own age, Horace calmly asks that she doesn't ask what happened to him, with the implication being that he well and truly doesn't know ''how'' to answer:
-->'''Horace''': (tired) Laura? Don't ask me anything...
-->'''Laura''': I won't...
-->'''Horace''': Because I could never... Just don't...
-->'''Horace''': (tired) Laura? Don't ask me anything...
-->'''Laura''': I won't...
-->'''Horace''': Because I could never... Just don't...
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* FreudianExcuse: Implied. The reason Ford acts like such a big child isn't because his childhood was so amazing. Rather, his childhood was ''horrible'' and deep down, Ford acts the way he does to make up for times he couldn't be a kid.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of Horace's childhood friends shows up at his 38th birthday in order to essentially guide his wife to her missing husband. And this is despite that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace Ford as a child.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of one of Horace's childhood friends shows up at his 38th birthday in order to essentially guide his wife to her missing husband. And this is despite that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace Ford as a child.
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* NostalgiaFilter: His hometown Horace loved so much? It was crime-ridden ghetto. His friends? A bunch of bullies who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow. Reconstructed when his wife Laura points out it's a coping mechanism that makes life bearable sometimes.
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* NostalgiaFilter: His hometown Horace loved so much? It was a crime-ridden ghetto. His friends? A bunch of bullies who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow. Reconstructed when his wife Laura points out it's a coping mechanism that makes life bearable sometimes.
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* GenreBlindness: Subverted, Laura Ford is understandably confused of why the same boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend Hermie Brandt comes at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet brushes off her husband's claims he saw his friends as children again.
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* GenreBlindness: Subverted, Laura Ford is understandably confused of why the same boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend Hermie Brandt comes at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet brushes off her husband's claims he saw his friends as children again.
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->'''Creator/RodSerling:''' Mr. Horace Ford, who has a preoccupation with another time, a time of childhood, a time of growing up, a time of street games, stickball and hide-'n-go-seek. He has a reluctance to check out a mirror and see the nature of his image: proof positive that the time he dwells in has already passed him by. But in a moment or two he'll discover that mechanical toys and memories and daydreaming and wishful thinking and all manner of odd and special events can lead one into a special province, uncharted and unmapped, a country of both shadow and substance known as the Twilight Zone.
A 38-year-old toy designer named Horace Ford is preoccupied with memories of his seemingly idyllic childhood on Randolph Street.
A 38-year-old toy designer named Horace Ford is preoccupied with memories of his seemingly idyllic childhood on Randolph Street.
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Laura finds the beaten 10-year-old version of Horace when she goes to look for him on Randolph Street and he turns back into an adult. Horace then comes to accept that his childhood was not as idyllic as he had always made it out to be. The original ''Studio One'' version ends with Horace still a child and seemingly trapped in his miserable childhood forever.
* AnachronismStew: A poster for the 1938 film ''The Toy Wife'' is seen on Randolph Street in 1935.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: On Horace's 38th birthday, Mr. Judson is forced to fire him after he refuses to take a leave of absence from the toy company because of his increasingly erratic behavior. That night, he returns to Randolph Street where he turns into a 10-year-old boy. His [[WithFriendsLikeThese childhood friends]] then beat him up for not inviting them to his birthday party.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: On Horace's 38th birthday, Mr. Judson is forced to fire him after he refuses to take a leave of absence from the toy company because of his increasingly erratic behavior. That night, he returns to Randolph Street where he turns into a 10-year-old boy. His [[WithFriendsLikeThese childhood friends]] then beat him up for not inviting them to his birthday party.
* CelebrityParadox: Jackie Cooper's name can be seen on the ''O'Shaughnessy's Boys'' film poster in 1935. Cooper later played Jonathan West in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E148CaesarAndMe Caesar and Me]]".
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Horace Ford gets beaten up by his childhood friends just because they weren't invited to his birthday party
* GenreBlindness: Subverted, Laura Ford is understandably confused of why the same boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend comes at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet brushes off her husbands claims he saw his friends as children again.
* GenreBlindness: Subverted, Laura Ford is understandably confused of why the same boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend comes at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet brushes off her husbands claims he saw his friends as children again.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Horace Ford gets beaten up by his childhood friends just because they weren't invited to his birthday party
party.
* GenreBlindness: Subverted, Laura Ford is understandably confused of why the same boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend Hermie Brandt comes at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet brushes off herhusbands husband's claims he saw his friends as children again.
* GenreBlindness: Subverted, Laura Ford is understandably confused of why the same boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend Hermie Brandt comes at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet brushes off her
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* NostalgiaFilter: His hometown he loved so much? It was crime-ridden ghetto. His friends? A bunch of bullies who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow. Reconstructed when his wife points out it's a coping mechanism that makes life bearable sometimes.
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* NostalgiaFilter: His hometown he Horace loved so much? It was crime-ridden ghetto. His friends? A bunch of bullies who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow. Reconstructed when his wife Laura points out it's a coping mechanism that makes life bearable sometimes.sometimes.
* RuleOfThree: Horace returns to Randolph Street three times.
* RuleOfThree: Horace returns to Randolph Street three times.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: The so-called friends Horace Ford grew up with.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: The so-called friends Horace Ford grew up with.with.
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->'''Creator/RodSerling:''' Exit Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ford, who have lived through a bizarre moment not to be calibrated on normal clocks or watches. Time has passed, to be sure, but it's the special time in the special place known as the Twilight Zone.
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->'''Creator/RodSerling:''' Exit Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ford, who have lived through a bizarre moment not to be calibrated on normal clocks or watches. Time has passed, to be sure, but it's the special time in the special place known as the Twilight Zone.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of Horace's childhood friends shows up at his 30th birthday in order to essentially guide his wife to her missing husband. And this is despite that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace Ford as a child.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of Horace's childhood friends shows up at his 30th 38th birthday in order to essentially guide his wife to her missing husband. And this is despite that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace Ford as a child.
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* BittersweetEnding: Recalling that his "friends" once beat him up, Horace Ford sadly comes to terms with how miserable his childhood was. However, his wife comforts him. Both walk back to his apartment to his 30th birthday party, with Horace having a new-found appreciation for living in the present.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Eccentric would be an understatement, but Horace Ford is undeniably a brilliant inventor
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Eccentric would be an understatement, but Horace Ford is undeniably a brilliant inventor
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* BittersweetEnding: Recalling that his "friends" once beat him up, Horace Ford sadly comes to terms with how miserable his childhood was. However, his wife comforts him. Both walk back to his apartment to his 30th 38th birthday party, with Horace having a new-found appreciation for living in the present.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Eccentric would be an understatement, but Horace Ford is undeniably a brilliantinventorinventor.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Eccentric would be an understatement, but Horace Ford is undeniably a brilliant
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Horace Ford's "friends" don't understand why they weren't invited to Horace Ford's party, so they assault him
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* BittersweetEnding: Recalling that his "friends" once beat him up, Horace Ford sadly comes to terms with how miserable his childhood. However, his wife comforts him. Both walk back to his apartment to his 30th birthday party, with Horace having a new-found appreciation for living in the present.
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* AnAesop:
** There's nothing wrong with growing up or growing older.
** Alternatively, it's okay to look back on the past fondly, as long as it doesn't eclipse your future.
* BittersweetEnding: Recalling that his "friends" once beat him up, Horace Ford sadly comes to terms with how miserable hischildhood.childhood was. However, his wife comforts him. Both walk back to his apartment to his 30th birthday party, with Horace having a new-found appreciation for living in the present.
** There's nothing wrong with growing up or growing older.
** Alternatively, it's okay to look back on the past fondly, as long as it doesn't eclipse your future.
* BittersweetEnding: Recalling that his "friends" once beat him up, Horace Ford sadly comes to terms with how miserable his
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* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of Horace's childhood friends shows up at his 30th birthday in order to essentially guide her his wife to her missing husband. And this is despite that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace Ford as a child.
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* BittersweetEnding: Recalling that his "friends" once beat him up, Horace Ford sadly comes to terms with how miserable his childhood. However, his wife comforts him. Both walk back to his apartment to his 30th birthday party, with Horace having a new-found appreciation for living in the present.
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* ManChild: Horace Ford very much acts like he's still in the childhood he longs for
* NostalgiaFilter: His hometown he loved so much? It was crime-ridden ghetto. His friends? A bunch of bullies who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party
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* ManChild: Horace Ford very much acts like he's still in the childhood he longs for
for. Implied to overcome it towards the end.
* NostalgiaFilter: His hometown he loved so much? It was crime-ridden ghetto. His friends? A bunch of bullies who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthdaypartyparty. It's all very hard for Horace to swallow. Reconstructed when his wife points out it's a coping mechanism that makes life bearable sometimes.
* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of Horace's childhood friends shows up at his 30th birthday in order to essentially guide her to her missing husband. And this is despite that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace Ford as a child.
* NostalgiaFilter: His hometown he loved so much? It was crime-ridden ghetto. His friends? A bunch of bullies who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday
* VitriolicBestBuds: The ghost of Horace's childhood friends shows up at his 30th birthday in order to essentially guide her to her missing husband. And this is despite that in the past, he was one of the kids who bullied Horace Ford as a child.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Eccentric would be an understatement, but Horace Ford is undeniably a brilliant inventor
* DisproportionateRetribution: Horace Ford gets beaten up by his childhood friends just because they weren't invited to his birthday party
* GenreBlindness: Subverted, Laura Ford is understandably confused of why the same boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend comes at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet brushes off her husbands claims he saw his friends as children again.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Horace Ford's "friends" don't understand why they weren't invited to Horace Ford's party, so they assault him
* ManChild: Horace Ford very much acts like he's still in the childhood he longs for
* NostalgiaFilter: His hometown he loved so much? It was crime-ridden ghetto. His friends? A bunch of bullies who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The so-called friends Horace Ford grew up with.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Eccentric would be an understatement, but Horace Ford is undeniably a brilliant inventor
* DisproportionateRetribution: Horace Ford gets beaten up by his childhood friends just because they weren't invited to his birthday party
* GenreBlindness: Subverted, Laura Ford is understandably confused of why the same boy who looks like her husband's childhood friend comes at the same time every night saying the exact same thing, yet brushes off her husbands claims he saw his friends as children again.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Horace Ford's "friends" don't understand why they weren't invited to Horace Ford's party, so they assault him
* ManChild: Horace Ford very much acts like he's still in the childhood he longs for
* NostalgiaFilter: His hometown he loved so much? It was crime-ridden ghetto. His friends? A bunch of bullies who beat him up for not getting invited to his birthday party
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The so-called friends Horace Ford grew up with.
