#in case you're curious

[naranjapetrificada]

Seriously?? I was just trying to read what looked like a nice scene of what happened behind the curtain after the episode 6 fade-to-black. Some of y'all really can't imagine Ed being clean without a white man's influence, can you?

Please grow an imagination.

[mostly irrelevant redacted rant about how this fandom in general could stand to learn a thing or two (2) about leather care because even people who don't disparage Ed's personal cleanliness seem to struggle with the state of his leathers sometimes]

#racist fanfic #fandom racism #fandom crit #fandom fuckery #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #edward teach #the fic is called “r1ch 4nd str4ng3” #in case you're curious #or want to mute the author

[queenlucythevaliant]

Also in the Good Friday sermon I listened to on the plane, Keller quoted both The Brothers Karamozov and Lord of the Rings in the span of like three minutes, and I'm like. Darn. I knew there was a reason I liked that guy.

#it's the one that got put up for this year on Spotify #in case you're curious #pontifications and creations #he is risen yippee!

[sheepkebby]

Underappreciated face Ellis makes in the intro

#HE SAID EEEYIKES!!! #l4d2 #left 4 dead 2 #ellis l4d2 #l4d2 ellis #valve #This happens a few seconds after he's grabbed by that smoker btw #In case you're curious

[citree]

Let's twitter and tweet ~ 🐤✨ 🕊🌼 ~ Like the birdies in May Get into the mood ~ 💕🤗 🌞🌻 ~ And be merry today Forget all your troubles and warble away ~ 🥧🍓 💖 ~ Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do  Oh~ ! ✨

#actually not over Annette's adorable little Dutch girl design im in love #in case you're curious #the song is called #'Let's sing a gay little spring song' #from bambi!!!! #lol #myart #Fanart #fire emblem #fire emblem three houses #fire emblem three hopes #fire emblem warriors #fire emblem warriors three hopes #fe3h #few3h #few3h spoilers #annette fantine dominic #annette fe3h #artists on tumblr

[the-acid-pear]

Jay Munly is great but from time to time you'll hear a song that'll leave you there sitting like

#luly talks #river forktine tippecanoe was the culprit #in case you're curious

[tangleslime2]

I couldn't find an Ophiocordyceps species that fit Upper Snakemouth for the things I want to write so I made one up. This actually works really well because Inventing A New Mushrooms when the current ones don't suit your needs is exactly the kind of thing that the scientists would do.

#ophiocordyceps magicum #in case you're curious #magicum is Latin for magical #add 'artificial speciation' to the list of crimes against Venus that Upper Snakemouth has committed #doomed lab stuff

[kingofdoma]

what in the homestuck does this shit even mean

#doctor who #in case you're curious #the last one is doogie howser's character #and the emotes are ❤❤+💎

[bear-cubs-art-things]

I've come to realize whenever I create/explain/do things, I expect people to just... understand.

Its not necessarily a bad thing, it's just something I've noticed. Like, if I explain something and they don't get it, I notice myself get frustrated.

I dunno. I just figured that out 😅

#bear rambles #I'm not mad at you guys btw #in case you're curious #it's just with the recent asks I've been getting I started to realize this

[wildcreativemastermind]

I’d like to talk to you about a 5th dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It as a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. It is a dimension which we call

The Twilight Zone

So, I’ve recently been getting into classic Twilight Zone. So far, the episodes have been pretty good. The one I want to talk about today (and is my favorite at the time of writing this post) is Season 1 Episode 2, One for the Angels.

warning: this review will contain spoilers

The main character is Lew Bookman (played by Ed Wynn), a 69 year old pitchman who is friends with the local children.

Note on Lew and the kids: this episode originally aired in 1959, and the way Lew’s interactions with the children are written and portrayed makes it clear that it’s simply intended to be a man who’s good with kids. However, there are a couple lines that, while something the original audience wouldn’t have found anything wrong with, may come across not so well to a modern audience. Since I’m reviewing the episode, I figured I should mention this.

Lew returns home after an unsuccessful day pitching on the sidewalk, giving presents to some of the kids. When he walks into his apartment, he finds a certain Mr Death (played by Murray Hamilton) there.

yes that gif is necessary

Mr Death tells Lew that he will die that night at midnight. Not wanting to die, Lew makes a deal with Mr Death that he won’t die until after he makes a big pitch, one for the angels. Mr Death agrees. However, Lew reveals that he never intends to make a pitch again, making him immortal. Mr Death is obviously not happy about this and informs Lew that he’ll take someone else. Who is that someone else? An 8 year old girl named Maggie, who Lew cares about, and who is hit by a car.

The rest of the episode is basically Lew trying to convince Mr Death to take him instead of Maggie.

Later that night, when Mr Death comes before the deadline to take Maggie, Lew decides to distract him with a sales pitch. So he makes the pitch, convincing Mr Death to buy ties from him and spinning at least one outlandish tale about how he gets the thread. It works, Mr Death misses his appointment, Maggie gets to live, and Lew accepts that it’s time for him to go.

General Thoughts

I already mentioned that this is (at least currently) my favorite episode. It is a bit on the predictable side (at least for me it was), and it’s clearly from a different time, but I still found it to be a good watch. Ed Wynn is enjoyable to watch as Lew Bookman and Murray Hamilton was good as Mr Death. In general, I really the portrayal of Death here. I especially liked watching Lew’s and Mr Death’s interactions with each other. By the time the episode ends, I simultaneously want to see more of them interacting and think what we got is enough. Maggie (played by Dana Dillaway) was also adorable. In general, I recommend watching the episode.

I noticed when looking at other reviews (since I was curious what other people thought) that I don’t the share the same interpretation a lot of others have of the pitch scene, I’ll get into my own interpretation under the cut. Basically, everything under the cut is my interpretation.

From what I can tell, a lot of people hold the position that Lew truly distracted Mr Death, but Ed Wynn doesn’t really manage to portray a fast talking salesman, so the scene doesn’t really land.

1. Lew is not shown to be a good pitchman. No one is buying from him at the beginning, and he tells Mr Death that he wants him to let him have a chance to be successful for one moment in his whole life. Basically, I don’t think Ed Wynn was supposed to portray a fast talking salesman at all.

2. I don’t think Mr Death was actually fooled during the climactic pitch. I think it was more Mr Death letting himself be distracted and playing along. Why would Mr Death need ties and thread? Also, look at his face when the pitch really gets going and Lew isn’t looking at him.

Does that look like a man who’s being distracted or a man who’s getting exactly what he wanted?

I think it looks more like he knows he’s getting what he wanted.

#twilight zone #one for the angels #review #late night posts #lew bookman #mr death #i had to much fun making gifs from the episode #that last gif could just be a picture but i already had the gif so i figured why not use it? #in case you're curious #i spelled it as lew instead of lou since it's mentioned that the full name is lewis j bookman #so it's a nickname for lewis #i also thought it was kind of interesting how mr death never uses lew's first name #he only calls him mr bookman #also during the apartment talk scene #mr death is in a chair #and he teleports around the room a few times #and the chair always teleports with him #so i keep imagining murray hamilton finishing a line and then just getting up and dragging the chair across the room #and while i don't think mr death was genuinely distracted during the climactic pitch scene #the idea that death himself is really into ties is an objectively amazing idea

[vijigenshin]

Do you ever recognize a reference so obscure that you take psychic damage from it? Because I just did."

#I need you guys to make out now #I mean make up now #In case you're curious #Younger me was way into Aphmau #And forever ago #She released bloopers #And one of of the lines was #And a fucking AO3 chapter #Was titled that

[bad-decision-central]

"Does height really matter? Yuh guys are weird."

#dash commentary #[Joey Wheeler] #in case you're curious #i use his height from that one info book or whatever #so he's 5'8

[craycraybluejay]

#spotify wrapped #spotify wrapped 2022 #anoutherposting #in case you're curious #im a time traveler bitch

[appatary8523]

I’m curious to know what type of doodle request are you accepting for now? Can we request our own OCs?

I'm accepting doodle request (?). Fandom things and stuff alike. About OCs, sure thing! As long as is not complicated machinery or some furry thing. Just send me references via dm

#sorry not sorry i hate furries #appa's ask #art tag is #appatary8523 #in case you're curious

[nightingaleflow]

Hey look y'all someone made me an anime character:

That was nice of them. <3

#it's yoriko kichijouji from oshi no ko #in case you're curious #new profile pic who dis #nightingale speaks

[kimjiwoong]

#in case you're curious #this is the rosie crying recipe #this song and a beer #Spotify

[sketchesandmesses]

Hey! Wanna get to know me, or ask me to doodle random things? Shoot me an ask!

#I was too lazy to add the purple to my hair lol #in case you're curious #yes my hair actually looks like this #minus the bangs #they are actually rainbow lol #one day I will post a pic of my hair XD