Button, Button (The Twilight Zone) $200,000 in the city dump; however, after Arthur goes to bed Norma retrieves the box from the tenement's dumpster. The next day, as Arthur leaves for work he sees Norma sitting at the kitchen table transfixed by the button. Finally, she decides to push the button much to her husband's disgust. The next day, Mr. Steward returns and takes back the box, giving the shocked couple a briefcase with the $200,000. Norma asks what is to be done with the money, to which Steward remarks that they should spend it. Norma also asks what will happen to the box and
Button, button, who's got the button? her place in the circle. Whoever had the button then becomes the new "it" and play begins again. A slight variation on the first two versions has "it" ask questions (like in the game Twenty Questions) to determine who has the button. Another version is usually played by several children with one adult. The game's origin is unknown, but it existed before 1900. The children start by sitting on the bottom stair of a staircase. The adult holds out both fists, one holding a button. The adult asks, "Button, button, who's got the button?" Whoever guesses correctly advances one step.