To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone) To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone) "To Serve Man" is episode 89 of the anthology series "The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)". It originally aired on March 2, 1962 on CBS. The episode was written by Rod Serling and Richard L. Bare and directed by Bare. The story is based on the 1950 short story "To Serve Man", written by Damon Knight. The title is a paraprosdokian using the verb "serve," which has dual meanings of "to assist" or "to provide as a meal." The episode is one of the few instances in the series wherein an actor breaks the
Dust (The Twilight Zone) peddler discovers that he is also affected by the "magic". He throws his gold pieces from the sale of the dust to the poor children of the town, laughing. Dust (The Twilight Zone) "Dust" is episode 48 of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". It originally aired on January 6, 1961 on CBS. Set in the Old West in a desolate barren town, an unscrupulous peddler, after selling the executioner some five-strand rope needed for a hanging, sells a bag of "magic" dust to the condemned man's father. The condemned man had been found guilty of accidentally causing