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
The Fever (The Twilight Zone) The Fever (The Twilight Zone) "The Fever" is episode seventeen of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". It originally aired on January 29, 1960 on CBS. Franklin and his wife Flora go to Las Vegas because she won a slogan contest. He detests gambling, but his wife is excited about their vacation. She puts a nickel in a machine and Franklin admonishes her for wasting money. She convinces him to let her pull the arm since she already put the money in she doesn't win anything. Happy that his point was made, he implores her to go back