In the original story the man owns a shop where he has such a machine, and then gives people what they need to provide the best possible outcomes. Serling replaced this science-fiction element with a street peddler who could magically perform the same function. The original story featured a machine that could foretell an individual's probable future.17 DVD along with " What's in the Box", " The Mirror" and " The Old Man in the Cave". This episode is included on the Image Entertainment Vol. United Productions of America ( UPA) (animated title).Columbia Broadcasting System ( CBS) ( 1959) (USA) (TV) (original airing).Columbia Broadcasting System ( CBS) (in association with).Van Allen James (sound effects editor uncredited).Valentino (sound credited: Jean Valentino) Franklin Milton (sound credited: Frank Milton).Denault (assistant director credited: Edward Denault) Millie Gusse (casting credited: Mildred Gusse).Rod Serling (executive producer: Cayuga Productions).Juney Ellis as Woman on Street uncredited.Rod Serling as Narrator (voice only) uncredited.Harry Townes, Philip Pine, Ross Martin and Don Gordon star in " The Four of Us Are Dying". Four separate and adventuresome lives that must be seen to be believed. Next week on The Twilight Zone, one of the most bizarre and unusual tales we've told yet - one man with four faces. Fred Renard, who took all that was needed, in the Twilight Zone. Gentleman with a sour face to whom contentment came with difficulty. At the end of the episode the peddler gives a couple a comb, which they use to groom themselves just before they are photographed as witnesses for a newspaper story covering the "hit and run" accident that killed Fred Renard. The shoes, Pedott explains to Renard's corpse, were what Pedott needed, because he foresaw that Renard would eventually kill him. He is struck and killed by the passing car. When a car suddenly heads directly toward Renard, he tries to run, but the new leather soles are so slippery, he cannot escape on the wet pavement. Renard continues menacing Pedott for more. Renard shows up at Pedott's apartment, asking for another thing he "needs," and the peddler comes up with a leaky pen that predicts a winning racehorse. Renard, a small time thug, asks Pedott to give him what he needs, and the peddler gives him a pair of scissors which save Renard's life when his scarf gets caught in an elevator's doors. The ball player receives a job offer in the city the tickets are for and the ball player needs his jacket cleaned, for which the woman just happens to have the cleaner. Then, he gives a down-on-his-luck ex-baseball player bus tickets to Scranton, Pennsylvania. The old man enters a cafe where he first gives a woman a vial of cleaner. Pedott, a peddler, has the curious ability to give people exactly what they need before they need it. This is a man who has lived 36 undistinguished, meaningless, pointless, failure-laden years and who at this moment looks for an escape- any escape, any way, anything, anybody- to get out of the rut. This is a sour man, a friendless man, a lonely man, a grasping, compulsive, nervous man. Fred Renard, who carries on his shoulder a chip the size of the national debt.
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