| You unlock this door with the key of | | | | aliens can put the mind whammy on parents, |
| imagination. That's what Rod Serling would | | | | making them completely forget their kids for |
| say. It appears to me that the Twilight Zone | | | | purposes of evil alien experiments on |
| may have affected more than the 30 minutes it | | | | parental mindsets. Surely the explanation |
| controlled every week those many years ago. | | | | cannot be as simple as the writers were just |
| So with the keys of your imagination lets | | | | too lazy to keep up with the fact that the |
| journey farther into the Outer Limits of | | | | Cunninghams had another son beside Richie. |
| television and discover that the weird and | | | | Perhaps the strange powers of the Fonz were |
| the bizarre were not just limited to the | | | | not simply from his cool as we were told. |
| great classic sci-fi hits like the Twilight | | | | Maybe the Fonz himself was an alien with the |
| Zone and the Outer Limits. Nor is the | | | | power of mind control over other humans, |
| unexplained always presented on Ripley's | | | | including the power to snap his fingers to |
| Believe it or Not.The Mysterious changing | | | | bring herds of screaming girls to his side. |
| Andy TaylorWhat happened to Andy Griffith | | | | Now that I think of it, no wonder people |
| from the black and white days of the Andy | | | | think Elvis is still alive. Maybe he too was |
| Griffith Show to the days of color? It is | | | | from another world. Could it be Elvis and the |
| common knowledge the black and white episodes | | | | Fonz were part of a rival gang from Ork |
| with Barney were more funny and entertaining, | | | | preparing for the arrival Mork from Ork?More |
| but why did Andy suddenly change from a | | | | Unexplained PhenomenonThere are many more |
| loveable country bumpkin, who was always wise | | | | strange and bizarre unexplainable phenomenon |
| but never serious, to a almost bitter man | | | | on television.1.Where did all the deputies go |
| that seemed to even lose his country | | | | after the first episode of the Dukes of |
| accent?Is the original answer for this | | | | Hazzard? Clearly there were more than Enos |
| something that belongs in the Twilight Zone? | | | | and Rosco in the pilot episode.2. On the last |
| Did the writers of the show have an | | | | episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures |
| intriguing plot to reveal that just never | | | | of Superman, a baby arrives just for the |
| came to be? What could make a man change so | | | | closing moments of the show, just because the |
| drastically from the changing of black and | | | | Kents want a child. No explanation is ever |
| white to color? Is there a scientific | | | | given. Is it then just coincidence that Dean |
| explanation? Could the answer be as bizarre | | | | Cain would soon host the new Ripley's Believe |
| as a UFO kidnapping? Was Andy Taylor replaced | | | | It or Not?3. How can Metropolis be in Kansas |
| with a clone? Were we watching two different | | | | as it is only a couple of hours away from |
| dimensions of time and space?I have some more | | | | Smallville on the popular WB hit Smallville? |
| reasonable explanations, but you be the | | | | On one episode Clark climbed a water tower |
| judge. Perhaps Andy had attempted to quit | | | | with a friend and they could actually see |
| smoking which made him grumpy in real life. | | | | Metropolis without X-ray vision. In the past |
| Perhaps he was trying to impress the equally | | | | it has always been accepted that Metropolis |
| grumpy Miss Crump or should we say Miss | | | | represented New York City.4. After 9 years of |
| Grump. Why, oh why, didn't he marry the lady | | | | episodes, can anyone truly say that any of |
| druggist? Perhaps none of this would have | | | | the bizarre happenings on the X-files were |
| happened.The changed Andy happened about the | | | | ever explained. What mind control did they |
| time Barney Fife left town. Did the antics of | | | | use to force us to watch year after year with |
| Don Knotts keep Andy in a good ol' home town | | | | no answers? I beg of you Chris Carter make a |
| mood? Or did the emergence of the Jughead hat | | | | movie or something that can explain all of |
| wearing Goober affect Andy in a way that | | | | this unexplained phenomenon.5. On The |
| can't be explained. After all, just before | | | | Greatest American Hero, a 1980's tv show |
| the show turned color, Andy threatened the | | | | about a teacher who gains Superman like |
| life of Goober, after he put a car together | | | | powers by wearing a super suit from aliens, |
| right inside the court house.So what do you | | | | there was one strange occurrence. The |
| think? Was it aliens, a lack of nicotine, | | | | Greatest American Hero's main character Ralph |
| Goober, Gomer, Miss Crump, or no Barney? You | | | | Hinkley inexplicably becomes Ralph Hanley. |
| be the judge, I just present the facts as I | | | | What happened? Well even though Ralph got his |
| know them.The Disappearing Son on Happy | | | | super suit from aliens this was no alien |
| DaysWhat about Chuck on Happy Days? How could | | | | conspiracy. After the attempted assassination |
| a mother and father completely forget they | | | | of President Ronald Reagan by John Hinkley, |
| ever had a son? But if you watched the recent | | | | they decided to rename the main character to |
| Happy Days reunion if then there was no | | | | avoid any association with the John |
| reasonable explanation given as to why Chuck | | | | Hinkley.I'm sure there are many more |
| just disappeared. In the final episode of | | | | unexplained events on television throughout |
| Happy Days, Mr. C even relates to the | | | | the years, but was it all by television |
| audience how he was happy to have raised two | | | | writers, or did Rod Serling's Twilight Zone |
| children, not three as we know really | | | | infect the rest of TV history as well? - Find |
| happened. Is this another case of alien | | | | trivia, t-shirts, videos, books, cds, tapes, |
| abduction? There is precedence for this | | | | games, toys, and lots more about your |
| strange phenomenon. If you have seen the | | | | favorite tv shows, comic book superheroes, |
| recent movie The Forgotten, you can see how | | | | cartoons, and Saturday morning favorites. |