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