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| Patrick McNulty, a talkative and unpopular know-it-all, befriends an odd man named Potts, whom he meets in the local bar the day after McNulty is fired. Potts offers him a stopwatch, “an old family heirloom” in exchange for his friendship. Thinking it an odd gift, the man soon realizes that when the button is pressed, the stopwatch is capable of stopping time itself. Excited with his new toy, he unsuccessfully uses it in an attempt to win back his job and his friends. Disappointed at the results, he finds another use for it. While he is robbing a bank, the watch falls and breaks—leaving the universe forever frozen in time except for McNulty, who now has no one to talk to or interact with, and is all alone in a still world. | Patrick McNulty, a talkative and unpopular know-it-all, befriends an odd man named Potts, whom he meets in the local bar the day after McNulty is fired. Potts offers him a stopwatch, “an old family heirloom” in exchange for his friendship. Thinking it an odd gift, the man soon realizes that when the button is pressed, the stopwatch is capable of stopping time itself. Excited with his new toy, he unsuccessfully uses it in an attempt to win back his job and his friends. Disappointed at the results, he finds another use for it. While he is robbing a bank, the watch falls and breaks—leaving the universe forever frozen in time except for McNulty, who now has no one to talk to or interact with, and is all alone in a still world. | ||
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| *This episode was spoofed in the episode "]" of '']'', in the segment "Stop the World I Want to Goof Off.". | |||
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Cast
- Patrick Thomas McNulty: Richard Erdman
- Mr. Cooper: Roy Roberts
- Potts: Leon Belasco
- Joe: Herbie Faye
Synopsis
Patrick McNulty, a talkative and unpopular know-it-all, befriends an odd man named Potts, whom he meets in the local bar the day after McNulty is fired. Potts offers him a stopwatch, “an old family heirloom” in exchange for his friendship. Thinking it an odd gift, the man soon realizes that when the button is pressed, the stopwatch is capable of stopping time itself. Excited with his new toy, he unsuccessfully uses it in an attempt to win back his job and his friends. Disappointed at the results, he finds another use for it. While he is robbing a bank, the watch falls and breaks—leaving the universe forever frozen in time except for McNulty, who now has no one to talk to or interact with, and is all alone in a still world.
References
- Zicree, Marc Scott: The Twilight Zone Companion. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition)