I bet Uncle Simon spent most of his time in that lab writing a list of new insults.

@brucegordon7248

8 жыл бұрын

+EarthHound True, and he was very good at it!

@delstanley1349

7 жыл бұрын

She was able to pay him back with compound interest. He even complimented her on her retorts. All of his demands was essentially grownups playing a child's game, "Simon Says."

@delstanley1349

7 жыл бұрын

Also note at the very end when she fully capitulates he's made her (to his great joy) literally "cry uncle."

@Daemon__Sultan

5 жыл бұрын

Looks like feckin Alfred Hitchcock.

@Galantski

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, "bovine crab"! I think _Lost in Space's_ Dr. Smith must have been a prize pupil at The Uncle Simon Academy for Inventive Insults. (Hmm, and maybe Smith inherited Simon's robot.)

"You peanut-headed sample of nature's carelessness." Classic line.

@capra216

Жыл бұрын

Just don't say that to your lady

@thisismyname007

4 ай бұрын

“I fart in your general direction!”

I was 14 when this episode aired, and already a HUGE fan of "The Twilight Zone". Greatest t.v. show ever, and it's creator, Rod Serling, the best writer ever.

@dougfredricks2017

Жыл бұрын

Born in the 60s and loved this era of 📺

"I'd like a cup of hot chocolate. I'd like it in the English bone china cup; And if it's not hot, I'll throw it on the floor!" Some of the my favorite lines from television history, as delivered by Sir Cedric, the master.

@Dallas_K

9 жыл бұрын

"Garbage Head!" "You bovine crab!"

@mrnobody2018

3 жыл бұрын

She'll never be able to obey the will forever

@charlesdowns1691

2 жыл бұрын

cool. I rember her also.. Hitchcock.

Cedric (Uncle Simon) Hardwicke was genius in this great episode of The Twilight Zone. Uncle Simon had a PHD in hurling insults at his niece (Constance Ford).

@felixmadison5736

Жыл бұрын

BAR-BAR-UH, FIX ME A CUP OF HOT CHOCOLATE!

@cagneybillingsley2165

Жыл бұрын

lol take the batteries out. maybe he's right about her being a knuckledragger

@smilanesi98

Жыл бұрын

Constance Ford, so very underrated as an actress.

Her own greed kept her a prisoner in that house and to the robot. She could have walked any time, but that also would have meant giving up the house and the family fortune.

@Scripturegirl.

9 жыл бұрын

I.D. Think she was greedy.

@mindsaglowin

8 жыл бұрын

She is actually the norm. It's amazing what similar things people put up with these days out of greed.

@AllRequired

6 жыл бұрын

The will is a textbook example of what TV Tropes calls the Batman Gambit.

@ChiefJudge

5 жыл бұрын

Serves her right. Eternal slavery to robo uncle.

@ZeranZeran

4 жыл бұрын

Why is she a horrible person for wanting money after visiting, living with, and taking care of her sick uncle for free!? She basically gave up her life to take care of him, and he's nothing but an in-grateful asshole. No wonder she wanted him to die, wouldn't you? Maybe it was written to be appealing to both types of people.. The Rich Old Uncle wanting nothing more out of life to abuse his caretaker, and a poor young woman who was probably just trying to do that right thing and is now stuck with that asshole. If she left, she'd be an even worse niece! This is some surprisingly complex shit.

I used numerous of these insults on my new landlord after my lovable old landlord passed away and that old crow inherited the building. RIP Sir Cedric.

One of my three most favorite "Twilight Zone" episodes. The great writing is certainly matched by two great acting heavyweights - Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Constance Ford. I always felt she never got her due as a great actress.

1:25 "YOU DID you scourging female Ape" I did not expect to laugh this hard at this video

@naughtydorf18

3 жыл бұрын

Something Fred Sanford would say to Aunt Esther

One of the funniest episodes. His insults are epic!!

@jimsmith9981

5 жыл бұрын

I laughed so hard when the robot called her name and started asking for some hot chocolate...

@Ontonaut

4 жыл бұрын

You bovine crab. LOL

@soonersdevil

3 жыл бұрын

The end with the robot in a leg brace...Too Much ‼️😁😁

@daystar73

3 жыл бұрын

Gold!

This truly shows Barbara's greed! She could walk away from this situation at any time, but greed keeps her enslaved.

@MathematicalCowboy

Жыл бұрын

Maybe it wasn't greed. Maybe Barbara had nowhere else to go? I actually feel sorry for her. Uncle Simon is an insulting jackass. Barbara isn't exactly a saint, but she's the typical abused caregiver.

@Ulander777

Жыл бұрын

true

@trinarichardson6682

Жыл бұрын

No different with ANY job. People complain about low pay, work conditions, no personal days, not being able to form unions, etc, when they can just find another job..🤷‍♀️

@jaymike3302

Жыл бұрын

@@trinarichardson6682 Exactly.

@confirmhandle

10 ай бұрын

Fax 📠

Where is my hot chocolate Bar-ba-ra............"BAR-BA-RA!!!!!!" This is my favorite episode.

"....BE SURE THAT IT'S HOT....YA HEAR ME!!!!! MAKE SURE ITS HOT!!!!" Gold....😂👍

One of the greatest shows of all time

this is actually hellish

@davesnyder7488

5 жыл бұрын

racccongenocide1842 this is... The Twilight Zone

This was one of his final TV appearances, as he died in August 1964 at the age of 71.

@Scripturegirl.

7 жыл бұрын

How.?.

@jimsmith9981

5 жыл бұрын

He played pharaoh in the Ten Commandments...

@hyperion3145

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimsmith9981 Bruh, it looks like he might met Pharoah

@ra15899550

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimsmith9981 Seti!

In my youth, my friends and I used to trade insults with each other, usually "Yo Mama" insults. Back then, we called it "bagging". Uncle Simon would've fit right in. Lol!

'you torpid lotus eater'. Classic

Poor Barbara!! If I was her I would have run so fast out that door!!!

@markcadieux3445

4 жыл бұрын

She stayed for the money and had to earn it.

@gabriellitewski7988

2 жыл бұрын

Well her uncle Simon wouldn't let her inherent his estate and he built a robot with the personality mimic his traits as a jerk

@debbieanne7962

Жыл бұрын

Me too. I felt so sorry for her

Nope. The will also stipulated that she could NOT alter the robot's programming or mechanism in ANY form, other than what Simon "built" into him. As Rod noted at the end, "Barbara....discovered that all BAD things don't come to an end- and that once a bed is made, one should lie in it."

@fromthesidelines

2 жыл бұрын

"Tonight's uncomfortable little exercise in avarice and automatons......from the Twilight Zone."

I always throw my coffee on the floor at Starbucks if it isn't hot enough.

@felixmadison5736

3 жыл бұрын

I throw ANY cup of mud on the floor!! Especially the Starbuck brand.

@johnarmenta2199

2 жыл бұрын

If you get to keep the bone china cup, that would be a deal, I should think!

she needs to call the robot abuse family hotline.

@ZeranZeran

4 жыл бұрын

HELLO BAR BA RA. . . YOU IMBECILE. HANG UP THE PHONE AND GET ME MY HOT CHOCOLATE!

@danielethier2015

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZeranZeran 😂

This is a deep story. Wow

I love that he has eyebrows.

@mrnobody2018

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't see Rob the robots face clearly

Constance Ford was a 15 year old model for Montgomery Ward catalogue and was on Another World, a soap opera, for over twenty-five years. Sir Cedric Hardwicke had a fifty year career. Of course, everybody remembers Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet.

Such a good episode; and I only got acquainted with it once I got the set of dvd's. Had never seen this one on Nick at Nite, and missed it on the holiday marathons. What a delightful discovery this was, like finding some buried treasure. This is a super tale of a mad scientist and his frumpy flunky niece ... with a slew of delicious insults to boot (which were some of the greatest and most colorful ever written for television). And the twist, well, that's just something special. One of my favorite moments is the music cue when Barbara starts heaving things around (after saying she now intends to reap, and throws the drapes open, etc) ... it is so strong and stirring, and packed with emotion and power. The scene would be so diminished without that musical score. I've listened to the TZ radio drama of this episode, made in the early 2000's (there's a bunch of these audio dramas, fun adaptations to listen to during the commute, etc); but the voice actress they utilized sounds too advanced in age for the part, to be frank. Barbara needs to be at the age where she still has a chance to start over (if she has the means), where freedom from her rotten uncle would mean a chance at happiness. Anyway, this is a cool capsule of the episode. Now it's time for a nice cup of hot "cho-col-ate". 😉

Rod knew People at their Base Level AND expounded upon that, no matter what the Individual Norms were, Rod knew Man better than they knew themselves.

Uncle Simon's old but non elderly lawyer visits Barbera every week to see how she is doing with the twilight zone

This is the definition of "reading" - Uncle Simon was wayyyy ahead of her...I mean his time. Fantastic, classy and intelligent reading. "keep your spindle-shanked carcass out of my laboratory, and your probing nose out of my business. " "So don't go mouthing your sweetnesses at me, you thin-lipped, toothpick-legged conniver. " READ!!!!!

I would have loved to see the blooper reel for this episode.

Another favourite TZ episode of mine. Love the 2 character actors. I did feel sad for Barbara!

He SLAYED her with such refinery.

That's Robbie the robot from "The Forbidden Planet", he also made an appearance in a "Lost in Space" episode.

@cindydott452

Жыл бұрын

Robbie also played Smiley, when he guest stared on an episode of The Addams Family! Gomez decided Lurch was over worked, and he, Fester, and Pugsley built him a robot assistant.

@Sashazur

Жыл бұрын

Except the part of his head under the dome in this episode looks like a paint can; in the original movie it was a much better looking design.

@cindydott452

Жыл бұрын

@@Sashazur I have never been able to figure out why they did that. I think The Addams family appearance was later, but had the complete original head. Back on an edit... I just googled it. Robbie the robot was in Twilight Zone four times. His final episode was 1964. His one appearance in The Adams Family was 1966. In that episode of The Addams Family, his head was complete and intact as it appeared in Forbidden Planet. I have no idea why they changed it for this episode of The Twilight Zone.

When Barbara screamed REEP! Great writing here!

@Liam_Maddog

2 жыл бұрын

Reap.

With all the insults, I'm surprise Rod Serling didn't hire Don Rickles for the part.

@naughtydorf18

4 жыл бұрын

or Red Fox

@markcadieux3445

4 жыл бұрын

Rickles wasn't an insult comedian yet.

@markcadieux3445

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine Sir Cedric as Dr.Smith on LIS.

@smilanesi98

Жыл бұрын

He did use Rickles for the episode with Burgess Meredith in an LA bar .

I’ll never forget that episode. When I was about 11(1978 - I’m an old dude now) I found out a kid I didn’t like had a mother named Barbara... He was done after I got finished using lines from Uncle Simon! This was back in the day when kids would gather in groups and use those “Your Mama” jokes on each other. Here is an old rap song that came out back in the day... kzread.info/dash/bejne/amt1wbqKc66cidY.html

One of my favs

One of my Favorite Episodes 👍

best bits of TZ tos Uncle Simon!!

Sir Cedric is probably best remembered for his performance in "The Ten Commandments", but he also appeared in the 1936 sci-fi film "Things To Come" and was a guest on "The Outer Limits".

Imagine if she had an "Uncle Bender"

Apparently she didn't know how to pull the batteries out ... poor Robby

In the end, it spoke as a human, and she spoke as a robot!

I love that "bovine crab" insult, he's comparing her to two very unattractive animals at once.

Happy new year.!!. 😎🎇

Simon is great

What does it take to make you move? You Bovine Crab LOL

@naughtydorf18

4 жыл бұрын

Something Fred Sanford would say to Aunt Esther.

Wow the insults were classic though . It's her own fault for tolerating such treatment. Didn't he call her raggedy Ann at some point ? 😁👍

His insults are timeless !!

I’m going out Frankenstein . If you need anything like a can of lubricant get it yourself

I see Ian Wolfe, aka Mr. Atoz on Star Trek TOS. Cool.

A younger Ada from Another World.

@Dallas_K

9 жыл бұрын

Constance Ford, a great actress.

@Oppeldeldoc1

9 жыл бұрын

Dallas K I just saw for about the first time the THRILLER episode "Worse Than Murder." She's very good in that too.

@delstanley1349

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

"If you could prevail upon that Raggedy Ann carcass of yours to exert itself " 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Just waiting for the lawyer to pass on then

I think she is a babe+ great actress. love this!- do any 1 remember + him in with Joan Collins in tales from the crypt?? that voice scared me!!

'Bovine Crab', indeed!

Bring me my hot chalk o let Bar ba rah. I think this is emotional abuse twilight zone style. zone rules

good on him'

." and use the China bone cup and it Bess be hot or I'll throw it on the floor.."

@specialagentorange4329

4 жыл бұрын

"throw it on the floor" line made me laugh so hard when I first heard it

I agree with JSG1951. It's also my favorite episode. : ))

Rod and his team of writers exascerbated the theme of who gets the last laugh. Many a Twilight Zone ended with someone or something backfiring.

"If you could prevail upon that raggedy anne carcass to exert itself"

As a child my mother explained how the most horrifying things you guys will dooo or say 😂,,, youuuuuuu guys are treacherous to each other,,, it has caused others to become this way in families,,, entirely,,, him and I would be calling each other horrifying names 😂 innocuously 😉 harmlessly

I really wanted to see the part when she says she's done soeing and it's time for her to reap.

My name is barb, my daughter calls me BAR-BA-RA every chance she gets lol😂

It will never last forever

Bar ba ra. Bar ba ra.

Barbera shouldn't have cared about her uncle Simon's fortune that much if she wanted stay long enough

Awww Where's the full episode!! 🤣 Baaarbara......wheeere're is my hot chocolate !😂🇮🇪👍

Cedric Hardwick was another renown actor from stage and screen with a long list of accomplishments, I wonder why he did these TV parts, could it have been to raise to money to pay back taxes? Oh well, at least new generation get to watch these and hopefully it peaks their interest enough to look him up online and learn more about this old characters and learn something about his accomplishments and look up other parts he played like the villain in The Hunchback Of Notre dame 1939.

@jdollinter

4 жыл бұрын

@Dark Wolf He didn't live long after this, I think he died in '64 and I bet that cane was more than just a prop.

@marcdonato9322

2 жыл бұрын

He was also Seti in the Ten Commandments

Of course she did have it coming because she didn't walk away and stayed for the loot. "You stand for what you tolerate."

Another thing. I always thought this was the most poorly written episode of The Twilight Zone. Any first year graduate out of law School could have such an insane condition stricken from the will.

What'll it take to get you to move you bovine crab? Classic

Sir Cedric Hardwick. From the Ten Commandments.

Looks like the protectron from fallout

@cjheideldude

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, that's where Fallout got the idea. Everything in Fallout has a retrofuturistic aesthetic

she got a lot of money right? so she should have hired someone to reprogram the robot or alter the voice box or find the f ing off switch until the guy comes to inspect .and she could have hired a maid to take care of it while she went about her day

@AllRequired

6 жыл бұрын

Not the way the will was written. It clearly stated that she was to be its caretaker.

@privatejimmy5861

6 жыл бұрын

urGODisFAKE Fuck all that, she got what she deserved. Back when women weren't beneath the law and every lawman's pants for favors

Smitters uncle Simon's old but non eldery lawyer was to inspect every on how Barbera was taking of his robot in order to not be disinherented it could eventually result Barbera going insane and wanting to throw away her uncle Simon's estate to the university once she tells Smitters

Interesting mix of Robbie The Robot....and something else.

Bahbarah

Looks like Robby the robot. It turns out it is the same robot with a slightly modified "face" which was used in five different Twilight Zone episodes.

He is a robot considered to have converted the lobby the robot clearly. However, a face-- I am sorry to be poor at English.

@aarongreenfield9038

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it is Robby the robot from the movie Forbidden Planet, except the face inside the plastic housing. Bet you didn't think you would see a reply to this comment 7 years later.

Constance Ford also played the witch Mom in A Summer Place... in one scene she slaps her daughter played by Sandra Dee and Sandra has to grab on to a Christmas tree to break her fall...

I want a cup of hot chocolate; I want it in the English bone China cup, and if it's not hot, - I'll throw it on the floor.

the robot is simans son. like father like sun.

Robbie the Robot!

Looks like Robby the robots cousin. The same except for the head.

@cindydott452

Жыл бұрын

When Robby guest starred on an episode of The Addams Family, they left the original inside in his glass dome head. I can't figure out why they made Robby look stupid in this one.

'.....my ANGULAR TURNIP.'

So what she was greedy, he abused her and probably hit her with that cane while she slaved away for him, she deserves all his money, she didn't even mean to kill him, it was self defense, and she did all he asked

@anapplepinetarticathe23rd90

4 жыл бұрын

And if someone says such terrible things to you, you need to give as good as you got, like she did

@Weirdomanification

Жыл бұрын

She had envy from the start. Envy is much worse than greed. They became each other's fearful masters.

That's Robbie the Robot from Forbidden Planet. I don't know why she has to take crap off of this machine - what a nightmare.

@cindydott452

Жыл бұрын

Everybody overlooks one thing. Any competent lawyer could have such an insane condition stricken from the will.

2:18 Protecton on duty

Ada Hobson letting a robot get the best of her? Only in Another World.

Too me this robot is a star of this episode.

Uncle Simon wanted to donate his estate to universe over his will not Barbara that's why she stayed too long.

😍

Bovine-Crab

Bar-ba-ra.

It’s a machine. Remove the battery

Bro ROASTING her 😂

Episodes on Netflix. . .The robot was so hokey, like an oversized toy or something--it would have been more effective to the story..and creepy..to have him be more human-like in appearance

@Prolificposter

4 жыл бұрын

Kate Quinn You know this is from the 1960s and a 30 minute show, right? No CGI, no special effects for tv and not even that much for theatrical releases. You can’t compare the technology that exists now with something that did not exist at all back then.

I don't think Barbera will be able to obey the robot impersonating her Uncle Simon forever and Smitter Uncle Simon old but non elderly lawyer visits every week to make sure Barbara is taking good care of the robot uncle Simon built