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The Twilight Zone S1E22 — Take My Life...Please! / Devil's Alphabet / The Library

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The Twilight Zone•Season 1•Episode 22

Take My Life...Please! / Devil's Alphabet / The Library

6.9/10 · 345 votesMar 28, 198649 min

Ranked #15 of 24 in Season 1•matches the season avg

A mainstream comedian is killed by the one from whom he stole his work from. When he comes to, he is in one strange stage show, but there is something extremely wrong... A college group holds their "Devil's Alphabet" meeting every year. When one of them

Directed byGus Trikonis, John D. Hancock, Ben Bolt

Written byAnne Collins

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Take My Life...Please! / Devil's Alphabet / The Library

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Cast1

Charles Aidman

Charles Aidman

Narrator (voice)

Crew4

G

Gus Trikonis

Director

John D. Hancock

John D. Hancock

Director

A

Anne Collins

Writer

B

Ben Bolt

Director

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Episode Summary

"Take My Life...Please! / Devil's Alphabet / The Library" is episode 22 of The Twilight Zone season 1. It scored 6.9/10 from 345 votes, ranking #15 of 24 episodes this season (season average 6.9). Directed by Gus Trikonis, John D. Hancock, Ben Bolt and written by Anne Collins, it aired on March 28, 1986.

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