HEAVEN/HELL A LA TWILIGHT ZONE
I will never forget a story on Twilight Zone, almost 20 years ago. A young hoodlum was being chased by police as the story opened. Desperately seeking escape, he sees what looks like a laundry chute on the side of a building. He dives down it just as he is shot. As his body disappears down the chute, the camera moves back from the chute and the viewer sees a sign above it which reads: “Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here.” When the young evil-doer arrives at the chute’s end, he lands in a room. The room looks like an ordinary living room with an older couple dressed in matching Hawaiian shirts. Their slide projector is set up ready to go. Bing Crosby is singing Hawaiian songs on the record player and there are easily 1000 boxes of slides ready to be seen. The young hood complains about their strange clothes and even stranger music. He tries to…
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