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![]() Rod Serling |
Narrator/Host |
![]() Kim Hector |
Whitt |
![]() Mary Badham |
Sport |
![]() Georgia Simmons |
Aunt T |
![]() Dee Hartford |
Gloria |
Guest Star |
![]() Harold Gould |
Radio Announcer |
Guest Star |
![]() Tod Andrews |
Gil |
Guest Star |
When Sport and Jeb jump in the pool in the last scene, Sport is wearing a shirt. When she comes up in Aunt T's land, she is wearing a swim suit.
(Opening Narration)
Narrator: A swimming pool not unlike any other pool, a structure built of tile and cement and money, a backyard toy for the affluent, wet entertainment for the well-to-do. But to Jeb and Sport Sharewood, this pool holds mysteries not dreamed of by the building contractor, not guaranteed in any sales brochure. For this pool has a secret exit that leads to a never-neverland, a place designed for junior citizens who need a long voyage away from reality, into the bottomless regions of the Twilight Zone.
Gloria: I told you to go find your brother, not play in the pool.
Sport: That's where he was.
Gloria: You remember what I told you about people who lie.
Sport: Yes, they go to hell and get burnt up.
Jeb: Why do we have to have chores?
Aunt T: All children need chores to appreciate labor and the joy of honest work.
Jeb: You mean all children have a door at the bottom of the pool?
Aunt T: Oh no, not all children come down here through the pool. Some come down chimneys, or you open the door and there they are. Or sometimes they're on a street corner, or other times on a doorstep, like Whitt there.
Aunt T: You sure are solemn children, don't you ever laugh?
Sport: What's there to laugh about?
Aunt T: I'm funny, you could laugh at me.
Whitt: You're not funny, you're nice.
Aunt T: How about a riddle? Does anybody know a riddle?
Whitt: I do. What do you call someone who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath either way?
Aunt T: What?
Whitt: A dirty double crosser! (everybody laughs)
(Last Scene of the Series - Aunt T's House)
Gloria:(voice over) Oh children, please come back.
Sport: Huh?
Aunt T: What is it dear?
Sport: I thought I heard something. (Laughs) May I please have another piece of cake, Aunt T?
(Closing Narration)
Narrator: A brief epilogue for concerned parents. Of course, there isn't any such place as the gingerbread house of Aunt T, and we grownups know there's no door at the bottom of a swimming pool that leads to a secret place. But who can say how real the fantasy world of lonely children can become? For Jeb and Sport Sharewood, the need for love turned fantasy into reality; they found a secret place--in the Twilight Zone.
In the outdoor scenes, Mary Badham's voice was overdubbed by June Foray (who was the voice of Rocky the Squirrel) due to Badham's heavy southern accent combined with a high backlot noise level.
The script is included in The Twilight Zone Scripts of Earl Hamner by Earl Hamner and Tony Albarella.
In the book of Earl Hamner TZ scripts, the script for this episode contains a different beginning (instead of showing part of the ending, as it does today).
The two main child characters in To Kill A Mockingbird were Jem and Scout (Mary Badham). In this episode, they're Jeb and Sport (Badham).
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