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The Chaser

Episode Number: 31    Season Num: 1    First Aired: May 13, 1960    Prod Code: 173-3636
A man, desperate to win the affection of a beautiful woman, slips her a love potion. He is overjoyed that the potion works so well...at first.

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Writer: Robert Presnell Jr., John Collier
Director: Douglas Heyes
Star: Rod Serling (Narrator/Host),  George Grizzard (Roger Shackleforth)
Guest Star: John McIntire (Prof. Daemon),  Patricia Barry (Leila),  J. Pat O'Malley (Old Man),  Marjorie Bennett (Old Lady),  Barbara Perry (Blonde Lady),  Rusty Westcoatt (Tall Man),  Duane Grey (Bartender)

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This was the first episode to have the words "...the Twilight Zone" end both the opening and closing Serling voiceovers. Earlier episodes had the phrase just at the end of the closing monologue. (edit)
Included on volume 36 of Image-Entertainment's DVD collection. (edit)
This episode is based on "Duet for Two Actors" by John Collier. "Duet for Two Actors" originally appeared on television on The Billy Rose Show in February 1951. (edit)

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(Closing Narration)
Narrator: Mr. Roger Shackleforth, who has discovered at this late date that love can be as sticky as a vat of molasses, as unpalatable as a hunk of spoiled yeast, and as all-consuming as a six-alarm fire in a bamboo and canvas tent. Case history of a lover boy who should never have entered the Twilight Zone. (edit)
(Opening Narration)
Narrator: Mr. Roger Shackleforth. Age: youthful twenties. Occupation: being in love. Not just in love, but madly, passionately, illogically, miserably, all-consumingly in love, with a young woman named Leila who has a vague recollection of his face and even less than a passing interest. In a moment you'll see a switch, because Mr. Roger Shackleforth, the young gentleman so much in love, will take a short but very meaningful journey into the Twilight Zone. (edit)

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