| Re: [Spoiler?] Thought it was a Twilight Zone episode. It may of been Quitters Inc from Cat's Eye. |
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Group: alt.books.stephen-king · Group Profile
Author: getrichgetrich Date: Oct 23, 2006 09:05
Tamara Rosewarne wrote:
>>
>> Vegetable Lasagne wrote:
>>>> Can someone help me here. I swore I saw a Twilight Zone episode where
>>>> a person signs up to quit drinking or smoking or something, and then he
>>>> goes through shock and horror. Then the story ends with the person
>>>> quitting and a voice in the background goes something like, "Mr. Smith,
>>>> you just didn't sign up to quit ______________" (name of person and so
>>>> on missing). I thought it might of been Gramamite Method from New
>>>> Twilight Zone, but it wasn't.
>>>>
>>>> Was this the movie version of Quitters Inc or something else?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks...
>>>> - Richard Hutnik
>>>>
>>>
>>> Or "The Monkey Treatment" where a guy wants to lose weight so he goes to
>>> the
>>> docks to a little Chinese store, and is given a monkey that no one else
>>> can
>>> see that sits on his back and grabs any food he tries to eat so he slowly
>>> starves to death... ends up killing the monkey on a fifty fifty chance by
>>> jumping out the window and landing on him
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>> The key line I recall is "You didn't just sign up to quit ________".
>> That is what I am looking for. It probably was Quitters, Inc. I want
>> to make sure, however, before I try to buy Cat's Eye though.
>>
>> - Richard Hutnik
>>
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> It makes me think it WAS Quitters Inc... but then I haven't seen that
> episode so don't quote me!
>
> Tamara
I had thought that also. But, it ended up "Tales from the Darkside"
actually. I still would like to get that episode.
- Richard Hutnik
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