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RFK's Worm, The Night Gallery Earwig Segment by Rod Serling (vanity)
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Posted on 05/10/2024 5:47:06 AM PDT by ansel12

When we learned of RFK's brain worm, many of us remembered or tried to remember one of the best horror segments ever done on television, here it is, "The Caterpillar" is an odd name since it was about an Earwig, but it was a "Night Gallery" segment and is considered possibly the greatest horror TV episode ever.

Here is the episode on DailyMotion. https://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x5zoj5


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: earwig; horror; rfkjr; serling
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"Laurence Harvey played the British civil servant Macy, a prickly man in the boring and wet jungle of Borneo trapped in a home with two other Brits, the married couple of Mr. (Tom Helmore) and Mrs. Warwick (Joanna Pettet), who have about 40 years of age between the two of them."

"Being bored and rather arrogant and full of himself Macy sets his eyes on the beauty that is Mrs. Warwick. He uses the wiles of the mischievous criminal Tommy Robinson (Don Knight) to help get her. Robinson knows of a local earwig which will drive a man insane and eventually to death while feasting on his brain if it wanders in his ear canal because it will be unable to work its way back out. Macy pays Robinson to have someone insert one of the earwigs into Mr. Warwick’s ear while he sleeps ....."


1 posted on 05/10/2024 5:47:06 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: ansel12

NightGallery - The Caterpillar
https://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x5zoj5


2 posted on 05/10/2024 5:48:17 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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Anybody know the minute in the show where we see this ?

I don’t have 50 minutes to waste


3 posted on 05/10/2024 5:55:03 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: George from New England

See what? The show is the story, there isn’t a moment to skip to for a statement or an act, or scene.

This episode has stuck with a lot of people for 50 years.

I posted this for the people who wanted to rewatch the episode and to jar their memory for the thought that I know has been bouncing around in a lot of heads every time they see something about RFK’s brain worm.


4 posted on 05/10/2024 6:06:14 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

I was a kid when that episode of Night Gallery aired. Freaked me out for a few years.


5 posted on 05/10/2024 6:11:03 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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Robinson knows of a local earwig which will drive a man insane and eventually to death while feasting on his brain if it wanders in his ear canal because it will be unable to work its way back out. Macy pays Robinson to have someone insert one of the earwigs into Mr. Warwick’s ear while he sleeps ....."

If I recall this episode correctly, Mr. Warwick against all odds survived the earwig as it ate its way through the brain and came out the other ear. But there is a very horrifying plot twist at the end.

6 posted on 05/10/2024 6:12:38 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: ansel12

RFK has a worm??


7 posted on 05/10/2024 6:25:00 AM PDT by CaptainPhilFan (I'm gonna pop some tags only got 20 dollars in my pocket)
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To: Yo-Yo

Ohhhh yeahhhh.


8 posted on 05/10/2024 6:25:36 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Interesting how the mention of RFK Jr’s brain problems brought back quick memories of this old show.


9 posted on 05/10/2024 6:30:37 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: George from New England

It is well worth 50 minutes for this. Got it on DVD, entire Night Gallery series.

And you notice it was 50 minutes long, with 10 minutes of advertisements.
Today the “hour long” show would only be 40 minutes long with 20 minutes of advertisements.


10 posted on 05/10/2024 6:33:49 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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It laid Eggs!?!


11 posted on 05/10/2024 6:39:31 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: ansel12
I watched Night Gallery as a young teenager. It was an awesome series! So many good episodes to enjoy.

As was Twilight Zone. Lots of treasures there.

By contrast, I watched all Outer Limits episodes a few years ago. Not one - not one worth saving. Worthless in comparison, IMO.

12 posted on 05/10/2024 6:40:45 AM PDT by Buffalo Bob
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I remember that episode- and the ending nearly destroyed me as a kid.

“It laid eggs”


13 posted on 05/10/2024 6:42:59 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: ansel12

I was thinking more like Star Trek II - The Wrath of Kahn,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OofMJ6cwzLM

but this Night Gallery will do.


14 posted on 05/10/2024 6:45:06 AM PDT by stylin19a (Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Today the “hour long” show would only be 40 minutes long with 20 minutes of advertisements.

...20 minutes of advertisements devoid of white males, unless they are the butt of a joke.


15 posted on 05/10/2024 6:45:55 AM PDT by Buffalo Bob
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To: Yo-Yo

Yep. Ewww


16 posted on 05/10/2024 7:04:22 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: ansel12

Dead Worm Found In RFK Jr.’s Brain Already Polling Higher Than Biden In 11 States
https://babylonbee.com/news/dead-worm-found-in-rfk-jrs-brain-already-polling-higher-than-biden-in-11-states


17 posted on 05/10/2024 7:16:48 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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18 posted on 05/10/2024 7:23:21 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: Yo-Yo
If I recall this episode correctly, Mr. Warwick against all odds survived the earwig as it ate its way through the brain and came out the other ear. But there is a very horrifying plot twist at the end.

I remember the episode, and I know exactly what that plot twist is. :)

19 posted on 05/10/2024 7:24:33 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: lurk

It really creeped me out when I saw it as well. Classic Rod Serling.


20 posted on 05/10/2024 7:49:54 AM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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