I am in the final days of heart failure. The doctors have done all they can and say try to enjoy the few weeks I have left. I watch this video every day. Jesus said " I go to prepare a place for you" I So Hope it's like Willoughby. I Believe Jesus Loves me and is going to surprise me with something Greater than I can imagine. Thank You God. In my younger years, when I had my whole life ahead of me, I never thought these things. But now as I trudge the final days I told my friend the other day " It's not so fun this close to dying " What ever the reason I have been here, Thank You God, Thank you Mom and Dad and my brother Robert. ❤️ I have been Truly Blessed.
God rest your Immortal Soul and may you find the Peace that you deserve. I know this is late but I hope you are smiling from Heaven....your own personal Willoughby.
That is awesome.Him saying "WILLOUGHBY...NEXT STOP IS WILLOUGHBY" kept ringing through my head after i watched it. Your great uncle is 1 of my favorite characters in this.I loved how he kept announcing the next stop.Very good actor.
my brother just passed away and we use to talk about wiloughby and he hoped that heaven would be like this little town,,,he loved the thought of spending eternity there!!!!!!
Never understood this one really when I was a kid it wasn't until I hit my mid-30s... In the Working World with a boss over my shoulder yelling at me did I realize and truly appreciate this Twilight Zone...
There is a silver lining in this cautionary tale: listen to your gut and do what you love. A life based on greed, competition, and power is a society that will destroy itself. It's right to slow down and to be present in nature. The concrete jungle is the REAL illusion.
@Terry Melvin If the grid vanished, it might trigger a nuclear war. That's not the fault of people. That's the fault of most governments. Nature includes every star in the sky which is what we're made of. Alienation from nature is alienation from ourselves. Better that we start networking with like minded people motivated by the survival of our species instead of settling for defeatism or annihilation.
This is the saddest episode, in my opinion, since all he ever wanted was to live a simpler life, and society's materialistic views kept him from doing what he really wanted.
Society didn't keep him from what he wanted. That's a lie that passive, meek people tell themselves. "I'm not happy because society won't let me be happy." Here's the truth: 99.9% of the time, YOU keep yourself from happiness. He could have made decisions to change his life. Quit his job, move to the country. Instead, he killed himself.
The ironic thing is that this episode first aired in 1959. Were it to be remade today the 21st century commuter would likely look out his window seeing a peaceful and idyllic suburb from the 1950’s.
"Yes, its East Norwalk sir, 1959, a lovely day" Bunch a kids riding around on bikes unsupervised, station wagons pulling into the A&P, cub scouts magnifying glass some ants
This makes me want to travel back in time to a point in my youth I was happiest. To me this episode was not only a tear jerker, but also a kind of What If?
I live in a slow place similar to Willoughby and with gazebos near outer suburban bus stops and gazebos in all parks too. Minus the warm and smiling ppl though. It is in Perth, Western Australia. Life feels like it stands still here. Each time I see a gazebo, I remember this episode. Life here is so lonely and boring. Like I said, only the place resembles Willoughby.
at a signal lite a few months ago, a car in front had a lic plate frame that read " i want to get off at wiloughby" i figured not too many people understood what that met.
I used to ride that rail trip from nyc to connecticut and always remembered this episode..i tried to nap on the train hoping i could get off at Wiloughby too someday.. sadly it never happened but i did buy a 1908 house in a small town recently...i hope it has a nice funeral home!
Most memorable line by Howard Smith. " Push! Push! Push! " Continuing Rod's penchant for irony, the hearse taking Williams body away? Willoughby & Sons.
There were some phones and some homes had electricity back in 1888. But one could simply go back to the 1970s to get away from laptops, social media, and GPS.
Easier said than done... we had a big power grid outage - and I freaked the hell out - every crappy alternative also required either internet or plain old electricity. It was pure hell.
@@PaleRyder563 Bah! You're no fun to argue with. You just keep coming up with ways to claim everythings honky-dory 'round your neck of the woods. Enjoy your stupid perfect little life.
If this happened today (2022) he would have been looking at his phone, scrolling through his social media accounts, engaged in some inane debate with someone he hardly knows, and completely missed Willoughby. So stop reading this comment and look up right now. What wonderful thing is it that is passing you by?
Wiloughby....July....1888....no antibiotics....no air conditioning.....high infant mortality.....no TV....no Radio.....children worked in factories......no Social Security.....no Food Safety Laws.....No Aspirin....need I go on?
+John ROBINSON III On the contrary, the ending was a very happy one. He escaped his bitch wife and bastard boss and lives in eternity in Willoughby. Essentially, Willoughby is Heaven for him. Yes, he died, but he is in a much happier place now.
Right before his fateful trip on the train he telephoned his wife to tell her he is quitting his job and coming home. She just simply hung up on him. What a bitch!
Brian Leetch Always wondered that. Is the ending tragic or is it really supposed to represent a depressed man reaching heaven, where he can live the happy and peaceful life he dreamed of?
I wonder if the ending is intended to be tragic, or is it really supposed to be happy? Initially I felt it was sad and dark ending, obviously it appears that way as the man has jumped from the train to his death. But I feel like maybe what is presumably his suicide, is actually meant to be seen as a depressed and unhappy man finally reaching a world of peace and happiness. His tragic death may instead be representing him reaching heaven, where he can live the happy, stress-free life he dreamed of. I’m really not sure which of these Serling was attempting to portray in the ending and with the overall theme of this episode. I feel like it can easily be interpreted in both of these ways. But idk I could be wrong and it’s just supposed to be tragic
Willoughby, the dark version of the Aunt T. episode. In which troubled or lost kids go.. Willoughby is the last stop for adults seeking a peaceful escape.
I live in Perth, Western Australia. Life here is as slow, quiet & quite dull. If you did live here, you'd feel very lonely and like life stands still. Yes there are the gazebos at bus stops in outer suburban areas and in all parks, shading us from the sun. If only the ppl here were as friendly as in Willoughby. I'm sure you'd get very bored here as soon as......
@@johanna5688 Im just wondering but couldnt you visit some bigger city if you find life there so slow and boring, like you could drive to a city with some night life and have fun on the weekends
No, its a terrible place. Notice there are no black people or muslims in Willoughby. Also gender stereotypes reign supreme in this place. Probably no LGBT folk or non-bionarys. You couldn't be happy there, riiiiight?
He basically was burned out at work and wanted someplace to relax. He reached out to his wife for help and she turned her back on him. He found peace finally in death.
Sadly enough there are a lot of men out there that are stuck in a similar situation you can't stand your job you're burnt out and your wife could care less
The woman two rows back, or the one at far right? I always thought having a bit part in a show would be really cool, a permanent part of you that you could show your grand kids, and they, theirs.
My version of "Willoughby" is my home county, but it's the year 2000 in which I'm 16 years old and in high school, my parents are still alive and in their 40s, Bill Clinton is still president, and the places I know and love are still in their prime.
Amazing episode! All Gart Williams wanted was to have a peaceful life and not in the fast lane. But his wife and boss wouldn't let him. Although he gets to stay in Willoughby forever there is one thing I found odd that Mr. Williams didn't think anything about. How was it that the townsfolk knew his name despite him not telling them who he is?
I looked up Willoughby Twilight Zone episode hoping to find at least one Covid-19 comment and I found it! :D I'd also prefer Willoughby to the Covid-19 Era. :)
I don't think so. In 1888 we had no antibiotics. Life expectancy was much lower. People died from the flu and other now treatable infections and diseases. People romanticize the 1800's as an easier, simpler time to live in but it really wasn't the utopia TV and movies make it out to be. If you lived in the 1800's you would have had to cook your food from scratch, dental care was in its infancy so good luck if you had a toothache. People worked 12 hour days 6 to 7 days a week. You can thank FDR for our 40 hour work weeks. In those days even children were forced to work long hours. Women had no rights, were dying in childbirth, and were forced to take care of hearth and home for longer hours than their spouses. We had a chance to slow this virus down but too many people refused to do what was needsd so now we have this virus mutating sucessfully and will never go away.@MarySmith-lv3mo
See the old train, well I was awake for 42 straight hours then had a dream while my eyes were open. In it in 1978 the train heading for Aberdeen, Scotland, took on an old style look like 1895 or so & the passengers all had hats on like they did in those days (one woman had a big hat with white feathers) and as I was dreaming this old version I woke up with some of the passengers disappearing while the current one's remained & the train took on a current look - back to reality. True story & a Twilight Zone of my own.
Commuting on NJ Transit trains every day for 15 years, I did get some funny dreams when sleeping on the train. My body clock would wake me up one stop before mine (98% of the time) and sometimes in the spring and fall when 8am looks like 6pm, I had to pause to see if I was coming from or going to work. Weird.
Yes he made it.. He'll see the hoops no more.. The pain and the anquish his life became.. Yes he did leave... Finally.. Now he lives in harmany.. I hope he left bread crumbs for my friends and myself to follow..
The lesson of this episode should be this: YOU are in control of your decisions. He could have changed his life anytime he wanted to, but he let others dictate his life. He didn't have to work at the office. He could've left that miserable wretch of a woman. He could've moved to a small town and started over. Real life is never as perfect as Willoughby circa 1888, but you can come pretty damn close if your not afraid to get a little decisive about what you want out of life.
The music video "Since I Left You" by The Avalanches' - has a very Twilight Zone quality to it. Somewhat in the vein of story telling we see in "A Stop at Wilouhby"
I don’t think it was intended for him to have committed suicide. He was having a delusional dream about Willoughby and accidentally walked off the train. I could be missing something - it’s past my bedtime - maybe the comments about suicide are metaphorical?
IF YOU WANT A GREAT CUP OF COFFEE STOP IN NEW HAVEN CT AT WILOUGHBY GREAT STORY AND A GREAT CAST..LOVE THIS EPISODES I GOING ON A TRAIN AND I AM GOING TO STOP AT ALL THE TRAIN STOPS UNTILL I REACH WESTPORT....LOVE THE OLD FASHION PULLMAN CARS..
Peace is absolute.. This gent is over being an ant to support...... He will find happiness... Will you and I be sooo fortunate.. I hope there is room there for me..🔤😀😀🐟🐡
The lesson I'm taking from it is that we all (most of us) would like to slow down and live life full measure, but to get to our own Wiloughby we have to make some tough decisions and leave the magical thinking that at some point we will just get there. It's so nice to watch him just falling asleep and waking up in the place that is there, waiting for him. He just needs to get off the train. In the real life he would have to divorce his wife (not easy at all), find another job (not easy either), move out and do all the things that keeps people from reaching their Wiloughbys. I feel that we all want to reach this place (this kind of life), let's do all the hard things that are necessary to reach this station and go fishing with the boys and take a walk by the lake with the nice lady. Peace!
@@RaptorFromWeegee Thank you for your comment. You really made my day comparing me to Dr. Peterson ;) I used to listen to him quite often, so my comment could definitely be affected by that. It's been 11 months since I posted this and now I'm pondering how much closer I am to my Wiloughby... All the best!
Notice that the passenger in the seat ahead of Garth has a rather loud checker coat before the dream and a much more subdued pattern coat when he wakes up.
No, not really. I'm living in the wrong place and circumstances won't allow me to leave. I live in an unfriendly town. It only looks similar to Willoughby, but minus the warm ppl.
How many of you saw the title and immediately could hear, "Willoughby. This stop is Willougby"? Then when you heard Burgess Meredith's voice in the background thought of The Penguin?
“A Stop at Willoughby” is an episode of The Twilight Zone that delves deeply into the human psyche, exploring themes of loneliness, pressure, and the desire to escape in modern society. Through the tragic choices of Gart Williams, it conveys a powerful message about the harshness of the reality we face and the notion that escaping from it is not necessarily a form of salvation.
I am in the final days of heart failure. The doctors have done all they can and say try to enjoy the few weeks I have left. I watch this video every day. Jesus said " I go to prepare a place for you" I So Hope it's like Willoughby. I Believe Jesus Loves me and is going to surprise me with something Greater than I can imagine. Thank You God. In my younger years, when I had my whole life ahead of me, I never thought these things. But now as I trudge the final days I told my friend the other day " It's not so fun this close to dying " What ever the reason I have been here, Thank You God, Thank you Mom and Dad and my brother Robert. ❤️ I have been Truly Blessed.
how are you? I hope you are well
I don't know you, but I would be happy to know that your family is happy by your side.
Keep your trust in God, you will be in paradise.
God rest your Immortal Soul and may you find the Peace that you deserve. I know this is late but I hope you are smiling from Heaven....your own personal Willoughby.
You dead?
Have you made it through, Matthew?
This episode of "The Twilight Zone" was excellent. Well acted and written.
My great uncle played the train conductor in Willoughby
trec251 saw him in Boston once in late 1980s remembered him as Harry in all in the family
No freaking way.!!.🐵
Jason Wingreen. A fine actor.
That's awesome!
That is awesome.Him saying "WILLOUGHBY...NEXT STOP IS WILLOUGHBY" kept ringing through my head after i watched it. Your great uncle is 1 of my favorite characters in this.I loved how he kept announcing the next stop.Very good actor.
This episode is said to be Rod Serlings favorite. I love it too. Ever since I was a kid.
Really wow
It's one of my very favorite episodes; James Daly was so good.
I wonder if Rod Serling had any other favorites. Just to compare to mine.😊
my brother just passed away and we use to talk about wiloughby and he hoped that heaven would be like this little town,,,he loved the thought of spending eternity there!!!!!!
Rod Serling, one genius writer
Him and stephen king are prophets
I've a feeling and belief that Mr. Serling is living in Willoughby. Probably sings in a barbershop quartet.
Never understood this one really when I was a kid it wasn't until I hit my mid-30s... In the Working World with a boss over my shoulder yelling at me did I realize and truly appreciate this Twilight Zone...
There is a silver lining in this cautionary tale: listen to your gut and do what you love.
A life based on greed, competition, and power is a society that will destroy itself. It's right to slow down and to be present in nature. The concrete jungle is the REAL illusion.
Well said and so true.
@Terry Melvin True, but we are nature. That's what people forget.
@Terry Melvin If the grid vanished, it might trigger a nuclear war. That's not the fault of people. That's the fault of most governments. Nature includes every star in the sky which is what we're made of. Alienation from nature is alienation from ourselves. Better that we start networking with like minded people motivated by the survival of our species instead of settling for defeatism or annihilation.
Yusef Endure 💯Ase Ase´ Amen
“…a man can slow down to a walk and live his life full measure…”. Something we all strive to do in our lives.
Willoughby, peaceful, restfull, where a man can slow down to a walk, a place where a man can live his life full measure.
Haven’t we all wanted to live in such a town, if but for a moment…..
@@brandonpodos1539 Amen, if it was a real place
@@cherieadams77 Will Vladimir Putin go to Heaven?
@@cherieadams77 I’m sorry, Cherie….but I cannot worship the second person in a Triune Godhead.
@@brandonpodos1539 Yes
Willoughby is not only a funeral home it's also heaven
I'd end up in Willoughby 1988, MTV, girls wt big hair, everyone looking for the next party, no political arguments.
This is the saddest episode, in my opinion, since all he ever wanted was to live a simpler life, and society's materialistic views kept him from doing what he really wanted.
I think the saddest is Time Enough At Last, one of Burgess Meredith's best.
This one is also sad, and an indictment of our overly complicated world
He did get what he want. He got off the train leaving his briefcase behind and he stepped into the world he wanted, leaving this hellish world behind.
@@calvinjackson8110 Bingo!
Relate completely. Id rather be solo in the wilderness than anything in society.
Society didn't keep him from what he wanted. That's a lie that passive, meek people tell themselves. "I'm not happy because society won't let me be happy."
Here's the truth: 99.9% of the time, YOU keep yourself from happiness. He could have made decisions to change his life. Quit his job, move to the country. Instead, he killed himself.
The ironic thing is that this episode first aired in 1959. Were it to be remade today the 21st century commuter would likely look out his window seeing a peaceful and idyllic suburb from the 1950’s.
"Yes, its East Norwalk sir, 1959, a lovely day" Bunch a kids riding around on bikes unsupervised, station wagons pulling into the A&P, cub scouts magnifying glass some ants
The inside of that 1950s train looks so cozy.
Good insight!
@@ajchovanecVery Bioshock or something. I agree.
@@melancholiaci always had the exact same idea. A remake of this episode going back to 1959 from 2024 would be Brilliant
This makes me want to travel back in time to a point in my youth I was happiest. To me this episode was not only a tear jerker, but also a kind of What If?
Who wouldn't want to go back and fix things. I certainly would.
That's like the TZ ' Young mans fancy' Season 3 .He puts a claim on a moment in time. When he was young living with his mom.
The sound of the crossing bells approaching and then fading away, is so melancholy
It is. And many years would pass before I learned why, and that it was called the Doppler Effect
There is a lot of truth in this episode. When you are living by others expectations and desires you’ll never be very happy.
When you live by your own desires, you're not happy either. Death is the best solution. I'm planning on that very soon myself.
"To thine own self be true." a line from Hamlet. You nailed it.
One of the many episodes, all my favorite, - escape.
Next time, let's ALL get off at Willoughby.
I always loved this scene. the music was beautiful and what he was seeing. I wish I could be in Willoughby
I live in a slow place similar to Willoughby and with gazebos near outer suburban bus stops and gazebos in all parks too. Minus the warm and smiling ppl though. It is in Perth, Western Australia. Life feels like it stands still here. Each time I see a gazebo, I remember this episode. Life here is so lonely and boring. Like I said, only the place resembles Willoughby.
@@johanna5688 . Wow. Perth is a great place. If you dislike it that much.....why don't you move?
Come to Willoughby, Ohio
I live in THE Willoughby. It does exist, and so does the Gazebo shown in this footage. It's a great town. It's always July in Willoughby..lol
Which state and are is it in, lucky you ?
There is a Willoughby in Ohio near Cleveland.
In ohio
You're lucky to have an Internet connection that works in 1888!
@@JamesBWBevis Yeah! Tesla gave it to me.
One of the very best Twilight Zones!
"Willoughby: where a man can live his life full measure." Sounds like my kind of place!! 😊😊
Still one of my favourite episodes of all time👏🏽👏🏽 Loved the radio version even more
Where can you find radio versions?
@@martinwalsh8352 They're up on TH-cam. Twilight zone radio dramas
Where is the radio version?
@@danielosterman9676 Did not know they existed,thank you.
at a signal lite a few months ago, a car in front had a lic plate frame that read " i want to get off at wiloughby" i figured not too many people understood what that met.
I would have.: )
if i saw that, the first thought would be that episode. the perfect license plate.
Mire than once i stayed up to watch T Z marathon just to see this story and it never came on...now i finally know...thnx
Theres just something about this episode that makes me cry, now that I am 30. I wish I could be happy and just get off at Willoughby.
WE LOVE this episode and want to get off in Willoughby- the nice little town!
I used to ride that rail trip from nyc to connecticut and always remembered this episode..i tried to nap on the train hoping i could get off at Wiloughby too someday.. sadly it never happened but i did buy a 1908 house in a small town recently...i hope it has a nice funeral home!
john..even though that guy died at the end, at least he was finally at peace.
Did he die? Or just his mortal remains.
One of my favorite episodes
This is a great episode
Most memorable line by Howard Smith. " Push! Push! Push! " Continuing Rod's penchant for irony, the hearse taking Williams body away? Willoughby & Sons.
As true today as it was back then.
No telephones.
No laptops.
No social media.
No cars.
No iPhones.
No GPS.
take me there.
BxGirl Blazin' They had telephones and cars even back then in 1888 dumbass.
There were some phones and some homes had electricity back in 1888. But one could simply go back to the 1970s to get away from laptops, social media, and GPS.
Alittlebitnuts2day thank you.
Easier said than done... we had a big power grid outage - and I freaked the hell out - every crappy alternative also required either internet or plain old electricity. It was pure hell.
@@manualLaborer
They're FullOfShit.
They sure don't make TV writers like this anymore.
Rod Serling was amazing he was from Binghamton 😊
Rod Serling was such a gift. a true genius and magnificent writer in his time.The twilight zone was often thought provoking.
We all feel like we want to step off the train sometimes.
But you gotta forget about that stuff and get back to work; push push push, Dobrianski pushpushpushpushpush!
@@RaptorFromWeegee I'm retired!
@@PaleRyder563 push push push the walker
@@RaptorFromWeegee I retired at 45 and I'm in great health running five miles every day.
@@PaleRyder563 Bah! You're no fun to argue with. You just keep coming up with ways to claim everythings honky-dory 'round your neck of the woods. Enjoy your stupid perfect little life.
Great episode. I watch it at every opportunity.
"Willoughby sir? That's Willoughby right outside, Willoughby, July, summer . . . "
It’s 1888..
I love when rod plays with the time. Reminds me of cliffordville
Nice performance by James Daly!
Anyone who has ever had a grinding, soul sucking job with an equally dysfunctional boss can relate...
...and disfunctional wife
If this happened today (2022) he would have been looking at his phone, scrolling through his social media accounts, engaged in some inane debate with someone he hardly knows, and completely missed Willoughby. So stop reading this comment and look up right now. What wonderful thing is it that is passing you by?
Willoughby sounds like a great place no stress and just relaxation ;-)!!!
It's just a figment of a tortured soul's imagination.
But a person can dream, right? 😴
He found Willoughby but died for it
Don't kid yourself. There were certainly hardships in 1888. Just somewhat different in nature.
No covid19?
Wiloughby....July....1888....no antibiotics....no air conditioning.....high infant mortality.....no TV....no Radio.....children worked in factories......no Social Security.....no Food Safety Laws.....No Aspirin....need I go on?
I quote this all the time!!! "Push Push Push all the way down the line!" Since Covid, It's my favorite stop!
Poor guy! With a vain wife and a sadistic boss--and the ending was SO depressing!
+John ROBINSON III On the contrary, the ending was a very happy one. He escaped his bitch wife and bastard boss and lives in eternity in Willoughby. Essentially, Willoughby is Heaven for him. Yes, he died, but he is in a much happier place now.
Right before his fateful trip on the train he telephoned his wife to tell her he is quitting his job and coming home. She just simply hung up on him. What a bitch!
Brian Leetch Always wondered that. Is the ending tragic or is it really supposed to represent a depressed man reaching heaven, where he can live the happy and peaceful life he dreamed of?
He got an escape ticket to heaven.
But at least he finally found peace at Willoughby !!!!
One of my favorites. Living doll too 😊
Let’s all get off at Willoughby
Unfortunately we all will be making a stop at Willoughby one day. ✝ ⚰
thats not unfortunate
A great episode
Indeed - one of the very best TZ episodes.
@@acousticshadow4032 glad i'm old enough to appreciate these shows, 65 yo.
my dream town would be a cross between Willoughby and Mayberry. Slow, quiet and NO STRESS!!
I wonder if the ending is intended to be tragic, or is it really supposed to be happy? Initially I felt it was sad and dark ending, obviously it appears that way as the man has jumped from the train to his death. But I feel like maybe what is presumably his suicide, is actually meant to be seen as a depressed and unhappy man finally reaching a world of peace and happiness. His tragic death may instead be representing him reaching heaven, where he can live the happy, stress-free life he dreamed of.
I’m really not sure which of these Serling was attempting to portray in the ending and with the overall theme of this episode. I feel like it can easily be interpreted in both of these ways. But idk I could be wrong and it’s just supposed to be tragic
Like most of the episodes.
Rod seemed to cherish allowing the viewer to decide. Possibly the best storyteller television has ever known.
Maybe he actually jumped to his life
I actually wanted to move to Willoughby and kept looking for cities like this to do so. But there weren't any.
Willoughby, the dark version of the Aunt T. episode. In which troubled or lost kids go.. Willoughby is the last stop for adults seeking a peaceful escape.
That episode with the kids coming up through the lake with the grandmother taking care of the troubled kids always makes me cry
Loved this tale
Oh my God what a wonderful place this would have been if it were true, i,d go there in a minute
I live in Perth, Western Australia. Life here is as slow, quiet & quite dull. If you did live here, you'd feel very lonely and like life stands still. Yes there are the gazebos at bus stops in outer suburban areas and in all parks, shading us from the sun. If only the ppl here were as friendly as in Willoughby. I'm sure you'd get very bored here as soon as......
@@johanna5688 Im just wondering but couldnt you visit some bigger city if you find life there so slow and boring, like you could drive to a city with some night life and have fun on the weekends
@@johanna5688 . Perth is a lovely town. Maybe you should move somewhere less "boring".....rather than complaining
No, its a terrible place. Notice there are no black people or muslims in Willoughby. Also gender stereotypes reign supreme in this place. Probably no LGBT folk or non-bionarys. You couldn't be happy there, riiiiight?
The next time someone tells me, "Where do you get off!". I will simply reply, "Wiloughby."
No don't! That's when you die!
He basically was burned out at work and wanted someplace to relax. He reached out to his wife for help and she turned her back on him. He found peace finally in death.
Sadly enough there are a lot of men out there that are stuck in a similar situation you can't stand your job you're burnt out and your wife could care less
My grandmother is the lady in the train just sitting there. Haha
The woman two rows back, or the one at far right? I always thought having a bit part in a show would be really cool, a permanent part of you that you could show your grand kids, and they, theirs.
She is sitting next to the window all by herself. "Blonde" if it was in color lol. Her and Rod were good friends
This one is my best episode much of us wish to stop at this station went this life is difficult like mine💖
I drive into Manitou Springs and think of Willoughby every time I see the Welcome sign.
@AMT The speed limit is 20 there so it's just relaxing 😌
I believe this is a remarkable film that, within its brief narrative, evokes a wealth of imagination and interpretation.
Jason Wingreen who played the conductor was also the voice of Boba Fett in Star War episode V
His voice was replaced with the voice of Temuera Morrison.
As iconic as Tem was, Wingreen's deliveries were EONS better
Joseph Cotton, good drama guy. In 'Citizen Kane', also-
My version of "Willoughby" is my home county, but it's the year 2000 in which I'm 16 years old and in high school, my parents are still alive and in their 40s, Bill Clinton is still president, and the places I know and love are still in their prime.
Amazing episode! All Gart Williams wanted was to have a peaceful life and not in the fast lane. But his wife and boss wouldn't let him. Although he gets to stay in Willoughby forever there is one thing I found odd that Mr. Williams didn't think anything about. How was it that the townsfolk knew his name despite him not telling them who he is?
Because Heaven.
Melissa Cooper,
He's on "The List" . . .
Because it’s Willoughby
Its a surreal place created in his mind. Lets hope somehow, someway it was made real for him.
We all need a Willoughby--to get away from all this Covid.
I looked up Willoughby Twilight Zone episode hoping to find at least one Covid-19 comment and I found it! :D I'd also prefer Willoughby to the Covid-19 Era. :)
Yes Zoe! Daniel from Rio de Janeiro.
I don't think so. In 1888 we had no antibiotics. Life expectancy was much lower. People died from the flu and other now treatable infections and diseases. People romanticize the 1800's as an easier, simpler time to live in but it really wasn't the utopia TV and movies make it out to be. If you lived in the 1800's you would have had to cook your food from scratch, dental care was in its infancy so good luck if you had a toothache. People worked 12 hour days 6 to 7 days a week. You can thank FDR for our 40 hour work weeks. In those days even children were forced to work long hours. Women had no rights, were dying in childbirth, and were forced to take care of hearth and home for longer hours than their spouses. We had a chance to slow this virus down but too many people refused to do what was needsd so now we have this virus mutating sucessfully and will never go away.@MarySmith-lv3mo
See the old train, well I was awake for 42 straight hours then had a dream while my eyes were open. In it in 1978 the train heading for Aberdeen, Scotland, took on an old style look like 1895 or so & the passengers all had hats on like they did in those days (one woman had a big hat with white feathers) and as I was dreaming this old version I woke up with some of the passengers disappearing while the current one's remained & the train took on a current look - back to reality. True story & a Twilight Zone of my own.
Commuting on NJ Transit trains every day for 15 years, I did get some funny dreams when sleeping on the train. My body clock would wake me up one stop before mine (98% of the time) and sometimes in the spring and fall when 8am looks like 6pm, I had to pause to see if I was coming from or going to work. Weird.
Yes he made it.. He'll see the hoops no more.. The pain and the anquish his life became.. Yes he did leave... Finally.. Now he lives in harmany.. I hope he left bread crumbs for my friends and myself to follow..
The lesson of this episode should be this: YOU are in control of your decisions. He could have changed his life anytime he wanted to, but he let others dictate his life. He didn't have to work at the office. He could've left that miserable wretch of a woman. He could've moved to a small town and started over. Real life is never as perfect as Willoughby circa 1888, but you can come pretty damn close if your not afraid to get a little decisive about what you want out of life.
I heard he was living a good life in Willoughby but after 1 year got polio.
Maybe he didn’t have the money or courage to
@@DeathnoteBB Money would not have been a problem. As for courage? Indeed, maybe he didn't.
In reality, today we would all find a town like Willoughby very boring.
Everytime I commute in a train…I watch out for Willoughby…but it never comes..at least…so far 😉
@AMT Its like having died…and gone to Heaven! 😄😉🧖
That's why you are still alive.
@@johanna5688 I guess Willoughby is eveyone’s…last….stop😉
He changes trains, line and path to new life where a man can live his life full measure
I somehow remember the episodes being longer ~
The music video "Since I Left You" by The Avalanches' - has a very Twilight Zone quality to it. Somewhat in the vein of story telling we see in "A Stop at Wilouhby"
Enjoyed this film
I don’t think it was intended for him to have committed suicide. He was having a delusional dream about Willoughby and accidentally walked off the train. I could be missing something - it’s past my bedtime - maybe the comments about suicide are metaphorical?
You do know Willoughby end up being the funeral home they hauled him off too after he died right?
@@ingodwetrust7648 Yep. But that doesn’t mean he committed suicide. Willoughby ended up being a metaphor for death.
IF YOU WANT A GREAT CUP OF COFFEE STOP IN NEW HAVEN CT AT WILOUGHBY GREAT STORY AND A GREAT CAST..LOVE THIS EPISODES I GOING ON A TRAIN AND I AM GOING TO STOP AT ALL THE TRAIN STOPS UNTILL I REACH WESTPORT....LOVE THE OLD FASHION PULLMAN CARS..
It's actually James Daly, not John.
Check out the episode “Walking Distance.” Similar kind of theme to this episode. One of my favorites.
Push push push right on down the line
I dont know why but the music when he sees willobuy is realxing
Peace is absolute.. This gent is over being an ant to support...... He will find happiness... Will you and I be sooo fortunate.. I hope there is room there for me..🔤😀😀🐟🐡
where everybody knows your name
When life was worth living
The lesson I'm taking from it is that we all (most of us) would like to slow down and live life full measure, but to get to our own Wiloughby we have to make some tough decisions and leave the magical thinking that at some point we will just get there. It's so nice to watch him just falling asleep and waking up in the place that is there, waiting for him. He just needs to get off the train. In the real life he would have to divorce his wife (not easy at all), find another job (not easy either), move out and do all the things that keeps people from reaching their Wiloughbys.
I feel that we all want to reach this place (this kind of life), let's do all the hard things that are necessary to reach this station and go fishing with the boys and take a walk by the lake with the nice lady.
Peace!
Wow, very well said, and astute, even poignant. Are you sure you aren't secretly Dr. Jordan Peterson?
@@RaptorFromWeegee Thank you for your comment. You really made my day comparing me to Dr. Peterson ;) I used to listen to him quite often, so my comment could definitely be affected by that.
It's been 11 months since I posted this and now I'm pondering how much closer I am to my Wiloughby...
All the best!
Notice that the passenger in the seat ahead of Garth has a rather loud checker coat before the dream and a much more subdued pattern coat when he wakes up.
".....in the twilight zone!"
The best show ever
Willoughby is a street in West Hollywood. I wonder if Serling chose it as the perfect name because he drove on it frequently?
No grade crossings on the New Haven Main Line...other than that, a good one, I think maybe the best!
Only you and your choices stop you from being happy
No, not really. I'm living in the wrong place and circumstances won't allow me to leave. I live in an unfriendly town. It only looks similar to Willoughby, but minus the warm ppl.
I'm still looking for it.
How many of you saw the title and immediately could hear, "Willoughby. This stop is Willougby"? Then when you heard Burgess Meredith's voice in the background thought of The Penguin?
There's a Willoughby in Ohio . The original series , not enough seasons or shows . I love this series .
“A Stop at Willoughby” is an episode of The Twilight Zone that delves deeply into the human psyche, exploring themes of loneliness, pressure, and the desire to escape in modern society. Through the tragic choices of Gart Williams, it conveys a powerful message about the harshness of the reality we face and the notion that escaping from it is not necessarily a form of salvation.
Wiloughby leaving on next train to the twilight zone.😳✌🚬
l loooove this episode
Thanks for the correction.
does anyone have the full episode on youtube?
Mine r, the dummy, 2 serve man, AND NUMBER 1 GOLD PRIZE WINNER..NOTHING IN THE DARK.!!. *CROWD'S CHEERING LOUDLY.*
When I die I want to go there.
There is a town called Westport, near Buffalo, NY.