I agree I am drawn to that era in America in that time. I look at old pics and some faces i reconise but cannot name them but its like i have known them You never know. The most has never been explained. I wonder about dreams sometimes. Some may be memories or a short visits to the past.
My husband and I are getting old and we have a lot of health problems. He just walked by and said Willoughby. I said yeah me too. We do that sometimes when we feel extra bad. So I looked this up and after I watched it I found your comment. Misery loves company!
I’m not a sick man but I honestly think the main character got a good ending, his life was crap, a job that wanted more when he had none left to give, a wife that didn’t love him no more and nothing to look forward to, and since he’s dead, I guess that town is heaven for him
@@awesomefan935 You're right; I think God is all-knowing, and all-loving; knows when people have reached their limits, and takes pity on suicides. By the way, it's "any"; and don't forget the protege, whom he took "under his wing", gave him an important account; then stabbed him in the back.
I often tell "young" people (can be 50 years old by now LOL) that if they really want to understand where "hippie" mentality came from, to watch all the Twilight Zones and read Mad Magazine, cover to cover, from about 1955 to about 1960. There was so much anti-establishment, existentialism, and painful angst in both those media, it was an easy leap to reject the status quo in the late 60's. All that was needed were conditions, which were the Vietnam War, JFK/RFK/MLK, music, and of course, drugs.
rayvan23 + Young people avoid Black and White TV all together . Some say the dialogue or the way they spoke turns them off . Unless it has explosions or some sort of action they get bored. Its sad so much great movies and television in B/W will be either colorized or not watched in the future after we are all gone
@@alphonsozorro7952 you say that like they began in the 60’s. Been with us forever and denying that is futile. Better to acknowledge them, accept them, and make them safe and legal.
Always thought Willoughby" was a fictional place in America. But a train station as well! That would have been something/given' The Twilight zone episode!!
The problem had less to do with the capitalist rat race and more to do with trying to please his unreasonable wife. He had the solution, get a less stressful job and live a more modest life in a modest home. But his wife was unwilling to give up her "Keeping up with the Joneses" lifestyle. Today marriage counseling (Or even a divorce.) would have probably prevented him from going crazy and jumping off a moving train.
He sure as hell went to Willoghby if you notice the name of the funeral home ambulance that picks up the body . That's a nice twist , Serling likes to have fun along with the audience .
This, AND "Walking Distance", 'ps'. Both dealt with executives facing pressure, job insecurity, and personal problems, literally escaping into the past. In "Walking Distance", though, "Martin Sloan" finally realizes he can't stay in his "boyhood", and returns to face the future. "Gart Williams", however, merely "hallucinates" about being in the past, and pays the ultimate price for joining it.
Do you notice both men are in "Media" - my Profession as well .. I often long for the "serenity" Mr Williams looks for or "the merry go rounds of his youth" like Martin Sloan .. I long for a world where I can live my life full measure
Yea i live there now and then.. I guess I'm just a snow bird in the relm of things where we twist and spin..There are pluses and minuses to both our lives.. But serenity will always thrive in my beloved twilight zone..
This episode I have been pushing on people in comments sections on videos ranging from pov train trips to patriot-centric to philosophy-based topics. Good episode! Other good ones: The Hunt, Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge, many more...
@@radconserv68 , There is no hell, at least not proven. So we can reasonably be sure that death is the end of conscience, hence of all sufferings also.
I often think many TZ episodes are about a person pushed to insanity [and I didn't realize the significance of saying that way-- 'pushed']. They then distort reality. And while things seem normal to others, they are perceiving something quite different. But Gart Williams here-- unlike the guy who thought a slot machine was trying to murder him, for instance-- KNOWs it's something his mind manufactured. But he chooses the distortion (Willoughby) over reality (death)-- and gets 'both.'
Who wouldn't want to get off at a stop, at a moment in time that was wonderful, and hear 'Beautiful Dreamer' playing somewhere in the distance, and never want to leave??!! Hell, I'd do it so quickly and never look back.
No time in history was this great. I mean, your dentist and doctor weren't all that qualified. Not sure about anesthesia. I know they had lots of TB, no antibiotics... They weren't as clean as people today.
@tylorluvsdegrassi this guy is overstress therefore he kept hallucilating about willoughby, but actually willoughby represent a get away from his current life, in other word, death is a get away from his life
There was Willoughby railway station on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the village of Willoughby, England between 1848 and 1970. There is also a Willoughby in Ohio. Most likely it had a train station there during the 19th century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willoughby%2C_Ohio
There is a Willoughby in Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee. All were served by railroads according to the Official Railroad guide from 1962. I would assume the one in Ohio and Tennessee is still active and served by current day CSX Railroad.
This is creepy. I’m actually watching this very episode and I was scrolling down my feed and lo and behold, this episode’s title shows up. Obscure and metaphysical explanation to cover a phenomenon. Reasons dredged out of the shadows to explain away that which cannot be explained. Call it algorithms or maybe fate. Whatever it is, I obviously found it in my TH-cam feed or better yet, the Twilight Zone.
Actually there is a beautiful bandstand on Point Park in downtown. Many weddings and concerts held there (in normal times). You should re-visit Willoughby.
Famous episode enough to have a parody if it the" Seinfeld" George Costanza ending. One of the most twist endings of any TWZ epaidoes, the orginal ones and the revival TWZ 1985 episodes
A lot of people, including Google, just don't get it; I'll add a clue: The railroad said it was a suicide, reason undetermined; and that's the way the newspaper reported it. Watch the episode, then give your own interpretation.
"A Stop At Willoughby" is, to a large extent, a critique of the male role of breadwinner. Instead of feeling the power of the patriarchy, a less successful man can feel trapped and demeaned by the pressure of being a breadwinner.
I thought this was poignant and meaningful when I was younger, but now I see it as a perverse endorsement of suicide. Life is a gift. Don't throw it away.
Janey? Will you wait for me? Will you please wait for me? Click. Women have power to make or break men. Like Neil Young sings in Down By The River, "she could take me, over the rainbow..."
Ironically, James Daly , in this episode, (Actors Tim and Tyne Daly's father), was forced to leave the family by his wife of 23 years in 1965 due to his homosexuality. James went for the "cure" , which was unsuccessful. Tim at 19 years old, wanted to reconnect with his dad doing summer stock theater together, however his dad at 59 died suddenly in 1978, after having played a major role on TV's "Medical Center" , from 1969 - 1976.
I always liked this episode, thought the title was "Last Stop Willoughby." They made a movie of this it was bloody awful. Take a 20 minute story and put in a lot garbage you don't need, set it in the old west and film it in colour, bloody awful.
I noticed lately that carnavals and circuses are returning even to the rural areas. Schwans food delivery trucks are a wonderful example of the days gone by when trucks brought goods to the home and they still do just like the olden days I love stuff like that. I want to see it all come back like drive ins etc I love it and Willoughby would be my town.
This is the episode that always gets to me. It should be on every list of the greatest Twilight Zone episodes.
I agree I am drawn to that era in America in that time. I look at old pics and some faces i reconise but cannot name them but its like i have known them You never know. The most has never been explained. I wonder about dreams sometimes. Some may be memories or a short visits to the past.
@@jondoes8222 i beg you please share with me what you're smoking
It is on the BEST OF DVD.
All he wanted was some peace.
It’s definitely on my list
I have been trying to get to Willoughby my whole life. I think I'll make it there someday !!!!!
My husband and I are getting old and we have a lot of health problems. He just walked by and said Willoughby. I said yeah me too. We do that sometimes when we feel extra bad. So I looked this up and after I watched it I found your comment. Misery loves company!
Most of us if we are good.
This is one of the most chilling twist endings of the series!
That poor dude, I feel for him.
I’m not a sick man but I honestly think the main character got a good ending, his life was crap, a job that wanted more when he had none left to give, a wife that didn’t love him no more and nothing to look forward to, and since he’s dead, I guess that town is heaven for him
@@awesomefan935 You're right; I think God is all-knowing, and all-loving; knows when people have reached their limits, and takes pity on suicides. By the way, it's "any"; and don't forget the protege, whom he took "under his wing", gave him an important account; then stabbed him in the back.
Walking Distance was decent.
He had such a contented look on his face dead in the snow as if to say " I am in a better place now "
Willoughby IS a better place!
@@BobTX041966 Thanks, Bob.I am reassured now !
I often tell "young" people (can be 50 years old by now LOL) that if they really want to understand where "hippie" mentality came from, to watch all the Twilight Zones and read Mad Magazine, cover to cover, from about 1955 to about 1960. There was so much anti-establishment, existentialism, and painful angst in both those media, it was an easy leap to reject the status quo in the late 60's. All that was needed were conditions, which were the Vietnam War, JFK/RFK/MLK, music, and of course, drugs.
rayvan23 + Young people avoid Black and White TV all together . Some say the dialogue or the way they spoke turns them off . Unless it has explosions or some sort of action they get bored. Its sad so much great movies and television in B/W will be either colorized or not watched in the future after we are all gone
Bingo
So true.
Stray sex, abortion, homosexuality, you name it.
@@alphonsozorro7952 you say that like they began in the 60’s. Been with us forever and denying that is futile. Better to acknowledge them, accept them, and make them safe and legal.
We all do at times. I think that was Serling's gift...to be able to tap into universal ideas and emotions and express them eloquently.
i live in willoughby ohio and there was a train depot here in the old days...
There is no internet in Willoughby or TV or any electronics though you must live still in a nice area .
I always go through there driving to Cleveland, always think of this haha
I never knew about the train depot in Willoughby. My father used to live there a long time ago.
His boss was a d*ck!!
Always thought Willoughby" was a fictional place in America. But a train station as well! That would have been something/given' The Twilight zone episode!!
It's 6/29/21 and it was on tonight. One of my favorites!
I know I DVR'd it.
The problem had less to do with the capitalist rat race and more to do with trying to please his unreasonable wife. He had the solution, get a less stressful job and live a more modest life in a modest home. But his wife was unwilling to give up her "Keeping up with the Joneses" lifestyle. Today marriage counseling (Or even a divorce.) would have probably prevented him from going crazy and jumping off a moving train.
But he's was happy with it. So who loses? In fact, she got the insurance money, so...everyone's happy
Mgtow?
He sure as hell went to Willoghby if you notice the name of the funeral home ambulance that picks up the body . That's a nice twist , Serling likes to have fun along with the audience .
Willoughby was heaven.
@Baron Will Yes he was probably hallucinating Willoughby and maybe thinking he would go there if he jumped off the train.
If you notice? Duh
The best Twilight Zone episode ever.
George Vreeland Hill
I agree!
My favorite as well. Love it so much we are naming our historic house Willoughby Illusions.
best Twilight Zone episode ever.
Many people's favorite episode, including mine, but, far more importantly, it was Rod's favorite (along with "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street").
Working in corporate world this episode hits home..hard.
This is Dob Draper's inspiration, btw. I've wondered if his ending might be a suicide, too...he tried everything else
The man was a genius
Rod Serling Memorial Foundation..great site
In these small towns many years ago the funeral home owned the ambulance company. Look it up.
Damn, everybody here in the episode is in Willoughby now.
These people are/were younger than they look. Selling was barely 40 here, he looks a good 55 due to all the smoking
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823did you mean older?
For some reason this is my favorite TZ ..i always watch for it when they do marathons.
This, AND "Walking Distance", 'ps'. Both dealt with executives facing pressure, job insecurity, and personal problems, literally escaping into the past. In "Walking Distance", though, "Martin Sloan" finally realizes he can't stay in his "boyhood", and returns to face the future. "Gart Williams", however, merely "hallucinates" about being in the past, and pays the ultimate price for joining it.
Do you notice both men are in "Media" - my Profession as well .. I often long for the "serenity" Mr Williams looks for or "the merry go rounds of his youth" like Martin Sloan .. I long for a world where I can live my life full measure
Agree about this episode and "Walking Distance." BTW, Serling often used the name "Sloane." Anyone know why?
For the same reason he used the name "Koch", "DeCruz" and "Williams" in more than one episode.
@@fromthesidelines You are correct. Thanks.
You're welcome!
One of my favorite episode's☺
My favorite episode. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏾
Yea i live there now and then.. I guess I'm just a snow bird in the relm of things where we twist and spin..There are pluses and minuses to both our lives.. But serenity will always thrive in my beloved twilight zone..
I love this episode people actually lived like this to its seems peaceful rod sterling had a great mind
My gramma is the woman sitting behind him on the train. Such a trip.
That's cool.
My favorite twilight zone episode.
To each his Dulcinea. And to each his Willoughby.
This show gets to you right at the end.
Wasnt the guy who played Gart, his son, the star of TV show called Wings I think???
My favourite Twilight zone episode as well/also read the short story!
This episode I have been pushing on people in comments sections on videos ranging from pov train trips to patriot-centric to philosophy-based topics. Good episode! Other good ones: The Hunt, Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge, many more...
Time Enough at Last and The Fever.
this was one of my favs episodes
Well hes at peace now enjoying life with people wont push him
Im ready to go now.
@Amy Woehler 7 years later, Im still here.....
@@MrMrfreedom1 Please see Kevin Hines. Jumped off the Golden Gate
1st thought after jumping was regret at having jumped.
Very eerie episode. The ending was great. Nothing like watching the pros at work!
My favorite 😻
Willoughby looks exactly the same irl.. that guy still sits by the canon and waves to everyone.. he’s still there too
I hope everyone finds thier Willoughby
This is one of my Favorite episode
One of my Favorites.
Mr. Williams' face is the true face of death, as noted by other Twilight Zone episodes. Death in the Twilight Zone is the end of the torments of life.
In hell, it's always torment.!!.
Very good point Scripturegirl. People think they're escaping torment by suicide.
@@radconserv68 , There is no hell, at least not proven. So we can reasonably be sure that death is the end of conscience, hence of all sufferings also.
I often think many TZ episodes are about a person pushed to insanity [and I didn't realize the significance of saying that way-- 'pushed']. They then distort reality. And while things seem normal to others, they are perceiving something quite different. But Gart Williams here-- unlike the guy who thought a slot machine was trying to murder him, for instance-- KNOWs it's something his mind manufactured. But he chooses the distortion (Willoughby) over reality (death)-- and gets 'both.'
OR the Willoughby experiences were the man's subconscious/soul/spirit guides prepping him for the journey he was about to shortly take
🎉🎉
I can relate very very VERY much to the plot of the episode
You should talk to someone. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
“Where a man can live his life full measure!”
One of my favourites.
love the twilight zone
Who wouldn't want to get off at a stop, at a moment in time that was wonderful, and hear 'Beautiful Dreamer' playing somewhere in the distance, and never want to leave??!! Hell, I'd do it so quickly and never look back.
No time in history was this great. I mean, your dentist and doctor weren't all that qualified. Not sure about anesthesia. I know they had lots of TB, no antibiotics... They weren't as clean as people today.
The FBI has the full episode.
Please send me the full episode!
Wow classic
@tylorluvsdegrassi this guy is overstress therefore he kept hallucilating about willoughby, but actually willoughby represent a get away from his current life, in other word, death is a get away from his life
its amazing how the writers distort the minds of the viewers.amazing.
Brilliant
There was Willoughby railway station on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the village of Willoughby, England between 1848 and 1970.
There is also a Willoughby in Ohio. Most likely it had a train station there during the 19th century.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willoughby%2C_Ohio
There is a Willoughby in Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee. All were served by railroads according to the Official Railroad guide from 1962. I would assume the one in Ohio and Tennessee is still active and served by current day CSX Railroad.
This is creepy. I’m actually watching this very episode and I was scrolling down my feed and lo and behold, this episode’s title shows up. Obscure and metaphysical explanation to cover a phenomenon. Reasons dredged out of the shadows to explain away that which cannot be explained. Call it algorithms or maybe fate. Whatever it is, I obviously found it in my TH-cam feed or better yet, the Twilight Zone.
Where can one purchase a ticket to Willoughby?
Willoughby,Ohio is a great little town on which the episode was based.....come visit us one day.
Have an overwhelming and stressful life with no rest.
Lived in Willoughby, Ohio; nothing like the idyllic town depicted and no band stand!
Actually there is a beautiful bandstand on Point Park in downtown. Many weddings and concerts held there (in normal times). You should re-visit Willoughby.
Why was this snippet even posted?
Famous episode enough to have a parody if it the" Seinfeld" George Costanza ending. One of the most twist endings of any TWZ epaidoes, the orginal ones and the revival TWZ 1985 episodes
Cool show
" Next stop Willoughby"
"WILLOUGHBY '
A lot of people, including Google, just don't get it; I'll add a clue: The railroad said it was a suicide, reason undetermined; and that's the way the newspaper reported it. Watch the episode, then give your own interpretation.
I think he's a time traveler.
Which will be shown when the conductor opens the briefcase to papers dated 1960.
"A Stop At Willoughby" is, to a large extent, a critique of the male role of breadwinner. Instead of feeling the power of the patriarchy, a less successful man can feel trapped and demeaned by the pressure of being a breadwinner.
i guess Rod was glad this one only had to go 30 minutes
On the New Haven Line, this is well known...We all loved it!
I thought this was poignant and meaningful when I was younger, but now I see it as a perverse endorsement of suicide. Life is a gift. Don't throw it away.
Janey? Will you wait for me? Will you please wait for me? Click. Women have power to make or break men. Like Neil Young sings in Down By The River, "she could take me, over the rainbow..."
Is that Danny Thomas?
No but I see the resemblance
I see the reflection of the lamp on the TV screen.
“Poor fella”.
" POOR FELLA "
Mine is NOTHING IN THE DARK.!. 😻
Mine is "Time Enough at Last"
🤓⏰💥💣📚👓💰
I snapped one day and got a heart,,I'm considered damage goods but ive never been so healthy,,, I'm not sick enough to do that job anymore
Next time I'm on the train 🚉 I'm going to fall asleep an hopefully i might wake up in willougby 👍😁
Willoughby. Next stop Willoughby
What season is this???
+u7498 season 1
Season one
Awful ending it should have been he really does go back in time and lives happily ever after in the small town where he belongs.
Tony Curtis at 0:26.
The crux of the matter
U like castaway.??.
I KNOW A R.J. WILSON.
Ironically, James Daly , in this episode, (Actors Tim and Tyne Daly's father), was forced to leave the family by his wife of 23 years in 1965 due to his homosexuality. James went for the "cure" , which was unsuccessful. Tim at 19 years old, wanted to reconnect with his dad doing summer stock theater together, however his dad at 59 died suddenly in 1978, after having played a major role on TV's "Medical Center" , from 1969 - 1976.
Hmm, didn’t know that
He was a great actor,and I hope and pray he found his own personal "Willoughby"
Could not have guessed he was that way/ like the daughter a lot. I reckon she's a brilliant actress!
What is this about...2minutes ?
I hate watch those little minutes whatever...I didn't realize...
i was here
So what's about?
Get it from the library. It's Season 1
She killed him
!!!
Very scary 😦 no joke
I always liked this episode, thought the title was "Last Stop Willoughby." They made a movie of this it was bloody awful. Take a 20 minute story and put in a lot garbage you don't need, set it in the old west and film it in colour, bloody awful.
Is Willoughby real.??. 😕
Willoughby, Ohio. Great little town
As real as the Twilight Zone
Where is Willoughby is it real
Ŕòs Helen N E Ohio 20 miles east of Cleveland
@@BobTX041966 o ok ty but my name is helen ross
As real as the Twilight Zone
This must be Africa.
Could of been better.
Im ready to go now.
I noticed lately that carnavals and circuses are returning even to the rural areas. Schwans food delivery trucks are a wonderful example of the days gone by when trucks brought goods to the home and they still do just like the olden days I love stuff like that. I want to see it all come back like drive ins etc I love it and Willoughby would be my town.
One of my favorites.