June Foray was the most amazing legend. Her saying “I don’t like you very much.” And “I’m going to kill you.” Are genuinely unnerving and it shows how great she was at her craft. May she rest in peace, power and perfection.
It's actually spelled "Foray." Fun fact or not so fun fact: She passed away on the same day as Russi Taylor passed away, although the deaths were two years apart.
@@moonstoneuniverse8516 I am the proud owner of an 8x10 photograph of Tina signed by June Foray as well as a full scale replica of Tina who says ALL of the things! They are two of my most prized possessions! 🥰
June Foray always sounded so happy when she talked about her performance as Talky Tina. Foray was very proud of her work, as she should. Her robotic delivery of the lines is amazing.
Poor Christie, she needs SO much therapy after this horrifying ordeal. Also, since both Christie and Tina can be nicknames for Christina, it can be argued that Christie uses her doll to express hostility towards Erich, and to protect Annabelle.
The slow motion at the end always brings me to tears. To me it represents a culmination of emotions and realizations in an instant being drawn out in a persons mind. Thoughts of terror, sadness, confusion, loss…all coming to a point. Never seeing the wife’s reaction is haunting. Just knowing that we leave her and her daughter there alone at night in that house with the doll fills me with dread. We don’t know what happened to them and we never will.
@@huntercoleman460 Probably, Don Mancini was inspired by a lot of things that lead him to make Child's Play. Hence the reason why I said "Partly served."
Heck, in Scary F.R.I.E.N.D.S (my concept for an adult animated show, which is F.R.I.E.N.D.S with horror slashers), after Chucky (still voiced by Brad Dourif) and Tiffany (still voiced by Jennifer Tilly) break up due to a dispute over the definition of good parenting, he tries to hold auditions for a new girlfriend, and Tina can be seen in the line.
This episode is proof that even a seemingly harmless thing like a child's toy can be sinister with the right script and a fantastic voice actor. June Foray's sing-song, child-like delivery makes the menacing lines truly eerie. My personal theory is that "Tina" is an extension of Christina's personality, protecting her mother and lashing out at a stepfather who she wanted to love, but was also afraid of.
My mom told me a story about watching this episode for the first time with her dad and three sisters way back when. Mom and her sisters were so scared at the end of the episode that they gathered all of their dolls, put them in the closet of one bedroom and they all slept in the other room. I think they did this for a couple of days until they felt safe.
She didn’t have it out for the mom until she realized that she was gonna put two and two together after her husbands death , essentially she’s telling the mom to watch her back and treat her with some respect or she’ll face the same thing her no good husband got.
An extra layer of creepiness is that talking dolls was a new phenomenon, in the early Sixties. A new twist on an old toy... A good comparison would be to bring back Furbies but AI assisted!
1940s to 50s movies as well. The show was a gathering of talents from mid century Hollywood and Walter's rumination on that could very well introduce a lot of youths to that buried treasure trove!
Oh, I've been waiting for this one for a *looong* time now. This is easily in my top 5 favorite episodes of the series. The scene where Savalas's character takes the doll into the garage and tries to feed it through the table saw only to find it doesn't have a scratch on it afterward is so spectacularly creepy.
I remember watching these when I was hospitalised a couple of years ago, saved me from the boredom of being in an isolation room. Watched every episode you had available over the week I was in there! ❤ So thank you for keeping me sane!
Something else I like about this episode is Tina's presence. You never see her move, yet she is able to move around the house. It makes her creepier and more powerful.
Fun fact: June Foray would later go on to play raggedy Ann in the two chuck Jones Holliday specials, if you listen to talky Tina and that version of raggedy Ann you can hear that they're very similar voices.
I mean...he never actually said no to doing Bat-May Beyond. Remember, all he said was. "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." Give him some time to rest and recover and I'm sure we'll see him again.
The only weak shot is when Eric falls down the stairs and his foot catches the doll, sending g her flying down the stairs with him. The follow up shot has Tina rolling down the stairs to land beside him. Since you don't ask actors to fall down more than necessary, I can see why they didn't resort the fall. They just shouldn't have added the rolling doll shot.
Yeah, this one definitely freaked me out a bit when I got to watch it. The horror just sticks with you, especially with the guy suffering such a simple demise.
Take this object but beware it carries a terrible curse, that’s bad, but it comes with a free frogurt, that’s good, the frogurt is also cursed, that’s bad, but you get your choice of toppings, that’s good, the topping contains potassium benzoate…. That’s bad
One funny story i have about this episode is my youngest sister likes to watch horror films with our dad, and the Child's Play franchise is one of her favorites. One day, I was watching Twilight Zone and decided to show her this episode since it inspired those films, but I had to leave before we could finish When I got home, I asked how she liked it, and she said she turned it off not long after I left because of how much it freaked her out
Another personal favorite of mine, mainly thank to June Foray's delivery. Hope Walter does more horror-themed things on this channel. Love his behind the scenes info.
I wonder how much influence it had on Mr Sin (as played by Deep Roy, whose roles include Star Wars and the Oompa Loompas in the 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) from Talons of Weng-Chiang (content warning, contains 1977 perceptions of Chinese culture and characters that have not aged well)
0:33 the one of the few twilight zone episodes where it's story is stranger than fiction. In fact at the time this episode was made there was an actual case about a living doll. I'm pretty sure many who read this comment would have an idea but for those who don't then I'll mention it. The 1968 Annabelle case from Ed and Lorraine Warren. Some might say oh their cases are hoaxes but I'll say this that the truth is stranger than fiction.
* His personal issues aside, I feel they could have done better to give Eric a little more positive qualities if they wanted us to feel sympathy for him. As it's presented, it really makes you question why they got married and his death feel like a victory. * Between the two ideas, I see Tina as a protector for Christy. Maybe Toy Story showcasing a bond between a kid and his toy factors into that feeling. * I believe my first exposure to this story was the Johnny Bravo version.
The only weakness of the episode, in my opinion, is the reveal to the wife at the end. It would've played better if the doll being alive was left ambiguous.
She has to reveal herself at that point cause the husband had told his wife about the dolls true nature and although she didn’t believe seeing his dead body with the doll beside it she started to believe and tina didn’t wanna have to go through all that again just to kill her too
The point I was trying to make was to leave the question, "Was the doll REALLY alive, or was it just a delusion of the husband. Tina confirming she's alive just ruins that concept. I will admit that the current ending takes some sympathy away from Tina, as she threatened the good parent.
This is the episode that made my mother hate the Twilight Zone. She watched this as a kid and it scared the crap out of her. Even as an adult, if an episode of TZ comes on, she leaves the room.
I guess it's a good thing I don't really have dollphobia. My grandmother made a lot of dolls out of ceramic parts with more realistic eyes. We still have the dolls and I do sometimes get creeped by them, but only sometimes. So the whole "dollphobia" never really bothered me...until I learned of Robert and Annabell.
Mmmm, I kind a wished the guy would have gotten some form of redemption. Lets just imagine he learned to love his stepdaughter and all the sudden Talky Tina's evil side vanishes, and maybe it was just all in his head, symbolizing his complicated feelings for his stepdaughter.
Had 32 episodes and only 31 days so enjoy a second Twilight-Tober Zone episode!!
I am *definitely* not complaining
I wasn’t going to say anything though we got away with something lol
Thanks so much for treating us, no one is complaining in the slightest.
I thought it would have been saved for the last day.
yay
Yep, here’s your problem: someone set this thing to “evil”.
That's good... 😅
Beat me to it.
@@karrihart1 that's bad... 😂
"I love you Homer."
@@justinpullen1097 That's good
“It comes with a free yogurt.”
“That’s good!”
“The yogurt is also cursed.”
“That’s bad………can I go now?”
Damn it! Beat me to it! 😂😂
But you get your choice of topping
That’s good
The toppings contain potassium benzoate
…….
That’s bad
Can I go now
@@hitmanmonaghan6633 That doll is evil I tells ya. Evil! Eeeeevaaaal!!!
@@karrihart1I love you Homer
It was frogert
Marge Marge, The doll is trying to kill me and the toaster laughing at me.
Here's your problem, someone set this thing to evil
Eew, dog water!
“ i’d day the pressures finally gotten to dad .. but .. what pressure ?”
But it comes with a free yogurt!
@@endrankluvsda4loko172 that's good
June Foray was the most amazing legend. Her saying “I don’t like you very much.” And “I’m going to kill you.” Are genuinely unnerving and it shows how great she was at her craft. May she rest in peace, power and perfection.
It's actually spelled "Foray."
Fun fact or not so fun fact: She passed away on the same day as Russi Taylor passed away, although the deaths were two years apart.
@@newguy371 both are legends!
@@moonstoneuniverse8516 I am the proud owner of an 8x10 photograph of Tina signed by June Foray as well as a full scale replica of Tina who says ALL of the things! They are two of my most prized possessions! 🥰
Don’t mourn celebrities. They’re all pdf files or know someone who is
She was the last of her kind, the last voice actor from the Golden Age of Animation. She died just a few months short of her 100th birthday.
June Foray always sounded so happy when she talked about her performance as Talky Tina. Foray was very proud of her work, as she should. Her robotic delivery of the lines is amazing.
She's a legend!
Next to Mel Blanc, she is the lady of 1000 voices!
Poor Christie, she needs SO much therapy after this horrifying ordeal. Also, since both Christie and Tina can be nicknames for Christina, it can be argued that Christie uses her doll to express hostility towards Erich, and to protect Annabelle.
I remember that Chisty was already in therapy because her mother, Annabelle, mentioned that to Erich.
The slow motion at the end always brings me to tears. To me it represents a culmination of emotions and realizations in an instant being drawn out in a persons mind. Thoughts of terror, sadness, confusion, loss…all coming to a point. Never seeing the wife’s reaction is haunting. Just knowing that we leave her and her daughter there alone at night in that house with the doll fills me with dread. We don’t know what happened to them and we never will.
And to think that this particular episode of The Twilight Zone partly served as Don Mancini's inspiration for the Child's Play franchise!
Wasn’t the My Buddy doll also an inspiration?
@@huntercoleman460 Probably, Don Mancini was inspired by a lot of things that lead him to make Child's Play. Hence the reason why I said "Partly served."
@@TheCommenterDragon ever see the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode that parodied this with the Krusty doll?
Had to double take thought it said Don's Zucchini
Heck, in Scary F.R.I.E.N.D.S (my concept for an adult animated show, which is F.R.I.E.N.D.S with horror slashers), after Chucky (still voiced by Brad Dourif) and Tiffany (still voiced by Jennifer Tilly) break up due to a dispute over the definition of good parenting, he tries to hold auditions for a new girlfriend, and Tina can be seen in the line.
This episode is proof that even a seemingly harmless thing like a child's toy can be sinister with the right script and a fantastic voice actor. June Foray's sing-song, child-like delivery makes the menacing lines truly eerie. My personal theory is that "Tina" is an extension of Christina's personality, protecting her mother and lashing out at a stepfather who she wanted to love, but was also afraid of.
"There's your problem... Someone set this thing to evil."
-- Joe, the Krusty Co. Doll Technician
June Foray as the doll is just perfect casting. I will never be more creeped out by the voice of Cindy Lou Who!
"my name is Cindy Lou Who and I'm going to kill you."
June Foray is a freaking legend, and I love her.
She was probably a pdf file or knew one
My mom told me a story about watching this episode for the first time with her dad and three sisters way back when.
Mom and her sisters were so scared at the end of the episode that they gathered all of their dolls, put them in the closet of one bedroom and they all slept in the other room. I think they did this for a couple of days until they felt safe.
She didn’t have it out for the mom until she realized that she was gonna put two and two together after her husbands death , essentially she’s telling the mom to watch her back and treat her with some respect or she’ll face the same thing her no good husband got.
5:56 Let alone the influence he had being the distinctive inspiration for the DCAU Lex Luthor
I didn't know that! That's pretty cool!
An extra layer of creepiness is that talking dolls was a new phenomenon, in the early Sixties. A new twist on an old toy...
A good comparison would be to bring back Furbies but AI assisted!
I know we're coming to an end, but I'd love to see Walter do more of these horror anthology shows, or just TV in general. He never disappoints
@@nickmesogianes4638 I hope he does the 80s iteration!
@@Tigerlily1992 looks like this is the last one. Unfortunately he doesn't have plans to do the 80's version
1940s to 50s movies as well. The show was a gathering of talents from mid century Hollywood and Walter's rumination on that could very well introduce a lot of youths to that buried treasure trove!
"Marge! Marge! The doll's trying to kill me and the toaster's been laughing at me"!
Eww, dog water !
That’s bad.
Marge: Your doll is trying to kill my husband! Yes, I'll hold.
Phone: 🎵 Everybody loves a clown so why don't you?
Oh, I've been waiting for this one for a *looong* time now. This is easily in my top 5 favorite episodes of the series. The scene where Savalas's character takes the doll into the garage and tries to feed it through the table saw only to find it doesn't have a scratch on it afterward is so spectacularly creepy.
"The dolls trying to kill me and the toasters been laughing at me!"
I love you Homer
Tracy Stratford, the little girl from this episode and "Little Girl Lost," would go on to voice Lucy in "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
When someone referred to June Foray as the female Mel Blanc, he replied that he was the male June Foray.
Awesome Twilight Zone episode!
My mom's favorite episode. "I'm Talking Tina, and I don't like you".
"I'm Talking Tina, and I'm going to kill you."
At least Chucky is your friend till the end.
I remember watching these when I was hospitalised a couple of years ago, saved me from the boredom of being in an isolation room. Watched every episode you had available over the week I was in there! ❤ So thank you for keeping me sane!
Something else I like about this episode is Tina's presence. You never see her move, yet she is able to move around the house. It makes her creepier and more powerful.
Fun fact: June Foray would later go on to play raggedy Ann in the two chuck Jones Holliday specials, if you listen to talky Tina and that version of raggedy Ann you can hear that they're very similar voices.
The episode that was the influence for the Child's Play Franchise!
This and Trilogy Of Terror.
The episode where Bart goes to France as well.
@@anubusx and the one where the krusty doll tries to kill Homer.
@@kdusel1991
I love that segment in the Halloween Special.
@@anubusx wait what does this episode have to do with the Bart going to France episode?
This,
"my name's talking Tina..."
Was constantly quoted amongst me and my family. We loved this episode.. I'd be curious to watch it now.
Now that BatMay and Twilight Tober Zone are over, we won’t get month long visits from Walter anymore 🥺🥺🥺
He can still do Fanscription! And maybe some more episodes of Top 5!
@@kdusel1991 I miss Fanscription dearly
I mean...he never actually said no to doing Bat-May Beyond. Remember, all he said was.
"The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Give him some time to rest and recover and I'm sure we'll see him again.
Easily in my top five. Living Doll proves that horror doesn't have to be even a little gory to be scary as hell
The retrospective irony of having a character named "Annabelle" I'm a story about an evil doll
Considering the "real life Annabelle" was just a Raggedy Ann doll, this story 100% influenced the movies.
starting off with a banger! this is how you do a scary doll right!
The only weak shot is when Eric falls down the stairs and his foot catches the doll, sending g her flying down the stairs with him. The follow up shot has Tina rolling down the stairs to land beside him.
Since you don't ask actors to fall down more than necessary, I can see why they didn't resort the fall. They just shouldn't have added the rolling doll shot.
That shot of Talky Tina's eyes opening one final time is CREEPY. Kudos.
Yeah, this one definitely freaked me out a bit when I got to watch it. The horror just sticks with you, especially with the guy suffering such a simple demise.
Take this object but beware it carries a terrible curse, that’s bad, but it comes with a free frogurt, that’s good, the frogurt is also cursed, that’s bad, but you get your choice of toppings, that’s good, the topping contains potassium benzoate…. That’s bad
Is that a Simpsons reference?
@@tymiller2903Treehouse of Horror III, Clown Without Pity. It’s a classic.
"Here's the problem! You've got it set for 'M' for 'Mini'. You should have it set to 'W' for 'Walter'."
Wait... wrong yellow character show reference.
@@sevendeadlysquids404 Wait! Walter!? Don’t you mean Wumbo?😁
@@alexdawson4571😉
@@sevendeadlysquids404 Wumbology! The study of Wumbo? It's first grade SpongeBob!
One funny story i have about this episode is my youngest sister likes to watch horror films with our dad, and the Child's Play franchise is one of her favorites. One day, I was watching Twilight Zone and decided to show her this episode since it inspired those films, but I had to leave before we could finish
When I got home, I asked how she liked it, and she said she turned it off not long after I left because of how much it freaked her out
I loved the defeated manner in which you described The Bewitchin Pool. The Twilight Zone really did not end of a high note.
One of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes!
I gotta say, me & my lil brother watched this episode, we just found this hilarious
Return of Ernst Stavro Blofeld to the Twillight Zone !
I know right
Talking Tina scared me when I first watched this as a kid!
Love this series 😊
The original evil doll story. This was also before Telly Savalas became famous for Kojak.
Who loves ya, baby!
Also Blofeld in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
People!!! People!! People!! It's TALKY Tina, not TALKING Tina!! Carry on.....
I can't believe you didn't mention that Lex Luthor from the DCAU was apparently modeled after Telly Savalas.
Wow, I can see it now.
Who cares
@@ICONICPARIS We do.
this episode was and is ahead of its time.
Another personal favorite of mine, mainly thank to June Foray's delivery. Hope Walter does more horror-themed things on this channel. Love his behind the scenes info.
Yes yes finally this is my Favorite episode
Mine, too! :)
You've Got a Fiend in Me.
This is the best episode of Twilight zone. Fact.
The first Twilight Zone episode I ever saw, and I've been waiting for this one!
I'd say this episode influenced RL Stine's Slappy from Goosebumps. Especially the Caesar and me, and The Dummy episodes, too.
I wonder how much influence it had on Mr Sin (as played by Deep Roy, whose roles include Star Wars and the Oompa Loompas in the 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) from Talons of Weng-Chiang (content warning, contains 1977 perceptions of Chinese culture and characters that have not aged well)
June Foray is a got damn LEGEND!🔥🔥🔥
Oh how I need a hour long video of that intro card. I just love that black and white cozy cabin.
This episode still terrifies me to this day. I get chills every time that doll talks; major props to the voice actress
0:33 the one of the few twilight zone episodes where it's story is stranger than fiction. In fact at the time this episode was made there was an actual case about a living doll. I'm pretty sure many who read this comment would have an idea but for those who don't then I'll mention it. The 1968 Annabelle case from Ed and Lorraine Warren. Some might say oh their cases are hoaxes but I'll say this that the truth is stranger than fiction.
This wasn't uploaded by mistake he said one of the days would be a two-fer
"My name is Krusty the Clown, and I'm going to KILL you."
"Oh yeah, with what?"
😱
* His personal issues aside, I feel they could have done better to give Eric a little more positive qualities if they wanted us to feel sympathy for him. As it's presented, it really makes you question why they got married and his death feel like a victory.
* Between the two ideas, I see Tina as a protector for Christy. Maybe Toy Story showcasing a bond between a kid and his toy factors into that feeling.
* I believe my first exposure to this story was the Johnny Bravo version.
The only weakness of the episode, in my opinion, is the reveal to the wife at the end. It would've played better if the doll being alive was left ambiguous.
She has to reveal herself at that point cause the husband had told his wife about the dolls true nature and although she didn’t believe seeing his dead body with the doll beside it she started to believe and tina didn’t wanna have to go through all that again just to kill her too
The point I was trying to make was to leave the question, "Was the doll REALLY alive, or was it just a delusion of the husband. Tina confirming she's alive just ruins that concept. I will admit that the current ending takes some sympathy away from Tina, as she threatened the good parent.
Chucky has nightmares about Talky Tina.
Oh!!! I remember this from the Simpsons 😆
Before the twist I was thinking the doll's switch is turned to evil
@@malekf5251
Simpsons did it, Simpsons did it!
One of my favorite episodes from the series
I remember watching this episode with my late father. One of the few precious memories I had with him.
This is the episode that made my mother hate the Twilight Zone. She watched this as a kid and it scared the crap out of her. Even as an adult, if an episode of TZ comes on, she leaves the room.
WOW--did not know that June Foray was also the voice of Chatty Cathy! 😱😱
Really well acted really really good episodes I remember seeing it one late night and boy that creeped me out
This is one of my favorite episodes EVER!!!
If figured the double-feature would have been on Halloween. Ah well, more Twilightober Zone is always welcome no matter the day.
I guess it's a good thing I don't really have dollphobia. My grandmother made a lot of dolls out of ceramic parts with more realistic eyes. We still have the dolls and I do sometimes get creeped by them, but only sometimes. So the whole "dollphobia" never really bothered me...until I learned of Robert and Annabell.
Best episode
They made that Krusty the Clown talking doll and it released this year 😅
Wow...two Twilight Zone episode reviews in one day!😲
Finally!! We have talking Tina!
I’m sad that you’re ending the Twilight Zone month. I would’ve love to have seen you cover 80s, 2000s and Jorden Peele’s take on the Twilight Zone.
LETS FREAKING GO AGIAN!
It's back!
Telly “Kojak” Savalas brought me here
👨🦲 🇬🇷 🕵️♂️
“Who loves you baby.”
@@dishmanw 🍭
One of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes!!
i´ts incredible how a black and white show influence so many horror trophes of nowadays and it still be relevant.
Amazing!🤩
Man, the twilight zone freaked me out as a kid hahaha 😂
The Scariest Killer Doll! Ever! And Hands down one of the best Twilight Zone episodes !
Eric's first problem is that he has an Annabelle in his house.
I never heard of this series! I’ll watch the others!
You're in for quite the ride.
Oh baby! A scott twofer! One quarter two prizes!
Mmmm, I kind a wished the guy would have gotten some form of redemption.
Lets just imagine he learned to love his stepdaughter and all the sudden Talky Tina's evil side vanishes, and maybe it was just all in his head, symbolizing his complicated feelings for his stepdaughter.
My all-time favorite episode!!!
Great episode 🎉
Wow two episodes in one day! Happy October🪦🐈⬛👻🎃
2 in one day?
Yeah, there are 32 episodes left and 31 days in October. Now it’s 30 for 30
The trailer mentioned this would happen on one day, I just assumed it would be Halloween
For me this video came out at 1 am, so to me no 2 videos in a day, atleast not until today's video is released
Classic
One of my favorite episodes.
Man, this year flew. It feels like only last week when I just binged last year's Twilight-tober zone.
This is my dad's favorite.
The Very first Twilight Zone episode I've ever watched. No joke.