Remember that episode of the Twilight Zone with Billy Mummy as the kid in that town everyone was afraid of because he had powers and could do anything?

Kind of reminds me of Ben. He acted like a petulent child king tonight.

Got a definete Billy Mummy vibe tonight...

I agree. Ben is very much a petulant child when he doesn't get what he wants. This is probably what the Billy Mummy character would have grown up to be if Rod Serling would have ever revisited the story.

That's a great analogy! I was trying to place where I had seen that behavior before.

Yep, totally!

I agree. Ben is very much a petulant child when he doesn't get what he wants. This is probably what the Billy Mummy character would have grown up to be if Rod Serling would have ever revisited the story.

Rod didn't but there was a sequel to that episode.

Remember that episode of the Twilight Zone with Billy Mummy as the kid in that town everyone was afraid of because he had powers and could do anything?

Kind of reminds me of Ben. He acted like a petulent child king tonight.

Got a definete Billy Mummy vibe tonight...
Awesome! I totally agree with you. I actually always had made the connection between Ben's mysteriously implied abilities and Steven King's (Richard Bachman)book, The Regulators. Similar idea I think... a child's unbridled imagination coupled with ultimate power equals misery and terror for those around him.

Rod didn't but there was a sequel to that episode. Is that the one with the little girl that was in real life Billy Mummy's daughter? I am kind of fuzzy on the details but I think I did see that.

An interesting comparison. Was there a sequel to that episode, or was it a remake?

I found this in the Wiki, "It's a Good Life". Bill Mumy returned to play the adult version of Anthony, the demonic child he had played in the original story, with Mumy's daughter, Liliana, appearing as Anthony's daughter, a more benevolent but even more powerful child. Cloris Leachman also returned as Anthony's mother. Mumy went on to serve as screenwriter for other episodes in the revival.
I know I saw this but I just can't remember it at all.

He sent them to the cornfield....never to return. So behave like he wants you to behave.

"Oh wow Billy, you killed her good! That was real good, Billy. Real good" lol I love that episode. Ben was acting like that kid.

That was such a great episode! Send 'em to the cornfield!
Ben needs to be sent to the cornfield. "You're mine!". Huh, I don't think so little man. I was waiting for her to snap. He traps her on this island under false circumstances, stalks her and then kills her boyfriend and brings her over to see the corpse. That's a paddlin'!

Funny you should bring up Bill Mumy... On Babylon 5, he played Lennier, the assistant to Minbari ambassador Delenn who was also secretly in love with her. Delenn was played by the same actress who plays our favorite crazy French chick, Mira Furlan.

Well, and what about Walt and his "powers"? We don't really know much about those. And was it one of the Missing Pieces that had a kid, maybe Walt, being held, oh crap, where was that? Anyway the birds were all killed outside his room?

(I just re-read that---I hope someone knows what I'm talking about... :D )

Remember that episode of the Twilight Zone with Billy Mummy as the kid in that town everyone was afraid of because he had powers and could do anything?

Kind of reminds me of Ben. He acted like a petulent child king tonight.

Got a definete Billy Mummy vibe tonight... It sure was. Harper seemed to understand that - Goodwin didn't, to his peril
Bill Mumy of course went on to be in Lost in Space - "Danger Will Robinson! Danger Will Robinson!"

Remember that episode of the Twilight Zone with Billy Mummy as the kid in that town everyone was afraid of because he had powers and could do anything?

Kind of reminds me of Ben. He acted like a petulent child king tonight.

Got a definete Billy Mummy vibe tonight...

Seriously. Ben's picture is found in the dictionary under "petulant."

ME noted Ben's childish behavior in the video podcast, and it got me thinking about how complex and layered the character really is.

Remember that episode of the Twilight Zone with Billy Mummy as the kid in that town everyone was afraid of because he had powers and could do anything?

Kind of reminds me of Ben. He acted like a petulent child king tonight.

Got a definete Billy Mummy vibe tonight...

"your a bad man, your a very bad man" lol
TTZ series was one of the best fantasy/sci-fi programs ever made imo.
I have seen that episode like 10 times.. didnt the boy make all other towns and cities around his home town dissapear?? or something like that anyway?

But yea, Ben had that same feel in this episode.
Good catch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU8HeV-r8uQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfGWvexg90w&feature=related

You're a bad man, you're a very bad man

here's the first part of the sequel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtZTSaUxnY&feature=related

Ben does act like a child dictator who can dole out death and get people to perform for him by using fear as a motive.

That Twilight Zone episode always creeped me out. If I had been his family, I would have at least tried to bash his head in before I was banished or vanished.

I remember this episode very well. I always watch the twilight zone marathon every new year's!! I think I see that episode every year. The kid was very creepy. I think that kid always played creepy parts, I remember seeing him on something else. Anyway Ben does act very childish when he doesn't get what he wants. Maybe because he is so used to getting exactly what he wants. When he doesn't he becomes dangerous.

"your a bad man, your a very bad man" lol
TTZ series was one of the best fantasy/sci-fi programs ever made imo.
I have seen that episode like 10 times.. didnt the boy make all other towns and cities around his home town dissapear?? or something like that anyway?

But yea, Ben had that same feel in this episode.
Good catch.

Anthony = sends bad people to the cornfield
Benry = is one of the good guys, sends people to the Dharma ditch.

Anthony = has big bug eyes that pop when he is angry.
Benry = has big bug eyes that pop when he is angry.

Anthony = His own family is afraid of him, says he is 'real good' all the time.
Benry = Juliet (and everyone?) is afraid of him, says he is 'great'

Anthony = Feels unloved and misunderstood
Benry = Feels unloved, gets dropped from the book club.

Anthony = a 10 yr old virgin
Benry = a 40 yr old virgin (?)

Anthony = turns people into Jack-in -the-box.
Benry = turns Micheal into puppet willing to shoot 2 women, then himself.

Anthony = made the ENTIRE world disappear except his town.
Benry = has an island cut-off from the entire world that cannot be found.

Anthony = sends bad people to the cornfield
Benry = is one of the good guys, sends people to the Dharma ditch.

Anthony = has big bug eyes that pop when he is angry.
Benry = has big bug eyes that pop when he is angry.

Anthony = His own family is afraid of him, says he is 'real good' all the time.
Benry = Juliet (and everyone?) is afraid of him, says he is 'great'

Anthony = Feels unloved and misunderstood
Benry = Feels unloved, gets dropped from the book club.

Anthony = a 10 yr old virgin
Benry = a 40 yr old virgin (?)

Anthony = turns people into Jack-in -the-box.
Benry = turns Micheal into puppet willing to shoot 2 women, then himself.

Anthony = made the ENTIRE world disappear except his town.
Benry = has an island cut-off from the entire world that cannot be found.

Nice ; )
So he did make the world disappear.
Too much power I think lol.




"Do I get one?"

I remember an episode from Happy Days where Fonzie banged up the wall and lights turned off. Reminded me of Jin fishing, they are both so cool.

I remember an episode from Happy Days where Fonzie banged up the wall and lights turned off. Reminded me of Jin fishing, they are both so cool.

Wasn't that, like, EVERY episode of Happy Days? The Fonz was always banging stuff to make it turn on and off. Whoa. Maybe if Ben brought the Fonz in to bang some of the ladies, they might not die during pregnancy.

Gee, I hadn't thought about the Billy Mumy similarities, I went to school with him back when he did that Twilight Zone and he wasn't exactly a friendly kid so I think I avoided watching him on TV...lol....but anyway, now that I think of him, I wonder if Ben looks a bit like a grown up Billy Mumy on purpose :)
Too bad they couldn't have had real lookalike to play Ben as a boy. That would have REALLY been creepy.
Every episode reveals how much more there is to Ben ~ there is still wayyyyyy more to him than we know.....don'tcha think?
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