What You Need - Twilight-Tober Zone

Based on a 1945 short story of the same name, "What You Need" follows an old street peddler who has a knack for knowing exactly what people need when they need it. Does The Twilight Zone do justice for this short story? Find out now on a new episode of the Twilight-Tober Zone.
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"What You Need" is episode 12 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It is based on the short story of the same name by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore).
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[@darkwolf719]

You know the last general manager who took the Cubs to the WS was from the Scranton Area

[@squeaktheswan2007]

Walter no! NOT THE CUBS!

[@WalterCulture]

@@squeaktheswan2007 Exactly! Not the cubs.

[@borochifox]

Ouch I knew that Cubs comment would hit home. XD

[@Kentrc11]

Moral of the story: If you meet someone with mystical powers, it's probably not a good idea to get on their dark side

[@masonwheeler6536]

Reminds me of the climax of the first Paul Twister book...

[@Daviticus042]

Their bad side, you mean.

[@crystalgemgirl731]

Or, alternately, the more you take, the less you have.

[@el-kiote]

@@Daviticus042 they said what they meant. whats the difference?

[@philipportelli7700]

Serling loved those street peddlers! Also, he did not shy away from using elderly actors when needed. This is also an episode about second chances and choices, good and bad.

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

The girl at the bar is Arlene Martel, a really wonderful character actress. She's also the scary nurse in the TWILIGHT ZONE episode "Twenty-Two" and Mr. Spock's fiancee in that famous STAR TREK episode, and a whole lot of other things. But she really "disappears" into every role, so it's hard to realize it's the same actress.

[@pointless104]

She was also in many Hogan's Heroes episodes, as Tiger Lily.

[@chapablo]

I loved her performance in 22!!

[@Jezzikah287]

She was also on an episode of The Monkees, "The Spy Who Came in From the Cool".

[@julieporter7805]

She had range in these episodes alone playing a mousy sweet woman in this episode and a creepy almost femme fatale in 22

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

@@julieporter7805 And a refined English girl in one Columbo and a "dumb blonde" (who isn't really dumb) in another Columbo.

[@claytonrios1]

Serenity, Peace of Mind? I could definitely use that in this dumpster fire of a year!

[@anthonycerulli5524]

Couldn’t we all lol

[@ryangreen6255]

Do I have an offer!

[@theeyeoftheyinyangs]

The year now is no better.

[@nobodysdawn493]

I always found the scene where the scarf almost strangles him unintentionally hilarious. Only one side is caught in the elevator and it’s not a particularly fast one either. I always feel compelled to yell at the screen, “Just take the stupid thing off!”

[@iamliterallyme]

The Office bit made me lol, it was exactly what I was thinking

[@iamliterallyme]

Sorry if this sound fanboy-y, BUT OH MY GOD, CHANNEL AWESOME LIKES MY COMMENT!!!!!!1!!!1!!!!!

[@the16thGemini]

This story really makes the viewer look at themselves. As Pedott so brilliantly states the things we need most come from within us. After that statement immediately comes set the aha or light bulb moment for the audience. Fred was too hardened by the hardships of life to receive that. But for the audience much inspiration and self reflecting was found came after Pedott's revelation. Great art doesn't just entertain or reflect us but shows us how to be better as people. One of my all time favorite episodes.

[@masonwheeler6536]

"Used to pitch for the Cubs and now gets drunk seven nights a week? Yeah, that checks out." 🤣

[@mst3KGf]

"Mark Prior only comes in on Wednesday and Thursdays, but Lefty's an every day of the week man."

[@therandomartist3201]

Another favorite of mine, in a way to be a person who knows what someone needs is almost a curse.

[@trinaq]

This episode is an underrated gem. I reckon that most of us would need Pedott to give us a time machine to get out of this pandemic in one piece! 😉 I love the twist of the shoes being what PEDOTT needed! 😏

[@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement]

Pedamic?

[@JustinY.]

We just need to find a way to make 2020 go faster without the world imploding

[@ravenaussie3760]

I was here at 3 likes.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Sadly, we still have some time to build the time machine. So we can make the year 2020 faster or rewinding.

[@legorocketraccoon8297]

You can always sleep when you've got a chance.

[@Starfals]

I'm sure there is a way to do that, in the Twilight Zone of course :)

[@Demon666x3]

What you need...is more gun. -Engineer

[@pyronuke4768]

Reynard is French for fox, which is a subtle hint towards Fred's scheming character.

[@peterglen8396]

I’ve always appreciated the use of light and shadow in the Twighlight Zone! And I really enjoyed this episode. Thank you!

[@iamliterallyme]

You must like Eye of the Beholder a lot.

[@DocZFlux]

Another one I love, particularly how the old man figures out how to do away with Renard in the end!

[@ChrisOnStage2]

One of my favorites!! The only beef I have was the way the bad guy (Fred) was "strangled" by his scarf at the elevator. It was done badly; the scarf wasn't positioned IN ANY WAY to strangle Fred! All he had to do was to easily untie it. You can even see the actor TRYING to keep the scarf on! LOL!

[@TAROTAI]

when you panic . . . you get dumb

[@hayleyelise7144]

I always appreciate your perspectives, research, and insight into each episode you analyze, Walter, and in this particular case I believe you beautifully captured the poignant melancholy and intricate human realities which comprise this deceptively simple tale of a man with prognosticative abilities. Pedott is generally characterized as a rather unobtrusive individual leading a prosaic existence dedicated towards providing others with the seemingly meretricious trinkets that he predicts will provide some minor though positive change to the beneficiary’s life. Renard entertains the prospect of abusing Pedott’s predictive capabilities for more expansive and significantly lucrative reasons, yet the old man ardently refuses, preferring to influence lives through his smaller, intimate gestures. As Pedott himself implies in the clip you showcased, his powers are confined to tangible attributes of life such as acquiring wealth or looking presentable for a photograph, which are sufficient to satisfy the needs of his chosen subjects. Renard represents a man dissatisfied with his existence, desperately in need of all that he perceives will suffice to ameliorate his status as a lonely and bitter man, yet, his true need is for the intangible, the happiness and tranquility born from within, which can never be assuaged by all the trinkets and money in the world. Despite this selfish and callous nature to his personality, I agree that Renard’s characterization still elicits some sympathy for the unlucky and misguided trajectory that his life has always assumed. The pitiable solemnity of the ending arises from the recognition of the veracity of Pedott’s words; sometimes, what we need most cannot be simply gifted by another. Sometimes, significant change to our lives and perspectives must be wrought from within. Thank you, Walter, for wonderfully presenting the somber depth of this episode, and for your suggestion about Tales of Tomorrow!

[@christopheralthouse6378]

Ooooo...such writing, the very turns of every phrase to emulate the most prosaic styles of the time which these days has become sorely missed... Truly legend...😍😁

[@BrowningThirty]

One of the most memorable episodes in my opinion, but Pedott's monologue at the end always bugged me since he's publicly talking to a dead guy 20 feet away from him. I always thought what he said about seeing his own death and how slippery shoes are what he needed to get away would have been better suited in the end monologue from Rod Serling and not from the Pedott character himself.

[@sojoboscribe1342]

It's a little clearer in the original story. There the Pedot (whose first name is Peter, which is important) gives him the shoes because he sees the death is better for the world. And that's what he is REALLY doing trying do, to make the world a better place (he basically thinks he is St. Peter and has "been given the keys to Heaven") He COULD have given him shoes with rough rubber soles (in the story he needs the shoes to protect him from an electrical cable) but he sees that it isn't in the worlds best interest for the guy to live.

[@sarafontanini7051]

well after all the man was giving Pedott SUCH a rough time the man just needed an excuse to get some cathartic backlash against him.

[@TheNeonTheater]

In my opinion...one of the best episodes.

[@HououMinamino]

I love this episode. The only thing that bothered me was the idea of the spot cleaner lady and the former baseball star getting together, because he is going off to a coaching job in Scranton. Is the lady going to get a ticket too, and follow him? I always wondered about that. Maybe she goes to see Pedott after that, and he gives HER a ticket to Scranton, too. Hmm. When Renard breaks into Pedott's apartment and bullies him, it made me think of the kind of guy who is abusive to everyone he meets--family, girlfriends, etc. I could see him getting arrested for doing the same to an ex after being broken up with. Scary. I feel like the reason he has had such bad luck, as he puts it, is because he has such a bad character. Don't sociopaths or narcissists tend to think that the world is against them? I agree that the way they did the car scene was really badly done, but I definitely liked the episode overall. It has a good moral.

[@starkman78]

@Gabreya Bradley yes, you can sense the danger increasing each time Renard appears.

[@johnhaladay5541]

As a die-hard TZ fan, I'm enjoying Walter's videos. I know he's only doing these through Halloween, but I wish he'd review all of them, especially the one-hour episodes.

[@Nasser851000]

What I need is a way to escape 2020 XD

[@trinaq]

I couldn't agree with you more! 💯

[@ThePa1riot]

I mean, time moves forward by itself so that will happen inevitably.

[@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement]

Just stay alive.

[@oliverdelica2289]

@@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement that would be enough

[@thejaredchannel1169]

3 more months including this one, you got this buckaroo.

[@BrienMalone]

I’m loving this curated twilight zone. I’ve got all of the episodes, but never made time to watch them all. Watching these eps after you talk about them has been great!

[@MandleRoss]

I can see some parallels in Stephen King's "Needful Things" and the "Objects" in the TV show "The Lost Room" which also featured a bus ticket and a pair of scissors.

[@Omar-wq9dz]

I can't wait for you to get to episodes like Twenty Two and Monsters Are Due On Maple Street. I think those are some of the best episodes of the entire series

[@Fairygoblet]

I read the teleplay for monsters on maple street when I was younger for English. In the teleplay, the aliens never explain their master plan. We only get a brief glimpse of them at the end.

[@zenchristos]

@@Fairygoblet Hey, me too!!

[@KhanGarth]

“What’s in Scranton?” I knew at that moment what was about to happen

[@JohnnyPaisan]

One of my favorite episodes. I use to live near scranton so when I first heard him say theres nothing but coal mines In scranton i almost died. The triple a team for the Yankees still play there but they changed their name to the rail riders.

[@FflawedMetalhead]

This was one of the first episodes of TZ I ever saw, and it really intrigued me to look further into the series. Definitely a solid favourite, maybe even top 10.

[@richewilson6394]

The reason why they speed it up at the scene where the bad guy gets hit is that it was a good way of making it seem like a sudden event at the same time not hurting the actor

[@darqjade]

What you need and what you want are two very different things and one tends to be a lot more destructive than the other.

[@lO_-_Ol]

I love watching these episodes then watching it here with the commentary of this channel it is like a treat seeing this every day! Keep it up!

[@fromthesidelines]

Very clever references to Rod and his production crew as "Jockeys" in the "Nelson's Selections" newspaper close-up at 4:20.

[@Smacgregor88]

Fun fact: The title card for Tales of Tomorrow was done by a then unknown, Arthur Rankin.

[@crystalgemgirl731]

This is one of my favorite episodes, not sure why.

[@keithdean9149]

My favorite episode

[@v.v365]

I love this episode

[@ScaryStoriesNYC]

You guys do your research. Another excellent job!

[@ThatPurpleGirl81]

I am binge-watching TZ on Hulu, there are so many I can't wait for you to talk about! 💜

[@joshnunya324]

Love this episode

[@cassyblack3346]

I do remember this one pretty well, especially Serling's opening narration.

[@ShotgunGabe]

This reminds me of a show in japan where a shady salesman with doramon like power gives you a gift that beefits you with no charges but the person get's bad karma if he exploit the gift for greed.

[@justanotherchannelonyoutub126]

This is one of my favorites

[@Rojiace]

This is a good episode and hearing about it again makes me think of a later episode where a little jukebox told the future for a quarter

[@julieporter7805]

The streets call to mind noir films and it makes sense that these people would be down on their luck and need extra help to put themselves out of their bad luck. Pedott is a sweet character who knows his power can be a curse. Fun fact: In Rod's narration he describes Renard as having a "chip on his shoulder the size of the national debt". That line is repeated in the opening narration Segment One Time's Out of Twilight Zone The Movie about William Connor, the bigoted character played by Vic Morrow

[@aliso-pv7ll]

Those of us who first saw these TWs in 1959, were in a unique position of being over whelmed and unable to get some episodes out of our minds. Rod Serling was America's Shakespeare and wrote drama plays that are pure genius.

[@amarikristopher8409]

1. I seriously gotta watch this series 2. Yess play that awesome Kevin Macleod music ❤️

[@josuearriaza3952]

Thats cool I dont live to far from scanton and camped there for a few days on the mountain.

[@bruceeng3376]

I needed that.

[@stephenconnors7380]

My Top 3: Elegy, The Hunt, and this one. Jeff Myrtlebank is good too.

[@jeffreyberkin-ez3uh]

My number 112 episode. It aired on Christmas Night, so it could be considered a Christmas episode, and so what if it's a fantasy? well done, but only OK😊

[@O5-XIV]

4 People are stuck in the outterlimits

[@dobrinaleksiev4943]

Very good episode !

[@isabellaearnhardt6380]

Great

[@rainyfeathers9148]

That music (especially that piano bit) sounds like something out of SMT III: Lucifer's Call

[@LittleFireflyDeanna]

Чудесный эпизод, ничего не скажешь. Зачин занимательный, повествование выдержанное и интригующее, развязка толковая и почти кармическая, хахаха )) Спасибо за обзор ^______^

[@DanBrizuela]

Love those classic '50s anthology stories. Though I wonder why they did them live.

[@Icalasari]

Seems like this could be easily recut. Right when it would cut from the guy's face to the car crashing into him, edit it so instead it has the peddler's face from later in the scene, but with the audio from the accident. Then it cuts to the body in the road, and the rest is as is

[@jeremydebow7860]

Excellent breakdown and analysis- thank you.

[@v1de0gamr23]

I found elements of this episode very reminiscent of the story of The Fisherman and His Wife. Just me?

[@Nazo-kage]

Well I do agree that the slightly sped up footage for the car hitting the guy is weird and does look like it would be at home in a slapstick video it’s obvious that the reason they did that was because everything was done very very slowly. There doesn’t seem to be any trick outside of the film speed so it was most most likely a cost saving method instead of getting some dummy.

[@Nazo-kage]

Kairu Hakubi they might’ve only had one shot. So in order to edit it without ruining the film was why it was cut the way it was. Something to keep in mind back in the day there was actually no concept of preserving film. There are a lot of films made back in the day that no one today will ever get to see because in order to save money some studios just decided to record over a previous movie film. It’s actually one of the reasons why there are lost episodes of the original Doctor Who series.

[@Sate12]

It's a little dated and kind of semester that the woman gets stain remover to acquire a man. The guy gets a bus ticket and a new career/life chance. Fred gets something to save his life from a freak accident, a lead to a small fortune. Pedot gets his life saved.

[@jonnybaze]

What’s in Scranton Pennsylvania? Me 😁

[@anubusx]

Serenity now!!!

[@ZackRToler]

It's not as bad as the car scene in the old Great Gatsby movie. When I saw that in High School sometime in 2010-2011 I laughed at how it looked as did about half the class

[@thevine2010]

What does everyone need? For this damn pandemic to be over!

[@chelsea1062]

Yaaaaassss!!!! The Office!!!!

[@joshshaffer3684]

Please do night of the meek i know it is a Christmas episode but its one of my favorites

[@thisismyname007]

What you want, baby, I got it What you need, do you know I got it? [Chorus] All I'm askin' is for a little respect when you come home (Just a little bit) Hey baby (Just a little bit) when you get home (Just a little bit) mister (Just a little bit)

[@revacohen]

I always liked this episode, but I always felt there were problems. I honestly never thought a street peddler could carry in his suitcase things people needed before he even met them (i.e., the bus ticket). And then the former pitcher getting called on a payphone in the bar he was drinking at to be told he was offered a job: how did those people even know he would be there? And how did Reynard know where the old man lived, and how did he know where to find the old man later? And the pen that helped Reynard win was in the peddler's pocket, not the suitcase. So there really were a lot of flaws in this episode.

[@chrisazylum6624]

Remember watching this one when I was younger! Next time The Four Of Us Are Dying!

[@fourteen-bit]

Am I the only one whose first idea of what's in Scranton, Pennsylvania is "30000 pounds of mashed bananas"?

[@henrypatterson3021]

i think when i saw this episode i either missed the beginning or it was edited down because don't remember the part with the pitcher.

[@Delirious365]

5:32 Christine Stephen King RELEASED December 09th, 1983

[@ontheroos5023]

I just watched this not to long ago

[@lenihaylett4674]

when you see a channel awesome video and rush to the comments and the video and THEN YOU SEE SOMEONE SAYING FIRST, damn it.

[@davidarellano9931]

Can you the one of the After Hours, that’s one of my favorite

[@austinburras2993]

That creed lol

[@charliebreland4068]

I knew what was gonna happen right when he said Scranton Pennsylvania

[@majinsole8554]

Man...wish I had that super power. ~_~

[@WasabiSniffer]

I gotta be honest, I like this series a lot. And I know I shouldn’t judge a video by its thumbnail, but every time I see one of those “what if” videos I cringe and look for something else, so i was kinda out off by most non-Doug videos. I’d love it if this kept going past October.

[@rainpooper7088]

Yeah, most of those „What Ifs“ are just dumb fanfics at this point. Like Jasmin‘s mother returning as a zombie to lead the resistance against Jafar? I mean, come on! That’s just trying way too hard to be cool and mature when it’s really just plain silly. They were doing a much better job when they were just trying to iron out the flaws of existing movies a little, like the Mary Poppins 2 or Haunted Mansion rewrites.

[@gameskyjumper1721]

Don't know if anyone would get this, but that oldman is basically Doraemon. 😂

[@richewilson6394]

Do "the masks" next!!!

[@thEannoyingE]

Any chance you’ll do Death’s-Head Revisited, and He’s Alive?

[@Delirious365]

Lol 1:36 time travel 🎬1950's to 2005

[@ChrisOnStage2]

Somebody explain to me the ending!! Mr. Pedott gives a comb to some guy who uses it to comb his hair for a photo. Why?! What was the outcome? What was the purpose? Did I miss something? Nothing special happened to the guy; no revelation or great reveal, so WHY did he "need" the comb?

[@labyfan1313]

**Spoilers** I enjoyed this episode. I agree the car accident did not look good. But besides the fact that the old gentleman killed or let the bully be killed to save his own life which I think is justification enough, he did try to warn him too and told him not to take the box with the shoes in it. It seemed like the peddler was at war with himself at first. Usually it seems the idea of what people need just comes over him unconsciously, all of the sudden. Until the shady guy pressured and forced him to come up with something for him. In the end I feel like he felt very threatened with no way out of his dealing with that man and either unconsciously or in desperation he thought of something to get him out of the situation and when he first realized what it was and that it would mean the other man's death, he tried to say don't take that box. Since the other guy was too greedy and refused to listen, the old man gave up and to save himself let what he foresaw would happen play out. He also mentioned that he saw the man was destined to die when he first met him in the bar so either way it seemed to be his fate, that may have been inescapable one way or another anyway. Of course that's just how I read the actor's portrayal. I don't know about the intent in the original story. But from my perspective I don't think the old man was malicious or completely uncaring about what he did to the other man.

[@phantomdriver2010]

I actually know what minor league ball team he mentions. The scranton Railriders, went to some of their games

[@Nasser851000]

What does everyone need in the comment section right now?

[@trinaq]

Probably a way to survive this pandemic without going completely insane! 😱🤯

[@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement]

Sanity isn't worth the effort, nor is it any fun. Go nuts. I did, and I feel GREAT.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Another sexy Twilight Zone review.

[@christinaflibotte6446]

45 in jail

[@piplup2009]

Perfect mental health

[@christenorio9555]

What if the reboot twilight zone brings this back the peddler is the devil?

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

0:53 Tales of Tomorrow is Public Domain=?!1??!

[@WalterCulture]

Most of the episodes. Not all.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@WalterCulture the name in general is public domain?

[@fazbearsanduniverses7564]

dark toons oggy and the cockroaches happy birthday season 1 episode 10.

[@XX-sp3tt]

What about that poor soul who has to live with being part of a hit and run for the rest of his life?

[@tonysnyder2216]

I need something to give me hope...

[@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement]

Hope is not given, it is cultivated from within.

[@Daviticus042]

Was anyone else thinking of the INXS song?

[@AngelJuliet]

Mandela effect. Maybe they died in a crash and this is them processing that? Idk. Alternate realties or aliens

[@rafaelcampos2792]

Isn't this the Four Elements trainer song?

[@aidanhever3369]

I don't know why Rod Serling didn't adapt any stories by Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft or even Edgar Allan Poe as episodes for The Twilight Zone.

[@crowtrobot17]

There was a Bradbury adaptation (I Sing the Body Electric). A couple of Lovecraft tales were adapted for Serlings other show, Night Gallery.

[@thomasscoffeecompany6243]

It's my bday

[@bolshydowells6371]

Is nothing

[@MrWhitegold13]

A 1000 likes and 1 dislike lol