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Button, Button is an episode of The Twilight Zone. This episode was based off of the short story created by Richard Matheson, also titled "Button, Button" The Twilight Zones original opening The Twilight Zone was a television anthology series created (and often written) by its narrator and host Rod Serling. ... Richard Matheson Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror or science fiction. ...

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Mare Winningham is the wife of a down and out loser. One day, a smartly dressed stranger comes to their door and tells them they will be granted a large sum of money if they press the button within a special box he has. The catch ... once they press the button, someone somewhere in the world will die -- someone they don't know. Mary Megan Mare Winningham (born May 16, 1959 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA) is an American film and television actress. ...


After pressing the button, the stranger returns and gives them the money, telling them someone, somewhere has indeed died. He takes the box back telling them it will next be given to someone else, who will be made the same offer ... someone they don't know.



"The Twilight Zone" Profile in Silver/Button, Button (1986)



TV Series: "The Twilight Zone" (1985) Original Air Date: 7 March 1986 (Season 1, Episode 20)


Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller / Horror (more)



Episode Credited cast: Barbara Baxley .... Dr. Kate Wange (segment "Profile in Silver") Brad Davis .... Arthur Lewis (segment "Button, Button") Louis Giambalvo .... Livingston (segment "Profile in Silver") Jerry Hardin .... Lyndon B. Johnson (segment "Profile in Silver") Ken Hill .... Aide (segment "Profile in Silver") Basil Hoffman .... Steward (segment "Button, Button") Charles Lanyer .... (segment "Profile in Silver") Huck Liggett .... (segment "Profile in Silver") Andrew Robinson .... President Kennedy (segment "Profile in Silver") David Sage .... Professor (segment "Profile in Silver") Lane Smith .... Professor Joseph Fitzgerald (segment "Profile in Silver") Mark L. Taylor .... (segment "Profile in Silver") Mare Winningham .... Norma Lewis (segment "Button, Button")

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Series Cast These people are regular cast members. Charles Aidman .... Narrator (voice)


See also

  • Button, Button (Asimov)

  Results from FactBites:
 
Button Button (4066 words)
Buttons make a functional appearance by ones and twos as fastenings on men's blouses, and by the middle of the 16th century are apparent in great profusion on male clothing.
Well-tailored men's suits actually button at the sleeve, though these buttons are not meant to open or close, any more than the lapel button (surviving mainly as a button hole with no corresponding button opposite) is meant to close the suit at the throat.
Military uniforms employed such a lavish profusion of buttons that the button itself came to be associated, at least in the minds of the Amish, with pride and militarism, and they in consequence prohibit the use of buttons on their clothing to this very day.
BUTTON - Button (224 words)
BUTTON element defines a submit button, reset button, or push button.
These attributes allow authors to provide multiple submit buttons and have the form handler take a different action depending on the submit button used.
The user is unable to push the button, the button cannot receive focus, and the button is skipped when navigating the document by tabbing.
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