"Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
Frisby manages a grocery store/gas station in a small town, and the townsfolk know him well for the tall tales he spins of his experiences, all of which he fabricates and which are often contradictory.
One evening, a friendly voice summons him. Creatures from another planet, disguised as humans, ask him to board their ship. They want Frisby for u...
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"Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
Frisby manages a grocery store/gas station in a small town, and the townsfolk know him well for the tall tales he spins of his experiences, all of which he fabricates and which are often contradictory.
One evening, a friendly voice summons him. Creatures from another planet, disguised as humans, ask him to board their ship. They want Frisby for use as a zoo specimen—they take his exaggerated tales as reality, so why not take the perfect example? The alien tells Frisby that he seems to have the widest range of experience and highest education - they have obviously been listening to him for a long time - and want him to come with them.
Frisby tells them that he lied, but the aliens do not understand the term "to lie", and ask him to just sit quietly and wait for departure. Frisby, unable to convince them of their erroneous decision, decides to relax by playing his harmonica. He then...
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