Of Late I Think of Cliffordville

"Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The episode was parodied on an episode of Saturday Night Live. William J. Feathersmith, the 75-year-old president of a large corporation, is a self-centered, sadistic boor, always talking of his youth. He is bored with success. Feathersmith talks with the janitor, Mr. Hecate, who comes from the same town, Cliffordville, Indiana. Both Fe... more

"Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The episode was parodied on an episode of Saturday Night Live. William J. Feathersmith, the 75-year-old president of a large corporation, is a self-centered, sadistic boor, always talking of his youth. He is bored with success. Feathersmith talks with the janitor, Mr. Hecate, who comes from the same town, Cliffordville, Indiana. Both Feathersmith and Hecate have been working in the same building for 34 years. The president dreams of returning to Cliffordville and starting life anew. He meets the Devil, appearing as "Ms. Devlin" this time, in a travel agency in his own building, on a floor that wasn't there before. Excited by the implications, Feathersmith offers to sell his soul for the chance to start life over. Unfortunately, Ms. Devlin informs him that, because of all the evil deeds he has committed over the course of his life, he's irrevocably bound for Hell, meaning... less