Long Distance Call
A toy telephone given as a birthday gift becomes the link between young Billy Bayles and his newly deceased beloved grandmother, but this link becomes dangerous when she apparently wants him to join her on the other side.
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"I saw this when it first appeared back in the early '60s and it had the entire family riveted to the set. Back in those days, there weren't any doom-ridden voice-overs with the endless (and sometimes pointless) morals that inevitably followed. It was a beautifully thought-out episode with three-dimensional characters and their unexpected interactions, The grandmother who gave her grandson the toy phone was unlikeable to begin with, selfish and completely wrapped up in herself. The father had all the answers, none of them right and the wife was quite upset, of course. I particularly e..."
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This is the first of 3 appearances by Bill Mumy in the original series, followed by It's a Good Life (1961) and In Praise of Pip (1963). He also appeared in It's Still a Good Life (2003).
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A toy telephone given as a birthday gift becomes the link between young Billy Bayles and his newly deceased beloved grandmother, but this link becomes dangerous when she apparently wants him to join her on the other side.