Twilight Zone Poker
- Directed by Elliot Silverstein. With Joseph Schildkraut, Noah Keen, Alma Platt, Theodore Marcuse. An elderly couple shop for younger replacement bodies, then resort to desperate measures to cover the cost.
- Directed by Lamont Johnson. With Gladys Cooper, Robert Redford, R.G. Armstrong, Rod Serling. An old woman has fought with death a thousand times and has always won.
Twilight Zone Package & Lounge, Plant City, Florida. 1,560 likes 8 talking about this 7,596 were here. Everyday from 10:00am - 8:00pm. 136.7k Followers, 1,338 Following, 1,602 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Imparfaite. Morgan Freeman and M. Emmet Walsh (Blade Runner) discover their playing cards with the Devil himself! Taken from the upcoming DVD box set of the complete 198.
Sadly, a few days ago 1/20/2021 marked the 10th year that I stocked Rottendog boards, buying over $1.5 million dollars worth of product in 10 years and certainly putting hundreds of thousands of dollars in to Jim and Linda Knight's pockets so they could retire more than comfortably. Big Daddy became the biggest distributor of Rottendog boards and it helped us become very successful. I say sadly because out of the blue, a new owner bought the company effective Jan 2nd this year, and has decided to become my competitor. He is copying my eBay listings (pictures and wording), has removed Big Daddy Enterprises off the Rottendog site as a distributor, and telling customers 'Rottendog' is not honoring warrantees on defective boards. I was lied to on November 4th when I was called by Jim and the new owner, telling me they were ramping up production of boards and would be in contact about future changes. The last contact I had with Jim was December 4th, when he told me he would send some replacement display boards for incorrect parts in a bundled kit. Never happened. My customer is left with incorrect parts that I will remedy. The next and only time I heard from anyone was today, when the new owner told me I was responsible for warranty repair on a board I paid for in August, as I was the one that sold the product. The board in question was defective, *ALSO* previously repaired and sold to me as new at full price. The new owner made it very clear that in his opinion, I bought from Jim and he had nothing to do with it. I reached out to Jim and his response was basically 'good luck'.
Obviously I won't be restocking any more product as that offer to me didn't happen, and apparently the remaining untested/unfinished product is being dumped on eBay at inflated prices by the new owner, I've seen no new stock being manufactured. I will be liquidating what I have, and replacing with superior XPin and Big Daddy Signature items. As for warranty on my remaining stock, I will offer 6 months from date of sale, however be aware that because so many game problems actually damage the board, I will have to have them returned to see if it a true manufacturing defect, most are not. The biggest scenario is buyers reporting popped fuses. Fuses protect the board from damage the game is causing, it's not a board defect. To be honest, Rottendog received a bad rap but in reality there were very few out of the box bad boards, but it is also a fact Rottendog lied that every board was tested. Their 'last time buy' on unfinished boards clearly showed most boards were 'visually inspected', not tested.
The below inventory is what I have left and I will update as I sell out. Some shown but marked out of stock are simply because I have stock, but I need to test and verify, unlike what Rottendog did. I will be offering specials on certain 'untested' boards on here, Facebook and eBay. Obviously I'm disappointed on the actions of the old Rottendog and the new, but their lack of business ethics will bring them what they deserve.
Twilight Zone Gambling Episode
| 'Dealer's Choice' | |||
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| The Twilight Zone episode | |||
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 8с | ||
| Directed by | Wes Craven | ||
| Written by | Donald Todd | ||
| Original air date | November 15, 1985 | ||
| Guest appearance(s) | |||
Morgan Freeman: Tony | |||
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| List of The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series) episodes | |||
'Dealer's Choice' is the third segment of the eighth episode of the first season (1985–86) of the television seriesThe Twilight Zone. Featuring an ensemble cast composed largely of veteran character actors, it follows the events of a poker night in which one of the players is secretly the Devil.
Plot[edit]
A group of friends are having a poker night. Regulars Tony, Marty, Jake, and Peter are joined by Nick, who is subbing for their friend Norman. After many hands won by Nick, Jake begins to ponder why he is dealt so many sixes. While Nick and Marty are away from the table, Jake confirms that Nick's current hand has three sixes. The guys become convinced that Nick is the Devil when they call Norman and discover he isn't sick.
When Nick rejoins the table, he admits that they are right and apologizes for the deception. He also informs them that one of them is to die and go to Hell tonight. The three friends debate who it is to be collected. At Nick's suggestion, they draw to determine who it is, and Pete 'wins'. Tony argues that in order to be fair, Pete should get to play Nick for the fate of his soul. Nick puts up nineteen dollars against Pete's soul. After being allowed the right of dealer's choice, Pete chooses lowball, where the worst hand wins, anticipating that Nick's tendency to draw sixes will practically guarantee he gets three of a kind or higher.
Marty rejoins the group. Nick indeed draws three sixes, but Pete draws four fives, leaving Nick drawing a fourth six as his only path to victory. Nick turns over his last card. It is a Death Tarot card. Before the Devil can take Pete, however, Marty touches the Death card, failing to understand what it signifies. Because of Marty's innocence, the card reveals itself to be a fourth six, which Nick had concealed under an illusion to avoid losing. To make amends for this cheating, he leaves them a grand feast along with a refrigerator filled with beer. The Devil leaves, thanking Pete for his hospitality and says he hopes to host the next game, insinuating that he plans for all of them to end up in Hell. As the friends start another poker hand, they resolve to be better husbands to their wives and start going to church regularly.
External links[edit]
- 'Dealer's Choice' at IMDb
- 'Dealer's Choice' at TV.com
Twilight Zone Poker
