Tooth and Consequences
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"Tooth and Consequences" is the third and final segment of the sixteenth episode from the first season (1985-1986) of the television series The New Twilight Zone
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As Myron tries to hang himself, a patient, Lydia, comes to the office looking for a hairbrush she lost the day before. Myron actually gets up the nerve to ask her out, but she rejects him. After Lydia leaves, he again tries to hang himself, but the light fixture, to which he attaches the noose, breaks. He is caught by a burly man who identifies himself as the tooth fairy
. When the "tooth fairy" asks Myron if he can do anything for him, he wishes that Lydia would fall madly in love with him and that he would have many patients who would like him. His wish is granted. However, it does not turn out like he hoped; he becomes tired and overworked and Lydia constantly wants to make love. Myron decides to run away from his new life and boards a freight train. On the train are a group of hobos who identify themselves as ex-dentists. They claim that with them not around, the tooth fairy gets more business...
" for syndication, as recently shown on the Chiller TV network.
The New Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone is the first of two revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.-Series history:...
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Synopsis
Dentist Dr. Myron Mandel has problems with self-esteem. He even feels the necessity to discuss it with office neighbor, psychiatrist Walter Pinkham. Myron states that it feels like his patients shrink from his touch, but the psychiatrist shoos Myron out of his office, trying to convince him to let it go. Upon returning to his own office, Myron tells his receptionist to send home the waiting patients claiming he is sick. The receptionist has had enough of his self-loathing and quits. Myron goes out and dismisses his patients, claiming he's going to do missionary work with Eskimos. In reality, however, he makes the decision to kill himself.As Myron tries to hang himself, a patient, Lydia, comes to the office looking for a hairbrush she lost the day before. Myron actually gets up the nerve to ask her out, but she rejects him. After Lydia leaves, he again tries to hang himself, but the light fixture, to which he attaches the noose, breaks. He is caught by a burly man who identifies himself as the tooth fairy
Tooth fairy
The tooth fairy is a fantasy figure of early childhood. The folklore states that when a child loses a baby tooth, if he or she places it beneath the bed pillow, the tooth fairy will visit while the child sleeps, replacing the lost tooth with a small payment....
. When the "tooth fairy" asks Myron if he can do anything for him, he wishes that Lydia would fall madly in love with him and that he would have many patients who would like him. His wish is granted. However, it does not turn out like he hoped; he becomes tired and overworked and Lydia constantly wants to make love. Myron decides to run away from his new life and boards a freight train. On the train are a group of hobos who identify themselves as ex-dentists. They claim that with them not around, the tooth fairy gets more business...
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Syndication
This episode became the first segment, in a shared half-hour run time with "Wish BankWish Bank (The Twilight Zone)
Wish Bank is the second segment of the fourth episode from the first season of the television series The New Twilight Zone.-Synopsis:...
" for syndication, as recently shown on the Chiller TV network.