It's a Good Life (The Twilight Zone)

"**It's a Good Life**"
"It's a Good Life"
The Twilight Zone episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 8
Directed by	James Sheldon
Teleplay by	Rod Serling
Based on	"It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby
Production code	4801
Original air date	November 3, 1961
Guest appearances
	John Larch as Mr. Fremont; Cloris Leachman as Mrs. Fremont; Don Keefer as Dan Hollis; Billy Mumy as Anthony Fremont; Alice Frost as Aunt Amy; Max Showalter (as Casey Adams) as Pat Riley; Jeanne Bates as Ethel Hollis;
Episode chronology
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	The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) (season 3)
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"It's a Good Life" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American television series The Twilight Zone, and the 73rd overall. It was written by series creator/showrunner Rod Serling, based on the 1953 short story "It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby. The episode was directed by James Sheldon, and is considered by some, such as Time and TV Guide, to be one of the best episodes of the series. It originally aired on November 3, 1961. The episode was one of four from the original 1959 series which formed the basis of the 1983 film Twilight Zone: The Movie.