![]() ![]() ![]() I can't recall which one contains the story, but it was published in the 1960s. If one would go to Amazon (as I just did) and look up "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" under Books, you will find various books. You are also correct in that it was based on a short story found in an Alfred Hitchcock short-story book collection. I'd enjoy seeing the one you describe-it sounds very suspenseful. Asked why he does it, he replies, To keep the elephants away. I think the one I remember was an "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." I also read it in short story form somewhere a long time ago. It’s a bit like the old joke about the guy standing on a downtown corner persistently snapping his fingers. The action somehow goes to Guy 2's hotel room, where they are betting on whether or not the lighter will light every time, with very high stakes (not in money but I don't want to spoil it). The nightmares I had when I saw what Billy Mumy did to a man who refused to kowtow to him lasted for weeks. ![]() Billy Mumy stars as a six-year-old boy who terrorizes his town with his power to destroy, create, disfigure, and kill anyone who doesn't praise and placate him. This was the first of four appearances in The Twilight Zone by Jack Klugman. One of the three most frightening TZ episodes just for its images. Guy 1 needs a light for his cigarette, and Guy 2 pulls out this nifty lighter, lights it for him, and mentions that it never fails and he would bet on it. A gambler in Las Vegas accepts a bet with a mysterious old southern man, that he can light his cigarette lighter 10 times and if he misses one light, the man. truck as seen in the episode is a tribute to producer Buck Houghton. This was one where a guy goes up to a stranger in a hotel bar (maybe in Vegas). I remember a different story about a lighter. ![]()
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