The Twilife Zone

288: The Twilife Zone

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Airdate

November 12, 1994

Last Aired

Date Recorded

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Recorded at

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Album

21: Wish You Were Here!
AIO Encore Collection
You'll Love This Treat!
Fall 1995 Sampler

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Theme

Addiction
Idols
Friendship

Genre

KYDS Radio

Scripture

1 Corinthians

Written By

Phil Lollar

Directed By

Phil Lollar

Produced By

Unknown

Executive Producer

Chuck Bolte

Post-Production

Dave Arnold

Engineer

Unknown

Music By

John Campbell

Songs By

Unknown

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Rating

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Summary

Connie uses Kid's Radio to tell a story of a talking chicken who begins to control his user's actions much like drugs begin to control people.

Plot

It’s Kid’s Radio time again at Whit’s End, and Connie narrates an unusual story. A young boy is walking to school one day when a friend coaxes him into an alley. The friend shows him something unusual: a talking toy chicken who tells goofy jokes. The young boy, played by Sam Johnson, is intrigued by the chicken. He ends up meeting the friend, played by Rusty Gordon, after school at a secret location. There, a bunch of boys are gathered to hear more from this chicken.

Sam is so intrigued, he begs Rusty to let him have a chicken of his own. Rusty agrees to do this, for a price. Sam pays it. But soon, he becomes addicted to the chicken! He can’t even go to school without listening to its goofy jokes and hearing the chicken’s recorded voice say, “I like you. You’re my best friend.”

Sam still thinks it’s harmless, until the chicken actually starts talking specifically to him! Sam can’t believe it. The chicken, Henny, remarks that he can only come to life for Sam, but only if Sam does everything Henny tells him to do. One of the things Henny wants Sam to do is steal some money from a school fund-raiser!

Sam nearly gives in, but he is rescued in the nick of time by his good friend, and his conscience! He finally sees the light and rejects Henny for what he is: a sick addiction, which destroys people.

Discussion Questions

1. When Rusty wanted Sam to try out the chicken, what should Sam have done?
2. Why was Sam so hooked on Henny?
3. What should you do if anyone ever offers you drugs? How could you help a friend who was on drugs?

Cast

Characters	Actors
Connie Kendall	Katie Leigh
Mr. Deardorf	Will Ryan
Eric	Unknown
Eugene Meltsner	Will Ryan
Henny	Phil Lollar
Larry (b)	Gabriel Encarnacion
Lawrence Hodges	Gabriel Encarnacion
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz	Genni Long
Luella	Genni Long
Russel (a)	Shawn Svoboda
Rusty Gordon (Malone)	Shawn Svoboda
Sam Johnson	Kyle Ellison
Simon (b)	Kyle Ellison

Notes

• PARENTAL WARNING: This episode is about the dangers of addiction. Although presented in a comical and non-threatening way, we suggest you listen with your children and use the episode as an opportunity to discuss the subject of drug abuse with them.
• This is the first time the "Twilife Zone" appeared on KYDS Radio, but it first appeared in Odyssey in Robyn Jacobs's dream in the episode "Better Late than Never."
• The first draft of this show had a much darker plot where Courtney Vincent was addicted to a talking doll. It was changed due to the facts that the staff at AIO thought that it might scare kids away from playing with their action figures and dolls.

Quotes

Henny: I have a friend who talks so much, when she goes to the beach her tongue gets sunburn.

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Henny: Is that your face, or did your neck blow a bubble?

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Henny: Know what you get when you cross a cow with a porcupine? A steak with a built in tooth pick.

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Simon: I know it's silly Henny. You're just a toy. But there's something about you that makes me feel good.
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