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I Sing the Body Electric ()

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  • Season 3
  • Episode 35
A recent widower, needing loving care for his three young children, orders a cybernetic "grandmother". While two of the children accept her, one of his daughters fiercely rejects her, with near tragic consequences.
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Grandma Robot
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George Rogers
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Salesman
Doris Packer ...
Nedra
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Tom Rogers
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Anne Rogers
Dana Dillaway ...
Karen Rogers
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Older Ann
Paul Nesbitt ...
Older Tom
Judee Morton ...
Older Karen
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David Armstrong ...
Van Driver (uncredited)
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Narrator / Self - Host (uncredited)

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William F. Claxton ... (directed by) (as William Claxton)
James Sheldon ... (directed by)

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Ray Bradbury ... (written by)
 
Rod Serling ... (created by) (creator)

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Buck Houghton ... producer (produced by)

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Van Cleave ... (music composed by)

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George T. Clemens ... director of photography

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Jason H. Bernie ... film editor

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Philip Barber ... (as Phil Barber)
George W. Davis

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H. Web Arrowsmith ... (set decoration)
Henry Grace ... (set construction)

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Ralph W. Nelson ... production manager

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E. Darrell Hallenbeck ... assistant director

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Bill Edmondson ... sound
Franklin Milton ... sound

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Van Cleave ... conductor
Marius Constant ... composer: theme music (uncredited)

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Richard P. McDonagh ... story consultant (as Richard McDonagh)
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  • CBS (1962) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
  • Image Entertainment (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)

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Plot Summary

George is a widower with three children and he is being criticized for trying to raise his children on his own. His son Tom shows him an ad from a company with the motto 'I Sing the Body Electric' that advertises an electronic data processing system to meet anyone's needs - essentially, a robot. They set off and everyone seems to like the idea of having a grandmotherly robot housekeeper except for Anne, who has yet to come to grips with her mother's death. Her rejection of the new member of their family will have serious repercussions but also lead to closure. Written by garykmcd

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Trivia Ray Bradbury submitted several scripts to The Twilight Zone, but this was the only one produced. See more »
Goofs At the end, all three siblings go off to college: at the same time. How could all three be the same age, unless they were twins, adopted or a combination of something else? No mention of this quandary is explained in the story. However, it is more likely that two children were already in college when the third one was entering college. See more »
Movie Connections Edited from Young Man's Fancy (1962). See more »
Soundtracks Twilight Zone Theme See more »
Quotes [opening narration]
Narrator: They make a fairly convincing pitch here. It doesn't seem possible, though, to find a woman who must be ten times better than Mother, in order to seem half as good - except, of course, in The Twilight Zone.
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