Kick the Can
- Episode aired Feb 9, 1962
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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An old man living in a rest home thinks he's found the secret of youth in children's games.An old man living in a rest home thinks he's found the secret of youth in children's games.An old man living in a rest home thinks he's found the secret of youth in children's games.
Earle Hodgins
- Agee
- (as Earl Hodgins)
Gregory McCabe
- Boy #1
- (uncredited)
Eve McVeagh
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
- Resident
- (uncredited)
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- …
Barry Truex
- David Whitley
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThis episode was one of three episodes to be remade for Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). The relevant segment was directed by Steven Spielberg.
- Quotes
Charles Whitley: Maybe, the fountain of youth isn't a fountain at all. Maybe, it's a way of looking at things - a way of thinking.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
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Let's kick some cans, folks
"All kids play those games and the minute they stop, they begin to grow old
It's almost as though playing kick-the-can keeps them young"
"Maybe there are people who stay young
Maybe they know a secret they keep from the rest of us
Maybe the fountain of youth isn't a fountain at all
Maybe it's a way of looking at things, a way of thinking"
Said Mr. Charles Whitley.
We always happen to accidentally drop by that YouTuber or podcaster or even an acquaintance that tell us to go back to the hobbies we used to practice as kids for various purposes, one of them is that it helps with the process of healing and taking care of our inner child, other one is to stay creative regardless the world of distractions we're living in due to social Media that Chain us to what's only trendy and keep us limited to what we're exposed to, hindering us from innovation. And the paradox is that we always watch kids these days trying to act like adults!!
At some point in the episode people start panicking when Charles Whitley starts acting playfully around the water as if he's lost his total sanity. I wonder why we hide the most alive version of us in the sake of maturity? Who said that adulting code is to be serious all the time?
Being young is the only age we feel full of life, the minute we start carrying more responsibility it gets darker, that's whywe try to stick to any memory of the youth to keep us motivated not to give up our miserable life. I'm not saying we should pretend as if time should stop at youth phase, yet to get the most advantage of the youth to help us cope with adulting problems.
We always happen to accidentally drop by that YouTuber or podcaster or even an acquaintance that tell us to go back to the hobbies we used to practice as kids for various purposes, one of them is that it helps with the process of healing and taking care of our inner child, other one is to stay creative regardless the world of distractions we're living in due to social Media that Chain us to what's only trendy and keep us limited to what we're exposed to, hindering us from innovation. And the paradox is that we always watch kids these days trying to act like adults!!
At some point in the episode people start panicking when Charles Whitley starts acting playfully around the water as if he's lost his total sanity. I wonder why we hide the most alive version of us in the sake of maturity? Who said that adulting code is to be serious all the time?
Being young is the only age we feel full of life, the minute we start carrying more responsibility it gets darker, that's whywe try to stick to any memory of the youth to keep us motivated not to give up our miserable life. I'm not saying we should pretend as if time should stop at youth phase, yet to get the most advantage of the youth to help us cope with adulting problems.
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- salmasakr-82890
- Oct 2, 2023
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- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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