Episode 88, of the Twilight Zone: The story is based on the 1950 short story "To Serve Man", written by Damon KnightThe title is a paraprosdokian, using the verb serve, which has dual meanings of "to assist" or "to provide as a meal." The episode is one of the few instances in the series wherein an actor breaks the fourth wall and addresses the viewing audience at the episode's end. The episode, along with the line "It's a cookbook!" have become elements in pop culture.
Initially wary of an alien race who came "quite uninvited", international leaders begin to be persuaded of the Kanamits' benevolence when their advanced technology puts an end to hunger, energy shortages, and nuclear proliferation. Trust in the Kanamits seems to be justified when Patty, a member of the cryptography staff led by Chambers, decodes the title of the Kanamit book: To Serve Man. The Kanamits submit to interrogation and polygraph, at the request of the UN delegates. When declaring their benevolent intentions, the polygraph indicates that the Kanamit is speaking the truth.
The day arrives for Chambers's excursion to the Kanamits' planet. Just as he mounts the spaceship's boarding stairs, Patty runs toward him in great agitation. While being held back by a Kanamit guard, Patty cries: "Mr. Chambers, don't get on that ship! The rest of the book To Serve Man, it's... it's a cookbook!”Chambers tries to run back down the stairs, but a Kanamit blocks him, the stairs retract, and the ship lifts off.
It seems the inhabitants of Earth, in their rush to believe what might be, before their eyes, but nothing that rests well in their gut, receive an alien visitor (no not one of those rapists or drug smugglers, and certainly not an asylum seeker) but an extra-terrestrial being. Humans pay little attention to the details and are thrilled by the bling, the brightness and the promises of creatures they only view as larger than life. As is usual, all it takes is a few headlines, some grandiose overtures, and the old snake oil, tricky dicky sleight of hand and smoke and mirrors. The Kanamits come in peace, why, just like FOX News they provide a bit of propaganda to demonstrate, that even if you think you can’t believe your eyes, let your eyes read some information so your brain will immediately stop disagreeing with your gut…After all the Karamat’s provided a brief bit of fodder for the foolish…they were here to Serve Man, who needs more…
Today, March 24, 2019, in his role as a puppet to a compromised Russian Agent, William Barr, who proudly auditioned for the title of Attorney General, by saying the President, at least this guy names Trump is and will be above any and all laws of the land. And as the Russian invasion of America continued in full speed, right in front of our eyes, the AG Barr, provide just a four-page Cliff Notes version of Robert Mueller’s report, in which Mr. Barr, leaving out any nasty detail of possible criminality, declared, that Trump did not collude nor obstruct justice. Nothing to see here folks…just, like the citizens in the Twilight Zone, board the space ship, ask no questions, and fuck your destiny. Trump, with his necktie hanging way too long, either pretending that the tie represented the size of his schlong, or using the tie to hide the fact that all he has a few inches of manhood, stomach first, hunched over as might be the Hunchback of Notre Dames, proclaimed that Mueller’s report, the witch hunt, declared that Trump was INNOCENT. Little bachelor Lindsey Graham, supplied the hip, hip, hurrah and told America to get over yourselves. “To Serve Man”, a PARAPROSDOKIAN, a double meaning…We were fucked once by the tricks of the GOP and Putin…and now the same ALIENS, have landed and want to fuck us just one more time!
