Mr. Dingle, the Strong
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"Mr. Dingle, the Strong" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone
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s give vacuum-cleaner salesman and perennial loser Luther Dingle superhuman strength. Discovering his new powers, Dingle starts performing various tricks from lifting statues
to splitting boulders—and starts gaining lots of publicity
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The Martians become disappointed that he only uses his strength for show and take it away just as he attempts to lift a building
before a live TV audience. Unable to make good his claims, he is made a laughing-stock.
As the Martians leave, they bump into two Venusians searching for an Earthling to try their experiment on. The Martians recommend Dingle. So the Venusians give Dingle super-intelligence. Discovering his new powers, Dingle starts thinking aloud at an alarming rate and demonstrates incredible powers of prediction.
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The series consisted of unrelated episodes depicting paranormal, futuristic, dystopian, or simply disturbing events; each show typically featured a surprising...
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Synopsis
In an experiment, two MartianMartian
As an adjective, the term martian is used to describe anything pertaining to the planet Mars.However, a Martian is more usually a hypothetical or fictional native inhabitant of the planet Mars. Historically, life on Mars has often been hypothesized, although there is currently no solid evidence of...
s give vacuum-cleaner salesman and perennial loser Luther Dingle superhuman strength. Discovering his new powers, Dingle starts performing various tricks from lifting statues
Statues
Statues is a popular children's game, often played in Australia but with versions throughout the world.-General rules:# A person starts out as the "Curator" and stands at the end of a field. Everyone else playing stands at the far end...
to splitting boulders—and starts gaining lots of publicity
Publicity
Publicity is the deliberate attempt to manage the public's perception of a subject. The subjects of publicity include people , goods and services, organizations of all kinds, and works of art or entertainment.From a marketing perspective, publicity is one component of promotion which is one...
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The Martians become disappointed that he only uses his strength for show and take it away just as he attempts to lift a building
Building
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before a live TV audience. Unable to make good his claims, he is made a laughing-stock.
As the Martians leave, they bump into two Venusians searching for an Earthling to try their experiment on. The Martians recommend Dingle. So the Venusians give Dingle super-intelligence. Discovering his new powers, Dingle starts thinking aloud at an alarming rate and demonstrates incredible powers of prediction.