"The Brain Center at Whipple's" is an episode of the American television series The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...

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Synopsis

In the year 1967, Wallace V. Whipple, owner of a vast manufacturing corporation, decides to upgrade his plant to increase output by installing a machine named the "X109B14 modified transistorized totally automated machine," which leads to layoffs. Some former employees try to convince him that the value of a man outweighs the value of a machine, but their protests fall on deaf ears. Eventually, the board of directors find him neurotically obsessed with machines and retire him. Whipple joins his former plant manager at the bar opposite his factory and expresses deep sorrow at his misfortune ("It isn't fair, Hanley! It isn't fair the way they...diminish us"). A robot now runs his office.

Production notes

The robot that ultimately replaces Mr. Whipple is "Robby the Robot

Robby the Robot

Robby the Robot is a fictional character who has made a number of appearances in science fiction movies and television programs after his first appearance in the 1956 MGM science fiction film Forbidden Planet.-Overview:...

" from the 1956 Sci-Fi film Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet

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. "Robby" appeared in two other episodes of The Twilight Zone; Episode #2 "One for the Angels

One for the Angels

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" and episode #128 "Uncle Simon

Uncle Simon

"Uncle Simon" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.-Synopsis:Barbara Polk has lived with her aged, sadistic uncle, Simon Polk, for 25 years — even though she hates him — as she is his only heir. After berating Barbara in the basement, Simon raises his cane to...

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