This is a superb episode, starting with Rob watching TV in his room -- a supremely schlocky science fiction horror movie about an alien (played by Danny Thomas, though we never see one scene from the movie) from the planet Twilo who uses strange devices hidden in walnut shells to convert humans into Twiloites (who have eyes in the back as well as fronts of their heads, but no thumbs).
Laura is naturally upset listening to all the eerie music and by Rob's summary of the plot -- wondering (in an imitation Boris Karloff voice) how he could type without thumbs. (He wouldn't be able to press the space bar.)
The next morning things turn weird. Laura brings out an egg carton -- packed with walnuts. She hands Richie his school lunch -- a bag of walnuts. Then Rob tells Sally and Buddy about the movie, and Sally insists she was at the UN when it all happened. Later the alien (Kolak) turns up, and Rob naturally tries to assume he's really the actor -- receiving the response, "What is a Danny Thomas?" (Very British-sounding accent.) Rob finds a walnut with the alien device, and while trying to flick his lighter seems to be missing a thumb.
He finally arrives to a famous scene of Laura sliding out of the closet on a large pile of walnuts. You'll have to view the episode to see what happens after that.
Laura is naturally upset listening to all the eerie music and by Rob's summary of the plot -- wondering (in an imitation Boris Karloff voice) how he could type without thumbs. (He wouldn't be able to press the space bar.)
The next morning things turn weird. Laura brings out an egg carton -- packed with walnuts. She hands Richie his school lunch -- a bag of walnuts. Then Rob tells Sally and Buddy about the movie, and Sally insists she was at the UN when it all happened. Later the alien (Kolak) turns up, and Rob naturally tries to assume he's really the actor -- receiving the response, "What is a Danny Thomas?" (Very British-sounding accent.) Rob finds a walnut with the alien device, and while trying to flick his lighter seems to be missing a thumb.
He finally arrives to a famous scene of Laura sliding out of the closet on a large pile of walnuts. You'll have to view the episode to see what happens after that.