Jar's contents (sans liquid) started out has a life size Styrofoam manikin head I that I purchased at Hobby Lobby. Third size version but I found a two gallon specimen jar that suited my needs perfectly on eBay (where else?). The hardest part was to find a jar suitable to set up to duplicate the scene full scale. That always stayed with me and a chance reviewing of the episode inspired me to try my hand at reconstructing “The Jar”. There was a very creepy element about the story Here's a link to theĪnyway, I first saw this story on the Alfred Hitchcock Hour when I was a mere lad of 14. I won't spoil the ending for you but you can see two TV versions of the story on YouTube (the Alfred Hitchcock version is the best) or you can read the story to see how it turns out. Some memories of their past which still haunt them. When he returns home, he and the jar become the center of attention in the small community, a status,Ĭuriously, everyone that looks into the jar sees something different and/or it stirs So taken in is he with the jar and its contents, he persuades one of the carnival workers to sell to him. Thing (very Lovecraftian that) floating in a jar. “ The Jar” is a macabre short story by Ray Bradbury which concerns a country bumpkin at carnival sideshow who sees an indescribable That's Billy Barty posing with the jar in the 1964 episode. Screenshot of the Alfred Hitchcock version of the story.
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