Twilight Zone Had Similar Store...
YUP!
shareWere you referring to the episode "What You Need"?
Yes, The Twilight Zone had its own version.
Which this obviously pre-dates
BOHICA America!
Wikipedia notes that both episodes were "adapted from the story of the same name by Lewis Padgett (pseudonym for Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore). First published in the October 1945 issue of Astounding Science-Fiction."
This article is about the TZ ep, but ToT is briefly mentioned near the end:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_You_Need
WP's ToT article also briefly mentions "What You Need".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Tomorrow
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