Episode Notes
The score composed by Bernard Herrmann consists of a solo bass clarinet, flourished by harps and celesta. The bass clarinet excels in creating the sinister tone appropriate for this episode's mood .
The house in this episode was also used in another Twilight Zone episode, Ring-A-Ding Girl.
The doll used to play Talky Tina was a doll named Brikette that was made by the Vogue doll company. Brikette is a non-talker, except in the Twilight Zone; however, the inspiration for Tina was Chatty Cathy, a talking doll manufactured by Mattel. Cathy and Tina were both voiced by June Foray, who is best known for voicing Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Natasha Fatale on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, most of the female characters in Looney Tunes, and the wisecracking grandmother in Disney's Mulan.
The film Child's Play had a somewhat similar plot about a doll with an evil nature.
This episode was parodied in a The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror segment, "Clown Without Pity", where Homer buys Bart a talking Krusty the Clown doll for his birthday that tries to kill Homer.
In the Californian and Parisian versions of the popular Disney attraction The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, what some think to be a Talky Tina doll can be seen on a couch in the lobby as guests wait in line. However, some think it is meant to look like the little girl who is transported to the Twilight Zone in the ride, Sally Shine.
A mute telepath in the French film Bloody Mallory is named Talky Tina.
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