Out of the many parodies of The Twilight Zone (airing regularly on SYFY!) that have cropped up over the last 61 years, one stands above all the rest: Futurama 's now-iconic "Scary Door" gag.

Everyone knows how the story ends: Meredith's character, an avid bookworm looking to spend his remaining years of solitude reading, accidentally breaks his glasses. His "Scary Door" counterpart ...