Button, Button" is the second segment of the 20th episode from the first season (1985–86) of the television
series The Twilight Zone. The episode is based on the 1970 short story of the same name by Richard Matheson; the same short story forms the basis of the 2009 film The Box. In a documentary on the making of the movie The Box, Matheson states the inspiration of the story came from his wife
"Button, Button"
Scene from "Button, Button" Episode no. Season 1 Episode 20b Directed by Peter Medak Written by Richard Matheson (as Logan Swanson) Original air date March 7, 1986 Guest appearance(s) Basil Hoffman: Steward Brad Davis: Arthur Lewis
