This one blew me away when I was a kid watching The Twilight Zone. Not so much that Jeff Myrtlebank sat up out of his coffin; heck, he just wasn't dead yet. It was that smooth ending when the match lights by itself and Jeff gives Comfort (Sherry Jackson) the old razzle dazzle about her imagination running away with her. It was one of those endings when my Dad and I looked at each other and just started laughing. Very cool.
This was also the first time I ever saw James Best, and for some odd reason, I never forgot him. He appeared in a ton of TV Westerns along the way back in the Sixties, and I still keep my eye out for him in television shows and movies of the era. If you're up for a hoot, get hold of one of his few starring roles in 1959's "The Killer Shrews". You won't be the same again.
Aside from the ending, I thought it was clever the way Jeff Myrtlebank put the townspeople over a barrel. Either they had nothing to worry about, or he could turn loose all the bad luck they could handle. You have to get a kick out of old Doc Buchanan, er Bolton. He was perfect for the part, and I'm surprised it took Rod Serling so long to put him in one of his stories. But it was worth the wait just to hear him say "Epso suspendo animation".
This was also the first time I ever saw James Best, and for some odd reason, I never forgot him. He appeared in a ton of TV Westerns along the way back in the Sixties, and I still keep my eye out for him in television shows and movies of the era. If you're up for a hoot, get hold of one of his few starring roles in 1959's "The Killer Shrews". You won't be the same again.
Aside from the ending, I thought it was clever the way Jeff Myrtlebank put the townspeople over a barrel. Either they had nothing to worry about, or he could turn loose all the bad luck they could handle. You have to get a kick out of old Doc Buchanan, er Bolton. He was perfect for the part, and I'm surprised it took Rod Serling so long to put him in one of his stories. But it was worth the wait just to hear him say "Epso suspendo animation".