Jackie Cooper plays down-on-his-luck ventriloquist Jonathan West, whose dummy, Caesar, is alive. When West is unable to find work and falls behind on the rent, Caesar talks the entertainer into a life of crime as a burglar. Unfortunately for Jonathan, the landlady's precocious daughter Susan (future Dallas star, Morgan Brittany, who shouts every line) eavesdrops on West and Caesar as they are discussing their plans and calls the police.
The Twilight Zone had a habit of recycling themes. Caesar and Me not only employs the 'living ventriloquist dummy' idea from The Dummy (Season 3, Episode 33), but it uses the exact same ventriloquist dummy prop. The script was written by Adele T. Strassfield, who was producer William Froug's secretary - it was her first and only scriptwriting gig for The Zone, and her inexperience shows in the dearth of originality and the sheer stupidity of her central (human) character. A seasoned writer would have instantly dismissed the idea as trite nonsense.