This highly quotable episode of the "Twilight Zone" tell you why she is one of those rare comic episodes that works on so many levels and may have you laughing and biting your nails at the same time. The wonderful Fred Clark (best known for playing snarky businessmen or attorneys) and the absolutely lovable Jean Carson are a shear delight as common thieves who rob a thrift shop and come across that most unusual camera which magically takes pictures shortly before the real events happen. It's prophetic, but also a "too late" warning that shows destiny as it destroys those desperately trying to change theirs on shady terms.
With lines like "Have you got a leak in your attic?", this delightfully funny episode shows for not so bright people thinking that they can change their world through the power of the camera and finding out too late that the camera is the one changing their world. Adam Williams plays Carson's escaped convict brother and Marcel Hillaire is a French hotel bellboy (well past the age of being a boy) thrown into the mix. The magical camera gives them all hope, victory, and then despair as hysterical twist after twist put a cork on their "chaumpagne" (as Carson pronounces it) and ends up being flat. This is certainly one of the most memorable episodes in the series, 1 I remember from "Twilight Zone" marathons in years gone by, and shows how a lighter touch in a serious series can leave a learned lesson behind.
With lines like "Have you got a leak in your attic?", this delightfully funny episode shows for not so bright people thinking that they can change their world through the power of the camera and finding out too late that the camera is the one changing their world. Adam Williams plays Carson's escaped convict brother and Marcel Hillaire is a French hotel bellboy (well past the age of being a boy) thrown into the mix. The magical camera gives them all hope, victory, and then despair as hysterical twist after twist put a cork on their "chaumpagne" (as Carson pronounces it) and ends up being flat. This is certainly one of the most memorable episodes in the series, 1 I remember from "Twilight Zone" marathons in years gone by, and shows how a lighter touch in a serious series can leave a learned lesson behind.