No better than the later TZ tale of an angel's intervention from series three ,'Cavender Is Coming'. What I don't understand is why ever did Rod Serling think comedy angels (or genies for that matter) merited trying twice when the first result was was insipid? In 'Mr Bevis' the eponymous hero (Orson Bean) is first seen sliding down a banister and tumbling into the road, where a hurdy-gurdy plays 'Sidewalks of New York'. Serling then tells us just about everything that is going to happen. Orson Bean manages to make the oddball eccentric come to some sort of life, but the whole scenario is just too much like a very dated situation comedy rather than TZ. The story is about having a second chance to live a bad day over again, but this time as a winner, not a loser.
Review of Mr. Bevis
