10 Plus Stars.
Perhaps the most beloved character of the TWILIGHT ZONE series, and truly, as you get slightly older, there's a Mister Bevis in all of us at one time or another. Orson Bean is perfectly cast (in what would be a defining role for him) as the down on his luck gentleman, a kindly, giving sole to one and all, but slightly eccentric at times. His apartment is a work of art, and the set decorators at MGM must have had a field day.
Accordingly.... Mr. Bevis has the dumb luck of coming into contact with his guardain angel, played by the incomporable Henry Jones ( a role he is also well known for). Comes an intriguing proposition. Leave the insanity behind to become a very polished and dapper soul with a future. Shades of the classic Carol Burnett and Jesse White episode, with Carol playing a female Bevis of sorts and White as the perplexed angel.
There's enough material here to do an hour show as the possibilities are endless, and what a supporting cast. Scowling Charles Lane plays the boss, so named Mr. Peckinpah. Florence MacMichael (of MR. ED fame) plays Mr. Bevis' sympathetic co-worker and tv detective Horace MacMahon (NAKED CITY) turns up as a bartender! This had to be a gag role.
You have to love the cars in this story, a novel addition, especially for all us classic car addicts.
Truly a duel as to whose performance bats this one out of the park; Orson Bean or Henry Jones.
You be the judge. Absolutely the best.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 33 1960. CBS remastered dvd box set.
Perhaps the most beloved character of the TWILIGHT ZONE series, and truly, as you get slightly older, there's a Mister Bevis in all of us at one time or another. Orson Bean is perfectly cast (in what would be a defining role for him) as the down on his luck gentleman, a kindly, giving sole to one and all, but slightly eccentric at times. His apartment is a work of art, and the set decorators at MGM must have had a field day.
Accordingly.... Mr. Bevis has the dumb luck of coming into contact with his guardain angel, played by the incomporable Henry Jones ( a role he is also well known for). Comes an intriguing proposition. Leave the insanity behind to become a very polished and dapper soul with a future. Shades of the classic Carol Burnett and Jesse White episode, with Carol playing a female Bevis of sorts and White as the perplexed angel.
There's enough material here to do an hour show as the possibilities are endless, and what a supporting cast. Scowling Charles Lane plays the boss, so named Mr. Peckinpah. Florence MacMichael (of MR. ED fame) plays Mr. Bevis' sympathetic co-worker and tv detective Horace MacMahon (NAKED CITY) turns up as a bartender! This had to be a gag role.
You have to love the cars in this story, a novel addition, especially for all us classic car addicts.
Truly a duel as to whose performance bats this one out of the park; Orson Bean or Henry Jones.
You be the judge. Absolutely the best.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 33 1960. CBS remastered dvd box set.