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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   dsbarr@mindspring.com wrote:   
   > On 7/14/2020 5:38 PM, super70s wrote:   
   >> Padraic Crowley  wrote:   
      
   >>>> Cavender is Coming (Season 3, Episode 36)   
   >>>> Often considered the very worst episode of The Twilight Zone, "Cavender   
   >>>> Is Coming" is just like "Mr. Bevis", but with a female lead (this time )   
   >>>> rather than a male. It's the story of a guardian angel sent down to help   
   >>>> a schlub, only to find that said schlub likes her life better just the   
   >>>> way it is.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> But this one is way worse than "Mr. Bevis" since it tries even harder to   
   >>>> be funny. In fact, upon its original airing, it even had a laugh track.   
   >>>> Can you imagine? The Twilight Zone with a laugh track! It's because this   
   >>>> episode was meant to spin-off and become its own show. Too bad this   
   >>>> episode couldn't even be enjoyable for a full 25 minutes. Jeez.   
   >>   
   >> I always really disliked this one, it's good to know I'm not alone. But   
   >> I thought it still had the laugh track? Can't be sure because whenever   
   >> it comes on I don't watch.   
   >>   
   >> As for it becoming a spin-off, Carol Burnett was destined for greater   
   >> heights five years later.   
   >>   
   >> I'd be curious how many on this list were penned by Serling, and how   
   >> many were penned by Richard Matheson or some other accomplished sci-fi   
   >> writer.   
   >   
   >5 Serling, 1 Matheson, 3 Earl Hamner Jr, 1 John Furia   
      
   It's pretty easy to tell which ones Hamner wrote.   
      
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   took canceling practically everything, to bring the USA economy back to   
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