Mr. Bevis
Título V.O.: Mr. Bevis
Guión: Rod Serling
Director: William Asher
Fecha de emisión en USA: 03/06/1960
Guest Starring: Orson Bean (James B.W. Bevis), Henry Jones (J. Hardy Hempstead), Charles Lane (Mr. Peckinpaugh), Horace McMahon (Bartender), William Schallert (First Policeman), Florence MacMichael (Margaret), Dorothy Neumann (Miss Chetfield), Vito Scotti (Tony), House Peters Jr. (Second Policeman), Coleen O'Sullivan (Michelle), Timmy Cletro (Little Boy)
Sinopsis: Bevis es un excéntrico hombre que en un fatídico día pierde su empleo, su coche y su casa. Para cambiar su suerte se le aparece su ángel de la guarda, que le ofrece la oportunidad de revivir el día de forma que conserve todo esto. Pero hay algo que debe cambiar para conseguirlo...
Frases destacadas:
Opening Narration: In the parlance of the twentieth century, this is an oddball. His name is James B.W. Bevis, and his tastes lean toward stuffed animals, zither music, professional football, Charles Dickens, moose heads, carnivals, dogs, children, and young ladies. Mr. Bevis is accident prone, a little vague, a little discombooberated, with a life that possesses all the security of a floating crap game. But this can be said of our Mr. Bevis: without him, without his warmth, without his kindness, the world would be a considerably poorer place, albeit perhaps a little saner. Should it not be obvious by now, James B.W. Bevis is a fixture in his own private, optimistic, hopeful little world, a world which has long ceased being surprised by him. James B.W. Bevis, on whom Dame Fortune will shortly turn her back, but not before she gives him a paste in the mouth. Mr. James B.W. Bevis, just one block away from the Twilight Zone.
Closing Narration: Mr. James B.W. Bevis, who believes in a magic all his own. The magic of a child's smile, the magic of liking and being liked, the strange and wondrous mysticism that is the simple act of living. Mr. James B.W. Bevis, species of twentieth-century male, who has his own private and special Twilight Zone.
Curiosidades:
- Este episodio tiene una secuencia de apertura distinta de la mayoría de los demás, con un primer plano de un ojo humano.
- Inicialmente, Rod Serling planeó este episodio como el piloto de una serie sobre Bevis que protagonizaría Burgess Meredith. Cuando Meredith rechazó el papel, Serling lo reescribió como un episodio de TTZ.
