Episode Notes
Buddy Ebsen is best known for playing Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies.
Christine White was also in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet."
Nesdon Booth was also in "Escape Clause."
William Keene was also in "The Midnight Sun."
Episode Quotes
Opening Narration
Narrator: Portrait of a man who thinks and thereby gets things done. Mr. Jimbo Cobb might be called a prime mover, a talent which has to be seen to be believed. In just a moment, he'll show his friends and you how he keeps both feet on the ground and his head in the Twilight Zone.
Ace Larsen: Where are you going?
Kitty Cavanaugh: Home and to bed. Any objections?
Ace Larsen: No, honey, I wouldn't blame you if you quit.
Kitty Cavanaugh: I can't. You owe me three months' salary.
Ace Larsen: Sure it is, Phil. Sure it is. Ba da boom, huh, honey! Right? Win a million, lose a million, just like that, right. Okay, eleven is the number.
Jimbo Cobb: Ace-
Ace Larsen: You got it? Eleven! And this is it.
Jimbo Cobb: Ace-
Ace Larsen: Now don't bother me.
Jimbo Cobb: Ace, listen, I-
Ace Larsen: Alright, eleven. Eleven, eleven, eleven! And there it is!
Phil Nolan: Tough luck, trooper.
Ace Larsen: Huh?
Phil Nolan: You got nerve, pal. I like that. (Ace sees that he rolled a three) Next time you want to play a little game, trooper, give us a call. (They all leave)
Jimbo Cobb: Look, I'm sorry, but I was trying to tell you I... something happened. I lost the power. I guess a fuse blew out. You're not mad at me, are you, Ace? I mean, I couldn't help it.
Sheila: You mean we're not going to Lake Mead?
Ace Larsen: Well, he blew his fuse. (Sheila leaves) You blew... (Ace starts laughing) You blew a fuse? (They both start laughing)
Kitty: You sure you don't want to stop them?
Ace Larsen: What are you talking? Who needs that hunk of junk anyway? That's strictly for suckers. Come on. Out, out, out, out, out! Go on, you one-armed bandit. Go rob somebody else for a change. Um, Kitty? Kitty, look, I was thinking, you know, now that that thing's out of here, I bet you that Jimbo and me could, you know, pull enough money each month to, after what we, you know...will you marry me? (Jimbo drops his broom) Won't you be quiet? I'm proposing, for crying out loud.
Kitty: Jimbo, do you have a quarter? Call it. (Flips the quarter)
Ace Larsen: Heads?
Kitty: All right, Mr. Larsen. I will marry you.
Closing Narration
Narrator: Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, the talent becomes a curse. Jimbo Cobb knew, right from the beginning. But before Ace Larsen learned that simple truth, he had to take a short trip through the Twilight Zone.