Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith) recalls getting hit with an umbrella for reading a campaign slogan a young lady was wearing. This is the story of a timid man who simply cannot stop finding himself in trouble purely for his love of reading. His wife and his employer the bank president despise him for it. For a time it seems that this is a comedy, then the great change comes. Serling's narration returns, unusually, somewhere in the middle.
A compact, classic twenty-three minutes of TV. An all important twist at the end making this a must-see TZ if you have not already. Interestingly, when Burgess Meredith returned to the TZ in season two he played another hapless soul like Bemis in 'Mr Dingle The Strong'. That same year he played a librarian in a society where books are banned in 'The Obsolete Man'. His final appearance was all about printing news in 'Printer's Devil' in season four. All in all a great body of work nicely connected by a fine actor.
A compact, classic twenty-three minutes of TV. An all important twist at the end making this a must-see TZ if you have not already. Interestingly, when Burgess Meredith returned to the TZ in season two he played another hapless soul like Bemis in 'Mr Dingle The Strong'. That same year he played a librarian in a society where books are banned in 'The Obsolete Man'. His final appearance was all about printing news in 'Printer's Devil' in season four. All in all a great body of work nicely connected by a fine actor.