The Mighty Casey

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Mighty Casey
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption = Photo from the episode The Mighty Casey
Season = 1
Episode = 35
Airdate = June 17, 1960
Production= 173-3617
Writer =Rod Serling
Director =Robert Parrish and Alvin Ganzer
Guests =Jack Warden
Robert Sorrells
Abraham Sofaer
Music =
Episode list = List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev = The After Hours
Next = A World of His Own

"The Mighty Casey" is an episode of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone".

The episode title is a reference to the baseball poem "Casey at the Bat".

Opening narration

ynopsis

The coach of a broken-down baseball team allows a robot named Casey to play on his team. Casey has the ability to throw super-fast balls that cannot be hit. Eventually, the National League finds out and rules that Casey must be taken off the team because he is not human. Casey's inventor gives him a heart to have him classified as human. Now that Casey has human emotions, he refuses to throw his fast balls anymore. He says that he feels empathy with the batter and does not want to ruin the batter’s career by striking him out. With the team sure to fold soon, the coach and the scientist set off to create an entire pitching staff of Casey robots.

Closing narration

Preview for Next Week's Story

Trivia

According to "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic" by Martin Grams, the entire production was filmed with Paul Douglas in the role. Before the episode could air over the network, Douglas died prematurely. The entire production was refilmed at the expense of Rod Serling's Cayuga Productions (not the network) with Jack Warden in the role.

References

*DeVoe, Bill. (2008). "Trivia from The Twilight Zone". Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
*Grams, Martin. (2008). "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic". Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090

External links

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* [http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone/the-mighty-casey/episode/12619/summary.html TV.com episode page]