- Caesar and Me
Infobox Television episode
Title = Caesar and Me
Series = The Twilight Zone
Caption =Jackie Cooper as Johnathan West and the voice of Caesar
Season = 5
Episode = 148
Airdate =April 10 ,1964
Production =2636
Writer =Adele T. Strassfield
Director = Robert Butler
Guests =Jackie Cooper : Jonathan West/voice of Caesar
Morgan Brittany : Susan
Sarah Selby : Mrs. Cudahy
Stafford Repp : Pawnbroker
Music =Richard Shores
Episode list =List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev =Sounds and Silences
Next =The Jeopardy Room "Caesar and Me" is an episode of the
American television anthology seriesThe Twilight Zone .Opening Narration
ynopsis
Jonathan West, an unsuccessful ventriloquist, starts to commit robberies based on the advice of his dummy, Little Caesar. The landlady’s niece learns about his crimes and decides to call the police. Unable to defend himself, Jonathan is taken to jail and the dummy gets away with it. The dummy then plans to run away with the landlady’s niece.
Closing Narration
Preview for Next Week's Story
Trivia
*Strassfield was the secretary of
William Froug , the producer of the second half of the final season of "The Twilight Zone". According to Froug, they worked out this episode together. Strassfield is the only woman credited with writing an original teleplay for the original version of "The Twilight Zone", though several women received credit for stories that were adapted for the show.*The Dummy was previously used in the episode called "
The Dummy "*Caesar can be seen at
Disney's Hollywood Studios in the dark corner of a barred off exhibit to the side of one of the elevator exits of the "Twilight Zone Tower of Terror " ride. Whether or not this dummy was used in the actual episode is unconfirmed.ee also
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The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
**Episode List
**
*The Ventriloquist ("Batman" nemesis)
*"Dead of Night" (1945 film)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
*Zircee, Marc Scott: "The Twilight Zone Companion". Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition)External links
*imdb title|id=0734558|title=Caesar and Me
* [http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone/caesar-and-me/episode/12734/summary.html TV.com episode page]
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