Caesar and Me
- Episode aired Apr 10, 1964
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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When Irish ventriloquist Jonathan West cannot find any work, his dummy Caesar suggests that he turn to burglary.When Irish ventriloquist Jonathan West cannot find any work, his dummy Caesar suggests that he turn to burglary.When Irish ventriloquist Jonathan West cannot find any work, his dummy Caesar suggests that he turn to burglary.
Jackie Cooper
- Jonathan West
- (voice)
- …
Morgan Brittany
- Susan - Agnes' Niece
- (as Susanne Cupito)
Kenneth Konopka
- Mr. Miller
- (uncredited)
Sidney Marion
- Watchman
- (uncredited)
Robert McCord
- Man Watching Audition
- (uncredited)
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- …
Olan Soule
- Mr. Smiles
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThis is the only episode of the series written by a woman. Adele T. Strassfield was the secretary of William Froug, the producer of the second half of the final season of The Twilight Zone (1959). According to Froug, they worked out "Caesar and Me" together.
- Quotes
[opening narration]
Narrator: Jonathan West, ventriloquist, a master of voice manipulation. A man, late of Ireland, with a talent for putting words into other peoples' mouths. In this case, the other person is a dummy, aptly named Caesar, a small splinter with large ideas, a wooden tyrant with a mind and a voice of his own, who is about to talk Jonathan West - into The Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsReferences Little Caesar (1931)
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Very entertaining for a short film, suspenseful with a bit of unintended humor.
It's a short film, not a movie. And The Twilight Zone already did an episode called "The Dummy" where the ventriloquist does not know the dummy is alive and is much scarier than "Caesar and Me," but this episode used the same scary dummy, one of the creepiest dummies of all time. Also, my first time watching it was as child not an adult. Iv'e seen this episode numerous times and love it.
It's a simple plot but the actors and actresses make it great. In this episode, Jonathan (the ventriloquist played by Jackie Cooper, he is also the voice of Caesar) has trouble finding work as a ventriloquist and has trouble paying his rent and buying food. Whilst the landlord is very kind to Jonathan, she has a niece who is a complete brat and suspects the Dummy is really alive.
After Jonathan hocks his grandfather's watch and gets turned down for work, sinister Caesar talks him into stealing which Jonathan does not approve of but does it anyways. Jonathan Loves Caesar in the way he tries to take care of him and the way he talks to him, it's very funny. The whole short film is terrific and is easily a top 25 episode from Serling's Twilight Zone.
It's a simple plot but the actors and actresses make it great. In this episode, Jonathan (the ventriloquist played by Jackie Cooper, he is also the voice of Caesar) has trouble finding work as a ventriloquist and has trouble paying his rent and buying food. Whilst the landlord is very kind to Jonathan, she has a niece who is a complete brat and suspects the Dummy is really alive.
After Jonathan hocks his grandfather's watch and gets turned down for work, sinister Caesar talks him into stealing which Jonathan does not approve of but does it anyways. Jonathan Loves Caesar in the way he tries to take care of him and the way he talks to him, it's very funny. The whole short film is terrific and is easily a top 25 episode from Serling's Twilight Zone.
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- anthonyc-25986
- May 4, 2015
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- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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