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One For The Angels (Season 1, Episode 2)
February 25, 2025 · 43 min

Matt Stokes and Patrick Perot go through the second episode of The Twilight Zone: "One for the Angels."

Ed Wynn plays Lew Bookman, a "pitchman." You know, a peddler. A huckster. A hawker. He sells toys, notions, and trinkets, or, as Larry Burns puts it, "If this stuff's too nice for ya, I've also got some crap." Bookman longs to make the world's greatest pitch and sell all of his wares to the most difficult mark. And he'll get his chance, and perhaps much more than he bargained for, when he meets Mr. Death (Murray Hamilton). 

"One for the Angels" originally aired October 9, 1959; directed by Robert Parrish; written by Rod Serling; starring Ed Wynn and Murray Hamilton.  

Music credit: "Something Is Coming" by Rural Route Nine. listen on Spotify (https://bit.ly/3QzvDQE), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3DaYsQl), or YouTube (https://youtu.be/EErrn2Zt9mA). 

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