Caesar and Me
| "Caesar and Me" | |
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| The Twilight Zone episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 28 |
| Directed by | Robert Butler |
| Written by | Adele T. Strassfield |
| Featured music | Richard Shores |
| Production code | 2636 |
| Original air date | April 10, 1964 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Jackie Cooper: Jonathan West / voice of Caesar |
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Jackie Cooper: Jonathan West / voice of Caesar
Suzanne Cupito: Susan
Sarah Selby: Mrs. Cudahy
Stafford Repp: Pawnbroker
Don Gazzaniga: Detective
Kenneth Konopka: Mr. Miller
Sidney Marion: Watchman
Robert McCord: Man Watching Audition
Olan Soule: Mr. Smiles
"Caesar and Me" is episode 148 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone starring Jackie Cooper as a ventriloquist. It is not to be confused with a similar episode starring Cliff Robertson as a ventriloquist, "The Dummy".
Jonathan West (Jackie Cooper) is an unsuccessful Irish ventriloquist. He is perpetually broke, selling valuable keepsakes like his grandfather's watch to pawnbrokers in exchange for petty cash. At the boarding house where he lives, he is mercilessly taunted by a little girl, Susan (Morgan Brittany, billed as Susanne Cupito), for failing to find a job. But unbeknownst to everyone, Jonathan's evil ventriloquist dummy, "Little Caesar", has a mind of his own and talks to him at will. Despite Jonathan's reassurances that they are on the verge of a big break, Caesar apathetically tells him that they've hit bottom.
When Jonathan and Caesar go to a nightclub for an audition, the performance is poorly received. The following day, Jonathan is unable to find employment because of his lack of vocational experience and immigrant status; he may soon leave the boarding house because he is behind on his rent. Caesar berates Jonathan for being a hopeless "", but has a solution to his money woes: burglary. A reluctant Jonathan—directed by Caesar in his suitcase—breaks into a delicatessen and steals its money. Jonathan uses it to pay his rent, but Caesar, during a conversation overheard by Susan, pressures him into committing more burglaries.
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