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The Very Hard Sell

Episode Number: 11    Season Num: 1    First Aired: December 4, 1961    Prod Code: 22699
Used-car salesman Glenn Cornell takes one of the cars off the lot and drives out to see a prospective buyer named Barrow. Then the car is found with Cornell slumped over the wheel. Is it suicide or did a dissatisfied customer off the used car man?

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Writer: Helen Nielsen, Helen Nielsen
Director: Paul Stewart
Star: Norman Fell (Det. Meyer Meyer),  Gregory Walcott (Det. Roger Havilland),  Robert Lansing (Det. Steve Carella),  Ron Harper (Det. Bert Kling)
Recurring Role: Michael Fox (Grossman),  Dal McKennon (Dr. Blaney)
Guest Star: Leonard Nimoy (Barrow),  Peter Helm (Andy Cornell),  Alice Frost (Mrs. Cornell),  Bill Zuckert (Sam Donnigan),  Jack Collins (Gorcey),  Tom Greenway (Glenn Cornell),  Chet Stratton (Hamilton),  Jack Searl (Fuller),  Arte Johnson (Hotel Clerk),  Charlene Whitman (Stella)

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Arte Johnson would later go onto become a regular in the hit NBC comedy Laugh-In. (edit)
In this episode we learn that Steve Carella's badge number is 714-5632. (edit)
Leonard Nimoy's most famous role is that of Mr. Spock in the classic 1966-69 NBC sci-fi series Star Trek. (edit)

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Carella (to Blaney): This wasn't a duck. This was a man. (edit)
Meyer: I always get the lost kids. Must be my father instinct. (edit)
Carella: You keep this up and I'll get you a job on the police department.
Grossman: No dice. Too many bum jokes. (edit)
Hotel Clerk: I told you, this isn't the Ritz.
Carella: No kiddin'. (edit)
Carella: Why would a salesman go home and get a gun before he showed a car to a customer?
Meyer: Maybe he was a hard sell. (edit)

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