Writer:	Richard Matheson
Director:	Norman Z. McLeod, Leslie Goodwins
Star:	Rod Serling (Narrator/Host),  Buster Keaton (Woodrow Mulligan),  Stanley Adams (Rollo)
Guest Star:	Jesse White (I) (Repair Man),  James Flavin (First 1962 Policeman),  Gil Lamb (Officer Flannagan),  Milton Parsons (Professor Gilbert),  Warren Parker (Clothing Store Manager),  Harry Fleer (Second 1962 Policeman),  George E. Stone (Fenwick)

This episode of The Twilight Zone has no spoken dialogue at the beginning. (edit) Jesse White, who played the "fix-it man", would later be well-known as the Maytag repairman. (edit) Half of the episode was made to be just like a old silent movie. (edit) An extended sequence in Jack's Fix-It Shop was directed by Les Goodwins (who was not credited) over a month after production of the episode had ended. (edit) Included on volume 10 of Image-Entertainment's DVD collection. (edit)

Closing Narration
Narrator: "'To each his own' - so goes another old phrase to which Mr. Woodrow Mulligan would heartily subscribe, for he has learned, definitely the hard way, that there is much wisdom in a third old phrase which goes as follows: 'Stay in your own backyard.' To which it might be added, 'and if possible, assist others to stay in theirs' - via, of course, the Twilight Zone." (edit) Opening Narration
Narrator: "Mr. Mulligan, a rather dour critic of his times, is shortly to discover the import of that old phrase, 'Out of the frying pan, into the fire,' said fire burning brightly at all times in the Twilight Zone." (edit)

Les Goodwins directed one sequence in this episode. After main photography had been completed, it was decided to add in the scenes in the repair shop. Goodwins, who had directorial experience and was pretty much always on staff and site, came down to do the pick ups. (edit)

Walter Jacque: Slapstick gags
Buster Keaton was the uncredited writer of the episode. Many of the sight gags were taken directly from his silent films. Episode was part of the rebirth of Keaton's popularity. (edit)