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The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

Episode Number: 88    Season Num: 3    First Aired: February 23, 1962    Prod Code: 4811
Jeff Myrtlebank comes back to life at his own funeral and soon begins to act very strangely...

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Writer: Montgomery Pittman
Director: Montgomery Pittman
Star: Rod Serling (Narrator/Host),  James Best (Jeff Myrtlebank)
Guest Star: Sherry Jackson (Comfort Gatewood),  Lance Fuller (Orgram Gatewood),  Dub Taylor (Mr. Peters),  Ralph Moody (Pa Myrtlebank),  Ezelle Poule (Ma Myrtlebank),  Helen Wallace (Ma Gatewood),  Vickie Barnes (Liz Myrtlebank),  William Fawcett (Rev. Siddons),  Edgar Buchanan (Doc Bolton),  Mabel Forrest (Mrs. Ferguson),  Jon Lormer (Mr. Strauss),  Pat Hector (Tom),  James Houghton (Jerry)

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Included on volume 6 of Image-Entertainment's DVD collection. (edit)
In one scene, a row of mailboxes is shown. One of them has the name "M. Pittman" on the side of it, a reference to the writer/director of this episode. (edit)

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Closing Narration
Narrator: "Jeff and Comfort are still alive today, and their only son is a United States Senator. He's noted as an uncommonly shrewd politician, and some believe he must have gotten his education in the Twilight Zone." (edit)
Opening Narration
Narrator: "Time, the mid-twenties. Place, the Midwest, the southernmost section of the Midwest. We were just witnessing a funeral, a funeral that didn't come off exactly as planned, due to a slight fallout from the Twilight Zone." (edit)

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The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
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Jeff Myrtlebank has a problem. Almost the whole town shows up for his funeral, and watches in horror as he raises up from his casket. He's not dead! Or is he? soon the town becomes very uneasy and afraid of him,all exept his lovely fiance.
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