Changes: Death of Some Salesmen

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"Grave mistake! A crooked cemetery salesmen meets folks who have their own idea of what 'family plot' means."

-- DVD description for the episode

Cast

Ed Begley Jr. as Judd Campbell, the Salesman

Tim Curry as Pa Brackett / Ma Brackett / Winona Brackett

Kathe Weeks as Stella, the jilted waitress

Yvonne De Carlo as Mrs. Jones

Plot

A sneaky cemetery plot salesman (Ed Begley, Jr.) finds new victims (triple role played by Tim Curry) in the form of a strange hillbilly family with a fortune buried in their basement and a burning hatred for conning salesmen.

To say that the seemingly quaint Bracket family are a bit odd would be something of an understatement. To say that they never ignore a bargain would be another one. And no-one learns this more than Judd Campbell. A conniving con-man who comes knocking at their door posing as a salesman. But little does Judd realize is that's he's not the first unsuspecting salesman to have come a calling. A fact that he discovers to his horror and the Bracket's revel in with malevolent joy.

Opening Segment

Well, kiddies. I'm afraid our designer hanger offer has expired. Would somebody please get Mr. De La Renta out of here? Next up on the home chopping network, it's time for the Crypt Keeper's fashion boo-tique. Today, we will feature my full line of Apres Vie death care products. We've got everything from face scream to mas-scare-a. Try some. It's the best thing you can do for...dem-ise. Or maybe I can interest you in tonight's special. It's a tasteless tale about a traveling cemetery plot salesmen who's about to make a grave mistake. I call it Death of Some Salesmen."

Closing Segment

"Good old Judd. Just another satisfied ghost-imer. I guess it's true what they say - the family that slays together stays together. We come now to one of my favorite items, the amazing Crypt Keeper slash-o-matic. It's more than just a knife, it peels, it cuts, makes fabulous french fries. It slices, it dices, it -"

[Crypt Keeper shows his hand having severed his fingers with the knife]

"Oh."

Trivia

Eddie Murphy turned down the role of Ma, Pa and Winona Brackett.
The title is based on the Arthur Miller play "Death of a Salesman" that opened on Broadway in 1949 and won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Best Play, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play.