Escape ClausePaid | Amazon Instant Video
Length: 26:00
Aired: 11/6/1959
During a house call, Bedeker's doctor explains that he is in perfect health and tries to tell him that the aches and pains he's experiencing are all in his mind. Bedeker accuses the doctor of being a quack and complains about his wife's attempts to assist him. The doctor privately assures Ethel Bedeker that her husband is fine, but does prescribe some vitamins for her to deal with the stress her husband causes.Bedeker is miffed when Ethel is given a prescription and shoos her out of the room, all the while complaining about how short a lifetime is. He wonders aloud why people have to die. A voice agrees with him and he is quickly confronted by a portly man with a jovial face who introduces himself as Mr. Cadwallader. He freely admits to having many names, but points out that words are just words. Engaging in a conversation regarding semantics, Cadwallader offers Bedeker immortality or, as he calls it, extra free time. In return, Bedeker will give him a small piece of his make-up - his soul. Bedeker astutely recognizes that this is the devil.He drives a hard bargain with him anyway. He wants indestructibility along with no changes in his appearance. Cadwallader also offers an escape clause in the contract. If Bedeker should ever grow tired of living, he may request that his life end at that time and his demise will be provided quickly and with not a lot of suffering. Bedeker agrees.After Cadwallader leaves, he tests his new-found indestructibility by putting his hands on a steaming-hot radiator. Noting that his hands aren't burned at all, he tosses out his pills and pronounces himself the New Walter Bedeker.He handles his new lease on life unusually. On a subway platform, he waits until the train is nearing, then jumps onto the tracks. The train runs over him with many witnesses watching in horror, but they are shocked to find the man himself perfectly fine.Bedeker quickly makes a good living purposely jumping into danger and receiving watch
Escape ClausePaid | Amazon Instant Video
Length: 26:00
Aired: 11/6/1959
During a house call, Bedeker's doctor explains that he is in perfect health and tries to tell him that the aches and pains he's experiencing are all in his mind. Bedeker accuses the doctor of being a quack and complains about his wife's attempts to assist him. The doctor privately assures Ethel Bedeker that her husband is fine, but does prescribe some vitamins for her to deal with the stress her husband causes.Bedeker is miffed when Ethel is given a prescription and shoos her out of the room, all the while complaining about how short a lifetime is. He wonders aloud why people have to die. A voice agrees with him and he is quickly confronted by a portly man with a jovial face who introduces himself as Mr. Cadwallader. He freely admits to having many names, but points out that words are just words. Engaging in a conversation regarding semantics, Cadwallader offers Bedeker immortality or, as he calls it, extra free time. In return, Bedeker will give him a small piece of his make-up - his soul. Bedeker astutely recognizes that this is the devil.He drives a hard bargain with him anyway. He wants indestructibility along with no changes in his appearance. Cadwallader also offers an escape clause in the contract. If Bedeker should ever grow tired of living, he may request that his life end at that time and his demise will be provided quickly and with not a lot of suffering. Bedeker agrees.After Cadwallader leaves, he tests his new-found indestructibility by putting his hands on a steaming-hot radiator. Noting that his hands aren't burned at all, he tosses out his pills and pronounces himself the New Walter Bedeker.He handles his new lease on life unusually. On a subway platform, he waits until the train is nearing, then jumps onto the tracks. The train runs over him with many witnesses watching in horror, but they are shocked to find the man himself perfectly fine.Bedeker quickly makes a good living purposely jumping into danger and receiving watch
During a house call, Bedeker's doctor explains that he is in perfect health and tries to tell him that the aches and pains he's experiencing are all in his mind. Bedeker accuses the doctor of being a quack and complains about his wife's attempts to assist him. The doctor privately assures Ethel Bedeker that her husband is fine, but does prescribe some vitamins for her to deal with the stress her husband causes.Bedeker is miffed when Ethel is given a prescription and shoos her out of the room, all the while complaining about how short a lifetime is. He wonders aloud why people have to die. A voice agrees with him and he is quickly confronted by a portly man with a jovial face who introduces himself as Mr. Cadwallader. He freely admits to having many names, but points out that words are just words. Engaging in a conversation regarding semantics, Cadwallader offers Bedeker immortality or, as he calls it, extra free time. In return, Bedeker will give him a small piece of his make-up - his soul. Bedeker astutely recognizes that this is the devil.He drives a hard bargain with him anyway. He wants indestructibility along with no changes in his appearance. Cadwallader also offers an escape clause in the contract. If Bedeker should ever grow tired of living, he may request that his life end at that time and his demise will be provided quickly and with not a lot of suffering. Bedeker agrees.After Cadwallader leaves, he tests his new-found indestructibility by putting his hands on a steaming-hot radiator. Noting that his hands aren't burned at all, he tosses out his pills and pronounces himself the New Walter Bedeker.He handles his new lease on life unusually. On a subway platform, he waits until the train is nearing, then jumps onto the tracks. The train runs over him with many witnesses watching in horror, but they are shocked to find the man himself perfectly fine.Bedeker quickly makes a good living purposely jumping into danger and receiving watch