Please watch the episode before you read this.
The real Max Collodi was portrayed by Billy Barty. Ironically Billy really had a glass. I was a member of the Little People of America, which Billy founded and knew him casually before he passed away. I read the shot story this episode was based on years before seeing it on late night TV or joining Little People of America and I was surprised when I saw it that it was from the story I had read. Billy was a good actor and his performance gives this story a strange sense of believability. I think Billy told me he lost his eye as a child when he was hit in the eye by a baseball. It is one of the best episodes of the series, but people should know that this and most episodes were not directed by Hitchcock. He hosted the show and had some input as to its contents.
The real Max Collodi was portrayed by Billy Barty. Ironically Billy really had a glass. I was a member of the Little People of America, which Billy founded and knew him casually before he passed away. I read the shot story this episode was based on years before seeing it on late night TV or joining Little People of America and I was surprised when I saw it that it was from the story I had read. Billy was a good actor and his performance gives this story a strange sense of believability. I think Billy told me he lost his eye as a child when he was hit in the eye by a baseball. It is one of the best episodes of the series, but people should know that this and most episodes were not directed by Hitchcock. He hosted the show and had some input as to its contents.