Burgess Meredith was in several Twilight Zone episodes, and playing an eccentric character was his forte. Here he is bringing barrels full of shad, which look like minnows, to California. Introducing invasive fish into the California rivers is a crime nowadays, but it was a get-rich scheme for Meredith back in the 1870s.
It was not clear how Meredith was going to get rich thanks to minnows invading California rivers and streams, but he was sure enough that he left his wife behind. Phyllis Coates, who played Lois Lane in the first season of The Adventures of Superman, plays his wife. She is not very friendly, unlike her Lois Lane character back on Superman. Richard Reeves, who often played a henchman on The Adventures of Superman, is also in this episode.
Coates and her new boyfriend want payback on her goofball husband and his fish. Most of this episode is about a drought, and why the drovers want to drink the barrels of water that are full of fish. Fighting them with words is Burgess Meredith talking about fish and why fish are important, etc.
I found the episode a bit boring. After the first couple of fish talks I was hoping for a stampede. There is not much action until the very last minute or two.
It was not clear how Meredith was going to get rich thanks to minnows invading California rivers and streams, but he was sure enough that he left his wife behind. Phyllis Coates, who played Lois Lane in the first season of The Adventures of Superman, plays his wife. She is not very friendly, unlike her Lois Lane character back on Superman. Richard Reeves, who often played a henchman on The Adventures of Superman, is also in this episode.
Coates and her new boyfriend want payback on her goofball husband and his fish. Most of this episode is about a drought, and why the drovers want to drink the barrels of water that are full of fish. Fighting them with words is Burgess Meredith talking about fish and why fish are important, etc.
I found the episode a bit boring. After the first couple of fish talks I was hoping for a stampede. There is not much action until the very last minute or two.