I enjoyed this episode for the chance to see Ernest Truex as the Anderson children's grandpa. Truex was one of the most recognizable avuncular character actors of the 1950s, memorable especially for his two appearances in THE TWILIGHT ZONE. Here he plays Margaret's father, the owner of a newspaper printing press in a small town for whom the thought of retiring causes him to become depressed and dyspeptic. The episode propounds the message than human beings need work to feel fulfilled and useful, and to make life truly worthwhile.
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