Caesar and Me - Twilight-Tober Zone

[@DanGamingFan2406]

I don't think I've ever hated a kid character as much as Susan. I like to believe that Ceasar was setting her up to fall even harder than Johnathan for the murder of Aunt Agnes. It's my catharsis for this episode.

[@jonathanzuckerman520]

Absolutely. What do think Caesar will say when they hit New York City and run out of money?

[@jonathanzuckerman520]

The pawn broker was chief O’Hara from Batman.

[@samus88]

She called the cops on a criminal. Upstanding citizen, as far as I'm concerned.

[@johnporter9073]

That "pizza pizza" out of nowhere popped me 😂😂😂

[@sinCorazon1980]

I had to stop watching for like 5 mins because I couldn't stop laughing

[@jesusromanpadro3853]

I got me too.😅

[@TitanWar93]

0:33

[@Rhomega]

It got me to look up Little Caesar's to see how old the company was (1959), and it put me in the mood for pizza. Since I don't have a Little Caesar's around me, I got Dominos instead.

[@claytonrios1]

This Little Caeser isn't interested in Pizza Pizza!

[@theshenpartei]

I guess little Caesar hates dominos

[@julieporter7805]

Saw it coming! Saw it coming!

[@elmermedina1713]

Unless that pizzeria is a front for a criminal empire

[@anubusx]

Ceaser and Me sounds like a Planet Of The Apes movie.

[@certified_l0ser]

Fr

[@FuzzDistortionOverdrive]

One time when I was a kid, I woke up around a bit after 4AM for some reason. I turned on the TV and starting flipping through channels. I landed on a black and white that looked enticing to me. I stopped and watched. It was The Twilight Zone and it was this episode (only saw the last 5 minutes though). It was immediately followed by The Masks. I remember telling my dad it was like Goosebumps with Night of the Living Dummy and The Haunted Mask being my comparisons.

[@Spudgonzo]

Jackie Cooper was one of the original Rascals from the Our Gang shorts before Spanky and Alfalfa. Not just a child actor. He was an excellent child star that spanned almost his entire life starting at 7 up until the early 90’s. Nearly 70 years of work that spanned across generations in and out of the Twilight Zone

[@Slayerzilla54]

My interpretation of the ending is that Caesar was setting up Susan in the same way He set up Jonathan and that He isn't actually intending to help Her at all.

[@Sojoboscribe]

Possibly, but there is a big catch to that plan, unlike Johnathan, Susan is NOT a nice person. Plus, she KNOWS what happened to the last guy and that Caesar is a manipulative individual. Caesar may want to TRY to double cross Susan, but he's going to have a much harder time of it, especially without blowing the fact he's alive to the general public. Plus, he's finally found a kindred spirit, someone as nasty as he is. Why ruin that? He may be alive, but he's still a dummy, his needs are not that complex (as far as we know, he doesn't need to eat, or sleep, or anything like that.) Let him have a nicer place to stay, and nice clothes, and he basically has his needs and wants covered. He may like money, but there is only so much he personally can spend it on.

[@whitleypedia]

@@Sojoboscribe She's way more evil than the doll. I'd worry about her double crossing Caesar rather than the other way around. :)

[@julieporter7805]

@@whitleypedia That's what I think. She will be much more violent and murderous than him.

[@RichardFay]

Note to Self : If you're going to commit a crime, don't do it while carrying a case that has your name written on it in large letters.

[@publichearing8536]

it should say the name of the guy she told you not to worry wbout

[@megamarsonic]

“Caesar and Me” CAESAR AND I!!!

[@julieporter7805]

You tell Caesar that he's grammatically incorrect. 😉😎

[@melissacooper8724]

A lot of the song lyrics are grammatically incorrect!

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

🤓

[@overthinkinggamer7377]

the way Caesar walks by in front of the camera always cracks me up

[@JackKirbyFan]

I struggling to deal with the fact that this - is it. No Bat May. No more Twilight Tober. We have an exceptional talent generating content that truly stands out and is brilliant. Every episode I watch makes me realize just how much time and effort is put into it. I don't think Channel Awesome realizes what they have in him. I do.

[@WalterCulture]

I really appreciate the kind words there. If you want to support me outside my CA content, you can subscribe to my personal channel if you haven’t already. Same quality videos, including new ones on The Twilight Zone being posted this month.

[@jonathanzuckerman520]

“You’re a hip little kid . I like you.”

[@VidWatcher01]

The "Pizza Pizza!" got me sent!!😂

[@trinaq]

Susan is so diabolically conniving, that she would make Rhoda from "The Bad Seed" shake in fear. Never have I hated a little girl character more, though it's largely thanks to the performance of child actress, Susanne Cupito.

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

That's exactly the comparison I would make. At close to the same time, she'd get to play a really NICE little girl in the OUTER LIMITS episode "The Inheritors."

[@jackatkinson3682]

@@trinaq Rhoda and Susan! I smell a fanfic crossover waiting to be written.

[@racheljackson4428]

interesting.

[@hitmanmonaghan6633]

The blonde from Little House on the Prairie would tell her to take it down a notch.

[@fredrikcarlstedt393]

The mad, mad world of Perry White .

[@theshenpartei]

It only airs on wgbs-tv

[@clintbrew]

Great Caesar's ghost (btw the I wrote this before I watched the vid just in case Walter mentioned it since this was Perry white catchphrase in media)

[@WalterCulture]

@@clintbrew Dang it! Should've thought of that myself!

[@LilyBannel]

The sad reality is a lot of good intention people get screwed over by evil. Watchers of the Twilight Zone needed to understand that. Bad folks will sell you out and leave you to take the full blame. Also may influence the youth into doing bad things too. A harsh lesson but a semi-realistic one if one replaces Ceasar with a gang leader. I think the episode works for what the lesson is because it is a needed one. Mr. Rogers got mad at hearing news that a kid murdered his little sister because he was bored. That's Susan. Bratty for no reason other than pettiness and the need to make others suffer. They exist.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

That happened?!

[@LilyBannel]

​@@ianr.navahuber2195 It was awhile ago but he was talking about news articles he saw and that one stood out to me. He also had a segment where he asked children why someone would become a murderer. I miss that frankness about him. Able to discuss tough topics but not being too graphic.

[@derekstein6193]

Wait. Mr Rogers got MAD?!? This is the first time I ever heard of this story.

[@LilyBannel]

@@derekstein6193 There are videos where he discusses what makes him angry and how he deals with it. He was honest about Santa for crying out loud and got angry letters from parents.

[@DanteMasaru]

"Pizza Pizza!" Well played, sir.

[@ztyran]

Your comment about the dummy reminding you of Scarface makes sense given West acts like Wesker the Ventriloquist from Batman with girl acting as the second one.

[@fredrikcarlstedt393]

When speaking of Irishmen, Stafford Repp played the loveable dunce Miles O' Hara in Batman 66 .

[@ExplorerDS6789]

Stafford Repp had such a cool name. That should be the name of an action hero.

[@Anon26535]

Which is especially funny, given the dummy in this is basically Mr. Scarface.

[@Elephant2024]

It jolted me as a kid seeing Stafford Repp in the Lee Marvin Twilight Zone episode 'The Grave' sounding absolutely nothing like Chief O'Hara.😆🤣

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

That Goosebumps clip made me realize how long it's been since I actually last saw the classic Slappy.

[@rogue7723]

3:33 Oh my God, he was in _The Little Rascals._ 🤯

[@kevinsmith3879]

I did a quick google search. That girl, Susan, played by Morgan Britney is now 72 years old.

[@genesismultiverse4896]

Joseph joestar: *CEEEEEEEAAAAASAAAAAAAARRR!!!!!!!*

[@tepidtooth8539]

I know a lot of people don’t like this episode, but I loved it my first watch. I love how in this living dummy story, you actually SEE the dummy living for most of the story and not just near the end. Perfectly creepy.

[@ShantyIrishman]

The origin of my username is from this episode.

[@dispensergoinup]

the streets are paved with gooooooooold

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Happy nostalgiaween! This month is awesome 🎃🎃🎃

[@JED1110]

On a TZ message board that I used to read years ago, a poster once said that they could imagine a sequel to this episode where Caesar and Susan meet up with Talky Tina and Christy from “Living Doll” (after offing the Mom from that episode) and go on a crime spree.

[@ChrisTalkz]

Anthony Fremont:You're a very bad girl Susan! Next time a very different kind of episode!

[@Elephant2024]

She would be wished into the cornfield or turned into a Jack in the box.😆

[@Galantski]

While not in the same league as "The Dummy", which is understandable given that that one's Rpd writing in top form. "Caesar and Me" is still pretty entertaining. My favorite part, worth the price of admission, is at the end after Susan rats out Jonathan and the police arrest him, when Caesar starts a hilarious conversatopm with her: _"Come over here, honey. I know you finked on him. You're a hip little kid. I like you."_ And she's receptive to his criminal plans. So satisfyingly warped!

[@MagnetHero]

Just throwing it hear because it isn't the first time Columbo and Twilight Zone crossed over as Jackie Cooper to me is best known as Nelson Hayward - the political candidate who offs his campaign manager. Great actor.

[@gingko19]

3:02 I think the voice of the puppet sounds a lot like Mark Hamil's voice. Time traveller ? Mark, what a joker !

[@Akira625]

He sounded like Mel Blanc to me.

[@jamesgarrett8833]

Before Petty White was the CEO of the Daily Planet, he was a struggling ventriloquist

[@tomsenior7405]

Cooper was best known for his role in Superman? That must have been a wonderful relief for the fellow. For the longest time the poor sod was best known for being "That kid who is really good at crying". I imagine Cooper was glad to finally lose that title after 50 years. Fair Play to him.

[@davidzdziarek-zl8cu]

Two out of three ain't bad. The premise may fall short, but the performances and existence of the normal fantasy element (Caesar is alive!) rise well above the plot.

[@shenloken2]

Caesar and Me: Also the alternative title to Rise of the Planet of the Apes! 😅

[@talkaboutwacky]

It was kinda sad how Jonathan West saw Caesar as a genuine friend but Caesar could GAF about him

[@theshenpartei]

Little Caesar and his caretaker should take lessons from slappy the dummy and maybe either chuckie or Annabell.

[@deoxys3869]

0:35 that made my day 😂

[@SithBunny1]

I would argue this was a great precursor to the Scarface character in Batnan The Animated Series. I love this one. Highly recommend.

[@TramiNguyen-oi3kp]

Awesome The Twilight Zone episode!

[@Morgil27]

Before I looked up the cast, I could've sworn Cesear was voiced by Mel Blanc. It sounds EXACTLY like that one mumbling gangster character he did in Looney Tunes.

[@SeenAGreatLight]

"I don't know how youse done it but I KNOW YOUSE *DONE IT!!"* Nobody could yell like Mel Blanc. XD

[@joyunicycle]

Little Caeser “Pizza Pizza” 😂

[@thebludevil3647]

I rewatch this episode recently for this review and I agree, I hated that little Susan character. I felt personally attacked as she mocked Johnathan about not finding a job (I'm currently looking for work as well and it's not easy when companies are downsizing and hold their breath for which way this economy will go with the presidential election).

[@thesuperostrich]

I hope you found work. I felt the same way during that scene. I was unemployed 2 separate times for a total of 6 months during 2024 because I got screwed over at jobs. I ended up finding work to hold me over for now. But man I remember the long summer days where the unemployment felt endless and I would go apply to jobs online and drive all over to look for work in person. Nobody wants to hire or pay a good wage. Nobody wants to even treat you humanely when you are down in the dumps. I hope the new year finds you well

[@Nasser851000]

Slappy exists in the Twilight Zone?!

[@michaeljebbett160]

Should've stuck to pizza, Johnny boy!

[@TheSaveme1]

I know its not the case but I always like to think of this episode as a prequel to The Dummy episode.

[@jackatkinson3682]

Jackie Cooper, eh? For some strange reason, I always thought Ceaser was voiced by Mel Blanc.

[@theshenpartei]

If it was Mel blanc there would be a lot more screaming

[@jackatkinson3682]

@@theshenpartei Yeah, maybe you're right. But still, Ceaser reminded me of Bugs turning into a gangster that tried to bribe Elmer in that one short where all those hats kept falling them.

[@clintbrew]

​@@theshenparteisounds like Mel blanc though a mix between bugs and twiki from buck rogers

[@loonytunescrazy]

One of my faves did you know you can see Caesar in the basement of terror of tower after you exit the ride

[@RasheedaParker-qn9ec]

Awesome 🤩

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

0:32 obligatory joke

[@TheGhostofAbigailMills]

I enjoyed how this turned out. I always thought Jonathan's downfall wasn't that he was lead astray by an evil dummy. It's that he was ultimately not ruthless or wicked enough to go further, or just not savvy enough to watch his back. That's why I like Caesar linking up with Susan in the end. They're cut from the same cloth, seem to have the same ambition and lack of morals, empathy, w/e you want to call it. Somehow its funny, tragic and scary all at once.

[@bruceeng3376]

Stafford Repp and Olan Soule are Batman alumni.

[@400KrispyKremes]

Damn how many of these puppet ones did they make? Lol

[@erickleefeld4883]

Check out Jackie Cooper’s turn on an episode of Columbo, “Candidate for Crime,” in which he played a sleazy politician.

[@deandreushayes9836]

4:32 Twist

[@ultimatekpit42]

For some reason, the Susan character reminds me of Sarah from Ed, Edd and eddy

[@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677]

True To Caesar

[@halkeye20]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@louisduarte8763]

4:24 Or the Men In Black. Now THERE'S a crossover! Like they show up in the stories with space aliens in Earth and undo whatever lesson their stories were meant to teach. "No! NO! Don't take us away! We didn't finish teaching these humans the dangers of paranoia!" "Easy for you to say, you're MAKING them paranoid!" Funny: I thought of the Batman villain Scarface as soon as I heard the dummy speak gangster lingo, and Walter brought him up!

[@popper03244]

I never wanted to set a child on fire before but Susan had me considering arson and murder.

[@apocbible]

Hi walter!

[@WalterCulture]

👋

[@NekoiNemo]

Honestly, the only downside i see is that main character being caught wasn't a set up by Cesar and the little bitch. Imo, would've been the better ending if instead of showing them talk for the first time, they revealed that the pair has conspired to send him to prison, so the dummy could've have an equally black-hearted master

[@legionaireb]

Were these later episodes sometimes partially filmed in Video Tape? I occasionally see scenes that seem to have that extra brightness and smoothness that the Video Tape episodes seem to have.

[@johnmckay1961]

If you want somebody to "have all the credit", you don't take half of the credit lol

[@vishalkalicharan7710]

There must be more TV anthologies!!

[@thEannoyingE]

I thought this was the weaker dummy stories, with The Dummy being so damn good. You can’t really top it.

[@wstine79]

Now this is the Scarface and Dummy we need in a live action Batman movie.

[@DasKame]

I bet he was very influencial by the creation of "scarface"

[@antonmassopust568]

Kind of reminds me of another Duo from Batman the Animated Series the ventriloquist and Scarface

[@certified_l0ser]

Now we need dominoes the puppet

[@Myself-yf5do]

Now that you've done Disneycember, Dreamworksuary, Bat May, and this, you should do Nickuly/Aprilodeon.

[@keiththompson9435]

Makes me wonder if there’s a Modern TZ episode where it stars Jeff Dunham having this situation

[@milestrombley1466]

Slappy's grandfather.

[@theresacherco3503]

And they also have a dummy at the end of tower terror that’s name Cesar or something like that and you have to say hi to him

[@benji274]

Willy Strikes Again!

[@fynnthefox9078]

This and The Dummy HAD to have inspired the Ventriloquist in Batman... As well as the movie, Magic.

[@vishalkalicharan7710]

So this is the inspiration for Slappy from Goosebumps?

[@theonewithdoggo]

Ceaser reminds me of Scarface from Batman

[@rogers1032]

Could you please do these as part of FanScription • What if Disney’s Peter Pan was killed by Captain Hook’s bomb (Disney’s Peter Pan 1953movie) • What if The Stabbington Brothers raised Rapunzel in Disney’s Tangled (2010movie) • What if Disney’s The Rescuers 3 happened? • RoboCop vs The Terminator • What if Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective 2 happened? • What if the 101 Dalmatian family got older (Disney’s 101 Dalmatians 2) • What if Luke Skywalker had joined The Dark Side • Batman vs Venom • Spider-man vs The Riddler • What if Shere Khan (from Disney’s The Jungle Book 1967movie) had won? • What if we fixed Hulk (2003movie)

[@hitmanmonaghan6633]

That girl reminds me of the mean blonde from Little House on the Prairie

[@majinsole8554]

Fun filled funny business. ~_~

[@tanimation7289]

I always mistake this episode for the original dummy episode.

[@shaider1982]

Susan looks and acts like a young version of Mrs Kettleman from Better Call Saul.

[@dragonmaster613]

Is this the inspiration for the Batman villain Scarface?

[@Morgil27]

Oh, little Suzy pissed me off so much. Never before did a kid deserve a good smack.

[@nvm9040]

Definitely Caesar and Me is on par with the Dummy even tho the script could be better from a great idea but idk I find the twist on the Dummy to make the episode more twisted

[@animenut2591]

Watchmojo litteraly use the same thumbnail in my feed

[@eric0380]

Instead of doing the usual creepy, scary demonic doll they went for the wise cracking, deceptive, 2 bit con man approach

[@mmem4264]

Another bad aftertaste.

[@jlev1028]

This represents what I feared "The Dummy" was going to be: a typical evil dummy storyline. Other than the main character's Irish identity, there's nothing unique about "Caesar & Me." It even feels kind of lazy to use the same dummy.

[@julieporter7805]

I actually like this one a bit better than The Dummy. I think Caesar is more terrifying and Susan is a little b&_$#. I think The Dummy twist is more memorable but there are darker implications of Susan and Caesar running away. That girl will be a sociopathic serial killer.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

Who but an Irishman would take orders from a dummy? Maybe there was whiskey involved.

[@treygavino]

I wonder is there was some inspiration for batman tas scarface

[@mikefarmer9165]

😂 🍕 🍕

[@LisaImhoff-v8q]

Needlessly miserable wretch 😆

[@kali3665]

I admit this is not one of my favorite episodes. The biggest issue is there's no question of identity as in The Dummy. We know from the outset that Caesar is "alive" and quite malevolent. But Jonathan has got to be the weakest protagonist on the entire series. He is totally dominated by Caesar throughout, and it doesn't take much to get him to do Caesar's bidding. I suppose Jackie Cooper's decision to do the Irish accent helped somewhat to make Jonathan a likeable guy, but it just makes him seem even weaker than perhaps was intended. Jonathan just does not win much sympathy at all, and we're just begging for him to be put out of his misery. Which brings us to Suzanne Cupito/Morgan Brittany's Susan, and yeah, she is VERY unlikeable throughout. She hates Jonathan for really no reason whatsoever. When I first saw the episode, I pretty much predicted the whole thing: Caesar would abandon Jonathan at first opportunity and hook up with the girl. Although she'll have a hard time carrying that huge trunk, and I'm not sure how she'll handle the ventriloquism, but that probably won't be much of a problem since Caesar will likely abandon HER at first opportunity to seek out a more pliable - and adult - "partner." All and all, not a particularly satisfying episode. Now, I am vastly amused now to see Batman (Superfriends), Chief O'Hara (Batman 66), and Perry White (the classic Superman movies) in the same episode - when I was a kid I had no idea, of course. Olan Soule had a pretty interesting career, starting in radio as Mr First Nighter, the host of the dramatic anthology of the same name, for several years. He's probably best known as a voice actor today, although he's had several acting roles (including an appearance on Batman 66). I think he was one of Jack Webb's favored actors because he appeared all over Dragnet. It's weird thinking of his very authoritarian voices because that face and body do NOT suggest authoritarian! 🤣🤣

[@Elephant2024]

Think I like 'The Dummy' with Cliff Robertson better. This is a good, but not great episode in comparison.

[@EternalKHFan0]

77th like!

[@JabbarMuhammad-f8j]

The episode ceaser and me was interesting I just hated the Susan character she was a brat

[@leastlikedcritic7529]

I'd rather watch The Dummy episode instead.

[@omarsalem1219]

G

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Don’t really like the ending. The doll comes off as a groomer

[@Rhomega]

This is such a forgettable episode compared to The Dummy, which wasn't that great to begin with.