He convinces the crowd and they clamor to buy his expensive protection – little umbrellas with symbols he claims have the power to deflect the killer space rocks.
Into this comes a Texas Ranger who tries to expose the fraud. But the people, carried away with fear, are willing to do anything to save themselves.
The episode, “The End of the World,” was from a show called Trackdown, and originally aired in 1958. The series starred Robert Culp and ran from 1957 to 1959.
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"A man named Trump" comes to town. That's almost like a premonition. This sounds interesting, Elgin. I don't think I have ever watched a Western TV series.
ReplyDeletePrashant – I am a fan of Western movies and TV shows. GUNSMOKE, with James Arness as Marshall Matt Dillon was one of the very best, well written, good characters.
DeleteHaha....spooky, lets hope "The End of the World" is averted, during the next 4 (or 8 - surely not???) years.
ReplyDeleteCol – I had never heard of the show before. Imagine how surprised I was to stumble upon this episode.
DeleteHahhhhaaa. This sure is funny.
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