Except as noted, all photos are frame grabs from video below.
This eight-minute adventure in Bizarreville was released nineteen years before the premiere of Rod Serling’s cult-classic Twilight Zone. A pity, because otherwise its opening sequence might have sounded something like this:
Image courtesy CBS.
Consider the plight of one Gilbert Willoughby, who, in rage and despair, wished for – and was granted – a world without springs. A world of supernatural beings. A world bereft of coiled steel with its ability to absorb energy, hold it and then release it at our command. A world we call…
No. Instead, we get an obedient and frustrated hubby restoring a vintage sofa’s suspension without the benefit of a rotisserie, and the appearance of the single most annoying animated film character ever created: “Coily, the Spring Sprite, they call me.” We have our own name for this vile-looking and evil-voiced demon.
But after only a few springless moments, Gilbert folds, begs forgiveness and transforms into an avid proselytizer, spreading the good word of the humble spring to his golfing foursome’s distraction, annoyance and exhaustion.
Sadly, they nod off partway through the marketing pitch: Spiral coil springs up front and knee-action suspension, in concert with soft rear leaf springs, afford Gilbert’s spiffy 1941 Chevrolet Special DeLuxe Sport Sedan its superior ride and handling, for which he would have sprung about $850. And just how many golf bags could easily fit into its massive trunk?
All we can say is: With the advent of spring chores, be careful what you wish for.
Public domain archival footage courtesy of the Internet Moving Images Archive, in association with Prelinger Archives.
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