Lou Paloma is a coarse, aggressive and short-tempered slob of a man that can't keep a job for more than a week. When he loses his last job as a pizza delivery guy, he suggests a genial idea to his wife: faking his death so that in future he could have his own inheritance. He enlists the help of his wife Irene and coroner brother Billy (Bruno Kirby) and the plan initially succedds. However, when Lou is away for a trip in Rio de Janeiro and he returns home, his wife and brother don't recognize him at all and Lou gets more infuriated when he finds out that they fell in love during his faked death and absence. They go on trial and the lawyer (Michael J. Fox, who also directed the episode) calls to the stand even Lou's mother (Carroll Baker) and for not recognizing his son she claims to be Eleanor Roosevelt. Lou will claim his real identity up until his death.
This episode was very funny in some moments and I even laughed at them (a thing that rarely happens when you watch TALES FROM THE CRYPT). The best funny moment? Probably every time when Lou shouted ''I am Lou Paloma!'' two-three times straight. And it has quite a stellar cast. Another great entry.
Btw, it looks like a coincidence, but in the same episode Michael J. Fox plays the attorney and James Tolkan plays the police officer. Up until the year previous this episode, they played Marty McFly and Strickland in the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy. Quite odd if you think about it!
This episode was very funny in some moments and I even laughed at them (a thing that rarely happens when you watch TALES FROM THE CRYPT). The best funny moment? Probably every time when Lou shouted ''I am Lou Paloma!'' two-three times straight. And it has quite a stellar cast. Another great entry.
Btw, it looks like a coincidence, but in the same episode Michael J. Fox plays the attorney and James Tolkan plays the police officer. Up until the year previous this episode, they played Marty McFly and Strickland in the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy. Quite odd if you think about it!