"Coffins for Sale" introduced Slappy White as Melvin White (only five episodes), basically the predecessor of Don Bexley's Bubba, Slappy being the longtime comedy partner of Redd Foxx. Superstitious Fred has another patented heart attack at the prospect of keeping two coffins in the house. The smiling face of funeral home director Nelson B. Davis (James Wheaton), later seen in "Pops 'n' Pals," makes an offer of $30 for both, but Lamont holds out for $50 apiece. Davis leaves with his usual parting spiel: "it's been a slow week, business is dead!" Melvin walks in and immediately walks back out! Their discussion becomes nostalgic, and how Fred used to deal with his own father: "every time he raised that strap up he had my complete attention!" Despite his dismissal of his father's fears, even Lamont is afraid to stay in the house with the coffins at night!
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