Fair rating?The Twilight Zone· Season 3 · Episode 21
Kick the Can
The dispirited residents of a nursing home are urged by one of their number to believe that they can recapture their youth by playing a children's game.Note: Steven Spielberg remade this as Segment II of Twilight Zone: The Movie, showing the nursing-home residents being offered a second chance at youth by their new arrival, Mr. Bloom (Scatman Crothers).
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#6In Season 3of 37 rated episodes
#19All-timeof 156 rated episodes
+0.7vs season avgSeason 3 averages 7.4
1962First airedFebruary 9, 1962
Guest stars
Hank Pattersonas Freitag
Earle Hodginsas Agee
John Marleyas Sunnyvale Superintendant Cox
Marjorie Bennettas Mrs. Summers
Russell Collinsas Ben Conroy
Burt Mustinas Carlson
Ernest Truexas Charles WhitleyLenore Shanewiseas Mrs. Densley
Anne O'Nealas Mrs. Wister
Eve McVeaghas NurseScott Seatonas Resident
Barry Truexas David Whitley
Gregory McCabeas Boy #1
Crew
Lamont JohnsonDirector
George Clayton JohnsonWriter