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1. Death of Some Salesmen

A conniving con-man posing as a salesman gets more than he bargained for when he comes knocks at the door of the wrong family.

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Judd Campbell ( Ed Begley Jr. ) is a conniving salesman who cheats people out of their money by selling them expensive burial plots for a fake cemetery. When he ends up arriving at a wrong address, he finds new victims in the form of Ma, Pa, and Winona Brackett ( Tim Curry in a triple role), a strange family of rednecks with a fortune buried in their basement. Unfortunately, the Bracketts have developed a burning hatred for salesmen after being swindled once too often, and Judd ends up getting more than what he bargains for when he tries to swindle them. Also starring Yvonne De Carlo as Mrs. Jones.

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