Shudder Day: Tales from the Crypt- 'Collection Completed'

 37 years (and one day) ago, the 5th and final Episode of Season 1 aired.

Yes, the Season was only 5 Episodes.
I don't know why.

With a big name as the Lead, let's check out the Episode known as...

It is a big day!

A hard-working man is retiring after 47 years and his Wife threw him a party!

However, the guy- who I'm sure that you'll recognize- is a grump and never realized how much his Wife (of many Decades) loved animals.

I guess he was oblivious all of the time between working 6 days a week.

He can't adjust to life at home due to minor slights like sitting on a cat toy or accidentally being fed tuna cat food and not normal tuna!

He can't stand the animals.

Not one bit!

He takes it out on the poor plants in the backyard, while his Wife loves every animal that could come by.

He hides in his basement for about 2 weeks working on his 'new hobby.'

As it turns out, he's decided to take up Taxidermy- starting with every animal in and around the House!

He's down to the final pet- a cat named Mew Mew- now.

She grabs the golden hammer he got as a retirement gift (Chekhov's Hammer) and kills him with it.

Later, the nosy Neighbor shows up and sees that she's Taxidermized him!
The End!

A simple, but quirky tale of insanity.

This one walks the line between being funny and dramatic.  It was co-written by SNL alum A. Whitney Brown, so that makes sense.

The tale is simple enough.  The man never spent enough time at home and awake to see how the Wife really was.
Either he had to learn to live with it or find a way to change things.

Needless to say, his choice was the wrong one!

All of these Tales are based on EC Comics, but this one does remind me of a *different* one about a clean, organized General and his new Wife.

The guy was Terry-Thomas, but he met a similar fate.

See 'The Vault of Horror' for more details.

A quirky little tale about suburban insanity.  The Actors really make the simple narrative get more weight in its shortened runtime.