Air date: March 24, 1961
Ace Larsen (Dane Clark), the gambling-addicted owner of a struggling diner, witness a horrific car accident outside his business. When he's unable to rescue the survivors himself, Ace watches as his partner Jimbo Cobb (Buddy Ebsen) lifts the car without touching it, rescuing the passengers. Having his feat witnessed, Jimbo clarifies to Ace that he in fact possesses the ability of telekinesis, but hasn't used it since he was a kid. Seeing the opportunity of a major windfall, Ace drags Jimbo to Las Vegas, hoping to use his abilities to win big at craps and roulette so he can marry his girlfriend and waitress Kitty. When Jimbo's powers seem to go away after one game too many, Ace learns that not every problem can be solved with money or psychic powers.
The Prime Troper:
- Big Guy, Little Guy: Ace often bosses the much larger and nicer Jimbo around so he will use his telekinesis to help Ace's gambling. However, Jimbo eventually fakes the loss of his power so Ace loses and moves on from his Greed.
- Easy Come, Easy Go: Ace wins huge amounts of money in the casino, thanks to Jimbo's powers. He then loses it all after Jimbo fakes having his telekinesis go away.
- Fixing the Game: Ace ropes his telekinetic friend to make him win at roulette and craps.
- The Gambling Addict: Ace, who gambles (and loses) on a slot machine in his opening scene, and afterwards bets a customer double or nothing on his meal. When he learns of Jimbo's telekinesis, the first thing that pops into his head is to take him to Vegas and win big.
- Mind over Matter: Jimbo has possessed telekinesis all his life. When he was young, he just assumed that everyone had the ability. He stopped using it since it frequently gave him headaches and got him in trouble at school. He is forced to reveal it for the first time since childhood when a car turns over outside the Happy Daze Café, and there's no other way to save the people inside.
- Mundane Utility: Ace employs Jimbo's telekinesis to help him win at gambling.
- Paranormal Gambling Advantage: Ace uses Jimbo's telekinesis to win big at craps and roulette in Las Vegas.
- Stock Footage: The footage of the car turning over is reused from the 1958 film Thunder Road.
- Tuckerization: "Big" Phil Nolan is named after writer William F. Nolan, a friend of screenwriter Charles Beaumont.
