The complaint that people often have about this episode is that Lou wasn't really sharp enough as a pitchman to keep Mr Death captivated, even when he's putting his all into it like that.
I like to think though that Mr Death let Lou have this one. Lou had got one over on him, and Mr Death in turn manipulated things to get into this situation where he could let Lou die feeling that he'd accomplished something. We've already seen that Mr Death isn't un-sympathetic, otherwise Lou wouldn't have got one over on him the first time.
Lovely episode, and Bernard Hermann's music at the end as Mr Death leads Lou off is a favourite little piece.
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