Burgess Meredith is a meek bookworm working in a bank. All he wants is time to read and be alone. One day, while reading in the vault during lunch, a nuclear attack occurs. He stumbles out in shock only to find himself at the library. Finally, he has all the time in the world to read.
Then he trips, and shatters his glasses.
I remember that one, too. Great one!
Also:
(1) The one about the tie salesman who makes a deal with Death. Then he needs to make the biggest sale of his life to save the life of the child chosen in his place.
And, (2) the one about the neighborhood where the lights go out, and rumors spread about alien invaders. Only one neighbor’s lights are on, and the others suspect him and finally turn on him and each other. In the distance, we see at the end that the aliens are playing with the electricity - that’s all they have to do to conquer us - just sit back and watch people turn on each other.
I liked the one (I think it was a Twilight Zone) where Burgess Merideth figures out it is the end of the world with red moon indicating the Sun has gone supernova. He finally asks the Librarian (or something) out for a date.
The other is the one with the odd assortment of people (clown, ballerina, soldier, etc.) trying to get out of some prison. Finally, when all hope is lost they work together and one of them breaks free and gets set to rescue the others. Until “he” gets thrown back into the bin with the rest of the donated dolls.
His wife took all the labels off everything including the ketchup bottles, cans etc. So he couldn’t read at home!