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Normally, the sales resistance of James Evans (John Amos) is mighty high, especially when it comes to door-to-door peddlers. But when a blind salesman (Ron Glass) comes knocking at the Evanses' door, James takes pity on the man and agrees to buy a set of black-history encyclopedias. It is only after examining the fine print of the sales contract (especially that Draconian section on "penalty payments") that James realizes he's been hornswoggled.