What's your favorite episode? - Amazing Stories (1985) Discussion

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I loved a lot of them. Of course the Christopher Lloyd episode and the one with Kevin Costner and the WW2 Bomber. But I also loved the one with the bratty kids and the magic baby-sitter. Also the one with John Cryer and the magic pink goo that made pictures become real................

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[–] mikegjr1976 20 years ago

Yes i agree, i also liked ou bundles the magician..

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[–] DreTam2000 20 years ago

Well my #1 favorite is The Mission episode with Kevin Costner. That is one of the most incredible pieces of cinema I have ever seen. Spielberg is truly a genius for that one..

My 2nd favorite is the "Thanksgiving" one. That one is hilarious and a nice twist at the same time.

I'm not a control freak, I just like things my way

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[–] Lady_Targaryen 15 years ago

My favorite is Dorothy and Ben.

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[–] CocoStars16 20 years ago

Out of the ones I've seen my favourite is "Lane Change" where a woman sees images from her past as she drives along the freeway, not knowing that the stranded woman she picked up at the start is herself 30 years into the future. I really like the dialouge and storyline, it was very well written, acted and directed.

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[–] re_zuleta 20 years ago

I particularly love whenever the Sci-Fi Channel or the USA Network [same-affiliates, anyway] show any of their collected 'Best of' Episodes, in what they like to call 'Amazing Stories: The Movie[s] Parts I thru 5 or is it 6 (etc.)

They tend to show anywhere from three stories, to four. Mostly one hour episodes & two or more half-hour episodes.

One of the episodes I love the most, and one of the best, is one called: "Dorothy & Ben." It's the 'amazing' story in which a man awakens from a 40-year comma and miracolously is able to hear, or tune to the inner voice of another commatose patient. The voice of a little girl by the name of 'Dorothy.'

At first, no one believes him of course. But as he continues speaking to her, she remains unconcious he makes references to her parents to which only she [Dorothy] could possibly know/ or tell anyone.

I also love the Episode with Lou Bundles and his flying magic cards. The ending to that one always gets me. Tears drip from one eye.

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[–] RLVall 9 years ago

I agree. Definitely Lane Change.

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[–] frog-34 20 years ago

I think I was 12 years old when a black and white episode came on about the D-Day landings. All I remember seeing is a shot from inside a Higgins boat bobbing up and down in the waves moving toward the beach--very similar to "Private Ryan," as a matter of fact. I didn't get to see the whole episode as "Amazing Stories" aired on Sunday nights and I had to go to church Sunday evenings back in 1985. Is this episode available on DVD?

"That, my friends, was the minority vote."--Daniel Day-Lewis, "Gangs of New York"

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[–] TravellerDream 19 years ago

Oks, i remember of this episode where one soldier fight ahead your friends in the D-assault and kills much enemies saving your friends of death.But is a miracle, the hero soldier, have been killed before landing in the beach in the higgins......Thanks frog-34 but is far away my memories from this wonderfull series....;)

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[–] BigMac25 20 years ago

I've gotta go with The Family Dog.

The Mission was good, but was too much like Memphis Belle Lite.

I don't remember Hell Toupee very well, as I haven't seen it since it was originally on, but I remember loving it.

And Go to the Head of the Class was great. I've always wanted one of those skull/laughing-ringer phones...

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[–] XMan8-MuppetMan 20 years ago

My fave of the episodes are Mummy Daddy which was soooooooo hilarious and entertaining. Especially since they had a mix up with a killer mummy and the fake one. Pure genius.
I have to include Family Dog. Since Im so picky about animation, I have to say that this was great expecially since it was sooo like a traditional cartoon. Love the storyline, love the animate direction. Id say Brad Bird is the animation genius and The Incredibles will be a good Pixar film looks like it can whip Toy Story.
The Gregory Hines rpisode was good too.

YODA
Wars not make one great.

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[–] m_hebner 20 years ago

I've only seen a few episodes, but the ones I really liked was the one with the man that buys that special tv set and turns his family into tv characters and Gulit Trip was good, thats where Dom Deluise and Loni Anderson's characters fall in love. The Sitter was also a good one, the part was funny when the 2 boys tried to dump a bucket of water on the sitter but she freezes in mid air and the boys walk under it then it dumps on them. Dorothy and Ben is another good one, I thought that was sad at the end.

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[–] kellibean 20 years ago

Can anyone tell me if this was on Amazing Stories:
All I remember is that it's set in a prison. The old
caretaker is blind (I think). A prisoner is going to
sneak into the casket of the next person that dies
so he can get smuggled out. At the end he strikes a
match and we see it's the old caretaker that was
going to dig him up!

I have been going crazy for years trying to remember
what show this was on. Could it be the 80's version of
The Twilight Zone?

Thanks to anyone that can help :)

Kelli

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[–] TenaciousMikeus 20 years ago

It was the Twilight Zone.

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[–] Strodemstro 20 years ago

What about one that was like a Sleepy Hollow/Headless Horseman type episode set in a highschool? I was like five when I saw this a I have always thought it was "Amazing Stories".

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[–] XMan8-MuppetMan 20 years ago

Yeah it was on Amazing Stories episode is called "Go To The Head Of The Class" with Christopher Lloyd.

YODA
Wars not make one great.

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[–] xtarheelinutah 19 years ago

"Go To The Head Of The Class" with Christopher Lloyd.

While on it's first network run back in the '80's, it was supposed to have been shown as a Halloween episode but it was pre-empted by our local NBC affiliate in Charlotte, NC and shown a week later. I happened to be home alone and watched that episode and I am not ashamed to admit it, after that episode was over, I was turning on every light in my house after that!

Christopher Lloyd is funny in his own right, but as that out-dated Elizabethan-looking , sadistic english teacher, he scared the freakin' crap outta me! Especially when he cackled the name "MISTER BRRAAAAAND!!!" It's only a tv show, but as a teenager at the time, DAYUUM that was some scary stuff!

"I'm Like a Thoroughbred in a donkey race... I'll beat your Ass!"

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[–] mayselikethecorn 8 years ago

It was "Are You Afraid of the Dark" on Nickelodeon. VERY good episode!

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[–] deanrichard 18 years ago

Actually it was Alfred Hitchcock presents (the new series from 85.) By the way my favorite episode is tied between two. There is the author who cannot look into a mirror, and the one with the spook living under the teenager's bed.

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[–] ijmunoz 18 years ago

Was it twilight zone? I thought it may have been Alfred Hitchcock.

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[–] rebelpilot 18 years ago

I think this one was from "tales from the crypt". Anywon else know for sure?

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[–] highwindows 16 years ago

Actually, it was an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

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[–] rebelpilot 16 years ago

I thought it was from the HBO series Tales from the crypt. But I could be wrong.

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[–] mamaduck71 15 years ago

Anyone remember the name of this TZ episode?

Was orignally posted here by Kellibean on 5-31-04

Can anyone tell me if this was on Amazing Stories:
All I remember is that it's set in a prison. The old
caretaker is blind (I think). A prisoner is going to
sneak into the casket of the next person that dies
so he can get smuggled out. At the end he strikes a
match and we see it's the old caretaker that was
going to dig him up!

I have been going crazy for years trying to remember
what show this was on. Could it be the 80's version of
The Twilight Zone?

Thanks to anyone that can help :)

Kelli

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[–] asimov-93725 8 years ago

It was Alfred Hitchcock. There was a version in the original series and a remake for the later Hitchcock series which was not nearly as popular.

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[–] michel_vigeant 11 years ago

Have a look at 'Thanksgiving' and tell me that it doesn't quickly become your favourite episode. David Carradine(Kung Fu, Kill Bill) and Kyra Sedgewick(The Closer, Mrs Kevin Bacon) are awesome as Step Father and victim in this tale of the unknown. O Henry never wrote a twist as macabre as this ending. Truly a classic.

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[–] Starlet4 20 years ago

YES! This was my favorite as well. I remember it vividly. I wrote about it on another thread a while back. I wish it was on one of the Videos. You'd think it would be since Speilberg directed it himself. If anyone knows if this is in circulation or if it's going to be on sci-fi, lemme know. Please!

Awwwwwww. The mummy's a Daddy.
Starlet

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[–] phillchambers 18 years ago

I also loved Mummy Daddy,
Laughed like crazy
Any ideas where I can buy a copy of that on DVD or Video?
Phill

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[–] cjbtyson 18 years ago

I'm interested in getting a DVD of the "Mummy Daddy" episode from the Amazing stories series. E-mail me at [email protected]. Thanks

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[–] kcjones-8 16 years ago

Mummy Daddy, if that name is right, (I thought it was My Daddy is a Mummy, but I could be wrong). I remember seeing the original broadcast and have searched for it time and again in SciFi channel broadcasts, but have never seen it again. Does anyone know if there was some problem that prevented it's rebroadcast or have I just missed it?

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[–] ohsparkly 16 years ago

The Sitter

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[–] girlypoo 17 years ago

I was 12 or 13 when it came on. I think that the episode was called The Family Dog--where the dog has to go to obedience school to become a "white hot ball of canine terror". It's animated. One of the best lines is when the dog brings the bowl up to the mom and she says, "You want your food? I'll get your food. Why not? It seems to be my sole reason for exsistence on this planet. Feed the dog. Feed the kids. Do the dishes. Wash the clothes. Iron the clothes. Do I have dreams? Do I have aspirations? No! But I have a toilet bowl that's SPRING TIME FRESH! And now I have to be a short-order cook for a dog so...eat it!"

I only remember that quote because I watched it a million times--and laughed my a$$ off everytime!

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[–] battlephrog1 8 years ago

Memphis Belle came out after The Mission so in turn, Memphis Belle is The Mission Heavy.

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[–] imaginejp 20 years ago

Hey all!
I am glad so many people are rehashing why this show was so great. I was a mere babe when it was on, but I relish my dad's tapes of the show. All the ones he taped were classics..."Family Dog", "Ghost Train", etc. But how come no one is mentioning "The Shadowman" or "The Greeble"? I have a feeling those are Twilight Zone episodes too, but it cant be helped what your child mind remembers :) I am going to put my hands on an Amazing Stories dvd if it's the last thing i do.
Cheers!
-Jen

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[–] ingorewegrind 18 years ago

"The Shadowman" is indeed from the 80's Twilight Zone, season 1 episode 23. Not sure about "The Greeble"

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[–] morbid_Visions 20 years ago

"Magic Saturday" Episode: #2.3 - 6 October 1986

Reminds me of my grandpa and the time we switched bodies.
*tear rolls down cheek*

-Andy-

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[–] robjenkins 20 years ago

God, this really reminds me of my childhood! :) My favorite one has to be the World War II episode! I remember watching it with my brothers. My dad is in the Air Force and we were raised loving war history, airplanes and related issues. I was quite young but I clearly remember how I got amazed at this particular episode.

It's the only Amazing Stories' episode that I recall though! :)

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