Season 1
(1984)
Cast
as Narrator (voice)
Episodes
The New Man 5.9
September 30, 1984
A recovering alcoholic is disturbed to find a young boy who shows up at his office claiming to be his son Jerry. The ma…
I'll Give You a Million 6.4
October 7, 1984
Two old, rich men like to wager among themselves on trivial matters for huge amounts. One of them, Williams, offers his…
Pain Killer 6.4
October 14, 1984
Harvey goes to Dr. Roebuck with back pains and Roebuck prescribes a miraculous cure. It's not until later that Harvey f…
The Odds 6.3
October 21, 1984
Tommy Vale, a barroom bookie finds himself in a curious predicament: a man comes in who can't lose. As the story unrave…
Mookie and Pookie 4.4
November 4, 1984
Twin siblings, Mookie and Pookie, are extremely close. But Mookie has a terminal illness. Later the scientific genius M…
Slippage 4.7
November 11, 1984
A young ad-design artist begins to literally ""slip"" out of reality. Slowly but surely he seems to be fading out of ex…
Inside the Closet 7.2
November 18, 1984
A student takes a room with an abrupt, somewhat rude anthropology professor. He instructs her never to open the small d…
The Word Processor of the Gods 5.2
November 25, 1984
Richard Hagstrom is dismayed with the way life has treated him (a rude son, a shrewish wife). His nephew Jonathan gives…
A Case of the Stubborns 6.8
December 2, 1984
In the backwoods, a family patriarch dies...only to come back, unaware that he's dead. The townspeople are up in arms, …
Djinn, No Chaser 3.8
January 13, 1985
A couple inadvertently buy a magic lamp that contains a genie. Unfortunately, the genie is anything but amiably. Confin…
All a Clone by the Telephone 3.0
January 20, 1985
Leon, a hapless TV writer, buys an answering machine that has a mind of its own - it initially helps him out by providi…
In the Cards 5.7
January 27, 1985
A fake fortuneteller, Caterina, soon finds that every fortune she tells comes true...but she can only predict gruesome …
Anniversary Dinner 6.5
February 3, 1985
A young girl fleeing her boyfriend finds herself in a small country home with a genial older couple. They take pity on …
Snip, Snip 3.0
February 10, 1985
A warlock and a witch get into a battle over a $10 million lottery ticket when each claims that the spirits gave them t…
Answer Me 4.0
February 17, 1985
Joan is apartment-sitting for a friend but finds herself tormented by a phone that won't stop ringing.
The Tear Collector 4.0
February 24, 1985
Prudence is a young woman who can't stop crying, but finds a peculiar way to make a profit when she meets Ambrose Caven…
Madness Room 5.0
May 5, 1985
Cathy Osborne brings her husband up to a previously-unknown room in their house and along with her friend Michael, rela…
If the Shoes Fit... 3.0
May 12, 1985
Fast-talking politician Bo Gumbs finds himself in serious trouble when he arrives for a meeting and waits at a nearby h…
Levitation 7.5
May 19, 1985
A teenager enraptured with magicians goes to a flee-bitten circus to seek out one of the greater: Kharma. However, Khar…
It All Comes Out in the Wash 7.0
May 26, 1985
Henry, a greedy developers, stumbles upon a Chinese laundry that offers a unique service - it can ""wash out"" guilt. H…
Bigalow's Last Smoke 7.0
June 9, 1985
Mr. Bigalow, a lifelong cigarette smoker, wakes up to find that his windows have bars on them and his door is sealed sh…
Grandma's Last Wish 5.0
June 16, 1985
Given one last wish to enliven her days before she is moved into the Tranquil Gardens retirement home, elderly Grandma …
The False Prophet 2.0
August 4, 1985
Cassie Pines is a woman travelling on her own who believes in astrology, tea leaves...everything. She comes into a dine…