Amazing Stories

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Season 1

Overview

The first season of this anthology series sets the tone with tales of light humor and even heavy drama with a twist of magic!

Episodes

1. Ghost Train
Sep 29, 1985
Episode 1

Ohpa Globe is happy to see his son's new house, but when he sees that the home is built on ghost train tracks, he changes his focus. To his family's chagrin, he is convinced it is his destiny to die in those cornfields, to board a train he inadvertently caused to crash 75 years ago! He tells his nine-year old grandson he still has his ticket for the old "Highball Express", and that arriving train will careen through their house!

6.8 25 min
2. The Main Attraction
Oct 6, 1985
Episode 2

Big Man on Campus Brad Bender has no problem attracting people to his charms. But when a meteorite crashes in his neighborhood, his magnetism gets even stronger, sometimes attracting the wrong people... and things.

6.2 25 min
3. Alamo Jobe
Oct 20, 1985
Episode 3

During the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, 15-year-old messenger Jobe H. Farnum is about to be killed. He is transported forward in time to San Antonio in 1985. The 1980s prove to be too much for Jobe to handle.

6.7 25 min
4. Mummy Daddy
Oct 27, 1985
Episode 4

An actor who's playing a mummy in a horror film learns that his wife has gone into labor and rushes to be with her – without removing his costume.

7.2 25 min
5. The Mission
Nov 3, 1985
Episode 5

During World War II, men in an air force bomber are caught in a no win scenario when their belly gunner (an amateur artist) is trapped in his seat and the plane has no wheels for landing.

7.2 47 min
6. The Amazing Falsworth
Nov 5, 1985
Episode 6

A psychic showman realizes that during a performance that someone in the audience wants to commit murder. Frightened, he calls the police, and the detective shows up to investigate.

7.5 25 min
7. Fine Tuning
Nov 10, 1985
Episode 7

Three high-school kids build an antenna that can catch signals from outer space. They learn that the aliens are big fans of 1950s American television and are coming to Hollywood to meet some of their favorite Earth stars.

6.4 25 min
8. Mr. Magic
Nov 17, 1985
Episode 8

A fading illusionist has a last shot at greatness thanks to a deck of magic playing cards.

7.0 25 min
9. Guilt Trip
Dec 1, 1985
Episode 9

The emotion Guilt feels overworked. He takes a vacation cruise and falls for the emotion Love.

6.4 25 min
10. Remote Control Man
Dec 8, 1985
Episode 10

A henpecked man finds comfort in a unique television set that bring lifelike images to him.

6.8 25 min
11. Santa '85
Dec 15, 1985
Episode 11

A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.

7.0 25 min
12. Vanessa in the Garden
Dec 29, 1985
Episode 12

When an artist is devastated by the death of his wife, he finds a way for her to live on in his painting.

7.3 25 min
13. The Sitter
Jan 5, 1986
Episode 13

Two young boys get the best of every sitter in town, until they meet one who uses voodoo to settle them down.

6.4 25 min
14. No Day at the Beach
Jan 12, 1986
Episode 14

A GI tries to be a hero during an amphibious assault in Italy during World War II.

7.4 25 min
15. One For the Road
Jan 19, 1986
Episode 15

During the Depression, several bar patrons hope to get insurance money by tricking a man into signing a policy with the hope that he will drink himself to death.

7.1 25 min
16. Gather Ye Acorns
Feb 2, 1986

On the advice from a mysterious little man, an 18-year-old boy begins to collect rare comics and toys. When he sells them as an old man, he gains wealth and happiness.

6.7 25 min
17. Boo!
Feb 16, 1986
Episode 17

Ghosts in an attic try to get rid of a couple who move into their house.

6.8 25 min
18. Dorothy and Ben
Mar 2, 1986
Episode 18

After 40 years in a coma, Ben Dumpfy awakens and discovers that he can communicate with a seven-year-old girl who is in a coma after a bike accident.

7.7 25 min
19. Mirror, Mirror
Mar 9, 1986
Episode 19

A popular horror novelist is terrorized by a strange figure in his bathroom mirror.

7.1 25 min
20. Secret Cinema
Apr 6, 1986
Episode 20

Young everyday woman Jane becomes convinced that someone is recording and influencing her everyday life and that she's become the unwilling star of a secret cinema.

6.0 25 min
21. Hell Toupee
Apr 13, 1986
Episode 21

Defense attorney Harry Ballentine is understandably nervous when his client is mild-mannered accountant Murray Bernstein - who after investing in a strange toupee had felt compelled to murder the first lawyer he saw. Harry goes after it.

6.2 25 min
22. The Doll
May 4, 1986
Episode 22

The lonely, loveless life of a shy bachelor takes an astounding turn when he buys a special doll, exquisitely hand-crafted by a mysterious German toymaker. He tries to track down the woman who modeled for it.

8.0 25 min
23. One For the Books
May 11, 1986
Episode 23

An elderly college janitor amazes himself, his wife and the scientific community when his brain turns into a sponge that soaks up more and more incredible knowledge of every subject taught at the school - until a shocking event changes everything.

7.3 25 min
24. Grandpa's Ghost
May 25, 1986
Episode 24

Edwin's grandpa died in his sleep last night. So why is the old man still hanging around the apartment, playing the piano and swapping stories with Edwin's grandma?

7.0 25 min
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