Amazing Stories Season 1

(1985) September - May | # of Episodes : 24

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Series Details

Seasons: 2

Total Episodes: 45

Creators: Steven Spielberg , Joshua Brand , John Falsey

Networks: NBC

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Sep 29, 1985

Recent Air Date: Apr 10, 1987

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: English

Age Rating: NR

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Production Companies: Universal Television , Amblin Entertainment

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Synopsis

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

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Episodes

Episode 1

29 September 1985 - Ghost Train

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!

Episode 2

06 October 1985 - The Main Attraction

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.

Episode 3

20 October 1985 - Alamo Jobe

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.

Episode 4

27 October 1985 - Mummy Daddy

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.

Episode 5

03 November 1985 - The Mission

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.

Episode 6

05 November 1985 - The Amazing Falsworth

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.

Episode 7

10 November 1985 - Fine Tuning

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.

Episode 8

17 November 1985 - Mr. Magic

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

Episode 9

01 December 1985 - Guilt Trip

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

Episode 10

08 December 1985 - Remote Control Man

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

Episode 11

15 December 1985 - Santa '85

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

Episode 12

29 December 1985 - Vanessa in the Garden

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

Episode 13

05 January 1986 - The Sitter

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

Episode 14

12 January 1986 - No Day at the Beach

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

Episode 15

19 January 1986 - One For the Road

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.

Episode 16

02 February 1986 - Gather Ye Acorns

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.

Episode 17

16 February 1986 - Boo!

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

Episode 18

02 March 1986 - Dorothy and Ben

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.

Episode 19

09 March 1986 - Mirror, Mirror

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

Episode 20

06 April 1986 - Secret Cinema

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.

Episode 21

13 April 1986 - Hell Toupee

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.

Episode 22

04 May 1986 - The Doll

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.

Episode 23

11 May 1986 - One For the Books

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.

Episode 24

25 May 1986 - Grandpa's Ghost

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?

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Steven Spielberg
	Production Executive	Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall
Art	Title Designer	James D. Bissell Ron Cobb
Sound	Main Title Theme Composer	John Williams
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