A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
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- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes aired
- 45
- Latest aired
- S02E21
- Total runtime
- 19h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1985 – May 1986 24 episodes
- Season 2 September 1986 – April 1987 21 episodes
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S01E01 Ghost Train
September 29 · 25min find the promo
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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!
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S01E02 The Main Attraction
October 6 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E03 Alamo Jobe
October 20 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E04 Mummy Daddy
October 27 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E05 The Mission
November 3 · 47min find the promo
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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.
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S01E06 The Amazing Falsworth
November 5 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E07 Fine Tuning
November 10 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E08 Mr. Magic
November 17 · 25min find the promo
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A fading illusionist has a last shot at greatness thanks to a deck of magic playing cards.
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S01E09 Guilt Trip
December 1 · 25min find the promo
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The emotion Guilt feels overworked. He takes a vacation cruise and falls for the emotion Love.
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S01E10 Remote Control Man
December 8 · 25min find the promo
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A henpecked man finds comfort in a unique television set that bring lifelike images to him.
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S01E11 Santa '85
December 15 · 25min find the promo
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A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.
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S01E12 Vanessa in the Garden
December 29 · 25min find the promo
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When an artist is devastated by the death of his wife, he finds a way for her to live on in his painting.
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S01E13 The Sitter
January 5 · 25min find the promo
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Two young boys get the best of every sitter in town, until they meet one who uses voodoo to settle them down.
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S01E14 No Day at the Beach
January 12 · 25min find the promo
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A GI tries to be a hero during an amphibious assault in Italy during World War II.
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S01E15 One For the Road
January 19 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E16 Gather Ye Acorns
February 2 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E17 Boo!
February 16 · 25min find the promo
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Ghosts in an attic try to get rid of a couple who move into their house.
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S01E18 Dorothy and Ben
March 2 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E19 Mirror, Mirror
March 9 · 25min find the promo
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A popular horror novelist is terrorized by a strange figure in his bathroom mirror.
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S01E20 Secret Cinema
April 6 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E21 Hell Toupee
April 13 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E22 The Doll
May 4 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E23 One For the Books
May 11 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E24 Grandpa's Ghost
May 25 · 25min find the promo
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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?