Amazing Stories

Original title : The Wedding Ring
First Aired : 22.09.1986 (US)
Director : Danny DeVito
Writing credits : Stu Krieger From a Story by Steven Spielberg
Cast : Rhea Perlman (Lois), Danny DeVito (Herbert), Louis Giambalvo (Haggerty), Bernadette Birkett (Tina), David Byrd (Mr. Rhine), Tracey Walter (Blaze), Jacqueline Cassell (Woman), Fred Scialla (Loner)

The Story :

Original title : Miscalculation
First Aired : 29.09.1986 (US)
Director : Tom Holland
Writing credits : Michael McDowell
Cast : Jon Cryer (Phil), JoAnn Willette (Angela), J.J. Cohen (Bert), Lana Clarkson (Ms. Allure), Galyn Görg (Ms. Eyeful), Catherine Gilmour (Ms. Awesome), Elisabeth de Turenne (Ms. Laura), Rebecca Schaeffer (Miss Crowningshield), Wynonna Smith (Cashier), Penelope Sudrow (Mousy Girl), Harry Woolf (Dr. Blitz), Al Lampkin (Cop #1), Alden Millikan (Cop #2)

The Story :

Original title : Magic Saturday
First Aired : 06.10.1986 (US)
Director : Robert Markowitz
Writing credits : Richard Christian Matheson
Cast : M. Emmet Walsh (Grandpa), Taliesin Jaffe (Mark), David L. Crowley (...), Caren Kaye (Dorothy), Jeff Cohen (Eddie), David Arnott (Umpire), David Donnelly (Boy #2), Jeff Kinder (Boy #1), Carter Gibson (Ken)

The Story :

Original title : Welcome to My Nightmare
First Aired : 13.10.1986 (US)
Director : Todd Holland
Writing credits : Todd Holland
Cast : David Hollander (Harry), Steve Antin (Bud), Sharon Spelman (Mom), Robyn Lively (Kate), Christina Applegate (Holly), Parker Jacobs (John Willson), Robert L. Gibson (Dad), Sharon Powers (Attendant), Cheryl McWilliams (Kate's Mom), John Simone (Norman Bates)

The Story :

Original title : You Gotta Believe Me
First Aired : 20.10.1986 (US)
Director : Kevin Reynolds
Writing credits : Stu Krieger From a Story by Steven Spielberg
Cast : Charles Durning (Earl), Mary Betten (Nancy), Ebbe Roe Smith (Theresa), Wil Shriner (James), John Roselius (Todd Johnson), Jennie Sadler (Female Airline Rep. #1), Lance E. Nichols (Guard #2), Richard Burns (Air Traffic Controller), Gregory Wagrowski (Man #1), Joel Lawrence (Pilot), Eve Smith (Old Woman), Tim Russ (Security Guard #1), Wade Mayer (Airline Representative #2), Rosemarie Castellano (Fashionable Woman), Erinn Canavan (Child), Todd Allen (Air Traffic Controller), Cassandra Gava (Red Bag Lady)

The Story :

Original title : The Greibble
First Aired : 03.11.1986 (US)
Director : Joe Dante
Writing credits : Mick Garris From a Story by Steven Spielberg
Cast : Hayley Mills (Joan Simmons), Dick Miller (Fred), Justin Mooney (Bobby), Don McLeod (Greibble), Frank Welker (Greibble (voice)), Jim Jansen (Man in Commercial)

The Story :

Original title : Life on Death Row
First Aired : 10.11.1986 (US)
Director : Mick Garris
Writing credits : Rockne S. O'Bannon From a Story by Mick Garris
Cast : Patrick Swayze (Eric David Peterson), James T. Callahan (Erhardt), Kevin Hagen (Rob Wellan), Hector Elizondo (Meadows), Nicholas Love (Bradshaw), Hawthorne James (Fowler), Arnold Johnson (Johnny), Paul Eiding (Doctor), Jed Mills (Marshall), Conrad Dunn (Warden's Guard), John Hamelin (Priest), Alan Fine (Inmate), Roberto Contreras (Trustee), T.J. Worzalla (Casey), Thomas Rosales Jr. (Prisoner), Ray Saniger (Prisoner)

The Story :

Original title : Go to the Head of the Class
First Aired : 21.11.1986 (US)
Director : Robert Zemeckis
Writing credits : Mick Garris, Tom McLoughlin, Bob Gale From a Story by Mick Garris
Cast : Christopher Lloyd (Professor B.O. Beanes), Scott Coffey (Peter Brand), Mary Stuart Masterson (Cynthia Simpson), Tom Bresnahan (Cusimano), Billy Beck (Caretaker)

The Story :

Original title : Thanksgiving
First Aired : 24.11.1986 (US)
Director : Todd Holland
Writing credits : Pierre R. Debs, Robert C. Fox
Cast : David Carradine (Calvin), Kyra Sedgwick (Dora Johnson)

The Story :

Original title : The Pumpkin Competition
First Aired : 01.12.1986 (US)
Director : Norman Reynolds
Writing credits : Peter Z. Orton
Cast : Polly Holliday (Elma Dinnock), June Lockhart (Mildred), J.A. Preston (Prof. Bertram Carver), Ritch Brinkley (Mayor Chestor A. Barnsworth), Britt Leach (Ernie), Ann Walker (Ma), Joshua Rudoy (Billy)

The Story :

Original title : What If...?
First Aired : 08.12.1986 (US)
Director : Joan Darling
Writing credits : Anne Spielberg
Cast : Jake Hart (Jonah Kelly), Clare Kirkconnell (Pamela Kelly), Tom McConnell (Raymond Kelly), Ric Cane (Crosswalk Man), Susan Swift (Marsha), Sherry Landrum (Woman in Car), Dennis Haskins (Man in Station Wagon), Ann Bell (Pregnant Woman), Michael Horse (Male Friend), Diane Lewis (Female Friend), Laurel Green (Woman)

The Story :

Original title : The Eternal Mind
First Aired : 29.12.1986 (US)
Director : J. Michael Riva
Writing credits : Julie Moskowitz, Gary Stephens
Cast : Jeffrey Jones (John Baldwin), Katherine Borowitz (Katherine Baldwin), Gregory Wagrowski (Ben Oltman), Robert Axelrod (Frank), Paul Tauger (Technician #1), Aaron Seville (Technician #2)

The Story :

Original title : Lane Change
First Aired : 12.01.1987 (US)
Director : Ken Kwapis
Writing credits : Ali Marie Matheson
Cast : Kathy Baker (Charlene 'Charlie' Benton), Priscilla Pointer (Older Charlie), Cletus Young (Father), Misty Forrest (Little Girl)

The Story :

Original title : Blue Man Down
First Aired : 19.01.1987 (US)
Director : Paul Michael Glaser
Writing credits : Jacob Epstein, Daniel Lindley From a Story by Steven Spielberg
Cast : Max Gail (Duncan Moore), Kate McNeil (Patty O'Neil), Chris Nash (DeSoto), Sal Viscuso (Captain Redmond), Eddie Zammit (Maurici), Michael Villella (Dr. Levin), Frank Doubleday (Beckloff), Tad Horino (Market Owner), Jay Ingram (Lieutenant), Mark Erickson (Atwood), Charlie Hawke (Herrington), Lynn Kuratomi (TV Reporter #1), Richard Epcar (TV Reporter #2), Robert Bernard Nello (TV Reporter #3), Robert Lewis Cameron (Cop #1), Debby Lynn Ross (Hostage)

The Story :

Original title : The 21-Inch Sun
First Aired : 02.02.1987 (US)
Director : Nick Castle
Writing credits : Bruce Kirschbaum
Cast : Robert Townsend (Billy Burliss), Michael Lerner (Mr. Marvin), Craig Richard Nelson (Dick Castel), Robert Starr (...), Bridget Sienna (Woman Actor), Alan Solomon (Actor), Richard Chudnow (Castel's Assistant), Jeremy Iacone (Italian Man), Alec Murdock (Man #2), Caroline Parton (Woman), Charlene Nelson (Production Assistant), Jim Nelson (2nd Assistant), Jean St. James (Personal Secretary), Lisa London (Secretary #1), Marina Anderson (Berlis Babe), Peter Fitzsimmons (Jogger)

The Story :

Original title : Family Dog
First Aired : 16.02.1987 (US)
Director : Brad Bird
Writing credits : Brad Bird From a Story by Tim Burton
Cast : Stan Freberg (Skip Binford (voice)), Annie Potts (Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)), Mercedes McCambridge (Miss Lestrange (voice)), Scott Menville (Billy Binford (voice)), Brooke Ashley (Buffy Binford (voice)), Brad Bird (Family Dog (voice)), Marshall Efron (Burglar (voice)), Stanley Ralph Ross (Burglar (voice)), Jack Angel (Security Guard (voice))

The Story :

Original title : Gershwin's Trunk
First Aired : 13.03.1987 (US)
Director : Paul Bartel
Writing credits : John Meyer, Paul Bartel
Cast : Bob Balaban (Jo-Jo Gillespie), Lainie Kazan (Sister Teresa), John McCook (Jerry Lane), Dana Gladstone (George Gershwin), Hurd Hatfield (Logan Webb), Paul Bartel (Detective Watts), Irene Olga López (Carmen), Luis Daniel Ponce (Pepi), Pamela Galloway (Trish Charlton), Barbara Turvett (Girl #1), Alan Bardsley (Boy #1), Pattie Brooks (Girl #2), Christopher Blande (Boy #2), Carrie Fisher (Laurie McNamara), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Show Singer)

The Story :

Original title : Such Interesting Neighbors
First Aired : 20.03.1987 (US)
Director : Graham Baker
Writing credits : Mick Garris, Tom McLoughlin, Jack Finney
Cast : Frederick Coffin (Al Lewise), Marcia Strassman (Nel Lewise), Ian Fried (Randy Lewise), Victoria Catlin (Ann Hellenbeck), Adam Ant (Ted Hellenbeck), Ryan McWhorter (Brad Hellenbeck)

The Story :

Original title : Without Diana
First Aired : 27.03.1987 (US)
Director : Lesli Linka Glatter
Writing credits : Mick Garris
Cast : Billy Green Bush (George Willoughby), Dianne Hull (Kathryn Willoughby), Gennie James (Diana Willoughby), Fredric Cook (Dr. Wittenberg), Rick Andosca (Policeman)

The Story :

Original title : Moving Day
First Aired : 03.04.1987 (US)
Director : Robert Stevens
Writing credits : Frank Kerr
Cast : Stephen Geoffreys (Alan Webster), Dennis Lipscomb (Val Webster), Mary Ellen Trainor (Mara Webster), Kristen Vigard (Karen), Bill Wesley (Big Boy)

The Story :

Original title : Miss Stardust
First Aired : 10.04.1987 (US)
Director : Tobe Hooper
Writing credits : Tom Szolossi, Richard Christian Matheson, Richard Matheson
Cast : Dick Shawn (Joe Willoughby), Laraine Newman (Miss Schroedinger), Rick Overton (John Aubrey), Jack Carter (John Bluthener), James Karen (Richard Whelan), Jim Siedow (Totzke), Angel Tompkins (Mia), 'Weird Al' Yankovic (Cabbage Man), Gabe Cohen (Mendelheim), Anthony James (Business Man #3), Robert Kim (Businessman #2), Wade Mayer (Stage Manager), Wendy Sherwood (Miss Colorado), Victoria Powells (Beauty #2), Libby Aubrey (Beauty #1), Norman Friedman (Man)

The Story :