Cast
Ray Bradbury
Self - Introduction
James Coco
John Raleigh Braling
Nick Mancuso
Joe Spallner
William Shatner
Charles Underhill
R.H. Thomson
Morgan
Jayne Eastwood
Mrs. Marjorie Braling
Kenneth Welsh
Crane
Rex Hagon
Buyer
David Hughes
Doctor
Victor Ertmanis
Paramedic
Kate Trotter
Carol
Steven Andrade
Charlie
Barry Flatman
Robert Peerless
Leslie Nielsen
Fantoccini
Episodes
Marionettes, Inc.
John Raleigh Braling is a computer salesman who receives a cryptic message on his computer screen. Later he receives the same message in a newspaper and on a lunch bill. He tracks down source of the messages and meets a man who offers to sell him a robot replica of himself.
The Playground
When Charles Underhill was a boy, he was tormented by neighborhood bullies. When his son begins playing in a local playground, he becomes deeply disturbed when he sees a bully from his youth.
The Crowd
A neon sign artist named Joe Spelliner is injured in a car crash and sees a crowd of onlookers quickly gather. Days later he sees another car crash and notices that again the same crowd quickly gathers. He begins to investigate a series of accidents and news footage reveals that the same crowd arrives at every scene. What's more, Joe notices that the faces in the crowd match photographs of people at the city morgue.
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