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Paul Sparer

Narrator (voice)

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Alison Sweeney

Karen

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Vic Tayback

Tippy Ryan

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J.D. Roth

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Antony Carbone

Jack Polo

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Polly Draper

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Barry Dennen

Aldo D

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Haviland Morris

Sarah McBride

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Margaret Whitton

Mary Jones

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Patricia Tallman

Janice Perry

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Debbie Harry

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Deborah Harmon

Katie Weiderman

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Richard B. Shull

Postman

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Allen Garfield

Donald / Kingsley Diamond / Michael Rudnick / The Devil

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Bradley Whitford

Tom Dash

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Brinke Stevens

Cindy

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Arnold Stang

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Divine

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Rod McCary

Arthur Hartley

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Sirri Murad

Hammid Bey

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Donald MacKechnie

Detective Richards

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Colm Meaney

Constable

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Angelo Grisanti

Bert

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A.C. Weary

David

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Fred Burstein

Scott

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Frank Hamilton

Algernon Colesbury

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Richard Clarke

Harry Bainbridge

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Terres Unsoeld

Lenore

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Phil Fondacaro

The Yattering

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Thomas Newman

Beelzebub

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Danielle Brisebois

Amanda Polo

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Arthur Taxier

Bill Weiderman

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Rhonda Dotson

Dawn

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Katherine Britton

Polly

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Brandon Stewart

Jeff

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Nicole Huntington

Connie

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T.J. Castronovo

Eddie Minelli

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Cameron Milzer

Tiffany

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Bradley Fisher

Nicky

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Derek Loughran

Don Paulie's Corpse

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John Marzilli

Motu (voice)

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Maura Swanson

Jeanette Simpson

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Lewis Arlt

Michael Nelson

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Wanda De Jesus

Telephone (voice)

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Sharon Madden

Betsy Cowland

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Larry Gelman

Elmo Shroud

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Diana Hale

Landlady

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John Romo

Delivery Man

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Catherine Battistone

Voice-Over (voice)

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Neil Kinsella

Voice-Over (voice)

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Robert Costanzo

Vincent Dessari

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Elyssa Paternoster

Cassie Smith

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Kristine Greco

Vincent's Secretary

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Jon Jacobs

Jerome (voice)

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Wayne Tippit

Magistrate Thomas Branford

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Katherine Elizabeth Neuman

Jane Branford

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Gary Lahti

Peter

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Huckleberry Fox

Jamie

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Paula Trueman

Great Grandma

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Mary Griffin

Gloria

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Timothy Landfield

Father

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Sharon Ullrick

Mother

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Eileen Heckart

Rose Pennywell

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William LeMassena

Charles Pennywell

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Fay Gold

Clarissa Sanderson

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Stephen McHattie

Robert Perry

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Daniel Terrence Kelly

Bobby

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Marilyn Rockafellow

Trudy

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Kim Greist

Claire

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John Aprea

Lee

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Cynthia David

Amy

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Richard Kuhlman

Mark

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Pamela Kenny

Janine

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Nile Lanning

Jennifer

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Eric Jason

Buddy

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Bonnie Gallup

Beth Warren

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Jack Carter

Klaatzu

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Jill Jaress

Ruthie

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Michael Santiago

Nicky

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Miguel Alamo

Little Nicky

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Marie Denn

Ma Malone

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Marlene Casamento

Ursula

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Steve Strong

Basher Malone

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Scott St. James

Announcer

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Magic Schwarz

Trog

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Jack 'Wildman' Armstrong

Lockjaw Lukasig

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Gregory Uhland

Hurt wrestler

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Beetles

Aired on Sep 27, 1987 22 min

An Egyptologist working on a sarcophogus ignores a curse and meets a horrific fate when he ignores it.

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Mary, Mary

Aired on Oct 04, 1987 22 min

A woman who lives with mannequins because she is unable to deal with real people gets a rude awakening.

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The Spirit Photographer

Aired on Oct 11, 1987 22 min

Despite the discouragement of his friend, a middle-aged photographer, Algernon, tries to captures spirits on film.

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The Moth

Aired on Oct 18, 1987 22 min

Sybil, a woman on the verge of death, is obsessed with the thought that after she dies her soul will dwell within a moth, and she begs her mother to hold the moth until she can be restored to life.

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No Strings

Aired on Oct 25, 1987 22 min

A mobster who has finally defeated his old rival hires a reluctant puppeteer to string up his rival and make it dance for him. The mobster is unaware that puppet and puppeteer both have agendas of their own...

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The Grave Robber

Aired on Nov 01, 1987 22 min

In this comedic episode, two treasure hunters discover a lost Egyptian tomb and accidentally revive a mummy. The mummy, Tapok, doesn't try to strangle them, but rather challenges the male explorer to a game of strip poker. The explorer loses, and with each piece of clothing he loses he takes on more of Tapok's wrappings until finally Tapok transfers his curse and leaves with the other explorer.

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The Yattering and Jack

Aired on Nov 08, 1987 22 min

A normal, everyday, plain-as-day man, Jack Polo, lives a normal, everyday life...despite the fact that strange poltergeist-like events occur around him. He seems oblivious to everything bad around him. We soon realize that a small demon, a Yattering, has been sent to torment him because his mother was a witch. The Yattering's boss tells him he can do anything he wants as long as he doesn't touch Jack. Jack's daughter comes to visit, and she is surprised at both the host of strange occurrences (including an animated Christmas turkey) that occur, and her father's increasingly strident attempts to deny anything amiss. His motto: ""Que Sara Sara"". Finally, driven out of its mind with desperation, the Yattering touches Jack...which makes him his willing servant. Jack knew of the demon's plans all along, and that he hoped to trick it into touching him. Now he is safe from Hell's revenge, and has a new servant in the process.

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Seymourlama

Aired on Nov 15, 1987 22 min

Much to his parents' frustration, a spoiled young boy, Seymour, is declared the High Lama by a group of monks.

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Sorry, Right Number

Aired on Nov 22, 1987 22 min

Katie receives a mysterious phone call from a woman warning about her husband's death...but he isn't dead yet. Katie ignores the phone call, and her husband dies. At the funeral, a despairing Katie calls up herself...and finds herself talking to...herself. She tries to warn her past self, despite knowing that it won't do any good, then collapses in despair.

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Payment Overdue

Aired on Feb 14, 1988 22 min

Michael, a heartless collection agent, finds out that Jeanette doesn't quite understand the rules of going into debt, and has some unpleasant problems as a result.

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Love Hungry

Aired on Feb 21, 1988 22 min

Betsy, an overweight woman, receives an anonymous package with an earpiece that will supposedly help her diet. It transmits the "voices" of her food as is being eaten, but Betsy still has problems and the next gift is a pair of glasses that let her "see" her food as well...

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The Deal

Aired on Feb 28, 1988 22 min

Screenwriter Tom Dash unwittingly makes a deal with the Devil and finds he must get out of it by finding a new victim or offer up his soul.

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The Apprentice

Aired on May 01, 1988 22 min

Jane is hired by a Puritan museum but ends up mysteriously going back in time where she is forced to work as a near slave in the past.

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The Cutty Black Sow

Aired on May 08, 1988 22 min

On her deathbed, Jamie's great grandmother tells him the tale of a Celtic demon, the Cutty Black Sow, that comes to claim the soul of anyone dying that night, and Jamie vows to protect her soul from the beast.

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Do Not Open This Box

Aired on May 15, 1988 22 min

An aged inventor and his wife come into possession of a box marked "Do not open this box." The wife opens it and finds it empty. The next day a man comes to claim the box and the lady makes up a story about losing the box. The man begins giving them nice things in exchange for eventually getting the box back. The couple begin living the sweet life thanks to the stranger but when they finally give the box back, the man tells them that it contained a human soul - since the box was opened the soul has escaped and now the man needs a replacement.

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Family Reunion

Aired on May 22, 1988 22 min

Janice, a young mother, swears to a social worker, Trudy, that her husband Robert kidnapped their son Bobby six months ago and she hasn't seen either of them since. Trudy agrees to find the father and son, but discovers that everything isn't what she was led to believe.

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Going Native

Aired on Jun 19, 1988 22 min

An alien is sent to Earth to study the nature and behavior of human beings. The alien, who resembles a normal Earth female, meticulously studies photographs of still life from large cities, simultaneously fascinated with and disgusted by the disarray and degeneration depicted in the pictures. The alien joins a therapeutic support group in an effort to better understand the seemingly contradictory humans. As she develops personal relationships with each group member, she begins to further understand the origin of and reasons for the behavior of humans, albeit from an outside observer's vantage point. The other members of the group see the alien as distant and detached, a condition that they assume is rooted in a self-denial complex. As the alien speaks at one of the group meetings, she suddenly realizes that she has been experiencing the exact same feelings as the humans that she has been studying. She has become human-like through assimilation, trapped within the emotional shell of ano

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Hush

Aired on Jul 10, 1988 22 min

A babysitter is called in to take care of a sick boy. As a game, the two make up a pretend creature out of household parts, one that eats sounds. The creature comes to life, sucking the sound and the life out of everything in the house. The two try to evade it, but the boy's uncontrollable coughing gives him away. The creature then becomes sensitive enough to the girl's heartbeat to find and kill her too, then goes out into the world for more "food"".

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Barter

Aired on Jul 17, 1988 22 min

A mother tries to get a reprieve from her noisy drums-practicing son by making a deal with an ammonia-seeking alien.

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Basher Malone

Aired on Jul 23, 1988 22 min

A wrestler seeking one great opponent finds himself tricked into fighting a demon from Hell.

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