whoa whoa.. what's all this talk about the 80s version of the Twilight Zone without any mention of the two classics THE BUTTON and A GAME OF POOL!
THE BUTTON was a brilliant concept.. a white trash couple are sittin' there arguing about their miserable lives when the doorbell rings.. It is, of course, some mysterious guy who hands them a box with a glass dome and a button inside. If they open the glass and hit the button they'll receive $100,000 the catch is if they do, someone they don't know somewhere in the world will be killed. They have one day to decide.
Most of the show is the hilarious arguments and justifications they go through throughout the night concerning if they should do it or not Of course, after hours of debate, they decide to do it .. hits the button.. and the next day the man reappears with a suitcase full of money. "I see you hit the button!" .. Gives them the money and takes the button back. When they asked who ended up dying because of it, he smiles and responds "Why, the person who had the button before you.." and walks away. Creeeeepy but thought-provoking and brilliant.
as for the "A Game of Pool" .. apparently (i didn't know this until i looked it up on the web just now) but apparently it was an adaptation of one of the 1950s TZ's of the same name read the summary here: http://www.tzworld.com/gameofpool.html .. "I'm the best player on Randolph Street!" .. it's a hilarious episode can't wait for the DVD!
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This was not a creepy episode, nor did it have a surprise ending or anything, but I just loved it. I still talk about it!
Pam Dawber plays a put-upon secretary who goes to make a copy and suddenly winds up in a world where secretaries are in demand and treated like celebrities everywhere they go. She becomes a big hit at a party and commands a huge salary, only to find things back to normal shortly thereafter. Will she stay or find a way back to the parallel universe where she's like a supermodel? Dawber was great, and the episode is the ultimate fantasy fopr anyone who's ever had a sh*t job!
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It was pretty good, but not really Twilight Zonish (unless it's the hooligan who has walked into the Zone, but he's a minor character.)

Thanks for the title. Was it worth watching?
"That, my friends, was the minority vote."Daniel Day-Lewis, "Gangs of New York"

That's "The Last Defender of Camelot"It was indeed a Twilight Zone.
"I'm expecting a blind date and I was worried you were it." -David Brent

I can vaguely recall the beginning of one episode that was set in London in 1986. All I can remember is

1. The first shot we see (at night) is a teenager with a spiked punk haircut standing on a street corner listening to some heavy metal music and
2. King Arthur and Merlin become involved with this kid one way or another (I think).
   Does this ring any bells with anybody, or am I genuinely crazy? If this was in fact a 1980s "Twilight Zone" story, was it any goodor was this an episode of "Amazing Stories" or "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"? (As I recall, I was at my grandparents' house and the channel got changed on the TV.)
   "That, my friends, was the minority vote."Daniel Day-Lewis, "Gangs of New York"

Yeah I think I remember that one. She says "Shut up" and it stops time and then she says "Start talking" and it starts up again. I remember she used it at the supermarket when this lady took the last box of cereal and then at the end the Russians were bombing so she stopped time and saw the missle up in the air. That was one of my favorites and so many times I wish I had that amulet

John deLancie was also in "Dead Run." There were quite a few modern Trek actors in this series of TZ. Jonathan Frakes turns up in "But Can She Type," and I'm pretty sure I saw Nana Visitor somewhere.

My favorites, in no particular order.
Her Pilgrim Soul
To See the Invisible Man
A Message From Charity
Wordplay
I of Newton
The Once and Future King
Voices In the Earth
Wong's Lost and Found Emporium
A Small Talent for War
A Little Peace and Quiet

It's all like some bad movie.

Never mind, I see you started a separate thread and got an answer there.
I thought Bruce Willis in "ShatterDay" was about a guy sentenced to a year of invisibility??? What IS that one?
That's "To See The Invisible Man" with Cotter Smith.

It's all like some bad movie.

Im confused.
I thought Bruce Willis in "ShatterDay" was about a guy sentenced to a year of invisibility??? What IS that one?

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Harlan Ellison co-wrote 'Gramma' from King's short story

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Bruce Willis calls home and Bruce Willis answers in 'Shatterday' written by Harlan Ellison, who also wrote 'Palladin of the Lost Hour', as well as 'Ther Terminator', 'Logan's Run', and the Star Trek classic 'City on the Edge of Forever'.

Can anyone remember an episode from the 1980's version with Bruce Willis starring? He splits in to two versions of himself. One version never leaves his apartment, the other version goes out to work and takes over his life. The apartment version gradually becomes psychotic and reclusive while the exterior world version is more confident and together. I think it ended with the apartment version of Willis fading away and the exterior version stepping in to his life completely. It was transmitted in the UK by at least Central/Angla ITV stations in the late 1980's or early 1990's. This and the end scene of 'A Little Peace and Quiet' with the ICBM frozen in the night sky above a cinema showing 'Doctor Strangelove' are enduring TV images for me.

"Little Boy Lost'" with Season Hubley was my favorite episode even though dubyah1 thought it was sappy. It's a story about how coming to any decision can greatly alter the course of your life or someone elses.

Twenty years, and it still resonates. Faves:
'A Message From Charity' {from quaint to chilling as a young man [Duncan McNeill from 'ST:Voyager'] telepathically experiences with her the attempted assault of a young woman accused of witchcraft}
'Rendezvous in a Dark Place' with the owner of one of the most beautiful male mouths on TV, Stephen McHattie [Seinfeld psychiatrist], as Death showing the ravaged Janet Leigh life is sometimes wasted on the living. "And I alone will never leave you."
Short and bittersweet, but liked the thought-provocation of 'The Star' [written by Arthur C. Clarke of '2001' fame]: a Jesuit's realisation that his star of Bethlehem heralded the loss of a great civilisation.
Honourable mention to:
'Palladin of the Lost Hour' with Danny Kaye [a big hit in France]
'Dead Run' [Brent Spiner ST:TNG alert] about raising the good from Hell, still topical in today's media climate where it is deemed acceptable prime time TV for children to see corpses [any CSI], airhead bulimics with plastic bags burrowed under their flesh [any 'reality' program] and beer commercials [any professional sporting event], but not a nipple, and
the score of 'Nightsong'; a DJ's lost love, with the late beefcake Antony Hamilton.
Worst?
I'm sure I'm repressing the worst episode ever. Worst I can recall? the campy 'I of Newton' with Ron Glass? The sappy 'Little Boy Lost'? hmm, guess I'll just have to await the DVD's.

Man, I remember watching this show all the time, but I don't remember any of the episode titles. Maybe you fellas here can help me with the titles, or if these were actually another show.
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My favorite: I think it was called "A Children's Zoo." In this episode, a family with two arguing parents took their little girl to the zoo. The catch was, the parents couldn't enter. The quiet, little girl enters, and in the zoo are, lo and behold, parents!! The little girl pushes a button to talk to the parents. Some threatened her, some begged of her, and finally, she selected an older, nicer couple to be her "new" parents. The episode ended with the little girl leaving with her new parents, and they walked right by her old parents, who were arguing. But then they panicked when they saw their daughter leaving with someone else.
Second fav: An episode where a man's life is lived based on what he reads on fortune cookies. Predictable, of course, but I liked it. He's rich and living well, but then his life starts falling apart. He finally reads a cookie that says, "You will die very soon." He gets mad, attacks the waiters, and eats a ton of cookies at once. He thn pulls out a slip of paper that reads "You are dead." End of show.
Also liked an episode where a mom discovers she can get quiet whenever she wants by saying "Shut up!" Everything freezes in life but her. If I'm not mistaken, the ending has the Soviet Union launching a nuclear missle that's about to land on America. She screams "Shut up!" over and over. Everything freezes, she walks outside, and there, among the many people that had gathered in the streets, sees the missle frozen in mid-air.
And I think this show was called "Kentucky Rye." Don't remember much, except some guy who killed a woman accidentally in a hit-and-run, ends up buying a bar. Problem is, it's $1,100, and all he has is $1,000. Then a mysterious man appears and forks over $100. It was the husband. That's about all I remember.
"When I left you I was but the learner. Now I am the master." - Darth Vader

was that the one where hes testing a new "keeper of the global stopwatch?"

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I never even knew "Paladin of the Lost" Hour was made into an episode. I remember reading the short story in Eng 101. It was a fantastic story and i wish i could see the episode.
I do remeber seeing "Gramma" and i must agree it was scary as hell.

Why has no one mentioned "Palladin of the Lost Hour" with Danny Kaye. This was by far the best Twilight Zone episode of that 80's series. It's a beautiful story with exceptional acting. Another favorite is the one where a woman who is a worker in a future society escapes through a dream machine to her version of paradise (I think it may of been one of the first episodes ever broadcast). "A Message from Charity" was also great as was "Examination Day" and another one that was a take on the moral majority - a right wing preacher type is in charge of Hell and does not consult God before sending people there. Here in Canada it was considered the "lost episode" because of some interuption but I managed to tape it off someone's satelite.

(can't remember the name) the one about parents concerned over their son taking a test
The one about the test was one of my favorites, too. It was called "Examination Day", and I think it was based on a short story that I read later. I don't remember the author, unfortunately.