Favorite Episodes?
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Ginger87 — 20 years ago(May 07, 2005 04:54 PM)
My favorite episode was, I don't remember the name of it, but it was the one when Simon's little brother went inside the T.V. movie. That episode was hysterical.
I also like the one with the atm machine and Mr. Wilson.( I think that was his name). 99 bottles of beer on the wallLoL!
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Kabumpo — 20 years ago(May 09, 2005 01:15 PM)
I think the best episode is "The Losers" and the worst is "Just Say No Fun," followed by "Scariest Home Videos."
I think the Joe dante and Tim Hunter episodes are the strongest, plus "Reality Takes a Holdiay." "The Dead Letter" and "Heart on a Chain" are the most compelling emptionally. "The Lost Hour" is an interesting episode as well, but I think it's hurt by a cheesy '80s pop score and the fact that it's too similar to an episode of the new Twilight Zone, but the idea of people seeing through the face on the milk carton is really intriguing.
I lived in Indianapolis from 1976-2003, so the show was a bit resonant for me, especially since my family is all from New Jersey. I moved to NYC in 2003. A friend who lived in Bloomington until February 2005 before moving here told me that Indiana just passed Daylight Savings Time, but is still debating whether to be Eastern or Central. Indiana is always on Eastern Standard Time, but during Daylight Savings Time, it is equivalent to Central Daylight Time. Just hope our family and friends don't disappear when the legislation passes! -
JoReia — 20 years ago(September 23, 2005 11:13 AM)
My favorite episodes are "Foreverware", "Heart on a Chain", "The Dead Letter" and "Broken Record". Foreverware is so very Stepford Wives and I have a love for that sort of thing. I like Heart on a Chain because of the romance, that's very intense for junior high kids, I might say. The Dead Letter's good because of Tobey Maguire and its romantic value. And Broken Record I think is the creepiest of all the episodes. It's haunting to me that the very last scene in the series is Simon singing "We've Only Just Begun".
"You break his heart, I'll break your face."
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DavidSim240183 — 20 years ago(February 22, 2006 06:11 AM)
My favourite episode is Just Say No Fun.
It's an episode I've never forgotten. I thought it was a marvellous idea, having a school optician brainwashing the students into model pupils with the eye tests she gives. Cracking.
Reality Takes a Holiday gets second place. So ahead of it's time. I just wish Joe Dante had actually directed the episode. It would have given it even more resonance.
A lot of people dislike Scariest Home Movies but I think it's great fun. Not to mention clever that the mummy that comes out of the TV is only an actor.
The Lost Hour is creepy beyond all measure, and actually makes me thankful we don't live in Eerie that forbids you from putting your clocks ahead.
I have great affection for the ATM machine because Mr Wilson was a genuinely sympathetic character. I felt really sorry for him in the end.
The Losers is more interesting than entertaining, so now we have an explanation of where things go to when we can't find them.
The Dead Letter is notable because it features a young Tobey Maguire, and a very surreal dream sequence that was like something out of Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Pity it didn't do them more often.
The only episode I really hate with a passion is No Brain, No Pain. The episode feels so lazy and stupid, and was the only episode of Eerie Indiana that got me bored.
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captaincheekypants68 — 19 years ago(July 13, 2006 12:49 AM)
I cant remember the title, but wasnt their one where Marshalls whole life turned out to be a TV show?
The Tupperware kids.
Its been years since Ive seen it and will pick up the DVD when its released in a couple of weeks. -
kristinaa — 19 years ago(August 01, 2006 12:58 AM)
My absolute favorite episode is
- Scariest Home Videos
followed by 2. Forever Ware
However I love all episodes and the entire show and really wish it had more seasons, when I found out it was on DVD I had to buy it! p.s. I did voice over work for a couple episodes and I was the witch (or whatever she was) girl's voice in Scariest Home Videos when Marshall and Simon are fighting outside the house, but I really do love the episode for it's plot.
- Scariest Home Videos
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danae_nimue — 19 years ago(August 01, 2006 06:23 AM)
Fav's.
Loyal Order of Corn
Reality Takes a Holiday
I really wish that Heart on a Chain was made later when Dash X could have been in it.
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LadySeanBean — 19 years ago(August 07, 2006 11:22 AM)
I agree, the ones with Dash rule! Fave - Reality takes a Holiday, and the one with Mr Chaney, and ummm,, umm,, Foreverware, least fave is the Heart on a Chain (only cuz Omri kisses a girl and I was jealous as a teenage girl!)
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lpokeefe — 19 years ago(August 23, 2006 05:58 PM)
I just did this weird thing where I watched each episode of the series and then rated it on a seven-category scale. The categories were Story Writing, Character Writing, Acting, Quintessence, Originality, Weirdness and Guests. (The last can be interpreted as "casting".) I'm currently doing the same thing for the original Twilight Zone. Each episode was given a rating in each category in increments of .5 from zero to 10, and an average was made at the end. The following is the ranking of each episode, and I think you'll be both surprised and angry because I rated certain episodes that were the most famous lower than you would have liked, and certain ones that not many liked higher. But this is my list, and I'm sticking to it.
1: The Lost Hour
2: No Brain, No Pain
3: Zombies in PJs
4: Foreverware
5: The Losers
6: The Dead Letter
7: The Hole in the Head Gang
8: Just Say No Fun
9: The Loyal Order of Corn
10: Tornado Days
11: Reality Takes a Holiday
12: Marshall's Theory of Believability
13: Mr. Chaney
14: Broken Record
15: Heart on a Chain
16: The Retainer
17: Who's Who
18: ATM With a Heart of Gold
19: America's Scariest Home Videos
As always, comments appreciated. Feel free to vent- I'm looking forward to it.
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