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Dreams for Sale focuses on the revival of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone in the mid-'80s. This anthology show brought together a host of diverse talent including Harlan Ellison, Wes Craven, William Friedkin, Rockne S. O'Bannon, and more. Episodes are hosted by Chris Stachiw (Kulture Shocked), Mi…

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    Episode 47: Crazy as a Soup Sandwich / Special Service / Father & Son Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 34:29


    Crazy as a Soup Sandwich stars Tony Franciosa as a crime boss who seeks aid from the genuine underworld. Adapted by Harlan Ellison from his short story.Special Service stars David Naughton as a man who discovers that his life is the subject of a popular television show. Father & Son Game features a man seeking eternal life but must contend with the dilemma of when life ends: the mind or the heart.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3126776/advertisement

    Episode 46: Many, Many Monkeys / Love is Blind

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 21:15


    Many, Many Monkeys concerns a nurse investigating an outbreak of blindness and the horrifying cause. Love is Blind is a tale of second chances when a jealous husband stops in the wrong bar to drown his sorrows.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3126776/advertisement

    Episode 45: Cat and Mouse / Rendezvous in a Dark Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 19:04


    Cat and Mouse is a tale of a mousey spinster whose new cat might be the man of her dreams.Rendezvous in a Dark Place stars legend Janet Leigh as a death obsessed woman who finds herself face to face with Death itself.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3126776/advertisement

    Episode 44: The Mind of Simon Foster / The Wall

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 21:21


    The Mind of Simon Foster features Bruce Weitz as a man with nothing to offer the world except his memories. Luckily for him, memories are a hot commodity. The Wall is a tale of a test pilot who breaches a portal and finds himself in a utopian world. Or is it?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3126776/advertisement

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    Episode 43: A Game of Pool / Room 2426

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 30:25


    A Game of Pool is a remake of a classic Twilight Zone by George Clayton Johnson and stars Esai Morales as a hustler whose wish to play the best opponent comes true.Room 2426 stars Dean Stockwell as a scientist who finds himself in an unusual prison that can only be escaped by a bizarre method.

    Episode. 42: Street of Shadows / Something in the Walls

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 22:08


    Street of Shadows stars Charles Haid as a desperate husband and how one wrong move can turn your life upside down. Something in the Walls is a riff on The Yellow Wallpaper and concerns an asylum patient who can see movement behind the walls.

    Episode 41: The Cold Equations / Stranger in Possum Meadows

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 26:15


    The Cold Equations is a story of a stowaway with big aspirations who must face the hard, unyielding facts of deep space travel. Stranger in Possum Meadows tells the tale of an intergalactic collector who befriends a lonely boy.

    Episode 40: The Trunk / Appointment on Route 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 35:49


    The Trunk stars Bud Cort as a pushover hotel manager who discovers an abandoned trunk that holds within a whole new life. Appointment on Route 17 is a tale of transplantation and rekindled romance featuring Paul LeMat

    Episode 39: 20/20 Vision / There Was An Old Woman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 30:41


    20/20 Vision stars Michael Moriarty as a bank manager given a new perspective of his clients and coworkers thanks to an unusual pair of spectacles. There Was An Old Woman stars Colleen Dewhurst as an aging children's author who finds a previously untapped audience.

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    Episode 38: The Trance / Acts of Terror

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 27:15


    The Trance stars Peter Scolari as a spiritual con man whose specious connection to the Astral plane becomes all too real. Acts of Terror features Melanie Mayron as an abused wife seeking escape with some supernatural assistance.

    Episode 37: The Hellgramite Method / Our Selena is Dying / The Call

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2022 37:21


    Episode 36: Dream Me a Life / Memories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 23:26


    We continue the slog of the third season with two episodes about memories and dreams: In "Dream Me a Life" (written by J. Michael Straczynski), Eddie Albert dreams about a catatonic widow. Meanwhile in "Memories" (written by Bob Underwood), a specialist in past life regression enters an alternate reality where everyone remembers their previous incarnations.

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    Episode 35: The Crossing / The Hunters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 24:08


    It's time for a Paul Lynch double feature with The Hunters and The Crossing, two episode from October 1988. They're two fairly typical Twilight Zone episodes with visions from the past menacing or haunting the present.

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    Episode 34: The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon / Extra Innings

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 26:07


    Welcome to the Twilight Zone, J. Michael Straczynski! The new head writer starts off the third season with an episode directed by René Bonnière, The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon, in which Harry Morgan keeps the universe running. After that we discuss Extra Innings in which Marc Singer becomes an all-star baseball player.

    Episode 33: Song of the Younger World / The Girl I Married

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 32:29


    Roberts Blossom returns to The Twilight Zone in Song of the Younger World in which a boy in love... turns into a wolf? The second half of the episode is The Girl I Married which is yet another "what could have been" story.

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    Episode 32: Time and Teresa Golowitz / Voices in the Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 21:06


    Season 2 of The Twilight Zone starts to wind down with an episode that was supposed to be longer but cut down to meet the new time restrictions, Time and Teresa Golowitz, and another that feels overly long in its half hour slot, Voices in the Earth.

    Episode 31: Joy Ride / Shelter Skelter / Private Channel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 28:00


    The Twilight Zone '85 is in trouble. CBS is breaking up episodes into half-hours rather than hour-long shows. Here we have a couple of fair-to-middling episodes along with a strong shorter segment.

    Episode 30: The Road Less Traveled / The Card / The Junction

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 37:49


    We're plowing through Season 3 where shows were halved in order to meet 100 episodes to get the show syndicated. On this episode of Dreams for Sale we're discussing The Road Less Traveled (TZ85 S03 E07) along with The Card, and The Junction (TZ85 S03E08). The new time format lopped about 20 minutes out of The Road Less Traveled which is the story of a Vietnam draft dodger who meets a version of himself who went to war. Meanwhile, The Card fleetingly discusses yuppie status and spending and The Junction is a meeting of old and "current" timelines.

    Episode 29: The Toys of Caliban / The Convict's Piano

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 25:40


    Ont the latest episode of Dreams for Sale we discuss Thomas J. Wright's The Toys of Caliban about a mentally-challenged man with special powers. We also talk about The Convict's Piano, a solid story from James Crocker about a prisoner with a very special piano.

    Episode 28: The After Hours / Lost & Found / The World Next Door

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 27:26


    On this episode of Dreams for Sale: The Twilight Zone '85 Podcast we look at The After Hours -- a remake of a classic TZ episode, Lost & Found -- yet another "my possessions are missing" episode, and The World Next Door in which George Wendt trades places with a version of himself from an alternate dimension.

    Episode 27: The Storyteller / Nightsong

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 23:59


    We continue looking at the seconds season of the mid-'80s Twilight Zone reboot with The Storyteller and Nightsong -- two rather maudlin tales. The first delves into the power of stories while the second tells the tale of a DJ who hasn't let go of her former flame.

    Episode 26: What Are Friends For? / Aqua Vita

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 23:39


    We continue discussing the second season of The Twilight Zone 1985 with a discussion of "What Are Friends For?" - the first episode credited to J. Michael Straczynski - and Aqua Vita, a tale that really just misses the mark.

    Episode 25: The Once and Future King / A Saucer of Loneliness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 21:54


    Dreams for Sale: The Twilight Zone 1985 podcast is back and delving into the second season of the show which started off okay enough with The Once and Future King in which an Elvis impersonator goes back in time and meets The King himself (teleplay by George R. R. Martin). We also discuss A Saucer of Loneliness in which Shelley Duvall receives a message from outer space (based on a short story by Theodore Sturgeon).

    Episode 24: A Day in Beaumont / The Last Defender of Camelot

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 30:58


    On this episode, Chris, Father Malone, and Mike discuss a pair of segments that wrap up the first season of the show. A Day in Beaumont -- a rather puzzling alien invasion tale -- and The Last Defender of Camelot which updates the story by way of George R. R. Martin.

    Episode 23: Shadow Play / Grace Note

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 25:20


    Father Malone, Chris Stachiw, and Mike White discuss the 23rd episode of The Twilight Zone (1985) which consisted of "Shadow Play" (a remake of a classic episode) and "Grace Note" (a rather aimless tearjerker).

    Episode 22: Take My Life Please / Devil's Alphabet / The Library

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 31:23


    On this episode we look at "Take My Wife... Please" with Tim Thomerson (and an all-too-brief appearance by Xander Berkeley) which informed the Twilight Zone 2019 episode "The Comedian". We discuss "The Devil's Alphabet" which left us all wanting. And, we check out "The Library" which seems to presage "Death Note."

    Episode 21: Need to Know / Red Snow

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 32:03


    On this episode we talk about Need to Know and Red Snow. The first stars William Petersen as a man trying to avoid a message that is driving everyone mad. The second has George Dzundza fighting rumors of lycanthropy in a Siberian village.

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    Episode 20: Profile in Silver / Button, Button

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 33:22


    Father Malone, Chris Stachiw, and Mike White discuss the 19th episode of the Twilight Zone reboot which featured a alternate history version of JFK's assassination along with an adaptation of the classic Matheson story, Button, Button.

    Episode 19: The Leprechaun-Artist / Dead Run

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 25:51


    Begosh and Begorrah! It's time to truck in some more Irish stereotypes with a segment called "The Leprechaun-Artist" where a vacationing Irish pixie gets mistaken for a Djinn or monkey's paw. There's also a segment in which Steve Railsback drives lost souls to Hell.

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    Episode 18: Gramma / Personal Demons / Cold Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 19:08


    With Harlan Ellison adapting a Stephen King story, you'd think that this episode would have been stellar. Maybe not. Chris, Father Malone, and Mike break down the 18th episode of The Twilight Zone's 80s reboot.

    Episode 17: Welcome to Winfield / Quarantine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 22:49


    It's a star-studded episode of Twilight Zone 85 with a two-parter, Welcome to Winfield where a couple hide from an agent of Death (Gerrit Graham) in a town that Death forgot. We also discuss the aptly-named Quarantine where a weapon designer (Scott Wilson) wakes from his cryogenic sleep and is given a task to do.

    Episode 16: The Elevator / To See the Invisible Man / Tooth & Consequences

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 29:14


    Chris Stachiw, Father Malone, and Mike White take a look at a rather uneven episode of The Twilight Zone '85. Things start off with a segment based on a Ray Bradbury story before turning to the memorable "To See the Invisible Man" and then the un-funny "Tooth and Consequences".

    Episode 15: Monsters! / A Small Talent for War / A Matter of Minutes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2020 22:40


    Chris, Mike, and Father Malone are back to talk about the mid-'80s Twilight Zone 15th episode which included Monsters!, A Small Talent for War, and A Matter of Minutes -- a very uneven entry in the first season.

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    Episode 14: Still Life / The Little People of Killany Woods / The Misfortune

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 30:28


    Father Malone, Chris Stachiw, and Mike White discuss Peter Medak's Still Life (Gerrit Graham & Chris Hubbell), Allan Arkush's The Misfortune Cookie (Rockne S. O'Bannon) and the execrable The Little People of Killany Woods (written and directed by J. D. Feigelson) from The Twilight Zone episode which originally aired on January 3, 1986.

    Episode 13: Night of the Meek / But Can She Type / The Star

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 26:23


    On this episode of Dreams for Sale: The Twilight Zone 1985 podcast Chris Stachiw, Father Malone, and Mike White discuss segments about a drunken Santa played by Richard Mulligan, an unappreciated secretary, and some religious claptrap as their journey through the mid-'80s Twilight Zone continues.

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    Episode 12: Her Pilgrim Soul / I of Newton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 19:05


    Father Malone makes his triumphant return with a discussion of the 12th episode of the Twilight Zone (1985) which features "Her Pilgrim Soul", a maudlin story by Alan Brennert (directed by Wes Craven) about a woman who grows up virtually as well as the short and sweet "I of Newton" which was based on a story by Joe Haldeman and stars Ron Glass and Sherman Hemsley.

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    Episode 11: The Beacon / One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 23:05


    While Father Malone is away on business, Mike and Chris discuss the 11th episode of Twilight Zone 1985 which includes The Beacon -- in which Charles Martin Smith comes to a creepy town run by Martin Landau -- and One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty -- another adaptation of a Harlan Ellison story about a cranky writer who talks to his younger self.

    Episode 10: Shadow Man / The Uncle Devil Show / Opening Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 59:30


    Show runner Rocke O'Bannon joins Dreams for Sale to discuss his experience working on The Twilight Zone while Mike, Father Malone, and Chris discuss one of the strongest segments of the show, The Shadow Man from O'Bannon and directed by Joe Dante. They also discuss The Uncle Devil Show and Opening Day which was helmed by John Milius from a script by Gerrit Graham & Chris Hubbell.

    Episode 9: Dead Woman's Shoes / Wong's Lost and Found Emporium

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2019 24:59


    Chris Stachiw, Father Malone, and Mike White discuss the 9th episode of The Twilight Zone mid-'80s reboot which features a re-do of a Charles Beaumont-scripted episode, this time with Helen Mirren as a mousy woman who gets possessed by a pair of fancy shoes and goes after the former owner's husband (Jeffrey Tambor). This episode also features Wong's Lost and Found Emporium which features Brian Tochi as a man who's looking to regain his sense of compassion.

    Episode 8: Act Break / The Burning Man / Dealer's Choice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2019 28:32


    On this episode of Dreams for Sale: The Twilight Zone 85 podcast, Chris, Father Malone, and Mike discuss a really solid episode which features a story by Ray Bradbury and a solid cast featuring Morgan Freeman.

    Episode 7: Teacher's Aide / Paladin of the Lost Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 23:18


    Chris, Father Malone, and Mike return to talk about the 7th episode of Twilight Zone 1985 with Bill Norton's Teacher's Aide and "Alan Smithee"'s Paladin of the Lost Hour.

    Bonus Episode: Twilight Zone 2019 Episode 3 & 4

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 43:02


    Jess Byard joins Mike White and Chris Stachiw for this bonus episode of Dreams for Sale where we discuss two more episodes of the 2019 Twilight Zone series: Replay and A Traveler.

    Bonus Episode: Twilight Zone 2019 Episode 1 & 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 56:25


    On a special episode of Dreams for Sale: The Twilight Zone '85 podcast, we fast forward to the year 2019 and the fourth revival of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone now presented by Jordan Peele. Chris Stachiw, Mike White, and Father Malone look at the first two episodes of the new show: The Comedian and Nightmare at 30,000 Feet.

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    Episode 6: Examination Day / A Message from Charity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2019 24:46


    Father Malone, Chris Stachiw, and Mike White look at the sixth episode of the '80s Twilight Zone and the two stories (both directed by Paul Lynch), Examination Day and A Message from Charity.

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    Ep 5: If She Dies / Ye Gods

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 26:06


    Originally aired on October 25, 1985, we look at the fifth episode of The Twilight Zone and the somewhat confusing "If She Dies" directed by John Hancock and the mirthful "Ye Gods" directed by Peter Medak.

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