Episodes Trick or Treat (Pilot) October 29, 1983 The New Man September 30, 1984 I'll Give You a Million October 7, 1984 Pain Killer October 14, 1984 The Odds October 21, 1984 Mookie and Pookie November 4, 1984 Slippage November 11, 1984 Inside the Closet November 18, 1984 The Word Processor of the Gods November 25, 1984 A Case of the Stubborns December 2, 1984 Djinn, No Chaser January 13, 1985 All a Clone by the Telephone January 20, 1985 In the Cards January 27, 1985 Anniversary Dinner February 3, 1985 Snip, Snip February 10, 1985 Answer Me February 17, 1985 The Tear Collector February 24, 1985 Madness Room May 5, 1985 If the Shoes Fit... May 12, 1985 Levitation May 19, 1985 It All Comes Out in the Wash May 26, 1985 Bigalow's Last Smoke June 9, 1985 Grandma's Last Wish June 16, 1985 The False Prophet August 4, 1985 Directed by Bob Balaban Frank De Palma John Harrison Armand Mastroianni James Steven Sadwith Timna Ranon Michael Gornick Tom Savini Gerald Cotts Shelley Levinson Theodore Gershuny John Strysik Terence Cahalan Richard Friedman John Drimmer John Hayes Warner Shook Written by Franco Amurri   George A. Romero   Mark Durand   Barbara Owens   John Harrison   David Spiel   Haskell Barkin   James Steven Sadwith   Carole Lucia Satrina   Marc Fields   Dan Kleinman   Michael Kube-McDowell   Michael McDowell   Stephen King   Robert Bloch   James Houghton   Harlan Ellison   Theodore Gershuny   D.J. Pass   Tom Allen   Howard Smith   Dennis Schuetz   John Drimmer   Geoffrey Loftus   Donald Olson   Thomas Epperson   David Gerrold   Louis Haber   Armand Mastroianni   Joseph Payne Brennan   Harvey Jacobs   Kenneth Wayne Hanis   Craig Mitchell   Jule Selbo   Larry Fulton   Cast Paul Sparer ... Narrator (24 episodes) Patrick Macnee ... Self - Host (only UK version) (3 episodes) Catherine Battistone ... Jenny the Maid (3 episodes) Barnard Hughes ... Gideon Hackles I.M. Hobson ... Mr. Bindle Max Wright ... Mr. Bundle Joe Ponazecki ... Atticus Kimble Knowl Johnson ... Billy Kimble Brenda Currin ... Sarah Kimble Eddie Jones ... Victor Muldoon Patrick Wilcox ... Timothy Muldoon Eevin Hartsough ... Bessie Nancy Ellen Sutherland ... Bessie's Mom Jessica Rene Carroll ... Rickert Daughter (as Jessica Carroll) Joshua John Miller ... Rickert Son (as Joshua Miller) Frances Chaney ... Witch Bill McNulty ... Pirate Ed French ... Devil Vic Tayback ... Alan Coombs Chris Hebert ... Jerry Kelly Jean Peters ... Sharon Coombs Paul Jenkins ... Brad Johnson Billy Jayne ... Petey Coombs (as Billy Jacoby) Jon Jacobs ... Roger Keenan Wynn ... Duncan Williams George Petrie ... Jack Blaine (as George O. Petrie) Michael Freeman ... Richards Bradley Fisher ... The Devil (as Brad Fisher) Farley Granger ... Doctor Roebuck Peggy Cass ... Nadine Turman Lou Jacobi ... Harvey Turman Fay Sappington ... Mrs. Anne Tracey Danny Aiello ... Tommy Vale Tom Noonan ... Bill Lacey Robert Weil ... Horace Chadway Anthony Bishop ... Phil the bartender William Magerman ... Drunk Mario Todisco ... Mafioso Michael Quill ... Lacey's Man Dave Johnson ... Announcer Justine Bateman ... Susan 'Pookie' Anderson Tippi Hedren ... Ruth Anderson George Sims ... Harold Anderson Ron Asher ... Kevin 'Mookie' Anderson Neil Kinsella ... Delivery Man David Patrick Kelly ... Richard Hall Philip Casnoff ... Chris Wood Kerry Armstrong ... Elaine Anderson Hall Harriet Rogers ... Mrs. Hall David Lipman ... Mr. Blake Ruth Miller ... Secretary Fritz Weaver ... Dr. Fenner Roberta Weiss ... Gail Aynsley Bruce Davison ... Richard Hagstrom Karen Shallo ... Lina Hagstrom Patrick Piccininni ... Seth Robert Hagstrom Bill Cain ... Tom Nordhoff (as William Cain) Jon Shear ... Jonathan (as Jon Matthews) Miranda Beeson ... Belinda Eddie Bracken ... Grandpa Titus Tolliver Bill McCutcheon ... Dr. Snodgrass Tresa Hughes ... Voodoo Woman Christian Slater ... Jody Tolliver Brent Spiner ... Reverend Peabody Barbara Eda-Young ... Ma Tolliver Charles Levin ... Danny Squires Colleen Camp ... Connie Squires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... The Djinn, Jan Bin Jan Nate Esformes ... Mohandus Mukhar Harry Anderson ... Leon Marcie Barkin ... Dolores Dick Miller ... Seymour Furman Tom Newman ... Quentin Karp David Eastman ... The Driver Dorothy Lyman ... Catherine Carmen Mathews ... Madame Marlena Teri Keane ... Esther Wood Romoff ... Isaac (as Woody Romoff) Johann Carlo ... Iris Rosanna Carter ... Mrs. McNeill Arthur Pierce ... Mugger Alice Ghostley ... Elinor Colander Mario Roccuzzo ... Henry Colander Fredrica Duke ... Sybil Michael Cedar ... Mark Carol Kane ... Anne MacColl Bud Cort ... Abe North Ed Kenney ... The Announcer Paul Micale ... Phil Jean Marsh ... Joan Matlin Jessica Harper ... Prudence Victor Garber ... Ambrose Cavender Linda Lee Johnson ... Gretchen Eric Bogosian ... Junkie Kay Walbye ... Young Woman John Rothman ... Young Man Stuart Whitman ... Edward Osborne Nick Benedict ... Michael Fox Therese Pare ... Cathy Osborne Dick Shawn ... Bo Gumbs Harry Goz ... Louie Farnum John Zarchen ... Peter Catherine Anne Hayes ... Mimi (as Catherine A. Hayes) Joe Turkel ... Kharma (as Joseph Turkel) Brad Cowgill ... Frank Cynthia Frost ... Flora Anthony Thompkins ... Ernie John Marzilli ... The Carny Vince Edwards ... Henry Gropper James Hong ... Chow Ting Ellen Winthrop ... Ginger Philip Roth ... Sam Larchmont (as Phil Roth) Richard Romanus ... Frank Bigalow Sam Anderson ... Dr. Synapsis Howard Dayton ... Matthews Jane Connell ... Grandma Kate McGregor-Stewart ... May Rollins Paul Avery ... Frank Rollins Kelly Wolf ... Greta Rollins Gregory Itzin ... Newton (as Greg Itzin) Ronee Blakley ... Cassie Pines Justin Deas ... Heat Jones Ann Hillary ... Wanda Sue Bill Fiore ... Horace X (voice) Uncredited Cast Cynthia Windham ... Woman #1 (2 episodes) Jeff Cohen ... Timmy Muldoon Francisco Aragon ... Frankie Produced by Michael Gornick   Richard P. Rubinstein   David E. Vogel   T.J. Castronovo   Jerry Golod   James R. McGee   George A. Romero   Anthony Santa Croce   William Teitler   Original Music by John Harrison Tom Noonan

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