Episodes The Impressionist September 26, 1985 Lifebomb October 6, 1985 Ring Around the Redhead October 13, 1985 Parlour Floor Front October 20, 1985 Halloween Candy October 27, 1985 The Satanic Piano November 3, 1985 The Devil's Advocate November 10, 1985 Distant Signals November 17, 1985 The Trouble with Mary Jane November 24, 1985 Ursa Minor December 1, 1985 Effect and Cause December 8, 1985 Monsters in My Room December 22, 1985 Comet Watch January 12, 1986 Dream Girl January 19, 1986 A New Lease on Life January 26, 1986 Printer's Devil February 2, 1986 The Shrine February 9, 1986 The Old Soft Shoe February 16, 1986 The Last Car February 23, 1986 A Choice of Dreams May 4, 1986 Strange Love May 11, 1986 The Unhappy Medium May 18, 1986 Fear of Floating May 25, 1986 The Casavin Curse July 13, 1986 Directed by Armand Mastroianni Frank De Palma Theodore Gershuny Richard Friedman Tom Savini John Harrison Michael Gornick Bill Travis T.J. Castronovo Mark Jean James Steven Sadwith Warner Shook Timna Ranon John Strysik Christopher T. Welch Gerald Cotts Dusty Nelson John Lewis Written by Haskell Barkin   M. Coleman Easton   Michael Kube-McDowell   Theodore Gershuny   John D. MacDonald   Carole Lucia Satrina   Michael McDowell   John Harrison   Carl Jacobi   George A. Romero   Andrew Weiner   Edithe Swensen   John Sladek   James Steven Sadwith   Harvey Jacobs   Jule Selbo   Barbara Paul   Timna Ranon   Adam K. Jacobs   Ron Goulart   Pamela Sargent   Art Monterastelli   James Houghton   Edward F. Shaver   Scott Edelman   Donald Wollner   Cast Paul Sparer ... Narrator (24 episodes) Patrick Farrelly ... Telephone Caller (2 episodes) Carolyn Seymour ... Aisha Candisha (2 episodes) Catherine Battistone ... Person on Telephone (2 episodes) Chuck McCann ... Spiffy Remo / Mr. Personalities Bobby Di Cicco ... Dr. Coe Jack Andreozzi ... Pudgy Claudia Templeton ... Hoffgosh Gene Borkan ... Angel Bill Macy ... Ben Martin Robert Riesel ... Henry Harris Samantha Harper ... Mrs. Lianne Martin Geneva Simmons ... Donna Kern Lainie Miller ... Nurse Patsy Whitecotton ... Kellie John Heard ... Billy Malone Penelope Ann Miller ... Keena (as Penelope Miller) Caris Corfman ... Adele Greg Thornton ... Jimbo John Snyder ... Guard Adolph Caesar ... Mars Gillis Rosetta LeNoire ... Miss Gillis Donna Bullock ... Linda John Calonius ... Doug Tiffani Caesar ... Annette Roy Poole ... Mr. Killup Tim Choate ... Michael Killup David K. Varney ... Medical Examiner (as David K. Varnay) John Edward Allen ... Goblin Gary Pratt ... Children Michael Warren ... Pete Bancroft Lisa Bonet ... Justine Philip Roth ... Wilson Farber (as Phil Roth) Felice Orlandi ... Tony Jerry Stiller ... Luther Mandrake Todd Oleson ... Engineer Karen Shallo ... Telephone Caller (voice) Barbara Holmes ... Telephone Caller (voice) David Early ... Telephone Caller (voice) (as David L. Early) Darren McGavin ... Van Conway Lenny von Dohlen ... Mr. Smith David Margulies ... Gil Hurn Joseph Bova ... Lew Feldman (as Joe Bova) Sheila King ... Amy John Bennes ... Loomis Dog Thomas ... Grip Phyllis Diller ... Nora Mills Lawrence Tierney ... Jack Mills Anita Dangler ... Mrs. Nugent Tanya Fenmore ... Mary Jane Charlotte von Vogt ... Miss Brinkly John Marzilli ... Gad (voice) Marilyn Jones ... Joan Timothy Carhart ... Richard (as Tim Carhart) Jamie Ohar ... Susie Malachy McCourt ... Dr. Stilliman Susan Strasberg ... Kate Collins Ben Marley ... David Judith-Marie Bergan ... Janet Gary Hershberger ... Jeff Jay Scorpio ... Paramedic #1 Chip Heller ... Paramedic #2 Greg Mullavey ... Biff Seth Green ... Timmy Beth McDonald ... Helen Elia Braca ... Nana Paula Trueman ... Aunt Teresa Leona Cyphers ... Horrible Witch George Kyle ... Boogie Man Fritz Weaver ... Sir Edmund Halley Anthony Heald ... Englebert Ames Kate McGregor-Stewart ... Charlene Ames Sarah Rush ... Lara Burns Jon Cedar ... Syd Grossinger Lou Cutell ... Otto Schrog Shannon Kriska ... Didi Dawson Mays ... Joe D'Amico Marie Windsor ... Madame Angler Robert Rothman ... Archie Fenton Ben Frank ... Al Robert Sutton ... Mac Patricia Pelham ... Helen Tanner Larry Manetti ... Junior P. Harmon Charles Knapp ... Alex Kellaway Kate Charleson ... Brenda Hardcastle Tony Montesion ... Julio (as Tony Montesian) Michael Freeman ... Harry Guilford (voice) Lorna Luft ... Christine Matthews Coleen Gray ... Cecilia Matthews Virginya Keehne ... Chrissie (as Virginia Keehne) Janet Wood ... Toni Larry Gilman ... Chuck Matthews Paul Dooley ... Chester Caruso John Fiedler ... Arthur the hotel manager Kathy McLain ... Carol Dorothy Parke ... Glenda Begonya Plaza ... Stacey (as Begoña Plaza) Mary Carver ... Mrs. Crane Louis Guss ... Old Man Scooter Stevens ... Boy Bert Williams ... Conductor Abe Vigoda ... Jake Corelli David Chandler ... Michaelson Ralph Monaco ... Angelo David Glen ... Ross Tracy Kolis ... Marie Corelli Dominic Chianese ... Correlli's Father Harsh Nayyar ... Edmund Alcott Marcia Cross ... Marie Alcott Patrick Kilpatrick ... Dr. Philip Carrol Connie Stevens ... Caroline Bright Carolyn Ann Clark ... Jenny (as Carolyn Clark) Richard Kuhlman ... Jonathan Reed Peter Miller ... Farley Bright Sherman Howard ... Arnold Barker (as Howard Sherman) Anne Lange ... Cpl. Marcia Smith Leon Russom ... Sgt. Buzz Caldwell Yeardley Smith ... Betty Ann Cooper / Good Time Rita John Ridge ... Mr. Cooper Joe Cortese ... Nicholas Casavin Catherine Parks ... Gina Casavin Scott Lincoln ... Dr. Jeffrey Webster Julie Ariola ... Miranda Dean John Brandon ... Lt. Wright Produced by T.J. Castronovo   Jerry Golod   George A. Romero   Richard P. Rubinstein   Anthony Santa Croce   Jan Saunders   William Teitler   Mitchell Galin   Frank Martinez   Original Music by John Harrison Simon Manses Erica Portnoy Irwin Fisch Richard Einhorn

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