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Saw it a bunch of times and the exact same segment done by another actor on the Twilight Zone movie. Thought that one was pretty cool.
I've got a bunch of DVDs of the 80's Twilight Zone I watched as a kid. It's pretty good. There is one episode with a young Bruce Willis right before or about the same time he made it big on Moonlighting.
Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Shatterday/A Little Peace and Quiet
Original Air Date—27 September 1985
Shatterday: Bruce Willis calls his home, only to hear himself answer at the other end. A Little Peace and Quiet: a harried housewife struggling with rambunctious children, a demanding husband, and the stress of modern life, finds relief from an unusual source that brings both power and responsibility.
Season 1, Episode 2: Wordplay/Dreams for Sale/Chameleon
Original Air Date—4 October 1985
"Wordplay": A salesman at a medical firm finds everyone around him undergoing a linguistic transformation. "Dreams for Sale": A woman finds that her idyllic picnic may not be what it seems. "Chameleon": Something unusual returns with a Shuttle mission.
Season 1, Episode 3: Healer/Children's Zoo/Kentucky Rye
Original Air Date—11 October 1985
"Healer": A small-time crook finds that a rock possesses special abilities. "Children's Zoo": An invitation to a unique zoo offers a girl a solution to her bickering parents. "Kentucky Rye": A drunk driver finds himself in an unusual bar after an accident.
Season 1, Episode 4: Little Boy Lost/Wish Bank/Nightcrawlers
Original Air Date—18 October 1985
"Little Boy Lost": a woman, struggling with the decision to settle down and raise a family or embrace her accelerating career, befriends a strange boy who seems to be stalking her. "Wish Bank": an antique oil lamp found at a yard sale brings new meaning to the warning, "be careful what you wish for." "Nightcrawlers": a troubled drifter with an unusual ability terrifies the inhabitants of a rural diner.
Season 1, Episode 5: If She Dies/Ye Gods
Original Air Date—25 October 1985
"If She Dies": After an accident leaves his daughter in a coma, a man sees an apparition of a young girl on top of an old orphanage. "Ye Gods": The only way a yuppie can resolve his divinely-influenced love life is by repairing Cupid's.
Season 1, Episode 6: Examination Day/A Message from Charity
Original Air Date—1 November 1985
It's in the not-too-distant future in "Examination Day." A young boy is about to take a very important test. His parents are more nervous than he is. The boy tells his parents not to worry because he knows he'll do well. His parents are worried because they fear he may do too well.
Season 1, Episode 7: Teacher's Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour
Original Air Date—8 November 1985
"Teacher's Aide": A teacher at a tough inner-city school is possessed by a malevolent spirit. "Paladin of the Lost Hour": An old man with a special watch bonds with a tormented veteran.
Season 1, Episode 8: Act Break/The Burning Man/Dealer's Choice
Original Air Date—15 November 1985
In ACT BREAK, selfish second-rate playwright Maury Winkler wishes for a better writing partner than his ailing colleague Harry. THE BURNING MAN appears on the road and tries to hitch a ride during a heat wave in the 1930's. In DEALER'S CHOICE, four poker pals sit down for a game with a mysterious stand-in named Nick.
Season 1, Episode 9: Dead Woman's Shoes/Wong's Lost and Found Emporium
Original Air Date—22 November 1985
"Dead Woman's Shoes": A meek thrift store clerk is possessed by the spirit of a dead woman. "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium": A man in search of his compassion looks for it in a mysterious place.
Season 1, Episode 10: The Shadow Man/The Uncle Devil Show/Opening Day
Original Air Date—29 November 1985
"The Shadow Man": A teenager discovers that a supernatural being lives underneath his bed. "The Uncle Devil Show": A children's video tape includes instructions in the black arts. "Opening Day": A golf pro who kills a businessman in order to be with his wife suddenly finds himself occupying the other man's life just before the murder.
Season 1, Episode 11: The Beacon/One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty
Original Air Date—6 December 1985
"The Beacon": A doctor stumbles across an isolated town with a secret. "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty": A troubled writer goes back to his childhood to trace the source of his problems.
Season 1, Episode 12: Her Pilgrim Soul/I of Newton
Original Air Date—13 December 1985
In "Her Pilgrim Soul," two scientists must discover why the spirit of a woman is reliving a previous life within their holographic computer. "I of Newton" showcases a mathematician in a battle of wits with the Devil for his soul.
Season 1, Episode 13: Night of the Meek/But Can She Type?/The Star
Original Air Date—20 December 1985
In "Night of the Meek," a department store Santa Claus is fired from his job, but soon discovers his toy sack is a magical deliverer of Christmas cheer. In "But Can She Type?," a miserable secretary cannot get a break until she comes across a copy machine that transports her to a world where secretaries are adored and honored for their hard work. And, in "The Star," a team of space archaeologists stumble upon a dead planet where its civilization died about two thousand years ago when its star went super nova. It just so happens that this planet's demise played a very important part in the earth's history.
Season 1, Episode 14: Still Life/The Little People of Killany Woods/The Misfortune Cookie
Original Air Date—3 January 1986
In STILL LIFE, Dan Arnold discovers that an antique camera used on an Amazon expedition decades earlier yields mysterious photos inside. THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF KILLANY WOODS deals with pub regulars who are skeptical when the town drunk claims to have seen leprechauns in a nearby forest. THE MISFORTUNE COOKIE lands on the plate of arrogant food critic Harry Folger when he writes a negative review of Mr. Lee's Chinese restaurant without tasting the food first.
Season 1, Episode 15: Monsters!/A Small Talent for War/A Matter of Minutes
Original Air Date—24 January 1986
Emile Francis Bendictson appears to be a kind senior citizen, but there's more to him than meets the eye in MONSTERS! In A SMALL TALENT FOR WAR, an alien ambassador attends a meeting of the United Nations. In A MATTER OF MINUTES, Michael and June Wright awaken to find their home overrun by faceless laborers.
Season 1, Episode 16: The Elevator/To See the Invisible Man/Tooth and Consequences
Original Air Date—31 January 1986
Two brothers use THE ELEVATOR to locate their father's growth serum, which has been developed to ensure a plentiful food supply. In TO SEE THE INVISIBLE MAN, emotionally cold Mitchell Chaplin is sentenced to one of social invisibility as punishment. And in TOOTH AND CONSEQUENCES, despondent dentist Myron Mandel receives a visit from the Tooth Fairy.
Season 1, Episode 17: Welcome to Winfield/Quarantine
Original Air Date—7 February 1986
"Welcome to Winfield": Two people fleeing an agent of Death hide in an unusual town. "Quarantine": A weapons engineer is awakened from suspended animation to deal with an imminent threat from space.
Season 1, Episode 18: Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading
Original Air Date—14 February 1986
An imaginative young boy who is terrified of his ancient and infirm grandmother is left in charge of her when his mother is called away.
Season 1, Episode 19: The Leprechaun-Artist/Dead Run
Original Air Date—21 February 1986
"The Leprechaun-Artist": Three teenage boys are each granted a wish after catching a vacationing leprechaun. "Dead Run": A down-on-his-luck trucker accepts a job hauling an unusual cargo.
Season 1, Episode 20: Profile in Silver/Button, Button
Original Air Date—7 March 1986
"Profile in Silver": After preventing the assassination of President Kennedy, a historian from the future faces the consequences of his act. "Button, Button": A couple receives a box with a button -- and an unusual offer.
Season 1, Episode 21: Need to Know/Red Snow
Original Air Date—21 March 1986
In NEED TO KNOW, government investigator Edward Sayers visits a small rural community where insanity is spreading among the residents. In RED SNOW, Russian KGB Colonel Ulyanov goes to a Siberian labor camp to investigate violent deaths of Communist party officials.
Season 1, Episode 22: Take My Life... Please!/Devil's Alphabet/The Library
Original Air Date—28 March 1986
"Take My Life... Please!": A comedian finds himself in a tough gig in the afterlife. "Devil's Alphabet": In Victorian England, a group of Cambridge graduates find themselves bound by a youthful oath even after they die. "The Library": A young woman finds a job in an unusual library.
Season 1, Episode 23: Shadow Play/Grace Note
Original Air Date—4 April 1986
In SHADOW PLAY, a remake of the episode from the original "Twilight Zone" series, Death Row inmate Adam Grant is terrified that the participants in his trial will cease to exist when he is executed. In GRACE NOTE, young Rosemarie Miletti aspires to be a famous opera singer and receives a surprising glimpse into the future.
Season 1, Episode 24: A Day in Beaumont/The Last Defender of Camelot
Original Air Date—11 April 1986
Scientist Kevin Carlson and his fiancée Faith can't get anyone to believe that they saw a flying saucer land during A DAY IN BEAUMONT. In THE LAST DEFENDER OF CAMELOT, Lancelot is summoned by Morgan LeFay to meet with Merlin the magician, who plans to restore Camelot.
Season 2
Season 2, Episode 1: The Once and Future King
Original Air Date—27 September 1986
Mediocre Elvis impersonator Gary Pitkin travels back in time to Memphis in the 1950's and meets his idol.
Season 2, Episode 2: A Saucer of Loneliness
Original Air Date—27 September 1986
Shy young Margaret receives a private message from a flying saucer.
Season 2, Episode 3: What Are Friends For?
Original Air Date—4 October 1986
Alex Mattingly wonders whether his son Jeff's new friend Mike is real or imaginary.
Season 2, Episode 4: Aqua Vita
Original Air Date—4 October 1986
Television newscaster Christie Copperfield discovers a fountain of youth in the form of bottled water and takes a liking to it, but then the price rises.
Season 2, Episode 5: The Storyteller
Original Air Date—11 October 1986
Adolescent Micah Frost keeps his great-great-grandfather alive by making up serialized stories that continue night after night.
Season 2, Episode 6: Nightsong
Original Air Date—11 October 1986
Disc jockey Andrea Fields plays an obscure record made by her lost lover Simon Locke, who mysteriously reappears after a long absence.
Season 2, Episode 7: The After Hours
Original Air Date—18 October 1986
Marsha Cole detects shadowy figures and mysterious voices around her during a trip to a local shopping mall.
Season 2, Episode 8: Lost and Found
Original Air Date—18 October 1986
College student Jennifer Templeton finds out why her possessions have been vanishing.
Season 2, Episode 9: The World Next Door
Original Air Date—18 October 1986
Would-be inventor Barney Schlessinger is bored with his life until he meets another inventor in a parallel world.
Season 2, Episode 10: The Toys of Caliban
Original Air Date—4 December 1986
Elderly Ernie Ross and his wife Mary live in fear of their son Toby, who has the magical ability to turn any imagined item into reality.
Season 2, Episode 11: The Convict's Piano
Original Air Date—11 December 1986
Ricky Frost has been wrongly convicted of murder and sent to prison, but his musical talent might see him free if he continues to play a certain piano.
Season 2, Episode 12: The Road Less Travelled
Original Air Date—18 December 1986
Vietnam-era draft dodger Jeff McDowell sees something familiar about a wheelchair-bound man who has appeared in his house unexpectedly.
Season 2, Episode 13: The Card
Original Air Date—21 February 1987
Severe penalties await shopper Linda Wolfe when she fails to pay her credit card bills in a timely fashion.
Season 2, Episode 14: The Junction
Original Air Date—21 February 1987
John Parker and Ray Dobson are trapped inside the local mine. But when one is rescued, the other disappears.
Season 2, Episode 15: Joy Ride
Original Air Date—21 May 1987
Season 2, Episode 16: Shelter Skelter
Original Air Date—21 May 1987
Two men race to a private fallout shelter at the onset of a nuclear blast. For months they battle cabin fever and loneliness until one decides to venture out of the shelter and faces a horrific landscape of destruction and darkness ... yet everything is not as it may seem.
Season 2, Episode 17: Private Channel
Original Air Date—21 May 1987
An accident turns an obnoxious young man's radio headset into a receiver of other people's thoughts.
Season 2, Episode 18: Time and Teresa Golowitz
Original Air Date—10 July 1987
Teresa Golowitz is romanced by an old flame - who died of a heart attack at a young age and is now temporarily back from the dead.
Season 2, Episode 19: Voices in the Earth
Original Air Date—10 July 1987
Professor Donald Knowles travels back in time with other members of an expedition, and is deeply affected by the Earthlings of centuries earlier.
Season 2, Episode 20: Song of the Younger World
Original Air Date—17 July 1987
Season 2, Episode 21: The Girl I Married
Original Air Date—17 July 1987
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