Dreams for Sale: Twilight Zone '85

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." Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale...

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-...

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". Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/p...

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85-...

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. Become a supporter of this podcas...

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.s...

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. Become a supporte...

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 Toc...

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dream...

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .

On this episode of Dreams for Sale: The Twilight Zone 85 podcast we look at the fourth episode which includes a tone deaf anti-abortion segment (Little Boy Lost), a clunky look at what happens when you rub a magic lamp, and the seeds of a better story with William Friedkin's Nightcrawlers. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--312677...

On this episode of Dreams for Sale: The Twilight Zone 85 podcast we look at the third episode which includes Eric Bogosian as a thief turned healer turned thief, Children's Zoo in which a young girl upgrades her parents, and Kentucky Rye where a drunk driver has too-close-of-a-call. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/suppo...

Father Malone, Chris, and Mike discuss the second episode of The Twilight Zone (1985) with a trio of terrific episodes including our titular "Dreams For Sale" and an interview with its director, Tommy Lee Wallace. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .

Bruce Willis stars in Shatterday (Dir. Wes Craven, Writer Harlan Ellison) about a man who accidentally calls his own apartment only to answer his own phone. In A Little Piece and Quiet, Melinda Dillon stars as a woman who finds a device that allows her to freeze time. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dreams-for-sale-twilight-zone-85--3126776/support .