BUCKET LIST UPDATE No. 119: Watch every episode of 'Amazing Stories'

When I was a kid, one of my favorite TV shows was NBC’s “Amazing Stories.” The show, which was sort of like a modern day “Twilight Zone,” featured mostly 30-minute fantasy, horror and science fiction stories. It premiered in 1985 and went off the air in 1987 after 45 episodes.

As much as I liked this show, I was around nine or 10 years old when it first started coming on, I couldn’t honestly say that I’d seen every episode. For that reason, I added “Watch every episode of ‘Amazing Stories’” to my bucket list a couple of years ago. Thanks to NetFlix, I recently finished watching all 45 episodes during the past week.

The series was created and spearheaded by Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg. Other directors working on the series included Michael D. Moore, Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Timothy Hutton, Danny DeVito and Robert Zemeckis. 

A number of great actors also appeared on “Amazing Stories,” including Paul Bartel, Sid Caesar, Kevin Costner, Dom DeLuise, Gregory Hines, Harvey Keitel, Matthew Labyorteaux, David Carradine, James Cromwell, Mark Hamill, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, Rhea Perlman, Charlie Sheen, Patrick Swayze, Sam Waterston, Loni Anderson, Bronson Pinchot, Danny Devito, Seth Green, David Rappaport, Beau Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Dick Cavett, Milton Berle, Tim Robbins, Christina Applegate, Charles Nelson Reilly, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Forest Whitaker, Gary Coleman, Ed McMahon, Richard Simmons, Carrie Fisher – the list goes on and on.

It’s hard to pick a favorite episode, but I remembered a number of them from when I was a kid, including “Alamo Jobe,” “The Mission,” “Mummy Daddy,” “Thanksgiving,” “The Pumpkin Competition” and “Go to the Head of the Class.” If I absolutely had to pick a favorite, it would be “Go to the Head of the Class.” If you have NetFlix and are interested in watch all 45 “Amazing Stories” episodes for yourself, what follows is a complete checklist of every episode.

SEASON ONE:

1. Ghost Train

2. The Main Attraction

3. Alamo Jobe

4. Mummy Daddy

5. The Mission

6. The Amazing Falsworth

7. Fine Tuning

8. Mr. Magic

9. Guilt Trip

10. Remote Control Man

11. Santa ‘85

12. Vanessa in the Garden

13. The Sitter

14. No Day at the Beach

15. One for the Road

16. Gather Ye Acorns

17. Boo!

18. Dorothy and Ben

19. Mirror, Mirror

20. Secret Cinema

21. Hell Toupee

22. The Doll

23. One for the Books

24. Grandpa’s Ghost

SEASON TWO:

1. The Wedding Ring

2. Miscalculation

3. Magic Saturday

4. Welcome to My Nightmare

5. You Gotta Believe Me

6. The Greibble

7. Life on Death Row

8. Go to the Head of the Class

9. Thanksgiving

10. The Pumpkin Competition

11. What If…?

12. The Eternal Mind

13. Lane Change

14. Blue Man Down

15. The 21 Inch Sun

16. The Family Dog

17. Gershwin’s Trunk

18. Such Interesting Neighbors

19. Without Diana

20. Moving Day

21. Miss Stardust

In the end, how many of you remember “Amazing Stories”? How many of you liked the series? What did you think about it? Which was your favorite episode? Let us know in the comments section below.