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The Ray Bradbury Theater : Season 3
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Air date: 23 Jan '88 - 12 episodesThe Ray Bradbury Theater is an anthology series that ran for two seasons on HBO, three episodes per season from 1985 to 1986, and four additional seasons on USA Network from 1988 to 1992. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel. All 65 episodes were written by Ray Bradbury and many were based on short stories or novels he had written, including "A Sound of Thunder", "Marionettes, Inc.", "Banshee", "The Playground", "Mars is Heaven", "Usher II", "The Jar", "The Long Rain", "The Veldt", "The Small Assassin", "The Pedestrian", "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl, "Here There Be Tygers", "The Toynbee Convector", and "Sun and Shadow". Many of the episodes focused on only one of Bradbury's original works. However, Bradbury occasionally included elements from his other works. "Marionettes, Inc." featured Fantoccini, a character from "I Sing the Body Electric!". "Gotcha!" included an opening sequence taken from "The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair." Characters were renamed, and elements added...
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List of Episodes (12)
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The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
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1. The Fruit At the Bottom of the Bowl
23 Jan '88A hasty murderer tries to wipe off the fingerprints that he left at the crime scene... and realizes the overwhelming nature of his task.
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2. Skeleton
06 Feb '88A hypochondriac goes to a bone specialist for a cure to his latest ailment.
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3. The Emissary
13 Feb '88A lonely, bedridden boy sends his dog on a quest to locate a companion for him.
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4. Gotcha!
20 Feb '88A man discovers that his new girlfriend is obsessed with a game called Gotcha!... and will go to any lengths to win.
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5. The Man Upstairs
05 Mar '88An American boy living with his grandmother in Paris for the summer takes an interest in a new boarder.
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6. The Small Assassin
09 Apr '88A woman is terrorized by her newborn infant.
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7. Punishment Without Crime
16 Apr '88A man contracts to have an android made to look exactly like the wife he hates... so he can murder it.
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The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
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8. On the Orient, North
30 Apr '88A nurse gives aid to a ghost on a transcontinental train trip and escorts him to his final destination.
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The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
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9. The Coffin
07 May '88An aging inventor builds a custom designed casket as his final creation... and to inflict revenge on a greedy brother.
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The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
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10. Tyrannosaurus Rex
14 May '88A film animator sculpts a dinosaur for a tyrannical movie producer's latest film, but the man isn't satisfied unless it's the most terrifying beast of all.
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The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
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11. There Was An Old Woman
21 May '88Elderly Matilda isn't ready to die when Death arrives to carry her off in a wicker basket.
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The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
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12. And So Died Riabouchinska
28 May '88A police detective investigates a murder at a theater and questions ventriloquist John Fabian, his wife, and his agent. However, he discovers a fourth witness: Fabian's dummy. Riabouchinska, who has a mind of her own.
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