Reviews

I loved this show! It was the first time I ever saw Howie Mandel, too. My friend and I couldn't wait to see it every week. We laughed so hard, tears filled our eyes. Howie Mandel was hilarious playing the not so intelligent, "this is my first time" guy. And also, the giant rooster with the rubber glove on his head. And I don't know who the blond guy was, but I'll never forget when he was doing a skit where he was documenting a parade, and at the end he said "This is (whoever), on the lookout for horse doo" and when he was a country boy and he always said in a Southern drawl, "Howdy to your face". (I still say that to my sister when I call her.) I was hoping I could find it on DVD, but my hopes are failing. Maybe someday I'll find something on it...Just like Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories. It would be so fun to see reruns of these fantastic 80's shows.

I was 26 years old when "Amazing Stories" was on TV. My co-workers and I always talked about it the next day at work. Everyone I knew loved the show...it always gave us something great to talk about and almost always made us really, really laugh. Everyone got involved in the conversations and it was always in a positive way. Some of the shows were serious...some were very touching...and some were absolutely hilarious. But they were all very clever in one way or another. They remind me of "Tales from the Crypt" and "The Twilight Zone. Two very, very, very funny episodes were "Head of the Classs" and the one with the college boys with the pink goop in Science class. They were the two that were our favorites. Who couldn't help but repeat the line "Kiss me and I'm yours forever"? Or how about "Mr. Braaaaaad"? I did, however, miss the magnetic episode. And even from just hearing about it really tickled me. I remember laughing so hard that tears were running down my face when the people at work told me about it. I would really love to be able to see that one. Even after twenty years, I still find myself bringing up the show for some good reason or another. I miss the show very much, and I'm sitting on pins and needles waiting for it to come out on DVD.