The Ray Bradbury Theater

1The Dwarf

24 minJul 7, 1989

A dwarf uses his writing and the distorted image of a funhouse mirror to escape the prison of his own body, but an evil showman decides to have some fun at the man's expense.

2A Miracle of Rare Device

24 minJul 14, 1989

Two drifters sell views to a desert mirage, a mirage that provides miraculous views, but a rival tries to buy the land and shut them down.

3The Lake

24 minJul 21, 1989

An artist returns to the lake where years before he had a childhood sweetheart who drowned. Now he must try and bring her back.

4The Wind

24 minJul 28, 1989

After he learns their secret, a man is followed by violent winds.

5The Pedestrian

24 minAug 4, 1989

A man's night-time walks are considered subversive in a world of the future.

6A Sound of Thunder

24 minAug 11, 1989

Time Safari, Inc., uses time travel to allow big game hunters the ultimate thrill: killing dinosaurs.

7The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone

24 minAug 18, 1989

When an unsuccessful author comes to murder him, a famous and prolific writer decides to make things easy for him.

8The Haunting of the New

24 minSep 15, 1989

A man's old flame calls him up and asks him if he wants her manor. The only condition is that the manor has to decide if it wants him.

9To the Chicago Abyss

24 minSep 22, 1989

In the near future, an old man is sought after for his memories of the past, a past that the government forbids people from remembering.

10Hail and Farewell

24 minSep 29, 1989

Willie, a young boy who cannot grow up, has been spending his life going from family to family, staying for a few years, then leaving before anyone finds out. As he is ready to leave his latest home, he tells his "parents" the story of his life, and of all the people he met in the way.

11The Veldt

24 minNov 10, 1989

Two parents begin to worry when their children's high-tech holographic nursery fixates on a single landscape: an African veldt filled with savage lions.

12Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!

24 minNov 17, 1989

A worried father starts to believe that his son's mushroom garden is taking over the neighborhood.