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"Amazing Stories" The Sitter (1986)
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5 January 1986
(Season 1, Episode 13)
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A Jamaican babysitter (King) uses voodoo to tame a pair of mischievous, stir-crazy boys (Green & Rudoy).
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A 1986 Version Of 'Nanny McPhee'
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(Episode Complete credited cast) | Mabel King | ... | Jennifer Mowbray |
 | Seth Green | ... | Lance |
| Joshua Rudoy | ... | Dennis |
 | Wendy Phillips | ... | Barbara Lynn |
| Fran Ryan | ... | Mrs. Abbott |
| Suzanne Snyder | ... | Patti |
| Michael Horse | ... | Indian |
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25 min
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Features "Leave It to Beaver" (1957)
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Despite a very predictable and clichéd Spielberg story (black sitter succeeds when whites all fail, and voodoo is real and works and other nonsense) the episode still has some charm and a few laughs. It's also interesting to see Seth Green so young. Even though he's still a relatively young man around 33, he's been acting a long time. Here he is at the age of maybe 10, this little skinny red-haired kid with a Madonna tee-shirt. That's a hint he ("Lance") isn't exactly an angel. He and his smaller brother "Dennis" (Joshua Rodoy) are hellish boys who have ruined every baby-sitter that has come their way. That is, until "Jennifer" arrives. I enjoyed the expressions on Mabel King's face as she portrays a Caribbean voodoo priestess.
This theme is still being repeated. "Nanny McPhee," a fine movie made recently, had the same premise, meaning somebody with supernatural powers taming incorrigible kids.
I did laugh at a couple of strange sites, like a horse sitting down on a sofa!