The Storyteller/Nightsong (11 Oct. 1986)

The Storyteller: Adolescent Micah Frost keeps his great-great-grandfather alive by making up serialized stories that continue night after night. Nightsong: Disc jockey Andrea Fields plays an obscure record made by her lost lover Simon Locke, who mysteriously reappears after a long absence.

Directors:

Paul Lynch, Bradford May

Writers:

Rockne S. O'Bannon, Michael Reaves,

Stars:

Glynnis O'Connor, David Faustino, Parley Baer

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Glynnis O'Connor	...	Dorothy Livingston (segment "The Storyteller")
David Faustino	...	Micah Frost (segment "The Storyteller")
Parley Baer	...	Grandfather Frost (segment "The Storyteller")
Nike Doukas	...	Heather (segment "The Storyteller")
Ellen Albertini Dow	...	Old Woman (segment "The Storyteller")
Robert Britton	...	Bus Driver (segment "The Storyteller")
Patricia Allison	...	Roberta Dockweiller (segment "The Storyteller")
John Saint Ryan	...	William (segment "The Storyteller") (as Morgan Saint John)
Tony Anton	...	Daniel Ellidge (segment "The Storyteller")
Billy Anton	...	Nathaniel Ellidge (segment "The Storyteller")
Melissa Clayton	...	Pig-Tailed Girl (segment "The Storyteller")
Billie Joe Wright	...	Farmboy (segment "The Storyteller")
Bill Sak	...	Doctor (segment "The Storyteller")
Frank Moon	...	Man with Scar (segment "The Storyteller")
Lisa Eilbacher	...	Andie Fields (segment "Nightsong")

Storyline

The Storyteller: Adolescent Micah Frost keeps his great-great-grandfather alive by making up serialized stories that continue night after night. Nightsong: Disc jockey Andrea Fields plays an obscure record made by her lost lover Simon Locke, who mysteriously reappears after a long absence.

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Plot Keywords:

told in flashback | disc jockey | taxi | record | ghost | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller | Horror

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 October 1986 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Persistence of Vision Films (I), CBS Entertainment Production

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first song heard in "Nightsong" is "Friend of the Devil" by The Grateful Dead, who performed the theme song as well as several scores from the first season.

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Soundtracks

"Nightsong"
(uncredited)
Written by Neil Young and Stephen Stills
Performed by Stephen Stills

User Reviews

Stories passed from generation to generation!

This "TZ" episode from season 2 titled "The Storyteller" is an entertaining one that's nothing fancy or scary, still it's a sentimental little tale told in a flashback form. And it's nice to see that a little gift of telling stories was picked and passed on to keep old loved ones alive! Starting with a now grown up retired school teacher who begins to tell a loved one her memory of a most different and special student. It dated back to the early days when she taught in a small rural country mountain town. One special young boy(David Faustino before his iconic days of Bud Bundy on "Married with Children")has the gift of writing stories and telling them each evening to his great great grandfather and this keeps him alive night after night! Oddly enough this trait is passed down as the teacher will pick up on this trait! Really nothing special still this segment is sentimental and it's a good story of magic proving that hope and stories can keep someone alive. Even though the tale is far out it's liked for it's magical touch.