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Mookie and Pookie

  • Episode aired Nov 4, 1984
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 23m
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5.5/10
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Justine Bateman in Tales from the Darkside (1983)
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Mookie and Pookie are twins. Computer whiz Mookie is terminally ill. But not even death can sever the bond that exists between the two siblings when his knowledge of technology follows him i... Read allMookie and Pookie are twins. Computer whiz Mookie is terminally ill. But not even death can sever the bond that exists between the two siblings when his knowledge of technology follows him into the afterlife.Mookie and Pookie are twins. Computer whiz Mookie is terminally ill. But not even death can sever the bond that exists between the two siblings when his knowledge of technology follows him into the afterlife.
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    • Director
      • Timna Ranon
    • Writers
      • Marc Fields(story)
      • Dan Kleinman(story)
    • Stars
      • Justine Bateman
      • Tippi Hedren
      • George Sims
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    • Director
      • Timna Ranon
    • Writers
      • Marc Fields(story)
      • Dan Kleinman(story)
    • Stars
      • Justine Bateman
      • Tippi Hedren
      • George Sims
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    • 13User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Justine Bateman
    Justine Bateman
    • Susan 'Pookie' Anderson
    Tippi Hedren
    Tippi Hedren
    • Ruth Anderson
    George Sims
    • Harold Anderson
    Ron Asher
    • Kevin 'Mookie' Anderson
    Neil Kinsella
    • Delivery Man
    Paul Sparer
    Paul Sparer
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Timna Ranon
    • Writers
      • Marc Fields(story)
      • Dan Kleinman(story) (teleplay)
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    • Goofs
      In the final scene the family is playing Scrabble. Mookie plays the word VOYAGER, stating, "7 letters, triple word, 50 points bonus." In scrabble you get the 50 point bonus for playing 7 tiles (known as a Bingo) from your rack. Also, the bonus space VOYAGER is played across is a Double Word Score space, not a Triple Word Score space.
    • Soundtracks
      Tales from the Darkside Theme
      Composed by Donald Rubinstein

      Written by Erica Lindsay

      Co-written by Donald Rubinstein

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    5/10
    Technologically Dated in the Present Days, But Still Funny
    The teenagers Mookie and Pookie are twins and very connected to each other. Mookie is a computer expert but is terminally ill. He lives instructions to Pookie to finish the program he is developing and soon his family learns that he has been transferred himself to the computer.

    "Mookie and Pookie" is an episode of "Tales from the Darkside" technologically dated in the present days, but still funny. Mookies has been transferred himself to his personal computer, and not to the Internet since it was not available to consumers year. Only in 1995, commercial Internet access started to be sold to consumers. It is also a great opportunity to see Ms. Tippi Hedren again. My vote is five.

    Title (Brazil): "Mookie and Pookie"
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    • Release date
      • November 4, 1984 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Laurel Entertainment Inc.
      • Laurel Productions
      • Tribune Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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