Ray Bradbury Theater

Where does he get all those wonderful toys?

An author anthology series in the grand tradition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Ray Bradbury Theater featured television adaptations of the stories of - unsurprisingly - Ray Bradbury. The series ran on two different networks between 1985 and 1992. Sixty-five of Bradbury's stories were adapted for the series, though some episodes mixed in elements and themes from more than one tale.

Early episodes feature a surprising number of well-known actors including Drew Barrymore, Jeff Goldblum, and even The Shat.

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Tropes used in Ray Bradbury Theater include:

• Age Without Youth : "Hail and Farewell"
• The Aloner : "The Long Years"
• After the End : "To The Chicago Abyss"
• Amusement Park of Doom : "The Black Ferris"
• Buried Alive : "The Screaming Woman"
• Cassandra Truth : "The Screaming Woman", "The Man Upstairs", "The Black Ferris"
• Character Filibuster : "To The Chicago Abyss"
• Creepy Circus Music : "The Black Ferris"
• Enfant Terrible : "The Small Assassin", "Let's Play Poison" and "The Veldt"
• Evil Phone : "The Wind"
• Fountain of Youth : "The Black Ferris"
• Future Me Scares Me : "Touch of Petulance"
• Holodeck Malfunction : "The Veldt"
• Kids Are Cruel : "Let's Play Poison" and "The Playground"
• Mood Whiplash : "Gotcha!"
• My Future Self and Me : "Touch of Petulance"
• Our Vampires Are Different : "The Man Upstairs"
• Replacement Goldfish : "The Long Years"