Below is a snapshot of the Web page as it appeared on 4/5/2024 (the last time our crawler visited it). This is the version of the page that was used for ranking your search results. The page may have changed since we last cached it. To see what might have changed (without the highlights), go to the current page.
Bing is not responsible for the content of this page.
Amazon.com: Really Weird Tales : John Candy, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, John Blanchard, Paul Lynch, Don McBrearty: Movies & TV
Top comedic talent hits new heights of zaniness in this three-episode parody of classic Sci-Fi shows like The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. Joe Flaherty (SCTV, Used Cars) hosts this wonderfully clever, bizarre and delightfully funny Really Weird Tales. (All's Well That Ends Strange) A third-rate lounge performer (Martin Short, ¡Three Amigos!) thinks he's made the big time through his friendship with a girlie magazine publisher, but soon he discovers what's really behind those buxom bodies and sexy smiles - Directed by Paul Lynch (Prom Night). (Cursed With Charisma) In the failing town of Fitchville, a mysterious stranger (John Candy, Delirious) stirs things up with a no money down real estate boom, but in his wake come two aliens with plans of their own for the place - Directed by Don McBrearty (Murdoch Mysteries). In (I'll Die Loving), Catherine O'Hara (Home Alone) portrays a woman with a serious problem. Everyone she loves explodes. Will she find a cure, or will all her romances literally go up in smoke? - Directed by John Blanchard (SCTV, The Kids in the Hall).
Product details
Product Dimensions
:
0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
Item model number
:
35385823
Director
:
John Blanchard, Paul Lynch, Don McBrearty
Media Format
:
Widescreen, Anamorphic, Dolby, NTSC
Run time
:
1 hour and 25 minutes
Release date
:
June 28, 2016
Actors
:
John Candy, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara
Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.
Three, 20-30 minute vignette gems from post-SCTV stardom. Well written comedy that balances storyline with one liner laughs. The style and topics mirror the genius of SCTV, but with more evolved plots and character development. Candy and Short are brilliant, and although I always felt that Catherine O'Hara was a better writer than screen performer. Joe Flaherty also appears throughout all the vignettes as a narrative voice (and on screen face) to segueway from one story to the next. Candy's story is most poignant and relevant today in 2010 than the others, given the global economic state. Sincere laughs all around, and a reminder that although SCTV ended, its comedic spirit endures.
Three of the FUNNIEST, separate, [half-hour] episodes I ever saw. The Martin Short/Playboy episode still gets me on the floor laughing even after 30 years... my VHS-tape----like me!----is worn-out after many years of abusive wear 'n' tear. Cannot wait to see this... without those, danged, squiggly, danged, horizontal horizontal lines.
I saw this when I was a kid but only remembered a few scenes. So, I wasn't entirely sure what I was getting myself in to. Weird, funny and unusual. If you are at all familiar with the comedy style of SCTV, you'll love these wacky, weird tales.
Despite having a great performance from John Candy, this series was cancelled early and rightly so. I took the advice from other reviews and I have to say I totally disagree with them. This was awful. Awful acting and an awful script. I was whole heartedly disappointed as it seemed it was a slapstick version of sketch comedy (amateurish sketch comedy). It had potential but fell way short of what it could have been. Of course, if they tried a little harder, they might not have been cancelled after three episodes. After growing up watching the Outer Limits, the Twighlight Zone, Monsters and Tales from the Darkside, it is by no means "weird" as the title suggests. Great for nostalgia purposes or if you are a collector of obscure, strange, bizarre, B grade or odd things that made it to TV.
Three separate tales done in the style of Twighlight Zone. The original SCTV cast delivers some great tales and will have you laughing the whole time. Although perhaps tame by todays standards, it was cutting edge at it's release. Fans of John Candy, Martin Short, and the rest should consider this essential viewing.
