Comments on: I should really wonder about other things. But I don't.

Question: I should really wonder about other things. But I don't.

ryecatcher — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:05:10 -0800

80sTVShow/FantasyFilter: Sword and Sorcery. At the end of each episode (?), the image would freeze and covert to a painting of said image. That's all I remember. I was 7 or 8 at the time so this would make it around 1985 or so. So. Yeah. That's all you get. Go to it, Mefites.

On further thought, it might not have been the end of each episode...maybe the end of each commercial break.

And maybe...just maybe it was a sci-fi made for tv movie. I don't know.

By: adipocere

adipocere — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:07:28 -0800

That sounds more like Night Gallery than anything else.

By: sneakin

sneakin — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:08:58 -0800

This sounds oddly familiar to me.

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:18:42 -0800

Possibly The Storyteller?

Not really swords and sorcery, but a re-telling of old-world fairy tales. Much of the work was done in animated and still paintings.

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:19:49 -0800

I should add that the Storyteller was a Jim Henson affair, so the muppets should be a dead giveaway...

By: justkevin

justkevin — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:20:24 -0800

Was it Wizards & Warriors?

By: unixrat

unixrat — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:20:34 -0800

Totally not the answer, but I thought of Family Ties.

By: justkevin

justkevin — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:21:50 -0800

You can see the intro here.

By: bkeene12

bkeene12 — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:28:43 -0800

Yeah adipocere, that does sound like the Night Gallery show, I think it was running on the "Super Station" channel 17 as reruns on cable about that time. Unfortunately IMDB doesn't tell you if it was running when ryecatcher was a kid.

Do you remember if there was this odd, lanky fellow that had a very distinctive voice, black hair and sometimes smoked a ciggie? He kind of "hosted" the show. His name was Rod Serling. Take a look at him and see if it rings any bells.

By: cog_nate

cog_nate — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:44:26 -0800

I think justkevin's got it. Check out The Land of Aperans: The Haven for Wizards and Warriors... you know, just to be sure.

By: justkevin

justkevin — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:48:52 -0800

Definitely Wizards and Warriors. You can see the freeze to painting transition at around 3:40 in this Youtube clip.

By: ryecatcher

ryecatcher — Mon, 07 May 2007 23:35:11 -0800

Justkevin....man, I owe you a drink. If you're ever in the LA area you let me know.

Thanks so much.

And thanks to everyone else as well.

By: Roach

Roach — Tue, 08 May 2007 00:26:23 -0800

Thanks as well, and you should mark best answer!

By: ryecatcher

ryecatcher — Tue, 08 May 2007 00:54:50 -0800

Will do, Roach. Thanks for the reminder.

By: Four Flavors

Four Flavors — Tue, 08 May 2007 09:36:47 -0800

FWIW, this was also done (first) in the show Wild Wild West.