Episode
Amazing Stories: The 21-Inch Sun
Overview
A sitcom scriptwriter, who's suffering from writer's block, discovers that his house plant has miraculously gained sentience and a funny bone after being left in front of a TV while old sitcoms were playing. The plant ghostwrites for him.
Details
- Series
- Amazing Stories
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1987-02-02
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
The 21-Inch Sun is Episode 15 in Season 2 of Amazing Stories. It aired on 1987-02-02. The runtime is 23 min.
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