Monday, April 23, 2012

The Cult-TV Faces of: Dolls, Dummies and Puppets

Identified by Chadillac: Talky Tina from The Twilight Zone's "Living Doll."

Identified by Chris G: The Twilight Zone: "The Dummy."  "Caesar and Me."

Identified by Jane Considine: Rod Serling's Night Gallery: "The Doll."

Identified by SGB: Jason of Star Command's Mimi, from "Little Girl Lost."

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Identified by Randal Graves: Friday the 13th: The Series: "Read My Lips."

Identified by Jose: Don Rickles in Tales from the Crypt: "The Ventriloquist's Dummy."

Identified by Randal Graves: Sid in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "The Puppet Show."

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Identified by Randal Graves: The X-Files: "Chinga."

Identified by Chris G: Mike Nelson in MST3K: "Devil Doll."

Identified by Randal Graves: Krusty Doll in The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror III."

Identified by Randal: Angel: "Smile Time."

Identified by Carl: Doctor Who: "Night Terrors."

12 comments:

  1. 6. Friday the 13th, "Read My Lips."
    8. Buffy, "The Puppet Show."
    10. The X-Files, "Chinga."
    12. The Simpsons, "Treehouse of Horror III."
    13. Angel, "Smile Time."

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  2. 14 Doctor Who "Night Terrors"

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  3. Good morning, folks!

    Randal: Great job, buddy. You just took six gallery images off the table. Excellent!

    and Carl: Yes, # 14 is from DW: "Night Terrors." Outstanding job!

    That leaves 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11 still out there...

    best,
    John

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  4. Chris G9:07 AM

    #2 is Twilight Zone. #11 is MST3K, I think from "Devil Doll."

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  5. Hi Chris G:

    Two more great identifications. #2 is from The Twilight Zone: "The Dummy, and #11 is indeed MST3K "Devil Doll!" Great job!

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  6. #3, Night Gallery, The Doll. One of my favorite episodes. Totally creeped me out as a kid.

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  7. #1 Twilight Zone: Living Doll (if I remember correctly, with Telly Salavas!)

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  8. Anonymous11:53 AM

    #4 Jason Of Star Command "Little Girl Lost" that you just reviewed. :)

    SGB

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  9. If I'm not mistaken, #2 is actually from the TZ episode "Cesar and Me" from Season 5. Willy, the puppet from "The Dummy" with Cliff Robertson, only wore a sailor's outfit, not a three-piece suit. They used the same dummy, but this one is distinctively tanner.

    And I believe #7 is from the Tales from the Crypt episode "The Ventriloquist's Dummy" with Don Rickles and Bobcat Goldtwait.

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  10. Jose:

    You are right, sir! Same dummy, different episode. That's from Caesar and Me, not The Dummy. Thanks for straightening it out.

    And #7 is indeed from Tales from the Crypt, from "The Ventriloquist's Dummy."

    Outstanding identifications!

    best,
    John

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  11. Bia Mota12:36 PM

    Is #5 from "Tourist Trap"?

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  12. Bia Mota:

    # 5 certainly looks like it could be from Tourist Trap, but as they say on Jeopardy, remember the category: cult-tv. Stil, you're right to think of Tourist Trap for this trope, the evil doll brought to life.

    best,
    John

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