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The Tale of Station 109.1

Episode Number: 54    Season Num: 5    First Aired: Saturday November 4, 1995    Prod Code: 16668
Chris is obsessed with death. His brother tries to get him to snap out of it by locking him in a hearse and turning up the radio full blast. The radio goes right to 109.1. When Chris goes to the station, DJ Roy mistakes him for a dead man, and sends him to the afterlife.

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Writer: Scott Peters
Director: Ron Oliver
Star: Joanna Garcia (Samantha (Seasons 3-5)),  Raine Pare-Coull (Betty Ann (Seasons 1-5)),  Codie Wilbee (Stig (Season 5)),  Daniel DeSanto (Tucker (Season 3+)),  Jodie Resther (Kiki (Seasons 1-5)),  Ross Hull (Gary (Seasons 1-5))
Guest Star: Doris Malcolm (Elderly Woman),  David Francis (Daniel Carpenter),  Bill Corday (Scared Looking Man),  Jason Cavalier (Sid the Mechanic),  Ryan Gosling (Jamie Leary),  Gilbert Gottfried (Roy),  Dennis St. John (Old Man)

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Ryan Gosling, who played Jamie, the older brother, went on to become a very sucessful actor. (edit)
This story was told by Stig as his second attempt to get into the Midnight Society. He did. (edit)

Quotes

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Chris: Mister, you've got to listen to me!
Roy: Roy. The name's Roy.
Chris: Roy! You've got the wrong guy!
Roy: Boy, if I had a dime for every time somebody tried to weasel out of dead....it would actually do me no good at all because I'm dead. What do I need money for? What am I gonna do, I'm dead! What am I gonna do, buy gum?
Chris: But you're making a mistake!
Roy: I don't make mistakes, buddy boy! WHEN I WAS ALIVE, I WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES!! (edit)
Roy: Can't you read?!? 'Don't knock on the door!' On this side, 'Don't on the' over here 'Knock' and 'Door!' Let's try it together now! 'Don't knock on the door!' (edit)
Daniel Carpenter: Can you help me? Can you help me find the way home? (edit)

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Goof: After Chris gets thrown out of the after life, just a split second before the doors close, you can see a crew member's shoe running on the other side. (edit)
David Francis, who played Daniel Carpenter in this episode also guest starred in the Are You Afraid of the Dark episodes "The Tale of Old Man Corcoran" as Old Man Corcoran and "The Tale of the Hungry Hounds" as Giles. (edit)

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A death-obsessed young boy gets more than he bargained for when he investigates a strange radio station at the end of the dial.
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