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The Tale of the Dream Machine

Season 2, Episode 5, Aired Jul 17, 1993

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Sean Hackett finds a strange old typewriter in his house that once belonged to a writer who mysteriously vanished. He loves to write short stories, but soon finds that whatever he types comes to life as it's read. Things seem harmless enough until he writes a story for English class in which his best friend dies.moreless

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GUEST STAR
Nicole Lyn

Jennifer
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Joel Gordon

Billy
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Michael Hong

Sean Hackett

Jason Alisharan

Frank (Seasons 1-4)
Rachel Blanchard

Kristen (Seasons 1-2)
Ross Hull

Gary (Seasons 1-5)
Nathaniel Moreau

David (Seasons 1-2)
Jodie Resther

Kiki (Seasons 1-5)
Raine Pare-Coull

Betty Ann (Seasons 1-5)

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A rare miss for AYAOTD.

5.2

"Mediocre"

By Gazza_14, Nov 15, 2006

This is just...
Anybody who remembers this fodnly, find a copy or DVD. If Tale of Many Faces or Tale of Nightly Nieghbours can still stand proud after all these years why can't this dross?
It's unoriginal and badly acted, with some contrived ideas and stilted dialouge. It throws a bunch of bland, emotionless characters together in a story about a typewriter making things really happen. The acting truly is awful, with the actors in school-play mode and the whole plot fumbles about.
A bad story. Simple as that. It fails to be anything other than bog standard and is surely best avoided.moreless
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By amybeeman, Jan 08, 2006

this was also a story in goosebumps called the blob that ate everything same premise but it is still a good episode gosh i wish nick still showed them that was a great series you can buy the dvd set on ebay but its still not the same as the original
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- Sean: Did I really almost bite you on the neck?
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NOTES (3)
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- David Winning won the 1994 Bronze Award for "Television Series Direction" for this episode.
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- Joel Gordon, who played Billy, also played Josh in The Tale Of The Long Ago Locket.
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- This story was written by Kiki, but it was told by Gary, because Kiki had a sore throat.
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