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* DivorcedInstallment: Both the movie ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' and the game ''VideoGame/TheDig'' were originally envisioned as episodes of the show.

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* DivorcedInstallment: Both the movie ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' and the game ''VideoGame/TheDig'' ''VideoGame/{{The Dig|1995}}'' were originally envisioned as episodes of the show.
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* ReferencedBy: Australian comedy series ''Series/FullFrontal'' had a RunningGag where ''Amazing Stories'' was about mundane things like [[ConstructionCatcalls construction workers failing to catcall]] at a woman with large breasts, or a pharmacists' clerk discovering that a doctor's prescription was actually legible.

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* ReferencedBy: Australian comedy series ''Series/FullFrontal'' had a RunningGag where ''Amazing Stories'' was about mundane things like [[ConstructionCatcalls construction workers failing to catcall]] at a woman with large breasts, or a pharmacists' pharmacist clerk discovering that a doctor's prescription was actually legible.
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* ReferencedBy: Australian comedy series ''Series/FullFrontal'' had a RunningGag where ''Amazing Stories'' was about mundane things like [[ConstructionCatcalls construction workers failing to catcall]] at a woman with large breasts, or a pharmacists' clerk discovering that a doctor's prescription was actually legible.
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** As of 2023, both seasons are now fully available for VOD purchase on Amazon Video.

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* DivorcedInstallment: Both the movie ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' and the game ''VideoGame/TheDig'' were originally envisioned as episodes of the show.



* MarketBasedTitle: Creator/TheBBC billed this as ''Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories,'' InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt (although Spielberg actually has "story by" credit on less than half the episodes, and only one - "Vanessa In The Garden" - is solely credited to him).
* PlayingAgainstType: Both in front of and behind the camera with "Vanessa in the Garden," a period fantasy romance starring Harvey Keitel as a bereaved artist, the only episode to be actually written by Creator/StevenSpielberg, and directed by Creator/ClintEastwood (his only dramatic television work as a director to date).
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** When Intrada released the three complation albums featuring the score of 31 episodes of the show, they originally wanted to include Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek's score for the episode "Family Dog", but the masters couldn't be found.
** Both the movie ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' and the game ''VideoGame/TheDig'' were originally envisioned as episodes of the show.

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* MarketBasedTitle: Creator/TheBBC billed this as ''Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories,'' InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt (although Spielberg actually has "story by" credit on less than half the episodes, and only one - "Vanessa In The Garden" - is solely credited to him).
* PlayingAgainstType: Both in front of and behind the camera with "Vanessa in the Garden," a period fantasy romance starring Harvey Keitel Creator/HarveyKeitel as a bereaved artist, the only episode to be actually written by Creator/StevenSpielberg, and directed by Creator/ClintEastwood (his only dramatic television work as a director to date).
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WhatCouldHaveBeen: When Intrada released the three complation albums featuring the score of 31 episodes of the show, they originally wanted to include Danny Elfman Music/DannyElfman and Steve Bartek's score for the episode "Family Dog", but the masters couldn't be found.
** Both the movie ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' and the game ''VideoGame/TheDig'' were originally envisioned as episodes of the show.
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** Both the movie ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' and the game ''VideoGame/TheDig'' were envisioned as episodes of the show.

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** Both the movie ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' and the game ''VideoGame/TheDig'' were originally envisioned as episodes of the show.
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** When Intrada released the three complation albums featuring the score of certain episodes, they originally wanted to include Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek's score for the episode "Family Dog", but the masters couldn't be found.

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** When Intrada released the three complation albums featuring the score of certain episodes, 31 episodes of the show, they originally wanted to include Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek's score for the episode "Family Dog", but the masters couldn't be found.
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** Both the movie Film/BatteriesNotIncluded and the game VideoGame/TheDig were envisioned as episodes of the show.

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** Both the movie Film/BatteriesNotIncluded ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' and the game VideoGame/TheDig ''VideoGame/TheDig'' were envisioned as episodes of the show.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When Intrada released the three complation albums featuring the score of certain episodes, they originally wanted to include Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek's score for the episode "Family Dog", but the masters couldn't be found.

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When Intrada released the three complation albums featuring the score of certain episodes, they originally wanted to include Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek's score for the episode "Family Dog", but the masters couldn't be found.found.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When Intrada released the three complation albums featuring the score of certain episodes, they originally wanted to include Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek's score for the episode "Family Dog", but the masters couldn't be found.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Creator/TheBBC billed this as ''Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories,'' InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt (although Spielberg actually has "story by" credit on less than half the episodes, and only one - "Vanessa In The Garden" - is solely credited to him).
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* FollowTheLeader: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_22814_5-huge-movies-that-shamelessly-ripped-off-one-tv-show.html This article]] from Website/{{Cracked}} charges that five major films stole their plots from ''Amazing Stories'' episodes.[[labelnote:list]]''Film/TheGreenMile''="Life on Death Row", ''Film/LastActionHero''="Welcome to My Nightmare", ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''="Boo!", ''Film/{{Transcendence}}''="The Eternal Mind", ''Film/TheTrumanShow''="Secret Cinema".[[/labelnote]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Creator/BradBird wrote and directed the animated episode/pilot "Family Dog".
** And Creator/TimBurton, not yet a famous director, did the character designs. He later was an executive producer on the spin-off series.
** Creator/SethGreen is one of the kids in "The Sitter".
** Creator/CharlieSheen plays one of the soldiers in "No Day at the Beach".
** Both Creator/KevinCostner and Creator/KieferSutherland appear in "The Mission".
** An early role for Creator/KyraSedgwick in "Thanksgiving", co-starring with David Carradine.
** PattyMaloney appears in "Fine Tuning".

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Creator/{{Universal}} released the first season on DVD in 2006. The second season remains unreleased.
** Both seasons are available on Netflix Streaming.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Creator/{{Universal}} released the first season on DVD in 2006. The second season remains unreleased.
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** An early role for Kyra Sedgwick in "Thanksgiving", co-starring with David Sutherland.

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** An early role for Kyra Sedgwick Creator/KyraSedgwick in "Thanksgiving", co-starring with David Sutherland.Carradine.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Both in front of and behind the camera with "Vanessa in the Garden", a period fantasy romance starring as a bereaved artist... Harvey Keitel, and directed by Creator/ClintEastwood (his only dramatic television work as a director to date).

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* PlayingAgainstType: Both in front of and behind the camera with "Vanessa in the Garden", Garden," a period fantasy romance starring Harvey Keitel as a bereaved artist... Harvey Keitel, artist, the only episode to be actually written by Creator/StevenSpielberg, and directed by Creator/ClintEastwood (his only dramatic television work as a director to date).

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* EditedForSyndication: Five "movies" consisting of ''Amazing Stories'' episodes edited together were released to local stations in the late '80s.



** Creator/CharlieSheen plays one of the soldiers in "No Day At The Beach".

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** Creator/CharlieSheen plays one of the soldiers in "No Day At The at the Beach".



** An early role for Kyra Sedgwick in "Thanksgiving", costarring with David Sutherland.

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** An early role for Kyra Sedgwick in "Thanksgiving", costarring co-starring with David Sutherland.Sutherland.
** PattyMaloney appears in "Fine Tuning".


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* PlayingAgainstType: Both in front of and behind the camera with "Vanessa in the Garden", a period fantasy romance starring as a bereaved artist... Harvey Keitel, and directed by Creator/ClintEastwood (his only dramatic television work as a director to date).
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** Both seasons are available on Netflix Streaming.
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** An early role for Kyra Sedgwick in "Thanksgiving", costarring with David Sutherland.
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** Both KevinCostner and Creator/KieferSutherland appear in "The Mission".

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** Both KevinCostner Creator/KevinCostner and Creator/KieferSutherland appear in "The Mission".
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** CharlieSheen plays one of the soldiers in "No Day At The Beach".

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** CharlieSheen Creator/CharlieSheen plays one of the soldiers in "No Day At The Beach".
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** Both KevinCostner and Creator/KieferSutherland appear in "The Mission".
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** SethGreen is one of the kids in "The Sitter".

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** SethGreen Creator/SethGreen is one of the kids in "The Sitter".
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Creator/{{Universal}} released the first season on DVD in 2006. The second season remains unreleased.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: BradBird wrote and directed the animated episode/pilot "Family Dog".
** And TimBurton, not yet a famous director, did the character designs. He later was an executive producer on the spin-off series.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: BradBird Creator/BradBird wrote and directed the animated episode/pilot "Family Dog".
** And TimBurton, Creator/TimBurton, not yet a famous director, did the character designs. He later was an executive producer on the spin-off series.



** CharlieSheen plays one of the soldiers in "No Day At The Beach".

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** CharlieSheen plays one of the soldiers in "No Day At The Beach".Beach".
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** And TimBurton, not yet a famous director, did the character designs. He later was an executive producer on the spin-off series.

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** And TimBurton, not yet a famous director, did the character designs. He later was an executive producer on the spin-off series.series.
** SethGreen is one of the kids in "The Sitter".
** CharlieSheen plays one of the soldiers in "No Day At The Beach".

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