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Aspectifer Since: Apr, 2014
2021-05-02 12:42:38

I love anthology series so was intrigued by this. There was a bit of a craze for this type of show in the 1980s so am familiar with stories in the ones you mention like Amazing Stories and the '80s version of The Twilight Zone, but hadn't come across the story you mention.

I found that someone had asked the same question a few years ago in SciFi StackExchange. This story, called "Coffee Break", was the third in an anthology TV movie called Escapes. Link to the StackExchange thread here: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/177628/whats-the-name-of-that-tv-sci-fi-horror-series-with-a-truck-driver-who-cant-es

There's a link to the segment on YouTube in the StackExhange post. According to the comments there, as well as being shown as part of the TV movie, some of the segments were split up and shown as late night filler on channels like USA Network, so it's possible you could have watched it separate from the TV Movie.

Edited by Aspectifer
exchambery Since: May, 2021
2021-05-02 13:07:12

Wow, thanks so much. I got some of the details wrong, but this is exactly the episode I have been looking for quite a long time, maybe over 30 years! I actually bought the 80's Twilight Zone DVD, thinking this would be among the episodes. Brilliant and thanks again!

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