[.ca] Eerie Indiana

From Amazon.com:
The heartland of the American Midwest traditionally has been held up as everything from wholesome to stiflingly dull. This makes it a natural backdrop for this terrific, tongue-in-cheek juvenile fantasy, a place that looks like a squeaky-clean 1950s sitcom suburb but hides more secrets than Blue Velvet: Elvis lives down the street and Bigfoot roots through the neighborhood trash bins. Omri Katz (Matinee) and Justin Shenkarow (TV's Picket Fences) are a pair of adolescent Hardy Boys stuck in "America's capital of weird," a mix of The X-Files and Kolchak: The Night Stalker spun into a comic Twilight Zone. Creative consultant Joe Dante directed two of the episodes in this collection: "Forever Ware," about a demonic plastic container that keeps everything fresh and young forever--even people--and "The Retainer," where tinsel-teethed teens overhear the dreaded conspiracies cooked up by the neighborhood dogs. The third episode, "The ATM with a Heart of Gold," explores just how friendly the friendly neighborhood electronic teller can be. Clever, spirited, and directed with a tongue-in-cheek playfulness, this 1991-92 series looks more contemporary than ever in the wake of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Maybe it was just ahead of its time. --Sean Axmaker

Entire Series:
This was one of my favorite, albeit short-lived, series growing up. Thankfully, the entire series is being released on 10/10/03.

teenage "twilight zone":
I loved this DVD. It's a shame that good space was wasted on this DVD. There should of been 5 episodes not 3. I hope the whole series well be published someday, including the spinoff called Eerie Indiana The Other Dimension.All the young actors have endeared themselves to me and I would be proud to own the complete set of episodes. Even without autographs. I hope similar shows get made in the future.

One of the greats:
One of my all time favorite shows. The stories give great twists on the bizzare and unexplained, and are just fun to watch. The writing is excellent. Well worth much more than the listed price.

One of my favorite shows as a kid:
When I was a kid I watched this series. Unfortunately it was pretty short lived, running only about 10 episodes. Two episodes in particular stuck with me ever after I grew up, Forever Ware, and one about a girl who would draw and whatever she signed would come to life and actually be. The second episode isn't on this disk, but the first one is. Forever Ware is a creepy concept, as is most of these episodes. In it, a woman who sells forever ware guarantees that whatever you seal up in it will last, forever. So, after her husband dies she seals herself and her twin boys into it, keeping them the same age for many years. She encourages Simon's mother to sign up and purchase forever ware. Simon's afraid he'll end up like the twins, so he and Marshall find a way to keep his mom from buying forever ware. The other two on this disk aren't as good as forever ware, but they're not bad. In The Retainer, one of the kids in Eerie has a retainer that allows him to hear what dogs are thinking. This leads him, Simon and Marshall to the local pound, where the dogs have revolted against the dogcatcher and taken care of him, and then run the kid with the retainer off into the woods. In the ATM with a Heart of Gold, Simon's dad programs an ATM with a personality. When the only person who's nice to him is Marshall, the ATM begins to give Marshall money. The more money he gives Marshall, the poorer the citizens of Eerie get. Simon and Marshall figure out that money can't buy happiness and instead is causing people grief, so they return the money to the ATM, which causes it to have a nervous breakdown. When I was a kid I loved this series, I thought it was both creepy and interesting. Now that I'm an adult I still enjoyed seeing the episodes, but I don't find them as interesting as I did as a kid. I guess this was really was aimed more at kids.

Like Twin Peaks For Kids!:
I am one of the handful of folks that watched this show when it first aired. It was great to re-watch these three episodes and see some high quality children's programming. I love how this show does not talk down to kids and instead respects their intelligence with mature wit and creativity. A brillant show. My only disappointments were the lack of extras. (Wouldn't it be cool to hear a commentary track or see interviews with the creators?) And that it wasn't released as a boxed set, afterall there are ONLY 19 episodes altogether! PS If you liked Errie, Indiana you should really check out Twin Peaks which premiered the year before and obviously influenced this show.