Static story
A radio allows an old man to listen to programs from his past. Directed by: Buzz Kulik. Story by: Oceo Ritch, Charles Beaumont.
12 total · 3 choice · 6 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| nostalgia | choice | The fifty-something bachelor Ed longed for life to be like it was during his heyday back in the 1930s and 1940s. |
| obsession | choice | Ed became obsessed with putting himself back in the time of his glory days in the 1930s/1940s via listening to radio broadcasts from that era. |
| remembering bygone days | choice | We saw the fifty-something bachelor Ed listening to radio broadcasts from back in his heyday in the 1930s and 1940s. |
| coping with a grumpy old coot | major | Everyone in the boarding house was feed up with Ed being grumpy and criticizing them all for watching too much television. |
| coping with someone losing their mind | major | Vinnie and Professor Ackerman went so far as to have Ed's radio hauled off by the junk dealer out of concern over his growing obsession with listening to it. |
| escape from reality | major | Ed retreated from modern life and wished only to stay in his room and listen to radio broadcasts from his heyday in the 1930s and 1940s. |
| magic object | major | The possibility was left open that Ed had acquired a magic radio that played broadcasts from the 1930s and 1940s. |
| romantic relationship | major | Ed and Vinnie had lived together for 20 years, but never got it together. But the story concluded with Ed going back in time and making things right. |
| what if I had a second chance at life | major | The story concluded with Ed being transported back to his youth and given a chance to do things better with Vinnie. |
| disintegrating romantic relationship | minor | Vinnie explained how her relationship with Ed had slowly fallen apart. |