 SEASON 3, EPISODE 5 STICK IT IN YOUR EAR Adam Cole (Wayne Best), a hustler posing as a psychic, realizes that his act is headed for the skids when he's unable to hear his partner's transmitted signals. Although he's too proud to mar his youthful appearance with a hearing aid, Adam appeases his partner and agrees to have his hearing tested. The results of Adam's examination confirm that he has irreparable nerve damage, but as he prepares to leave the audiologist's office, he becomes riveted by the sound of breathing emanating from a drawer of sample hearing aids. Tracing the sound to an antique hearing aid, Adam places it by his ear and is astonished when the device allows him to hear everything clearly- including the thoughts of people around him. Knowing the device could be worth big bucks in his act, Adam steals the hearing aid from the doctor's office, then learns that he must release all the thoughts he's accumulated from others into someone else or the parasitic device will cause him to die a painful death. Instead, he turns the device on others, causing their brains to burn out when they are unable to contain the sudden onslaught of information. CAST & CREW MICKI FOSTER- LOUISE ROBEY JACK MARSHAK- CHRIS WIGGINS JOHNNY VENTURA- STEVEN MONARQUE ADAM- WAYNE BEST PHIL- CHAS LAWTHER RANDI- ELIZABETH EDWARDS DR. RISBECK- GORDON JOCELYN MR. MAXWELL- BILL MCDERMOTT CHERYL- KIMBERLY MILES STAN- CHRISTOPHER BONDY ANDREW- TIM BURD GUY- HAL JOHNSON HENRY- MICHAEL CARUANA Written by- Jon Ezrine Directed by- Doug Jackson Created by- Larry B. Williams, Frank Mancuso Jr. Supervising Producer- Jon Andersen Executive Producer- Frank Mancuso Jr. Line Producer- J. Miles Dale Executive Story Consultant- Jim Henshaw Music Composed and Performed by- Fred Mollin Director of Photography- Rodney Charters Production Designer- Stephen Roloff Director of Post-Production- Gary L. Smith Editor- Bill Goddard First Assistant Director- Myron Hoffert Second Unit Director- T.J. Scott Story Editor- R. Scott Gemmill Casting by- Tina Gerussi New York Casting- Leonard Finger Casting Extras Casting- Gabrielle Iviney Camera Operator- Barry Bergthorson 1st Assistant Camera- Patrick Stepien 2nd Assistant Camera- Trevor Haws 2nd Unit Director of Photography- Richard Wincenty Sound Recordist- Bryan Day Boom Operator- Martin Lacroix Costume Designer- Marie-Sylvie Deveau Assistant Designer- Carolyn Bahen Wardrobe Mistress- Judith England Make-Up Artist- Ava Stone Hair Stylist- Diane Smith Art Director- Adam Kolodziej Assistant Art Director- Robert Ballantyne Set Decorator- Marlene Puritt Lead Set Dresser- Paula Deresti Swing Gang- David Maltese, David Lylloff Art Department Trainee- Joan Parkinson Second Assistant Director- Terry Gould Stunt Coordinator- J.J. Makaro Second Unit First Assistant Director- Frank Siracusa Assistant Production Manager- Norman Denver Script Supervisor- Paule Mercier Assistant to the Producer- Susan Perry Studio Manager- Aileen Bell Production Accountant- Nathalie Laporte Paralegal- Pat Turner Assistant to the Executive Producer- Ginger Reynolds Location Manager- Robin Rockett Production Coordinator- Mary Fraser Assistant Coordinator- Lesley Clark Third Assistant Director- Andrea Raffaghello Trainee Assistant Director- Michael Burke Prosthetics Designer- Francois Dagenais Director of Visual Effects- Megan Hope-Ross Special Effects by- Performance Solutions Inc. Visual Effects Artist- John Gajdecki Prosthetics Assistant- Darren Perks Property Master- Alex Kutschera Lead Props- Frauke Illing Gaffer- Owen Taylor Best Boy- Kevin Murphy Electricians- Michael Auger, Nigel Draper Transportation Coordinator- Chris Radley-Walters Picture Vehicle Coordinator- Glen Avigdor Key Grip- Mark Silver Best Boy Grip- Ron Paulaskas Grips- Blake Ballantine, Tracy Shaw Construction Coordinator- Ron Lightfoot Head Carpenter- Joe Madziak Scenic Painter- Otto Fondan Post-Production Supervisor- Philip Stilman Post-Production Coordinator- Gary Mueller Assistant Editor- Mary Jane Patterson Video Post-Production- Dome Productions Audio Post-Production- Master's Workshop Audio Post-Production Supervisor- Terry Gordica Re-Recording Mixers- Tim Archer, Rick Ellis Dialogue Editors- Jon Archer, Steve Foster Sound Effects Editor- Steve Gorman Foley- Peter Harper, Gary Daprato Series Music Available On- GNP Crescendo Records Executive in Charge of Production- Robert Wertheimer Executive Production Consultant- Rick Schwartz Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation A Triumph Entertainment Corporation Production Produced in Association with Hometown Films All Rights Reserved |
     Phil: "Without me, you're just another no talent hustler..." Phil: "You're gonna come crawling back to me...you're gonna have to!" Adam: "You've dreamt of money and power...you can have all of that..." Stan: "Wait a second...I'm getting a premonition myself..." Jack: "Once he was in the spotlight, he couldn't back out..." CORONER'S REPORT 1. Gerald (uncredited)- Died of brain overload 2. Dr. Risbeck (Gordon Jocelyn)- Slammed against wall 3. Phil (Chas Lawther)- Died of brain overload 4. Randi (Elizabeth Edwards)- Died of brain overload 5. Adam (Wayne Best)- Died of brain overload TRIVIA QUESTIONS 1. What was the headline of the tabloid newspaper Johnny wrote about? 2. What was the name of the club where Adam performed as a mentalist? 3. What was the name of the talk show where Adam appeared? 4. What was unique about the antique hearing aid? 5. What was the show's offer to prove Adam couldn't read minds? ANSWERS 1. The tabloid headline read, 'Bigfoot Rescued Me From UFO'. 2. Adam performed as a mentalist at 'Kelly's Bar'. 3. Adam appeared on 'The Stan Elliott Show'. 4. The aid allows the owner to hear other's thoughts, but they must then be released. 5. The show offered $50,000 to prove Adam couldn't read minds. AIR DATE October 16, 1989 EPISODE RATING: 2 A mind reader that can't hear magically can hear again...ugh Basically a modified version of Season One's 'Faith Healer' episode PROMO |
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