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The Main Attraction

Episode aired Oct 6, 1985
Not Rated
25m

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Eric Bruskotter and John Scott Clough in Amazing Stories (1985)

Slapstick Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Horror Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

Athletic teenage hunk Brad Bender thinks he is too cool for nerdy classmate Shirley, who is crazy over him, until, to his horror, a meteor shower's power suddenly turns him into a human magn... Read allAthletic teenage hunk Brad Bender thinks he is too cool for nerdy classmate Shirley, who is crazy over him, until, to his horror, a meteor shower's power suddenly turns him into a human magnet.Athletic teenage hunk Brad Bender thinks he is too cool for nerdy classmate Shirley, who is crazy over him, until, to his horror, a meteor shower's power suddenly turns him into a human magnet.

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6.2/10

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Trivia
The bullies refer to their prank in the boys' room as "the Temple of Doom." Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) was directed by Steven Spielberg, the executive producer of Amazing Stories (1985).

Quotes
Mrs. Bender: [in response to Brad making fun of Shirley as a potential prom queen] Shirley is a perfectly nice girl.
[last 3 words simultaneously mimicked by Wylie]
Brad Bender: She's a bow-wow. Let Cliff Coren take her. He likes animals.

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References Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

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2/10

Pretty dumb

I remembered "Amazing Stories" rather fondly when I decided to try re-watching the series recently. Imagine my surprise, however, when I saw "The Main Attraction", as it turned out to be a terribly written and amazingly stupid program! I know this sounds very harsh, but after seeing this one, I think it deserves it. The bottom line is that the the characters were more caricatures--very, very broad stereotypes that seemed completely unreal and even annoying. The main character is a stuck-up jock but he's not just A stuck-up jock--he's 1000 times more obnoxious and the fellow students even bigger suck-ups than you'd find one a bad 80s sit-com! It was all so bad that my daughter kept begging me to turn of the TV!

The story ends up being all about meteorites and magnetism--which is odd as many fundamental precepts about these were pretty much ignored by the writers. After all, if the jock is attracting metals very, very strongly as is the super-nerdy girl, shouldn't they then repel each other?! Plus, a HUGE rock comes hurtling out of space and lands in a guy's bedroom and he's physically unharmed!! The bottom line is that at least this episode is god-awful and dumb pretty much from start to finish. Tedious, hard to watch and a bit embarrassing. If you like the idea of "The Twilight Zone" written for 4 year-olds, then you pretty much get what this program is.