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Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House

  • 1991 – 1993
  • Ended
  • Comedy · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • ~30m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.3/10

Kurt Vonnegut, the author of a collection of short stories called "Welcome to the Monkey House", hosts a series that displays dramatizations of several of his short stories. The anthology series aired on Showtime network from 1991 to 1993. The first three stories were produced as a television pilot in British Columbia, Canada, and broadcast together from 9:00–10:30pm on May 12, 1991. The later four were filmed and produced in New Zealand in 1992, as a co-production with South Pacific Pictures.

Latest: Season 1 · 1991

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  1. E1. Next Door

    May 12, 1991 · 30m

    A boy, home alone when his parents are out, sees trouble in a nearby apartment and seeks help from a radio DJ.

  2. E2. The Euphio Question

    May 12, 1991 · 30m

    A scientist discovers a strange musical transmission from space, which elicits a drug-like euphoric response in all who hear it.

  3. E3. All The King's Horses

    May 12, 1991 · 30m

    When a US government plane goes down over Cuba, a revolutionary decides to play a game of chess with real human lives on the line.

  4. E4. Fortitude

    Dec 21, 1992 · 30m

  5. E5. More Stately Mansions

    Jan 3, 1993 · 30m

  6. E6. Epicac

    Feb 21, 1993 · 30m

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