Tales of Tomorrow

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show_name = Tales of Tomorrow


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genre = Anthology
Science Fiction
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starring = Thomas Mitchell
Lon Chaney, Jr.
Boris Karloff
Rod Steiger
Brian Keith
Leslie Nielsen
Franchot Tone
country = United States
language = English
num_seasons = 2
num_episodes = 85
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runtime = 30 mins.
network = ABC
picture_format = 1.33:1
audio_format = monaural
first_aired = August 3, 1951
last_aired = June 12, 1953
imdb_id = 0043238
tv_com_id = 7095

"Tales of Tomorrow" is an American anthology science fiction series that aired live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as "Frankenstein", starring Lon Chaney, Jr., "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" starring Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo, and many others featuring such performers as Boris Karloff, Brian Keith, Rod Steiger, Bruce Cabot, Franchot Tone, Gene Lockhart, Walter Abel, and Leslie Nielsen. The series ran for eighty-four 30-minute episodes.

Many episodes survive and are currently available on DVD, including the famous Chaney, Jr. appearance, during which he was reputedly so drunk that he thought he was in rehearsal during the live broadcast and, instead of smashing the breakaway furniture, gingerly put it back down while muttering "break later."fact|date=March 2008

External links

* [http://epguides.com/TalesofTomorrow/ "Tales of Tomorrow" episode guide]
* [http://www.scrapbooksofmymind.com/lon_chaney_jr_tv_frankenstein.htm Rick Jason autobiography with chapter on Chaney's drunken "Tales of Tomorrow" appearance]