Also one of the troopers was named Ida Lupino, after the actor who appeared in the original TZ episode “The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine” and who directed “The Masks.” Even when I don’t love the episode I still love looking for easter eggs like those.

One of the best TZ stories from the 80s series was a 5-minute one with Sherman Helmsley as a math professor who accidentally summons the Devil and has to outsmart.  A perfect length for that story.

A cameo of Stan Lee?