The Impressionist

Spiffy Remo is a perfectionist nightclub impressionist enjoyed by his loyal audience. One night, the government Pudgy takes Remo to a secret base and D. Coe shows him an alien locked in a room. He explains that they need him to make contact with the alien, who has the knowledge of the nuclear fusion, to learn his secrets. Remo refuses but is blackmailed by Pudgy and gets close to the alien.

"The Impressionist" is a weird episode of "Tales from the Daarkside". There are a few good moments, but the plot in general is silly. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "The Impressionist"

This is one of my favorite episodes! It has to do with a comedian impressionist that is called in by the FBI to try to imitate an alien that they have found and react with it to tell them that they are friends. The alien actually looks good especially for a low budget 80's TV show. The special effects on the space ship also looked good and this whole thing just seemed really professional. The ending is surprisingly nice and the main character is quite likable. I thought the writing was excellent and the direction was good too. I highly recommend you find it.

My rating: Perfect episode. 23 mins. TV G

After the bottom-of-the-barrel nonsense that was the final episodes of season one of TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE, at least season two kicks off with a stronger start. THE IMPRESSIONIST tells the tale of just that, a popular nightclub impressionist who's tasked by secret government forces with his most bizarre job yet.

This is a comic sci-fi effort that works despite the lightness of touch. Chuck McCann gives a dedicated performance as the hard-working comedian who finds himself in very unfamiliar territory and the episode also features an unusual-looking blue-skinned alien from which the director gets plenty of mileage. THE IMPRESSIONIST may not be a masterpiece but it's a marked improvement on what came previously; I can only hope this series goes from strength to strength.

It amazes me this show is the offshoot of the Creepshow movie. How did a movie that secure in it's tone end up with a show like this? It's silly, yes, but it also barely makes sense. This is an episodes that proves that in spades.

This episode one from season two of "TFTD" titled "The Impressionist" is a feel good and light hearted one. It's theme centers around alien and space research. As in the mid 80's many sci-fi and horror fans were caught up in the subject of did aliens really exist. The plot features an over the hill club comedian who makes a living doing jokes and impressions of famous people and well known movie characters, plus to complicate matters his club promoter agent has mob ties. Then all of a sudden the episode twist as secret government agents have came in and captured an alien. Their goal is to see how it can interact and communicate with a human and you guessed it the funny man and mister impression is the lucky choice for the experiment. Along the way an unusual and unlikely communication friendship is formed. Overall good episode that's not really scary or horror themed more of a good hearted feel and sci-fi natured touch. Anyway it ends with a new beginning for the character.