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.

I really don't know what to think of this story, very strange indeed, not my stuff, but quite interesting. Strange, weird, but in this series, I have learned that you may expect anything, any kind of tale, scheme, everything is permitted. So, you have to expect the worst and the best too. The beginning, the opening of this story can not let you guess what will follow, and that's a rather good thing. But I understand that many folks will be puzzled by this weird tale. An illusionist meets aliens...I think this episode deserves to be seen, so you'll have an idea of what this series is about. That's up to you.

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.

This is definitely one of the so bad its kinda good episodes. This episode is hilarious and doesnt hold any scare value in the slightest. Its a good episode if you want something painstaking corny and something to laugh at.