Really Weird Tales was a Canadian-American science fiction horror comedy anthology series, written and presented by Joe Flaherty.
[2] Untalented lounge singer Shucky Forme[3] is performing at a private party at the mansion of Wade Jeffries, a wealthy adult magazine publisher.
Running to perform to the crowd, he discovers that a more capable, robotic Shucky has taken his place on the stage; as he screams, he is shot and killed by Wade.
The meeting is interrupted by a traveling salesman, Howard Jensen, who makes the suggestion to install a statue head made out of polyvinyl chloride.
The real estate boom proves unsustainable; finding themselves in massive debt, the residents form an angry mob that approaches the Hutchins' household.
Howard is arrested, but distracts the officers by throwing Jimmy at them, before escaping by transforming into a ball of light that clumsily ascends into the stars.
Talking with the convent's mother superior before her release, she reveals the reason for her stay, as well as for her harsh treatment by the nuns: since birth, she has experienced an illness that makes anything she shows affection to explode.
To ensure she never shows love for anyone, she takes a job in the complaints desk of a department store in New York City, processing returns of "Cauliflower Child Dolls" for irate customers.
[3] Blockbuster gave the series 2 and a half stars in their Guide to Movies and Videos, stating that it "has its moments, the best of which are [Catherine] O'Hara's.