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this is based off a goosebumps episode

posted 15 years ago by Sfondi
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some time ago, i saw a goosebumps episode, with the same name, "click" it also had to do with a person having a universal remote, and he abused it. but at the end he got stuck in darkness. anyone?

[–] Furie89 15 years ago

It must of been a Goosebumps 2000 series because I never read a book about a remote control.

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[–] crash20015 14 years ago

Don't believe R.L Stine had a Goosebumps titled book "Click", nor do I remember reading one from the original series that had this premise.

[–] CyberFD 15 years ago

I saw it I don't remember it being called "click" but I know he tried to turn his friend off with the power button and ended up stuck in darkness forever...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6kBVZQZlrM

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[–] kingcarcas 15 years ago

I'm sure the idea has been around for a while, i thought i was the first one as a kid to think about it.....

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[–] gdengun 15 years ago

I am certain that this is based on a 1982 Benny Hill sketch.
You can hear the theme tune when Morty takes him the "menu section" of the remote, paying their homage to Mr. Hill.

[–] ss5mmyers 14 years ago

That particular episode wasn't based on one of Stine's books. In that case, the remote came back to bite him because the kid didn't use it for good like he should have, not sure if this one would have done the same thing.

[–] bfaikey 14 years ago

I'm going to settle this debate right now. The episode was not based off a book, but a short story in Tales to Give You Goosebumps (ISBN ISBN 0-590-62836-4). You can find a listing of all of the short stories in this book on the following wikipedia page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Goosebumps_books

Here's another site referencing its publication and summarizing the episode.

http://goosebumps.wikia.com/wiki/Click

Think that should be enough to settle it once and for all.

[–] wunderdunder 14 years ago

Actually everything everyone has mentioned is loosely based on a short story about a boy who is given a ball of magic thread.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/5567116/The-Magic-Thread

They added the remote to make it more modern. It's from The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett.

[–] simian_ninja 14 years ago

I'm fairly sure that this is a rip off of a Paul Jennings short story in the late 80's/early 90's.
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[–] Desertman84 13 years ago

This movie wasn't really original in concept but it was great done.
It was more than just an Adam Sandler film.

[–] smerd_70 9 years ago

Not saying this is the first, but, an Amazing Stories episode titled Remote Control Man:

An unhappy and frustrated husband with a nagging wife and an incorrigible son finally finds solace in his new TV set that "comes alive" with the use of a magic remote control.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0511113/combined

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