Danger Theatre is an American half-hour comedy anthology series for television, produced by Universal Studios and originally aired on the American Fox network in 1993. With two exceptions, each half-hour-long show consisted of two comedy segments, each a spoof of a familiar action/anthology format. The style of the comedy was somewhat similar to that of films like Airplane! and TV shows like Police Squad! Robert Vaughn, most familiar to audiences from his role on The Man from U.N.C.L.E., was the host for each episode, introducing to camera each fifteen-minute segment with mock earnestness. The jokes ranged from humorous or preposterous dialogue to visual gags and slapstick designed to poke fun at the serious dramatic formats being lampooned. Danger Theatre only ran for seven episodes before cancellation, but was syndicated beyond the United States, airing in the United Kingdom on the BBC in 1994.
Danger Theatre (Season 1)
Fatal Distraction (Episode 1)
Air date: 1993-07-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Searcher is called in by a man whose one night fling has turned into an affair the woman will not let him forget.
Lethal Luau (Episode 2)
Air date: 1993-07-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Tropical Punch unit must find a Ninja that is responsible for an try on the life of a Senator whose on a crime committee.
Phantom of Fashion (Episode 3)
Writer: Jack Bernstein
Air date: 1993-07-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A woman is terrorized by another fashion designer whom claims she has stolen his designs. The Searcher finds the designer living beneath the studio in the sewer system.
Aloha, Rich Man, Goodbye (Episode 4)
Writer: Bruce Eric Kaplan
Air date: 1993-07-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Punch unit goes undercover to expose a ""black widow"" who's been killing rich men just because she doesn't like them.
Comes a Searcher (Episode 5)
Air date: 1993-07-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Searcher helps a woman whose bought a ""ghost town"" and plans to make a tourist attraction out of it; however one of the ""ghosts"" is trying to run her out of town.
Vengeance in the Grass (Episode 6)
Air date: 1993-07-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A convict serving three consecutive life sentences escapes and wants revenge on Morgan who sent him up years before.
Go Ahead, Fry Me (Episode 7)
Writer: Bruce Eric Kaplan
Air date: 1993-08-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Searcher is called when a heavy metal star is receiving strange gifts.
An Old Friend For Dinner (Episode 8)
Air date: 1993-08-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A large woman is kidnapped by a copycat human cannibal named ""Meyer the Fryer"" and The Searcher is hired to find her. He goes to an insane asylum to ask ""Andre the Gourmet"" advice on where to find him.
Move My Lips (Episode 9)
Air date: 1993-08-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Searcher must save his boyhood hero, a children's television show host, from being attacked and killed by his ventriloquist dummy.
Dead Stranger in Paradise (Episode 10)
Air date: 1993-08-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Punch Unit chase a ""metal head"" that has killed a courier carrying 10 million dollars in counterfeit money.
Searcher in the Mist (Episode 11)
Air date: 1993-08-22
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Searcher must recapture Cookie, a dangerous orangutan that has been programmed by the government to kill.
sex, lies & decaf (Episode 12)
Air date: 1993-08-22
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The guys are hired buy a couple who want them to return a ring to her previous boyfriend so they can begin their life together and he will stop harassing them.
Seasons
Episodes 12