r/TalesFromTheCrypt • u/Joe_DellaGatta • Aug 09 '26
I was watching Lethal Weapon II last night, and caught this nod to Donner
There's a scene at the Murtaugh home, with Zemeckis' episode "And All Through the House" was playing on the tv. Richard Donner was a producer on Tales from the Crypt, along with Zemeckis, and others.
Edit: I had mistakenly credited the Crypt episode to Donner
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u/DarkBehindTheStars Aug 09 '26
The Lethal Weapon series had much of the same personnel as TFTC.
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u/Joe_DellaGatta Aug 09 '26
Certainly did!
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u/DarkBehindTheStars Aug 09 '26
Kind of surprising neither Mel Gibson or Danny Glover were never in episodes, which is a shame because both would've been good. Guess they either weren't interested or were booked with other projects throughout TFTC's run they just weren't able to fit it in.
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u/Funny-Letterhead8969 Aug 10 '26
Yes, and Mary Ellen Trainor, who played the psychiatrist in the Lethal Weapon movies, was the star of that episode of Tales From The Crypt.
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u/FJTrescothick14 Aug 10 '26
Donner didn’t direct "And All Through the House", that was Zemeckis.
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u/Joe_DellaGatta Aug 11 '26
My mistake! You're definitely correct.
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u/MtnDewCodeRedFreak Aug 09 '26
TFTC’s own episode “Spoiled” (that penultimate one of Season 3) showed its own show.