Jim Pappas

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Mayhem starts when a gang of bikers is accused of a sadistic rape in a small town.

A group of travelers descends on The Park to witness one last Firefall. They come from different backgrounds and walks of life, but their paths will crash together in hilarious ways, as a film crew document (Mockuments) their crazy antics. The characters comprised of: Scottish "Free" Climbers, a disgraced outdoor survival television host and his nephew, a former welter-weight bodybuilding champion who's let himself go, a dysfunctional family in denial, Park Rangers, a hiding hippie who has been living in The Park for years, and a Mutant Bear will experience amazing, terrifying and hilarious situations as they discover their true character and values on their way to the final Firefall.

The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-year-old boy and a loving young woman.

The owner of an after-hours bar dreams of opening a legitimate establishment.

Paul Steward, editor of a scientific journal, considers his life to be an empty failure. Awake one morning after a sleepless night, he comes to a decision: this evening he will take a rifle and shoot and kill his wife, their three children and then himself.

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Mayhem starts when a gang of bikers is accused of a sadistic rape in a small town.