All a Clone by the Telephone Tales from the Darkside : Season 1 Episode 11
TV-14 (TV rating) Syndication 30m int(0)
Aired: January 20th, 1985 @ 7:00 PM EST on Syndication
Leon, a hapless TV writer, buys an answering machine that has a mind of its own - it initially helps him out by providing him with new material, but Leon soon finds that it's taking over his life.