Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House

Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House

NR 1991 · 1 season · 7 eps · ★ 7.3 · Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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Kurt Vonnegut, the author of a collection of short stories called "Welcome to the Monkey House", hosts a series that displays dramatizations of several of his short stories. The anthology series aired on Showtime network from 1991 to 1993. The first three stories were produced as a television pilot in British Columbia, Canada, and broadcast together from 9:00–10:30pm on May 12, 1991. The later four were filmed and produced in New Zealand in 1992, as a co-production with South Pacific Pictures.

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Network: Showtime

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