THE ENORMOUS RADIO is a TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE episode which is as ridiculous as its title. The viewer is taken to a domestic world in the early 20th century, when a housewife's wireless begins to pick up the the thoughts and conversations between her pickering neighbours. Is this magical device a blessing or a curse?
Viewers will be easily able to guess the result, as this is the kind of fable that TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE liked to play out over and over again. The early 20th century setting isn't very realistic or believable; adding some old-fashioned props and wallpaper does not a historical production make. The acting is routine and as a whole the story was done much better in the PRIVATE CHANNELS episode of THE NEW TWILIGHT ZONE where a kid's magic headphones allowed him to overhear a hijacker planning to take control of the plane he's flying in.