Count Duckula
('ere... you watch it, saucy.)
(the great "Who might you be?" scene
from the 1st episode) 2 min. long
British, cartoon spin-off
of Danger Mouse about a vegetarian, Transylvanian Duck, his
butler Igor and his nanny…Nanny. Aired on
Nickelodeon from 1988-1993. Ran for 65 episodes. A
different style than Danger Mouse, less ‘silly’, more
predictable humor w/a
sitcom-like pacing. Often very funny, quite original, and
terrific voice acting; especially Brian Trueman as Nanny who can
make any
sentence into classic comedy. Another great Cosgrove-Hall
toon.
MAIN CHARACTERS:
Count Duckula (Master Duckula, Duckieboos) (Obsessed w/getting
into show biz, loves broccoli, hates blood)
Igor (Grave, loyal butler of the Duckula dynasty who wishes his
master was more evil)
Nanny (No-witted nanny. “I’ll get it”, she
said as she crashed through yet another door)
The Crow Bros. (3 thieves who often try to sneak into Castle
Duckula, and usually ends up failing)
Dr. Von Goosewing (Persistent yet unsuccessful, wampire-hunter)
THEME SONG:
(OPENING)
“Castle Duckula… Home to many a dreadful dynasty
of vicious vampire ducks, the Counts of Duckula.
Legend has it that these foul beings can be destroyed by a stake
through the heart or exposure to sunlight.
This does not suffice, however; for they may be brought back to
life, by means of a secret rite that can
be performed once a century, when the moon is in the eighth house
of Aquarius…”
Igor – “… bats wing, blood.”
Nanny – “I’ll get it.”
“The latest reincarnation did not run according to
plan.”
In the heart of Transylvania, in the vampire hall of fang-ya,
there’s not a vampire zanier than DUCKULA.
He won’t bite beast or man, cause he’s a vegetarian and
things never run to plan for DUCKULA.
If you’re looking for some fun, you can always count upon
the wild and wacky one they call DUCKULA
(hehe, ‘Count’ Duckula)
(CLOSING)
If you’re feeling (ahhh) or you’re a little…,
maybe you’ve run into DUCKULA.
If your knees go (knock) or your teeth go (chatter) maybe
you’ve bumped into DUCKULA.
He flies through the night, looking for a bite, but he’s
back here by daylight. DUCKULA.
If you’re sort of… or you’re a little (cuckoo),
it’s certain you’ve run into DUCKULA.
If your heart goes (oompa oompa) or your mind goes (crazy),
‘man’ you’ve had a brush w/DUCKULA.
So, watch out for the…, beware of the… and pray you
never meet w/DUCKULA.
EPISODE GUIDE:
Series 1
No Sax Please. We're Egyptian, Vampire Vacation, One Stormy
Night, Transylvanian Homesick Blues
Restoration Comedy, Mutinous Penguins, Dr. Von Goosewing's
Invisible Ray, Down Under Duckula
All in a Fog, Castle Duckula: Open to the Public, The Ghost of
McCastle McDuckula, Igor's Busy Day
Autoduck, The Vampire Strikes Back, Hardluck Hotel, The
Hunchbudgie of Notre Dame, Dear Diary
Rent a Butler, Jungle Duck, Mobile Home, A Fright at the Opera,
Dr. Goosewing and Mr. Duck
Town Hall Terrors, Sawdust Ring, Duck and the Broccoli Stalk,
Family Reunion
Series
2
Ghostly Gold, Ducknapped!, The Lost Valley, Incredible Shrinking
Duck, Hi-Duck, Prime-Time Duck
Bloodsucking Fruit Bats of the Lower Amazon, Count & the
Pauper: I ain’t Gonna Work on Maggots Farm
No More, In Arctic Circles, Transylvanian Take-Away, Who Dunnit?,
No Yaks, Please. We’re Tibetan
Beau Duckula, Mississippi Duck, Amnesiac Duck, Mysteries of the
Wax Museum
Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Meets
Frankenduckula's Monster and the Wolfman
and the Intergalactic Cabbage, Lost City of Atlantis, Bad Luck
Duck
Series
3
Private Beak, Astro Duck, Unreal Estate, Bombay Duck, There are
Werewolves at the Bottom of My Garden
Duck Ahoy, The Great Ductective, Dead Eye Duck, The Show Must Go
On, A Christmas Quacker
The Rest is History, O.O. Duck, Mystery Cruise
Series
4
Alps-A-Daisy, Prince Duckula, A Mountie Always Gets His Duck, The
Zombie Awakes
Around the World in a Total Daze, Manhattan Duck, Venice - A Duck
Not a Duck
SOME CREDITS:
Voices: David Jason (Count Duckula)
Jack May
(Igor)
Brian
Trueman (Nanny)
Jimmy Hibbert
(von Goosewing)
Barry Clayton
(Narrator)
Additional voices: Ruby Wax
Vocals: Doreen Edwards, Mike Harding
Original music: Mike Harding
Animation: Stephen Thomas, Malcolm Mcgookin, Meryl Edge, Andy Wilson, Paul
Greenall, Karen Heywood, Jennie Langley
Animation director: Jean Flynn
Associate producer: Chris Randall
Executive producer – John Hambley
Directed by Chris Randall
Produced by Mark Hall and Brian Cosgrove
VIDEO INFO:
Never released in the US, 25 Duckula episodes were released on 25
separate PAL videos in the UK.
Most are out-of-print and distributed by Thames (1988):
THE GREAT DUCKTECTIVE, A FRIGHT AT THE OPERA, HUNCHBUDGIE OF
NOTRE DAME
DR. GOOSEWING & MR. DUCK, DEAR DIARY, THE VAMPIRE STRIKES
BACK, HARDLUCK HOTEL
ONE STORMY NIGHT , MUTINOUS PENGUINS, NO SAX PLEASE. WE'RE
EGYPTIAN, BEAU DUCKULA
THE RETURN OF THE CURSE…, THE LOST VALLEY, MYSTERIES OF THE
WAX MUSEUM
PRIME TIME DUCK, DUCKNAPPED, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING DUCK,
GHOSTLY GOLD
BLOODSUCKING FRUITBATS OF THE LOWER AMAZON, TRANSYLVANIAN
HOMESICK BLUES
MOBILE HOME, AUTODUCK, RENT A BUTLER, ALL IN A FOG, RESTORATION
COMEDY
Danger Mouse
(Danger Mouse vocal mix)
Danger Mouse, the animated
tales of the greatest secret agent in the world, was a long
running British production. DM and his
sidekick, Penfold, would battle the evil forces of Baron Silas
Greenback. Smart, witty, silly, corny, punny, and with
great voice
acting by David Jason and co. Danger Mouse started airing
on Nick around 1983 and continued until the early 90s.
Episodes were
either 10 or 20 min. long. (When Nick would air the 20 min.
episodes, they would have them in two, 10 min. parts.) DM airs
occasionally on Nickelodeon in other countries (Australia, UK) so
why not bring it back over in the US? Ran for 89 episodes.
MAIN CHARACTERS:
Danger Mouse (An eye patch and no pants, he continuously
saves the world)
Ernest Penfold (DM’s hamster sidekick. Oh ‘eck,
oh crumbs…)
Colonel K. (Head of the agency, gives DM his assignments)
Baron Silas Greenback (Frog bent on world domination)
Nero (Greenback’s white, fluffy, caterpillar pet)
Stiletto (Greenback’s right-hand man, either from Italy or
the Bronx, depending on which series)
THEME SONG:
(OPENING) He’s the greatest. He’s
fantastic. Wherever there is danger he’ll be there.
He’s the ace. He’s amazing. He’s the
strongest, he’s the greatest, he’s the best!
Danger Mouse… Danger Mouse!… Danger Mouse!!!
(CLOSING) He’s the greatest. He’s
fantastic. Wherever there is danger he’ll be there.
He’s the ace. He’s amazing. He’s the
strongest, he’s the greatest, he’s the best!
Danger Mouse… He's terrific. He's
magnific. He's the greatest secret agent in the world
Danger Mouse, power house. He's the fastest, he's the greatest,
he's the best!
Danger Mouse… Danger Mouse!… Danger Mouse!!!
EPISODE GUIDE:
Series 1 (10 min. each)
Rogue Robots, Who Stole the Bagpipes?, Trouble With Ghosts, The
Chicken Run, The Martian Misfit
The Dream Machine, Lord of the Bungle, Die Laughing, The World of
Machines, Ice Station Camel
The Plague of Pyramids
Series 2 (20 min. each)
Custard, Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind, The Duel, The Day
of the Suds
The Bad Luck Eye of the Little Yellow God, The Four Tasks of
Danger Mouse
Series
3 (20 min. each)
The Invasion of Colonel 'K’, Danger Mouse Saves the World
... Again, The Odd Ball Runaround
The Strange Case of the Ghost Bus, Trip to America
Series 4 (20 min. each)
The Wild, Wild Goose Chase, The Return of Count Duckula, Demons
Aren't Dull, 150 Million Years Lost
The Planet of the Cats, 4 Heads Are Better than 2, Tower of
Terror, The Great Bone Idol, Public Enemy No. 1
Series
5 (10 min. each)
Long Lost Crown Affair, By George It's a Dragon, Tiptoe through
the Penfolds, Project Moon
The Next Ice Age Begins at Midnight, The Aliens are Coming,
Remote-Controlled Chaos
The Man From Gadget, Tampering With Time Tickles, Nero Power
Series 6 (10 min. each)
Once Upon a Time Slip, Viva Danger Mouse, Play it Again Wufgang,
Hear Hear, Multiplication Fable
The Spy Who Stayed in With a Cold, It's All White White Wonder,
The Hickory Dickory Dock Dilemma
What a Three-Point Turn-Up for the Book, Quark! Quark!, 'Alping
is Snow Easy Matter, `Aaargh! Spiders!
One of Our Stately Homes is Missing, Afternoon Off - With the
Fangboner
Beware of Mexicans Delivering Milk, Cat-Astrophe, The Good the
Bad and the Motionless, Statues
The Clock Strikes Back!, `Ee! Tea!, Bandits Beans and Ballyhoo!,
Have You Fled Any Good Books Lately?
Tut Tut it's Not Pharaoh, Lost Found & Spellbound, Penfold
B.F., Mechanized Mayhem
Journey to the Earth’s... `Cor
Series 7 (20 min. each)
Danger Mouse on the Orient Express, The Ultra Secret Secret,
Duckula Meets Frankenstoat
Where there's a Well there's a Way, All Fall Down, Turn of the
Tide
Series 8 (10 min. each)
Gremlin Alert, Cor! What a Picture
Series 9
CREDITS:
Voices: David Jason (Danger Mouse (“The white wonder”),
Narrator (“London…”), Colonel K., Nero)
Terry Scott (Penfold ("Crumbs", "Oh, 'eck")
Edward Kelsey (Baron Silas Greenback)
Brian Trueman (Stiletto ("Eh Baroni")
Written by Brian Trueman and Mike Harding
Music by Mike Harding
Music Production: Ritchie Close
Directed by Brian Coscrove
Produced by Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall
Animators: Malcolm Mcgookin, George Jackson, Robert Newman, Garry
Owen, Tony Garth, Stephen Thomas, Jean Flynn
Backgrounds: Malcolm Turner, Andy Roper, Diane Wren
Paint and Trace: Bob Burrows, Phillip McMylor, Roy Huckerby,
Monica McCartney, Lorraine Thomas, Andrew Wilson
Barbra Alcock, Judy Ringrose, Joan Storey, Simon White
Camera: Frank Hardie, Wendie Harie, Peter Kidd
Editing: Nigel Rutter, Nibs Senior, Stephen Perry
Assistant Director: Jean Flynn
VIDEO INFO:
21 episodes were released on 5 videos in the US. They are
out-of-print. Distributed by Thorn EMI.
1 – TVF2673 - Custard, Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind,
The Bad Luck Eye…, Trouble with Ghosts
2 – TVF2851 - Who Stole the Bagpipes, The Odd Ball Run
Around, The Return of Count Duckula, Public Enemy
3 – TVF3030 - The Dream Machine, The Four Tasks of Danger
Mouse, The Chicken Run, The Planet of the Cats
4 – TVF3246 - Danger Mouse Rides Again, Die Laughing, The
Day of the Suds, 150 Million Years Lost, Rogue Robots
5 – TVF3513 - Lord of the Bungle, The Invasion of Colonel
K., Tower of Terror, Ice Station Camel
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics
Excellent, Japanese-animated interpretations of classic Grimm’s tales. 1988.
THEME SONG:
Hey come along and join the fun. It's the time for fairy tales.
Magical kingdoms in the sun, come along, come along.
Meet friendly elves and witches too, in the world of fairy tales.
Enchanted castles wait for you, come along, come along...
to where life is a fantasy and every story ends so happily.
This is the place where dreams come true. A world of fairy tales
for you
EPISODE GUIDE:
frog prince, puss n boots, the golden goose, the marriage of mrs fox, bearskin, snow white, snow white and rose red, the coat of many colors, king grizzle beard, little red riding hood, the spirit in the bottle, worn out dancing shoes, traveling musicians of bremen, brave little tailor, old sultan, man of iron, water of life, beauty and the beast
mother holle, hansel and gretal, magic heart, six who went far, briar rose (sleeping beauty), brother and sister, the wren and the bear, hare and the hedgehog, cinderella
the old woman in the weeds, six swans, rumplestilskin, faithful watchman, four skillful brothers, the wolf and the fox, rapunzel, the naughty spirit, the six swans, jorinde and joringle
CREDITS:
Executive Producer – Haim Saban
Directors – Tom Wyner and Kerrigan Mahan
Music by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy
Music Supervisor – Andrew Dimitroff
Producer of animation – Takaji Matsudo
Nippon Animation
Saban Entertainment