The best part of the show was how, in each episode, the characters would essentially do the same thing over and over and over again with slight variations, after awhile you came to anticipate. In canada, the series has not aired on broadcast tv for several years, but is available on streaming service crave. The original hilarious house of frightenstein was created, written, produced and directed by markowitzs brother, new yorkborn tv and theater. In canada, the series has not aired for several years. Thanks to the magic of dvd and these 9 wonderful episodes fans of the show. Original episodes the hilarious house of frightenstein. Original episodes the following are original episodes of the hilarious house of frightenstein, as they originally aired, with their original songs. It was syndicated to television stations across canada and the united states and occasionally still appears today in some television markets. Click here for an episode which includes a short feature about the series. This nonprofit tribute site is the definitive resource for frightenstein. The hilarious house of frightenstein dvd for sale online. The hilarious house of frightenstein was a fantastic and bizarre canadian kids show from the early 70s.
Each episode followed the counts efforts to revive brucie with the assistance of igor rais, an overweight and incompetent assistant, and a three. Sadly billy van passed away in 2003 and canadians lost a very talented and underappreciated comedic talent. The hilarious house of frightenstein is coming back. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of hilarious house of frightenstein with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. If you were a child of the 70s, with a hankering for horror creatures and comedy sketches and lucky enough to live in just the right part of the country, there was a special treat for you on syndicated television the hilarious house of frightenstein. Featuring all the popular creatures of the day and night, the horror spoof was more funny than frightful, endearing millions of youngsters during its run. The hilarious house of frightenstein with its opening and closing segments from the legendary vincent price and outrageous comedy from billy van was pure genius. The house of frightenstein is also the set for a number of tv segments, including grizelda the ghastly gourmet a witch, the horoscopespewing oracle, an ancient poetry reading librarian, dr. The man played by billy van is an old curmudgeon who haunts the castle library a dark place full of antiquated volumes and dust and cobwebs by the kilo.
It was syndicated both in canada and internationally, and occasionally still appears in some television markets. Fun sewing hilarious a clean house is the sign of hanes tagless tee tshirt. The hilarious house of frightenstein with billy van. Hilarious house of frightenstein full episode youtube. The hilarious house of frightenstein a 70s kids show starring billy van and vincent price. Kids have always loved television shows and movies featuring monsters. For decades, the hilarious house of frightenstein would play again and again, via. One of the coolest things about growing up as a kid in ontario, canada during the late seventies and early eighties was being able to catch episodes of a now little known television show called the hilarious house of frightenstein. Good news for fans of 1970s canadian comedy the hilarious house of frightenstein is being primed for a comeback. The hilarious house of frightenstein is a canadian childrens television series, which was produced by hamilton, ontarios independent station chchtv in 1971. Pet vet apparently another favourite of little wendy, and the wolfman, to name a few.
Vincent price, billy van, julius sumner miller, fishka rais, guy big, joe torbay, mitch markowitz, billy van. The scary and silly adventures of a mad vampire scientist and his monster friends. The discussion was closed on 04 december 2011 with a consensus to merge. The official facebook page of the number one frightenstein fansite. Hilarious house of frightensteinreturn totransylvania pt. The hilarious house of frightenstein was a canadian childrens television series produced by hamilton, ontarios independent station chchtv in 1971. Crave watch hbo, showtime and starz movies and tv shows. For fan discussion, show memories, frightenstein finds, and. Very hard set to find just in time for halloween the hilarious house of frightenstein is a canadian childrens television series, which was. Episode recap the hilarious house of frightenstein on. The hilarious house of frightenstein comes to vinyl this fall. The hilarious house of frightenstein tv series 1971 imdb. Its contents were merged into the hilarious house of frightenstein. Vincent price in the hilarious house of frightenstein by mrprice07.
With billy van, guy big, mitch markowitz, joe torbay. It was recently announced that the young production company have just acquired the rights to the spooky and hilarious television show. Within the librarian sketch which is a show staple, appearing in every episode, the mock horror element of the hilarious house of frightenstein reaches its pinnacle. Omg, i used to see episodes of this on tv here in canada when i was a little younger. All episodes, which were also syndicated throughout the united states, were made in a ninemonth span starting in 1971. The hilarious house of frightenstein tv series the. Watch the hilarious house of frightenstein season 1, episode episode. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history. Although each episode was nominally structured around the basic narrative premise of count frightensteins efforts to revive brucie j. Tv hilarious house of frightenstein complete episodes hhof. The hilarious house of frightenstein cast, crew and. Contains parodies of the french chef with grizeldaand wolfman jack, with a real wolfman djcontains educational bits too with dr. Hilarious house of frightenstein volume 1, rare 3dvd box set, episodes 1971. With the deal in the bag, headspinner productions now owns the rights to all episodes, all licensing and merchandising.
Not widely known outside of its home and native land though it was syndicated and broadcast in chopped up, shorter versions through a scant few american. It was produced for canadian tv in 1971 and it starred billy van. Watch the hilarious house of frightenstein episodes, get episode information, recaps and. The hilarious house of frightenstein episodes tv series 1971. A dark gothic castle which, as a child i assumed really existed full of strange characters. Popular videos the hilarious house of frightenstein. The cult comedy series about a hasbeen vampire scientist who is trying to revive his monster brucie.
The hilarious house of frightenstein discography discogs. All episodes of frightenstein were originally produced in hamilton, ontario in 1971. The hilarious house of frightenstein was a childrens television series produced in canada at chch, channel 11 in hamilton, ontario. The hilarious house of frightenstein season 1 episode 1.
The hilarious house of frightenstein dvd planet store. The hilarious house of frightenstein billy van 1971. For those fortunate enough to live in new york during the 1970s, there was a particularly cool show called the hilarious house of frightenstein. Welcome to the worlds biggest website devoted to the brilliant canadian tv show of the 70s, the hilarious house of frightenstein, starring billy van, billy van, billy van, etc. Had no clue what it was, but as soon as i saw clips of the green colored guy and count frightenstein memories instantly raced back to my mind hilarious. The hilarious house of frightenstein i cant believe that halloween is just one day away. The hilarious house of frightenstein season 1 imdb. Igor fribhtenstein, the narrator episodes, fishka rais ready or not minicount episodes, mitch markowitz the hilarious house of frightenstein was and still is just that, hilarious. Hilarious house of frightenstein 1971 cinemassacre. The hilarious house of frightenstein tv series imdb. The hilarious house of frightenstein warehouse find. Hilarious house of frightenstein cast and characters tv. Bully van was great loved all the makeup and characters. The hilarious house of frightenstein tv series 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Find great deals on ebay for hilarious house of frightenstein and hilarious house of frightenstein dvd. The recently released dvds contain all of billy vans genius, but some of the music has been altered for rights purposes. The hilarious house of frightenstein episode guide. The series was conceived by riff markowitz, a new yorkborn producer who grew up in toronto. In all, episodes were produced for this daily kids show. Headspinner to recharge frightenstein kid classic kidscreen.
The hilarious house of frightenstein is a 60 minute childrencomedyfamilyhorror starring billy van as count frightenstein, bwana clyde, gorilla, grizelda, librarian, maharishi, oracle, pet vet, wolfman, fishka rais as igor and vincent price as himself. John woo says lupita nyongo no longer attached to the killer remake, talks faceoff reboot, chimes in on superhero movie debate 16 november 2019 deadline. Hilarious house of frightenstein episode 1 youtube. Tv hilarious house of frightenstein complete episodes. A quirky sketch comedy series that included some educational content amid its zany humour, the shows cast included billy van, fishka rais. Created by and starring billy van, this canadianproduced, lowbudget horror spoof offered 60minute episodes that were equal parts gothic. The hilarious house of frightenstein long island 70s kid. For the first time ever the hilarious house of frightenstein will be coming out on vinyl with all of your favorite segments from the original show. The show is a canadian childrens television series, which was produced by. This quirky sketch comedy series was focused on count frightenstein van, the thirteenth son of count dracula who was exiled to castle frightenstein in frankenstone, canada for failing to revive brucie j. Hilarious house of frightenstein ep01 by debasenima. Before you know it, well be right smack dab in the middle of november, thinking about just how busy the next couple of months will be as we make preparations for christmas, hanukkah, kwanzaa, and for those of you living in the united states, thanksgiving.
The hilarious house of frightenstein tv series cast. In fact, billy van played most of the characters on the hilarious house of frightenstein. The hilarious house of frightenstein is a canadian childrens television series, which was produced by hamilton, ontarios independent station chch tv in 1971. The scary and silly goingson at a mad scientist vampires homelab. The hilarious house of frightenstein season 1 episode 1 this quirky sketch comedy series was focused on count frightenstein van, the thirteenth son of count dracula who was exiled to castle frightenstein in frankenstone, canada for failing to revive brucie j. See more ideas about hilarious, silk screen t shirts and classic sci fi movies. According to kidscreen, a newly formed production company called headspinner has. The librarian was played by torontoborn actorcomedian billy van. The hilarious house of frightenstein home facebook. The hilarious house of frightenstein episode 50 by mr. The hilarious house of frightenstein will rise again. Watch full episodes of hilarious house of frightenstein and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. The librarian, the count, grizelda the ghastly gourment, bwana clyde batty, dr.
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