Monday, October 31, 2011

Halloween Canadiana: Hilarious House of Frightenstein

Before D&D, my Saturday mornings consisted of a wonderful, if twisted, children's show called The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.

This show was created in the early 1970s at CHCH TV in Hamilton, Ontario. Basically, right in my backyard.

If you were a Canadian child in the late 70s or early 80s you likely remember this show.

The majority of the characters in the show were voiced by Canadian actor Billy Van - he was quite something and this show speaks to his range and talent.

Here's a 10 minute episode. Having said that, I always like the wolfman radio DJ. So I cut right to his bit in the second video. You can find more on youtube.

Some of it was pretty trippy for kids.

Happy Halloween!!!



2 comments:

  1. Professor Julius Sumner Miller rocks that science so hard it is difficult to quantify the awesomeness!

    Also, Vincent Price rocks in his own inimitable way!

    Happy Halloween!

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  2. Detroit got some Canadian stations, and I remember watching this weekday afternoons after school. Now that I'm out in the Southwest, nobody I know has ever heard of it; it totally slipped my mind that it was from Up North. Thanks for digging that up!

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