Toonsylvania
| Toonsylvania | |
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| Genre | Cartoon series |
| Created by |
Bill Kopp Chris Otsuki |
| Written by |
Bill Kopp Mike Peters Karl Teorge Chris Otsuki Vinny Montello Steve Ochs Martin Olson |
| Directed by | Jeff DeGrandis |
| Starring |
David Warner Wayne Knight Brad Garrett |
| Voices of |
Nancy Cartwright Matt Frewer Jess Harnell Jonathan Harris Tom Kenny Valery Pappas Paul Rugg Kath Soucie Billy West |
| Theme music composer | Julie Bernstein Steven Bernstein Paul Rugg |
| Composer(s) |
Michael Tavera John Paul Given Christopher Klatman Thom Sharp |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Bill Kopp Steven Spielberg |
| Producer(s) | Jeff DeGrandis |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | DreamWorks Animation |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Picture format | 1:33.1 |
| Audio format | Dolby |
| Original release | February 7, 1998 – January 18, 1999 |
Toonsylvania is an animated television series, which ran for two seasons in 1998 on the Fox Kids Network block (usually placed in a block called "The No Yell Motel" that contained other scary kids shows such as Goosebumps and Eerie, Indiana) in its first season, then was moved to Monday afternoons from September 14, 1998 until January 18, 1999, when it was cancelled. It was executive produced in part by Steven Spielberg, as the first DreamWorks' animated series. The show had recurring cartoon series that appeared in each episode. Unlike Animaniacs, Toonsylvania didn't have a wide range of characters and almost every episode had the same cartoon segments.
A typical episode of Toonsylvania starts with a cartoon series called "Frankenstein" (a parody of Mary Shelley's novel of the same name), about the adventures of Dr. Frankenstein (voiced by David Warner), his assistant Igor (voiced by Wayne Knight) who always sets out to prove that he's an genius like his master, and their dim-witted Frankenstein Monster known as Phil (voiced by Brad Garrett). Before the second cartoon, there is an animated vignette where Igor is on the couch with Phil and tries to fix the TV remote, but in every episode there's a new problem with it (a running gag akin to the couch gags seen on The Simpsons).
After that, there is a cartoon series called "Night of the Living Fred", about a family of zombies. This segment was created by cartoonist Mike Peters. Sometimes, a parody of a B-list horror movie would air instead of a "Night of the Living Fred" cartoon.
After that is a short segment called "Igor's Science Minute", where Igor gives a science lesson (be it a musical piece or a spoken piece) that always ends in disaster.
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