Welcome to yet another episode of the Obscure Cartoon Spotlight, the nearly hot thread series that talks about cartoons that time forgot... somewhat. Just when you thought Halloween ended this year, you thought wrong. There's just one more scary cartoon I want to cover before things come back to normal.
If you are a Fox Kids specialist, you're in for a treat this week. I think it's about time that we covered yet another rare cartoon series, the Spotlight this week goes to... Toonsylvania!
Toonsylvania was a horror-comedy cartoon series that first aired on the Fox Kids block back in 1998 and lasted 2 seasons with 19 half-hour episodes. The series did have repeats on Fox Kids and Fox Family until 2000, when nearly all the better 1990s Fox Kids series stopped airing. Proud Creators: Bill Kopp and Jeff DeGrandis. Executive Directors: Bill Kopp and Steven Spielberg.
Toonsylvania mainly follows the misadventures of Dr. Vic Frankenstein (voice actor: David Warner), his genius assistant Igor (portrayed by Wayne Knight), and their not-so-smart Frankenstein-type monster Phil (done by Brad Garrett). The series itself is loosely inspired upon the Frankenstein story, with some extra characters and segments thrown in for great measure (like previous Spielburg cartoons like Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs for example). Sadly however, Toonsylvania didn't have as wide a variety of characters and segments like the previous Spielberg toons did, nearly every episode of the series had the same segments.
The segments (or whatever segments Toonsylvania had):
Night of the Living Fred- A comedic segment that revolved around a family of zombies called the Deadmans. A B-horror movie parody would air instead of Night of the Living Fred at times.
Igor's Science Minute- In this short segment, Igor comes in and gives a science lesson, may it be a musical or well-spoken piece of advice, it always ends in a disaster.
Melissa Screech's Morbid Morals- The segment where Igor punishes Phil for doing something wrong by reading a tale about a bratty young gal by the name of Melissa Screech (played by Nancy Cartwright). She doesn't heed the warnings of adults (especially her mother) and gets punished for it, one way or another.
The Melissa Screech Show- This segment was only available in season 2 of the series. Whenever Melissa got disappointed with a family member or a friend, she'd return home and veil herself under her bedsheets and pretended to host her own TV show. She also had her transgressor on as a guest and mainly did away with them in an implausible manner.
Fun facts and extras:
Bill Kopp has been more well known for Eek! The Cat, a more well-known Fox Kids cartoon series done back in 1992. Kopp was also responsible for Shnookums and Meat for Disney back in 1993, and Mad Jack the Pirate for Fox Kids also in 1998.
Toonsylvania was lucky enough to have a VHS release in mid-1999. The VHS contained a variety of episodes and segments from the first season of the series.
Also to prove popularity, Toy Island manufactured action figures based on characters from the series. There was also a Burger King promotion for Toonsylvania as well.
Did I forget to mention that Toonsylvania also had a Game Boy Color game? The game was released and published by UbiSoft back in 2000.
Not very many links to these cartoons (as always), here's Toonsylvania's Wikipedia Article to make up for the loss.
I hope you guys enjoyed this nostalgia trip, I'll be back next Sunday with another forgotten animated series that you may remember. Don't forget to comment and vote on how you liked the series as well. Until the next Sunday comes, have fun!
This was requested by rabroad member nicoli9000.
If you are a Fox Kids specialist, you're in for a treat this week. I think it's about time that we covered yet another rare cartoon series, the Spotlight this week goes to... Toonsylvania!
Toonsylvania was a horror-comedy cartoon series that first aired on the Fox Kids block back in 1998 and lasted 2 seasons with 19 half-hour episodes. The series did have repeats on Fox Kids and Fox Family until 2000, when nearly all the better 1990s Fox Kids series stopped airing. Proud Creators: Bill Kopp and Jeff DeGrandis. Executive Directors: Bill Kopp and Steven Spielberg.
Toonsylvania mainly follows the misadventures of Dr. Vic Frankenstein (voice actor: David Warner), his genius assistant Igor (portrayed by Wayne Knight), and their not-so-smart Frankenstein-type monster Phil (done by Brad Garrett). The series itself is loosely inspired upon the Frankenstein story, with some extra characters and segments thrown in for great measure (like previous Spielburg cartoons like Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs for example). Sadly however, Toonsylvania didn't have as wide a variety of characters and segments like the previous Spielberg toons did, nearly every episode of the series had the same segments.
The segments (or whatever segments Toonsylvania had):
Night of the Living Fred- A comedic segment that revolved around a family of zombies called the Deadmans. A B-horror movie parody would air instead of Night of the Living Fred at times.
Igor's Science Minute- In this short segment, Igor comes in and gives a science lesson, may it be a musical or well-spoken piece of advice, it always ends in a disaster.
Melissa Screech's Morbid Morals- The segment where Igor punishes Phil for doing something wrong by reading a tale about a bratty young gal by the name of Melissa Screech (played by Nancy Cartwright). She doesn't heed the warnings of adults (especially her mother) and gets punished for it, one way or another.
The Melissa Screech Show- This segment was only available in season 2 of the series. Whenever Melissa got disappointed with a family member or a friend, she'd return home and veil herself under her bedsheets and pretended to host her own TV show. She also had her transgressor on as a guest and mainly did away with them in an implausible manner.
Fun facts and extras:
Bill Kopp has been more well known for Eek! The Cat, a more well-known Fox Kids cartoon series done back in 1992. Kopp was also responsible for Shnookums and Meat for Disney back in 1993, and Mad Jack the Pirate for Fox Kids also in 1998.
Toonsylvania was lucky enough to have a VHS release in mid-1999. The VHS contained a variety of episodes and segments from the first season of the series.
Also to prove popularity, Toy Island manufactured action figures based on characters from the series. There was also a Burger King promotion for Toonsylvania as well.
Did I forget to mention that Toonsylvania also had a Game Boy Color game? The game was released and published by UbiSoft back in 2000.
Not very many links to these cartoons (as always), here's Toonsylvania's Wikipedia Article to make up for the loss.
I hope you guys enjoyed this nostalgia trip, I'll be back next Sunday with another forgotten animated series that you may remember. Don't forget to comment and vote on how you liked the series as well. Until the next Sunday comes, have fun!
This was requested by rabroad member nicoli9000.
