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The Hilarious House Of Frightenstein
''The Hilarious House of Frightenstein'' is a Canadian children's television series, which was produced by Hamilton, Ontario's independent station CHCH-TV in 1971."Fit and 40: CHCH Channel 11 was built on one man's dream, big-name movies and Tiny Talents". ''Toronto Star'', August 14, 1994. It was syndicated both in Canada and internationally,Vincent Terrace, ''Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials, Volume 2''. VNR AG, 1985. . p. 193. and occasionally still appears in some television markets. In Canada, the series has not aired on broadcast TV for several years, but is available on streaming service Crave. It is available on the free streaming service Tubi (2021). A quirky sketch comedy series that included some educational content amid its zany humour, the show's cast included Billy Van, Fishka Rais, Guy Big, Mitch Markowitz, Vincent Price, and Julius Sumner Miller. Van played most of the characters on the show. All 130 episodes were made in a nine-month span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Barris
Ted Barris (born July 12, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian writer, journalist, professor and broadcaster. He writes a weekly column, "The Barris Beat", and is a regular contributor to '' The Globe and Mail'' and the ''National Post''. His non-fiction works focus on Canada's military heritage. Barris has authored 18 books. Early years Barris was born in Toronto in 1949; his father, Alex Barris was a well-known Canadian author and broadcaster, and inspired his son's career in writing and broadcasting. In grade school, he wanted to become a writer with his first research for a term paper, "The Causes of the War of 1812", leading to his elementary school teacher (Mike Malott) encouraging him. Barris became interested in history and historical writing, a genre that would dominate his later writing career. Writing career While attending high school, Barris began his writing career. He contributed stories on school activities to the neighbourhood weekly, the ''Agincourt Mirror ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy House Of Frightenstein
''Happy House of Frightenstein'' is a Canadian animated television series for preschoolers, which premiered in 2021. A reboot of the 1970s children's series ''The Hilarious House of Frightenstein'', the series focuses on the childhood adventures of five of the original show's main characters as children. The voice cast includes Luke Dietz as Count Jr., Nendia Lewars as Wolfie (the Wolfman), Addison Chou as Grizz (Grizelda), Brandon St. Bernard as Iggy (Igor), and Anthony Sardinha as Gronk. The series was produced by Headspinner Productions, and broadcast by Family Jr. The series received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for Best Pre-School Program or Series, Best Writing, Animation (Ken Cuperus and Sandy Jobin-Bevans for "Hide and Go Eek") and Best Original Music, Animation ( Peter Chapman for "Wolfie's Last Howl"). The series won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing, Animation.Brent Furdyk"2022 Canadian Screen Award Nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |