The opening monologue of the 1970s cult children's live-action television show that aired on CHCH-TV in Ontario. The show has been revived by Critical Mass Releasing Inc. and can be seen at 7 am every morning on Space.
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@johnbradford678711 жыл бұрын
I edited this opening HHOF (not Hockey Hall Of Fame...) in 1971. Took us over 24 hours because it was long before digital, just shortly after razor and marker. We had 34 frames of lightening to re-edit and try to simulate live time electrical storm action. I did go home for a shower and then returned to finish it. Vincent Price, to this day four decades later stands as my all-time greatest influence and absolutely favourite actor.
@downhome7500 Жыл бұрын
That's unbelievable. I remember watching this show a lot as a kid and obviously, it left a lasting impression. I'm glad there's people like you still around today that can give insight to stuff like this. To me, it's invaluable. Thank you!
@RoddThunderheart Жыл бұрын
Hockey Hall Of Fame!! 😂😂😂
@elichilton70319 ай бұрын
Outstanding. Thank you for your service sir!
@davidstair96579 ай бұрын
Vincent looks off to the side like he’s looking past us. Used to scare the crap out of me… the whole show!! My first memories was watching this at 6 am…
@gregorybennett21096 жыл бұрын
John Bradford, who worked on the show, remembers working with Vincent: “Of the hundreds of celebrities I’ve met in the biz, Vincent Price will always be my favourite, as a result of this show. We shot about four hundred bits with him over a four day session. He accepted the gig because he loved kids and saw the innovation in this vehicle. He allegedly worked for around $13,000 in total when that was commonly his daily appearance rate. He would read the script to himself, put his head down for a few seconds and do a single take read on-camera. Next! At one point the crew was exausted by his pace and he suddenly disappeared. Everyone thought he MUST have gone to collapse somewhere. He had hailed a cab, gone to the local beer store and brought a couple of two-fours into the station. We all sat cross-legged in the studio and listened to his stories of Hollywood and Cecil B. DeMille. The next break we took, he had his picture taken with each crew member in the make-up room. One of the guys blew them up to 8x10’s that night and he wrote a personal note to each of us on it. Mine still hangs proudly in my office.” - John Bradford, 1998
@philt57825 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@aai36615 жыл бұрын
Vincent was originally the handsome leading man type until he become the king of horror. Always liked him.
@aai36615 жыл бұрын
@Projekt:Kobra sounds to me like about the best way to spend an evening there is.
@amylouava51345 жыл бұрын
That's so awesome you had a chance to meet him! I would have freaked out! Amazing ! I wish I had something signed by him!
@nullentry60325 жыл бұрын
this makes me cry
@jaretmane8 жыл бұрын
I used to wake up at 5am every saturday to watch this. It scared the absolute crap out of me, especially the librarian. But i loved it.
@lilchicklets6 жыл бұрын
OMG!!!! The Librarian scared me so much!!!
@ChesttRockkwell6 жыл бұрын
Jaret Wood aw me too man! Now it’s not on anywhere!
@NaneelQueenOfDarknes5 жыл бұрын
Love this show the librarian and grizelda were two of my favorites, i loved the librarian and his storys always found him facinating, never scary. I even named my cat Horrendous Horrificus after the librarians cat.
@JaybayJay5 жыл бұрын
I'd like to say this scared us, but our room was just off the living room so they'd be watching horror movies and we 3 were all around the same age, so my mom called us Huey, Lewy and Dewy cuz were always peeking, watching from inside the room. Salem's Lot was funny to us, Jaws we rooted for the shark. Only 2 things scared me. Ninja's cause nobody saw them coming. The Fog didn't scare me when I saw it, but I started living with my aunt down the country road and would walk down it every evening by myself and the huge farm light shone but once I hit the tree line I would run my little ass off being only like 7 all the way to her house and every time Fog hit I ran that much faster.
@bashafacin5 жыл бұрын
me too lol
@deanp7899 Жыл бұрын
one of the best shows on Saturday mornings back in the day
@johnbradford678711 жыл бұрын
Oh and yes we re-edited the hour long series into half-hour for the NYC market. the NYC Police sent a thankyou letter because the Wolfman bit and Igor singing took the druggies off the streets for half an hour at 4:30 daily. True!
@cheaplaffsarefree2 жыл бұрын
Fifty years later and there's still no one else who could have done this.
@annesaturley31817 жыл бұрын
I was unreasonably happy when I realized I could see this on the Net!
@frightensteinvinyl7667 жыл бұрын
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein is coming out on vinyl this fall! Follow @Frightensteinvinyl on Instagram or visit Frightensteinvinyl.com for more details!
@jimnahirniak48164 жыл бұрын
Where?
@davidspratt84648 жыл бұрын
Yep, Land of the lost.....H.R. Pufnstuf, Story Theatre, the original Spiderman and Hilarious House of Frightenstein! I grew up in a time when shows didn't sell toys through the show, they where wacky, insane, on a budget and magic......R.I.P Billy!
@richartrod7 жыл бұрын
Classic Vincent Price. I noticed he keeps his eyes wide open without blinking. I loved how he turns the last word "Frightenstein" from a frightened tone to a devilish laugh. This aired in the early 1970's on KCOP (now My13) in Los Angeles when I was in pre-school. I always liked the Wolfman segments where Igor and the Wolfman green-screen danced to the current pop songs of the day.
@Ukeepthelies84715 жыл бұрын
The show was put together in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It was broadcast in about 1972, on a Hamilton, Ontario, Canada station! I watched it in Western NY. Outside of Buffalo, NY, as a kid. Loved it. God bless the late Billy Van!
@eyecomeinpeace27073 жыл бұрын
@@Ukeepthelies8471 Hi there. Yes I loved this show as a kid in the seventies myself. In later years, it was not uncommon to see Billy Van walking around downtown Toronto venues and bars. One time me and my buddies were walking down Sherbourne St--- a divey area back then and spotted Billy Van on the street going to a pub. We called him out and he gave us double peace signs.
@aai36615 жыл бұрын
Legend has it that during the months these episodes filmed the cast stayed in a rented house together and it was a massive drunkest. It's 1970-71 with a bunch of actors and comedians all working together.
@mrfoltz15 жыл бұрын
Usually a lot of programs I watched as a child I don't find funny now, but I still find a lot of this show amusing.. I wish they would bring these out on DVD..... Thanks for posting these...
@ollieox9181Ай бұрын
The Librarian always made me laugh.
@magentarose611 жыл бұрын
I had no idea this went beyond Hamilton, Ontario. That's great.
@sinbad7995 жыл бұрын
I remembered watching this show when I was a child. The one thing I remembered it was on WNEW TV 5 NY, and it was a half an hour, and it had a laugh track. Does anyone else remember?
@jerseyoldschool5 жыл бұрын
sinbad799 It came on at 4:30 in the afternoon, right after Bugs Bunny, if I remember right. 1974-1975.
@sinbad7995 жыл бұрын
@@jerseyoldschool that is correct
@adamtuck11 жыл бұрын
I would rush home from school so I could get back in time to watch the whole episode every day.
@lonewolf59775 жыл бұрын
I grew up on this, great memories!! Halloween was never so cool!!
@BuriedFlame6 жыл бұрын
Favourite character was Dr. Julius Sumner-Miller. Kids show and here he is explaining advanced university-level physics concepts.
@ZEST12316 жыл бұрын
This show certainly had a grip on all of us who were lucky to be there when it originally aired. Now, thanks to you, I can rekindle fond memories of so many great characters that Billy Van did. So entertaining, so frightfully good. Thanks again for making these available in the here and now !!!! Watched it on CHCH T.V. 11 Hamilton, Ontario Best regards :)
@dannyhorvath772810 жыл бұрын
This is DEFINITLY the Prime Example of a Show, if Produced Within The U.S., it Would Have Shy Rocketed!! But, Came From Canadian and the Hammer City Of Hamilton From the Local Station Of CHCH!! FANTASTIC!!
@finster196815 жыл бұрын
I agree debauchery. Vincent Price was a caring and humble man, nothing like most Hollywood high profile actors today. I miss him and his work. I'm glad I found this, it brought back great memories. And to think this opening, made by such a good guy, used to scare the hell out of me as a little kid!!
@hatchetmouth82112 ай бұрын
I'll bet Vincent Price wouldn't have forced his politics on his fans, and told those who he disagreed with to kill themselves the way most posh, spoiled brat stars do today.
@finster19682 ай бұрын
@@hatchetmouth8211 - Agreed
@jsilence4188 жыл бұрын
Talented guy Billy Van ,if he had been American he would have been a star I think .
@eyecomeinpeace27073 жыл бұрын
As a Canadian he was a star in Canada.
@oswaldmosley61793 ай бұрын
I would get up at 5 or 6 in the morning back in the early 80's to see this and other shows from before I was born. Love this stuff and I miss those days.
@darkdefender111111 жыл бұрын
Wow talk about bringing me back 35 plus years ago...
@MsThumper7214 жыл бұрын
I have been racking my brain for years trying to remember the name of this show i am so glad i found it!!! It was on in the US when i was a kid in the late 70's early 80's!!!! I loved this show sooo much!!
@deadat4510 жыл бұрын
Luv'd seeing Vincent and his rhymes each and every morning (o.0) Awesome show! Luv the little green vamp as well!
@SexyAngel7914 жыл бұрын
So loved this show when I was a kid.I feel so old now LOL.My favorite out of all of them is I have 2 favorites 1st is Grizelda my all time favorite witch.She's so funny and second is the Wolfman.Miss this show so much.
@melissaanderson8212 жыл бұрын
Back in the days.. 😆 love that show
@ptboat6711 жыл бұрын
This played in San Diego County in 1974 or 75. I used to love to watch it.
@ac2leung15 жыл бұрын
This was such a good show. And brings back so much memories. It's been over 25 years since I watched this show. Another classic much like G.I. Joe and Transformers. They should do a show like this again. But then again, nobody will be like Billy Van. He was the best. Portraying 10 characters to perfection. Just awesome stuff. He should've been on SNL or something. I guess perhaps who could follow in his footsteps are people like Mike Myers, Will Farrel, Ben Stiller, etc.
@perrycourtis9193 жыл бұрын
I grew up with this song as a young 10 year old my favourite was the Wolfman I watched him Faithfully to hear the latest songs the top songs of the day a lot of good memories as a child
@lohphat13 жыл бұрын
Wow. I found it here after all these years. This show started my love for food coloring and dry ice.
@9Breakz11 жыл бұрын
This series was and is my favorite as a child. Now, I have the boxed set, to re-live the excitement.
@eyecomeinpeace27073 жыл бұрын
Great memories. Thanks for posting. Every episode I had always hoped that "The Count" would revive the monster and see him get up off his gurney.
@kozseluham13 жыл бұрын
Very kitschy show but definitely unique and I've come to appreciate it more and more as the years go by and watch it it re-runs Billy Van playing 8 characters is true genius .....
@matthewreese806414 жыл бұрын
This used to be on at 4p.m. weekdays in the U.S. I watched it all the time.Anything with Vincent Price rules!
@MsThumper7213 жыл бұрын
One of my best childhood memories is waking up extra early to watch this show!!!
@gopherindian4 жыл бұрын
Great show as a kid back in the 70's. I remember catching this show on Channel 38 in Boston (75/76 era). You could only catch it on school days off or vacations, because It would be on around 8:30 - 9:00, after main morning cartoons. I'll have to scan through episodes to confirm, but I can recall in many episodes, that the professor would do a segment explaining about different about small animals, and after the segment, Igor would ask his master if he could keep it. And a loud thunderous clap would echo, and Igor would come back all sad, telling the professor he couldn't. And who could ever forget the Wolfman dancing on the screen to the songs he played.
@zapfogldorf10 жыл бұрын
Favorite show from my childhood. It was on right before Spiderman & his Amazing Friends which was also cool... but not as cool as this. Loved it!
@danielstrain48576 жыл бұрын
Grisly goons from every tomb, are closing in to seal your doom...
@ArmyJames3 жыл бұрын
It was both terrifying and hilarious at the same time!
@transmoongoddess14 жыл бұрын
Watch it in buffalo ,it seems like a dream it was so long ago.thank you to all you who made it work.
@Nunavuter12 жыл бұрын
Fans of Vintage Toronto are enjoying this clip.
@glitter-lk5dz Жыл бұрын
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you for sharing this!
@electronmusicjunkie12 жыл бұрын
I saw this show once on CH17 WPHL back in the summer of 1974. Then when CH61 Wilmington,DE came on the air in July of 86, they aired it aswell.
@tora60414 жыл бұрын
Love and have always loved this show!!!!
@holyfreakinshit Жыл бұрын
Grew up watching the reruns on Show Case back in the 90's. I remember that they used to play the Wolfman dance sequences before they were removed for the various copyrights over the songs. My favourite sketches was without a doubt Grizelda The Ghastly Gourmet
@revcc111 күн бұрын
A shoutout to Billy Van. There is actually a small Billy Van museum in my Hamilton east end community with props from this show.
@SpookyHelder13 жыл бұрын
@groucho195315 жыл бұрын
Hoo, I was lucky I got all the shows on ol VHS! Bobby was great loved Dr. Pet Vet and the librarian.
@ollieox9181Ай бұрын
To this day, I have no idea how a small TV station out of Hamilton, Ont. ever managed to get Vincent Price - a very substantial movie star - to work on this show. It was made on, like, a $10 budget. They made the best of it. Billy Van was brilliant.
@wearealljustclowns5 жыл бұрын
Here I am getting older this was my very first TV show I was allowed to watch when I was about 3 years old now it's 2018 learned all about what this world's about and how to Enlighten myself and I can actually think some of the creativity of this show for opening my mind
@vestaxwax11 жыл бұрын
this show was next level. billy van was a genius too few people were able to enjoy.
@josephrocco29544 жыл бұрын
I can't believe that this is on yt. I remembered this from my childhood in the NYC market. The title and opening narration became a sort of personal urban legend for me. It really was a show!
@marycelano119810 жыл бұрын
How could you not remember this show? Even Your Parents remember it.
@jjobie11 жыл бұрын
Yeah I recalled seeing this on TV in the NYC area...it was the line "perhaps the count will find a way to make his monster work today" that sent me searching for wtf this show was...weird that it's the only thing I remember...
@PoGirlShines6 жыл бұрын
I remember this show. Very strange. Met Vincent Price many years ago when he spoke at our college.
@electricland17 жыл бұрын
Bobby Van played the numerous characters. The show was shot in Hamilton,Canada. Vincent Price did all his work in a few short days.
@sylvietremblay6848 жыл бұрын
OMG....t his was my favourite growing up. Loved it!
@ion-shivs5 жыл бұрын
I away thought how unsettling it was that the camera panned from right to left over the scene leading up to the castle. Such a simple thing, and obviously intentional just to add to the weirdness of it all.
@mayjaembleton872710 жыл бұрын
I remember this show! I used to love it!
@jjobie11 жыл бұрын
He's reading the dialogue from a teleprompter...my childhood illusions are shattered :P
@muzzledox115 жыл бұрын
All of Vincent Price's segments were shot in one day. Then edited through the all the episodes. CHCH was also the place where The Red Green Show started, and thy were funding partners to the early SCTV years
@williamallen9678 жыл бұрын
This show rocked,, glad to get devsShowed it to 12 yr old son, he loved it, just like I didCFPL TV London On and CHCH in HamiltonShot me back almost 40 yearsWish they made shows like this now, Billy Van was a genius
@davidallanjones17 жыл бұрын
I loved this show! It payed to be Canadian kid back then.
@rpmcmurphy2143 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this in the U.S. circa 1974 or so. My favorite was Grizelda.
@chud1able11 жыл бұрын
a great actor, watched his movies and i enjoyed them. he has that voice that is excellent for all movies. Charlie Muller Jr
@JohnnyCharger19687 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories !
@Jethromcsheepherder8 жыл бұрын
thanks for posting this part of my childhood.
@gymer1517 жыл бұрын
I watched this on canadian t v when I was a kid living in niagara falls n.y.
@Jethromcsheepherder8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this part of my childhood.
@kendrawoz55Ай бұрын
This was soooo good!!
@sepnimby248710 жыл бұрын
Best kids show ever!
@nikkibox7 жыл бұрын
It took me awhile to find this.I used to watch this ,after school, when it was in syndication more than 40 years ago.
@frightensteinvinyl7667 жыл бұрын
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein is coming out on vinyl this fall! Follow @Frightensteinvinyl on Instagram or visit Frightensteinvinyl.com for more details!
@clayscustoms20502 жыл бұрын
Dear God I wish I knew about this show back in the day
@nightdanger70076 жыл бұрын
Q: Why didn't Vincent Price win the award for decorative hedge trimming? A: He never made it out of Scissorhands! *Buh dum ts*... RIP Vincent, you charming, charming devil. Your Nocturnal comrade: Michael "The Stranger"
@Ukeepthelies84715 жыл бұрын
WOR TV in the 70s and 80s, ran this too. WOR was NYC!
@toycoon10 жыл бұрын
I wonder if John Landis referenced this for Michael Jackson's "Thriller"?
@shawnmalone97115 жыл бұрын
You know he did.
@Simply_Sadie4 жыл бұрын
Hm! Now that you mention it... It seems like a ripoff of this
@Jiltedin200711 жыл бұрын
This came on the air in Los Angeles for only one year in 1975 on KCOP Channel 13.
@thebrideoffrankenstein24156 жыл бұрын
I woke up early to watch this as a kid😎
@electronmusicjunkie11 жыл бұрын
It was syndicated here in the US. It was even on NYC tv too.
@edwardbliss89318 ай бұрын
This show introduced me to Sly Stone and Three Dog Night as an 8 year old
@xeokym2239 жыл бұрын
Man this show used to scare the fuck out of me as a kid.
@danhenry81635 жыл бұрын
He bursts out laughing just as he says "count frightenstein" because he just realized what he said " welcome to where the sun won't shine" meaning somebody's asshole.😄😆
@mikesilva3868 Жыл бұрын
Never heard of this show ❤
@ringrope16 жыл бұрын
It's sooooo sweet that the Space Channel is airing these old episodes here in Canada. Even if it is just to fill the Canadian content quota.
@Caine7ify Жыл бұрын
Even though he was a horror icon, Price must have been a stand up guy
@CelesteK14 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I never get up early enough to actually watch this. :)
@johnpulaski6725 Жыл бұрын
The entire budget for the show must've just gone towards Vincent Price to do the intro!👍🤣🇺🇸🙏
@BuriedFlameАй бұрын
I have read Price did the gig for the payday. And most of the show was improv so not much writing.
@markanthony32752 ай бұрын
I always laugh remembering the time Igor reminded the count that he was owed 600 years of back pay.
@magentarose611 жыл бұрын
Yay, the Hammer.
@corssecurity15 жыл бұрын
Welcome to where the sun WONT shine.
@YaleDoggolino9 жыл бұрын
Best show growing up
@johnnytastetest14 жыл бұрын
I used to watch this as a kid...in fear. I knew at the time that the show was called The HILARIOUS House of Frigtenstein, but I would just watch with wide eyes and an expressionless face, since all of the 60's and 70's pop culture references went over my head, and I didn't find anything scary about the witch, or The Librarian, or....well, any of it.
@Jiltedin200715 жыл бұрын
I remembered when it came to Los Angeles Television back in 1975.
@chrisgreene24054 жыл бұрын
AT age six this was the word awesome
@pspboy713 жыл бұрын
I used to wake up early to watch this show hehe, my mom thought I was weird, but you can't change things you can't change hehe.
@Ilostmyfob3 жыл бұрын
He didn't BLINK once.
@blueschewy255813 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this on WSNS in Chicago.
@Hymnia15 жыл бұрын
I still watch it on Space at 3am when I cannot sleep :D Like I did this morning :D
@victorhernandez872310 жыл бұрын
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness brought me here.
@EpicMickey7779 жыл бұрын
Chris Simpson and me.
@nerdicwarrior9 жыл бұрын
Josh Virgin Same with me.
@MrBahBZ5 жыл бұрын
Please stop posting about the vloggers who "brought" you somewhere. It just makes you their spam bitch.