Wednesday, May 26, 2021

MONSTER MASHUPS #58

"Transyvania Mania," an episode of the 1968 TV cartoon, "The Inspector," recycled some jokes from a 1950s Bugs Bunny cartoon but was still pretty good anyway. The Inspector (based on the Clouseau character from the live-action "Pink Panther" series) stumbles across an unnamed vampire who's also playing mad scientist, attempting to find a brain for his Frankensteinian creation. The vampire's  Urg appears to be a commonplace thug, but he makes some remark about his master giving him a brain, so his status as a Franken-stooge makes this a monster-mash cartoon.




MONSTER MASHUPS #57


 


I saw just one episode of MONSTER FARM on Youtube, and it was more than enough. The young human in the center of the above illo inherits a farm occupied by funny-animal versions of classic monsters, including Count Cluckula (a rooster), Cowapatra (a cow-mummy), Dr. Woolly and Mr. Ewe (a sheep with a double identity), Frankenswine (a pig), Zombeef (a bull-zombie), and Goatasaurus Rex, some sort of dragon-critter who's the only one not clearly based on a well-known movie-monster. It's a minor curiosity in being one of many cartoons distributed by Saban, best known as the re-packager of the "Power Rangers" franchise.