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Subject: count ducula Sat May 17, 2008 7:06 pm
Ducks have always been popular cartoon figures, and Count Ducula is no exception! This superfunny cartoonseries from the late eighties is one of my favourites!!! the series parodise Count Dracula in a genious but more importantly... hilarious way! Igor, the butler in the series, is my favourite character!
Wikipedia sais...
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Count Duckula is a British animated television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall, and a spin-off from DangerMouse, a show in which an evil version of the Count Duckula character was a recurring villain. The series first aired on September 6, 1988 and was produced by Thames Television. In all, 65 episodes were made, each about 22 minutes long. The complete first season was released on DVD in the UK on July 17, 2006. On March 26, 2007 the second series was released in the UK and the third series was released on September 3, 2007 in the UK, so all 65 episodes have been officially released there.
The show is a loose parody of the story of Count Dracula. Set in Transylvania, Duckula lives in a spooky castle known as Castle Duckula, alongside his butler Igor, and his large nanny (always referred to as "Nanny" and perpetually wearing an arm sling). Almost all of the characters in the show are (anthropomorphised) birds.
Plot The story (as shown in the title sequence each episode) is that Duckula has been active as a vampire for centuries. He could only be destroyed by exposure to sunlight or by a wooden stake thrust through his heart. In fact, Duckula has died numerous deaths — but he always returns through a mystic ritual, performed once a century, "when the moon is in the eighth house of "Aquarius"-N.J (The opening credits depict Igor's incantation as such). However, a theme explored through several episodes is that each resurrection creates a new incarnation with little to no memory of its past life; thus, every incarnation is free to develop its own personality and pursue its own personal interests (somewhat similar to the regenerations of Doctor Who, not to be confused as the Doctor actually has memory of his past lives) The vampire is thus able to pose as a "dreadful dynasty" of the Counts of Duckula. The various preceding generations included knights, sorcerers, scientists, artists and even professional gamblers, all of whom were also secretly "vicious vampire ducks".
But, as the title sequence put it, "the latest reincarnation did not run according to plan." The successful conclusion of the ritual requires blood, the source of sustenance for any vampire, but his servants accidentally substituted tomato ketchup. Consequently, the newest version is not a blood-sucking vampire, but a vegetarian one. He is more interested in juicy carrots, rather than hunting for victims. Naturally, Igor is appalled at this. Even worse, his "new" master is obsessed with pursuing wealth and fame as an entertainer.
The show often centres around Duckula's adventures in search of riches and fame, assisted by the castle's ability to teleport around the world. Another regular part of the story is Igor and his attempts to turn Duckula into a proper vampire. Some episodes feature Duckula's nemesis Doctor Von Goosewing (based on Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, the nemesis of Dracula), a vampire hunter who blindly refuses to believe the current incarnation of Duckula is harmless. Still others feature a whole array of bizarre, often supernatural foes, from zombies to mechanical werewolves. The show also featured a cuckoo clock whose bat-like characters would come out and make jokes about the current situation; the clock is also a vital part of the castle's travelling mechanism, and even has the ability to turn back time.
Voices: Count Duckula - David Jason Igor - Jack May Nanny - Brian Trueman Dr Von Goosewing - Jimmy Hibbert Various - Ruby Wax Narrator - Barry Clayton
there was also a computergame, based upon episode ''no sax please'' that I played like mad as a child on my Atari pc!!! It was a luperlame platformgame, like most actiongames in those times, but I loved it!!!
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Subject: Re: count ducula Sat May 17, 2008 8:23 pm
Sat May 17, 2008 7:06 pm
It was a luperlame platformgame, like most actiongames in those times, but I loved it!!! 
