Gravedale High
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Gravedale High was an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series premiered in the fall of 1990 on NBC and lasted thirteen episodes, under the title of Rick Moranis in Gravedale High.
The show was developed as an animated vehicle for Rick Moranis, who had star appearances in the Ghostbusters movies and the popular film Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. Currently, the show has developed something of a cult following.
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[edit] Storyline
The show revolved around the misadventures of human teacher Max Schneider, who had unwittingly taken a job at Gravedale High, a school for monsters built inside an old cemetery. Schneider, the only human in the school, presided over a group of ghoulish teenagers that were latest-generation versions of classic movie monsters. These included resident vampire and all-around cool dude Vinnie Stoker, mischievous Frankentyke (reminiscent of Frankenstein's monster), nerdy werewolf Reggie Moonshroud, ghost J.P. Ghastly the III, lagoon creature Gill Waterman, tubby mummy Cleofatra, invisible Sid, undead Southern belle Blanche, and the snake-headed Valley girl Duzer. The geeky, bespectacled Mr. Schneider had his hands full with his new students, but he had Gravedale’s spooky staff to help out, who initially did not trust Schneider due to his human status but developed a camaraderie with him as the overall story developed. These included headmistress Ms. Crone, Coach Cadaver, Mr. Tutner, and others.
The show appears to reflect Galaxy High, another popular cartoon with a decided fish-out-of-water premise.
In addition to Moranis, the show boasted a stellar voice cast, including Jonathan Winters, Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Shari Belafonte Harper, and talk show host Ricki Lake. Other longstanding voice actors, such as Howard Morris, Robert Ridgeley (who had voiced both Flash Gordon and Tarzan for Filmation), Frank Welker, Maurice LaMarche and Barry Gordon were featured.
[edit] Cast & Crew
- Directors
Robert Alvarez
Oscar Dufau
Don Lusk
Paul Sommer
Carl Urbano
- Rick Moranis .... Max Schneider (voice)
- Charles Adler .... (voice)
- Lewis Arquette .... (voice)
- Shari Belafonte .... Blanche (voice)
- Susan Blu .... (voice)
- Sorrell Booke .... (voice)
- Eileen Brennan .... Miss Dirge (voice)
- Georgia Brown .... Crone (voice)
- Pat Buttram .... (voice)
- Ruth Buzzi .... (voice)
- Hamilton Camp .... (voice)
- Tim Curry .... Mr. Tutner (voice)
- Dena Dietrich .... (voice)
- Joan Gerber .... (voice)
- Barry Gordon .... Reggie Moonshroud (voice)
- Sandra Gould .... Miss Webner (voice)
- Jackie Earle Haley .... Gill Waterman (voice)
- Phil Hartman .... (voice)
- Ricki Lake .... Cleofatra (voice)
- Maurice LaMarche .... Sid (voice)
- Mitzi McCall .... (voice)
- Edie McClurg .... (voice)
- Tom McHugh .... (voice)
- Howard Morris .... (voice)
- Brock Peters .... Boneyard (voice)
- Robert Ridgely .... (voice)
- Kimmy Robertson .... Medusa ("Duzer") (voice)
- Roger Rose .... Vinnie Stoker (voice)
- Richard Sanders .... (voice)
- Russi Taylor .... (voice)
- B.J. Ward .... (voice)
- Frank Welker .... Frankentyke/J.P. Ghastly (voice)
- Jonathan Winters .... Coach Cadaver (voice)
- William Woodson .... (voice)
- Produced by
Robert Dranko .... producer
William Hanna .... executive producer
Joseph Barbera .... executive producer
David Kirschner .... executive producer
Paul Sabella .... executive producer
- Original Music by
Richard Kosinski (uncredited)
William Levine (uncredited)
- Film Editing by
Pat Foley
Gil Iverson
Tim Iverson
- Art Department
Dell Barras .... storyboard artist
Michael V. Bennett .... storyboard artist
Cullen Blaine .... storyboard artist
Rich Chidlaw .... storyboard artist
Pierre DeCelles .... storyboard artist (as Pierre Decelles)
Curt Geda .... storyboard artist
- Casting by
Kris Zimmerman
- Other crew
Ernie Contreras .... story editor
Glenn Leopold .... story editor
Rick Schneider .... character designer
Jamie Thomason .... talent coordinator
Kris Zimmerman .... voice director
Mario Williams .... paste up
Jesus Rodriguez .... character designer (as Jesus Rodgriguez)
Joanna Romersa .... animation director
Allen Wilzbach .... animation director
Joan Drake .... animation director
[edit] Episodes
- 1 Long Days Guerny Into Night
- 2 Do The Rad Thing
- 3 Cleo's Pen Pal
- 4 Monster Gumbo
- 5 The Dress Up Mess Up
- 6 The Grave Intruder
- 7 Fear Of Flying
- 8 He Ain't Scary, He's My Brother
- 9 Frankenjockey
- 10 Save Our School
- 11 Night Of The Living Dad
- 12 Good-Bye Gravedale
- 13 Monster On Trial
