Bump in the Night (TV series)

"Destructo" redirects here. For the DJ and producer, see Gary Richards (music executive).
Bump in the Night
Created by Ken Pontac
David Bleiman
Starring Jim Cummings
Jennifer Darling (7 episodes and 1 special)
E. G. Daily (2 episodes)
Rob Paulsen
Anndi McAfee (8 episodes)
Gail Matthius (24 episodes and 1 special)
Scott McAfee (10 episodes)
Jeff Bennett (3 episodes)
April Winchell (2 episodes)
Janice Kawaye (3 episodes)
Danny Mann (1 episode and 1 special)
Gilbert Gottfried (1 episode)
Valery Pappas (6 episodes and 1 special)
Mary McDonald Lewis (4 episodes)
Brad Garrett (1 episode)
Cheech Marin (1 special)
Cathy Moriarty (1 special)
Narrated by Jim Cummings (The Night of the Living Bread and Loss of Face)
Gail Matthius (Mr. Bumpy's storybook episodes)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 40 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time 7 minutes
11 minutes
10 minuutes (I Dream of Silverfish only)
8 minutes (Story Problems only)
Various
Release
Original network ABC
Original release September 10, 1994 – December 9, 1995

Bump in the Night is an American animated series by Danger Productions (later co-produced and distributed by DIC Entertainment) that was filmed using stop-motion animation and aired on ABC from 1994 to 1995. It was created and directed by Ken Pontac and David Bleiman. The series was then broadcast on Toon Disney from 1998 to 2001.

Synopsis

Mr. Bumpy is a small green, purple-warted monster living under the bed of a ten-year-old boy, where he eats dirty socks and dust bunnies as if they were delicacies. His best friends are Squishington, a blue monster that lived in the bathroom's toilet tank; and Molly Coddle, a Frankenstein's monster-like rag doll belonging to the boy's sister who acts as the straight man to the other's crazy antics.

Other characters include Destructo, the boy's toy robot who sees himself as a cop and persecutes Mr. Bumpy for his actions. There's also the Closet Monster, who's made up of the boy's pile of clothes and chases after Mr. Bumpy.

Structure

The show was traditionally split into two major parts per half hour (occasionally dedicating a full half hour per show, or sometimes splitting into three parts), and usually if not always had a music video at the end of the episode, starring the three main characters and any minor characters involved in the episode. This musical montage would take clips from the episode itself and reiterate the life lessons learned in the episode.

Cast

Episodes

Christmas special

"Twas the Night Before Bumpy" was a Christmas special that aired in 1995.

Awards

Releases

Bump in the Night had several video releases all of which are out of print. In 2007, a DVD was released that contained seven episodes and various "Karaoke Cafe" segments.[1] In April 2010, Shout! Factory released Bump In The Night: The Complete Series on DVD.[2]

VHS

  • Molly
  • Squishington
  • Mr. Bumpy
  • Tales From Under the Bed
  • The Hubbish About Rubbish
  • Hocus-Pocus, Pranks and Play
  • Monsters on a Mission
  • Dreams and Dilemmas
  • Night of the Living Bread
  • Mr. Bumpy's Karaoke Cafe
  • 'Twas The Night Before Bumpy (Christmas special, 63 minutes. Originally split into 3 episodes)

DVD

On February 16, 2016, Mill Creek Entertainment will re-release Bump in the Night- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.[3] The 2-disc set will contain all 26 episodes of the series as well as the Christmas special 'Twas the Night Before Bumpy'.

References

  1. ↑ Shout Factory! forums
  2. ↑ Latchem, John (February 26, 2010). "Shout! Factory Maxing Out". Home Media Magazine. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  3. ↑ 'The Complete Series' Returns to DVD in 2016...IN STORES!

External links

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