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Digging too deep into Gravedale High – The Origin of “Monster Schools”
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In the video Digging too deep into Gravedale High – The Origin of “Monster Schools”, Bob and Doug McKenzie are a duo of strange Canadian siblings who are responsible for “Great White North”, a ad lib skit which was featured on SCTV – second city television for the show’s most liked season when it braodcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Channel in 1980. Bob’s character is performed by the funny Rick Moranis and Doug’s character is played by comic Dave Thomas. Although made originally as filler to both follow guidelines and make fun of annoying Canadian content legislation, the brothers turned into a pop culture hit in both Canada and the US. The McKenzie siblings soon became the focus of a hit comedy album, The Great White North, in 1981.
An overly analytical review of the 1990 Rick Moranis led cartoon series Gravedale High and a greater retrospective on the cliché of monsters going to school. This video is for entertainment purposes and is not meant to speak poorly on anyone who was involved in producing Gravedale High nor any other work discussed there in.
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Honorable mention would be Galaxy High from 1986, which was actually more like weird aliens
There was a show in 1987 called mini monsters that has a close correlation to Gravedale high. You could say that it was a prequel show. Like the teen counterparts in gravedale high, there were kid versions of Dracula, Mummy, invisible man, and werwolf, and a lagoon creature just like gravedale high had.
Other characters were Frankenstein, a witch, and a magician.
I believe J.P Ghastly was a Ghoul.
There's this one line from the episode where the school is going to be shut down, where Reggie points out how unfair it is to force monsters to live according to human standards. The girls could use more personality, I do like the moment in 'The Dress Up Mess Up' where Cleo is leading the class on what to get Mr. Schneider, and I think it would be fine for someone her age to be romantically interested in her. I feel like Duzer could work as someone who is really passionate about her interests and her craft. I do like the moment in Blanche's episode where she admits she doesn't like being bossy, but she's doing it for the business, and I wish they did more with her. Reggie's mostly just the nerd, but I like 'Monster on Trial' and how guilty he feels about the accident, and I understand what it's like to be a nervous driver. It was weird how they kept using the word 'b*mbo' but I also remember one of the earlier TMNT episodes having Rocksteady calling April the word. I do agree that certain characters should’ve either been given more to do, or just removed entirely. I actually like Gil's episode where Kahuna Bob tells him to stay in school, and how he's not portrayed as this fame-hungry evil mentor, but encourages Gil to stay in school. I like that they show some sympathy for Kahuna Bob as a high-school dropout who was taken advantage of by the industry. I'm gonna be blunt I forgot about Sid, and I mostly hated him when he was onscreen, with his obnoxious jokes and impressions. JP's really only the Peter Lorre reference and if you watch enough Scooby Doo you're bound to find a few. I kinda wish this got a reboot, to better flesh out the characters, beyond the high-school cliches they represent.
Ten minutes in and I’m wondering if you’ve ever read the original Dracula? Bram Stoker’s Dracula originally had a little connection to wolves and could turn into something like one himself. I’ve always thought that Reggie and Vinnie being BFFs was a nod to that.
The only problem is that Dr. Frankenstein NEVER gave his creation a name.
Gravedale High had a similar concept to Tiny Toon Adventures, being that both shows took place in a high school and featured teenage toons based on the Golden Age of Hollywood (movie monsters for Gravedale High, theatrical cartoon stars for Tiny Toons). Both shows came out in 1990 and featured the talents of voice acting legends Frank Welker and Maurice LaMarche. In the end, Tiny Toons won the duel, as it lasted a total of ninety-eight episodes over the course of three seasons (it probably helped that it was a spin-off of Looney Tunes, Warner Bros.' most iconic intellectual property), whereas Gravedale High only lasted thirteen episodes over the course of one season.
Any one else love monster high then Barbie.
The only shared monster universe I recognise. Universal should have just adapted this.
Your video isn't going to please anyone who actually grew up on this show…like I did. Take the woke ass 2022 crap elsewhere this is just a silly old animated show for kids.
Being from Africa does not make you automatically Black, that's actually insensitive on its own. Modern Egyptians are not Black, they are Arabs. And ancient Egyptians had different skin colors but if Cleofatra is based on the actual Cleopatra, Cleopatra was Greek. Is weird to think that you're automatically Black just because you were born somewhere in Africa. Is like thinking that Elon Musk should be Black.
I vaguely remember Rick doing interviews/publicity for this back when it debuted.
Ian JQ even said he would do a ghoul school tv show if they let him do it. I see potental in the concept
This was such a fun little show, I actually enjoyed Gravedale High when it aired, plus that theme song was catchy as hell. Wish they would digitally remaster it and not only that bring it out on DVD/Blu-ray and all streaming platforms too. Shame that it ended on a cliffhanger. It should have a new season after.
19:31 I can't help but wonder if the Cleofatra thing would've aged better if it was spelled with a ph and it was only pronounced "fat" if the other character was being mean or mispronouncing it (you could've had Cleo having to shout "It's PAR-TRA, not FAT-TRA!" a whole bunch)
They had full on happy meal toys?!!
Hey I love video essays! Keep it up man
I just spent 35 mins watching an indepth video about a cartoon from 30 years ago that Ive never watched or heard of before!
Neat video!!!