Count Duckula

Count Duckula is a British animated comedy-drama dark fantasy television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall as a spin-off from Danger Mouse, a series in which the Count Duckula character was a recurring villain. Count Duckula premiered for four series from 6 September 1988 to 16 February 1993, and was produced by Thames Television. In all, 65 episodes were made, each about 22 minutes long, have been released on DVD in the U.K., while only the first series has been released in North America.

This show should not be confused with the short lived 1979 Quackula which was produced by Filmation and appeared as part of their Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle cartoon hour.

History

Count Duckula was created by British studio Cosgrove Hall as a spin-off from Danger Mouse. In 1984 Nickelodeon acquired the rights to Danger Mouse which became a hit for the channel. After a few years the Nickelodeon management came to Cosgrove Hall wishing to co-produce a new series. After being shown a number of ideas, the then head of Nickelodeon, Jenny Lebron, spotted a picture of Count Duckula in Brian Cosgrove's office, and said "that's the one I want". As the series went into production one of the writers suggested he become a vegetarian, which added an even sillier concept to the series.

Count

Count (male) or countess (female) is a title in European countries for a noble of varying status, but historically deemed to convey an approximate rank intermediate between the highest and lowest titles of nobility. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning “companion”, and later “companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor”. The adjective form of the word is "comital". The British and Irish equivalent is an earl (whose wife is a "countess", for lack of an English term). Alternative names for the "count" rank in the nobility structure are used in other countries, such as Graf in Germany and Hakushaku during the Japanese Imperial era.

Definition

In the late Roman Empire, the Latin title comes, meaning (imperial) "companion", denoted the high rank of various courtiers and provincial officials, either military or administrative: before Anthemius became emperor in the West in 467, he was military comes charged with strengthening defenses on the Danube frontier.

Episode

An episode is a coherent narrative unit within a larger dramatic work such as a film or television series. An episode is to a sequence as a chapter is to a book. Most are from 20 to 40 minutes in length.

The word derives from the ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisodion), meaning the material contained between two songs or odes in a Greek tragedy.

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Busy Day

Busy Day is an upcoming American action film written by Robert Toth, and directed and produced by Tamas Nadas. The film stars Attila Arpa,Tom Lister, Jr., Quinton Aaron, Keith Jardine, and Veronica Diaz-Carranza. Tamas Nadas is also the film's executive producer.

Plot

Leo Morello (Attila Arpa), a mild-mannered musician and family man, has his life turned upside down when his former business associate Zeus (Eric Martinez) pulls him back into a life he tried so desperately to forget; an ultimatum leaves him facing former adversaries Johnny Burns (Tom Lister, Jr.) and the Tsar (Keith Jardine).

Cast

Production

Filming commenced early June 2015 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is produced by Tamas Nadas, Zoltan Hodi, Rian Bishop, and Carlo Franco, along with co-producer Thadd Turner.

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