American Reacts to Count Duckula

[@jayjay4spurs]

Voice is David Jason (Del Boy) from only fools and horses

[@TwisterMw]

And the bfg

[@daryl9434]

He also did Danger Mouse for the original series plus its voice over and probably some other characters.

[@andrewmorrice9139]

@@daryl9434 Mr Toad/Chief Wesel from "Wind in the Willows" and Hugo/Interpoll from "Victor & Hugo - Bunglers in Crime."

[@kickstart_1.3]

@@TwisterMw Wiz bang, wiz pop, feel the bubbles go round.

[@paulw6057]

Also Granville from Open All Hours, that's his best role.

[@slashloveruk]

I haven't seen Count Duckula in probably 25+ years but I somehow still remember all the words to the theme.

[@Elementa2006]

18:32 they're basically doing their own take on the Abbot and Costello "Who's on First?" comedy routine.

[@patrick-lt2nv]

Yes, this is the first episode of "Count Duckula". The title is a play on the title of a British play titled "No Sex Please, We're British". So was a later episode of "Duckula" titled "No Yaks Please, We're Tibetan". There's a lot of wordplay in this series, which is why I keep coming back to it again and again. 😂 👍

[@sharonmichelle3147]

I noticed on the credits that Mike Harding wrote the theme tune; He was a singer songwriter/comedian that used be on TV in the 70s/80s. He also wrote the Danger mouse theme.

[@wolfdreamer8113]

As an American I remember watching this show on Nickelodeon in the 1980's

[@dylanwest2648]

Remember watching this on Nickelodeon in the 90s, good times.

[@lynnhamps7183]

My favourite bit about our British cartoons are, that although supposedly aimed at small kids, they always have 'adult' jokes in them so parents get to enjoy them too. Forgot how good Duckula was, thanks for the reminder. :D

[@amarityson7134]

instablaster

[@ballconei4879]

This brought back memories that I'd forgotten I'd had.

[@gilbertsprojects2954]

I used to love this cartoon and danger mouse. David Jason is a talented bloke! 👍🏼

[@smasheduppumpkinette]

Making me feel old watching this. I watched this as a child. I started school in 1988 and remember this being ‘the’ show to watch at that age. I remember a boy in my class called Kevin had a Count Duckula lunch box and he was the envy of everyone.

[@SartorialAF]

I loved Count Duckula, hearing the theme tune made me proper smile this morning!! You should do a reaction to Bucky O'Hare

[@tommyhartman7920]

Haven't seen this for so long, takes me back. Thanks Noah.

[@russ32233]

Was great to see this again. Loved this as a kid

[@Nymphonomicon]

I'm surprised Duckula was able to lift and carry the at least twice-his-size Nanny like she was a sack of potatoes. Must be that vampire strength.

[@Hard-Boiled-Bollock]

I remember watching this as a kid back in the late 80s/early 90s, I loved the theme tune more than anything else. Makes me feel pretty old now :( heh

[@emmahowells8334]

Thx for reacting to my suggestion Noah, it brought back fond memories. Glad you found it fun too.😎👍😂👌

[@neilprice513]

The protagonist to Count Duckula was a character called Dr. Von Goosewing The show Count Duckula is set after Dangermouse, after Dangermouse kills Duckula and is resurrected using Ketchup instead of blood and making Duckula a Good character who is a Vegetarian Vampire. Count Duckula was one of several shows in a sort of odd "shared Universe" that Cosgrove Hall did back in the late 80's to early 90's. These shows were: Dangermouse, Count Duckula and Avenger Penguins

[@Inaflap]

Antagonist.

[@TheYoungDoctor]

Victor & Hugo Bundlers in Crime is also set in the same universe featuring Gaston and Pierre who appeared in five episodes of Count Duckula.

[@neilprice513]

@@Inaflap Sorry crap typist and I wasn't paying attention ;op

[@neilprice513]

@@TheYoungDoctor ah yeah I forgot about that series ;o)

[@happiestaku6646]

Best thing is Count Duckula makes another appearance in Danger Mouse and DM thinks Duckula is still evil like last time yet the two work together after he realises Duckula is a good vampire now.

[@stevo11111]

Used to love the end credits to this. Glad you kept it in.

[@Wesker1984]

Not just the bandits though, the main antagonist is Van Goosewing (obviously based on Van Helsing lol). I loved Duckula (and Dangermouse) as a kid (born 1984).

[@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626]

Hi Noah, Glad you enjoyed the Count. I`ve enjoyed David Jason`s work from the 1960`s onward`s. As I`ve mentioned previously, I 1st encountered him playing Capt.Fantastic in "Do Not Adjust Your Set", the children`s precedent to "Monty Python`s".

[@KnightmareUSA]

The intro voice guy is at the start of the Iron Maiden song Number of the Beast

[@bluetideuk]

I had this very episode on video as a kid.

[@damotoneko1500]

21:28 ... WHAT THE FRICK IS GOOSEWIG DOING THERE?! XD

[@jimwest7107]

Remember watching this in about 1990 at my grandparents when I was ill in bed and had the day off school. I want my 29 years since back lol.

[@smasheduppumpkinette]

Another cartoon suggestion for you Dr Zitbags Transylvanian Pet Shop. A bit obscure and appealed to the same kids that watched Count Duckula. Or obviously as the million other suggestions in the comments ‘Trap Door’ .That was more of a Saturday morning cartoon than an after school cartoon. Pretty sure it was the second last cartoon shown, right before Spiderman. Then the cartoons ended and that strange music chart show came on for the next hour. That was always the saddest part of my Saturdays.

[@stingersplash]

David Jason was Duckula, Danger Mouse and Delboy. So he was basically the man in my childhood. Kushty!

[@DoctorRambo1986]

I was today years old when I found out David Jason was the voice of Count Duckula :O

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

My sister used to have a vhs of count duckula with a button you could press and it lit up and spoke. It was great. We ended up breaking it. We were devastated.

[@vjpearce]

The one thing I loved about this episode is that when the crows fall down from a height, the top crow always takes the longest to hit the ground.

[@RockoOfBolton]

I used to have the commodore game of the show and it was called no sax please we’re Egyptian. Classic, check it out on you tube

[@slayerrocks2]

@taffe316 Chorlton, where I live, was the area of Manchester where Cosgrove and Hall had their studios. They made a great stop-motion animation called Chorlton And The Wheelies, which you should check out.

[@jasejj]

Ah yes, the one where they mucked up the witch's spellbook and put the Star of David in place of the pentangle, causing a minor international spat with the Israeli Government who banned the series lol

[@slayerrocks2]

@@jasejj that's the one.😂

[@georgeowain]

Duckula is sort of set in its own alternate Universe from Dangermouse. Kind of like how it was explained that the original Darkwing Duck was itself set in an alternative one to Ducktales. As for the Bandits, hey did on rare occasions make returns, but the primary antagonist was a Van Helsing character called Von Goosewing. Who if you rewatch the episode again, strangely appears in the background when Duckula is playing the saxophone. There was also a sort of spin-off of the show called Victor and Hugo. Who were reimaginings of two characters who also made rare appearances in the series.

[@p1nkelephants]

18:00 that joke is pretty old. Abbott and Costello did a comedy routine called "Who's on first?" in the 1940s, but it goes back further than that.

[@phillipbishop5419]

Happy memory love this show when I was kid. Thank you for your uploading this, I love you to do another danger mouse episode

[@SteveODonnell]

Duckula was voiced by David Jaosn, who was Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses. He also did the voice of the original Dangermouse.

[@happychristmas24]

As well as Mr Toad

[@lucyschoon5585]

This kind of art and humour... It's very easy to see where some of the British video games from the same time get their style from. Game like lemmings, worms, or the James pond series...

[@JoeyTheBeastHD]

I would like to see a remake of this

[@ListerDavid]

I was 4 years old when this first aired. Christ I feel old. Lol When the episode title makes you laugh you know your in for a good time. The castle has an auto return at dawn Transylvania time. It was more just the character name and design they took from Danger Mouse.

[@rwlynch3468]

I was 4 too. And obviously didn't know the play on words "No sax please...". Well I hope not, at that age.

[@mcmic2002mj]

I have not seen that show for around 20 years its still holds up great

[@areasquirrel]

I'm not certain, because it's been so long since I'd seen Duckula's own show, but I think it's a different universe from Danger Mouse, since he's a villain in that. Both characters voiced by David Jason, best known as Del Boy, so he's featured a lot here lately.

[@Spindler2007]

I wonder if the makers of Castlevania got the idea of having the castle move around from Duckula.

[@BenBanjo87]

Who? Ra? And Upshee rises Who? Ra? And Upshee rises Who? Ra? And Upshee rises Early in the morning!

[@1183newman]

I had Count Duckula wallpaper as a kid

[@Sarah-nd2gy]

I think the thing that didnt come across in this episode is that he is a Vegetarian Vampire Duck. That's why the bit at the beginning in the opening theme when he is being reincarnated, Nanny hands Igor the Ketchup rather than the blood by mistake this creating a non evil vegetarian vampire (the previous Duckula's having all been evil blood suckers)

[@marlastrongbow]

"Legend has it that these foul beings can be destroyed by a stake through the heart, or exposure to sunlight..." "Or just give 'em bread." fucking lol

[@carolhead9721]

TAFFE!! thank you, it brought back so many memories from my childhood!! :D, why not try trap door and fraggle rock xxx

[@theyoungmoviegoer5915]

Fraggle rock is American

[@phill633vgs]

Try Chorlton and the Wheelies

[@scottwebb1978]

Next cartoon reaction should be Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime (shortened name: Victor & Hugo) is a British animated series made by Cosgrove Hall Productions for Thames Television and screened on Children's ITV from 6 September 1991 to 29 December 1992, and was based on the five-time villains of Gaston and Pierre from Count Duckula; it was the company's second production to be assisted by the Spanish studio, Alfonso Productions,[3] as well as their final cel-animated project before the collapse of Thames Television (who lost the 1991 ITV regional franchise round as a result of bidding too low a month after it premiered,

[@andrewmorrice9139]

My wife and I cosplayed as those characters at a convention and ran into one of the animators on the show!

[@ChimpManZ1264]

I think it's before the Danger Mouse timeline as he is recently resurrected before the first episode and is adjusting to having Ketchup instead of blood.

[@benalias5766]

I though it was after - I thought he died in some encounter with DM and was then mis-resurrected with the ketchup.

[@ChimpManZ1264]

@@benalias5766 After observing the information about the two it seems they are the same Count Duckula incarnation but are different versions. So the Danger Mouse one made him evil and human blooded aspiring for fame as an entertainer on TV. The spin off made him a vegetarian, non evil vampire with the same aspiration. But the Danger Mouse Reboot version made him evil again while retaining the spin off's change to his character where he has ketchup in his veins and is still a vegetarian.

[@jordangagat]

My childhood UK 1988

[@Lumibear.]

The ‘Who Might, You Be’ joke is really old, the first time I saw it on the big screen was on Airplane, ‘We have clearance, Clarence. Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?’, etc. but this kind of ‘mistaken meaning’ word play was a staple of comedy stage acts and then UK TV shows like The Two Ronnies and Morcambe and Wise from the 40s to the 80s.

[@slayerrocks2]

Abbot and Costello did the "Hoo's on first base. Watt's the name of the player on second." routine. I suspect the joke is as old as time though. Definitely from the music halls.

[@Lumibear.]

slayerrocks2 ah yes, quite right I’d about forgotten them doing it, but as you say, it goes way back, from a time when people had an act, ONE act, that they could do without even thinking. Entertainment media kinda messed with that.

[@jameswoodhouse9885]

Brilliant. Remined me of my Count Duckula wallpaper i had when i was a kid.

[@jackhook8960]

I love count duckula

[@allbob790]

Being dead doesn't seem to pose much of a problem to people in this series. Also thank you for bring back fond memories and reminding me where I got my sense of humour. Duckula was a recurring villain in Danger Mouse and fan theories seem to agree it was the previous count as he was marginally evil at times.

[@OynxWolf11]

Funfact - The Narrator for Duckula was Vincent Price, which some know provided the Voice for Vincent Vanghoul (13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo) and Professor Ratigan (Basil the Great Mouse Detective) He was a Legend in Horror, just like how David Jason is a Legend in Comedy as Dangermouse, Duckula, and Hugo (Victor and Hugo).

[@wozzywick]

I doubt Rush Hour ripped off Count Duckula directly. They are both variations on the Abbott & Costello "Who's on first" routine

[@paulbaker8734]

Yay! Suddenly I'm 8 years old again

[@PixelsAtDawn]

The 'Who might you be?" skit was based on a classic Abbott and Costello routine from the 50s called 'Baseball' or 'Who's on first?', where all the players on the bases have confusing names. So yes, it's pretty old! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqWXga2NiLGbp7M

[@daryl9434]

Loved watching this as a kid and then at a not so kiddy age. Anything that involves David Jason is cool imho. You should watch an episode of a Touch of Frost with David Jason. That would really be your longest reaction tho.

[@olajza91]

I think the name joke (who might you be in this iteration) origins from Abbot and Costello Baseball skit (also known as who's on first). Or are there any older references?

[@rwlynch3468]

Who? Ra? And Upshe rises... Bloody hell :)

[@jamesclare]

old cartoons are the best when they was hand drawn today's cartoons sucks big time glad i grew up in the 90's best time for tv shows like this.....

[@raphaelperry8159]

The Butler almost sounds like Valentine Dyall but his voice isn't deep enough. I suppose it could be Jack May.

[@raphaelperry8159]

Damn it. I actually got so hung up on this that I paused the video to go and check. It was Jack May! I was right :).

[@RedVampire28]

Oh yes, loved this when I was a kid

[@LordRyan88]

You should react to Open all Hours (Starring Ronnie Barker & David Jason) & Probably the sequel Still Open All Hours. Also Porridge (starring Ronnie Barker & Richard Beckinsale) an episode with David Jason as a guest star.

[@GedUK]

Open All Hours is good, but Porridge is one of the greatest British sitcoms of all time. Not a bad episode in it.

[@makaio9578]

Ryan The_Adjuster88 David Jason had a recurring role in porridge

[@BlazeMaster]

That's like a different reincarnation it's set after he died in Danger Mouse, hence why the show starts with him being brought back, also depending on episode he may also because of his veganism be or not able to consume garlic, though it depends on the type of garlic as some smell so intensively that it bothers him.

[@Problembeing]

A proto-Duckula first appeared in an episode of Danger Mouse.

[@Naylte]

02:32 That's definitely the first episode. 13:40 You know, intestines. 17:20 Ooh, here it comes. 18:06 More like this show stole it from Abbott & Costello. 21:28 Well, that was a random cameo. 24:24 If anything it's really set after Dangermouse. 24:36 Secondary villain; he was introduced in The Four Tasks of Dangermouse.

[@wyterabitt2149]

There are older examples than the Abbott & Costello version of this to be fair.

[@Naylte]

Fair enough, but they are the definitive example.

[@andrewmorrice9139]

@@wyterabitt2149 It's not the same routine but it's wordplay/nameplay jokes. Cosgrove-Hall shows did a lot of these.

[@tommcewan7936]

Never spotted that! Maybe Goosewing's appearance is a leftover from a subplot they abandoned and cut out?

[@roberthindle5146]

Was one of those bandits (reading the guide book) Ronnie Barker?

[@andrewmorrice9139]

David Jason.

[@Nymphonomicon]

Given that this incarnation of Duckula 'came back wrong,' I'd say it's fair to assume the Danger Mouse one might be the Duckula that was resurrected into this veg-pire Duckula... any other interpretation would either have to be, like you suggested, he became evil or the two Duckulas are completely different.

[@davidwood2469]

React to trapdoor please

[@gilbertsprojects2954]

David Wood another of my childhood favourites, had the series on tape! 👍🏼

[@davidwood2469]

@@gilbertsprojects2954 One of my favourites too

[@davidwood2469]

@@gilbertsprojects2954 Do you remember worzel gummidge? He use to scare me as a kid

[@gilbertsprojects2954]

David Wood yeah I never liked that show, it was just kinda creepy! Lol

[@Penddraig7]

Loved trapdoor as a kid, Berk!!! Feed me!! one of my favourites too, worzel gummidge was also a favourite, anyone remember mr majeika? lol

[@Haybalemelonhead]

I like ducks, I also like dangermouse, nice

[@Comic3247]

For your next inside number 9 reaction, do Bernie Cliffords dressing room

[@stevemorganexperience7833]

Count duckula was a small guest villain in danger mouse who appeared in a couple of episodes, , the beginning of this show, he is the guy you see at the beginning getting killed, the duckula in this show isn’t evil and is a vegetarian

[@Lumibear.]

Was there a bit of a TARDIS type sound effect at 10:26?

[@trudiebrown4284]

Everyone will comment this but duckula was voiced by sir David Jason. He is also Del boy from fools and horses

[@yamyamref]

Please do knightmare kids TV game show from the 90's

[@andrewmorrice9139]

You should watch the episodes where they travel to America. That'll be interesting!

[@lukewood4339]

What do you say at the beginning of every video? I can never work it out lol

[@HyperDaveUK]

He says (in spanish) Hello male friends and possible female friends. "Ola Amigos and possible Amigas"

[@stingersplash]

Ola mi amigos and possible amigas.

[@Mviews-hb4ib]

SAX ! SAX! lmoa . that letter "a" font must of been wrote on purpose haha

[@flatoutflatbroke]

Which is what makes it such a great show little jokes for the parents watching it with their kids. Talking of that must see if my parents still have the VHS somewhere!

[@makaio9578]

Just if no one says it, Del Boy and count duckuka are played by the same Person, the fantastic David Jason who always played dangermouse among other things

[@DarthKorriban139]

Duckla sounds like Mandark from Dexter's lab.

[@TheSealOfTheRose]

please react to Albert the Fifth Musketeer.

[@jordangagat]

My childhood

[@jordangagat]

Ua haha

[@jordangagat]

Count duckula Uk 1988 Thames

[@GeoNeilUK]

Why do I want Noble from Lost Pause to watch this series?

[@LIAM-ie9kp]

Please watch Mrs brown's boys!

[@andrewmorrice9139]

Cruel and unusual punishment.

[@rockerteen8300]

In the original danger mouse duckula is evil and looks different, in the 2015 danger mouse he is more like the 80’s series duckula, it seems like the early danger mouse duckula isn’t the same duckula as the 80’s series duckula or the 2015 danger mouse duckula.

[@MPbmfm]

The vampire duck who's a vegetarian

[@Mviews-hb4ib]

ill gettitt , im sure someone has already mentioned duckula is voiced by Delboy :) .. i was 8 when this came out. loved it. not sure if i want to risk watching it incase its shit now lol.. ill watch :/

[@josephdolman]

It was before my time but I love it the episodes never get old for me anyway maybe give it a re watch

[@NebLleb]

In case you don't know, Count Duckula doubles as a loose spin-off of Danger Mouse. In the parent show, Duckula was a showbiz-crazed vampire villain whose talent was so lacklustre it terrified unwitting audiences. His end goal was to get his own TV show, but as Danger Mouse himself put it: "He's absolutely terrible! If he got his own show, it would ruin the whole industry!" In his own show, he's still showbiz-mad and fame hungry, but through a botched reincarnation ceremony (as depicted in the opening sequence), he's vegetarian, good-natured, and egotistical to a fault. As the theme song states, "Things never go to plan for Duckula", and this is down to his ego and short sightedness being his own worst enemy. He's honestly my favourite character from both shows as someone rewatching them lately. And don't you worry! When Danger Mouse got a reboot, they made sure to bring back the good Count, albeit in a hybrid form. Reboot Count is still a vegetarian, but he's back to being a showbiz-crazed maniac with terrible talent obsessed with Television.

[@jordanb966]

React to Bluestone 42

[@Chicklo11]

Is Wallace and Gromit popular or not in America? If not, then please, have a look at it. IMO the best one is The Wrong Trousers. They are each only about 30 minutes long But I'd guess they would be Vimeo videos

[@taffe316]

Wallace and Gromit was very popular in America during the 2000's. I grew up on that.

[@andrewmorrice9139]

It seems to be just about the only UK animation that IS popular in America.

[@happychristmas24]

@@taffe316 do you plan on reacting to Chorlton & the Wheelies or The Wind in the Willows (with David Jason)?

[@emmyemmaemza]

Oh duckyboos