Seasons and episodes
1Season 1 Oct. 24, 1997
1 - 1The Big Queasy Oct. 24, 1997
1 - 2Boys and Ghouls Oct. 31, 1997
1 - 3Animal Maggotism Nov. 07, 1997
1 - 4Take This Job and Love It Nov. 14, 1997
1 - 5Designer Tales Nov. 21, 1997
1 - 6Boo! Nov. 28, 1997
1 - 7When You Gotta Go Dec. 05, 1997
1 - 8Law and Disorder Dec. 12, 1997
1 - 9Not the Waltons Dec. 19, 1997
1 - 10Oops! Dec. 26, 1997
1 - 11Gotcha! Jan. 02, 1998
1 - 12School Daze Jan. 09, 1998
1 - 13End of the Day Jan. 16, 1998
2Season 2 Oct. 23, 1998
2 - 1Episode 1 Oct. 23, 1998
2 - 2Episode 2 Oct. 30, 1998
2 - 3Episode 3 Nov. 06, 1998
2 - 4Episode 4 Nov. 13, 1998
2 - 5Episode 5 Nov. 20, 1998
2 - 6Episode 6 Nov. 27, 1998
2 - 7Episode 7 Dec. 04, 1998
2 - 8Episode 8 Dec. 11, 1998
2 - 9Episode 9 Dec. 18, 1998
2 - 10Episode 10 Dec. 25, 1998
2 - 11Episode 11 Jan. 01, 1999
2 - 12Episode 12 Jan. 08, 1999
2 - 13Episode 13 Jan. 15, 1999
Synopsis
Freaky Stories is a Canadian television series, which was originally broadcast by YTV in English and Canal Famille in French. It is an animated show about urban legends hosted by two animatronic puppets, Larry de Bug, a cockroach, and his gooey sidekick, Maurice the maggot in Ted’s Diner – a 1940’s era diner setting staffed by Rosie the waitress.
The series, described as “a Twilight Zone for kids”, centers on the kind of myths and legends that are told as scary campfire or bedtime stories. Every episode always starts with and finishes with the phrase: “This is a true story, and it happened to a friend of a friend of mine.” and by the words of Larry, “Just because they never happened, doesn’t mean they ain’t true.” Animation styles and musical scoring varied within each half-hour episode, incorporating 20 different looks in the first season alone. The short stories and changing styles were specifically designed to keep viewers’ attention span.
Original title Freaky Stories
TMDb Rating 7.5
First air date Oct. 24, 1997
Last air date Dec. 17, 1999
Average Duration 30 minutes
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