Somehow it was never able to lure audiences away from that damned Great Pumpkin.
So lets start with that pedigree.
The Mad in the title was not exactly an accident.
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Minus Rankin and Bass themselves, of course.
There was simply no getting around it.
Gale Garnett plays Francesca, Frankensteins unusually buxom assistant.
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They proceed to get drunk and rowdy.
He also suffers from terrible allergies.
He has no idea why hes been invited to his uncles resort, but insists on going anyway.
Theres even a wink to Ernie Kovacs Auntie Gruesome sketch if youre paying attention.
And when was the last time you heard anyone do a Fredric March impersonation?
But we all know who the others are, so it doesnt matter.
The prevailing visual tone here is grim and, well, monstrous.
Its far more beautiful in its way than the doe-eyed nicey-nice crap ofThe Little Drummer Boy.
