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Bump in the Night is an animated series by Danger Productions that was filmed using claymation and aired on ABC from 1994 to 1995. http://www. ...
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An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ...
The term Claymation is a registered trademark created by Will Vinton Studios to describe their clay animated movies; the more generic term is clay animation, but the portmanteau claymation has entered the English language as a genericized trademark. ...
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...
Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...
Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...
It revolved around three main characters and their misadventures, Mr. Bumpy, a small green purple warted monster living under the bed of a ten year old boy, where he eats dirty socks and dust bunnies as if they were delicacies. His best friends are Squishington, a blue monster that lived in the bathroom's toilet cistern, and Molly Coddle, a Frankenstein's monster-like rag doll, who belongs to the boy's sister, and who acts as the straight man to the crazy antics of the other two. // Getting water out of a cistern A cistern (Middle English cisterne, from Latin cisterna, from cista, box, from Greek kistê, basket) is a receptacle for holding liquids, usually water. ...
The use of a character who, by contrast, brings out the comic qualities of another character (or of other characters). ...
The show was traditionally split into two major parts per half hour (occasionally dedicating a full half hour per show, or sometimes splitting into three parts), and usually if not always had a music video at the end of the episode, starring the three main characters and any minor characters involved in the episode. This musical montage would take clips from the episode itself and reiterate the life lessons learned in the episode. Other characters include Destructo, the boy's toy robot who sees himself as a cop and persecutes Mr. Bumpy for his actions. There's also the Closet Monster, whose made up of the boy's pile of clothes and chases after Mr Bumpy.
Quotes
Squishington: I think we need a compass. Mr. Bumpy: Compass, bumpass! I don't need no stinkin' compass!
Mr. Bumpy: The nerve of that comfort doll! I wouldn't help her now if she was being eaten by razor-sharp teeth. Molly Coddle: [shouts] Help! I'm being eaten by razor-sharp teeth!
Mr. Bumpy: You know, Squish, you're pretty smart for a guy that lives in the bathroom.
Squishington: I never want to see you ever, ever, ever, *ever* again! Mr. Bumpy: Well, that's just fine with me! Squishington: You dirt- dirtball! Mr. Bumpy: Neat-geek!
Mr. Bumpy: If I can beat him, great! If not... see you in the reruns, folks. Mr. Bumpy " I will create no man hath createdeth beforeth" (Mr Bumpy " I'd rather be boiled a live in a deep frier"
Christmas Special Twas the Night Before Bumpy was a Christmas special that aired in 1995.
Awards - Jim Cummings (Mr. Bumpy) was nominated for an Annie for Voice Acting in the Field of Animation in 1995.
Releases Bump in the Night has had several video releases all of which are out of print, some selling on the internet as high as $85. Recently a DVD was released which contained seven episodes and various Karaoke Cafe segments.
VHS
- Molly
- Squishington
- Mr. Bumpy
- Tales From Under the Bed
- The Hubbish About Rubbish
- Hocus-Pocus, Pranks and Play
- Monsters on a Mission
- Dreams and Dilemmas
- Night of the Living Bread
- Mr. Bumpy's Karaoke Cafe
- 'Twas The Night Before Bumpy (Christmas special, 63 minutes. Originally split into 3 episodes)
DVD - Night of the Living Bread (Original September 23,2003. Re-Released August 21, 2007)
- 'Twas The Night Before Bumpy (October 23, 2007)
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