1998
TV-Y
30m

Summary Edutainment animated series that parodies and satirizes history, pop culture and edutainment concept itself. View more details

1998
TV-Y
30m

Histeria!

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Frank Welker Tress MacNeille Laraine Newman Luke Ruegger

All cast & crew

7.6

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Genres : Adventure Comedy Animation Family History Musical

Release date : Sep 13, 1998

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : MeTV Toons site

Language : English Spanish Cantonese

Production companies : Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Television Animation

Summary Edutainment animated series that parodies and satirizes history, pop culture and edutainment concept itself. View more details

Details

Genres : Adventure Comedy Animation Family History Musical

Release date : Sep 13, 1998

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : MeTV Toons site

Language : English Spanish Cantonese

Production companies : Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Television Animation

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Episode 1 • Sep 13, 1998

Inventors Hall of Fame: Part 1

The episode begins with a song about Philip Farnsworth, the inventor of the television. In "The Telephone Zone", Alexander Graham Bell wakes up in the future and is freaked out by the advancements in telephones. Next is a sketch about Thomas Edison brainstorming new ideas for inventions. In "Ask Me If I Care", Toast interviews J. Robert Oppenheimer, father of the A-Bomb. And Mr. Smarty Pants talks about Thomas Crapper, the inventor of the modern toilet.

Episode 2 • Sep 14, 1998

The U.S. Civil War

Abraham Lincoln stars in his own sitcom, "Abe-Feld", a parody of "Seinfeld", featuring General George McClellan (George), Allan Pinkerton (Kramer), and Jefferson Davis (Newman). Later, Loud Kiddington attends Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and the Histeria! Kid Chorus sings a hoedown about the Mason Dixon Line.

Episode 3 • Sep 15, 1998

The Attack of the Vikings

In this vikings-themed episode, Leif Erickson does a rap on how he likes being a viking; Sven Chatterson tries to sell non-threatening ships; Loud Kiddington plays the ship look-out; some vikings regret kidnapping Kathie Lee when she starts singing; and Valhalla, a place in Norse mythology where soldiers go when they die, is highlighted.

Episode 4 • Sep 16, 1998

The Wild West

Billy the Kid hosts this Western-themed episode, with skits that include: A song about the gold rush; a game show called "Indian Givers" hosted by General George Armstrong Custer and with contestants Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, and Geronimo; the founding of Virgil, Wyatt, & Morgan; Miss Information interviewing Doc Holliday; Toast working for the Pony Express; and Bill Straitman interviewing Buffalo Bill Cody.

Episode 5 • Sep 16, 1998

The American Revolution

George Washington and his men surprise the Redcoats by crossing the Delaware. Later, Pat Sommersault and John Maddog provide sports commentary for the Battle of Yorktown, where Molly Pitcher promotes her amazing product: Water.

Episode 6 • Sep 20, 1998

The Know-It-Alls

Nostradamus peers into the future to see this episode's skits: The Confucius Group, where Confucius and guests The World's Oldest Woman, Plato, Charles Darwin, and Nelson Mandela, debate whether the chicken or the egg came first; Rene Descartes repeatedly getting interrupted while trying to come up with the phrase "I think, therefore I am"; Miss Information is a contestant on "Matching Wits", where her potential dates are Thomas Edison, Plato, Ben Franklin, Aristotle, Sigmund Freud, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Mr. Smarty Pants; and Nostradamus does a magic trick.

Episode 7 • Sep 22, 1998

The Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci presents various Renaissance-themed skits: Renaissance Man and Loud Kiddington thwart villains; Sister Windbag leads Miss Information's tour group through the Louvre; David Letterman presents his top five items not on Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation list; Niccolo Machiavelli sells "The Book Formerly Known as The Prince"; and King Philip II of Spain stages an attack on England.

Episode 8 • Sep 22, 1998

The U.S. Civil War: Part 2

The second Civil War-themed episode features the following skits: A parody of "The Brady Bunch" opening sequence; a parody of the game show "Family Feud" called "The Uncivil War", with the Union versus the Confederacy; the Histeria! Kid Chorus sings "Johnny Shiloh"; a parody of Ken Burns's "Civil War letters"; Abraham Lincoln and Miss Information plug "Abe's Tall and Geeky Shop"; and the origin of David Farragut's phrase "Damn the torpedos!", with censor notes from Lydia Karaoke.

Episode 9 • Sep 23, 1998

Really Oldies But Goodies

The World's Oldest Woman teaches a class on cunieform. Next, the Histeria! kids explore an Egyptian tomb. Then, a commercial for Crazy Ahmed's Mummification, as well as the musical Egyptian Cats. After that, Pepper Mills is a contestant on "Great Egyptian Pyramid", a parody of "Password". This is followed by a commercial for trephination, a cure for those awful tension headaches. And the World's Oldest Woman gives Toast directions on how to get to Alexandria. The episode concludes with a song about the Easter Island heads, done in the style of the "Gilligan's Island" theme.

Episode 10 • Sep 24, 1998

The American Revolution: Part 2

George and Martha Washington host the second episode centered on the American Revolution. First, a commercial for Pachy Dents, dentures that Washington himself wears. Next, a segment on the Boston Tea Party, where Samuel Adams stalls a redcoat. Then, Loud Kiddington re-enacts the Shot Heard 'Round the World. Finally, Fred Moppel of "Midnight-Line" interviews Paul Revere about his warning: "The British are coming!"

Episode 11 • Sep 25, 1998

A Blast in the Past

Episode 12 • Sep 27, 1998

China

Episode 13 • Sep 29, 1998

Tribute to Tyrants

Episode 14 • Oct 01, 1998

The Montezuma Show

Episode 15 • Oct 05, 1998

Great Heroes of France

Episode 16 • Oct 07, 1998

The Terrible Tudors

Episode 17 • Oct 08, 1998

The Wheel of History

Episode 18 • Oct 09, 1998

When Time Collides

Episode 19 • Oct 11, 1998

Around the World in a Daze

Episode 20 • Oct 15, 1998

Histeria Satellite TV

Episode 21 • Oct 16, 1998

General Sherman's Campsite

General William Tecumseh Sherman hosts a kid's show that is a parody of Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Also, a segment on Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad; Pepper Mills, as Grace Bedell, writes to Abraham Lincoln to encourage him to grow a beard; and General Sherman and the Histeria! Kid Chorus sing "Atlanta Burnin' Bright".

Episode 22 • Oct 22, 1998

Return to Rome

Episode 23 • Oct 23, 1998

Russian Revolution

Episode 24 • Oct 29, 1998

Inventors Hall of Fame: Part 2

Episode 25 • Oct 30, 1998

Meglomaniacs

Episode 26 • Nov 06, 1998

Hooray for Presidents

Episode 27 • Nov 06, 1998

The Thomas Jefferson Program

Episode 28 • Nov 12, 1998

More Explorers

Episode 29 • Nov 13, 1998

Return to China

Episode 30 • Nov 20, 1998

Super Writers

Episode 31 • Feb 01, 1999

The History of Flight

Episode 32 • Feb 12, 1999

Presidential People

Episode 33 • Feb 19, 1999

Writers of the Purple Prose

Episode 34 • Feb 26, 1999

Histeria Around the World: Part 1

Episode 35 • Mar 05, 1999

When America Was Young

Episode 36 • Mar 12, 1999

Loud Kiddington's Ancient History

Episode 37 • Mar 19, 1999

Super Amazing Constitutions

Episode 38 • Mar 26, 1999

Better Living Through Science

Episode 39 • Apr 02, 1999

The Dawn of Time

Episode 40 • Apr 16, 1999

Music

Episode 41 • Apr 23, 1999

World War II

Episode 42 • Apr 30, 1999

The Teddy Roosevelt Show

Episode 43 • May 07, 1999

Communuts

Episode 44 • May 14, 1999

Americana

Episode 45 • May 21, 1999

20th Century Presidents

Episode 46 • Jun 04, 1999

Histeria Around the World: Part 2

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