Maniac Mansion(1990)
Comedy
First Air Date: 1990-09-17
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 4.7
Votes: 9
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 66
Maniac Mansion was a Canadian sitcom created by Eugene Levy, which aired concurrently on YTV in Canada and The Family Channel in the United States for three seasons from September 17, 1990 to April 4, 1993. The series is very loosely based on the popular 1987 LucasArts video game of the same name. While LucasFilm served as co-producers on the series, the show thematically shares little in common with its source material. The series followed the adventures of the Edison family, who lived in a large mansion in an upper-class suburban neighborhood. Fred, the father of the family, was an eccentric scientist, and many of the plots revolved around his wacky experiments. One of these experiments caused his toddler son, Turner, to transform into a large adult man and his brother-in-law, Harry, to be turned into a fly with a human head! They both remained this way for the entire run of the series.
Keywords
dysfunctional familymad scientistbased on video game
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 22E01
The 10th Anniversary Special
Air Date: 1990-09-17
Fred falls asleep in the lab and dreams that his family is starring in a sitcom celebrating its 10th anniversary. Pl...
E02
Flystruck
Air Date: 1990-09-24
Fred is experimenting with a giant chicken to try to get Harry back to normal size. Meanwhile Idella is jealous beca...
E03
Trapped Like Rats
Air Date: 1990-10-01
Tina has a big date and wants to borrow Ike's leather jacket. He refuses but she persists. They're arguing in the a...
E04
Love Thy Neighbour
Air Date: 1990-10-08
The Pratts, the Edisons' yuppie neighbours, stay at the mansion when they get their house renovated and make themselv...
E05
Fred's A-Courtin'
Air Date: 1990-10-15
Fred is spending so much time with his guiney pig Fats that he neglects Casey. Casey finally gets over her inhibitio...
E06
The Sandman Cometh
Air Date: 1990-10-22
The show starts with Tina politely telling her date that she doesn't really like him. Turner's tooth is loose, and F...
E07
Good On Ya
Air Date: 1990-10-29
Fred is playing around in the living room when Lenny Orca, Harry's long-lost boxing twin brother from Canada, comes t...
E08
Bring Me Harry Orca
Air Date: 1990-11-05
A gangster boss just got out of prison so he sends his two stoolies to look for the guy who ratted on him, Harry Orca...
E09
Dad's Bummed Out
Air Date: 1990-11-12
When Fred's experiment fails he gets very depressed and flashes back to his graduation when Casey gave him Success an...
E10
Webs, The Really Tangled Kind
Air Date: 1990-11-19
Ike wants to see a scary movie that his family won't let him see, so he goes with Turner. Turner is scared out of hi...
E11
National Security Risk
Air Date: 1990-11-26
Tina wins an essay contest and the vice-president plans to visit the mansion to celebrate. The guy that Tina invites...
E12
A Little Old Time Jazz
Air Date: 1990-12-03
For Fred and Casey's 16th anniversary, Fred goes to the mall and gets her two tickets to see her old band-mate Jaz Po...
E13
Hawaii Blues
Air Date: 1990-12-17
The family is making plans for a trip to Hawaii, but Ike is told by his teacher that if his next essay isn't good eno...
E14
Good Cheer On Ya
Air Date: 1990-12-24
The family is worried whether Uncle Lenny will make it to the mansion for Christmas because of a big storm that's pre...
E15
Brainiac Mansion
Air Date: 1991-01-29
The parents of Dexter, a guy in Tina's class, convince him that he must defeat her academically, so he comes over and...
E16
Little Big Fly
Air Date: 1991-02-12
Idella tells Harry that she misses their old relationship. He is distressed and asks Fred to turn him into a giant f...
E17
Money Dearest
Air Date: 1991-02-19
Fred goes to the a meeting of the L.L. Edison Corporation, the company that his grandfather founded which he has to g...
E18
Turner: The Boss
Air Date: 1991-02-26
Ike is being mean to Turner and Casey yells at him when he puts his man in the toaster so he goes up to his room to p...
E19
The Case of the Broken Record
Air Date: 1991-03-05
For Tina's '60s dance Fred is going to teach her the twist, but the record is broken in two. Fred and Casey automati...
E20
The Live Show
Air Date: 1991-03-12
This episode is done live, in front of an audience in Toronto. Fred's too sick to go to the zoo but the family doesn...
E21
Tina's Excellent Adventure
Air Date: 1991-03-19
Idella is telling Tina about the romance in Europe because of Tina's class trip that she's going to take. Tina is in...
E22
The Cliffhanger
Air Date: 1991-03-26
Fred and Tina finally discover a way to get Harry and Turner back to normal. Turner doesn't really want to be small...
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