Other Characters Part II

Tulips

The Tulips are fake flowers set in a planter box; at the start of every episode the Count implores them to grow or sprinkles some potion over them from a watering pot. They reply by keeling over to the sound of a slide whistle. They occasionally speak, with chipmunk voices.

Mr. Sloth

The three-toed sloth, who lives in a dungeon off the front foyer of the castle. Is just a sound effect; we never see it. What a meany though! It’ll never let Igor keep a pet for himself! Always growls violently when Igor asks to keep a pet. Occasionally gets loose and crawls about the castle, harassing the Oracle and the Librarian. Note the two different voices.

Brucie J. Monster

Perpetually out of order Frankenstein monster, laying on his back in the castle foyer. Count Frightenstein’s invention, and just like all the others, he doesn’t work. The Count and Igor have tried everything to get him to move, short of pouring Dracola down his throat. Once the Count delivered a charge to Brucie’s neck bolts and succeeded in getting his lips to move. Wears a peace symbol around his neck.

The Mailman

Another sound effect character; runs screaming away from Igor everytime he drops off the mail at the castle door.

Gorilla

You’d think it’d learn! Gets konked on the head with one or more baseballs every time it appears out of the jungle foliage, and keels over like a slab of concrete. Various attempts at blocking the balls never work. The Gorilla is another show staple, and is played by Billy Van.

Boris, the Venus Flytrap

Boris is a puppet plant; it is one of the Count’s pets, and has quite a bite. When the Count tries to feed it, it grabs a hold of his hand and won’t let go. Growls like the Sloth when hungry.

Polly, the Stuffed Eagle

Appears perched on the Librarian’s chair, and on a table in Grizelda’s kitchen. Caked in dust. Takes a lot of abuse; it’s a wonder its wings don’t fall off!

Horrendous (or Heronus)

The Librarian’s (real) cat, a Calico kitten. Occasionally knocks over books.

Zanzibar, the castle ghost

Haunts the library. Is never seen, but is frequently heard laughing and slamming doors.

Bat

A rather crude pantomime creation; makes cameo flybys in Grizelda’s kitchen and the library.

Spider

This thing looks rubber; occassionally it drops in on Grizelda and Vincent Price. Has been spotted in the library as well. A quick swat usually gets rid of it.

Count’s Mother

Calls the Count on the phone and chirps at him in a high-pitched super-sped up incomprehensible voice.

Sliver

Grizelda’s broomstick (get it? Hi ho Sliver! Away!).

Oscar

The skull which is always seen on a bookshelf behind the Librarian, and which Vincent Price also frequently uses.

The Rarey Bird

One of Bwana Clyde Batty’s friends. A “virtual” bird he keeps in a cage; the reason we can’t see it he tells us is that it flies “faster than the speed of sight”. Occasionally he lets it out of the cage and it rockets away with appropriate sound effects.