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==Summary | == Summary == | ||
[[Count Duckula]] decides to go on a holiday to a hotel called Hardluck Hotel, though when he arrives, nothing is even close to his liking. The hotel itself is in terrible disrepair, the service is bad, and everything is rank and fetid. | [[Count Duckula]] decides to go on a holiday to a hotel called Hardluck Hotel, though when he arrives, nothing is even close to his liking. The hotel itself is in terrible disrepair, the service is bad, and everything is rank and fetid. | ||
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To make matters the worst possible for this unfortunate Count, his servants, [[Nanny]] and [[Igor]] stop at this hotel for a vacation, and, not knowing that Duckula is serving as the hotel's staff, see fit to order the hapless young duck around and around. Change, however, may be on its way for the Count, who is not at all happy that, ironically, he had been serving his own staff for a whole week. | To make matters the worst possible for this unfortunate Count, his servants, [[Nanny]] and [[Igor]] stop at this hotel for a vacation, and, not knowing that Duckula is serving as the hotel's staff, see fit to order the hapless young duck around and around. Change, however, may be on its way for the Count, who is not at all happy that, ironically, he had been serving his own staff for a whole week. | ||
==Credits== | == Credits == | ||
*Voices: David Jason, Jack May, Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert, Ruby Wax | *Voices: David Jason, Jack May, Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert, Ruby Wax | ||
*Narrator: Barry Clayton | *Narrator: Barry Clayton | ||
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*© Cosgrove Hall Productions MCMLXXXVIII | *© Cosgrove Hall Productions MCMLXXXVIII | ||
==Background Music Pieces | == Background Music Pieces == | ||
*"Vamp Til Ready" by Wally Asp | *"Vamp Til Ready" by Wally Asp | ||
*"Casbah Nights" by George Fenton and John Leach | *"Casbah Nights" by George Fenton and John Leach | ||
==Trivia | == Trivia == | ||
* | *The hotel manager is based upon the legendary British TV character [[Wikipedia:Basil Fawlty|Basil Fawlty]], from the '[[Wikipedia:Fawlty Towers|Fawlty Towers]]' TV comedy series. Fawlty, played by [[Wikipedia:John Cleese|John Cleese]], was also a hotel manager who was notorious for being rude to his own guests. | ||
*Duckula's room number is "1313". According to superstition, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_floor#Thirteenth_room number 13] is considered unlucky and many hotels don't have a room with number 13. | *Duckula's room number is "1313". According to superstition, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_floor#Thirteenth_room number 13] is considered unlucky and many hotels don't have a room with number 13. | ||
*The American accented chambermaid Gloria's voice is possibly based on Rosie the Robot Maid's voice from Hanna-Barbera's TV cartoon series '[ | *The American accented chambermaid Gloria's voice is possibly based on Rosie the Robot Maid's voice from Hanna-Barbera's TV cartoon series '[[Wikipedia:The Jetsons|The Jetsons]]'. | ||
*The name 'Hardluck Hotel' might have been a spoof of the Elvis Presley hit single [ | *The name 'Hardluck Hotel' might have been a spoof of the Elvis Presley hit single '[[Wikipedia:Heartbreak Hotel|Heartbreak Hotel']]'. | ||
*Igor orders a "mouldy bread with green slime sandwich" and Nanny orders a "peanut butter sandwich with custard and a cherry on top," which Duckula says is her favourite. | *Igor orders a "mouldy bread with green slime sandwich" and Nanny orders a "peanut butter sandwich with custard and a cherry on top," which Duckula says is her favourite. | ||
== | == Quotes == | ||
*''Igor, referring to Hardluck Hotel'': "(T)he most rundown, despairing, gloomy and sinister hotel that anyone in his right mind could ever wish for." | *''Igor, referring to Hardluck Hotel'': "(T)he most rundown, despairing, gloomy and sinister hotel that anyone in his right mind could ever wish for." | ||
*''Count Duckula'': "Where's the elevator?" | *''Count Duckula'': "Where's the elevator?" | ||
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*''Duckula'': "I'm checking out! In fact, I'm nearly passing out." | *''Duckula'': "I'm checking out! In fact, I'm nearly passing out." | ||
== | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery> | |||
Basil Fawlty.jpg|The hotel manager, inspired by the character Basil Fawlty | |||
Gloria.png|Gloria the chambermaid | |||
Mr Grinder.jpg|Mr Grinder, "The Complaints Department" | |||
The Great Duckeruni.png|''The Great Duckeruni'' acting as the hotel's magician | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Videos == | |||
<gallery> | |||
Hard Luck Hotel - Count Duckula Full Episode | |||
Hard Luck Hotel - SPANISH - Count Duckula Series 1 Episode 15 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Episodes]] | [[Category:Episodes]] | ||
[[Category:Season 1]] | [[Category:Season 1]] | ||