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|airdate=13 December 1988 | |airdate=13 December 1988 | ||
|previous_story=[[The Vampire Strikes Back]] | |previous_story="[[The Vampire Strikes Back]]" | ||
|next_story=[[The Hunchbudgie of Notre Dame]] | |next_story="[[The Hunchbudgie of Notre Dame]]" | ||
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'''Hardluck Hotel''' is the fifteenth episode of [[Count Duckula (series)|Count Duckula]] and was first broadcast on ITV in the UK on December 13th 1988. | "'''Hardluck Hotel'''" is the fifteenth episode of [[Count Duckula (series)|Count Duckula]] and was first broadcast on ITV in the UK on December 13th 1988. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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== 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. | *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 '[[Wikipedia:The Jetsons|The Jetsons]]'. | *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 '[[Wikipedia:Heartbreak Hotel|Heartbreak Hotel]]'. | *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, | *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 == | == Quotes == | ||
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*'''Hotel Manager:''' At the basement. It stopped there at the turn of the century and we hadn't had time to service it yet. | *'''Hotel Manager:''' At the basement. It stopped there at the turn of the century and we hadn't had time to service it yet. | ||
*'''Hotel Manager:''' ''[after Duckula says that he is a vegetarian] Really?! I would see a doctor, they do marvellous things these days. | *'''Hotel Manager:''' ''[after Duckula says that he is a vegetarian]'' Really?! I would see a doctor, they do marvellous things these days. | ||
*'''Duckula:''' I'm checking out! In fact, I'm nearly passing out. | *'''Duckula:''' I'm checking out! In fact, I'm nearly passing out. | ||