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| '''Sigmund and the Sea Monsters''' was a ] that ran from ] to ]. The show was a ] production and was shown on Saturday mornings. There were 29 episodes spanning two seasons. | '''Sigmund and the Sea Monsters''' was a ] that ran from ] to ]. The show was a ] production and was shown on Saturday mornings. There were 29 episodes spanning two seasons. | ||
| ⚫ | Its basic premise was that of Sigmund (played by ]), a friendly (if somewhat cowardly) sea monster who runs away from his comically ] undersea family, and is discovered and befriended by two boys, Johnny (played by ]), and Scott (]), who let Sigmund stay in their hideout. | ||
| ==Premise== | |||
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| Plotlines were very simple and straightforward, usually some variation on the idea of Sigmund doing something silly to arouse attention and the boys working to prevent him from being found by Sigmund's brothers, Burp and Slurp, or the boys' overbearing Aunt Zelda, played by ]. | |||
| ⚫ | In the final season of the show, ] was added to the cast as a magical "Sea Genie" named "Sheldon." | ||
| ==Trivia== | |||
| ⚫ | In the final season of the show, ] |
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| In 2004, on the cartoon website ], ] dressed as Sigmund in costume. | In 2004, on the cartoon website ], ] dressed as Sigmund in costume. | ||
| In a 2006 episode of ], Earl and Randy can be seen watching Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. | In a 2006 episode of ], Earl and Randy can be seen watching Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. | ||
| ==Theme Song== | |||
| '''''Narrator Singing:''''' "Let me tell you a tale, a very scary tale, about two boys who were surfing one day on a very weird beach around Dead Man's Point where there are haunted sea caves, they say, and strange sea monsters have been sighted there. If you're traveling in the area Beware! Beware, Beware! Beware!" | |||
| '''''Big Daddy:''''' "Sigmund you're a rotten sea monster" | |||
| '''''Sweet Momma:''''' "You're a disgrace to the family" | |||
| '''''Slurp:''''' "Yea, go out and scare a human or you're through!" | |||
| '''''Narrator Singing:''''' "Meanwhile, back on the beach, Johnny and Scott are combing the rocks unaware that behind them Sigmund lurked prepared to give them a shock." | |||
| '''''Sigmund:''''' "BOO!" | |||
| '''''Narrator Singing:''''' "In total surprise the boys eyed this blob - what can it be? And then it groaned and moved and lo! It was a monster from the sea! Now Sigmund the sea monster and Johnny and Scott are friends. The finest friends there ever could be in the land or on the sea." | |||
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Sigmund and the Sea Monsters was a children's television series that ran from 1973 to 1975. The show was a Sid and Marty Krofft production and was shown on Saturday mornings. There were 29 episodes spanning two seasons.
Its basic premise was that of Sigmund (played by Billy Barty), a friendly (if somewhat cowardly) sea monster who runs away from his comically dysfunctional undersea family, and is discovered and befriended by two boys, Johnny (played by Johnny Whitaker), and Scott (Scott Kolden), who let Sigmund stay in their hideout.
Plotlines were very simple and straightforward, usually some variation on the idea of Sigmund doing something silly to arouse attention and the boys working to prevent him from being found by Sigmund's brothers, Burp and Slurp, or the boys' overbearing Aunt Zelda, played by Mary Wickes.
In the final season of the show, Rip Taylor was added to the cast as a magical "Sea Genie" named "Sheldon."
In 2004, on the cartoon website Homestar Runner, The Cheat dressed as Sigmund in costume.
In a 2006 episode of My Name is Earl, Earl and Randy can be seen watching Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.
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