of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". Sung once by Igor before the Count recites the Pledge, hummed by him during the Count's Pledge, and repeated afterwards by him as a big finish ("Gory, gory, Transylvania! As we go stumbling...") usually topped off by the Count singing the last word ("through!"). Pledge – Count/Billy Van – "I pledge by the sign of the three-toed sloth, that I will do my best to do my duty. To always obey the laws of the werewolf pack. And to never rest, until Brucie lives once more, and takes his rightful place in the annals of distinguished monsters, and I can once again return to that most goriest of homelands..." (many times the Count is showing off his heart-shaped three-toed sloth pendant (on an elastic black string around his neck) to the camera. After the first line, he lets go of it, it flies back against his throat, and the Count does a choked/injured double take before going on with the rest of the Pledge). Closing Poem – Vincent Price – "The castle lights are growing dim. There's no one left but me-and him. [he nods towards Brucie behind him] When next we meet in Frankenstone...don't come alone." Legacy The Hilarious House of Frightenstein was referenced in the first episode of the Ed the Sock program This Movie Sucks!, which is another program produced and broadcast by CHCH. In the episode the hosts refer to them being in a studio that has produced many classic television shows, and Ed comments that they have the coffee maker from The Hilarious House of Frightenstein, along with the original coffee. Comedian Mike Myers acknowledged the show as an important formative influence on his comedy in his 2016 book Mike Myers' Canada. James "Jimbo" Insell, a Canadian drag queen most noted for competing on the first season of Canada's Drag Race, cited The Hilarious House of Frightenstein as one of the models for House of Jimbo, a comedy/variety series he plans to produce. Happy House of Frightenstein, an animated reboot which follows the adventures of Count Jr., Igor, Griselda, the Wolfman and Gronk as children, premiered on Family Jr. in 2021. References External links TV.com site www.Frightenstein.com 1970s Canadian children's television series 1970s Canadian sketch comedy television series 1971 Canadian television series debuts 1971 Canadian television series endings Canadian children's comedy television series Canadian children's fantasy television series