Freaky Stories is a Canadian television series, which was originally broadcast by YTV in English and Canal Famille in French. It is an animated show about urban legends hosted by two animatronic puppets, Larry de Bug, a cockroach, and his gooey sidekick, Maurice the maggot in Ted's Diner - a 1940's era diner setting staffed by Rosie the waitress. The series, described as "a Twilight Zone for kids", centers on the kind of myths and legends that are told as scary campfire or bedtime stories. Every episode always starts with and finishes with the phrase: "This is a true story, and it happened to a friend of a friend of mine." and by the words of Larry, "Just because they never happened, doesn't mean they ain't true." Animation styles and musical scoring varied within each half-hour episode, incorporating 20 different looks in the first season alone. The short stories and changing styles were specifically designed to keep viewers' attention span.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Big Queasy | 1997-10-24 | 23 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Boys & Ghouls | 1997-10-31 | 23 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Animal Maggotism | 1997-11-07 | 23 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Take This Job and Love It! | 1997-11-14 | 23 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Designer Tales | 1997-11-21 | 23 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Boo! | 1997-11-28 | 23 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | When You Gotta Go | 1997-12-05 | 23 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | Law & Disorder | 1997-12-12 | 23 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | Not the Waltons | 1997-12-19 | 23 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | Oops! | 1997-12-26 | 23 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Gotcha! | 1998-01-02 | 23 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | School Daze | 1998-01-09 | 23 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | End of the Day | 1998-01-16 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Dog from Mexico / Mortician's Daughter / Pigeon Dave / Hair Today, Goneā¦ | 1998-10-23 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Murray and the Rats / Safe at Home / The Gift / Maple Syrup | 1998-10-30 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | Last Cab Fare / Nude in the RV / Alligator in the Sewer / Do Unto Others | 1998-11-06 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Stolen Lunchbox / Front Row Seats / The Vanishing / Dead Man Walking | 1998-11-13 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Radar Benny / Battleship / Severed Digit / Photo Op | 1998-11-20 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Last Call / Identical Twins / Bat Girl / The Nosy Maid | 1998-11-27 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Traders / Court in the Act / Furd and the VeeP / Mooching Roommate | 1998-12-04 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | The Need for Speed / Zit's a Horrible Life / The Girl with the Hoary Cough / The Smell of Fear | 1998-12-11 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | Apologies to Steinbeck / The Creeping Curse of the Mummy's Tomb / A Fishy Story / Dumped in the Outback | 1998-12-18 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | The Iron Fist Principal / Field of Seeds / Last Laugh / The Immortal Osgood Toadworthy | 1998-12-25 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | The Boy Who Cried Alien / Did You Have Fun at the Party / The Rich Fart / Sewer Swimming Hole | 1999-01-01 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | The Man Who Picked His Brain / The Big Question / Smelly Kelly / Go Find Something to Do, Kid! | 1999-01-08 | 23 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | Pirates / Choc-Roaches / Femme Fatale / Dear Mother and Father | 1999-01-15 | 23 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | Double Your Pleasure / Deep Forest Diver / Hocus Pocus / The Prize | 1999-10-22 | 23 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | Rugs R Us / Fishin' Hole / Bean Boy / The 13th Floor | 1999-10-29 | 23 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | Long Long Distance Call / Sweet Dreams / Dueling Sisters / Stuck Face | 1999-11-05 | 23 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Chatty Monk / Mark IV / Invisible Shirley / Mouse in the House | 1999-11-12 | 23 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Ouija Board / Fountain of Youth / Houston, We Have a Problem / So Long Sing Sing | 1999-11-19 | 23 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | At The Circus AKA Woody! / The Genius / Which is Witch / Loch Ness Incident | 1999-11-26 | 23 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | Sour Puss / Monkey's Paw / First Anniversary / Bagel Boy | 1999-12-10 | 23 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | The Getaway / The Babysitter / The Meal / Mystery of the Wax Museum | 1999-12-10 | 23 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | The Mouse Trap / Monkey Shines / Just a Little Push / The Lodger | 1999-12-17 | 23 min |