Monster Farm
Monster Farm was a short-lived animated series from Saban Entertainment that aired on Fox Family. It aired on one of the channel's animation blocks for one season, from 1998 to 1999.
Plot
The series was about a young man from the city named Jack Haylee and the farm he inherits from his great-uncle Harloff. What he finds when he arrives is a bizarre collection of farm animals. Together, this unlikely menagerie must work to help their new owner save their home from the curiosity-seekers who threaten their wacky world.
Development
It was created and developed for television by Taylor Grant. Alex Borstein and Steve Marmel were brought in to write some of the episodes.
Episodes
52 ten-minute shorts were produced and aired in German. Only 26 of these shorts aired in English as 13 half-hours.
| Episode name |
|---|
| Back to the Roots / Tractor Terror |
| Aw, Forget the Whole Thing / Fangs for the Memories |
| Bad Heiress Day / Home Office Horrors |
| P.S. I Love Ewwwe / Elixir of Chicken |
| Working Out is Hard to Do / State of Reunion |
| 7 Year Stench / Roommate from Heck |
| Girl Next Door / Deep Freeze |
| Cry Fowl / Heads Up |
| The Meaning of Life / Bigfoot, Sweetie Baby |
| Fear Itself / It's a Wonderful Farm |
| A Pair of Jacks / Woodstock Willies |
| Media Circus / Pablum Problem |
| Short Circuit Swine / The Trouble with Woolly |
Characters
- Robbie Rist – Jack Haylee
- Bruce Mahler – Count Cluckula, Dr. Woolly/Mr. Ewe sheep, Rams
- Rodger Bumpass – Frankenswine, Goatasaurus Rex
- Kevin Killebrew – Cowapatra
- Jess Harnell – Jimmy Earl, Dad
- Tifanie Christun – Zombeef
- Dan Woren – Pa
Foreign dubbings
The series was dubbed into Brazilian Portuguese with the name Rancho Assombrado (English: "Haunted Ranch"). The Brazilian dub was broadcast in the late nineties as part of the Fox Kids television programming.[1]