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Monster Squad is a television series that aired Saturday mornings on NBC from 1976-1977 that is unrelated to the later movie of the same name. The series stars Fred Grandy as Walt, a criminology student working as a night watchman at "Fred's Wax Museum". To pass the time, Walt built a prototype "Crime Computer" hidden in a large stone sarcophagus near an exhibit of legendary monsters. When Walt plugged in his computer, "oscillating vibrations" brought to life the wax statues of Dracula, the Wolfman who here was named "Bruce W. Wolf", and Frankenstein's Monster who was referred to as "Frank N. Stein" in the credits. The monsters, wanting to make up for the misdeeds of their pasts, became superhero crimefighters who used their unique abilities to challenge and defeat various supervillains. In most episodes, Walt would send the monsters out to investigate crimes and fight the villains while monitoring the activities from the wax museum via the Crime Computer, presumably because his job required him to be at the wax museum at all times. However, Walt would sometimes join the climactic battle with his comrades in some episodes and come to the rescue when needed.
Fred Grandy
Henry Polic II
Buck Kartalian
Mike Lane
Edward Andrews
Geoffrey Lewis
Vito Scotti
Arthur Malet
Jonathan Harris
Avery Schreiber
Billy Curtis
Ivor Francis
Marty Allen
Barry Dennen
Julie Newmar
Alice Ghostley
Sid Haig
Simone Griffeth
H.B. Haggerty
Michael L. McManus
Tom Sherohman
Stanley Ralph Ross
Joseph Mascolo
Cathy Worthington
Mindy Miller
Paul Smith
Colin Hamilton
Al Mancini
Creator
Stanley Ralph Ross
Creator
R.S. Allen
Creator
Harvey Bullock
Creator
William P. D'Angelo
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
English
Type:
Scripted
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