Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
| Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Kurt Vonnegut |
| Composer | Doug Macaskill |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Michael MacMillan Harold Lee Tichenor |
| Production locations | British Columbia, Canada (1991) Auckland, New Zealand (1992) |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Alliance Atlantis |
| Original release | |
| Network | Showtime |
| Release | May 12, 1991 – April 4, 1993 |
Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House is a Canadian television anthology series which aired on the Showtime network from 1991 to 1993. Author Kurt Vonnegut hosted the series himself, presenting dramatizations of several of his short stories from the 1968 collection Welcome to the Monkey House.[1]
Episodes
[edit]Each Monkey House adaptation was 30 minutes long.
The first three stories were produced as a television pilot in British Columbia, Canada, and broadcast together from 9:00–10:30pm on May 12, 1991.[2][3] The four subsequent episodes were filmed and produced in New Zealand in 1992, as a co-production with South Pacific Pictures.[4] The latter episodes were broadcast monthly.
Season 1
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Next Door" | May 12, 1991 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Euphio Question" | May 12, 1991 |
| 3 | 3 | "All The King's Horses" | May 12, 1991 |
Season 2
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | "Fortitude" | 21 December 1992 |
| 5 | 2 | "More Stately Mansions" | 3 January 1993 |
| 6 | 3 | "Epicac" | 21 February 1993 |
| 7 | 4 | "The Foster Portfolio" | 4 April 1993 |
References
[edit]- ^ Goudas, John N. (February 21, 1993). "A Look Inside Vonnegut's 'Monkey House'". Los Angeles Times. USA. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
- ^ Variety Television Reviews 1991–1992. New York: Taylor & Francis. 1994. ISBN 0824037960.
- ^ Hughes, Mike (May 28, 1991). "Writer Kurt Vonnegut finds new outlet in television". Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Gannett News Service. p. 2C. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ Official Co-Productions 1988–2013, New Zealand Film Commission.
External links
[edit]- Monkey House at IMDb
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- 1990s Canadian anthology television series
- Showtime (TV network) original programming
- Works by Kurt Vonnegut
- 1991 Canadian television series debuts
- 1993 Canadian television series endings
- 1990s Canadian drama television series
- 1990s New Zealand television series
- Television shows filmed in British Columbia
- Television series by South Pacific Pictures
- Canadian drama television series stubs