Curiosity Shop The Groon
TV Episode | Family

Curiosity Shop

The Groon

TV Episode | Family

Ray Bradbury's "The Groon" was the 2nd to last act S1-E9, the Curiosity Shop's Halloween Special "Where Do You Go to Get Out of a Scare?" broadcast October 30, 1971. Gerard, Ralph and Cindy look for a way to cure Gerard's hiccups and find ...See moreRay Bradbury's "The Groon" was the 2nd to last act S1-E9, the Curiosity Shop's Halloween Special "Where Do You Go to Get Out of a Scare?" broadcast October 30, 1971. Gerard, Ralph and Cindy look for a way to cure Gerard's hiccups and find Vincent Price ensconced in a black armchair inside a cobweb-draped Curiosity Shop. They find a drastic change in the appearance of the animal puppets; Halcyon is in wolf-man makeup, Ole Factor has become the Hound of the Baskervilles and Hermione looks like Vampira with long black hair and fangs. Whispering to the kids they are going to play a game called Scare, Vincent shows them clips from several horror films ranging from The Phantom of the Opera to The Abominable Dr. Phibes. Baron Balthazar's animated short is "Martin Makes It To The Top" and the Onomatopoeia leads them all in singing the "Onomatopoeia Scare Song". Vincent and Gittle have a run-in over a bubbling witch's cauldron and Gittle sings "These Wonderful Things". She then turns into Medusa, Lorelei and the Wicked Witch of the East and they all sing in harmony. A cartoon about "The Groon," created by Ray Bradbury, appears with a flick of Mr. Price's hand and everybody joins to sing "There's No Such Thing As Fear". Written by David H Wemyss See less