Nightmare Ned (TV series)

Nightmare Ned is a short-lived animated television show which ran from April 19, 1997 to August 9, 1997 on ABC as part of their "Animal Brodcasting Company" block. Developed alongside an eponymous video game of the same name developed by Creative Capers Entertainment and Window Painters Ltd.,Nightmare Ned on allgame.com the show focuses on the life of Ned Needlemeyer (voiced by Courtland Mead), a 10-year-old boy that deals with his daily problems through dark, quirky nightmares. The show ran over budget, and was cancelled after only 12 episodes were produced.http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/studio-roundabout.html
The show had Donovan Cook as its producer and director. Cook previously created Hanna-Barbera's 2 Stupid Dogs.
==Characters==
*Ned Needlemeyer: The show's protagonist. He is a 10-year-old boy who deals with his troubles through his nightmares. Voiced by Courtland Mead.
*Ed Needlemeyer: Ned's father. He constantly tries to help Ned with his problems, but this does not occur often. Voiced by Brad Garrett.
*Sarah Needlemeyer: Ned's mother. She is the only one in the family who tries to understand Ned's nightmares. Voiced by Victoria Jackson.
*Amy Needlemeyer: Ned's baby sister. Voiced by Kath Soucie.
*Conrad and Vernon: Two bullies who constantly pick on Ned. They are named after Conrad Vernon, who served as one of the storyboard artists of the show. Conrad is voiced by Jeff Bennett, while Vernon is voiced by Rob Paulsen.
*Ms. Bundt: Ned's teacher. Voiced by Tress MacNeille.
*Joanie: A girl from Ned's school who has a crush on him. She has appeared in the episodes "Until Undeath Do Us Part" and briefly in "Girl Trouble".
==Episode list==
# 	First segment 	Second segment 	Third segment 	Original Airdate
1 	Ned's Life as a Dog 	A Doll's House 	N/A 	April 19, 1997
2 	Robot Ned 	Dapper Dan 	N/A 	April 26, 1997
3 	Monster Ned 	Ants 	N/A 	May 3, 1997
4 	Magic Bus 	Until Undeath Do Us Part	N/A 	May 10, 1997
5 	Headless Lester 	My, How You've Grown 	N/A 	May 17, 1997
6 	Tooth or Consequences	Show Me the Infidel 	N/A 	May 24, 1997
7 	Willie Trout 	House of Games 	N/A 	May 31, 1997
8 	Girl Trouble 	Canadian Bacon 	N/A 	June 7, 1997
9 	Abduction 	Bad Report Card 	N/A 	June 14, 1997
10	Testing... Testing...	The Accordion Lesson 	N/A 	June 21, 1997
11	Along for the Ride 	Steamed Vegetables 	N/A 	June 28, 1997
12	Lucky Abe 	The Dentist 	The Ballad of Conrad and Vernon	August 9, 1997
==Trivia==
*Absolutely no footage of this show existed until 2012 when YouTuber TVSeriespot uploaded the first half of episodes 1 and 5, both halves of episodes 2-9 and 11 and the second half of episodes 6-8. The rest of the show remained lost until 2016 when YouTubers Forest Man, Knordob and Slowpoke 85 uploaded more episodes. Forest Man uploaded episodes 4 and 12, Slowpoke 85 uploaded the second halves of episodes 1 and 7 and Knordob uploaded episode 3, episode 10 and the second half of episode 2. The first minute of "Tooth or Consequences" was lost until YouTuber That Weirdo That Makes Videos uploaded the full episode in December 2020. On August 12th, 2023, a user named NCA62 uploaded the complete series onto the Internet Archive, using the PAL masters.
*The show premiered on Courtland Mead's 10th birthday. 
*The only appearance of this show on Disney Channel was in a 1998 UK bumper.
*This show reran in Canada in the 2000s on The Family Network. This is the last time the show was ever seen on television.
==References==
==External links==
*Nightmare Ned at Toonopedia
*Scenes From the Nightmare Ned Video Game
*Nightmare Ned page at the official site of Robert Rose, who served as the game's stop motion artist
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