Histeria!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Perhaps the world's only animated sketch comedy educational series, Histeria delivers lessons that stick – to your funny bone. Hosted by Father Time (voice of Frank Welker), the cartoon cast careens through time to deliver historical facts from Siberia to Sumeria, despite the efforts of Miss Information (voice of Laraine Newman), the claims of The World's Oldest Woman (voice of Tress MacNeille) and the perpetually poopy diapers of the egg shaped Big Fat Baby (Luke Ruegger). Histeria comes complete with its own Kid Chorus to underscore the history lessons and often provide the impetus for some most unusual interactions with some of history's most famous and infamous characters (and more opening theme songs than you can shake a Greek javelin at!). Among the voices of the recurring cast can be heard vocal luminaries like James Wickline, Rob Paulsen, Billy West, Paul Rugg and Nora Dunn. So get set for 52 fact-music-and-mirth-filled history lessons!

Series details

• Title: Histeria!
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Children, Family
• Premiere date: 1998-09-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-10-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: The WB
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 15458
• IMDb ID: tt0175738
• TVDB ID: 73728

Cast and credited roles

• Jeff Bennett — Leif Ericksson
• Maurice LaMarche — Eric the Red
• Frank Welker — Father Time
• Tress MacNeille — World's Oldest Woman
• Luke Ruegger — Big Fat Baby
• Cody Ruegger — Loud Kiddington
• Billy West — Sven Chatterson
• Nora Dunn — Lydia Karaoke

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1998-09-14; final listed air date 1999-06-05.
• Season 2: premiered 2000-01-17; final listed air date 2000-10-01.

Source and licence

Adapted from Histeria! on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.