Crazy Fun Park
| Crazy Fun Park | |
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| Created by | Nicholas Verso |
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| Composer | Cornel Wilczek |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Producer | Joanna Werner |
| Cinematography | Matthew Temple |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
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| Network | ABC ME |
| Release | 1 January 2023 |
Crazy Fun Park is an Australian horror comedy television series for teens on ABC ME.[1] It won the 2023 TV Week Logie Award for the Most Outstanding Children's Program.[2]
Synopsis
[edit]Chester is an art-smart and loving teen, who tries his best at school but sometimes gets his grades dragged down by one of his only friends. His best friend is Mapplethorpe, who is air headed by far but still cares for his best bud. Together, they're an inseparable duo who love writing comics together- until the two get into a fight, and Mapplethorpe dies at a run down theme park while trying to make it up to Chester. Crazy Fun Park is an abandoned roller coaster park, once meant to bring joy and happiness but has only brought death since its founding, and is rumoured to have ghosts who roam the premises at night but are unable to leave. Chester is forlorn; until he realises his old friend - as well as many new who met tragic fates some years ago - are a lot less dead than they seem...
Join Chester, Mapplethorpe, new (living) friend Violetta, Remus, the first one to die and the leader who's got some lore of his own, and the Fun Kids who call the park home, for a spooky time as the gang help each other out with unfinished business as well as discovering the secrets of Crazy Fun Park and the story of its founder.
Cast
[edit]- Henry Strand as Chester Dante
- Stacy Clausen as Mapplethorpe Landis
- Hannah Ogawa as Violetta Nakata
- Pedrea Jackson as Nimrod
- Lee Halley as Gonzo
- Jason Thompson as Zed
- Justin Holborow as Remus
- Georgia La Belle as Destinee McPhail
- Katherine Tonkin as Phoebe
- Bernard Curry as Zach Dante
- Charli Wookey as Siobhan
- Ziggy Zilberman-Sharp as Tigger
- Judith Lucy as Ms Wiest
- Safe Shahab as Willo
- Hugh Nakamura as Ricky
- Alicia Banit as Asha
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "I Don't Want To Grow Up" | Nicholas Verso | Nicholas Verso | 1 January 2023 |
| 2 | "One Of Us" | Nicholas Verso | Nicholas Verso | 1 January 2023 |
| 3 | "Let it Go" | Nicholas Verso | Nicholas Verso | 1 January 2023 |
| 4 | "Remember Me" | Sarah Hickey | Magda Wozniak | 1 January 2023 |
| 5 | "Together Forever" | Nicholas Verso | Craig Irvin | 1 January 2023 |
| 6 | "This is Halloween" | Nicholas Verso | Nicholas Verso | 1 January 2023 |
| 7 | "Friends with Feelings" | Nicholas Verso | Enoch Mailangi & Nicholas Verso | 1 January 2023 |
| 8 | "My Name is" | Nicholas Verso | Nicholas Verso | 1 January 2023 |
| 9 | "Stay" | Nicholas Verso | Nicholas Verso | 1 January 2023 |
| 10 | "Mirrors" | Nicholas Verso | Nicholas Verso | 1 January 2023 |
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ McManus, Brigid (28 December 2022), "How the death of young friends inspired the ABC's new teen series", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ French, Megan (31 July 2023), "Logies shock: Underdog show Crazy Fun Park beats worldwide-popular Bluey", The West Australian