Long Day's Gurney into Night

Long Day's Gurney into Night
Premiere date	September 8, 1990
Run time	22:34
Starring	Rick Moranis Shari Belafonte Barry Gordon Jackie Earle Haley Ricki Lake Maurice La Marche Kimmy Robertson Roger Rose Frank Welker Brock Peters Georgia Brown Tim Curry Eileen Brennan Jonathan Winters
Writer(s)	Ernie Contreras Glenn Leopold
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"Long Day's Gurney into Night" is the first episode of Gravedale High season one. It aired on September 8, 1990 on NBC. It was written by series developers, Ernie Contreras and Glenn Leopold, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

While clowning in class, Sid falls sick (later discovered to be tonsillitis), but without a school doctor or nurse, Max is forced to take him to the local human hospital.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Max Schneider	Rick Moranis
J.P. Ghastly III	Frank Welker
Reggie Moonshroud	Barry Gordon
Clawford	Frank Welker
Headmistress Crone	Georgia Brown
Mr. Boneyard	Brock Peters
Cleofatra	Ricki Lake
Frankentyke	Frank Welker
Sid	Maurice La Marche
Seymour	Barry Gordon
Mr. Tutner	Tim Curry
Blanche	Shari Belafonte
Duzer	Kimmy Robertson
Vinnie Stoker	Roger Rose
Michael Jackson
Gill Waterman	Jackie Earle Haley
Miss Dirge	Eileen Brennan
Coach Cadaver	Jonathan Winters

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Gravedale High School
    • Community hospital
  • Africa (picture)
    • Egypt (picture)

Objects

• Duzer's diary
• Dyer's Ice Scream

Vehicles

• Max's car
• School bus
• S.S. Titanic (mentioned)

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1990.

Music

The music was composed by the Tyrell Music Group. The theme song was written by John Parker, Randy Peterson, Kevin Quinn, Stephanie Tyrell, and Steve Tyrell.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 8, 1990 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is an allusion to Eugene O'Neill's tragedy play Long Day's Journey Into Night.
• Dyer's Ice Scream is a parody of Dreyer's ice cream.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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