The Mystery & Controversy of Friday the 13th: The Series (1987)
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Friday the 13th started as a very popular series of slasher movies where Jason Voorhees stalked teenagers through the woods and somehow morphed into Friday the 13th: The Series in 1987, a show that had nothing to do with the series of films.
But just like the Friday the 13th movies, Friday the 13th the series had it’s own share of controversy and problems.
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Curious Goods by Alyse Wax
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(franchise)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Mancuso_Jr.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Goes_to_Hell:_The_Final_Friday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_vs._Jason
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June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
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@ralphorteg
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
I was a movie loyalist and avoided the show, regretfully now all these years later. Thanks for the great retrospect on the entire franchise! It's still one of my favorites. I'm looking forward to new movies! The prequel seems interesting. And yes… I did watch some of "Freddy's Nightmares." That's what I meant about being a movie loyalist, or in this case, the character.
@melissas9245
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
I watched Friday the 13th the Series right after Freddie's Nightmares right before The 3 Stooges. I don't like the movies so I was happy to see the show was NOTHING like the movies. Plus, the guy who plays Lewis is also the same guy who played the demolition man in the Twilight Zone episode with Robert Redford as Mr. Death.
@LucasA84
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
I loved that they researched the dates. Genius.
@hankthepatriot3733
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
I recall being disappointed that there was no Crystal Lake/Jason but I had such a MAD CRUSH on Micki!
@bethocdunwitty6641
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
My favorite Saturday evening pastime while babysitting nights!
@brandonbentley5453
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
Why they chose the title is the mystery. Awesome show! Saw every episode as they aired. My family ended up loving the show too. It's scary enough to keep you enthralled but is also a cozy, coffee drinking, intriguing and unpredictable Sunday afternoon delight.
@JoshHighwood
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
I'm watching it rite now…dvd box set…I miss the 80s
@btetschner
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
I graduated Burwell Junior High on May 13, 1994…which is Friday The 13th!
@btetschner
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
Eating Keebler Chips Deluxe: Fudge Filled Cookies…while watching this video!
I am the first to buy this product!***
*** Confirmed by Alice Walton
@jamienicholson8221
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
I was an avid fan
@usernamedkjahstill5003
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
It remember the opening credits of this show but I couldn't tell you a single title or even describe an episode.
@hilarioph
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
Friday the 13th was aired in the Philippines on New Vision 9 in 1989, before it was again renamed RPN 9 in 1996. People say that if Jason is in the series. But the story is different until the final episode in 1991. My brother said it is about bad luck. Is not the same in the movie.
@midwestmonster9886
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
9:10 – 9:21
Thank you, Mr. Ebert, for succinctly describing why we love this franchise so much. 🙂
@RavynAngelDarck
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
I remember the show as a kid and I was a fan. I also have the series on DVD to share the experience with my daughter.
@ghost7524
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
It's still amazing that was able to watch it at my age then. It was a good show…
@parentalunit22
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
OH, so it was Warehouse 13
@wisconsinking323
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
I remember seeing reruns of this on the sci-fi channel (before it SYFY).
@maxyrobbin
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
If I made a Friday the 13th series, I would make an anthology of scary stories, including slashers, happening in Crystal Lake… maybe told by a group of kids around a campfire a la Are You Afraid of the Dark?
@peachjackson3856
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
Love this show even though I remember being disappointed it had nothing to do with Jason when it first aired. Also, unless I’m missing something you are totally mispronouncing the name “Mancuso”. Man coo so, not man q so. Just saying lol
@mekman4
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
Roger Ebert (R.I.P.) sells me on this movie, even today!
Great Stuff, as always!
@christophermoody6840
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
@16:32 it managed to capture the young male demographic because it came on Right After Wrestling (WWF) on Saturday afternoon… ay least it did in my area.
@LadyChatterly
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
It was one of my FAVES!!!!
@XenobiaWolfMoon2
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
I watched it as a kid. I loved it
@say10sedso56
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
Tipper Gore and her gang of Super Karens are just as responsible as any "right wing church groups" for the "Won't anyone think of the childern"
Censorship craze of the 90s…
Reverend Lovejoys wife in the Simpsons was basically a stand in for Tipper and the "RTC" group in WWE was a direct parody of her group who were also trying to get Wreslting taken off the air during that time…
@DerekBarns
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
The haunted mask concept sounds A LOT like Splatterhouse
@AnonymousPerson0182
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
Love the show! Saw it when it debuted and realized it had nothing to do with the movie franchise. Have loved it ever since.
@davidhill2020
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
Jesus, it took about eleven minutes into this 23 minute video to start talking about the TV series.
@oober3690
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
The host of this channel is exhausting. He sounds snarky and up himself.
@timothybrandriff6499
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
This show, Tales from the Darkside, War of the Worlds (The series), late '80's, early 90's genre TV for the growing nerd I was, and would become. I tell my kids about these kind of shows I watched when I was their age and they don't believe me that they're real.
@darrylnevels6141
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
Watched that along with the War of the Worlds. Yeah, the time moved did the show in. Then, I'm trying to stay up watching Freddy Nightmares a whole different story!
@tarareads23
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
I absolutely loved this show back in the day.
@milanjackson417
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
You really didn't talk much about the show itself. It was more of a dissertation on Paramount and Jason Voorhies
@Powherkrangunch
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
Oh my gosh, this is such a treat! I've been waiting to see this one! The main Friday the 13th films I like are the first 3. Outside of them it gets a little bit repetitive but this TV show was awesome! Thank you so much for covering it! Plus, it's a lot like a Goosebumps version of a hollocrux hunt! This was a great show! I'll have to look up that DVD set!
@matthewfrankunas6665
June 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
You all need to get the book about the series. The author goes episode by episode with interviews from cast and crew.