WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE TV HORROR HOSTS , WHETHER THEY'RE CURRENT , BEFORE YOUR TIME , OR SOMEONE YOU GREW UP WITH AND HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF(And , I hope most of you heeded the advice of KING GHOULARDI , and never quite grew up.). Any good stories about meeting any of them , in or out of character? I'll catch up , later. My original thesis was deleted. iT WAS A BAD FIRECRACKER , GROUP , IT DID'NT GO BOOM BOOM.

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Exactly.  It's the stations' mentality that nobody is going to remember anything from the 50s or 60s AS IF all those people are dead or just don't turn on a TV or radio anymore.  NIck at NIte has shows that are even more recent.
 
John Battles said:

  I ONLY EVER SAW TV LAND , ONCE , ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.THEY WERE ALREADY HURTING FOR CLASSIC COMEDIES.    Maybe they could'nt get the rights to enough shows that don't suck. Sure , MeToo or MeTV is showing "Square Pegs", but , to me , THAT'S recent. And , I love that show....But even our remaining local UHF (OR WHATEVER THEY ARE , NOW)  stations were showing All in The Family , Sanford and Son , The Honeymooners , all the shows that SHOULD be on from 10:00 PM To MIDNIGHT, BUT , SLOWLY , THEY'D GET REPLACED BY ROSEANNE , FRAZIER , OTHER SHOWS THAT WERE'NT EVEN FUNNY , A WHOMPIN' 15 YEARS AGO.  It's like "Oldies " stations playing Billy Joel or Phil Colllins. It ain't Kosher.

It's so stupid. We all grew up loving shows from the 50's and 60's. I was'nt around in the 50's , and scarcely remember the late 60's, but all my favorite shows are pre - 80's. 
  It's not like we're Michael J.Fox in "Back To The Future"  , and would have known what Ralph Kramden was going to wear to the Racoon Lodge PARTY , BEFORE THE SHOW HAD EVER AIRED. A great show is a great show. Same is true of Horror Hosts , making a comeback , if they know what they're doing . It's proven successful more than once , tho' I'd love to see reruns of the original Svengoolie , and shows like that...

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Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Exactly.  It's the stations' mentality that nobody is going to remember anything from the 50s or 60s AS IF all those people are dead or just don't turn on a TV or radio anymore.  NIck at NIte has shows that are even more recent.
 
John Battles said:

  I ONLY EVER SAW TV LAND , ONCE , ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.THEY WERE ALREADY HURTING FOR CLASSIC COMEDIES.    Maybe they could'nt get the rights to enough shows that don't suck. Sure , MeToo or MeTV is showing "Square Pegs", but , to me , THAT'S recent. And , I love that show....But even our remaining local UHF (OR WHATEVER THEY ARE , NOW)  stations were showing All in The Family , Sanford and Son , The Honeymooners , all the shows that SHOULD be on from 10:00 PM To MIDNIGHT, BUT , SLOWLY , THEY'D GET REPLACED BY ROSEANNE , FRAZIER , OTHER SHOWS THAT WERE'NT EVEN FUNNY , A WHOMPIN' 15 YEARS AGO.  It's like "Oldies " stations playing Billy Joel or Phil Colllins. It ain't Kosher.

I never saw Zacherle on TV but I did hang out with him at a horror convention. He's a really cool guy. 

That's really cool. I bought his "Horrorble Horror" comp on Goodtimes (Trademark of QUALITY - HA HA HA HA) at Woolworth's 20 - odd years ago. Still have it. It's a keeper , if you eve rsee it.
 
zacharythax said:

I never saw Zacherle on TV but I did hang out with him at a horror convention. He's a really cool guy. 

I recently watched a pretty neat documentary called American Scary. Its about horror hosts and shit like that. (I'm pretty sure its available streaming on netlfix, actually.) I thoroughly enjoyed it. I recommend checking it out.

Also, has anyone ever seen this older kids show called The Hilarious House of Frightenstein? It's like Sesame Street had a baby with a haunted castle and that show was the offspring.

Yeah, I mentioned it on page 2.
 
hips like cinderella said:

Also, has anyone ever seen this older kids show called The Hilarious House of Frightenstein? It's like Sesame Street had a baby with a haunted castle and that show was the offspring.

Zacherle Thax , "Bad Ghoul". Available NOW.
 
zacharythax said:

I never saw Zacherle on TV but I did hang out with him at a horror convention. He's a really cool guy. 

iF WE DID'NT GET AROUND TO TALKING ABOUT IT EARLIER , VINCENT PRICE DID COOL CAMEOS ON THIS SHOW (CANADIAN , LIMITED US DISTRIBUTION.) , AND A DVD CAME OUT A FEW YEARS AGO.

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Yeah, I mentioned it on page 2.
 
hips like cinderella said:

Also, has anyone ever seen this older kids show called The Hilarious House of Frightenstein? It's like Sesame Street had a baby with a haunted castle and that show was the offspring.

oh, i see where you mentioned it now. my bad, i must've accidentally looked over it at first. but yeah, the vincent price cameos were awesome. that doc American Scary talks about svengoolie, ghoulardi, dr. shock, and a ton of others. i highly recommend it to anyone interested in the topic.

John Battles said:

iF WE DID'NT GET AROUND TO TALKING ABOUT IT EARLIER , VINCENT PRICE DID COOL CAMEOS ON THIS SHOW (CANADIAN , LIMITED US DISTRIBUTION.) , AND A DVD CAME OUT A FEW YEARS AGO.

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Yeah, I mentioned it on page 2.
 
hips like cinderella said:

Also, has anyone ever seen this older kids show called The Hilarious House of Frightenstein? It's like Sesame Street had a baby with a haunted castle and that show was the offspring.

Yes , I saw a trailer for that documentary. Have'nt actually seen it , tho'.

SVENGOOLIE , again , if we have'nt talked about this already , was played by Jerry G. Bishop in the early - mid 70's . HE'S A  FORMER CLEVELAND AND CHICAGO DJ , NOW BASED IN L.A..  HE WAS FRIENDS WITH ERNIE ANDERSON (King Ghoulardi.), and based his act partly on Ghoulardi , and a bit of Lenny Bruce thrown in. Goofy , but , hipper than most.   He was later replaced by Richard Koz as "Son of Svengoolie"......Koz returned to Televison in Chicago , several years ago. He now hosts a fine Three Stooges program as himself , and Horror MOVIES AS JUST "SVENGOOLIE".      Bishop was MUCH better , but , at least Koz is keeping it going, and kids are getting turned on to Horror movies , again.

Bishop briefly hosted a great Oldies show on an elusive , but outstanding , AM station (Oldies 1690.) that should have torn Chicago a new one , but died the death in about six months .


 
hips like cinderella said:

oh, i see where you mentioned it now. my bad, i must've accidentally looked over it at first. but yeah, the vincent price cameos were awesome. that doc American Scary talks about svengoolie, ghoulardi, dr. shock, and a ton of others. i highly recommend it to anyone interested in the topic.

John Battles said:

iF WE DID'NT GET AROUND TO TALKING ABOUT IT EARLIER , VINCENT PRICE DID COOL CAMEOS ON THIS SHOW (CANADIAN , LIMITED US DISTRIBUTION.) , AND A DVD CAME OUT A FEW YEARS AGO.

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Yeah, I mentioned it on page 2.
 
hips like cinderella said:

Also, has anyone ever seen this older kids show called The Hilarious House of Frightenstein? It's like Sesame Street had a baby with a haunted castle and that show was the offspring.

I watched American Scary the other day. I would've loved this kind of thing growing up but we never had anything like it in the UK. Mind you, I probably wouldn't have been happy with them interrupting the films all the time.

Oh no, we did have this. Terrifying!

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