Horror movie Saturday night hosts (1 Viewer)

[Hastur]

Tonight on Svengoolie:  Creature with the Atomic Brain

I'm looking forward to how bad this will be.  

 

[Hastur]

Last night Svengoolie showed the movie "The Island of Terror" starring Peter Cushing(Grand Moff Tarkin Star Wars fame).

1966 British movie.  I have to say, I've been watch Svengoolie for about 2 years, and this is the first movie that genuinely startled me. Some crazy scenes with repeated 'viewer discretion advised' warnings from Sven.  

 

[Psychopav]

Last night Svengoolie showed the movie "The Island of Terror" starring Peter Cushing(Grand Moff Tarkin Star Wars fame).

1966 British movie.  I have to say, I've been watch Svengoolie for about 2 years, and this is the first movie that genuinely startled me. Some crazy scenes with repeated 'viewer discretion advised' warnings from Sven.  

He must be on a Peter Cushing kick - he played Dr. Frankenstein in the Hammer Frankenstein a few weeks back.

 

[Hastur]

Tonight on Svengoolie:  Frankenstein meets the Spacemonster.

It sounds absurdly bad, and looking forward to it!

 

[identikit]

In the Seattle area, we had Nightmare Theatre:

link

Featuring this guy:

The Count

Was a Friday night thing though

 

[Tom Servo]

Saturday nights had The Ghoul.   More edgy and subversive, and more appealing to me.  It seemed like he might have split his time between Detroit and Cleveland, as he was on and off the air in Detroit from time to time.   

Your Ghoul was the intern of Cleveland’s Ghoulardi:
In 1971, Anderson's former intern Ron Sweed first appeared on WKBF-TV(UHF channel 61 in Cleveland) as "The Ghoul," borrowing the "Ghoulardi" character traits and costume with Anderson’s blessing, but with a name change because Storer Broadcasting still owned the "Ghoulardi" name. The Ghoul Show went on to air for many years in Cleveland, Detroit, and limited national syndication.

 

[dickey moe]

Elvira

Mr. Movie in Bako

 

[Tom Servo]

Big Chuck and Little John - Cleveland - here's the intro

I was more a fan of Hoolihan and Big Chuck. Little John didn’t entertain me all that much. 

 

[Godsbrother]

wpix and chiller theater

Chilly Billy  (although technically it was WIIC at the time)

 

[Sullie]

I was more a fan of Hoolihan and Big Chuck. Little


John


didn’t entertain me all that much. 

Hoolihan was definitely funnier from the old clips I've watched and from the re-runs of old sketches they used to run but by the time I was able to stay up that late (around age 9 or 10) Hoolian had left and Little John took over so I mostly recall the show when it was Big Chuck and Little John.

 

[Tom Servo]

Chilly Billy  (although technically it was WIIC at the time)

Who starred in Night of the Living Dead as a…wait for it…a WIIC news reporter.

 

[Tom Servo]

Hoolihan was definitely funnier from the old clips I've watched and from the re-runs of old sketches they used to run but by the time I was able to stay up that late (around age 9 or 10) Hoolian had left and Little John took over so I mostly recall the show when it was Big Chuck and Little John.

My favorite part was the knee slap/corny laugh at the end of a skit. Every once in a while I break out my imitation of it. 

 

[Sullie]

My favorite part was the knee slap/corny laugh at the end of a skit. Every once in a while I break out my imitation of it. 

Yes, absolutely!  Another iconic sound from back then was the Sohio Weather Sounder, you knew it was going to be DAMN cold when you heard it!  You go or Sohio pays your tow!

 

[Tom Servo]

Yes, absolutely!  Another iconic sound from back then was the Sohio Weather Sounder, you knew it was going to be DAMN cold when you heard it!  You go or Sohio pays your two!

I listened to a lot of 3WE back in the day and knew immediately what sound you were talking about.

 

[shuke]

Yes, absolutely!  Another iconic sound from back then was the Sohio Weather Sounder, you knew it was going to be DAMN cold when you heard it!  You go or Sohio pays your tow!

Used to listen to a AM radio station trivia show late at night as a kid and this sound brings back clear memories of being buried under my covers.

 

[Hastur]

Sventoonie is doing a limited run series right after Svengoolie.  Toonie the Tuna from the MeTV morning cartoon show 'dressed up' as Svengoolie.  

Haven't decided if I hate it or find it funny yet.  To be continued...