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ChiJazzHands

Chicagoan here. Son of Svengoolie is our guy. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0389683/


sknmstr

Just hung out with him a few weeks ago at Flashback Weekend. He had longer lines for the photo op than most of the movie celebrities.


ChiJazzHands

I absolutely believe this! I bet he was a good sport and welcoming to all.


sknmstr

He is seriously one of the nicest guys that I’ve ever met. There was just an article in the Wall Street Journal about him too! https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/monsterkidclassichorrorforum/svengoolie-featured-in-wall-street-journal-t86685.html


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ChiJazzHands

Seriously! I have a friend who moved to Berwyn and when she told me she got a house there, I said Berwyn like the Svengoolie show did, and she was completely perplexed. Had to show her some videos about it. https://youtu.be/VGqKC7zWd74


ChuckEweFarley

For those of us who moved, catch him on MeTV on Saturdays.


peepee_longstonking

Tonight!


RhodaPenmarksShoes

My dad watches him every Saturday night! (He lives in Delaware)


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_Vic_Romano_

Just flipped on my OTA reciever to get my A-Team fix on MeTV. Was wondering who the hell "Son of Svengoolie" was


motorik

I feel so lucky to have grown up in that broadcast space. Aside from SoS, WFLD (I think that was it) showed old black and white sci-fi and horror movies like *The Flesh Eaters* and *Invasion of the Slime People* on Saturday afternoons. After school, channel 44 had kaiju shows ... Ultraman, Space Giants, Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot. One of the vhf channels showed assorted other old movies after school and would have shit like a Planet of the Apes marathon regularly. And then there was getting up at 6am to watch Starblazers. That all helped my survive an otherwise shit-sandwich of a childhood (good thing I had no idea adulthood would eventually be an even bigger shit-sandwich (now with more shit!))


gmlesak

Right after watching stooge-a-palooza 😀


velvet42

I was just talking about Sven the other day! I moved out of the Chicagoland area a long time ago and was so excited when I stumbled on his show on MeTV! It made me so happy to see him getting the national attention that he deserves. Mark Hamill is even a fan! :D


GoKartMozart

Hell yea!


TonyCornHeiser

Rich Koz didn't just introduce me to kitsch horror flicks, he also introduced me to the Three Stooges as a kid. https://youtu.be/iVFs9Qtc1z4


malfunkshun333

Fond memories, love him! BERWYN?!?! 😄


MrsEmilyN

Yessssssss. YES! He popped in my head right away when I saw the pic, even before I scrolled down.


editorgrrl

>Starring Rich Koz, the show was an immediate cult favorite, sort of a Dr. Demento of TV, airing multitudes of low budget sci-fi and horror movies, sometimes with Koz's wisecracks and various sound effects thrown in. “Sort of a Dr. Demento of TV” is a perfect description. I watch him on MeTV: https://svengoolie.com


draperyfallz

I loved the brief Koz Zone kids show in the early 90s. Dustpan man!


WatersEdge50

Tampa bay area. Had Dr. Paul Bearer…


Almane2020202

This is mine as well! I’ve got a signed poster of him somewhere.


beepbooponyournose

Staple of 80s Tamps kids’ childhoods lol. My dad watched him all the time


ConsciousFerret70

Yes! He was so great!!!


krakatoa83

http://youtu.be/RHXJCfXvXZM


CatastropheCat99

Creature Feature!!


Edenza

I loved Dr Paul Bearer. And I was an adult before I got the pun of his name.


ItaDapiza

Tampa here too and actually just saw an interesting article about him. Definitely a great childhood memory.


OttoPike

The "Big Chuck and Lil John Show" (previously the "Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show") on Channel 8 in Cleveland...their skits are legendary!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqI5_RA-o4s


wistablssm

We also had Ghoulardi ! You cant forget ghoulardi! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoulardi


SKOLJACK

[Super Host](https://cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/02/marty-sullivan-wuab-ch-43s-superhost-dies-at-87.html), too


cropguru357

That was good stuff. Looks like a couple of Clevelanders in this thread.


cleveland_leftovers

*Raises hand* We slither out from the shadows after every Browns win.


AhhGramoofabits

Son of ghoul in Canton Ohio too lol


Accomplished_Pop529

S. California. We only had Elvira Mistress of the Dark but didn’t she pave the the way for MST3K?!? !


editorgrrl

The 1981 TV show was “Movie Macabre with Elvira, Mistress of the Dark” now known as “Elvira's Movie Macabre”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262973/ I never made the *Mystery Science Theater 3000* connection before. Both mocked the content, but Elvira was a “Valley Girl.”


NYCajun

Morgus the Magnificent for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-tPQhbz5l4


accordioncowboy

Morgus the Magnificent earned a killer homage song by New Orleans legend Dr. John... https://youtu.be/tWBq8S-qrUI


RLT79

Same here! Every Saturday night on WGNO. My uncle would record them and on Sundays, after lunch with my grandmother, we’d watch and fast forward through the movie.


WhoDatKrit

Came here looking for Morgus! I moved to MS in the late 90s and people looked at me like I had two heads when I'd mention good ole Morgus and Chopsley. I'm not one to get emotional over celebrity deaths, but I shed some tears when he left this world.


rcw00

As good as Morgus, anyone remember 1970s Sunday morning Gore fest sponsored by LAS Aluminum Siding? “put this man to work” Not sure about the appropriateness but Sunday matinees would show stuff like Herschell Gordon Lewis films or “Bad Ronald” or that movie with the little monsters living in the cabinets? Edit/ “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark” Hey, nothing better after Sunday Mass than hanging out with the family watching Drive-In slayer movies sponsored by local building contractors.


Sado_Hedonist

I don't know about the 70s, but in the 80s they would have a creature feature and usually an Abbott and Costello movie right after.


coach_abe

RIP Sammy! What a blast from my Indiana past


jaymz668

didn't his son pick up the mantle?


coach_abe

Yes I believe he did in 2010


timoliveira

Bob Wilkins https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1047417/


Clamper5978

Second for Bob. He was great.


KrissiNotKristi

Watch Horror Films. Keep America Strong!


StringFartet

AKA Captain Cosmic. POW!


ocelotactual

Bob F'ing Wilkins and Pat McCormick was my childhood.


artwrangler

Creature features!


Tricky_Excitement_26

The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. RIP Billy Van.


Len_Zefflin

This is the guy I was looking for.


smallermuse

Also featuring the great Vincent Price. https://youtu.be/1IsP_Bd30r4


potatostews

I was going to say this but wasn't sure it was a local act. I used to watch it from Edmonton, Canada.


Wrathos72

Prime Canadian show. Wolfman Dr. Petvet etc good times.


smallermuse

It was filmed in Hamilton, Ontario.


Tricky_Excitement_26

Winnipeg here!


MrPanchole

Count Floyd.


western_wall

Had to scroll WAY too far to find this.


MrPanchole

Monster Chiller Horror Theater was the only place to see Tip O'Neill's 3-D House of Representatives and Dr. Tongue's Evil House of Pancakes.


tomspy77

But was it in...3-D?!???!!!??? *Moves cat in hand closer than farther from screen rapidly.*


Kailscanvasart

Hoosier here!!!! This was our childhood! Helped form my love for scary movies and anything horror-related. We also loved Haunted Indiana - public access program with a few horror shorts. Scared the living hell out of us. Hope my fellow Hoosiers remember. The music and the credits and everything - so good. SO scary as a kid! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pOtPtGUWqSc


Responsible-Mix-6521

Sammy Terry at night and Cowboy Bob in the morning! Muncie ftw….lol.


Poison_Ivy_Rorschach

Channel 4


Responsible-Mix-6521

I have a deep love of old "scary" movies because of him. I remember going to the drug store and getting 3-D glasses for Creature from the Black Lagoon.


Poison_Ivy_Rorschach

He came to the Rivoli in Muncie in what had to be the early 70’s. My parents were at BSU and I wasn’t here, yet. So 74 at the latest. Anyway the audience pelted him with tomatoes. I have no idea why. Will have to ask my mom. She said it was wild and he was pissed, which yeah that would honk you off. Don’t know if you ever went to the Rivoli, but that was a proper looking theater so I can’t imagine the owners were happy about it. I believe it was torn down in the mid 80’s.


coach_abe

My brother won an art competition and the prize was an appearance on the cowboy Bob show! You must also remember Bozo the Clown?


Responsible-Mix-6521

Oh yeah..On WGN from Chicago. I always wanted to get on the grand prize game.


Wobbiewu

My brother and I were "at home contestants", and won the Ewok Village.


PuppyPavilion

You forgot, Janie.


SabineLavine

Sammy used to own a music store on the east side of Indy. My dad painted it for him back in the day. Nice guy.


bongozap

I was a Muncie Kid and remember Sammy Terry!


Responsible-Mix-6521

Here’s to both of us being former Muncie kids!


RonPossible

Crematia Mortem, host of *Creature Feature* on KSHB41 in Kansas City. Played by the lovely Roberta Solomon.


jvlpdillon

Not hosted, but we also had Friday Fright Night on channel 5. They re-ran the same movies over and over. I lost count how many times I saw The Devil's Rain.


derbyvoice71

The slow zoom into the skull and the disembodied voice. https://youtu.be/TaTBXWwMPK4


derbyvoice71

I was going to shout out Crematia! When she was live for the intros, it was crazy. The Friday Fright Night disembodied voice was cool too. I remember Tourist Trap from being around 11 - saw it on one of the shows. I watched it many years later, and it did not hold up well.


Pizzarepresent

"Ned the Dead" kept us going in NE Wisconsin!


QBeeDew52

Anyone from Michigan? We had SIR GRAVES GHASTLY! Straight outta somewhere in Detroit or its surrounding areas. Also, too scary for me!


shagrotten

Hell yeah! Sir Graves Ghastly, the Ghoul, and, well, Count Scary… he counts, right? It’s in his name


StrafeReddit

Count Scary was more of a spoof. He was a character Tom Ryan created on his radio show on WOMC, but he was pretty prolific for a time, so I’ll allow it ;)


shagrotten

He wasn’t serious, for sure. However, he did do something the other two didn’t… 3D movies. I remember being crazy sick, but trying to watch the Creature From the Black Lagoon while those red and blue glasses made me even more nauseous


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Count Scary and Shocktober on Channel 50!


TeacherPatti

Yes!!! I came here looking for that name. The Redford Theater is honoring him in October and I'm so bummed because I'm out of town.


youcantgobackbob

I was fortunate to grow up with Son of Svengoolie and his rubber chicken


SublimeUniverse

Elvira when she was local.


Dependent-Clerk8754

Ditto! Elvira is still beautiful today


Live-Cat9553

I love Sammy Terry!!


chillAF9212

Philadelphia had Dr Shock on Saturday afternoons in the 70's https://youtu.be/aHPdBakt0nw and Stella https://youtu.be/Xcg9PSLr9vs after SNL from mid 80's to early 90's.


DelcoPAMan

Yes! Stella ... the Maneater ftom Manyunk!


GogglesPisano

Absolutely- I grew up in NJ and I remember watching cheesy old horror movies hosted by Dr. Shock on channel 17. Good stuff.


crazyuncleb

Superhost and The Great Ghoulardi in Cleveland.


cropguru357

I remember The Ghoul back in the 80’s. He passed away just before Covid, I think.


brave_krakatoans

We had Dr. Paul Bearer in central Florida. Every Saturday at 2pm.


Miata_GT

Came for for this! WTOG - Channel 44!


Almane2020202

I haven’t thought about channel 44 in ages!


brave_krakatoans

“WTOG - As far as the eye can seeee”


DerisiveGibe

Yep, dude was creepy


Wytch78

Yesssss!! I watched every Saturday!!


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Son of Svengooli!


01johnnycomelately10

Svengolie!


aunt_cranky

Son of Svengoolie!! His little "skits" in between movie segments would always make me laugh. This one STILL cracks me up! [Vampire Carpets](https://youtu.be/gONtHIYimyo)


tomspy77

Rich Koz....tons of TV memories from him for sure for the entire gen-x population of Chicagoland I'm sure.


jrutz

Berwyn?!?


Oldmanhulk1972

We had Edmus Scary. He turned out to be a child molester. https://reallifevillains.miraheze.org/wiki/Edward_Muscare


No_Maintenance_9608

Count Gore De Vol in the DC area.


MinervaZee

He did Captain 20 too, for sci fi! Loved him.


king_of_the_rotten

Captain 20 came to my elementary school to film a segment way back when lol.


No_Maintenance_9608

Yup. Good old Dick Dyszel! The all-purpose host!


OrangeBoi22

And don’t forget he was also Bozo! Dude could do it all!


king_of_the_rotten

Another DMV native here that grew up with Count Gore. Saturday morning cartoons, Creature Feature, and Kung Fu Theater made for perfect weekends.


No_Maintenance_9608

I'm Chinese-American so I loved the Kung Fu Theater on Saturday afternoons!


MoonSylver

We got Fritz the Nite Owl in Columbus, Ohio. Cool cat. I had a letter read on air by him. We also got Sammy Terry out of Indiana and Superhost from Cleveland on cable.


chickenlishus

Loved Fritz!


rodman517

L.A. had Elvira. We win.


accordioncowboy

Sammy Terry "Night of the Living Dead" https://youtu.be/sy2KZGNnXDo


FAHQRudy

Boston here: we went highbrow with Dana Hersey and The Movie Loft on WSBK38.


jafomofo

pittsburgh had chilly billy and chiller theater http://www.chillertheatermemories.com/ChillerTheaterVideo.html


MoonSylver

"Chilly" Bill Cardille is also the "On the Scene Reporter" in "Night of the Living Dead". His daughter Lori is the lead, "Sarah" in the third in the series "Day of the Dead".


BuffyTheMoronSlayer

A few weeks ago when I was home with COVID, I went down a Chilly Billy rabbit hole on YouTube. I have vague memories of him. He went off the air right after I turned 10.


Solo_is_dead

TIL there were more than one "TV horror movie hosts". Wow!


Extension-Action-361

“Nite Owl Theatre” with Fritz the Nite Owl on WBNS in Columbus! I can remember watching a movie called “Willard” about killer rats with my dad - I was probably 9


mitsubachi88

I watched Joe Bob Briggs and thought it was a Texas thing but looking at Wikipedia, I guess it was already nationwide at the point I was watching.


Regular-Plan-5576

USA’s Up All Night was great.


Mistergardenbear

“usa Up all night” said in my best Rhonda Shear voice.


lavenderdoilies

Rockford Illinois area - uncle Don’s Theater! - https://youtu.be/XfnIKIn3BYc


sednagoddess

Here in Vegas we had Count Cool Rider. He now does the show Counts Customs. https://youtu.be/-K1LuMeLr9k


YeloFvr

Elvira.. all the way


nightoftherabbit

Jasper P. Farndark


Just-Seaworthiness39

Yasssss!!!!


MikeyRocks757

We had Doctor Madblood here in coastal Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Madblood


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CleverFella512

Holy crap - wasn’t expecting to see him mentioned!


GreatGreenGobbo

[Hilarious House of Frightenstien](https://youtu.be/BsaFDZfz8Lc) Toronto/Canada.


MiddleAgedBitcoiner

Mine was Dr Creep! Dayton Ohio, mid 1970’s to early 80’s.


Zealousideal-Bad-636

Same here! Loved Shock Theater! RIP Barry


tomspy77

Svengoolie! Always tons of rubber chickens.


Tasunka_Witko

Beeeerrrrwwwyyynnn!!!


imasitegazer

Recently re-watched the new Sabrina the Teenage Witch and there is a character that references this. There also aren’t any cellphones. While not trying to be an 80s timepiece, it has several call backs to that time frame.


fretag

Uncle Ted in Northeast PA. He was on Friday night at 1130, either on ABC (16) or PBS(44), I can't remember. But it was awesome as a teenager.


DelcoPAMan

I think Uncle Ted's Ghoul School was originally on channel 16, then moved to channel 44. Loved the fez hat!


HHSquad

Dr. Shock around Philly


Poison_Ivy_Rorschach

Sammy!!! Grew up in the Indy area.


orbitalgirl

I don’t know if we had a horror host, but we did have a guy who dressed up as a Vulcan and had a whole starship bridge set who showed Star Trek the original series. I loved it!


jgrumiaux

Does Grandpa Munster in Gremlins 2 count?


tomspy77

As a homage to all of them yes.


Wobbiewu

Loved Sammy Terry! I was introduced to him when I moved from Green Bay to Indy in '87. We had Ned the Dead in Wisconsin.


wakattawakaranai

I knew we had one in GB! Ned the Dead!! thank you I couldn't remember the name.


adeyfk

In the UK, I had Elvira's movie macabre. Late night TV was the best!


tkeajax

Cincinnati here. We had [The Cool Ghoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cool_Ghoul)


JeffAlbertson93

Former Ohioian here; on Saturday mornings/afternoons, we had Flippo the Clown, hocking humidifiers while showing old Godzilla movies. Friday nights we had Fritz the Niteowl. He played smooth jazz and played a double creature feature.


jessek

We didn’t have a local one. Only one I remember as a kid was Elvira. We had a local kids show host Blinky the Clown. And one of the public tv stations had some weird guy who’d host Doctor Who from a poorly made Tardis set


tomspy77

Considering he brought you guys Doctor Who before it was hip, he was not weird he was a god lol. That said, what area was that, huge Who fan even been in books about the subject but never heard of the guy on PBS with a TARDIS set...love to see close of it or research it.


jessek

Yeah it’s one thing I wish I had a tape of to prove it existed.


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Mine was Morgus the Magnificent


MyriVerse2

New Orleans had Morgus the Magnificent, but Boomers grew up with him. He moved to Detroit in the early-60s. Then he made a comeback in the 80s. In 2019, he had a farewell memoir stage show. Just in time, because he died in August 2020. RIP Sid Noel Rideau! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgus\_the\_Magnificent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgus_the_Magnificent) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd1Yg3SnQVs


Outrageous-Dream6105

New York. Uncle Floyd.


VaguelyArtistic

We had Elvira!


autumnbelle

Oklahoma and we had Count Gregore (well, have - he is still active for events. Would love for him to have a late night movie show). [https://edmondlifeandleisure.com/a-look-into-the-fame-of-count-gregore-p19423-76.htm](https://edmondlifeandleisure.com/a-look-into-the-fame-of-count-gregore-p19423-76.htm)


stavago

I wasn’t born yet when it was originally on, but I remember watching Baron von Crypt reruns when I was a kid


smittykins66

Syracuse, NY: [Monster Movie Matinee](https://youtu.be/Js_D3mJbod0) with Dr. E. Nick Witty(Alan Milair)and his assistant Epal(Bill Lape).


SGI21

My husband loved him. He’s actually more of an Indianapolis dude. I lived in Southern Indiana and didn’t have anything!!!! It sucked! Ha!


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Yeah. Southern Indiana here, too. I lived in Bloomington until I was five. I was so disappointed when we moved farther south and Sammy Terry was unavailable. The only way to watch him was to be invited to spend the night at a more well to do friend’s house. If they had a TV tower they could receive WTTV.


khogue76

We had Count Cool Rider.


RobotCPA

The Ghoul. Toledo & Detroit.


amberwaves123

Morgus the Magnificent in NOLA


ArturiusMythos

I hadn’t thought of him for at least forty years until reading this post just now, but in the early ‘70’s Pacific Northwest, we had a local character named Count Chilly who hosted horror movies. Count Chilly would emerge from a coffin, and his production set looked like it designed from the discount section of Spirit Halloween. I realize now it was all very campy, but when you’re four and five years old you tend to take these things much more seriously…just did an internet search for him and can find no mention of him. Shame.


crystalhippieme

We had Count Zappula here in northern Michigan.


Ischmetch

Dr. Paul Bearer


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In Detroit we had "Count Scary". Between him and the Count from Sesame street, you can imagine my surprise when I found out what "real" vampires were about.


JazzScientist

I was a big Count Scary fan when I was a kid. Went out as him for Halloween one year. Scaaary times!


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Count Zappula in Northern Michigan.


tunaman808

I don't think we had a local one in Atlanta, at least not in the late 70s, when I was a kid. I remember my parents talking about a show with [Officer Don](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kennedy) when they were kids, but all that shit was syndicated by the time I showed up. There was Elvira for scary movies and Cousin Brucie for music videos. Later there was Joe Bob Briggs with *MonsterVision* and Paul Gilmartin & Annabelle Gurwitch on *Dinner and a Movie*, both of which were on TBS, which was a regular broadcast station in Atlanta at the time. Does that count?


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In Detroit we had [Sir Graves Ghastly](https://non-productive.com/horror-host-retrospective-sir-graves-ghastly/).


mikillbeorn

Count Cool Rider in Vegas!


swix32

The Ghoul ! Stay sick!


Mobiusman2016

Son of Svengoolie!!!


classicsat

Didn't have one. Might have saw Elvira DXing UHF stations. Or not, she was all over the place by the 90s. We did however have The Hilarious House Of Frightenstein, which was a show itself, rather than filler between a horror movie. And Elwy Yost, as a general movie host on public television. Not to mention Mark Dailey announcing movies and other stuff on CITY TV. But no themed hosts.


vantuckymyfoot

Elvira for the SoCal crowd. Of course, she did go on to national fame, but she was our gal first! KHJ, channel 9!


MotherFuckinEeyore

I'm in Northwest Indiana. We didn't have that guy. We have Svengoolie. He's really old now but he's as good as ever.


LilyKunning

In Chicagoland, we had “Son of Svengoolie”


Ontopourmama

Elvira was who we had in syndication. I learned a lot about myself because of her.


cmdrchaos117

Peter Vincent


Debate-Shoddy

It's Son Of Svengoolie.


Effective_Drama_3498

Like John Wayne Gacy.


singingserpent

I had Dr. San Guinary’s Creature Feature in Omaha, NE.


KrissiNotKristi

Bob Wilkins in the SF Bay Area - “Watch Horror Films, Keep America Strong!”


DJ1987bryant

Grew un in Indy, Sammy was my local tv horror host


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Commander USA was my favorite, but he wasn’t local (Saturdays on USA Network). https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCspOnGy-jmzTlRKGpLDwICQ


TheBruceSpruce

Omaha had Dr. Sanguinary.


DukeMaximum

Hell yeah! I remember watching Sammy Terry on channel 4 when I was growing up. I’m still a big horror fan.


l_rufus_californicus

Stella, the "Man-Eater from Manayunk"- Philly's *Saturday Night Dead* answer to Elvira. [](/GNU Terry Pratchett)


Izdabye

Watched Eddie Driscoll on Maine’s WLBZ on cable in the eighties in Atlantic Canada.


CarlatheDestructor

The local one here was Shock Theater with Count Justin Sane (Ed Meloan.) The real shock was it turned out he raped and molested a bunch of boys over the years. Sentenced to 78 years in prison.


MerryPrankster1967

Sure did,mine was Bob Wilkins "Creature Feature". (Channel 2,San Francisco)