31 Days of Halloween: Day 12 - Spook Show

Vance Capley has created an AMAZING show much like The Hypnotic Eye, combining movie clips, classic commercials and various other cool stuff! Perfect for Halloween viewing!

From the "Did that really exist, or was that just my imagination" department.

One of those shows you think you just made up in your mind because the concept is so ridiculous, only to find out it DID exist!

31 Days of Halloween: Day 6 - Halloween Specials Part 1

31 Days of Halloween: Day 3 - Ghoul a Go-Go

The Underworld's Hippest Show! Ghoul A Go-Go is a Monster Musical Kiddie TV Show featuring live rock n' roll, twisting tots, movies, monsters, and mayhem!!!

 

Lux Interior of The Cramps called it: "The only decent thing left on the %@&* dial!"

 

Fred Schneider of The B-52's said "I love Ghoul A Go-Go! They're bringing those kids up right!"

So GO! GO! GO! To GHOUL A GO-GO!

WEBSITE

DO YOU HEAR ME?!?!?!

The most psychotic frozen dinner commercial I've ever seen!

Paul Lynde Does The Weather in Toledo 1978!

I've posted this a few times on Facebook, this is HYSTERICAL! Thanks to Ray Glasser for posting it!
 

BBC 3 Cancells Doctor Who Confidential

BBC announced today that they are cancelling their Doctor Who "making of" companion series Doctor Who Confidential. As it's unfortunate, I have to admit I haven't been watching it the past couple of years since it expanded to 45-minute episodes (when you could have covered everything in 15 to 30) Many are asking "Is Doctor Who next?" I doubt it. It's been going great for BBC, especially since it's getting so much recognition here in the states. However only time will tell.

Via BBC Website

F Troop

I LOVE the artwork.

T.H.E. CAT HAS ARRIVED!

The painting I've wanted for the past 20+ years has finally arrived thanks to El Gato Gomez! Be sure to check out her website and E-Bay auctions at El Gato Gomez Arts.

Meanwhile my new acquisition is settling in quite nicely in my office until it gets framed.

Happy Birthday Zacherley & the Art of the Horror Host

Not sure how I forgot this but yesterday was Zacherley's birthday, who turned 93 yesterday!! I know many are asking "Who is Zacherley" and obviously you didn't live in the Philadelphia NY area in the 50's and 60's. Zacherley was a television "horror host" who really helped start the genre. In the late 1950's Universal Studios issued a package of their early monster movies (commonly known as the "Shock Package" to local TV stations, who encouraged each station to create an on-air "personality" to introduce each film and perform skits, songs & jokes before and after each commercial break). One of the earliest and most famous "hosts" was Vampira out of Los Angeles. If you've seen the movie Ed Wood, she was the one that Ed and Bella Lugosi were watching on TV, who eventually starred in Ed's film Plan 9 from Outer Space. Zacherley is one of the more well remembered local hosts mainly in part to being featured in Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, and hosted "Chiller Theatre" on WPIX in New York in the 60's. It seemed at one point each city had their own host they remember and some even received nationwide exposure such as Elvira and Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Here's a GREAT montage of some of the hosts from local TV stations:

Thankfully many hosts are "alive" and well today, hosting programs on the internet like Count Gore DeVol & The Bone Jangler and some are even airing nationally (Elvira  hosts her weekly horror movie on THIS! TV and Svengoolie who hosts on ME-TV). For the ULTIMATE database of TV Horror Hosts, check out E-GORE'S CHAMBER OF TV HORROR HOSTS

Here's an interview with Zacherley on The Mike Douglas Show from 1975:

Thankfully Zacherley is still very active, having hosted a special Chiller episode in 2008 and still attends horror conventions on the east coast. Happy Birthday to the "Cool Ghoul" Zacherley!

HALLOWEEN IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!

My good friend Butch Patrick has a website dedicated to my ALL TIME favorite sitcom, THE MUSTERS

MUNSTERS.COM

T.H.E. CAT

 

I always thought one of the coolest “lost” shows of the late 60’s was T.H.E. CAT. It was the story of Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat, a former circus performer/cat burglar who started working as a “bodyguard” for hire. It starred Robert Loggia, who went on to star in Independence Day, Big, Jagged Edge and countless other movie and TV roles. I’m always a sucker for these types of shows/movies, especially heist plots from the 60’s, and this series was no exception. I also liked the fact it was a 30 minute drama (which was a little more common for the time, which you almost NEVER see these days.) so it really “cuts to the chase” in terms of action, plot and moving the story along. Another thing I found interesting is it’s rarity. Sadly, it lasted only one season on NBC and It’s never been officially released on DVD, VHS or even widely rerun on television (a local station in Canada, CKVR is the ONLY station that I know of that ever re-ran the series in the early 80’s). I’ve seen it many times under people’s “want” section of their video lists and has quite a cult following. I was shocked watching an interview with Robert Loggia on The Tonight Show when he brought up the series, impressed it has such a ”cult” following with fans exchanging episodes video tape. However the BEST thing about the series was the opening title sequence. I’ve mentioned the series to several people including SHAG, who I was CERTAIN was, at least partially influenced by it, only to be shocked that they had never seen it before! (SHAG thought it was the COOLEST after I showed it to him on the iphone;-) Recently I discovered the artist El Gato Gomez who again, has a similar style but has never seen the series before! I always thought it would be GREAT to find a painting of the opening titles (fat chance of that) however after showing the title sequence to El Gato, I’m having her do one! Anyways here is the title sequence: