Who was your Late Night Horror Host?

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NeptunesSpartan@reddit

Dr Paul Bearer WTOG in St Petersburg although he lived right down the street from me when I was a kid in Winter Haven. 73-95 and ended because he died.

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Working_Tea_8562@reddit

She looked so good and even more beautiful nude. That red hair was 🔥

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HiredGoon_40@reddit

Grew up in NE Ohio with Big Chuck and Li'l John as the late-night hosts. But we also had Superhost on Sat afternoons. Hosting Universal horror films and Godzilla flicks.

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Ok_Permit5610@reddit

Loved him hosting Shock Theater in the early 70s

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ApresMoiLuhDeluge@reddit

does anyone remember the "Creature Double Feature" on Saturday afternoons (I think)?

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ApresMoiLuhDeluge@reddit

it was on either 29 or 48 in philly, basically after cartoons theyd show some pretty bad horror films… i remember they showed “Children Shouldnt Play with Dead Things” a lot!

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dadofsummer@reddit

We had creature double feature on Saturdays, it was a lot of Godzilla stuff.

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ApresMoiLuhDeluge@reddit

yes sorry it was a lot of gamera and Godzilla too!

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dadofsummer@reddit

Just looked it up Dana Hersey wasn’t the afternoon guy, he had a thing called The Movie Loft.

Creature Double Feature was on the other big UHF station here channel 56 and it was definitely a a syndication thing that happened in Boston and Philly.

Who was the host that introduced stuff?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_Double_Feature

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PNWest01@reddit

Sammie Terry! Howdy, fellow Hoosier ☺️

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PanicBlitz@reddit

Eddie P on KYES was the man in Anchorage Alaska back in the day.

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kb_colas@reddit

USA had the best movies to come down from lsd 🫠

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groundhogcow@reddit

Hoolihan and Big Chuck -> Big Chuck and Little John.

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groundhogcow@reddit

The challel wouldn't come in at my house. I used to sneak over to a friend's house so I could watch Superhost because he had all the Godzilla movies.

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lordhumongous40@reddit

In Tampa back in the 80's a local station had Dr. Paul Bearer. He made corny jokes and had a super cheap set. It was great.

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ahutapoo@reddit

I have a pic with him in the mid 70s.

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No-Win-2741@reddit

I am reading this thread from my bed in Largo right now!

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-Granby-@reddit

Nice. I lived in St Pete from '80-'93

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I just remembered that the other day I couldn't think of the name of a place on St. Pete beach. It was near the Beach Theater. It was like a huge head shop/hippy paraphernalia shop. I used to get music posters and band buttons there for my jacket.

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-Granby-@reddit

I don't know the place but it has to be around Treasure Island, Johns Pass, Pass a Grille maybe?

There were a lot of little shops out that way. I don't know about now. I have not been there in years.

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SarahJaneB17@reddit

Me either, unfortunately. I miss the beach.

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-Granby-@reddit

I enjoyed the beach foe the water as a young kid but as a teen I enjoyed it for the shops. Mad beach and Johns pass had super cool shops. When I was in high school Clearwater beach was the place to be on the weekends at night. I wish I had video of it.

Everyone would go there from all the different highs schools. Tricked out cars. Low riders. Trucks with hot tubs in the back. Driving down the strip at 2 miles an hour (like Will Smith said). Jumping out or cars to hit a bar or go on the beach to fuck around. So many teens out there. The bars would serve drinks or people would bring their own.

It was like a crazy part every Friday and Saturday

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SarahJaneB17@reddit

We cruised Clearwater Beach every weekend.

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-Granby-@reddit

You know how it was then. It was crazy wasn't it? Like the biggest party ever. The vehicles too. Some while shit.

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SarahJaneB17@reddit

Yes, the usual teenage shenanigans, never ran into any serious trouble. The last time I was there 2010 I think, the city wants it to be like an upscale resort. All of the funky shops and bars are long gone, and of course the lot has been closed at night since way before then.

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logie68@reddit

Sir Graves

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Leppardgirl1965@reddit

The Ghoul

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NoUniqueNameNeeded@reddit

The Night Owl

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Hawgleg_Right@reddit

Big Chuck & Lil John and The Ghoul. Cleveland

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Delicious_Iron7977@reddit

The Ghoul was kind of ass but I remember him and Uncle Vic had a fued for a bit.

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Standard-Cockroach64@reddit

A fellow Clevelander!!!

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evility@reddit

And after that, a heavily edited Kids in the Hall!

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IowaAJS@reddit

Dr. San Guinary, of course.

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NYCajun@reddit

Morgus the Magnificent

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camusclues@reddit

Yes!

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SarahJaneB17@reddit

He was still on, or now that I think about it, back on when I lived in NOLA in the mid 80s.

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Ghee-Buttersnaps-@reddit

In Chicago we had Creature Features, but there wasn’t a host. We also had Svengoolie, which used to be a local show, hosted by Svengoolie. My memory is of it airing on Saturday afternoons in the 1970s, but don’t quote me on that.

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Initial-Relation-696@reddit

Had to look it up. Bob Wilkins creature features. Ktvu 2

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Ummbnb@reddit

Dr. San Guinary out of Omaha

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moetownslick@reddit

Bob Wilkins - Creature Features!

https://youtu.be/WWtLdrevDW4?si=ifbix5kXW2Y0xWxK

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magpie13@reddit

I loved how he would sometimes have a 'TV Guide' and tell you all the things you could be watching instead of "Invasion of the Mushroom People" (or whatever). He was my hero.

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newwavesage@reddit

Man I loved watching this. Used to watch Love Boat and Fantasy Island and then stay up way too late watching Creature Features. He had a lot of Star Trek and Star Wars guest on too!

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dafuqizzis@reddit

Looked like John Denver’s creepy cousin or something. Loved him.

Somewhere along the way our local channel replaced his show with “Night Comfort” by a guy who owned a local waterbed store.

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nuttypoolog@reddit

Oh ya! The best!!

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Fritz5678@reddit

Feature that ugly creature!

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5usie@reddit

Chilly Billy Cardille

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madtownjeff@reddit

Who actually had a small part in Night of the Living Dead.

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Toasted_chef1965@reddit

Yinzer! I, too would watch Chilly Billy!

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5usie@reddit

Yes!

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Jakeandellwood@reddit

With Georgette the fudge maker and Terminal Stare. Got a polaroid with them in 78/79 at the Local haunted house in October.

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5usie@reddit

That’s cool!

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CityDweller26@reddit

I would beg to stay up and watch Chiller Theater! I loved Stefan lol.

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HavBoWilTrvl@reddit

Shock Theater and then Elvira

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unloosedcoin@reddit

Elvira, horror and hoorah

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Small-Instance-3442@reddit

Tales from the crypt narrator! HBO. Good times

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Jez1@reddit

Gilbert read one of my fan letters on air lol

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nadiaco@reddit

Elvira

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PseudacrisCrucifer@reddit

Fritz the Night Owl. Chiller Theater, Columbus, Ohio. Superhost on Sat. afternoon.

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tlcdogs@reddit

I so looked forward to Fritz every week!

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Ok_Friendship_4332@reddit

Local station in Indianapolis had Sammy Terry.

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irishpwr46@reddit

Joe Bob! I haven't thought about that in a long time

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Green-Vermicelli5244@reddit

Joe Bob Briggs is a national treasure goddamnit. Why there isn’t an Andy Sidaris BlueRay Boxset is one of life’s great mysteries.

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LizTruth@reddit

Captain Harold's Theater in the Sky in Houston.

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GreyDusty2@reddit

Followed him from 39, to 26, thru the back and forth other places ... but, my favorite was channel 2 after the chain of SNL, Monty Python, SCTV, Captain Harold (and finally Get Smart reruns).

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Correct_Security_742@reddit

Elvira, Creeper and Vincent Price

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Musiclady5@reddit

Ghoulardi!

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basement_egg@reddit

Count Cool Rider

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PairPrestigious7452@reddit

Creature Features with Bob Wilkins!

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newwavesage@reddit

came to say this and was wondering if any of us are around. I used to watch Love Boat and Fantasy Island then switch over to Channel 2 for Bob Wilkins.

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B_Williams_4010@reddit

We had The Creeper on 'Friday Fright Night' (who you heard but never saw) and Lily-Munster-esque Lucretia Mortem on Sunday afternoons.

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Key-Cattle-2866@reddit

Elvira

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Thunder-Fist-00@reddit

Hoooo boy.

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SuspiciousSteak814@reddit

Son of Svengoolie out of Chicago for me!

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microhammerhead@reddit

Svengoolie - Chicago

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klk999@reddit

I had never heard of him until recently. My wife and I were stuck without internet one Saturday night and was scrolling through TV channels available with the antenna. We happened to catch his show while watching the Bad Seed from the 1950s.

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Smarmy_funeral_chik@reddit

Right here

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squirtloaf@reddit

Weird, because we only lived there for one summer when I was a kid, but Florida's Dr. Paul Bearer is the one I remember...

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Standard-Cockroach64@reddit

Big Chuck and Lil John

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fridayimatwork@reddit

Yes Sammie Terry watched as a 4 year old probably shouldn’t have!

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mongosanchez@reddit

Loved Gilbert and Rhonda, especially when they did the co host thing. Locally we had ‘Son of Ghoul’…loved that show

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revdon@reddit

Horrible Clyde (Jerry Brigham) on Tundra Terror Theater KYUK-TV, Bethel, Alaska

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Red_Cloud1867@reddit

Count Floyd. Scaaaaary!

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Catfiche1970@reddit

I miss him.

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Red_Cloud1867@reddit

Monster Chiller Theater - Dr. Tongue's 3D House of Stewardesses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQz-AOw4eIU

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Catfiche1970@reddit

Classic 💔

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the_couch_monster@reddit

Oh, I loved him, I must say 😉

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x100139@reddit

WoW! Thanks for t his post. I had completely forgotten about Rhonda!!!

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No_Maintenance_9608@reddit

Count Gore De Vol

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Orangeboi_22@reddit

Scrolled too far to see this! Where the rest of my DC and Northern Virginia peeps at? Let's give some love to The Count!

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ForsakenHelicopter66@reddit

And didn't he double as Captain Twenty?

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Orangeboi_22@reddit

And Bozo the Clown too! Wore a lot of hats!

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Comfortable-Dish1236@reddit

Way too far! Also in Baltimore on Ch. 20. He was a funny host!

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Lodreh@reddit

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

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Robviously-duh@reddit

Creature Feature with Dr. San Guinary.

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ForsakenHelicopter66@reddit

Count Gore Devol who was also Captain Twenty on channel 20 in NoVa

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Hedonistic_Yinzer@reddit

What is this TNT and USA you're referring to? Rabbit ears wouldn't tune in such channels no matter how much tin foil we put on them.

It was Chilly Billy for the Pittsburgh area.

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PollutionZero@reddit (OP)

hehe, surely you had cable by '88!

We actually had the most high tech house on the block. Atari 2600, Cable TV with 45 channels AND HBO! We even had the first automatic car on the block for my mom to drive (clutch killed her knees). Dad was a COBOL Programmer.

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Hedonistic_Yinzer@reddit

We lived out in the sticks so actually no, we didn't have cable in 1988. I remember watching twin peaks and China Beach with rabbit ears on the TV.

My grandparents had cable. Funky little box on top of the TV with about a dozen switches. I'm pretty sure it was a stolen box, knowing my grandfather. That the cable company was going to" send a bullet down the line" that would kill illegal boxes. When he heard this was going to happen he would run and unplug the thing. For the most part we weren't allowed to touch it. God forbid we deviate from gunsmoke or other such Western.

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Responsible-Bee1194@reddit

And while not a host, who can forget Kolchak

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Amhranai930@reddit

Memories of Monsters. ...The anticipation. There were two movies shown each Friday night. The first was usually an old horror film anything from the original Universal Monsters to some delightful deep cut b-movies. The second movie could be another horror fil, but more often than not it was a classic Sci-fi flick like The Day The Earth Stood Still or Them! I LOVED this growing up.

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Responsible-Bee1194@reddit

Svengoolie, Elvira

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KindaKrayz222@reddit

Yup! These two. And Saturday morning, after cartoons we had B-rated horror movies.

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Responsible-Bee1194@reddit

Don't forget Creature Feature

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MotoXwolf@reddit

Elvira! ❤️

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printerdsw1968@reddit

The one and only Mistress of the Dark. Elvira!

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BeachMore@reddit

Fritz the Nite Owl - WBNS, channel 10, Columbus, Ohio. Coolest glasses in the business!

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RelaxBear74@reddit

Believe it or not, he's still alive! 91 years old.

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PollutionZero@reddit (OP)

I've seen Fritz! There were storms that would carry the Columbus signal just far enough to my town that we could watch your stuff with some static.

I remember that same week I first saw the Addams Family

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Burto72@reddit

Tolouse NoNeck - Shock Theater in Milwaukee

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LilJourney@reddit

First it was Sammy Terry but after he went off the air, then it was Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

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Fishboney@reddit

Don't forget George!

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MachTwang@reddit

Nightmare Theater - Dr. Cadaveronio

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MyLeftT1t@reddit

Green Bay WI - Ned The Dead.

“Or… WHAT!!”

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Catfiche1970@reddit

Still is! Svengoolie, played by Rich Koz since 1979. Before that, he was Son of Svengoolie, until "taking over" as THE Svengoolie. Still going strong after all these years, and I'm hoping for a spooky 50th anniversary!

I don't know anyone who really remembers the first Svengoolie, 1970-1973, played by the originator Jerry G Bishop. It wasn't that great compared to what Rich did with the role.

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Scent_Memory@reddit

Svengoolie and I still watch Svengoolie. Berwyn!

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Own_Carry7396@reddit

Still watching him! Do you remember him showing Revenge of the Creature in 3-D, and having to get the 3-D glasses at 7/11?

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Catfiche1970@reddit

Yes!!! We lived next door to a 7-11 at the time. I was so mad that I only saw one fish in 3D! Disappointed 12yo.

Last year I went on a cruise for Halloween and wore my Svengoolie shirt. Only one person commented, and only because they were, oddly enough, big fans of RUBBER CHICKENS (there's a rubber chicken on the back of the shirt).

If you're still in the Chicago area, check out Mr Gillman on Facebook. He's a Creature who lives down the street from me. Here's his story!

https://www.nctv17.org/news/swamp-monster-finds-a-new-home-just-beyond-the-naperville-border/?srsltid=AfmBOorj8hX5hhN-20eu1d2UicSHBXHWMD5LSm4CyWVuh9n8ORV7UCNB

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Own_Carry7396@reddit

Hilarious! My daughter lives in Plainfield, I just sent her the link. I don’t know if she’ll appreciate it like we do, but next time I’m in your neck of the woods, I’m dragging her and the granddaughter there.

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Catfiche1970@reddit

Do it! The home owners allow people to take photos with him, and he's a fun "celebrity" that no one really knows about.

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mutantCbass@reddit

The ghoul

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Upbeat_Ant6104@reddit

and froggy

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bytor1066@reddit

Count Spooky. Polish, working class vampire from Detroit.

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ASillyGoat@reddit

Crematia Mortem. Kansas City.

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Automatic-Nature6025@reddit

Gilbert Godfrey

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Adventurous_Age1429@reddit

Chiller Theater on channel 11 in NYC.

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Imasayitnow@reddit

The Crypt Keeper

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ApresMoiLuhDeluge@reddit

Stella! the Maneater from Manayunk

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Tomatillo-5276@reddit

When I was a kid in Omaha/Iowa, we had creature features with a guy named Dr. Sanguinary (sp?).

When I got older, I did other things on weekend nights besides watch TV, so I didn’t watch anything in particular. If we did have the TV on in the background, I think it was usually on mtv.

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TynkerTyler@reddit

they brought Dr. San Guinary back in 2012, he's still on https://www.creaturefeaturetv.com/about

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TynkerTyler@reddit

Svenghoulie, and Dr. San Guinairy were or regional/local guys, although man, I really grew up with USA Up all night with Gilbert Gotfried , and Joe Bob Briggs

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Fragrant_Amphibian51@reddit

Our local horror host in 80’s was Misty Brew, a kind of Elvira-esque sexy vampire. I was also a huge Commander USA fan - he’s the one who introduced me cheesy Mexican horror films like The Brainiac and Curse of the Crying Woman.

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PollutionZero@reddit (OP)

Until last month, I had 30 or so episodes of the Commander on my Plex Server.

I had a massive hard drive failure on my NAS (3 disks died at once) and lost all of them. I had bought them from some bootlegger at a con and ripped them manually.

I'm so sad they're gone!

I even had the Psycotronic Man! Such a good episode. Also the F13 episode and the Psycho episode... Alligator... a couple of the luchadore movies... ugh.

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Fragrant_Amphibian51@reddit

Aw man, that sucks! Don’t know if you’re aware that’s there’s a YouTube playlist with some of the old episodes, but I thought I’d pass along the link. https://m.youtube.com/@commanderusaarchive1636

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Ok_Ad8249@reddit

I had the pleasure of working for ours! Victor Ives, the host of Sinister Cinema in Portland, OR.

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lazytiger40@reddit

We had Saturday Night Dead with Stella in Philly

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moneyman74@reddit

In Indiana we had Sammy Terry still fondly remembered and imitated today

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PollutionZero@reddit (OP)

That's no Imitation! That's the REAL Sammy Terry!

(Yeah, Bob passed, but Mark took over the brand, the lore is that Sammy is immortal/undead, remember.)

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Hot-Freedom-5886@reddit

Sammy Terry

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PollutionZero@reddit (OP)

FYI, he's still around and does shows at the Shelbyville Drive-In.

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Delicious_Iron7977@reddit

Hoolihan and Big Chuck, then Big Chuck and Little John. Great local late night shows featuring horror and sci-fi in Cleveland, Ohio from the 60s into the 90s. I really miss them.

We also had SuperHost Saturday afternoons. Both shows had skits at commercial breaks that were hilarious.

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BeachMore@reddit

SuperHost! My brain hasn’t accessed that image in decades!

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marcduberge@reddit

I lived in Parma Heights and when I was 8 or 9 we rode our bikes to the house of Superhost actor (he lived near greenbelt reservation) and knocked on his door. He was kind. This was like 1975

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marcduberge@reddit

Cleveland. Big Chuck and Little John

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Inevitable_Cup_2495@reddit

Sir Graves Ghastly

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headstone24@reddit

Mad Frank on KNRR. Lol

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brinehart-cincy@reddit

Mrs. Larry King, then Joe Bob, then Joel & the Bots.

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devious_204@reddit

I heard that Joel guy was not too different from you and me

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brinehart-cincy@reddit

Push the button, Frank.

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BartStarrPaperboy@reddit

TJ and the ANT

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Diela1968@reddit

Joe Bob first, plus Elvira later

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the_couch_monster@reddit

Joe Bob!! I forgot all about him!!!

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sjmiv@reddit

He's back! His show on Shudder just got cancelled but it's pretty great. He's planning on joining another streaming service.

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the_couch_monster@reddit

REALLY?? That’s amazing!! Thank you ☺️

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sjmiv@reddit

https://joebobbriggs.com/appearances/?v=2ecd53e541df

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the_couch_monster@reddit

Thank you

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ReggaeDawn@reddit

Cable didn't exist when I was a kid. We had Sir Graves Ghastly in Detroit.

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PollutionZero@reddit (OP)

Yeah, we were the first family on the block with Cable.

45 whole new channels AND HBO!

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zen_cricket@reddit

And The Ghoul on channel 20

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National_Tea_5654@reddit

Same

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SabrinaFaire@reddit

Svengoolie. He's still on and you can now watch him on MeTV nationwide Saturday nights. We invited him to our wedding. He declined, but at least he responded, which is more than I can say for some friends and family.

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CA2AK2AR@reddit

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turtle0831@reddit

The Cryptkeeper!

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MacSteele13@reddit

Count Gregor

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Z_e_e_e_G@reddit

Yes!

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purplelicious@reddit

Dr Tongue

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veryscarybunny@reddit

We had Mad Frank’s Spooky Movie

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mandoaz1971@reddit

Son of Svengoolie

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myskara@reddit

Chilly Billy Cardilly! (Bill Cardille & Chiller Theater)

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-Hot-Toddy-@reddit

I was searching the thread to see if any of my fellow yinzers would mention good ol' Chilly Billy 😀

My parents would shoo me to bed early on Saturday night (because they'd drag me to church on Sunday) when we would finally get home I'd make some quick lunch & watch the rebroadcast after church. Oddly fitting because later in life I had a teacher in college who worked at channel 11 & she said that as soon as Chiller Theater wrapped up taping they would have to tear the set down & put up the 'church set' to broadcast Sunday mass.

I really miss that show & Mr. Cardille. I remember one of the last horror cons he attended with his daughter was out in Monroeville & he was really nice. They were selling DVDs & other things related to Chiller Theater while reminiscing with fans. Good memories 😉

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Hedonistic_Yinzer@reddit

Fellow yinzer

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myskara@reddit

🖤💛

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Teledork621@reddit

I remember Seymour Presents from St Louis. Think his was a syndicated show purchased from one of the LA stations. Don’t think we had a local host as I was growing up

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Mamagogo3@reddit

Haha, I totally remember Up All Night 😂 What memories! I think I saw the Porky’s movies every year - the ‘rents would not be pleased if they knew I did that!!

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Balrog71@reddit

Dr. Shock and Dingbat

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whovianmomof2@reddit

Doctor Madblood. I didn't watch him very often, but I remember my dad watching him and sometimes Elvira.

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Proximity_alrt@reddit

Came for Pungo, leaving satisfied.

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theimmortalgoon@reddit

Elvira.

Then, later, Joe Bob Briggs.

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khogue76@reddit

TNT was good. Locally we had Count Cool Rider (Saturday Fright at the Movies) aka Danny Koker (Counts Kustoms)

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knhmptn@reddit

In the Tampa Bay area, we had Dr. Paul Bearer presents Creature Feature.

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Cysteine_Chapel64@reddit

I think that's it. I remembered watching The Abominable Dr. Phibes one time and I came back and got the DVD for it much later. Ended up getting my roommate at the time hooked on Vincent Price movies since he had never really seen them before.

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SarahJaneB17@reddit

Yup. He was the one I watched. "It's time for another horrible old movie here at the tenement castle".

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RetiredPoPo10-8@reddit

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huskmyskinwagon@reddit

Big Chuck and Lil John

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Tweezus96@reddit

I can still hear the laugh.

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Tweezus96@reddit

Big Chuck and Lil’ Jon

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Plastic-Ad-5171@reddit

Svengoolie, Son of Svengoolie, Elvira Mistress of the Dark

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ExtraAd7611@reddit

I didn't realize this was such an ubiquitous thing. My wife and I would sometimes drive to Reno for the weekend and there was a ridiculous horror host there on Saturday nights whose name eludes me but he was the best. Hopefully someone from Reno knows who I'm talking about.

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CapnMarko@reddit

Stella on Saturday Night Dead on KYW in the Greater Philly area.

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ScabieBaby@reddit

The BEST

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speed_of_chill@reddit

Elvira and The Crypt Keeper

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uberphaser@reddit

Joe Bob Briggs with "Drive-In Theater"!

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this_kitty68@reddit

The one and only Elvira, Mistress of the Dark!!!

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Not_a_fan_of_me@reddit

Elvira, mistress of the Dark

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IamPablon@reddit

Not only the sexiest, but the only correct answer.

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IdahoDuncan@reddit

Elvira and Rhonda Shear

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Significant_Dark_725@reddit

Rhonda, all day!

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Guardsred70@reddit

Elvira.

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Spreadeaglebeagle44@reddit

The only answer.

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lilacs_and_marigolds@reddit

Svengoolie

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tegrtyfrm@reddit

WSBK38 in Boston had the creature double feature on Saturday afternoons Dale Dorman was the host

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sjmiv@reddit

Over the years I've come to appreciate those that really appreciate the movies. So Joe Bob, Svengoolie and Gilbert. I like Elvira, but her whole hosting schtick was making dad jokes about how bad the movie was

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Any_Falcon_8929@reddit

Columbus Ohio, Fritz the Night Owl

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CHILLAS317@reddit

Oh yeah, love to see Fritz getting some love here!

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Bladrak01@reddit

I preferred Caroline Schlitt on Up all Night. Elvira is the original, though.

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somePig_buckeye@reddit

Fritz the Nite Owl with Chiller Theater on WBNS 10TV Columbus, Ohio

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texicali74@reddit

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Phog_of_War@reddit

There she is.

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jvlpdillon@reddit

In Kanas City we had Friday Fright Night on one network. That did not have a host, just a voice over with a very memorable laugh and so many Ray Adams Raytown car ads. On Saturdays on a different network we had Creature Feature with a less sexy version of Elvira.

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La_Mano_Cornuta@reddit

Another Friday Fright Night viewer.

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OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit

The "Creature Feature" was on KSHB-41 for several years (before they became the local NBC affiliate) and was hosted by Crematia Mortem (a.k.a. Roberta Solomon). I remember that show airing classic horror B-movies in 3-D with cardboard glasses available from local 7-Eleven stores, and at one point I think they also had a giant, inflatable King Kong perched on top of the Power & Light building in downtown KC.

On a related note, Roberta Solomon was an accomplished radio and TV broadcast personality by day, and was the voice of the Chiefs Radio Network for a while. You can still hear her on occasion saying, "This Chiefs broadcast is brought to you by..."

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PepsiOfWrath@reddit

I grew up in Indiana, so we had Sammy Terry nightmare theater. From what I understand, the guy was really cool in real life. I’d like to imagine most of these horror show hosts were the same way. Normal people just really cool people.

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PlantWide3166@reddit

Rhonda Shear and Gilbert.

USA UP ALL NIGHT!

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Massons_Blog@reddit

Another Sammy Terry guy. When he died, I was feeling goofy & titled a blog post: “RIP Sammy Terry: Modern Pericles.”

https://www.masson.us/blog/r-i-p-sammy-terry-modern-pericles/

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drinkslinger1974@reddit

Dr. Gruesome and his movie morgue! It was always horror movies like creature from the black lagoon, but it was every Saturday night! I also remember one time watching the three stooges in 3d on that show and there was some sort of cross promotion where I had to go to a 7-11 to get the glasses.

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Kilkegard@reddit

“Dr. Shock” in the Philly area in the 70s.

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myboyfriendsback777@reddit

The tales from the crypt skeleton guy and Elvira.

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OPsDaddy@reddit

Dr. Tongue’s Monster Chiller Horror Theater.

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Visible_Expert9673@reddit

In the UK we had The Deadly Ernest Horror Show

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No-Onion8029@reddit

Whoah, never expect to see a Sammy Terry reference in the wild - haven't lived in that neck of the woods in 40 years. Roughly the time Elvira started showing up on Friday nights.

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