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corq		2012-11-06 12:33:10 PM

I ditched cable well over two years ago and barely watch network tv. Svengoolie is the lost 'Creature Features' of youth and one of the best two hours on a usually abyssmal saturday night.

Get well soon, Mr. Koz!

majestic		2012-11-06 01:21:16 PM

Any Pie Left		2012-11-06 01:23:00 PM

Get Better, nor deader, Son of Sven!

johnz16		2012-11-06 01:23:48 PM

I used to love him when I was younger. I didn't realize he was still doing the Svengoolie bit.

calbert		2012-11-06 01:25:37 PM

Berwyn

zobear		2012-11-06 01:26:14 PM

I remember him as the Son of Svengoolie in the late 70s/early 80s. We'd tune in every (I think) Saturday channel 32, probably, to watch the classic horror movies that scared the bajeezus out of me.

Be well, sir.

karnal		2012-11-06 01:28:36 PM

corq

I ditched cable well over two years ago and barely watch network tv. Svengoolie is the lost 'Creature Features' of youth and one of the best two hours on a usually abyssmal saturday night.

Get well soon, Mr. Koz!

zobear

I remember him as the Son of Svengoolie in the late 70s/early 80s. We'd tune in every (I think) Saturday channel 32, probably, to watch the classic horror movies that scared the bajeezus out of me.

Be well, sir.

This and this.....get well soon

author1701		2012-11-06 01:33:53 PM

Where do we send the self-flinging rubber chicken bouquets?

PickledBoodah		2012-11-06 01:43:24 PM

A good time when you just want to stay in on a Saturday night. Get well soon sir.

exparrot		2012-11-06 01:55:22 PM

Greatest Chicago Local TV hosts:
Svengoolie/Son of Svengoolie
BJ & Dirty Dragon
Ray Rayner
Frazier Thomas (actually, I hated him as a kid...)

germ78		2012-11-06 01:58:32 PM

That's too bad. Friends of mine have met and hung out with Rich Koz. Apparently he has an encyclopedic knowledge of bad movies.

UtileDysfunktion		2012-11-06 02:00:37 PM

exparrot: Greatest Chicago Local TV hosts:
...
Frazier Thomas (actually, I hated him as a kid...)

That's okay. As I understand it, the feeling was mutual.

(He was ringmaster on Bozo's Circus for a while, obviously had no patience with the little ankle-biters)

dittybopper		2012-11-06 02:02:09 PM

I'm happy for you Svengoolie, and I'mma let you recover, but Dr. Shock was the best horror host of all time.

c-ment		2012-11-06 02:03:53 PM

Ghoulardi

Need I say more!

labbal		2012-11-06 02:08:01 PM

dittybopper: I'm happy for you Svengoolie, and I'mma let you recover, but Dr. Shock was the best horror host of all time.

No Way.

Sammy Terry.

dletter		2012-11-06 02:11:47 PM

Everyone who cares on this thread probably already knows about FuzzyMemories.tv, but, if you don't, head over there now.

SlagginOff		2012-11-06 02:16:52 PM

exparrot: Greatest Chicago Local TV hosts:
Svengoolie/Son of Svengoolie
BJ & Dirty Dragon
Ray Rayner
Frazier Thomas (actually, I hated him as a kid...)

I'd like to add Jerry Bryant of JBTV, just because he is such an awkward weirdo and looks like he takes about 1 shower a month. Also he always says something completely retarded and then laughs at himself every time he interviews someone.

SVenus		2012-11-06 02:18:51 PM

Found hiding in his bedpan

gunther_bumpass		2012-11-06 02:33:51 PM

Probably the best local (now national, even) host working today.

Get well soon!

stupiddream		2012-11-06 02:40:19 PM

We just got ME-TV on cable/Local digital access here and Saturday night is awesome.
8:00 Lost in Space, 9:00 Star Trek, 10:00 Svengoolie.

/Get well soon Funny Rubber Chicken Man.

dittybopper		2012-11-06 02:41:31 PM

stupiddream: We just got ME-TV on cable/Local digital access here and Saturday night is awesome.
8:00 Lost in Space, 9:00 Star Trek, 10:00 Svengoolie.

/Get well soon Funny Rubber Chicken Man.

Yep. The contrast between Lost In Space and Star Trek is fascinating. Just imagine Dr. Smith and Mr. Spock switching roles.

Milk D		2012-11-06 02:44:03 PM

calbert: Berwyn

THIS.

Also, does anyone remember the Koz Zone. It was on Channel 32 (FOX) and a bunch of after school cartoons.

Vash's Apprentice		2012-11-06 02:53:20 PM

gunther_bumpass: Probably the best local (now national, even) host working today.

Get well soon!

Wolfman Mac (out of Detroit) is pretty good.

/PRAZE BOB

BalugaJoe		2012-11-06 02:57:52 PM

douchebag/hater		2012-11-06 03:05:14 PM

Heard him Nick DiGillio's(sp) WGN radio show on 10/28. He was very good.

He also does a 'Three Stooges' show with lots of trivia and info on the skits.
Not my cup of tea but his knowledge in this area is damned near encyclopedic.

chachi88		2012-11-06 03:06:50 PM

Get Well Rich!

Craptastic		2012-11-06 03:08:06 PM

exparrot: Greatest Chicago Local TV hosts:
Svengoolie/Son of Svengoolie
BJ & Dirty Dragon
Ray Rayner
Frazier Thomas (actually, I hated him as a kid...)

That sounds like something you'd find over at urbandictionary.com.

/not looking it up, just in case.

Tricky Chicken		2012-11-06 03:17:33 PM

Craptastic: exparrot: Greatest Chicago Local TV hosts:
Svengoolie/Son of Svengoolie
BJ & Dirty Dragon
Ray Rayner
Frazier Thomas (actually, I hated him as a kid...)

That sounds like something you'd find over at urbandictionary.com.

/not looking it up, just in case.

None of my current friends or co-workers have ever heard of Gigglesnort Hotel. I never dropped acid, but when it is described to me, I figure that show was a good enough analog.

DECMATH		2012-11-06 03:20:19 PM

labbal: dittybopper: I'm happy for you Svengoolie, and I'mma let you recover, but Dr. Shock was the best horror host of all time.

No Way.
Sammy Terry.

Who? Hey, in my market, it was Fritz "The Nite Owl" Peerenboom, no contest.

Get well Sven, we love your talent bio liner notes and plot-riff songs.

gunther_bumpass		2012-11-06 03:25:23 PM

Tricky Chicken: Craptastic: exparrot: Greatest Chicago Local TV hosts:
Svengoolie/Son of Svengoolie
BJ & Dirty Dragon
Ray Rayner
Frazier Thomas (actually, I hated him as a kid...)

That sounds like something you'd find over at urbandictionary.com.

/not looking it up, just in case.

None of my current friends or co-workers have ever heard of Gigglesnort Hotel. I never dropped acid, but when it is described to me, I figure that show was a good enough analog.

The Shussher scared the crap out of me as a kid.

I think Weird had another alter-ego, too.. The Lemon Kid or something.
What a creepy, excellent show.

downstairs		2012-11-06 03:25:44 PM

dletter: Everyone who cares on this thread probably already knows about FuzzyMemories.tv, but, if you don't, head over there now.

So much this. Also, if you're a White Sox fax. He has a ton of old commercials and clips of them.

labbal		2012-11-06 03:44:16 PM

DECMATH: labbal: dittybopper: I'm happy for you Svengoolie, and I'mma let you recover, but Dr. Shock was the best horror host of all time.

No Way.
Sammy Terry.

Who? Hey, in my market, it was Fritz "The Nite Owl" Peerenboom, no contest.

Get well Sven, we love your talent bio liner notes and plot-riff songs.

:o WHO?!
SAMMY TERRY, MAN!

WordsnCollision		2012-11-06 03:49:43 PM

/expresses condolences
//WOOOOOO!!

45cal		2012-11-06 03:58:34 PM

Sir Graves Ghastly on channel 2five out of Detroit was awesome along with the ghoul on channel 20. But if I remember correctly the ghoul was out of cleveland.

karnal		2012-11-06 04:07:47 PM

Growing up in the early 70s, it was Chuck Acri out of the Quad Cities in Illinois.

www.houseofjitters.com

germ78		2012-11-06 04:22:05 PM

Milk D: calbert: Berwyn

THIS.

Also, does anyone remember the Koz Zone. It was on Channel 32 (FOX) and a bunch of after school cartoons.

Yep. It occupied the commercial blocks between Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs (and some other cartoons that I've probably forgotten)

/I absolutely hated that Howie Mandel cartoon

Hilarity_N_Sues		2012-11-06 04:35:44 PM

Used to spend summers and Thanksgiving in Chicago back in the 70s because my grandma lived there. Always got a kick out of WFLD-32 because it was so much more interesting and mysterious to my 6-year-old self than anything on the NYC stations. WFLD had Son of Svengoolie, the Monkees, old Popeye cartoons... between that and BOZO! on WGN, it was pretty boring having to go back home.

cig-mkr		2012-11-06 04:51:50 PM

No one could beat Elvira, Mistress of the dark.
3.bp.blogspot.com

chitownmike		2012-11-06 05:01:43 PM

karnal: Growing up in the early 70s, it was Chuck Acri out of the Quad Cities in Illinois.

You know that all four cities are not in IL, right?

Hector Remarkable		2012-11-06 05:05:04 PM

R.I.P. Svengarlic

Internet Meme Rogers		2012-11-06 05:10:54 PM

UtileDysfunktion: exparrot: Greatest Chicago Local TV hosts:
...
Frazier Thomas (actually, I hated him as a kid...)

That's okay. As I understand it, the feeling was mutual.

(He was ringmaster on Bozo's Circus for a while, obviously had no patience with the little ankle-biters)

He was no farking Ringmaster Ned. The hell with Frazier Thomas. I never could stand him when I was a kid either.

Rich Koz has always been cool though.

Kozmopoliskepticalopsis		2012-11-06 05:12:55 PM

c-ment: Ghoulardi

Need I say more!

KNIF! Cool it with the boom-booms!

45cal: Sir Graves Ghastly on channel 2five out of Detroit was awesome along with the ghoul on channel 20. But if I remember correctly the ghoul was out of cleveland.

The Ghoul was on channel 61 in Cleveland originally (copying Ghoulardi), then left and was in Detroit for a while then came back to Cleveland. I don't know what he's doing now. Probably has a website ...

Klippoklondike		2012-11-06 05:25:25 PM

Hope he recovers soon. I love cheesy horror films, yet he seems to love them even more than me.

jaytkay		2012-11-06 05:31:48 PM

cig-mkr: No one could beat Elvira, Mistress of the dark.

I was going to post something like that and I googled and whoa, look how cute she is at age 60!

upload.wikimedia.org

netringer		2012-11-06 05:46:03 PM

But Sven was all packed and ready to go

www.trbimg.com

T.rex		2012-11-06 05:46:42 PM

Love her!

FlyingJ		2012-11-06 05:50:23 PM

& if he died he'd be voting all over Berwyn today...

jaytkay I was going to post something like that and I googled and whoa, look how cute she is at age 60!

um, let's just say she wouldn't be interested in you...

jim32rr		2012-11-06 05:53:44 PM

Get well, Sir. Many Chi-town memories

iaazathot		2012-11-06 06:39:29 PM

We had the awesome Dr. Paul Bearer in the Tenement Castle on Channel 44 in Tampa/St. Petersburg FL. He was just the best.

Link

CigaretteSmokingMan		2012-11-06 06:47:25 PM

There can be only one Cool Ghoul.

WordsnCollision		2012-11-06 07:20:08 PM

Get well soon,

images.wikia.com

jj325		2012-11-06 08:40:14 PM

karnal: Growing up in the early 70s, it was Chuck Acri out of the Quad Cities in Illinois.

[www.houseofjitters.com image 377x480]

We had Chuck Acri in Cedar Rapids too. Our local creature feature (no host, but a really creepy close up of an eye with a heartbeat in the backgroud) came on at 1030 and then Acri was on at 12 or 1230. Loved Acri cuz he always seemed more than a little tipsy doing the show.

Max Awesome		2012-11-06 09:24:15 PM

That sucks - I hope he gets better.

I just discovered him this year, and at first he annoyed me because his show was on while Elvira's new movie show seemed to run for only a month around here. Svengoolie seemed a poor substitue.

But he's grown on me - and the dumb goofy movies he plays are right up my alley.

AtlanticCoast63		2012-11-06 09:59:26 PM

Kozmopoliskepticalopsis: c-ment: Ghoulardi

Need I say more!

KNIF! Cool it with the boom-booms!

45cal: Sir Graves Ghastly on channel 2five out of Detroit was awesome along with the ghoul on channel 20. But if I remember correctly the ghoul was out of cleveland.

The Ghoul was on channel 61 in Cleveland originally (copying Ghoulardi), then left and was in Detroit for a while then came back to Cleveland. I don't know what he's doing now. Probably has a website ...

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://www.theghoul.com/

/my brother is going to see him this weekend
//Turn blue over dey
///My parents HATED him

Brytanica1		2012-11-06 10:29:13 PM

labbal: dittybopper: I'm happy for you Svengoolie, and I'mma let you recover, but Dr. Shock was the best horror host of all time.

No Way.

Sammy Terry.

This.

And every little boy loved Janey and wanted to be cowboy Bob.

FlyingJ		2012-11-07 12:02:33 AM

AtlanticCoast63 Ask and ye shall receive:

I'll have you know I voted wearing my "Ghoul Power" shirt

/Bruce Campbell's 1st Showbiz job
//First on-air exhibition of Sam Raimi movies...

scalpod		2012-11-07 02:07:41 AM

Get well soon, you creepy loon!

loki see loki do		2012-11-07 09:46:33 AM

Get vorse sooon, bleah bleah!

Nina_Hartley's_Ass		2012-11-07 01:19:27 PM

stupiddream: We just got ME-TV on cable/Local digital access here and Saturday night is awesome.
8:00 Lost in Space, 9:00 Star Trek, 10:00 Svengoolie.

/Get well soon Funny Rubber Chicken Man.

You forgot Batman, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Get Smart!

Me-TV is well worth looking for on local broadcast.

DjangoStonereaver		2012-11-07 03:27:27 PM

Nina_Hartley's_Ass: stupiddream: We just got ME-TV on cable/Local digital access here and Saturday night is awesome.
8:00 Lost in Space, 9:00 Star Trek, 10:00 Svengoolie.

/Get well soon Funny Rubber Chicken Man.

You forgot Batman, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Get Smart!

Me-TV is well worth looking for on local broadcast.

Amen to this.

No local TV station carries it, nor does Comcast, but my Mom has it on FiOS out of Philly, and seeing
Svengoolie once has made me a huge fan.

Let me add to the chorus of "Get Well Soon"s

stupiddream		2012-11-07 03:34:44 PM

DjangoStonereaver: Nina_Hartley's_Ass: stupiddream: We just got ME-TV on cable/Local digital access here and Saturday night is awesome.
8:00 Lost in Space, 9:00 Star Trek, 10:00 Svengoolie.

/Get well soon Funny Rubber Chicken Man.

You forgot Batman, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Get Smart!

Me-TV is well worth looking for on local broadcast.

Amen to this.

No local TV station carries it, nor does Comcast, but my Mom has it on FiOS out of Philly, and seeing
Svengoolie once has made me a huge fan.

Let me add to the chorus of "Get Well Soon"s

How could I forget about Batman!

Django, check out over the air broadcast. Our local feed is an over the air and you can pick it up without cable.

Egalitarian		2012-11-07 05:00:17 PM

Svengoolie was a significant part of my TV-watching childhood. Glad he didn't die!

I always thought the ladies were singing "Thaaaank yooou, for all your stars and letters!"

He also used to be a magician. My mom used to work in a pet store, about 30 years ago. He came in one day, sans makeup/costume. Mom sold him some doves for his act.

DjangoStonereaver		2012-11-07 05:18:58 PM

stupiddream: DjangoStonereaver: Nina_Hartley's_Ass: stupiddream: We just got ME-TV on cable/Local digital access here and Saturday night is awesome.
8:00 Lost in Space, 9:00 Star Trek, 10:00 Svengoolie.

/Get well soon Funny Rubber Chicken Man.

You forgot Batman, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Get Smart!

Me-TV is well worth looking for on local broadcast.

Amen to this.

No local TV station carries it, nor does Comcast, but my Mom has it on FiOS out of Philly, and seeing
Svengoolie once has made me a huge fan.

Let me add to the chorus of "Get Well Soon"s

How could I forget about Batman!

Django, check out over the air broadcast. Our local feed is an over the air and you can pick it up without cable.

The problem is that there are no local DC stations carrying MeTV (I've checked on their website for my ZIP code),
even aside from Comcast being a bunch of evil pricks.

Mega Steve		2012-11-07 06:20:06 PM

Tricky Chicken: Craptastic: exparrot: Greatest Chicago Local TV hosts:
Svengoolie/Son of Svengoolie
BJ & Dirty Dragon
Ray Rayner
Frazier Thomas (actually, I hated him as a kid...)

That sounds like something you'd find over at urbandictionary.com.

/not looking it up, just in case.

None of my current friends or co-workers have ever heard of Gigglesnort Hotel. I never dropped acid, but when it is described to me, I figure that show was a good enough analog.

I remember that show! I especially remember Dirty Dragon and his drag queen "girlfriend."

bixpchiphead		2012-11-08 05:08:58 AM

c-ment: Ghoulardi

Need I say more!

Houlihan, Big Chuck & Lil John tell you to Stay Sick

Mordis		2012-11-08 07:13:43 AM

calbert: Berwyn

No, Chicago.

karnal		2012-11-09 09:28:45 AM

chitownmike

karnal: Growing up in the early 70s, it was Chuck Acri out of the Quad Cities in Illinois.

You know that all four cities are not in IL, right?

Not true.... Rock Island and Moline

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