  Diane12163 Member Username: Diane12163 Post Number: 26 Registered: 07-2008 |
Does anyone remember Sir Graves Ghastly, The Ghoul, Count Scary or Martial Arts Film Host Charlie Lum(Jim Harper-WNIC fm)? What are some of your memories of these Saturday Horror Film Hosts? I recall Sir Graves songs. He used to have himself and some others do these upside down chin faces and sing some sort of themed songs. They were pretty funny as I recall. | ||
Maof2 Member Username: Maof2 Post Number: 164 Registered: 06-2008 |
Diane - There was a post recently... "Sir Graves, Now this" when Bozo recently died. But, yes, Sir Graves was my favorite and I do remember the chin thing. It was on Saturdays, I think around 1:00 just after American Bandstand. | ||
Alienjerky Member Username: Alienjerky Post Number: 44 Registered: 06-2008 |
My friend is a stagehand and had worked on Sir Graves once, he operated the mouth on "The Voice OF Doom". Said he was a very nice guy & fun to work with. But as short as a lawn gnome. He lived in Cleveland & came up here every 2 weeks to tape his Detroit segments. He had all the song portions of the show on tape that was shot in Cleveland, where he also had a show. He said he knows the Ghoul and didn;t have anything bad to say about him. I think his name was Laws Dawson. "And NOW let's look at the ART GHOULERY, Kiddies. NYAHH HA HA HA HA!". He also showed "Dusty's Trail". An old west copy of Gilligan's Island. | ||
Mcp001 Member Username: Mcp001 Post Number: 3564 Registered: 11-2003 |
I loved watching Sir Graves back when it was on. But based on what I know now, I'm just ticked that I didn't go out and buy a Betamax to tape some of them. I thought Jim Harper did "Ric Shaw's: Take that, take out theater"? | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 1033 Registered: 10-2003 |
Alienjerky, Graves' real name was Lawson Deming. Anybody here old enough to remember Detroit TV's first Horror movie host The Black Spider? | ||
Diane12163 Member Username: Diane12163 Post Number: 29 Registered: 07-2008 |
Hey All! I Found some great websites you can visit! www.sirgravesghastly.com (Excellent Site) www.kungfoocinema.com (This is a forum which talks about Jim Harper(Charlie Lum) and his sidekick (Round eyes). The programme showed on Saturday nights at 11:30 and was a double feature. www.myspace.com/ghoulpower (The Ghoul's official myspace page with blogs and pics. www.theghoul.net (The Ghoul's website) www.tvacres.com/horror_c.htm (Count Scary(Tom Ryan)) p223.ezboard.com (Milford's vintage Detroit TV and movie board>Detroit horror TV)This is for The Black Spider. | ||
Angry_dad Member Username: Angry_dad Post Number: 234 Registered: 02-2006 |
Another from the past: http://www.morgus.com/ or for a great reference: http://www.americanscary.com/ | ||
Alienjerky Member Username: Alienjerky Post Number: 48 Registered: 06-2008 |
Thanks Ed, I was sort of close. Sorry, never heard of the Black Spider. What year was that? | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 1037 Registered: 10-2003 |
WXYZ, circa 1955 | ||
Alienjerky Member Username: Alienjerky Post Number: 51 Registered: 06-2008 |
Remember "Fun news"? I think it was that era. A split screen with cartoons , news, & weather running in 3 corners. | ||
Newport1128 Member Username: Newport1128 Post Number: 202 Registered: 05-2007 |
The earliest horror show I remember was "Shock Theater", hosted by Boris Karloff. It wasn't a local production, of course, but would come on about 11:30 on Friday or Saturday night, probably in the early '60's. I used to get goosebumps just waiting for it to start, since Boris' spooky voice would do the introduction. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2542 Registered: 01-2006 |
Alienjerky, you named the Fun News (Funnews, I think it may have been spelled, and I am so glad to hear that someone else remembers it. I'm quite sure that my older brother remembers it, but no one else to whom I have mentioned it has any awareness of it at all. Of course, that was back when your "television set" could be used as an anchor for a fairly large freighter. | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 1629 Registered: 07-2007 |
Remember Dark Shadows with Barnabas Collins as the vampire. My friends parent wouldn't let them watch it they were very catholic. God I miss all the 60's 70's shows that were politically incorrect. | ||
Diane12163 Member Username: Diane12163 Post Number: 92 Registered: 07-2008 |
Hi Lefty2. My sisters, mom and I watched it all the time. We were catholic. Well, mom and sisters still are. I'm recovering and a gladly born again Christian. I thought the show was pretty cheesy but fun. Kate Jackson got her start on the soap, too. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2544 Registered: 01-2006 |
As a young fella, I really enjoyed the way the channel 7 daily afternoon movie-- "The Big Show"-- would run monster movies during the days leading up to Halloween. Turn out the lights, curl up in a chair, eat Cinnamon Crisps and watch monsters on The Big Show. Oh yeah. | ||
Flyingj Member Username: Flyingj Post Number: 292 Registered: 08-2006 |
Lefty2, there was a "Dark Shadows" con out here 2 or 3 weeks ago. I heard the place was packed wall-to-wall | ||
Vetalalumni Member Username: Vetalalumni Post Number: 1095 Registered: 05-2007 |
Sir Graves showed "Missile To The Moon" several times. That movie had the corny rock monsters which really, really scared me. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2546 Registered: 01-2006 |
Hey Vetalalumni! Are you sitting down? http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v= vkGPSy_2qoo | ||
Vetalalumni Member Username: Vetalalumni Post Number: 1097 Registered: 05-2007 |
Thanks so much Ravine! Still gives me chills. | ||
Alienjerky Member Username: Alienjerky Post Number: 58 Registered: 06-2008 |
If you were REAL EARLY RISERS like my brother & I, you got to watch the "Farm report" (endless shots of tractors, fields,& cattle) and "Industry on Parade" (Scenes of factories, and lots of SPARKS) which always came on before "Fun news". Then it was "Wixie Wonderland" time. Our early 50's TV was a MUNTZ 19" in a blond wood cabnet with two wood doors that opened to reveal the screen. It took a while for it to warm up & get a picture. It had RABBIT EARS that had to be twisted around to help get each channel. My grandmother decided what we watched at night, so we learned to HATE Laurence Welk , Mitch Miller & Andy Williams. Ah wunnerful, ah wunnerful my ASS! | ||
Diane12163 Member Username: Diane12163 Post Number: 165 Registered: 07-2008 |
Alienjerky-I agree. I never liked Lawrence Welk. I liked Ed Sullivan a lot more. Here's a question: I used to watch a science show that was a half hour one and local I think to Detroit. It was a younger guy, tallish and lanky who hosted it and he would do experiments. Oft times something would go wrong and he would sort of flub his way through it. It was very funny. It wasn't Bill Nye or Beakman. This was shown in the 80's and early 90's. I'm guessing on Channel 7 but, it might have been another channel. Hopefully you can come up with who it was. Thanks in advance. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 1058 Registered: 10-2003 |
That would be Kidbits, with Gary Ed Mach on channel 4. | ||
Diane12163 Member Username: Diane12163 Post Number: 169 Registered: 07-2008 |
ED_golick---Thank you a million. Dinner's on me.  |
