Minding my own business (maybe a bit too much) I've slipped into ennui and mental lassitude (don't know what they mean but wanted to use them)... until a few weeks ago when "Mrs. rogue evolent" let me bring the television upstairs from the dungeon to the "la-boor-a-tree."
I am ashamed to admit to any fellow cinephiles and genre-junkies that I don't have cable (or dishTV, or, even electricity most of the time). But now that the TV is upstairs where the ol' "rabbit ears" can get some reception, I have found a couple of stations that were not playing in my "neck of the woods" last time I was a regular TV watcher (which was around January of 2009, or whenever the networks and local stations went from analog to ALL digital).
Anywho... I have discovered both ANTENNA TV and MeTV. Oh glorious day for an old guy like me that grooves on watching old 1950's, 1960's and 1970's television fare.
AND THEN.... I discovered that on MeTV, every Saturday night (central time zone) from 9 pm to 11 pm there's a show called SEVENGOOLIE ! ! !
I can't believe how fun it/he is!!! I never had a "horror host" growing up in the Twin Cities (Mpls. and St. Paul, MN). During my latter high school years and first couple of college years ( the massive quantity of beer dulls my memory) I did have Jeff Gibson who played horror-host "Asmodeus" on our ABC Ft. Wayne, IN affiliate. But that was back in 1975.
I never really had the opportunity to watch much Elvira or the other cable show hosts in the 80's (or since).
So, SVENGOOLIE, for me, is just a riot!!! I love the guy. I love the dumb jokes, the "corn," the puns, the sight-gags, and the whole "amateur-vibe" schtick. It's just a great throw-back to the good-old days.
I'm sure you all know him, but if not:
http://svengoolie.com/
Also:
I am ashamed to admit to any fellow cinephiles and genre-junkies that I don't have cable (or dishTV, or, even electricity most of the time). But now that the TV is upstairs where the ol' "rabbit ears" can get some reception, I have found a couple of stations that were not playing in my "neck of the woods" last time I was a regular TV watcher (which was around January of 2009, or whenever the networks and local stations went from analog to ALL digital).
Anywho... I have discovered both ANTENNA TV and MeTV. Oh glorious day for an old guy like me that grooves on watching old 1950's, 1960's and 1970's television fare.
AND THEN.... I discovered that on MeTV, every Saturday night (central time zone) from 9 pm to 11 pm there's a show called SEVENGOOLIE ! ! !
I can't believe how fun it/he is!!! I never had a "horror host" growing up in the Twin Cities (Mpls. and St. Paul, MN). During my latter high school years and first couple of college years ( the massive quantity of beer dulls my memory) I did have Jeff Gibson who played horror-host "Asmodeus" on our ABC Ft. Wayne, IN affiliate. But that was back in 1975.
I never really had the opportunity to watch much Elvira or the other cable show hosts in the 80's (or since).
So, SVENGOOLIE, for me, is just a riot!!! I love the guy. I love the dumb jokes, the "corn," the puns, the sight-gags, and the whole "amateur-vibe" schtick. It's just a great throw-back to the good-old days.
I'm sure you all know him, but if not:
http://svengoolie.com/
Also:
I've already seen the great old 1932/33 classic (the public domain version, not the new restored Criterion print/DVD) with Charles Laughton: "ISLAND OF LOST SOULS."
I'm thinking SVENGOOLIE is just what the "Mad Doctor" ordered to "jolt" me out of fermentation and ossification ( yeah, ? ? ?)
-rogue evolent
I am glad you're back. I too like Svengoolie, but I also liked The Killer Shrews. I do have to admit that the shrews my cats got hold of in our front yard were not that fierce, but maybe when they grow to GIANTS they get a bit testy or maybe Jersey Shrews are just wimps.
ReplyDeleteOK - now that you are back, don't go resting on your laurels and not post again for a week.
Hey Spoiler! Didn't Billy Shakespeare write a dime-novel about them their Shrew-boys?
ReplyDeletethanks for your support and enthusiasm for this blog. I be here!
rogue
Yeah - didn't it have something to do about a pound of shrews and some guy named Hamlet had to go and tame them so they could grunt Christmas Carols...
ReplyDeleteI echo your delight in discovering Me and Antenna TV! The latter aptly named because we don't have cable either. At first I thought the show wasn't for me but I find myself getting sucked in.
ReplyDeleteHere's to the few extra bucks we get to keep each month!
Hi bookman!
ReplyDeleteIt was the Best of Shrews,
It was the worst of Shrews,
:)
Hi Mike,
ReplyDeleteI sure do love watching the old LEAVE IT TO BEAVER episodes on Antenna TV every night before supper...kinda like I did when I was 8 or 9.
Love watching Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Perry Mason, Wild,Wild West, and The Rifleman on MeTV. Nostalgia IS what it used to be :)