2/15/2007

You’ve been sending me all sorts of comments and questions at svengoolie@wciu.com (and, for that matter, at svenonu@aol.com ) – so, it’s only fair that I share them with all of the Sven fans who loyally hit this blog on a regular basis. Jerry Victory (now there’s a name for a hero- or , at least, a pro wrestler) wrote with a frequently-asked question- he wants to know who wrote the Svengoolie theme we use on the show? He recalls the original Sven’s (Jerry G. Bishop’s) use of Link Wray’s “Rumble” with the added track of screams- and that I used to end my show with Billy Joel’s “You May Be Right- I May Be Crazy”…and asked when my theme first appeared. Well, Jerry, we also used “Rumble” during the first year we were on the air- but, switched to a tune called “Son’s Theme” (since I was “Son of Svengoolie” at the time) sometime during that first year. The tune was written, arranged, and recorded by none other than the great Doug Graves, my musical accompanist whom you still see with me every week on the show. The original track was a sort of “big band” arrangement- with every part played by Doug, except the saxophone part, which was played by the late Steel “Sonny” Seals. We’ve used that them, in different arrangements, since around 1980! Ray, a fan in Georgia who reads these blogs, even though he can’t see the show (now THAT’S loyalty) read a recent blog I wrote about the movie “the Stuff”- in which some guys find some goop in a crater- TASTE IT!!!- and decide that it’d make a great dessert. I mentioned how, my first reaction in finding some gunk somewhere would NOT be to stick it in my mouth. Ray mentioned that that is EXACTLY how the sweetener aspartame was discovered. A scientist was working on an anti-ulcer drug, and got the bi-product of aspartame-which he accidentally got on a finger - which he proceeded to STICK IN HIS MOUTH!!! He noticed its sweet taste, and the die was cast. So, maybe I’m the only one who doesn’t stick strange untested stuff into my craw… We are always on the receiving end of questions regarding t-shirts. PLEASE TAKE NOTE- we process your orders as quickly as possible in our promotion department. It will sometimes take 2-4 weeks, and sometimes 6 weeks, to receive your shirt, depending on the volume of orders. If you are thinking of getting one as a gift for someone, and will need it by a certain day- PLEASE order early enough to make that possible! Also, people ask about sizes- will we get sizes larger than 2XL? Smaller than large? Kids’ sizes? Well, for the time being- the sizes will stay at large, extra large and 2XL. If you want different sizes, just hit the feedback button on this site, and let our powers that be, who DO read all the e-mails, that you’d like to see certain sizes. If there’s enough demand, it may happen! Same thing with paying by credit card- it’s been discussed- and , if it means you’d order a shirt (or more shirts) if you could do it with a card- let ‘em know. You also can pick up a shirt at our sponsor, Horrorbles, in BERWYN at 6731 W. Roosevelt Road! That concludes our feedback blog for today. More stuff tomorrow- it may not be feedback, but it’ll probably leave you fed up with me, as usual…