2/9/2007
What might be amusing for this Friday Sven blog? Hmmm… how about a list of… TEN SVEN LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS!?! Sounds good to me…and I’m the one who has to write ‘em, soooo…
1. I have worn the same wig since I started playing the character back in 1979. Yes, it’s gotten washed… occasionally…
2. The popular cook character, Goolia Child, on the “Son of” show was actually played by the nice woman who was in charge of the WFLD art department! She mimed along to a voice track that I recorded. She didn’t ever have to worry about lip-syncing, since she wore a rubber mask!
3. I have never lived in Berwyn. No matter what the rumors say, no matter who says there uncle knows a guy who lived next door to me…I never lived there. Nor did I work there as a teacher, a bartender, or a gigolo. They’re all urban (or- urb-SVEN) legends.
4. When the original Sven- Jerry G. Bishop- did some public appearances back in the 70s- I was often there with him, dressed as Groucho Marx, or a “Planet of the Apes” monkey (some people still think I look like a monkey…and not Davy Jones…)
5. Here’s some real trivia- for a while, Jerry’s Svengoolie public appearances were managed by Al Dvorin- who was the guy who said “ladies and gentleman- Elvis has left the building” at various Elvis Presley shows!
6. Maybe I’m supposed to be a vampire, but- I really LIKE garlic…(don’t worry, I’ve got mints…)
7. My original “Son of” top hat was actually a hat I bought at the Walt Boyle magic and costume store in Mount Prospect the summer I graduated from high school, when my friends and I were going to make an 8 mm take-off on silent movies in which I was going to be the villain.
8. Svengoolie has often received invitations to viewers’ weddings. It’s very sweet, but Mr. Goolie does not attend.
9. The guy who was program director at WFLD when I first auditioned HATED the Svengoolie character.(He was gone by the time I was actually hired.) Funny thing was, he later worked for the USA Network, and would send around his reps to local cable outfits, touting their “Captain USA” show by saying “he’s like Chicago’s Son of Svengoolie.”
10. I had nothing to do with VH-1’s recent “Fame Game” episode in which the participants did “rubber chicken shots”- drinking from rubber chickens. Once again, ew.
That’s it! Now, you’re so much smarter- right? RIGHT? Oh, well…come back tomorrow. You’re smart enough to do THAT!!!
1. I have worn the same wig since I started playing the character back in 1979. Yes, it’s gotten washed… occasionally…
2. The popular cook character, Goolia Child, on the “Son of” show was actually played by the nice woman who was in charge of the WFLD art department! She mimed along to a voice track that I recorded. She didn’t ever have to worry about lip-syncing, since she wore a rubber mask!
3. I have never lived in Berwyn. No matter what the rumors say, no matter who says there uncle knows a guy who lived next door to me…I never lived there. Nor did I work there as a teacher, a bartender, or a gigolo. They’re all urban (or- urb-SVEN) legends.
4. When the original Sven- Jerry G. Bishop- did some public appearances back in the 70s- I was often there with him, dressed as Groucho Marx, or a “Planet of the Apes” monkey (some people still think I look like a monkey…and not Davy Jones…)
5. Here’s some real trivia- for a while, Jerry’s Svengoolie public appearances were managed by Al Dvorin- who was the guy who said “ladies and gentleman- Elvis has left the building” at various Elvis Presley shows!
6. Maybe I’m supposed to be a vampire, but- I really LIKE garlic…(don’t worry, I’ve got mints…)
7. My original “Son of” top hat was actually a hat I bought at the Walt Boyle magic and costume store in Mount Prospect the summer I graduated from high school, when my friends and I were going to make an 8 mm take-off on silent movies in which I was going to be the villain.
8. Svengoolie has often received invitations to viewers’ weddings. It’s very sweet, but Mr. Goolie does not attend.
9. The guy who was program director at WFLD when I first auditioned HATED the Svengoolie character.(He was gone by the time I was actually hired.) Funny thing was, he later worked for the USA Network, and would send around his reps to local cable outfits, touting their “Captain USA” show by saying “he’s like Chicago’s Son of Svengoolie.”
10. I had nothing to do with VH-1’s recent “Fame Game” episode in which the participants did “rubber chicken shots”- drinking from rubber chickens. Once again, ew.
That’s it! Now, you’re so much smarter- right? RIGHT? Oh, well…come back tomorrow. You’re smart enough to do THAT!!!
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