3/29/2007

Last time, you remember, we were going through some of my Svengoolie e-mails for questions, comments, and complaints- let’s continue on our quest… John in Detroit was writing to say he used to watch me in the 80s on WKBD when the show ran on all the Field Communications stations. He has DirectTV there, and wants to know if he can get our show. Actually, I constantly get e-mails and letters from all over the country, from people who want to see the program in their area. The bad news is- I don’t think any satellite provider will be willing to get you a Chicago station if you live outside the Chicago broadcast area (or Milwaukee or South Bend- where the shows also run)- unless a local station in your area were to contact our Weigel Broadcasting folks here, and try to hammer out a way to run the show on their station-which still would be a complicated feat due to the movie rights- there’s truly no way our show can run there-unless our company buys a station there, but I’m not privy to any expansion plans. You can always do what lots of people tell me they do- bribe a friend or relative in this area to tape shows off-air, and send them to you! Rob says he remembers me from my Fox cartoon hosting days and asked “wasn’t there some kind of trash-man character?” yes, there was, Rob- and it’s a character that, for some reason, people have been bringing up to me recently- he was Captain Dustpan, Fighter of Filth! He wore a dustpan as a mask, a garbage bag as a cape, and had all sorts of serialized adventures, fighting foes involving littering, pollution, wasting water, etc. From what people say to me these days, the Captain still holds an important place in their memories. Hope you don’t mind, but I’d like to respond to a FAQ regarding “Stooge-a-palooza”- every week, I get inquiries as to where Rich Koz gets those Stooges shirts. Some, I’ve had for years- some we “created” ourselves here, like the polo shirts with an iron-on decal of one of the Stooges’ faces on it, and , some of the main ones I’ve worn were brought back by a staff member from a visit to Las Vegas. I really don’t have a nearby source for Stooge shirts. On-line, you can check out www.soitenlystooges.com -they also have a mail order catalog- or, at least, they used to… Finally, Bill asks- is the coffin I use the original one that Jerry G. Bishop used in his Svengoolie days? Yes, Bill, it is- actually, it was Jerry’s second coffin- the first was a gray, typical laying-down job that his guests would sign- his second (and now my) coffin, was the colorful stand-up job, designed by me, and built by WFLD stagehand Bobby Walker. When I became “Son of”, I repainted the face from Jerry’s Sven kisser to mine, and re-painted the “Zelda” skull at the bottom into Tombstone. I find it amusing that the coffin is older than some of the people who work on the show with me! Got something to ask-or tell me? Send it to me here at svengoolie@wciu.com -and, please check out the rest of this site…remember , you can access our latest webisode- right from this page! Check to your upper right…