7/13/2007

Oh, no! It’s Friday the Thirteenth once again! I’m sure I’ve written this before, but, actually, most Friday the Thirteenths have been great for me- lots of good stuff has happened for me on those dates. One of the first that I remember was one spent doing a bunch of appearances with Jerry G. Bishop, the original Svengoolie. I’m pretty sure that we did a circuit of about three movie theaters that night, for late night movie screenings. One of the theaters was a Berwyn movie house near the North Riverside shopping center (if that was even there then!) This was not the fancy old theater with the “Berwyn” marquee that was on Cermak Road- this theater was across the street from the strip mall that is now threatening to get rid of the “Spindle” eight-car pile-up at Harlem and Cermak. Anyway, I remember it being a wild and fun night. At one of the theaters, the p.a. system wasn’t working, and I was up front trying to entertain a raucous crowd that was running up and down the aisles! I remember we didn’t get home until the sun was coming up. It was great working with Jerry G. - especially in live appearance events like that. I learned a lot from him about what- and what NOT to do!

Something I WILL do tomorrow (Saturday) night- is make a guest appearance on WGN Radio (AM 720) with my pal Nick DiGilio. I’ll be showing up around 11:05 pm (conveniently just after our show ends on WCIU!) We’ll be talking about my up-coming appearance at “Flashback Weekend” next Saturday July 21- Nick is a big part of the yearly horror convention- and, I’m sure we’ll discuss our current Universal movies, “Stooge-a-palooza”, and anything else that comes up! Chances are we may take some phone calls too. I hope you’ll tune in after watching our show- or, maybe BEFORE watching the show on Me-TV !Nick is a virtual encyclopedia about movies and TV- not to mention a big fan of Shemp Howard, one of my favorite Stooges, and his show is always fun to listen to- much less, take part in! The folks at ‘GN have always been really kind to us- especially my good friends Steve and Johnnie, who hold down the overnight shift. I’ve noticed I have a lot of friends who do the overnight shift- like Candi at B 96… could it just be that it’s because I’m a “creature of the night?” Or, that I’m a cure for other people’s insomnia? Regardless, I’ll have an extra cup of coffee so I’ll be wide-awake for the radio show Saturday night…