11/16/2007
Quick reminder- I’ll be on the radio tonight with Nick DiGilio just a little after midnight on WGN (720 am)- if you’re a night owl, tune in! Nick’s show is always a lot of fun, and I’ll probably have a couple cups of coffee in me before I call in, so listen if you can- you may even get to call in! I’m sure “Franken-Fall” and the 3 Stooges will be among the topics for discussion…
No doubt you’ve seen that TV Land is doing their big special about the top fifty television icons, headed up by Johnny Carson in the number one position. Personally, I think they could’ve divided it somewhat- maybe the all-time icons, the modern icons, the pioneer icons, etc. I’m waiting for someone to do the local Chicago version (I’ll probably come in at number 577, somewhere between the Empire Carpet Man and the guy who wears the bright-colored suits who stands outside the channel 7 news studio windows, and spins around when he’s on camera.) If you want to submit a short list, send it to me- svengoolie@wciu.com …
Our “Franken-fall” offering this Saturday night is “Son of Frankenstein”- and loyal viewer Jerry coincidentally sent me an e-mail about a book he just read- called ‘Who Framed Boris Karloff?” (No relation to Roger Rabbit…) It’s a mystery novel supposedly taking place during the filming of “Son of Frankenstein”- and Boris teams up with his co-stars, Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi, to solve the mystery! It’s written by Dwight Kemper, with an introduction written by Boris’ daughter, Sarah Karloff! Sounds like it might be fun to read after viewing “Son of…”- I may check it out!
Rob wrote and said that he loves the factoids we throw in during the 3 Stooges- and wondered if sometime we could do a “Pop Up Stooges”- like they used to do on VH1, with facts popping up on screen. Well, Rob, the station did that once with a block of sitcoms, and it was a nightmare- it took so much work to research, then produce, that it was decided that it was perhaps too time consuming! He also asked about the old Japanese horror flick “Attack of the Mushroom People.” Believe me, I had a lot of fun with that one- the problem is, a lot of those movies don’t seem to be offered to local stations like ours anymore. However- remember that we never thought we’d ever get these Universal movies, and now…so- keep hope alive! I hope you’ll come back tomorrow for a preview of our “Son of Frankenstein” show. Maybe I’ll run into you on the radio tonight, in the meantime…
No doubt you’ve seen that TV Land is doing their big special about the top fifty television icons, headed up by Johnny Carson in the number one position. Personally, I think they could’ve divided it somewhat- maybe the all-time icons, the modern icons, the pioneer icons, etc. I’m waiting for someone to do the local Chicago version (I’ll probably come in at number 577, somewhere between the Empire Carpet Man and the guy who wears the bright-colored suits who stands outside the channel 7 news studio windows, and spins around when he’s on camera.) If you want to submit a short list, send it to me- svengoolie@wciu.com …
Our “Franken-fall” offering this Saturday night is “Son of Frankenstein”- and loyal viewer Jerry coincidentally sent me an e-mail about a book he just read- called ‘Who Framed Boris Karloff?” (No relation to Roger Rabbit…) It’s a mystery novel supposedly taking place during the filming of “Son of Frankenstein”- and Boris teams up with his co-stars, Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi, to solve the mystery! It’s written by Dwight Kemper, with an introduction written by Boris’ daughter, Sarah Karloff! Sounds like it might be fun to read after viewing “Son of…”- I may check it out!
Rob wrote and said that he loves the factoids we throw in during the 3 Stooges- and wondered if sometime we could do a “Pop Up Stooges”- like they used to do on VH1, with facts popping up on screen. Well, Rob, the station did that once with a block of sitcoms, and it was a nightmare- it took so much work to research, then produce, that it was decided that it was perhaps too time consuming! He also asked about the old Japanese horror flick “Attack of the Mushroom People.” Believe me, I had a lot of fun with that one- the problem is, a lot of those movies don’t seem to be offered to local stations like ours anymore. However- remember that we never thought we’d ever get these Universal movies, and now…so- keep hope alive! I hope you’ll come back tomorrow for a preview of our “Son of Frankenstein” show. Maybe I’ll run into you on the radio tonight, in the meantime…
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