1/15/2008
As promised- more feedback from you loyal Svengoolie viewers!
Let’s continue…
You know how I will try to find the name of a hazily-recalled movie for you- well, here’s one I’ve had NO luck with whatsoever! Pat and Kelly have been after me for a while to find the title of this film: they believe it’s from the late 50s, and stars peter Graves, as a professor who takes his class on a field trip to a cave. While they were down in the cave, some sort of global catastrophe occurs, and everyone outside that had been exposed to the sun has turned into a small pile of powder! I’ve cross-indexed these facts in the Sven-computer, and keep coming up blank. SO- if you have an idea, let me know…
I just got some snail mail here- for those of you who didn’t believe me when I previously wrote that people can’t spell “Svengoolie” right, even though it appears on screen multiple times in each show- this envelope is addressed to “Svan Goullie.”
In a similar vein, an e-mailer sent me the question “is this show ‘alive?’” I’m assuming the question is whether the show is being broadcast live. The answer- it’s on tape, but- it’s alive! Alive! (See? I’ve even overdosed on the Frankenstein flicks!)
Here’s a couple nice messages: first, from Dan, who wrote that he used to watch me every Saturday with his dad, who was always telling him his “when I was a kid” stories, about how movies like these were just 5 cents, a gallon of Pepsi was just 3 cents, and twenty pounds of popcorn were 2 cents” ...you think he was exaggerating on some of that? Anyway, Dan says, he’s grown up, gotten married, had kids, and gotten so caught up he forgot about the important questions of life- like how tall the Frankenstein Monster is, what the old gypsy’s name was in “the Wolf Man” (find out next weekend, Dan!) and does Dracula talk funny in real life?! He’s happy to know that we’re still on and that he can find the answers to these questions on the show. Second, Cathy sent me a charming tale of how she used to watch the show when she lived in Chicago, and turned her husband, an underground cartoonist, on to it. Many years later, now residing in Wisconsin, they were hearing the song a friend did for a Milwaukee station that include the lyrics “Svengoolie on Saturday night” and were pleased to discover that they could watch again-on WMLW. He also was not allowed to watch the 3 Stooges as a child, and is catching up with them now! She said that she hopes I’m happy to still be leading America’s youth astray- even if he IS over 50! You bet I’m happy, Cathy!
And, I’m always happy to hear what YOU have on your mind- again, it’s svengoolie@wciu.com
Let’s continue…
You know how I will try to find the name of a hazily-recalled movie for you- well, here’s one I’ve had NO luck with whatsoever! Pat and Kelly have been after me for a while to find the title of this film: they believe it’s from the late 50s, and stars peter Graves, as a professor who takes his class on a field trip to a cave. While they were down in the cave, some sort of global catastrophe occurs, and everyone outside that had been exposed to the sun has turned into a small pile of powder! I’ve cross-indexed these facts in the Sven-computer, and keep coming up blank. SO- if you have an idea, let me know…
I just got some snail mail here- for those of you who didn’t believe me when I previously wrote that people can’t spell “Svengoolie” right, even though it appears on screen multiple times in each show- this envelope is addressed to “Svan Goullie.”
In a similar vein, an e-mailer sent me the question “is this show ‘alive?’” I’m assuming the question is whether the show is being broadcast live. The answer- it’s on tape, but- it’s alive! Alive! (See? I’ve even overdosed on the Frankenstein flicks!)
Here’s a couple nice messages: first, from Dan, who wrote that he used to watch me every Saturday with his dad, who was always telling him his “when I was a kid” stories, about how movies like these were just 5 cents, a gallon of Pepsi was just 3 cents, and twenty pounds of popcorn were 2 cents” ...you think he was exaggerating on some of that? Anyway, Dan says, he’s grown up, gotten married, had kids, and gotten so caught up he forgot about the important questions of life- like how tall the Frankenstein Monster is, what the old gypsy’s name was in “the Wolf Man” (find out next weekend, Dan!) and does Dracula talk funny in real life?! He’s happy to know that we’re still on and that he can find the answers to these questions on the show. Second, Cathy sent me a charming tale of how she used to watch the show when she lived in Chicago, and turned her husband, an underground cartoonist, on to it. Many years later, now residing in Wisconsin, they were hearing the song a friend did for a Milwaukee station that include the lyrics “Svengoolie on Saturday night” and were pleased to discover that they could watch again-on WMLW. He also was not allowed to watch the 3 Stooges as a child, and is catching up with them now! She said that she hopes I’m happy to still be leading America’s youth astray- even if he IS over 50! You bet I’m happy, Cathy!
And, I’m always happy to hear what YOU have on your mind- again, it’s svengoolie@wciu.com
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