1/18/2008
One more day until another Sven show airs! I still get messages from people who miss the overnight Me-TV 3 am “classic Sven” shows that ran for a while during the summer. To answer the oft-asked question- right now, I have no idea if or when that might return. I’m very surprised and flattered by the number of people who would either watch live or on tape!
I’ve also heard from people who enjoyed what I wrote about some of the early Sven shows here on WCIU that they had missed- movies we had the first couple years that we were on, which we lost the broadcast rights to years ago! So, I thought I’d talk about a few more for those who hadn’t had the chance to see them.
Our very first movie here was 1984’s “C.H.U.D.”- a camp classic that you occasionally even hear Homer Simpson mention! C.H.U.D., of course, stood for “Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller”- they were nasty mutant creatures that came from the sewers after-what a surprise!-toxic waste had been dumped. Back then, we would do one whole segment of the movie in very heavy “Svensurround”- adding sound effects and visuals, replacing lines of dialogue, etc. I recall a couple people, who were unfamiliar with my history being outraged that I was “ripping off Mystery Science Theater!”
Another very early Sven movie at WCIU is one that I know I’ve mentioned here- the 1985 Larry Cohen cult classic “the Stuff!” That was a very weird one- some guys find an odd white substance oozing out of a meteor crater, so, naturally- they TASTE it! It’s delicious and they market it as a dessert- which, with its alien origins, soon turns the hungry hungry half-wits who load up on it into mindless zombies- controlled by, perhaps, the sentient “stuff!” The fake commercials for the product are perfect, and one of our scenes that viewers loved had Sven, having eaten some of it, concluding his song with a special-effects stream of “stuff” flowing like a fountain out of his mouth!
We also had 1959’s “Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake”- involving a curse that has people losing their heads (literally) at the hands of a South American Indian with his lips sewn shut, like the shrunken heads he’d create! With that title, it was only natural to have Tombstone and his little nephews do a parody of Aretha Franklin’s “Think” entitled “Shrink!” We’ve shown that song a few times, since people just love those Tombstone nephews.
For more early titles, you can check out the lists in the book we’ve mentioned here-“Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows: from Shock Theatre to Svengoolie”- or- just wait until I write about more of them here in the blog!
I’ve also heard from people who enjoyed what I wrote about some of the early Sven shows here on WCIU that they had missed- movies we had the first couple years that we were on, which we lost the broadcast rights to years ago! So, I thought I’d talk about a few more for those who hadn’t had the chance to see them.
Our very first movie here was 1984’s “C.H.U.D.”- a camp classic that you occasionally even hear Homer Simpson mention! C.H.U.D., of course, stood for “Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller”- they were nasty mutant creatures that came from the sewers after-what a surprise!-toxic waste had been dumped. Back then, we would do one whole segment of the movie in very heavy “Svensurround”- adding sound effects and visuals, replacing lines of dialogue, etc. I recall a couple people, who were unfamiliar with my history being outraged that I was “ripping off Mystery Science Theater!”
Another very early Sven movie at WCIU is one that I know I’ve mentioned here- the 1985 Larry Cohen cult classic “the Stuff!” That was a very weird one- some guys find an odd white substance oozing out of a meteor crater, so, naturally- they TASTE it! It’s delicious and they market it as a dessert- which, with its alien origins, soon turns the hungry hungry half-wits who load up on it into mindless zombies- controlled by, perhaps, the sentient “stuff!” The fake commercials for the product are perfect, and one of our scenes that viewers loved had Sven, having eaten some of it, concluding his song with a special-effects stream of “stuff” flowing like a fountain out of his mouth!
We also had 1959’s “Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake”- involving a curse that has people losing their heads (literally) at the hands of a South American Indian with his lips sewn shut, like the shrunken heads he’d create! With that title, it was only natural to have Tombstone and his little nephews do a parody of Aretha Franklin’s “Think” entitled “Shrink!” We’ve shown that song a few times, since people just love those Tombstone nephews.
For more early titles, you can check out the lists in the book we’ve mentioned here-“Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows: from Shock Theatre to Svengoolie”- or- just wait until I write about more of them here in the blog!
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