May 24- Fraido Sees a “Ghost…of Frankenstein!”
Okay, folks, after a day of barbeque, fun in the sun, and
warmer weather, settle in for the final run of another
Universal classic – “Ghost of Frankenstein”-and the encore appearance of my “brother”, Fraido! (You may have seen Fraido recently in some of our webisodes here on the Svengoolie page…he’s a ventriloquist dummy specially created for us by superstar artist Alex Ross.)
The movie, for continuity’s sake, actually fits into the Universal Frankenstein timeline between “Son of Frankenstein” and last week’s “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf man”- with the villagers, although having bid the son of Frankenstein a fond farewell, again getting agitated about the remains of the Frankenstein castle- especially after having seen Ygor prowling around there (guess he survived those gunshot wounds from “Son of…” that had apparently killed him!) When the villagers decide that blowing the place up good is the only answer, Ygor discovers the Monster-preserved in the sulfur from the previous movie’s sulfur pit- and escapes with the Monster in tow. He decides to go to Frankenstein’s OTHER son- you know, the one nobody has even mentioned until that very moment-and “convince” him to help restore the Monster to vibrant health. However, more devious actions enter into it- with Ygor deciding HIS brain should end up in the Monster’s powerful body!
It’s great to see Bela Lugosi’s Ygor character back…and, this time, in the Monster make-up, we have Lon Chaney Jr., cast for this part while he was filming ‘Wolf Man”, who seems well suited to being a huge lumbering brute (Boris Karloff, who had played the Monster in the previous film, was appearing on Broadway when the film was being shot, and didn’t feel he wanted to play the creature again at that time.)Sir Cedric Hardwicke is the previously unspoken of Frankenstein offspring, and he carries on his family tradition pretty well!
As does my brother Fraido, who comes in to stand in for me while I’m off on jury duty (no, not on the R. Kelly case!) You’ll also see the other ventriloquist dummy of the Svengoolie family- the one and only Durwood, who started his career alongside the original Sven, Jerry G. Bishop, in the ‘70s.
So, for plenty of dummies (what are you looking at ME for?) and your last Sven show look at another Universal classic, tune in tonight at 9 (or, if you MUST be out partying, at 1 am on MeTV!)
warmer weather, settle in for the final run of another
Universal classic – “Ghost of Frankenstein”-and the encore appearance of my “brother”, Fraido! (You may have seen Fraido recently in some of our webisodes here on the Svengoolie page…he’s a ventriloquist dummy specially created for us by superstar artist Alex Ross.)
The movie, for continuity’s sake, actually fits into the Universal Frankenstein timeline between “Son of Frankenstein” and last week’s “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf man”- with the villagers, although having bid the son of Frankenstein a fond farewell, again getting agitated about the remains of the Frankenstein castle- especially after having seen Ygor prowling around there (guess he survived those gunshot wounds from “Son of…” that had apparently killed him!) When the villagers decide that blowing the place up good is the only answer, Ygor discovers the Monster-preserved in the sulfur from the previous movie’s sulfur pit- and escapes with the Monster in tow. He decides to go to Frankenstein’s OTHER son- you know, the one nobody has even mentioned until that very moment-and “convince” him to help restore the Monster to vibrant health. However, more devious actions enter into it- with Ygor deciding HIS brain should end up in the Monster’s powerful body!
It’s great to see Bela Lugosi’s Ygor character back…and, this time, in the Monster make-up, we have Lon Chaney Jr., cast for this part while he was filming ‘Wolf Man”, who seems well suited to being a huge lumbering brute (Boris Karloff, who had played the Monster in the previous film, was appearing on Broadway when the film was being shot, and didn’t feel he wanted to play the creature again at that time.)Sir Cedric Hardwicke is the previously unspoken of Frankenstein offspring, and he carries on his family tradition pretty well!
As does my brother Fraido, who comes in to stand in for me while I’m off on jury duty (no, not on the R. Kelly case!) You’ll also see the other ventriloquist dummy of the Svengoolie family- the one and only Durwood, who started his career alongside the original Sven, Jerry G. Bishop, in the ‘70s.
So, for plenty of dummies (what are you looking at ME for?) and your last Sven show look at another Universal classic, tune in tonight at 9 (or, if you MUST be out partying, at 1 am on MeTV!)
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WOW... The photos I sent of the Sven mural & me in front of it, made it on to the show, and for one of my favorite movies. Memories of watching this movie go as far back as the first Svengoolie show with Jerry G. & Durwood. What luck to get on the same show with the new addition to the Sven family "Faido" as well as Durwood & Tombstone too. Sad news though... I've been told the Sven mural has already been painted over with something different.