for the one show he couldn’t stand missing: a weekly horror-movie anthology hosted by a heavily made-up 70-year-old man standing in an upright coffin.“I was hooked,” Mr. Green said of the first time he stumbled upon “Svengoolie” while channel surfing. Now Mr. Green, a 59-year-old product manager from New York, hardly ever misses an episode, even when he’s out of town.
The appeal of “Svengoolie”—a portmanteau of “Svengali” and “ghoul”—isn’t necessarily obvious. Most films featured on the show are grainy, black-and-white oldies, such as 1941’s “The Wolf Man,” 1942’s “The Ghost of Frankenstein” or 1943’s “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.” Many of them can generously be described as B-movies.
“The program could be two hours of nothing but Svengoolie reading a phone book, and I’d still tune in,” said Sarah Rhodes, a 37-year-old who works in broadcast radio in Dallas and discovered the show in 2017 while staying with family. Ms. Rhodes has missed only three episodes since, she said. “These movies are so campy, and he’s got such a great sense of humor,” said Joe Mantegna, an actor whose credits include “The Godfather Part III” and the CBS TV series “Criminal Minds.” Mr. Mantegna said he watches “Svengoolie” most Saturdays for Mr. Koz’s routine. “It just transcends what it is, and becomes hip,” he said.
❤️svengoolie ☺️
Used to watch this with my brothers when I was a kid in the 70s.
Chicago original baby!
Is that Sam Hyde?
Chicago baby!
Straight from the Chicago suburb of Berwyn!
国が国民をカルト集団から守ると言う趣旨で成立したフランスの反セクト法。それに引き換え、カルト集団に騙されるのは、全て自己責任という日本。何でも最後は自己責任ですませ、国が守ろうともしない日本。それどころか政治家達は統一教会に取り入り、味方になっている‼️😾‼️‼️
joelpollak Dude I’ll bring the popcorn!
Berrrrrwyyynnn
That might be what Friday's was talking about.
Me (age 11) reading the mail with Sven in 1981.
Corn, schlock and chestnuts...and usually a mediocre movie in between. Love the intro
Don’t forget to return the skin They have families being worried about them 🤷
I love his song parodies! Svengoolie
Elvira?
Reminds me of late 70's late night show in my hometown. Had a host with campy horror costuming for scary movies. Loved it!
Berwyn!
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