In my area his show was broadcast at the regular time slot.I noticed last Saturday night there was no Svengoolie movie. Is is no longer on METV.
I didn’t watch it every Saturday, but it did have some classics on once in awhile.
I thought it was somewhat actually creepy. I think I may have seen it when it first came out or on television shortly thereafter (I would have been 5).It was on in my area. He showed “Gargoyle”. It was wonderfully terrible.
Is that the original Svengoolie you watched as a child, or the current one, Rick Koz, who inherited his mantle?He should be back next week, at least according to the METV website. I grew up in Chicago, so I grew up watching him. Haven’t seen him in years.
I do remember seeing Gargoyle on my guide. I guess I was looking for Svengoolie!It was on in my area. He showed “Gargoyle”. It was wonderfully terrible.
I never saw Jerry Bishop, the original Svengooli. Koz was originally the Son of Svengoolie in the late 70s when I was watching him. Fortunately the old stuff lives on in youtube.Is that the original Svengoolie you watched as a child, or the current one, Rick Koz, who inherited his mantle?
I would say just “terrible”. I really like the 1950s or earlier sci fi, because they were just winging it, without experience of what it should be like, as well as no technical effects to speak of. But by 1972 they should have known what they doing.It was on in my area. He showed “Gargoyle”. It was wonderfully terrible.
Oh I see. I didn’t realize Koz joined ‘the family’ of Svengoolie so early on.I never saw Jerry Bishop, the original Svengooli. Koz was originally the Son of Svengoolie in the late 70s when I was watching him. Fortunately the old stuff lives on in youtube.
I love the classic sci-fi also.I would say just “terrible”. I really like the 1950s or earlier sci fi, because they were just winging it, without experience of what it should be like, as well as no technical effects to speak of. But by 1972 they should have known what they doing.
I like Sven, because he is always respectful to the actors, living or dead. He can poke fun without cruelty. I bet he want to Catholic school, or had very good parents.
I don’t care for the flood of Japanese monster movies. Everyone should see one, but I can’t imagine enjoying more that one. I wish he had more of the classic 50s sci fi, he and Turner Classic movies keep running the same few movies over and over, while others never get shown. I like to observe the social patterns over time, reflected in movies:
1940s: pretty girl, has no hint of any career or college, lives comfortable life in mansion, with her father. Mom usually dead. Girl Gorgeous and Screams a lot. Falls in love with hero, who protects her from monster/aliens/whatever.
1950s: pretty girl, with doctorate in advanced science, but they get that out of the way fast because everyone knows her real purpose in movie is to be eye candy, and scream a lot. Sometimes she is assistant to her father, an independent scientist. In fact all scientists, inventors, etc tend to be working out of their own mon-and-pop shop, for nuclear secrets, electronic communication with Venus, dead people, or whoever. Nobody works as part of a large corporation. Money is no object to their research.
Courageous scientist-father often gets killed, but is comforted by the fact his daughter falls into the heart and protection of hero. From now on she will use her doctorate to make cookies and babies. But dad’s mansion or research lab usually destroyed in fire near end of movie.
You have to wonder what girl, and others, do with their time during intervals when planet is not being menaced by monster/aliens/whatever.
Also, nobody ever has to go to the bathroom, and the houses never have screen or storm doors or windows. Thus, Dracula/Martian/Mummy/creature have no trouble gaining entry.
I don’t mind the occasional 1970’s movie in color - these were low budget affairs which would be shown in ‘grindhouse’ movie theaters across the country, and drive-ins.I would say just “terrible”. I really like the 1950s or earlier sci fi, because they were just winging it, without experience of what it should be like, as well as no technical effects to speak of. But by 1972 they should have known what they doing.
I like Sven, because he is always respectful to the actors, living or dead. He can poke fun without cruelty. I bet he want to Catholic school, or had very good parents.
I don’t care for the flood of Japanese monster movies. Everyone should see one, but I can’t imagine enjoying more that one. I wish he had more of the classic 50s sci fi, he and Turner Classic movies keep running the same few movies over and over, while others never get shown. I like to observe the social patterns over time, reflected in movies:
1940s: pretty girl, has no hint of any career or college, lives comfortable life in mansion, with her father. Mom usually dead. Girl Gorgeous and Screams a lot. Falls in love with hero, who protects her from monster/aliens/whatever.
1950s: pretty girl, with doctorate in advanced science, but they get that out of the way fast because everyone knows her real purpose in movie is to be eye candy, and scream a lot. Sometimes she is assistant to her father, an independent scientist. In fact all scientists, inventors, etc tend to be working out of their own mon-and-pop shop, for nuclear secrets, electronic communication with Venus, dead people, or whoever. Nobody works as part of a large corporation. Money is no object to their research.
Courageous scientist-father often gets killed, but is comforted by the fact his daughter falls into the heart and protection of hero. From now on she will use her doctorate to make cookies and babies. But dad’s mansion or research lab usually destroyed in fire near end of movie.
You have to wonder what girl, and others, do with their time during intervals when planet is not being menaced by monster/aliens/whatever.
Also, nobody ever has to go to the bathroom, and the houses never have screen or storm doors or windows. Thus, Dracula/Martian/Mummy/creature have no trouble gaining entry.
Gargoyles was a made for TV, so it probably didn’t have much of a budget. All in all they probably didn’t too badly with what they had.I would say just “terrible”. I really like the 1950s or earlier sci fi, because they were just winging it, without experience of what it should be like, as well as no technical effects to speak of. But by 1972 they should have known what they doing.
I like Sven, because he is always respectful to the actors, living or dead. He can poke fun without cruelty. I bet he want to Catholic school, or had very good parents.
I don’t care for the flood of Japanese monster movies. Everyone should see one, but I can’t imagine enjoying more that one. I wish he had more of the classic 50s sci fi, he and Turner Classic movies keep running the same few movies over and over, while others never get shown. I like to observe the social patterns over time, reflected in movies:
1940s: pretty girl, has no hint of any career or college, lives comfortable life in mansion, with her father. Mom usually dead. Girl Gorgeous and Screams a lot. Falls in love with hero, who protects her from monster/aliens/whatever.
1950s: pretty girl, with doctorate in advanced science, but they get that out of the way fast because everyone knows her real purpose in movie is to be eye candy, and scream a lot. Sometimes she is assistant to her father, an independent scientist. In fact all scientists, inventors, etc tend to be working out of their own mon-and-pop shop, for nuclear secrets, electronic communication with Venus, dead people, or whoever. Nobody works as part of a large corporation. Money is no object to their research.
Courageous scientist-father often gets killed, but is comforted by the fact his daughter falls into the heart and protection of hero. From now on she will use her doctorate to make cookies and babies. But dad’s mansion or research lab usually destroyed in fire near end of movie.
You have to wonder what girl, and others, do with their time during intervals when planet is not being menaced by monster/aliens/whatever.
Also, nobody ever has to go to the bathroom, and the houses never have screen or storm doors or windows. Thus, Dracula/Martian/Mummy/creature have no trouble gaining entry.
If there is a space ship, one of the crew hails from Brooklyn. A few uninteresting characters invariably get killed right off the bat. The captain invariably gets himself involved in physical conflict, even though he is most valuable person and should remain in ship. There is usually one pretty girl. She will fall in love with exactly one crewmember, usually not one of the “funny characters”, nor the brilliant geek, but some regular American guy who gets in a little trouble maybe, but really reliable down deep.
You’ve just described most of “Star Trek.”If there is a space ship, one of the crew hails from Brooklyn. A few uninteresting characters invariably get killed right off the bat. The captain invariably gets himself involved in physical conflict, even though he is most valuable person and should remain in ship. There is usually one pretty girl. She will fall in love with exactly one crewmember, usually not one of the “funny characters”, nor the brilliant geek, but some regular American guy who gets in a little trouble maybe, but really reliable down deep.