I grew up in Northwest Indiana. One of the few great things about that was receiving Chicago television with just an antenna. Thankfully, Chicago has a great history of local television. And one of the best and from what I hear, still thriving, is Svengoolie. A throwback to the late night horror hosts, Svengoolie was often on during the mid-Saturday mornings competing with stuff like Animaniacs and boring judge shows. How did he make it?
Svengoolie is not the original Svengoolie. There was one before him. When the current took over, he called himself Son of Svengoolie until the original told him he was grown up enough to take on the full name. Thus, the modern Svengoolie was born. The host has a great sense of humor and doesn't take himself too seriously. He leans into his cheap production values and just rolls with it, making for a great watch, not matter what.
I tried once to recreate this with my cousins using Youtube videos rather than public domain movies. I think we got pretty close. If I didn't live 7 hours away from them, I would have totally made it a weekly thing. Is anyone else doing this kind of stuff? I know of a few like the Ghouligans and Ms Monster but that's it. This genre is perfect for an internet audience. Someone get on it!
Check out Dr. Graveman's Internetz Basement. Directed by your truly!
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