Saturday Sniffles, Swamps, and Sven
Waking up last Saturday with the beginning of a runny nose, I knew the best thing I could all weekend was rest. I spent most of the day, dozing in front of the tv, getting up only to eat or check blogs. Saturday night I caught a movie on Channel 26, WCIU, an independent Chicago station. Swamp Thing!
I had never seen the original movie from 1982, but had loved the 1990-1993 series on USA. Swamp Thing was an adaptation from a comic book series, starring Adrienne Barbeau and Louis Jordan, written and directed by Wes Craven.Saturday nights on WCIU (The U!) also means it's time for Svengoolie!
Each week, Svengoolie hosts an airing of a (usually) classic cult horror show. Below is a brief description of his show:Chicago's long-time King of Horror Flicks - Svengoolie -- opens his coffin for another frightful feature film! Along with musical sidekick Doug Graves, the talking skull Tombstone and assorted other nuts and dolts, Svengoolie provides comic relief between segments of the movie, with musical and commercial parodies, skits and jokes. Plus, segments of the movie are often presented in "Svensurround," with Svengoolie adding sound effects and re-dubbed dialogue!
Check out his page on the WCIU website.
You can also check out the whole history of the original Svengoolie, Son of Svengoolie, and the current Svengoolie HERE.
Looks like an...ummm... interesting day to say the least! Having a movie or show like that going in the background as I sleep while hopped up with Nyquil....isnt conducive to getting decent rest. All I'd end up with is nightmares!
ReplyDeleteI honestly didn't think you were going to write about Svengoolie!!! I was just making a joke, I hope I didn't blog block ya.
ReplyDeleteLOVE Svengoolie!!! I once watch a movie on his show called "Shrunken Heads". It was about 3 young boys who are killed by drug dealer and their voodoo priest neighbor brings them back to life as shrunken heads. They then fly around without bodies avenging their deaths. It was AWESOME!!!!!
Wow, that would have given me the screaming mimi's...being half in lala land from the Nyquil, the swamp thing on the TV and thinking about Svengoolie "Shrunken Heads" and how it would be to have a full-sized cold with a little head.
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