| "In
CELEBRATION of The FOURTH ANNIVERSARY Of:
http://www.horrorhosts@yahoogroups.com"
"Dear FANG-MILY,
Reminder - Happy Anniversary Horrorhosts!!!
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Happy Anniversary
Horrorhosts!!! Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Horrorhosts was founded on this day in 1999. Happy Anniversary!
Significent salvos of postings were lobbed back and forth by the cyber-denizens
of HORRORHOSTS, as they are always order of the day! They did the 'Walk
Like An Egyptian' Mummy Shuffle down MEMORY LANE (who might
pass for LOIS LANE'S older sister...her much, much, older sister!) These
staunch die-hards, who are, still, 4 years later, graciously connected
with the daily doings on the Website, shared their first postings of All
Things PEEPS, er, uh, I mean HORROR HOSTS. CURTIS PRATHER, Webmeister
Extraordinaire of the HHU, who also enjoys the distinction of being contributor
of posting #6 to the Horrorhosts group in its incipient foundings in AD
1999 by the Illustrious COUNT GORE De VOL; this one and very same CURTIS
PRATHER, who shall remain Nameless for reasons of:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Horrorhosts/message/19
Hers was the 19th!
Sigh...always the saucy lass.
So, the rest of youse...care to share your first
missive to the list, or do I need to go and out ya?
Curtis
www.HorrorHosts.com
TheSpookyMovie.com
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OK!! OK!! OowwW!! CURTIS, STOP TWISTING MY ARM!!!
Sheesh, that really hurt! Take it easy, woncha?!
I'll 'fess up, ya don't hafta get so brutal!
*ahem*... OK!...
What do I remember? And, since
this topic conveniently falls in line with the other
branches of historical diatribe that is RANT RELEVANT,
I shall 'Hold Court' (wish it was HAZEL COURT! M-m-m!)
and, dive deeply into the sedimentary sludge of these
long-forgotten postings, to re-construct them as a
DINOSAUR-ian Exhibit of Fossilized Fact. Hopefully,
the Lighting is better here.
"ALAS, POOR (PRE-HISTORIC) YORICK"
My first posting to Horrorhosts came about as a
result to an earlier surprise. A little more than two
decades after my stint as BARON Von WOLFSTEIN And CO.,
I was again living in Bloomington, Indiana, and, in
regular communication with MICHAEL B. WHITE, Olde
Friend, True Brother, and, highly Respected Technical
Director of our Show on Ch.4 back in AD 1978.
Michael has headed up Ch. 3, CATS, the public
access station at the Monroe County Library for nearly
20 years, taking over that post after Ch 4's
Bloomington Facility was closed down by the new
management.
Walking into his office one day, in the early dawn
of this new millenium, he smiled as he handed me a
scrap of computer-generated paper.
Upon that paper were submissions from fans whose
names I recognized from a quarte of a century
previously. They'd written letters to the BARON,
ROBIN, CARLYLE, and The evil VAMPIRE COUSIN.
These olde viewers remembered Our Show after 23
years, and, were only too happy to offer all that they
could re-collect to E-GOR'S CHAMBER OF TV HORROR HOSTS
Website. In order to reconcile some misinformation
within their accounts, I had to become user-friendly
with the computer.
Tis task, aided by dear olde friend, RAY JORDAN,
Jr, who willingly set up my first e-mail address,
allowed Me to take My Inaugural Spin around
Cyber-space that very afternoon. Here is the Content,
which The BARON inscribed unto E-GOR:
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Tuesday, May 9th,
AD 2000
My Initial Missive,
Hi-ho Chappies and Monster Lovers, Baron von
Wolfstein here.
And an especially
Benevolent Greeting to you,
Cousin E-Gor. I humbly note that you are responsible
for safe-guarding and revealing the lost lore from the
days of Yore, when Monsterdom was in flower.
Please convey, if you are so able, to all my olde
friends who seek my whereabouts, the fact that,
indeed, Baron von Wolfstein has re-surfaced in the
world of mortal ken. I am proud to be so honoured as
to live in the hearts and minds of such fine folk for
now more than two decades.
It seems nearly
inconceivable that 22 years have
elapsed, since last I had contact with those
interested in our Realm.
Much to communicate,
so little space and time to do
so in this present missive. Meanwhile, fondest regards
to all from Carlyle, the Invisible Wizard, Robin
Graves, the Cockney grave-robber, and "Stinky" (the
guy chained up in the catacombs of Castle von
Wolfstein.)
Until I receive
your response, Have a good night,
and a pleasant sleep.
EXANIMO,
Baron von Wolfstein
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I'm happy to report that E-GOR was most Affirmative
to My 'intrusion' into His Web-Life, and, that we
began fairly intense correspondence, with him
promising to create a website for The BARON & CO.
Whilst browsing E-GOR'S Website on the day of July
26th, AD 2001, I noticed a little Red Button (no, not
the comedian; He is Red Buttons, and that's plural.
Can you imagine how many RED BUTTONS It takes to
Make ONE COMEDIAN? That's like Asking:
"How many HORROR HOSTS does it take to Screw in a
Light bulb?!" The Answer Might SHOCK You!!!)
"How many HORROR HOSTS does it take to Screw Up a
Light bulb?!" Only one, we're really that talented!
"How many HORROR HOSTS does it take to Screw in a
Light bulb?!" HORROR HOSTS don't generally SCREW IN A
Light Bulb, because, if if it breaks while they're
'gettin' down to business', it's a long fall to the
floor.
Oowweee!
But, I digress, This Particular Red Button, which I
beheld, said JOIN THE HORROR HOSTS.
So, being the gullible type, I pressed it, and, the
rest, as 'THEY' say, is HYSTERICAL...or, something to
that effect.
---Message 17199 of 35459, From Timothy Herron, BGG
<baron_von_wolfstein@yahoo.com> on Thu Jul 26, 2001
5:26 pm Re: [Horrorhosts] Re: Is this possible?????
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Hi-Ho, CHAPPIES
AND MONSTER-LOVERS, Baron von
Wolfstein here.
I'm New to the HORROR HOST Group, and new to
Cyber-Space, but a Monster from the olde days.
I do hope you'll check out E-Gor's site:
<u0e53@w...> for all the present information
pertaining to me and my show:
BARON VON WOLFSTEIN
PRESENTS
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE MONSTERS.
(with much more to appear there in the near future.)
Perusing the volumninous amount of e-missives that
you fiends generate will take a bite, er, uh I mean,
BIT, of time; however, persuant to this e-, how about:
I COULD DIE WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FIENDS?
Monster-ously it's so much more correct. More soon.
EXANIMO EVERNOW,
Baron von Wolfstein, B.G.G.
--- Ghastlee@h... wrote:
Hey Nightshadow,
Mike is correct in regards to the protections on
parody. Rat Sass would love to be involved, and my
specialty is music vids. I'd be willing to do the
editing (?). Cool idea man ! Ghastlee
--- In Horrorhosts@y...,
horrorkungfutv@a... wrote:
I was also thinking about us doing a Horror Host
music video. If any of us has a band they play in,
they could do a mock song of either: "we will rock
you" by Queen to "we will shock you" or " I get
by
with a little help from my friends" to " I get by with
a little help from my fiends" or something like that.
Then we can play the music and have all of us do our
own segments playing instruments and I will edit it in
to go with the music.
Just a suggestion, I dont know if it is a stupid
idea or to complicated to put together?. The
Nightshadow.
17200 Re: Welcome Baron Prof. Anton Griffin
Thu 7/26/2001 4 KB
17202 Re: Welcome Baron Timothy Herron, BGG
Thu 7/26/2001 3 KB
17201 Is this possible to pass the Mustard Gas?
Timothy Herron, BGG Thu 7/26/2001 3 KB
17226 Re: Is this possible?????? Ghastlee@h..
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Fri 7/27/2001 4 KB 17226 of 35460
From: Ghastlee@h... Fri Jul 27, 2001 7:35 am
Subject: Re: Is this possible??????????.
Welcome Baron ! Are you THE Baron Von Wolfstein, who used to be on
channel 4 from Indi/Bloomington in the late 70's? That was a HILARIOUS
show!
Happy Horroring!!! Ghastlee
17241 The one, the Only (No, not Elvis; I've got
better hair... Timothy Herron, BGG Fri 7/27/2001 4 KB
17244 Re:The one, the Only (No, not Elvis; I've
got better... Ghastlee@h... Fri 7/27/2001 4 KB
17265 The One, the Only (No, not Austin Powers;
I've got... Timothy Herron, BGG Fri 7/27/2001 6 KB
17279 Baron Von Wolfstein.... Ghastlee@h...
Sat 7/28/2001 8 KB
17286 Re: Baron Von Wolfstein..Timothy Herron, BGG
Sat 7/28/2001 11 KB
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Message 16550 of 35460 From Scott Free <sctfr@b...>
Mon Jun 25, 2001 8:36 pm Looking for Suggestions
Dear Fiends,
I wanted to say how much I've been enjoying the
posts lately and how glad I am to have discovered this
list. Nice to know there are others out there who
share the same sort of "mono-maniacal" desire to
realize their dream job......hosting horror movies!
As a relative new-comer (although a life-long fan),
it does my black heart good to see so many of you out
there actually "making it".
That being said.......I come before this august
body of freaks today to humble ask for some
suggestions derived from your greater knowledge and
wisdom.
I've gotten the go-ahead to produce a few episodes
of my "Full Moon Theater" , hosted by my reluctant
werewolf: Lyle Thorpe, for the local public access
channel. Well....it wasn't so much a "go-ahead" as a
"if you'll un-shackle yourself from my desk, I'll let
you do it". Lyle is basically a decent guy trying to
make it in the 9 to 5 world with the minor drawback of
the fur, the fangs, and the howling. He hates being a
werewolf and openly longs to be a vampire (they get
all the girls) or dead.......preferably BOTH. He lives
in a normal middle-class house which he rents along
with his roommate, Ed (who is "normal" but a bit of a
slacker and not too interested in much of anything
going on around him).
Ed is a source of constant annoyance to Lyle, since
Ed refuses to believe in werewolves and only thinks
that Lyle has gotten a really bad haircut.
Lyle's master-plan (the "reason for the movies")
is, after a long day working at the phone company, to
either find some information in an old movie that will
tell him how to end it all/become a vampire or to find
a movie so BAD that it will destroy him forever. (P.S.
if any of this steps on anyone else's ideas or is/has
been used...........please let me know).
Hopefully you've stayed with me this far.......
because here is where I'm needing some advice.......
Most of the other issues I have well in hand......
sets are ready.....basic script outlines are
written....music will be preformed by my band: D.C.
Moon (southern sci-fi and horror rock and roll since
1987)......make-up is by our bass player Ricky Lee
(who's SO good.......making me into a slightly seedy
"Werewolf of London" in less than 30 minutes!).......
and now, finally, a place to air it!
So any help you noble brotherhood(& sisterhood) of
horror hosts can be, will be greatly appreciated (and
duly credited!).
I shall return to reading the enjoyable posts on
the horror host serial and kicking myself for not
being ready in enough time to contribute! I hope to
eventually meet all of you at one Con or another as I
start to finally devote my life and my resources to
the world I know and love best....the world of the
horror host!
I remain, as always,
Obediently Yours,
Lyle Thorpe
reluctant werewolf
sctfr@b...
"Every Dark Cloud Has a Silver Lining, but Lightning
Kills Hundreds of People Each Year Who Are Trying to
Find It."
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Message 16594 of 35460 From Scott Free <sctfr@b...>
Tue Jun 26, 2001 7:51 pm Re: Looking for Suggestions
>Prof griffin wrote:
> hehehe, I really like that concept. Different and
> VERY funny!
Wow! Thanks Professor! That means alot coming from
a pro like yourself. I just hope I don't let the side
down:) To quote a great musician: "There's
a fine line between stupid and clever."
> Sorry i'm no help in this area, but someone else
> handles the technical side and I just provide the
> creativity and costumes, and make-up and scripts and
> set, and decor, and ....(but you get the idea)
I know what you mean........but I'm enough of an
egotist not to want it any other way! If I could only
find a way to be in front of the camera and behind it
as well! I do have a great bunch of guys willing to
help out all in the name of doing something creative
..... and that is a HUGE plus.
> Love the idea and concept,..very cool, and by all
> means don't stop!!
> Good luck and PLEASE if there's anything I can do,
> ...simply ask.
Again I say WOW! You are a credit to the cause!
Likewise, if there is anything I can ever do in my
small way to help you or any of the great people
here......I'm ready, willing, and able. Nothing will
stop me.....because I have the simple faith and
courage of the truely delusional......
> OH! You've got to do a transformation fade (you know
> like Lon Chaney) at the beginning of the show.
Got that already planned:) Ready to have my head
locked down and put through the wringer........ahhhh
........I love the smell of spirit-gum in the morning!
> I don't think I've ever heard of a werewolf host
> before!! Anyone else here ?
I've yet to run across one in my readings......
maybe it seems too limiting because of the makeup.. I
know I'm having a hard time finding fangs that look
good AND I can deliver lines clearly through....and
werewolves are sadly lagging behind in movie monster
popularity....all of which played into this role being
created. He always gets the fuzzy end of the lollipop!
> Rest In Peace
> Prof. Griffin
>
Thank you again for all the kind words, Professor.
I remain, as always,
Obediently Yours,
Lyle Thorpe
Reluctant Werewolf
sctfr@b...
"When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a
lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there is no
end to what you can't do."
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Message 16607 of 35460
From: "Prof. Anton Griffin" <profgriffin@h...>
Wed Jun 27, 2001 9:07 am Re: Looking for Suggestions
Greetings
And your very welcome. Always excited to meet and
work with another horror host/ monster fan. Tell
me,..where are you from?
Oh, and I applaud your design on the effects of the
full moon, Henry Hull's make-up was a simpler design
but just as effective, plus it allows for amore
free-expression of your face. I also thought of The
Monster Club the anthology Amicus movie based on the
works of R Chetwyn Hayes.(Sp?) There is a werewolf who
the the club elected speaker/leader..the funny part
about him is that he wore thick coke bottle
lenses/black horn rim glasses. A werewolf with eye
trouble!
Anyway I wish you the best of luck and do send a
picture of yourself in costume and make-up to Count
Gore's picture page of list members.
Can't wait to hear more!
Rest in Peace
Prof. Griffin
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Message 16614 of 35460 From: "Scott Free" <sctfr@b..>
Date: Wed Jun 27, 2001 1:26 pm
Re: [Horrorhosts] character idea...
>> Kudos the Lyle Thorpe...the host persona comes
>> across as unique and memorable.
Thanks Lee! I'm so happy with the positive reaction
from everyone here.....I guess I must be on the right
track!
>>I was wondering if anyone had ideas for how I can
evoke a "Hammer" feeling in this character, with a
>>limited budget.
I'd say english accent, deep rich colors and fabric
to your clothes (even if not Victorian), and.......
absolutely tons of hair gel!
Has anyone else ever noticed that? All Hammer films
have the "best" hair styling!
I remain, as always,
Obediently Yours,
Lyle Thorpe
Reluctant Werewolf(exhausted after spending all night
reading through DV-cam specs)
sctfr@b...
That which Does Not Kill Me Postpones the Inevitable.
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Message 16616 of 35460 From: Ghastlee@h...
Date: Wed Jun 27, 2001 5:42 pm
Re: Looking for Suggestions
--- In Horrorhosts@y..., Hfan4e@a... wrote:
> I too love the concept. Not too many werewolf hosts
> around. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure they have
> been any. I think I remember hearing about a
> werewolf assistant on Egor's site, but not a host.
> Congrats on what sounds to be a winning concept.
> Can't wait to catch a glimpse of your show.
First off, hey Lyle ! Welcome to the group and to
the wild world of hosting. Very nice touch with the
sympathetic Reluctant Werewolf approach. Most of us
-- well, ok , I'll just speak for myself --- Ghastlee
is for the most part a smart-aleck. When bad things
happen to him, the audience is glad! Or does Lyle
become a wise-ass when the Full Moon hits him?
Sorry if you've covered this already. My computer
is SO slow! (HOW SLOW IS IT?) It's slower than the
pulse-rate of a month-old frozen corpse who died of
a tranquilizer overdose. It's really slow, and it
would literally take all night to scan back through
the messages related to you original one.
Robin, you can vouch for me on that one. It takes a
good 5 to 7 minutes to log in somedays! Ok, WAY off
track...
The only werewolf character I've ever seen was a
guy that no one else seems to have heard of, Baron Von
Wolfstein, from Indianapolis/Bloomington. He may have
even been an incarnation of Sammy Terry; the actor's
features were similar.
All these new shows starting up! As Dr. Creep would
say, " Fan-tastic!" It is indeed a great time to be
undead!
Best witches on your show Lyle, it sounds like you
are off to a stellar start and have a formidable
arsenal of films to back you up. Here's another
resource you may want to investigate:
www.videowasteland.com .
Keep the Moonshine on your face and the wolf's-bane
off'n yo behind!
Your ol' pal,
A Ghastlee Ghoul
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