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Svengoolie
"Svengoolie"
"CALLING
ALL STATIONS, CLEAR THE AIRLANES, CLEAR ALL AIRLANES, FOR THE BIG
BROADCAST!!!"
Wearing a black top hat, coat, and makeup, Svengoolie
has been hosting movies and entertaining viewers in Chicago off and
on since 1979. Originally working as a writer and assistant for
Jerry G. Bishop, (the original Svengoolie), Rich Coz inherited the
reins and name in 1979, and struck out as Son of Svengoolie with a
program of the same title. He was a success and later dropped the
"Son of" from his name to coincide with a move to another
station (WCIU-TV Chicago). The show is now simply called "Svengoolie,"
and continues to host horror movies and toss rubber chickens every
Saturday afternoon.
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Debut: 1986 (Svengoolie) |
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June 1979 - January 1986
(Son of Svengoolie) |
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Inherited the name
Svengoolie from the original host of that name, Jerry G.
Bishop, with his blessing. |
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Won three consecutive
local Chicago Emmy awards as Best Entertainment Series
for the years 1980, 1981, 1982 |
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"Svengoolie - The
First Year" (a look back at Svengoolie's first year on
WCIU) won a Chicago Emmy for Best Entertainment
Program - Special. |
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