Zacherley was/is pretty lame, in my opinion. I know this show was a big part of American horror hosts history and late night television, but his permormance doesn't look convincing at all. Furthermore, I'm sure i'll be stoned for this but the only horror host whose act felt real was that of the one and only Vampira. She was the first horror host -hostess in this case- of tv, and next to her all the other hosts that came after her look like sketched one dimensional characters. Elvira included
@TheRisiat Zach was the best---absolutely, bar none.
The essence of his brilliance was 'Sui generis". To save you the trouble of looking that up, it means, unique, one-of-a-kind. Like Groucho, Zach's character seemed to have no antecedent...it was impossible to say just what he was. The 'Cool Ghoul'---but what exactly *was* a ghoul? It was a lot more creative than just putting on a Dracula cape and a pair of false fangs. And Zach's wit...so far above you head it makes holes in your ceiling.
@lakewalker11 I was talking about his performance which was pretty lame due to the fact that the guy simply couldn't act. Vampira invented the witty tongue-in-cheek remarks about horror movies, and she came way before Zacherly. I'd suggest you to look her up if you think Zacherly is the absolute best.
Oh hell, all you guys were just like me too. We'd take Army soldiers and model airplanes and set them on fire with lighter fluid. Plus, we made "gunpowder" with our chemistry sets. In the 6th grade, my friend and I did a social studies project consisting of a witch made out of clay, about to be burned at the stake. Of course, she was filled with "gunpowder"! (That would make national headlines these days) We blew her up after school, executing the sentence rendered by the court!
Wow. My mom still has a submarine model of mine that was "bombarded" by melting green army men! 40 years after I left home she'd say, "I dug up a charred G.I. Joe today".
@akmediascope Good'ol Sammy Terry.....that kind of stuff is considered campy by today's gore-fest standards, but I'll take the stuff churned out of the station on Bluff Rd. over it any day of the week.
@bowslap Was WTTV in Bloomington on Bluff Road? The characters they developed! Vaudeville and Shakspearean. Zacherly reminds me of a ghoulish Teddy Rooseveldt- A sort of satire on post Victorian high society
@akmediascope No. The WTTV-4 studio was/is on the south side of Indianapolis(Bluff Road, turns into West Street the closer to Downtown you get. The actual building still stands, although marred by graffiti...the transmitter tower is actually in Trafalgar(explains why reception was kinda snowy the further north you'd get).
@bowslap I lived on North Delaware St. 1956? - 65 then out in Decatur 65-69. I remember the original premiere of Nightmare Theatre before color. My parents were always out on Saturday nights and my big bro loved to challenge me to watch the show. Sammy was magnificent. And it did get snowy from time to time but we had a house full of electricians who contested to see who climbed the roof to apply the newest theory.
@bowslap I lived on North Delaware St. 1956? - 65 then out in Decatur 65-69. I remember the original premiere of Nightmare Theatre before color. My parents were always out on Saturday nights and my big bro loved to challenge me to watch the show. Sammy was magnificent. And it did get snowy from time to time but we had a house full of electricians who contested to see who climbed the roof to apply the newest theory. I loved Soupy sales too, I was 8 in 63.
He was the greatest - loved watching the show while babysitting myself. Does anyone remember when he became a disc jockey on FM, NY radio? He was the best!
i have all the reissues of my monster models , i hate to open up the boxes and build them. all my originals, we blew them up with firecrackers on the 4th ,somewhere in the late 1960's. i also bought original 1960's Duncan yo-yos and tops. invaders from MARS , another good movie.
Brings back memories of building monster models in the 1960's , shunken rubber heads hanging in your car, our own wacky hero of horror movies in NYC 1960's. God bless you Zacherley, thanks for giving us great memories. One movie that stuck in my head was The Crawling Eye, but that was probably on WOR 9 in NY. 1960'S NYC kids had it made, we were so lucky to have a ton of great kid shows, nothing like today,its kinda not fair to todays kids to miss this stuff.
@1952kid: dude - you stole the words out of my mouth! I _loved_ this guy. He was the only friend I ever had when I was a kid. His low keyed sarcasm was so well done.
May God bless you Zacherley, in Jesus' name amen!!
I remember seeing this one when it was first shown on TV back in the day. "Operation Mole Hole"...! Zacherly was the best thing that ever happened on TV and it was all low budget stuff and only on local TV in Metro New York.
his show was the best!! it was funny when he would cut in on differant seens. we could'nt wait till saturday night for his show. does anybody have old tapes of his show???
Yes Zach was the Worst (don't think he would want to be the "best"). My childhood friends, Bill and Tim, were so fanatical they created their own amoebas in the cellar (easy: jello in a plastic bag), and stuffed old jeans and wool shirts to make a Gasport, which they diabolically hung from an old oak tree. The "body" was spotted by drivers on the Long Island Expressway, and soon the police showed up. They made the boys cut the body down, and give it a proper pre-mature burial.
I used to catch him every Sat.night as a child back in 1964-66 hosting Chiller Theatre.Got to shakes hands with him at the 99' Monster Rally.For nostalgia sake,I've put the old B&W Chiller Theatre intro on some of my fav horror movies hosted...makes 'em much more enjoyable!And don't forget the cauliflour brains too!
If they ever make a movie about Zacherley, personally I say Jim Carrey should play the lead because his look is right on the money. Look close and compare, then let me get everyones opinion on that. Do you think so, not think so? Either way, let me know. But if not, tell me who you think would be a better canidate to portray him.
I remember seeing this when it first aired on late night TV in a New Yrok suburb. I was a kid. Zach was the funniest thing ever on TV. This is the one where he digs a hole down into the center of the earth. He was satirizing on the "Operation Molehole" that was a current event then.
What can you say about Zacherley that hasn't already been said.He is the master of horror,with a great sense of twisted humor.Superb,great to talk with.One of the reasons we have horror today is because of Zacherley and his influence throughout the world.Make a point of meeting this genius and great person if you can
I used to love this show. I wish there were videos available so I could enjoy every episode again. I love the old black & white horror movies, and Zach only made them better.
I remember seeing this episode when it was first aired in N.Y. back in 1957 or -58 I guess. Zacherly was the funniest thing on TV...ever...!!! Long live the Zach...!!!
Zacherley hosted 'Hercules' cartoons on NY's Channel 11. At the same time, Chet Dowling (Rhode Island's Dr. Spider) and Terry Bennett (Chicago's Marvin) worked
as producers for other kiddy shows. Later Zacherley took over "Chiller Theater."
Every sizeable city had a TV horror host and Zacherle was the first and the best. In L.A. we had Vampira in the '50s (she was the template for Elvira later on), then Jeepers Creeper in the '60s. His real name was Bob Guy and Frank Zappa recorded him before he began the Mothers of Invention. Anyone got any Jeepers footage to post?
Confound it all! Zach was great. He would show some scary movie when suddenly he would break into it, in costume, and insert some comedy. What a stitch.
my Lord - i have looked for this for so many years. i loved him. watched him all the time in ny as a kid. this is so very wonderful. we all used to run around saying "let me otta heeeere" cause he used to say that on the show. is there anywhere a full show?
A very Happy 94th Birthday to the "Cool Ghoul" from all of his many fans...
DrTheda735 5 months ago
Thanks for posting this video.
rvnhrt47 6 months ago
Zacherley was/is pretty lame, in my opinion. I know this show was a big part of American horror hosts history and late night television, but his permormance doesn't look convincing at all. Furthermore, I'm sure i'll be stoned for this but the only horror host whose act felt real was that of the one and only Vampira. She was the first horror host -hostess in this case- of tv, and next to her all the other hosts that came after her look like sketched one dimensional characters. Elvira included
TheRisiat 1 year ago
@TheRisiat Zach was the best---absolutely, bar none.
The essence of his brilliance was 'Sui generis". To save you the trouble of looking that up, it means, unique, one-of-a-kind. Like Groucho, Zach's character seemed to have no antecedent...it was impossible to say just what he was. The 'Cool Ghoul'---but what exactly *was* a ghoul? It was a lot more creative than just putting on a Dracula cape and a pair of false fangs. And Zach's wit...so far above you head it makes holes in your ceiling.
lakewalker11 11 months ago
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TheRisiat 11 months ago
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@lakewalker11 I was talking about his performance which was pretty lame due to the fact that the guy simply couldn't act. Vampira invented the witty tongue-in-cheek remarks about horror movies, and she came way before Zacherly. I'd suggest you to look her up if you think Zacherly is the absolute best.
TheRisiat 11 months ago
Elvira is back on TV , WPIX NY and all over, see her web site for channels and times in your state.
1952kid 1 year ago
I remember Gasport and Yanush!!
brightonmusic 1 year ago
Wow! I am a mural painter and I'd love to do a Sammy scene where that graffiti is. That place is a shrine!
akmediascope 1 year ago
Love this stuff !!
MrRJDB1969 1 year ago
dang, wouldn[t be cool if these old shows were rebroadcast, like on THIS?????
llwaitka 1 year ago
man i used to watch sammy terry when i was younger.
he and zach here were the best in my book.
mtrekster 1 year ago
Oh hell, all you guys were just like me too. We'd take Army soldiers and model airplanes and set them on fire with lighter fluid. Plus, we made "gunpowder" with our chemistry sets. In the 6th grade, my friend and I did a social studies project consisting of a witch made out of clay, about to be burned at the stake. Of course, she was filled with "gunpowder"! (That would make national headlines these days) We blew her up after school, executing the sentence rendered by the court!
LesbianVampireLover 1 year ago
Wow. My mom still has a submarine model of mine that was "bombarded" by melting green army men! 40 years after I left home she'd say, "I dug up a charred G.I. Joe today".
Bilko2720 1 year ago
@Bilko2720 hilarious! We were definitely inspired
akmediascope 1 year ago
@LesbianVampireLover Ialways wanted a chemistry set-- Look at the fun I missed!
akmediascope 1 year ago
Sammy Terry was incredible. Best voice and delivery of any of 'em in my opinion.
ploopterfarm 1 year ago
I miss local TV too. WTTV Channel 4 Bloomington Indiana, Sammy Terry's NIGHTMARE THEATRE!
akmediascope 1 year ago
@akmediascope Good'ol Sammy Terry.....that kind of stuff is considered campy by today's gore-fest standards, but I'll take the stuff churned out of the station on Bluff Rd. over it any day of the week.
bowslap 1 year ago
@bowslap Was WTTV in Bloomington on Bluff Road? The characters they developed! Vaudeville and Shakspearean. Zacherly reminds me of a ghoulish Teddy Rooseveldt- A sort of satire on post Victorian high society
akmediascope 1 year ago
@akmediascope No. The WTTV-4 studio was/is on the south side of Indianapolis(Bluff Road, turns into West Street the closer to Downtown you get. The actual building still stands, although marred by graffiti...the transmitter tower is actually in Trafalgar(explains why reception was kinda snowy the further north you'd get).
bowslap 1 year ago
@bowslap I lived on North Delaware St. 1956? - 65 then out in Decatur 65-69. I remember the original premiere of Nightmare Theatre before color. My parents were always out on Saturday nights and my big bro loved to challenge me to watch the show. Sammy was magnificent. And it did get snowy from time to time but we had a house full of electricians who contested to see who climbed the roof to apply the newest theory.
akmediascope 1 year ago
@bowslap I lived on North Delaware St. 1956? - 65 then out in Decatur 65-69. I remember the original premiere of Nightmare Theatre before color. My parents were always out on Saturday nights and my big bro loved to challenge me to watch the show. Sammy was magnificent. And it did get snowy from time to time but we had a house full of electricians who contested to see who climbed the roof to apply the newest theory. I loved Soupy sales too, I was 8 in 63.
akmediascope 1 year ago
loved watching him and the Soupy Sales show after school
VALZONE03 2 years ago
I remember him...What channel was he on ?...Had to be WPIX if we got it in Pa.
les284 2 years ago
He was the greatest - loved watching the show while babysitting myself. Does anyone remember when he became a disc jockey on FM, NY radio? He was the best!
stobk 2 years ago
1952kid...you and I lived identical childhoods. Loved The Crawling Eye. Still own the DVD. And I still build monster models.
pookakoo 2 years ago
i have all the reissues of my monster models , i hate to open up the boxes and build them. all my originals, we blew them up with firecrackers on the 4th ,somewhere in the late 1960's. i also bought original 1960's Duncan yo-yos and tops. invaders from MARS , another good movie.
1952kid 2 years ago
You're my kind of guy! Fire crackers and monster models, YAY!
akmediascope 1 year ago
When he broke in during Frankenstein to sell hot dogs as the monster burned? Brilliant My Dear!
zazucat 2 years ago
Brings back memories of building monster models in the 1960's , shunken rubber heads hanging in your car, our own wacky hero of horror movies in NYC 1960's. God bless you Zacherley, thanks for giving us great memories. One movie that stuck in my head was The Crawling Eye, but that was probably on WOR 9 in NY. 1960'S NYC kids had it made, we were so lucky to have a ton of great kid shows, nothing like today,its kinda not fair to todays kids to miss this stuff.
1952kid 2 years ago 2
@1952kid: dude - you stole the words out of my mouth! I _loved_ this guy. He was the only friend I ever had when I was a kid. His low keyed sarcasm was so well done.
May God bless you Zacherley, in Jesus' name amen!!
LivingDog94 2 years ago
Im planning my own show.
Skeletonwitharaygun 2 years ago
Fantastic!..this really brings back some good memories.....our parents just didn't get it....This is what local TV was all about....
ohsosorry 2 years ago
I remember seeing this one when it was first shown on TV back in the day. "Operation Mole Hole"...! Zacherly was the best thing that ever happened on TV and it was all low budget stuff and only on local TV in Metro New York.
ThomasDeLello 2 years ago
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JefferyRuble 2 years ago
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JefferyRuble 2 years ago
House of 1000 corpses started with a guy that look like this was he the inspiration for that?
calavera69 3 years ago
his show was the best!! it was funny when he would cut in on differant seens. we could'nt wait till saturday night for his show. does anybody have old tapes of his show???
446ci 3 years ago
Love Zacherley. I got to sing Happy birthday to him tonight & watch him blow out his candles for his 90th so it was a good night.
sahree 3 years ago
Yes Zach was the Worst (don't think he would want to be the "best"). My childhood friends, Bill and Tim, were so fanatical they created their own amoebas in the cellar (easy: jello in a plastic bag), and stuffed old jeans and wool shirts to make a Gasport, which they diabolically hung from an old oak tree. The "body" was spotted by drivers on the Long Island Expressway, and soon the police showed up. They made the boys cut the body down, and give it a proper pre-mature burial.
perfecttype 3 years ago
I used to catch him every Sat.night as a child back in 1964-66 hosting Chiller Theatre.Got to shakes hands with him at the 99' Monster Rally.For nostalgia sake,I've put the old B&W Chiller Theatre intro on some of my fav horror movies hosted...makes 'em much more enjoyable!And don't forget the cauliflour brains too!
SthrnBo1 3 years ago
If they ever make a movie about Zacherley, personally I say Jim Carrey should play the lead because his look is right on the money. Look close and compare, then let me get everyones opinion on that. Do you think so, not think so? Either way, let me know. But if not, tell me who you think would be a better canidate to portray him.
coyclown 3 years ago 2
I love Zacherley, and I would never go to a movie about him if Jim Carrey played him.
chuggachuggawoowoo 3 years ago
I think he could play him if Carey played it seriously-- like he has in some of his later films
akmediascope 3 years ago
Zach is still doing conventions these days. He even appears in the odd movie here and there. Check out his cameo in THE DRUNKEN DEAD GUY!
drunk3director 3 years ago
I remember seeing this when it first aired on late night TV in a New Yrok suburb. I was a kid. Zach was the funniest thing ever on TV. This is the one where he digs a hole down into the center of the earth. He was satirizing on the "Operation Molehole" that was a current event then.
ThomasDeLello 3 years ago
What can you say about Zacherley that hasn't already been said.He is the master of horror,with a great sense of twisted humor.Superb,great to talk with.One of the reasons we have horror today is because of Zacherley and his influence throughout the world.Make a point of meeting this genius and great person if you can
534andria 3 years ago
met him this weekend- he's still rocking it
sahree 3 years ago
Confound it, my dear...HAHAHAHAHA!!!
dookykins 4 years ago
I used to love this show. I wish there were videos available so I could enjoy every episode again. I love the old black & white horror movies, and Zach only made them better.
ProStockJunkie 4 years ago
I remember seeing this episode when it was first aired in N.Y. back in 1957 or -58 I guess. Zacherly was the funniest thing on TV...ever...!!! Long live the Zach...!!!
ThomasDeLello 4 years ago
Dear Lowe's King,
Mr.Dowling and Mr.Bennett also hosted
local kids tv shows in Rhode Island,NYC
and Chicago,Ill.
Mr.Dowling mc'd"Uncle Charlie's Backyard",
Mr.Bennett hosted"jacobbery Wockey's Place"
and he succeeded Chuck McCann as the host
of"Let's Have Fun!".
143AC 4 years ago
Zacherley hosted 'Hercules' cartoons on NY's Channel 11. At the same time, Chet Dowling (Rhode Island's Dr. Spider) and Terry Bennett (Chicago's Marvin) worked
as producers for other kiddy shows. Later Zacherley took over "Chiller Theater."
LoewsKings 4 years ago
Every sizeable city had a TV horror host and Zacherle was the first and the best. In L.A. we had Vampira in the '50s (she was the template for Elvira later on), then Jeepers Creeper in the '60s. His real name was Bob Guy and Frank Zappa recorded him before he began the Mothers of Invention. Anyone got any Jeepers footage to post?
chesterfield1129 4 years ago
Funniest man in TV history --- simply the BEST!!
1400deadwood 4 years ago
Confound it all! Zach was great. He would show some scary movie when suddenly he would break into it, in costume, and insert some comedy. What a stitch.
yankeespy3 4 years ago
my Lord - i have looked for this for so many years. i loved him. watched him all the time in ny as a kid. this is so very wonderful. we all used to run around saying "let me otta heeeere" cause he used to say that on the show. is there anywhere a full show?
easylife54 4 years ago
The one and only -- Zach soon to turn 89 !
GMBogart 4 years ago
When I was in 5th grade, this was the hottest thing on TV!
ThatGirl115 5 years ago
He was a Captain in the Army and a World War II hero.
jevalles 5 years ago
Great video. When I was a kid he scared me to death.
Rennie51 5 years ago