Sir Cecil Creape - Nashville's Best Horror Host

[looneybun1]

never forget "did some one callll? ohhh, there you are!" all these years later i remember this. LOVED HIM!

[waynetill1964]

I was a huge fan of Sir Cecil in the seventies ! Never missed an episode and whenever he showed up at local events near the Shelbyville area , I was first in line . Saw him years later at our annual horse show . He was a reporter for WSM and when I passed him in the crowd I yelled out Sir Cecil ! He stopped , winked and smiled and went on his way .What great memories ! These must be stored on tape somewhere ....

[allergic2pretense]

Russ McCowan, who played both Sir Cecil Ceape and Elrod in the most excellent Tennessee Trash Commercials (especially in Elrod and Elvira meet the aliens!) was both a gentleman and absolutely wonderful. The final disguise is that of Euell Howser, political commentator for WSM in the early 70's. Note also the small inside jokes where Sir Cecil's hump changes sides between segments.

Truly an archetypal performance - as well as the TN Trash commercials that are among the best ever produced.

[Mykki1003]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS! I grew up watching Sir Cecil on Saturday nights. LOVE IT!

[TheJackiemickie]

@Mykki1003 Myself as well. I lived about 40-50 miles north of Bowling Green in Kentucky. I was aroiund 9, 10 11 in 1971,72, 73.  Brings back great memories. I sent you a friend invite.

[Mykki1003]

@TheJackiemickie Me too. I was around that age in Huntsville, Alabama. I forwarded this link to my best friend growing up and we both FREAKED! Great memories. Thanks again for posting this. :)

[scrowfan41]

Thanks for the info

[fightback38]

i hated SNL with a passion for canceling this show.. WSM should've moved it to 12:00 SNL that is.. but it think it was a network DEMAND that it be shown at 10:30

[RevBigDaddie]

Are there anymore episode of him? I grew up watching him as a child. Use to fall asleep to his opening scenes.

[steverdavis]

I was a student at Vanderbilt in the early 70's when Creature Feature was broadcast. Sir Cecil Creape had a wry sense of humor. He always complained about the sponsors, but I think the sponsors loved it. I remember one commercial for a local shoe store. His pitch was like this: "The name of this fine store reeks with originality. It's called The Shoe Store." lol

[PRIVATEAYEIEYE]

No one else could have kept me home on a weekend night like Sir Cecil! He had a boat at Rock Harbor, as did our family, and sent me a personalized birthday postcard with his picture on the front!

Now i'm flashing back..."We got Hester Battries!", "Pitcher Frame Warehouse!" (worked for that @#&%!), Emma's, the superrrrlative florrrrist"....yikes!

I'll go now.

[RadioGuy1000]

What a shame these shows weren't saved to be re-run for a new generation of kids. He is a classic!

[mike1956will]

Loved Huell Howser...

[Me112233]

Hey, this isn't an old rerun, it's Representative Henry Waxman w/o his mustache in the cellar of the Capitol Building.

[steverson01]

I loved this show.

[drcrn1]

I loved watching this guy and his jokes were so awful, he was funny.

[docsavage98]

I lived for this at a kid! One of my favorites...as a farm kid we seldom got to stay up this late but we'd beg and wheedle our parents for this one night.

[scrowfan41]

I remember this but what channel was it on?

[fightback38]

@scrowfan41 channel 4 wsm

[DrewBludd]

We have an otherwise wonderful local TV channel where I live. It IS missing a horror host, though.

[Substantive64]

Louisville tried a horror show only once,from 1971-75, "Fright Night". Not a single show,or even a single clip, exists of it. Cities to the north,south east and west of us,big and small, all had these shows, and saved at least some footage of them,but not ours. And no one's ever even tried to make another show of this kind.

[starVol]

Look, I remember this show was on back in the late summer and fall of 1971. My Buds and I used to get all toked up with refer and just howl with laughter. This brings back great memories! LOL

[toeholt]

Sir Cecil is a favorite childhood memory...Thank you for sharing these classic videos of a loved well known man...

[toeholt]

This guy was my most fond childhood memories...he is truely missed...Love that show......Good night sleep tight...Sir cecil Creape.....

[granddad2002]

Hitchcock's voice with the appearence of the Phantom of the Opera.... TV was a college prank at times.

[CFMD28]

I'll bet he had a ball doing this gig!

[hamilton106]

What a blast from the past! I remember being scared of him when I was a pre-schooler. My heart would pound when I would hear that dripping sound.

[drwatson58]

way cool!!! do you have any other shows?

[fostecs]

My one vivid memory from Creature Feature was the singing heads on the Christmas Special.

Also, I still have my Sir Cecil's Ghoul Patrol patch that I got in Cub Scouts.

[gha714]

me too

[Daised103]

I grew up watching Sir Cecil! I loved him and was scared of him at the same time! I still recall how some of those old movies terrified me! LOVE THIS!!! Anyone know what the theme music is? I would love to have that as a ringtone! : ) Creature Feature is one of my best childhood memories!

[erlycuyler]

Toccatta and fuges-Bach.

[Daised103]

Thanks very much!!

[KicksCarter]

If you like this show there's a great chapter on Sir Cecil in Elena Watson's 1991 book Television Horror Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens Of The Late Night Airwaves. She covers just about everybody who hosted one of those shows from the 50's to early 90's.

[mazakman1957]

I remember that for a while, he had a picture of Paul Eels on his mantel...he would lovingly adjust it once in a while.

He came to Winchester, where I lived, once to host a stupid "womanless" beauty pageant for some benefit.

[DMARLOWE]

MAN,, I so wish WSM-TV in Nashville would assimilate all of Sir Cecil Creepe's footage into one DVD and sale it. My little brother and me used to watch him all the time and we so, so enjoyed him.

[facelesshorseman]

All Hail Sir Cecil!

Sir Cecil kept me glued to the set on Friday or Saturday (I can't remember which) night a time in my life when I would rather be anywhere but home!

He kept a boat at Rock Harbor Marina, as did my family, and he sent me an autographed Sir Cecil postcard when he heard what a fan I was.

Thanks for the post! In the words of Heull Howser,

"It's AHMAAAAYSIN!"

[tdpitt]

Each of us carries upon his shoulders this bony sarcophagus, the grinning face of death. Within it resides the human brain, encompassing within its pulsating grey mass the totality of the cosmic consciousness. What a delicate instrument; capable of thoughts of inexpressible beauty, but often enslaved in mindless terrors by monstrous horrors that the mind cannot fathom, and indeed, horrors that may not exist except within the bony confines of the human brain box.

[tdpitt]

This is Creature Feature... exploring the realms of the unknown. And now, from deep within the catacombs beneath our studios, here is your master of terrormonies, Sir Cecil Creape

[kreuzfahrtinsnichts]

wow this looks cheesy :D

[djs1952]

Way cool! Got to enjoy him as The Phantom of the Opry hosting Public Domain movies on The Nashville Network when they started out. Hillbilly music all day & Sir Cecil Creape hosting vintage horror while Riders in the Sky showed 'B' Westerns on Tumbleweed Theater on week-end nights. :) Good times.

[skunkypilot]

BOO! BOO BOO BOO!

[ruracinme50]

I lived in Bowling Green in the 70's and this was our entertainment!!

[randy3rdad]

thank you thank you.i loved sir cecil.the christmas shows were the best

[golferpro69]

Sir Cecil came to Shelbyville one Saturday to the Capri Theare. I was working there at the time. We must have had 7-800 kids or more. If I remember correctly, he was Channel 4 employee Russ McGowan.

[PlanetClaireDeluxe]

hoorah!!! i can't believe i found this! something good came out of tonight's insomnia afterall. i love sir cecil creape. actually got to meet him when i was a wee one. i remember my mom taking me to two rivers mall in clarksville to see him. he gave me a toy spider. heheh. :D

[nashville80srock]

Yep, that's Huell Howser, Channel 4's "Happy News" reporter at the end of the clip. You can still see him on TV on PBS, hosting a show called "California's Gold".

[gydigh]

This is Great! I use to watch Creature Feature .

It was a local show shown on Wsm tv in Nashville on Saturday nights at 10:30.

This was before Saturday Night Live was ever around!

CF was great and Sir Cecil Creep was funny as could be! Glad to see this on here!

[wanghobb]

this guy is funny as hell and a great actor! He really knew how to get into the character

[LaDracul]

Hee, seems like all horror show hosts are intentionally silly. :)

[armitagenlowell]

I remember watching him on the old TNN. Too funny!

[yohei72]

I love his disdain for the commercials and the sponsors. And the Nixon gag was awesome.

[toothpimp]

As a kid I went to 100 Oaks Mall to meet Sir Cecil and there was a huge crowd. I even have a Boy Scout badge with him on it somewhere.

[odewepe]

Please post the others. This was the best ever

[odewepe]

OMG.. I have been hoping to see this again, I am from Paris Tennessee and whatched this every weekend.. Thanks for posting this. LOVE it.

[harlows3]

this is awsome ....snl replaced him....thanx

[livinzombiegirl]

Wow I cant believe you have this. ! Oh how i wish he was still on TV. The best radiated creatures,Vampires and Undead ever. There is nothing like old B-rates I LOVE THEM. Thank you!!!

[facelesshorseman]

I, as a dedicated roving teen, actually would stay home on the weekend to watch the good Sir Cecil!

I have a postcard from him somewhere, I'll have to dig it up now!

[flea58]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for this ;-)

i remember this well, very cool to see it again.

[astrofist]

Cancel Saturday Night Live and show repeats of Creature Feature!

[bwwcpa]

That was great. Great childhood memories. Please post more if you can and let me know!

Can't get enough Sir Cecil. I grew up in Nashville and watched Creature Feature with my parents and brother. those were the days!

[hodiesnitch]

I forgot to add that this really brought back some great memories. I was able to watch WSM on the local Huntsville, Al. cable system back in the 60's and 70's. I watched the Phantom of the Opry every Saturday night. If you stayed up even later it was followed by syndicated repeats of "The Avengers". Great Post!

[hodiesnitch]

Do you have more of these video clips? I sent the link to Dan Miller with WSM news. He enjoyed it and said he would try to forward it to Huell Howser.