Dr Shock's Weekly Greetings

[MooseBreathMints]

One upon a Philly lunch break - I was parked near Dalessandro's sandwichs in Roxborough. While enjoying a great steak sandwich I notice a Funeral hurst park behind my car. Thinking nothing more about it I continued to eat. Then ALL-OF-A-SUDDEN I saw this ghoul-like person staring at me through the my window! I almost jumped through the roof. He & I had a big laugh! I am not a person who gets startled too easily. That day I did! I wasDr.Shocked.He was people person. It was a pleasure to meet him.

[69ardentartist]

MINDBOGGLING MASTERS OF MADDN ESS?!?

[acefrehleyfanpa]

wow this brings back memories at grandma and grandpas in the 70s,,watching dr shock with my grandpa almost every weekend,,man do i miss them days

[TheLolawants]

Thank You. Being that there were only 3 channels back in the day this was a very exciting time for me and my little sister. We had something to look forward to watching on Saturday afternoon.

[guitarbob63]

I think was really his duaghter.....am I right?

[NCWPromoter]

@guitarbob63 Yes Bubbles Is His Daughter

[TheGooch67]

I couldn't wait to see Dr. Shock on Saturday afternoons in Philly! The kids today don't know what there missing, to much technology, to many TV channels, life was simple back then. Children was children and people were people that cared about their neighborhood!

[mamabear0106]

This was when Saturday TV viewing was really good ...

[cossack207]

@mamabear0106 OH YESS!!!!!!!!!!! miss those days~

[xlr8r2010]

This show was awesome....used to watch him every week. This was broadcast on WPHL in Philadelphia.

[professortheremin]

@xlr8r2010 So did I. On one episode, a rock group I was in, as a teenager, played a song live on the show. I believe we called the tune, "Dr. Shock Rock", which makes sense, even to my not so failing memory.

[xlr8r2010]

@professortheremin That is really cool....so you got to meet him?

[jfilesbooks]

anybody remember, "the two-headed transplant"?...lol

[xlr8r2010]

@jfilesbooks I do...Rosie Grier & Ray Milland were the stars,what a crazy movie. lol

[blitzblotz]

@jfilesbooks YEA! One head was crazy and the other a retard! That was awesome!

[w3mq]

This was truly classic sci -fi and horror at its best ! and nobody brought it to you like Dr shocks chiller theater.

[harwicke]

Bubbles!

[marymoyer13]

This WAS reality TV. We all watched it, knew it was fake, loved it anyway and tuned in again, and again and again. It was freaking hilarious!

[LorraineinFL]

I LOVED Dr Shock! Would give anything for him to still be around!

[ProfessorEggflesh]

I old enough to have remembered this show...yikes! I've been searching for videos of the Gene London show but can't find any.

[DCFunBud]

Dr. Shock! Where are you when we need you most? Bubbles must be a grandmother by now!

[gmonet46]

Did you ever ask yourself how they could have done the movie "Rocky" claiming he was from Philly with that stupid accent..from the Yonkers or Brooklyn? Not one actor sounded like they were from Philly...but Dr. Shock did!

[WJHproco]

What was the name of the mummy movie that was always on his show? All I can remember was a Egyptian man with a small jar of what they called tanna leaves.

[ssstites]

My sister in law and I watched this all the time on Westmont, NJ. I was under 10 and though it was all real. Great times. Great family. Great 70ies TV. We need this again.

[terminalbooboo]

I'm an old school horror ghoul who used to watch Dr. Shock and Bubbles back in the 70's .... ah .....

[whiteknightdarkworld]

Dr. Shock was great! Thanks.

[jsbeerman]

I remember going to my friends house because they had the only color TV, to watch Doctor Shock...there would be like 10 of us all sitting in the living room watching him...awsome days in NE Philly mid-70's.

[ninjanikki18]

raintigers6147 is tellin the truth cus my mom works with doreen aka bubbles! :D

[raintigers6147]

hi my name is raintigers and i am here to ask you what is your name and i know doreen zawislak she is my mom and i am dr shock grandchild and if you don't belivie me you should get back to me

[Nickcat5]

Old 'Shocky Doc' was GREAT!!!

[moontheloon5]

My parents were good friends with Joe and Harriet. They used to come to our house with their kids. I remember being jealous that Bubbles (Doreen??) used to get to be on TV. But Joe Would come do magic tricks for us. Great times. Bill Ross jr.

[Sweetbabyvixen]

Loved Dr. Shock, saw him in Philly when I was a wee one....I'll never forget when he passed, Action News did a lovely montage to him using Stevie Wonder's 'If It's Magic'.

[iangoblin71]

It's cool that Zacherley let Joe duplicate his act. Loved both...it's just a shame he passed on so soon. Bubbles appeared at a few horror cons. Roland / Zach still kicks!!

[106732]

Great Philly memories. Can anyone post his record "Let There Be Fright"?

[rustkeeper]

What a blast from the past! loved this show!

[sr633]

Remember the Dracula fizz? The Doctor's collection of Postman's whistles? Wiggleing the stake in the coffin? Great stuff !

[yellowjacket9805]

im looking for a horror host, probably from atlanta, abc i think, his name was quazi moto, and the t.v.series was named scream inn

[Muziclvr07]

I LOVED Dr. Shock! And so did my mom! I used to watch him with her. :)

[ctlvr4]

Me too. My mom's been gone three years now but in the 70's she was a single working mom and on the weekends she spent every waking moment with me and I always looked forward to Saturday because we would snuggle on the couch together and watch Dr. Shock. Good times.

[sleepyhollowboy27]

@ctlvr4 Love your story!

[NCWPromoter]

@ctlvr4 Sorry About Your Mom Passing But Me Too I Thank God Still Have Mine But She Was A Single Mom Too Then It Was Great Stuff For Us He Was A Real Cool Nice Guy Met Him At Plymouth Meeting Mall And KOP MALL Reading I Think Too Wheres Bubbles LOL Great Times He Passed To Young God Bless

[KicksCarter]

Dr Shock and many other old-time movie hosts are covered in Elena Watson's 1991 book called Late Night Horror Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists, etc. She covers just about everybody who did one of these shows in that book.

[michaeljayklein]

I adored this character...a childhood hero. I remember his assistant, Boris, who had a ping-pong ball eye that he seemed to have difficulty keeping in. I even remember joining "The Dr. Shock Fan Club." Oh, those were such great years back then.

[saral3]

I ment every Sat afternoon

[saral3]

I remember watching Dr. Shock every thurs. in Gratz Pa. One movie I remember was about an island with giant shrews on it. Creeped me out !!!!!

[OriginalSmohrman]

I remember that one!

[Tutelina]

I remember it as Saturday afternoons (and I'm from Halifax)

[n3tuf]

I used to watch Dr Shock all the time as a kid and even dated his niece Sharon who lived in Aston. My favorite scary movie was the Screaming Skull.

[niquestarpg]

Can you remember anymore of his movies. I would like a list of the movies he used to play. I loved Dr. Shock when I was a kid and I collect classic horror movies. Please let me know.

[obnoxiousliberal]

The one I remember vividly was the original "Little Shop of Horrors". When Seymour's mother drank the cough syrup they cut to Dr. Shock drinking cough syrup and he spit it out in a spray all over the studio, then they cut right back to the movie.

They did Frankenstein too, because I remember them interrupting the scene with the villager carrying his dead daughter with someone carrying an inflatable doll around the studio.

Good Luck!

[drakghoulie]

would love to see somenone release the tapes of the show the wrap arounds and every thing. I just loved the classic unversal fims old shocky showed and the aztec mummy films and mexi-horror. and curse of the undead and curse of the faceless man. The a.i.p sci-fi's and a shocky doc favorite "Beast of hollow mountain" let there be fright!

[jt3931984]

i:d buy it !

[Judey63]

Wow, what great memories! You can't beat the cool old classic horror movies with Dr. Shock. What a way to spend a cold rainy Saturday afternoon! Sure do miss that.

[sparky42]

I actualy saw him do a show at the KOA campground in Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania one saturday afternoon years ago . Did anyone else see that show ?

[cange30]

Brings back many memories of watching those cool sci fi or scary Saturday movies. Dr. Shock is a classic!!!

[jst2k09]

I well remember watching him from lancaster, PA. I looked forward to his show Saturday afternon, and PIZZA for dinner from the local momand pop pzzeria

[JP5466]

RIP Joe Z !

[ebphila]

brings back some great times. thanks for the videos

[shelly10538]

This is just too cool! I wish they'd release this on dvd. I miss stuff like this on late night tv. In Cleveland we had The Ghoul, Houlihan and Big Chuck, etc. and when I moved to Dayton they had Dr. Creep or Saturday night dead. I need a horror host fix!!

[CZERCHIE46]

Back in the 70's my brother & I were great fans of Dr Shock..we saw him at the King of Prussia plaza, we sent him wax made fake feet & hands..he always mentioned us on his show. I also had the opportunity to meet him in person..I was getting my hair cut in Roxborough, and the guy in the chair next to me was talking, he sounded SOO familiar, and I looked at his hands, he had Dr Shock's Ring on, and I asked him if he was Dr Shock, he said yes, remembered me & my brother, too.. Super nice guy..

[AstralPixie]

@CZERCHIE46  Seeing him in this clip is a total childhood flashback. What a terrific story!

[sfl60]

Let There Be Fright In The Daylight,So Speaketh The Count. Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha.

[CZERCHIE46]

Ahh...I remember...and Booths Black cherry Wishniak !! Philly Ch 17

[frightfan1]

Television at its finest and most enjoyable. Those were the days.

[holden190]

whatever happened to Bubbles?

[534andria]

It's sad that TV has become so "unreal" these days.This clips shows what TV used to be about-when skits were performed live instead of pre-recorded.When actors really acted.I doubt we'll ever see this kind of TV again.These are the classics of days gone by that we'll never forget.

[cossack207]

right!

[sleepyhollowboy27]

@534andria I completely agree!

[BUNGLEJYME]

Ah, this brings back memories of Saturday night TV with "your old shockey Doc".

Booth's bevereages, Bubbles, Let their be fright!!!! Ha Ha Ha.

[DrApocalypse]

Bubbles was the cutest-- love her frankenstein doll!

[EastCoastHalloween]

Wasn't there a Tribute Video of Dr Shock?

[CZERCHIE46]

Channel 12 last year did a show on all of the 60's Gene London, Sally Starr, Dr shock, etc.hopefully will show it again soon

[ant82kx]

do you have more ???

[ant82kx]

fantastic brings me back

[vladimir998]

Dr. Shock, who in real life was a magician Joseph Zawislak, created this persona based on that of 'Roland' with the permission of John Zacherle. On many of his movie introductions he had the able assistance of his very young daughter Doreen Zawislak. Although you might think Zawislak was an old man because of the make up and voice, he was actually only 43 years old when he died in 1979. He was always willing to help out charity events and was a true gentleman.

[pappabear2532]

Dr. shock used to attend a lot of wrestling matches with the wwf in the 70,s & early 80s. dont know why but he was almost always there walking around when there was a philly match.@ the spectrum or the Phila. arena.

[bleekblock]

I saw Dr. Shock at Woodhaven Mall when I was a kid.