On my way to work at Cypress Gardens, I would stop and visit Dick Bennick at WGTO. Around 72 he mentioned to me that he was doing the Dr Paul Bearer skit at WTOG Ch 44. Similar to one he had done in N Carolina. I told him that it was a nutty idea and would never work.
This guy inspired my love of monsters and all things dark and creepy. I would watch him after Saturday morning cartoons in the mid 70's Ft. Myers, FL.
My friend and I were just talking about him 2 days ago. I was in a couple of parades that he was in and remember being mad because then I wouldn't get to see him. He also used to be at the haunted house in Sunshine Mall. He was always seated in a big creepy chair and I used to think of him as the "Santa Clause" of Halloween...lol
I too remember Dr. Paul Bearer from his brilliant inception at WGHP TV Channel 8 in High Point, NC, way back in the late 1960s, early 70s.
But that is not all...I went to the Carolina Theater Sat AM Shows at the Carolina in Winston-Salem in the 1960s, where Dick Bennick hosted the three hour program. I also enjoyed his DJ Days at WTOB AM Radio, where he was a DJ during the Golden Days of Rock & Roll. Yes I grew up with Dick Bennick, and he was a talented, and wonderful man.
Dick Bennett, was a professional magician and a DJ on WLAK-AM in Lakeland, Fl before he was Doctor Paul Bearer. IIRC, he was on channel 44. Occasionally he would do a bit of sleight of hand on Creature Feature (the name of the show in the vid).
Who remembers Andy Hardy and Manuel Berrio (salute and happy days), on the CBS affiliate Channel 13,.Shock Theater?
Back in the 70s I had a friend who's mother knew him. She was a nurse and he came to her for help with his glass eye. One day I found out that I'd missed meeting him only by a few minutes. Creature Feature was by far my favorite show, and not because of the movies.
Ha! The Hee Haw clip! I saw that by accident once. I hated Hee Haw, but once while flipping through channels I saw the good doctor on it! I was stunned!
I have an autogrphed photo of him. WTOG had a haunted house promoting something (I don't remember what) in Plant City, Florida and I went through the haunted house and was able to get his autograph.
I grew up in Greensboro, N.C. and recall the late night show that Dr. Paul Bearer hosted. It was called Shock Theater. This would have been in the late 1960s and I was too young to watch the show on a regular basis as it came on around 11:00 P.M. or so on Saturday nights. I did catch snippets of it from time to time and recall a joke he made about Gravy Train dog food. Gravy Train supposedly made it's own gravy when you put water on it. Paul said he fed his dog Grave Train dog food.
I heard that Coast to Coast show, too! That fellow was talking about all the creature features and other shows of the like. I kept waiting to hear some proper credit for Dr Paul Bearer, and eventually he came through!
I love these old shows, too! I grew up in Dallas watching Museum Of Horrors in the 70's and then The Film Vault with Randy and Richard in the 80's. Dr Paul Bearer and just about anybody else who hosted a show like this get a chapter in Elena Watson's 1991 book called Late Night Horror Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists, etc. It's a terrific book and covers everybody from Vampira all the way up to Saturday Night Dead with Stella and even Commander USA.
no i don't have the 3d movie he hosted in 3D i would love to see it but i'm going to be getting more i do get more of DR PAUL BEARER shows from fan's from time to time if anyone has any out there we can trade to please let me know
HI FRIGHT FAN'S it's me Again the SCARE TAKER OF all of DR PAUL BEARER'S things I do have around 38 of his shows on vhs and dvd and will be geting more soon in the next few months
I am so happy to see this video again --Thanks to whom ever put it on here. . He would love it !
I am the witch in the video "Erma Broombeck" - Well he asked to have his palm RED -- Dr. Paul.
Also glad to know all his things (props) have been taken care of --I know he took pride in each one of them. We did other skits but no idea what happened to them. --I miss him , we thank all the fans who enjoyed the show.
hi FRIGHT FAN'S I even have the mummy out fit that his mummy used and that coat he's wearing is the very first coat this is the one i have another fan got the newer one
I grew up in St. Petersburg and remember Creature Feature and Dr. Paul Bearer like it was yeasterday. I still wish he was alive and lurking for you, hahahaha
I wonder if his children and other family members know how much we fans loved this guy's show and still do and that so many of us still carry this character in our hearts.
I come here every now and then and watch these shots of him and I still get a grin.
I used to hang out with his son....he had this Capri he loved driving....Dick was hilarious, great jokes....every Halloween he had this coffin in his front room and he would let kids in to see it.....scary effects.....he was the best neighbor
Wow, does this take me back. I watched the good Doctor nearly every Saturday afternoon back in the '70s when I lived in Melbourne, FL. Good times, good times. RIP Dr. Paul...
AWESSSOME! Tampa native and came across this video. Truley amazing! I used to watch this on Saturday's as a kid. Ahhh, 80's cartoons, WWF, Dr. Paul bearer. The world's a different place now. It seemed so simple then (at least as a kid). Oct 30th is Dr. Paul Bearer day forever in Tampa.
Thanks for putting these up. I grew up watching him on Saturday afternoons getting my Godzilla and Gamera fixes, as well as the campy horror movies they played. Mr. Bennick will be missed. Don't forget, Oct. 30 is "Dr. Paul Bearer Day" in Tampa!
when I met my future wife, her mother was dating Dr. Paul Bearer....the first time I met my future mother-in-law was in the Dr.s living room....I couldn't believe it....they only dated about a year or so though...he was a nice guy...
I used to pack his groceries and his wifes at the Publix I worked at and he was funny no matter what!! He just was funny and about as nice a human being as you could find and his wife was funny too she often was on the show! Together it was hard to stop laughing at the check out counter. God bless and rip
Thank you so much for posting this! I grew up in Sarasota County and this was a huge part of my childhood. I'm very interested in obtaining copies of the show, preferably with the original commercials accompanying the films. Do you have any of these? Please contact me! Thanks :)
Thank you so much for sharing this. I grew up watching 'Creature Feature' and I even got to meet (and get an autograph!) Dr Paul Bearer. Seeing this brings tears of joy to my eyes. Thanks again for giving me a brief moment of my childhood.
I remember this from the 80's. Thank you for posting. I remember Dr Paul Bearer. He used to "whip" up some lunch like cream of finger soup. He also had a hearse he would drive in a Halloween parade if I remember
omg the memories are flooding back to me! This is GREAT, thank you for finding & posting! My love of all things horror can be traced directly back to Dr. Paul Bearer & WTOG's Saturday Creature Feature broadcasts. Thank you!!!
I lived in Titusville Florida as a youngster and I watched Dr. Paul Bearer, Fright Theater and Creature Feature on cable WTOG Channel 44 Friday Nights and Saturday afternoons. He was a classic, and I can't think of Florida in the 1970's without thinking about him. And also maybe, Championship Wrestling from Florida with Gordon Solie.
I'm from Staten Island NY and my grandparents lived in Port Charlotte for 31 years - needless to say I vivisted at least once per year - I remember this well from my childhood! What a memory!! Also the WTOG promos with the 'pac man' faces in the two 4's!
I'm a Tampa Native & this was my saturday afternoon, and Evel Kneivel of course. Build a jump ramp anybody. Never will be another Dr. Paul Bearer. he gave of his time to the ferry Lewis telethones and so many more public appearances for the kids. he was great.
Native here too. Loved this show and host! Loved how he would parody commercial products. This show and the old Gordy Soley wrestling, with Dusty Rhodes, the Brisco Bros. ahh to be young again.
I grew up in St. Petersburg and he WAS saturday for me. I even sent him a copy of the "Goridian" which he read on his show. My wife grew up with Sven Goulie. I think we were much luckier having Dr. Paul.
I just remember I saw him in person at a parade sometime in the 1980's when my father was involved with the Shriners' Oriential Band. They had a parade I think in Plant City and I went with him and saw Dr. Paul Bearer riding in his hearse.
He hosted "Horror Incorporated" on KSTP in Minneapolis/St. Paul for one season around 1974. I think he was originally from Detroit. I've found little reference anywhere to his time up here and hardly anyone I know remembers him.
I wonder if he just sent filmed inserts to different markets? Check out the '69-'76 KSTP Horror Inc. intro & outro on Youtube. Absolutely the spookiest of them all!
Ah man good times my sister and I used to watch every saturday. Thanks for posting this.
deadkitn 3 weeks ago
You were Skeptical.It worked for 22 years
lonniedohlen 1 month ago
On my way to work at Cypress Gardens, I would stop and visit Dick Bennick at WGTO. Around 72 he mentioned to me that he was doing the Dr Paul Bearer skit at WTOG Ch 44. Similar to one he had done in N Carolina. I told him that it was a nutty idea and would never work.
chriswarren44 1 month ago
I almost thought u were t
Talking about the 1 from wwe
hardyz703 2 months ago
My childe hood hero lol!
necrophiliaklown 4 months ago
this is the best, man this is awesome.
green66vw 6 months ago
loved Creature Feature...and Dr Bennet lived around Leto High area , he was a great guy ...loved by everyone !!!
livendie4jaiali 6 months ago
i would love to watch creature feature when i was a kid bring back so many memories when i used to live in plant city
latinoboy79 8 months ago
This guy inspired my love of monsters and all things dark and creepy. I would watch him after Saturday morning cartoons in the mid 70's Ft. Myers, FL.
sparksphilip 8 months ago
Wow! Dr. Paul Bearer! Brings back childhood
memories:) And Hee Haw! Ha Ha!!
Polk County Fla.
AmericanProud68 10 months ago
My friend and I were just talking about him 2 days ago. I was in a couple of parades that he was in and remember being mad because then I wouldn't get to see him. He also used to be at the haunted house in Sunshine Mall. He was always seated in a big creepy chair and I used to think of him as the "Santa Clause" of Halloween...lol
Peppershibainu 11 months ago
Awesome!!! I remember him, great show! I thought this was a local show from Tampa fl
bu11et23 1 year ago
I too remember Dr. Paul Bearer from his brilliant inception at WGHP TV Channel 8 in High Point, NC, way back in the late 1960s, early 70s.
But that is not all...I went to the Carolina Theater Sat AM Shows at the Carolina in Winston-Salem in the 1960s, where Dick Bennick hosted the three hour program. I also enjoyed his DJ Days at WTOB AM Radio, where he was a DJ during the Golden Days of Rock & Roll. Yes I grew up with Dick Bennick, and he was a talented, and wonderful man.
nomadsolos 1 year ago
Oops. this isn't the Paul Bearer I thought it was, lol.
SiloNova25 1 year ago
Same here; on his hearse during Gasparilla in '89 or so.
robbieinfl 1 year ago
Dick Bennett, was a professional magician and a DJ on WLAK-AM in Lakeland, Fl before he was Doctor Paul Bearer. IIRC, he was on channel 44. Occasionally he would do a bit of sleight of hand on Creature Feature (the name of the show in the vid).
Who remembers Andy Hardy and Manuel Berrio (salute and happy days), on the CBS affiliate Channel 13,.Shock Theater?
Rest in Peace Dick
IShootist 1 year ago
Thank you so much for posting these. Brings back my childhood in Tampa... :)
MARDLtransmit 1 year ago
I absolutely loved watching this! It takes me back to my childhood when I lived in Florida. Classic!
webbfam88 1 year ago
wow this brings back SOOOO many memories. I've seen him in a couple of parades in florida. Pretty sure it was the Citrus Parade
c1981 1 year ago
God how I miss him...
lilblondehooker 1 year ago
Holy crap I used to watch Dr. Paul Bearer every saturday when I was a kid . Creature Feature was the greatest.
cretinbob 1 year ago
is that his real face
HandyManny00Lobos 1 year ago
Back in the 70s I had a friend who's mother knew him. She was a nurse and he came to her for help with his glass eye. One day I found out that I'd missed meeting him only by a few minutes. Creature Feature was by far my favorite show, and not because of the movies.
Ha! The Hee Haw clip! I saw that by accident once. I hated Hee Haw, but once while flipping through channels I saw the good doctor on it! I was stunned!
Jupitroid 1 year ago
I have an autogrphed photo of him. WTOG had a haunted house promoting something (I don't remember what) in Plant City, Florida and I went through the haunted house and was able to get his autograph.
grumpyhunter 1 year ago
Ever Sat. in the 70s, Creature Feature. Got to meet him once when he came to Sarasota Square Mall. Thanks for posting!
slick1ru2 1 year ago
Oh man I loved this show when I was a kid. I couldn't remember his name for the life of me and after much searching I found this. Great upload!
SStrooper 1 year ago
Nice doorbell!
4thtroika 1 year ago
I grew up in Greensboro, N.C. and recall the late night show that Dr. Paul Bearer hosted. It was called Shock Theater. This would have been in the late 1960s and I was too young to watch the show on a regular basis as it came on around 11:00 P.M. or so on Saturday nights. I did catch snippets of it from time to time and recall a joke he made about Gravy Train dog food. Gravy Train supposedly made it's own gravy when you put water on it. Paul said he fed his dog Grave Train dog food.
luziapins 2 years ago
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luziapins 2 years ago
Dr Paul is the greatest!!!
Smithfilmproductions 2 years ago
Yeah, this was worth checking out. I heard about this guy on coast to coast to.
skippyriddle 2 years ago
I was listening to coast to coast am last night.. this really brought back some memories from the 80's
torgomax 2 years ago
I heard that Coast to Coast show, too! That fellow was talking about all the creature features and other shows of the like. I kept waiting to hear some proper credit for Dr Paul Bearer, and eventually he came through!
HGbunny 2 years ago
This is so fucking awesome. Brings me back in time. Where the hell did you get these clips? I want them.. No, I NEED them!
Discoursemerchant82 2 years ago
Yeah i wish it was back on t.v. so my kids could have the chance to watch it.
MrAndyandmelissa 2 years ago
R.I.P Dr. Paul Bearer
ajroberts81 2 years ago
I could sit all day & watch old archives of Dr. Paul Bearer if i could find them
bigwillietheb 2 years ago
This program kicked butt! It's a classic. Great Saturday afternoon 2pm movie watching. RIP Bearer. You are missed.
masterthespian1 2 years ago
I love these old shows, too! I grew up in Dallas watching Museum Of Horrors in the 70's and then The Film Vault with Randy and Richard in the 80's. Dr Paul Bearer and just about anybody else who hosted a show like this get a chapter in Elena Watson's 1991 book called Late Night Horror Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists, etc. It's a terrific book and covers everybody from Vampira all the way up to Saturday Night Dead with Stella and even Commander USA.
KicksCarter 2 years ago
why aren't there anymore tv horror movie hosts?
i love this shit
JohnTheCoolDude 2 years ago
no i don't have the 3d movie he hosted in 3D i would love to see it but i'm going to be getting more i do get more of DR PAUL BEARER shows from fan's from time to time if anyone has any out there we can trade to please let me know
mrsweetguy38 2 years ago
HI FRIGHT FAN'S it's me Again the SCARE TAKER OF all of DR PAUL BEARER'S things I do have around 38 of his shows on vhs and dvd and will be geting more soon in the next few months
mrsweetguy38 2 years ago
Oh my goodness... Wow, thank you for posting this! What a blast from the past. I watched this show all the time when I was growing up.
Bastette24 2 years ago
I am so happy to see this video again --Thanks to whom ever put it on here. . He would love it !
I am the witch in the video "Erma Broombeck" - Well he asked to have his palm RED -- Dr. Paul.
Also glad to know all his things (props) have been taken care of --I know he took pride in each one of them. We did other skits but no idea what happened to them. --I miss him , we thank all the fans who enjoyed the show.
tl1jbt 2 years ago
hi FRIGHT FAN'S I even have the mummy out fit that his mummy used and that coat he's wearing is the very first coat this is the one i have another fan got the newer one
mrsweetguy38 2 years ago
HI FRIGHT FAN'S I am the SCARE TAKER of all of the late great DR PAUL BEARER'S things if you would like to see my myspace space it's countrussell
mrsweetguy38 2 years ago
I grew up in St. Petersburg and remember Creature Feature and Dr. Paul Bearer like it was yeasterday. I still wish he was alive and lurking for you, hahahaha
FoggyGirl37 2 years ago
Dick Bennick had a Glass Eye on the left
lonniedohlen 2 years ago
I wonder if his children and other family members know how much we fans loved this guy's show and still do and that so many of us still carry this character in our hearts.
I come here every now and then and watch these shots of him and I still get a grin.
Classick stuff
Thanks for sharing.
Fretslayer 2 years ago
I was friends with his grand daughter in Highschool. He lived about 20 minutes from us and we used to see him driving his hurse around town.
phenomana1981 2 years ago
Does anyone know if the "Doc" really had a glass eye?
carliecurtis 2 years ago
I used to hang out with his son....he had this Capri he loved driving....Dick was hilarious, great jokes....every Halloween he had this coffin in his front room and he would let kids in to see it.....scary effects.....he was the best neighbor
EVHguitarz 2 years ago
Just Remember .... It's Not The Cough That Carried Him Off .. It's The Coffin They Carried Him Off In. R.I.P.
marshell1b 2 years ago
I live in Mexico City, and I remember living in Parrish Fl. This is so fantastic, thanks for 4 and half mins.
lvmscworld 2 years ago
Wow, does this take me back. I watched the good Doctor nearly every Saturday afternoon back in the '70s when I lived in Melbourne, FL. Good times, good times. RIP Dr. Paul...
capntuck3r 3 years ago
AWESSSOME! Tampa native and came across this video. Truley amazing! I used to watch this on Saturday's as a kid. Ahhh, 80's cartoons, WWF, Dr. Paul bearer. The world's a different place now. It seemed so simple then (at least as a kid). Oct 30th is Dr. Paul Bearer day forever in Tampa.
buddahmastahz 3 years ago
Thanks for putting these up. I grew up watching him on Saturday afternoons getting my Godzilla and Gamera fixes, as well as the campy horror movies they played. Mr. Bennick will be missed. Don't forget, Oct. 30 is "Dr. Paul Bearer Day" in Tampa!
ChrisVictim666 3 years ago
I loved his puns.
HGbunny 3 years ago
when I met my future wife, her mother was dating Dr. Paul Bearer....the first time I met my future mother-in-law was in the Dr.s living room....I couldn't believe it....they only dated about a year or so though...he was a nice guy...
MHatfield2 3 years ago
I can't believe that I was actually scared when I watched this stuff. This is soooooooooooooo awesome!!, thank you for posting this!!
greenbeagle13 3 years ago
DON'T FOTGET HE'LL BE LURKING FOR YOU.
sdavidson15 3 years ago
I used to pack his groceries and his wifes at the Publix I worked at and he was funny no matter what!! He just was funny and about as nice a human being as you could find and his wife was funny too she often was on the show! Together it was hard to stop laughing at the check out counter. God bless and rip
Krylogenic 3 years ago
I grew up in St. Pete in the 1970's and I can remember this show like it was yesterday. Great memories!!..tear...
riverdale09 3 years ago
Thank you so much for posting this! I grew up in Sarasota County and this was a huge part of my childhood. I'm very interested in obtaining copies of the show, preferably with the original commercials accompanying the films. Do you have any of these? Please contact me! Thanks :)
JustiFine 3 years ago
Thank you so much for sharing this. I grew up watching 'Creature Feature' and I even got to meet (and get an autograph!) Dr Paul Bearer. Seeing this brings tears of joy to my eyes. Thanks again for giving me a brief moment of my childhood.
Fretslayer 3 years ago
I remember this from the 80's. Thank you for posting. I remember Dr Paul Bearer. He used to "whip" up some lunch like cream of finger soup. He also had a hearse he would drive in a Halloween parade if I remember
MC7791 3 years ago
WTOG as far as the eye can seeeee, then the good Dr. would take out his glass eye.
kenfuscious 3 years ago
You must find and post more! Please!
adamhell 3 years ago
omg the memories are flooding back to me! This is GREAT, thank you for finding & posting! My love of all things horror can be traced directly back to Dr. Paul Bearer & WTOG's Saturday Creature Feature broadcasts. Thank you!!!
De7enP 3 years ago
Shady heroine addict or sinister horror show host???
viv95 3 years ago
I lived in Titusville Florida as a youngster and I watched Dr. Paul Bearer, Fright Theater and Creature Feature on cable WTOG Channel 44 Friday Nights and Saturday afternoons. He was a classic, and I can't think of Florida in the 1970's without thinking about him. And also maybe, Championship Wrestling from Florida with Gordon Solie.
ARKALER 3 years ago
I'm with ya. I grew up in Sarasota and loved Dr. Paul Bearer and Gordon Solie both.
invasive 3 years ago
Grew up in Port Charlotte and I used to park myself in front of the TV and watch him every weekend!
oc1285 3 years ago
I'm from Staten Island NY and my grandparents lived in Port Charlotte for 31 years - needless to say I vivisted at least once per year - I remember this well from my childhood! What a memory!! Also the WTOG promos with the 'pac man' faces in the two 4's!
Bill463 3 years ago
I'm a Tampa Native & this was my saturday afternoon, and Evel Kneivel of course. Build a jump ramp anybody. Never will be another Dr. Paul Bearer. he gave of his time to the ferry Lewis telethones and so many more public appearances for the kids. he was great.
Rahnmeister 3 years ago
Native here too. Loved this show and host! Loved how he would parody commercial products. This show and the old Gordy Soley wrestling, with Dusty Rhodes, the Brisco Bros. ahh to be young again.
netwolf 3 years ago
Great stuff!
-Dr. Zoltan!
drzoltan 3 years ago
Dr. Paul Bearer was a Central Florida icon.
electricwizard1973 4 years ago
He's a 80's Saturday Classic in the "Burg"
oceanskiies 4 years ago
hes a creepy guy
not bein ofensive
xxgzpimp 4 years ago
I grew up in St. Petersburg and he WAS saturday for me. I even sent him a copy of the "Goridian" which he read on his show. My wife grew up with Sven Goulie. I think we were much luckier having Dr. Paul.
geodespat 4 years ago
"WTOG, as far as the eye can seeeeeee..." heh heh heh heh! St. Creatures-burg, heh heh heh heh! Dr.Paul was great!
Fruth37 4 years ago
Long live the Doctor....
twistedsiblings 4 years ago
Nothing better than Dr Paul Bearer on Saturday afternoon and Creature Feature! "I'll be lurking for you".....
mkbond007 4 years ago
great memories of Dr Paul Bearer
those saturdays.. i always had to work at publix and i hated missing him..
thx !!
SLACKER614 4 years ago
I just remember I saw him in person at a parade sometime in the 1980's when my father was involved with the Shriners' Oriential Band. They had a parade I think in Plant City and I went with him and saw Dr. Paul Bearer riding in his hearse.
CNNRotatingSquare 4 years ago
I grew up in Lake Wales and I met Dr. Paul Bearer In the Mall.
electricwizard1973 4 years ago
Oh my god, I loved this dude as a kid. Thank you so much!
druidgnome 4 years ago
I heard they had another guy Dr. Paul Bearer, Jr. who tried to do his show a few years later but it FLOPPED ! There's only one Dr. Paul Bearer !
CNNRotatingSquare 4 years ago
Thanks for posting these Dr Paul Bearer clips. I so wish WTOG could put him out on DVD
jvarela965 4 years ago
another "thank you" for not only posting but FINDING some footage of Dr. Paul Bearer. Used to watch this every Saturday as a kid.
tootsietoots 4 years ago
thank you so much for finally posting some footage of dr paul bearer. CNNRotatingSquare, you are awesome!
segranger 4 years ago
Dr. Paul Bearer was one Host who most up North don't know about or even care existed. Us Southerners had horror story shows too.
CNNRotatingSquare 4 years ago
Hi! You wouldn't happen to know where I could buy some Dr. Paul Bearer videos or DVDs, would you?
Gabridgeman 4 years ago
He hosted "Horror Incorporated" on KSTP in Minneapolis/St. Paul for one season around 1974. I think he was originally from Detroit. I've found little reference anywhere to his time up here and hardly anyone I know remembers him.
I wonder if he just sent filmed inserts to different markets? Check out the '69-'76 KSTP Horror Inc. intro & outro on Youtube. Absolutely the spookiest of them all!
mndandy 2 years ago
wow he was really well known I grew up in the Tampa Bay area so I watched him every Saturday afternoon on wtog Channel 44
bigwillietheb 2 years ago