Shock Theater with Zacherley

[trask31]

Remember it well. Igor would eat mailmen

[patthecatman]

love that "gasport"! also, when zach would put himself in the movie...hilarious!

[dltanner99]

Horror novel see video book trailer

[thelex001]

Faithfully stayed up late with my dad, who saw all the Universal horror movies in the theater as a boy and then a young man. Loved Shock Theater, got a kick out of Zacherley, had the Monster Mash album - may even have it around somewhere now - a perfectly ridiculous man. And he's showing The Mad Doctor of Market Street! Thanks for posting.

[rockytheyorky]

hey is mike martirone from egg harbor township out there,email me.

[northfourty]

THANKS FOR THIS. I RAN IN TO "ROLAND" A FEW TIMES AT A GUN STORE ON RT. 309 . HE LOVED HIS FIREARMS. brings back many mems.

[1400deadwood]

spider soup?

HAHAHA!!!!

Zach was hilarious! I loved his shows back in the day.

[bjorntooski]

my best friend ..yacknoush and I would put on Horror Shocker Monster shows in his basement on 141 Madeline ave in clifton Nj. in the late 50's. we would charge 25 cents and then scare the shit out of all the little kids in the neighborhood.

callaflowers for brains and spagitti and jello for emebias and had flying bats and spiderwebs werewolves and mummys they were easy to make

we werwe evil and it was halloween every saturday afternoon at nooshes house

[Flulu92]

i love it, when he is laughing. XDD

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !

[450984]

GREAT! A friend of mine & myself saw him in person at the Colonial Theatre around 1959. Allentown,Pa. We even got autographed pictures! HA! HA!HA!

[106732]

Anybody remember Phila's Dr. Shock from the early 70's? He was an exact copy of Zacherle's Roland, but just as good & funny.

[drgangrene]

Brilliant! What a treat to hear this! Thanks so much!!

[ThomasDeLello]

Are those pictures from the Philadelphia studio...??? I wish I could see more of that...!

[106732]

John Zacherle began his career as "Roland", the "Cool Ghoul" on WCAU Ch. 10 in Philadelphia. He was initially on Mon. & Tues. nights, 11:30P -1AM. He became so popular in the first few weeks that the station decided to put him on Friday & Saturday night, same time slot, to get him away from school nights.

(Spider hoagies anyone???)

[wmbrown6]

This sounded like it was recorded after he moved to WABC-TV Ch. 7 in New York in 1958, given his reference to 'Isobel' on this clip.

[tapthat2012]

great clip

[DrewBludd]

What a gem!

[drunk3director]

THANKS! This episode is NOT in John Zacherle's 1998 video THE ZACHERLEY ARCHIVES. I understand you just recorded the audio from your TV speaker, but it is better than nothing.