the COOL GHOUL

Amoung horror hosts, Zacherely is the undisputed king. And yet clips of his classic work are hard to find here on the Tube. Presented here for your entertainment and enlightenment, is Zacherley.
to learn more go here-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacherley
and here-
http://www.zacherley.com/

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• horror
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[DrTheda735]

A very Happy 94th Birthday to the "Cool Ghoul" from all of his many fans...

[rvnhrt47]

Thanks for posting this video.

[lakewalker11]

@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.

[TheRisiat]

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

[1952kid]

Elvira is back on TV , WPIX NY and all over, see her web site for channels and times in your state.

[brightonmusic]

I remember Gasport and Yanush!!

[akmediascope]

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]

@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]

@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]

@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).