ZACHERLEY TO RETURN TO TELEVISION!!

[Gasport]

Yes, you read that right... Inside rumors have been circulating lately that the king of all Horror hosts, Zacherley and the CW11 were in negotiations about him possibly returning to host a Chiller Theater TV special this Halloween. [The movie will be "TARANTULA".] If you go to Zach's website you'll read the preliminary report of this, but i heard from a very reliable source who spoke with Zach tonight that he, himself confirmed it's a DONE DEAL! Recently CH 11 ran a 60 year anniversary TV special and at one point featured an hour long retrospective about the station from 1948 to the present. When they paid tribute to Kid Show hosts of the 60's they neglected to even mention Zach. Myself along with many other people wrote in to the station to point out this glaring omission... A couple of weeks later they contacted Zach's website to get his contact info for this project. Could be just a coincidence, but who knows? What better way to celebrate Zach's upcoming 90th birthday than to have him reinstated to his horror host post even if just for one night...and HALLOWEEN NIGHT, at that!!.....Pinch me!
                                                                 Mike Gilks

[monsterphile]

Recently CH 11 ran a 60 year anniversary TV special and at one point featured an hour long retrospective about the station from 1948 to the present. When they paid tribute to Kid Show hosts of the 60's they neglected to even mention Zach.

He WAS mentioned in a similar retrospective that the local Philadelphia PBS station did a while back.    This is great news for Zach and his legion of fans.

Rob

[capt.hendry51]

Rob,
That's really great news. I had the pleasure of meeting Zacherle at Monster Bash in 2006 and he is a gracious man with a wonderful sense of humor.  He deserves one more opportunity to be in front of the camera entertaining his fans.

[Gasport]

We can only hope that CH 11 gets it right and knows enough to turn Zach loose and not try to script the show too tightly. The whole idea of hiring him should be to let HIM decide what his part will be. If so, this could turn into something REALLY special.

[Wich2]

Dear Mike-

Wunnerful news indeed.

And like you, I hope they do this right; it was bittersweet to hear The Cool One get his old CBS-FM gig back last Halloween - but then to have them mishandle it!

Thanks for the news,
-Craig W.

[The Drunken Severed Head]

He told me about this today! I was dancing in delight! But how am I gonna see this here in Pittsburgh!