My fondest thanksgiving memories waking up and watching Mad Monster Party followed by King Kong, Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young on channel 11. it seemed like it was every year, year after year but that could be because I was a little kid.
It WAS on every year!! WPIX Thanksgiving Kong Marathon! Never missed it!
O man ,the good old days.I remember the Million Dollar Movie,I believe it was on at 4 in the afternoon on the east coast.
I remember the Million Dollar Movie showing the same movie at least three times a day at times. Also, if I remember correctly, channel 5, WNEW would show "The Miracle on 34th Street" every Thanksgiving.
Living in the Reading, Philly area, I remember late night, early morning Filmdoms Finest, which came on after Double Chiller Theatre on Saturday night playing "Phantom from Space" quite often.
Those Kong films and Mighty Joe Young were on WOR Channel 9 in the NY metro area as was Million Dollar Movie
Actually it was WPIX Channel 11 that showed Miracle on 34th Street in NY Metro area
We still get March of the Wooden Soldiers, but sadly no King Kong, Son of Kong, Mighty Joe Young. Sad.
Quote from: skully on November 24, 2017, 03:02:12 AM
Living in the Reading, Philly area, I remember late night, early morning Filmdoms Finest, which came on after Double Chiller Theatre on Saturday night playing "Phantom from Space" quite often.
Oh, it's so great to hear someone else remembering Double Chiller Theatre from Philly! I have great memories of watching it as a kid in the '60s. It introduced me to so many great horror classics.
Hey Lunkenstein!! Yes, yes, nothing was better!! It started off first as Chiller , but then went to "Double Chiller Theater". Reading my issues of Famous Monsters, maybe building a kit, and at the same time, watching these movies, I was usually up till the wee hours of the morning, always at my grandmothers house on the South side of Reading, and, it was REALLY cool, in the summer time, if a late night storm would develop!!
Yeah, I remember seeing something about this online some years ago. I remember the article for the particular one said there was both a King Kong and Godzilla marathon. But I never actually alive to see it on TV.
Quote from: skully on November 25, 2017, 01:15:14 AM
Hey Lunkenstein!! Yes, yes, nothing was better!! It started off first as Chiller , but then went to "Double Chiller Theater". Reading my issues of Famous Monsters, maybe building a kit, and at the same time, watching these movies, I was usually up till the wee hours of the morning, always at my grandmothers house on the South side of Reading, and, it was REALLY cool, in the summer time, if a late night storm would develop!!
That's so great to hear! I remember I couldn't wait to find out what the next week's double feature would be. Sometimes they would announce it at the end I recall. Then other times I couldn't wait to get the TV section from the Sunday paper to see. I do remember it also starting just as CHILLER and then going to DOUBLE CHILLER. I too would often stay up for the third movie afterwards. I remember THE KILLER SHREWS coming on at at 2am after Double Chiller and I stayed up as I'd only seen it once before that. I also had Famous Monsters and other horror mags, models and figures as a kid. It was such a fun time growing up with all that and made me fan for life. It's hard to find anyone else who remembers Double Chiller Theatre from WFIL Channel 6 from Philly, so your post made my day.
That's great to hear!! I'm glad. Seems like , for the most part, a lot of us "older" monster kids of the 60's share these same great memories, to us, they were absolutely the best of times. Glad to find someone else who really does remember something from our local area.
Also, Lunkenstein, all those great local kid shows, such as "Wee Willie Webber", Pipertown, Pixanne, Sally Star, Gene London, the puppet show with "Sir guidey guy", Lorenzo, Pete's gang, and old standbys such as Romper Room, Captain Kangaroo, The magical land of Alacazam", and I'm sure a bunch that I missed.
Yep, I remember those well Skully. I got to meet Pixanne (Jane Norman, who recently passed away) and Sally Starr in later years. Both were very nice ladies who loved meeting their 'kids' now grown up.
Skully, I've been trying to remember the announcer's opening to Double Chiller Theater. I had that memorized for the longest time after it left the airways, but can only remember a bit toward the end now. Something like 'Tales of unknown worlds. Tales of the supernatural. Double Chiller Theater.' Does that ring a bell and do you possibly remember the rest of it?
Hey Lunkenstein! Wow, putting on my thinking cap for this one, could it have possibly have been something like "spine tingling"??
Lol, Skully. I know I'm asking you to remember lines from over 50 years ago, which is asking quite a lot.
YES! I remember 'spine-tingling' being in there. Maybe together we can piece it back together somewhat. I wish I had written it down years ago. Guess I thought I'd always remember it. :laugh:
(What's REALLY sad is that my kids - and maybe today's 20-somethings and more - will never have these experiences or memories. I didn't, either, and only started researching these 'hosted TV films' until I occasionally stumbled across references and started digging. These all seem to have faded away by early '80s and the occasional attempts (like ME-TV's Svengoolie) receive great applause and fawnings for doing something that, well, was common and typical in those first 3 decades of TV. I do wish our kids and their friends had such great after-school or Saturday experiences - instead, there's Jerry Springer, various 'judges' and psychos prissing around. What a bringdown.
I know what you mean, Christine. The best we can do now is introduce our kids and grandkids to the classic movies and shows through DVDs and streaming.
So true. I mentioned in a previous post that my 10 year old grand daughter actually likes to watch Svengoolie, I call her my "monster" buddy. I introduced my son to the many monster movies, toys and collectibles that I remember when I was young, along with the music too, it's now a part of him, I often tell them stories of my time, it's such a shame how times have changed, and in many opinions, not for the better. Now, don't get me wrong, us kids of the 60's had our share of bad times along with all the "ups and downs" with the world, and, there were many, but it was still such a fun time growing up. As I've said before, TV should consist of 24/7 "Me TV". Yes, there were a bit of violent shows in our time on TV, but, it was portrayed and displayed in a different manner, maybe a bit more "softened". Yes, in a heart beat, I'd go back to those days, watching Jackie Gleason, Hollywood Palace, Jack Parr, Ozzie and Harriet, Father knows best, Wagon Train, etc. These days will never ever return, we can only try to describe them, as they were, to a generation that, in my opinion, really missed out.
Lots of great memories! I was born and raised in Connecticut, and am 57 so I well remember those shows! Things changed rapidly with the advent of cable in the early 80's.
I wish I were old enough to have experienced all of these great times. I do my best to try to live vicariously through all of you and by reading various monster books and mags. I try to keep Me-TV and my DVDs/Blus/VHS running as much as possible in my house (until my wife can't stand any more). But we just recently had our first child and I'm ready to start the next generation of Monster Kids!
LugosiFan25, thank you for that kind of appreciation. TV, with all the shows, programs and movies, and, radio, with all that great music, were a big part of our lives. Just think how cool it was to see something like "The Outer Limits" in 1963, my mom (who liked science fiction) and me would sit "glued" to the floor watching this, and then, going out to buy the latest issue of Famous Monsters, and seeing that great creature from the series on the cover (I believe issue#26)!!! Monsters were a big part of our lives back then. I remember seeing Gorgo at the Reading drive-in back in 1961, drive-ins were always a lot of fun, our family went often. All of those great TV shows, like The Munsters, Addams Family, Alfred Hitchcock, The Twilight Zone, along with Batman, The Green Hornet, Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, I even remember Roland. Family shows like Mitch Miller, Ed Sullivan, Bewitched, Gomer Pyle, Gilligans Island, Hogans Heroes, Honey West, The Wild wild West, Man from Uncle, Get Smart, damn, I could just keep on going with this-------------------------------
Quote from: skully on November 26, 2017, 12:42:09 AM
Also, Lunkenstein, all those great local kid shows, such as "Wee Willie Webber", Pipertown, Pixanne, Sally Star, Gene London, the puppet show with "Sir guidey guy", Lorenzo, Pete's gang, and old standbys such as Romper Room, Captain Kangaroo, The magical land of Alacazam", and I'm sure a bunch that I missed.
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Was there ever a kids show called "Pipertown", seems like I remember a show about a hot air balloon going to this place, while the people inside the balloon were singing ??
Quote from: skully on December 04, 2017, 01:48:21 PM
Was there ever a kids show called "Pipertown", seems like I remember a show about a hot air balloon going to this place, while the people inside the balloon were singing ??
Can't say I've heard of that one.
Darn, I know I remember this show, they would sing, "to Pipertown, to pipertown, hurray hurra we're almost there". Ok, how about "Percy Platypuss" on WGAL TV channel 8.
I remember moving the antenna to try and get in WGAL Channel 8 to see the George Reeves' SUPERMAN. ;D
Lunkenstein, I remember trying to do this too, to watch different shows, it's actually hard to imagine that we just had to put up with this back in the day because we had to do this, those of us who actually had a rotating antenna, and actually getting up and turning the channel changer by hand!!!
Quote from: skully on December 06, 2017, 02:15:23 AM
Lunkenstein, I remember trying to do this too, to watch different shows, it's actually hard to imagine that we just had to put up with this back in the day because we had to do this, those of us who actually had a rotating antenna, and actually getting up and turning the channel changer by hand!!!
Yes. Children were the remote control. Tin foil to enhance the antenna apparatus was an art form. Vertical controls. Horizontal controls. Tint. Marvelous.