I watched Punch-Drunk Love last night on DVD, and was reminded by the name of the production company in the credits that P. T. Anderson was the son of the famous Clevland late-night horror show host, Ghoulardi, whose fans range from Michael Weldon, of Psychotronic Video magazine fame, to Drew Carey. The closest I ever got to Ghoulardi was being in Cleveland once. This got me to wondering about Bob Wilkins who hosted a show on local TV here in the San Francisco bay area called Creature Features. He was on the air for eight years starting in 1971, entertaining us kids with his sarcasm and his large cigar. John Stanley took over after him, and made it into the '80s. Later, Bob showed up as the local TV weatherman and a kids show host called Captain Cosmic. I bumped into him backstage at a science fiction convention in the early '80s and told him how much I'd enjoyed his show, but since others, like George Lucas, had said similar, I don't think it impressed him. I still recall fondly the first movie he showed way back when, The Horror of Party Beach.
Posted by jim at August 16, 2003 10:45 AM | TrackBack