joseph: There were a lot of shows like that. In the San Francisco area, we had "creature features." But the host didn't talk up how scary the movies were, he pretty much said that they were crap and you would be better off getting some sleep. Once he gave away the ending, just a total spoiler right before the end. Of course, this made him a cult figure and people loved him even more. The networks bought the cheapest movies for those shows, movies that people would not have watched if they were just put on. So it was up to the hosts to bring their own personalities to carry these shows.
In Cleveland, it was Hoolihan and Big Chuck, later Big Chuck and Li'l John. Also the Ghoul (Ron Sweed), successor to the legendary Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson). In Pittsburgh, the late "Chilly Billy" Bill Cardille (he was in the original Night of the Living Dead) hosted Chiller Theater on channel 11 on Saturday nights.
@Cindy Klenk "Chilly Billy" Bill Cardille, host of Chiller Theater on WIIC Pittsburgh, also did the weather, I think. He died a few years ago. Ron Sweed, "The Ghoul", is still around, as is "Big Chuck" Schodowski. Sweed's account of sneaking in to see the Beatles close-up when they played in Cleveland is in "The Beatles In Cleveland", a good read.
I feel lucky that I was around to watch this after midnight on NBC Saturday nights backin the early 80s. We had good shows back then when compared to these fake reality shows which are "dumbing" down the nation.
IT was done on a sound stage with no audience or laugh tracks, so it really was funny. Martin Short "weirded" me out though. Bob and DOug's Great White North album, Ms. Edna. That show was it.
Yeah, Ramis is a much better writer of comeedy than performing comedy. He sucked in Stripes; Bill Murray saved that movie. I found the complete series in Toronto about 15 years and I watch them when I get nostalgic. Martin is an acquired taste, I really only liked the Ed Grimley character. The oddest thing was that the show taped and added a laugh track unlike SNL.
Could not agree more!. Man loved Saturday nights..whole family would get together for the original Saturday Night live crew...then they would get tired but I would stay up for sctv. Simply the best!
Joe Flaherty gave it his all, and what a magnificent set of characters. I love seeing him trying his best... "It's really scary. This time, Frank Sinatra - NOT in 3D!"
The reign of Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson) on Cleveland TV was brief, but legendary. Only a small amount of footage from that time (the early 1960s) is left, but what remains is on TH-cam. In the sketches can be seen young Clevelander Tim Conway before he made it big. Ernie left Cleveland for Hollywood, and became the voice of ABC promos ("the Looove Boat"). He died in 1997. "Ghoulardi: Inside Cleveland TV's Wildest Ride" is a good portrait of those years.
That kind of switcheroo - with a "scary" film replaced on the slated day of airing with a film that was anything but - tended to take place in the last minute at various local TV stations. One example was on July 31, 1969 at WABC-TV in New York. That week, there was supposed to be a themed "Monster Week" on "The 4:30 Movie," with "Giant of Metropolis" to air that day. Alas, when July 31 came around, "The 4:30 Movie" aired . . . "Desk Set" starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. I could imagine Count Floyd getting just as flummoxed and off-joint over that as he did over this. (And disappointed it wasn't in 3-D.) Another time, late August 1968 on WNBC-TV in New York after Saturday night repeat of "The Tonight Show," they were slated to air one of the pre-war Universal horror films - replaced on the day in question by a "Dr. Gillespie" film, "Between Two Women," which was Van Johnson's last film in the series.
Coincidentally, I’m watchingFour for Texas right now on grit television and enjoying count Floyd during the commercials. Modern commercials, talk about really scary!
All the bad horror show hosts... Super Host out of Cleveland, Dr. Paul Barer Tampa, Chilly Billy Cardilly out of Pittsburgh... and Count Floyd tops them all! The best! Where's the clip when they cut back to Floyd smoking? Too good
Still the funniest thing out there!! SCTV never gets old!
The best show on TV nobody ever knew about
john: I knew.
Couldn’t agree more. Some people just didn’t get it either.
Some people don't get anything !
Are you kidding? Canadians knew about it.
The "count" is such a tragic figure. He's doing his best but the station just won't pay for decent films.
joseph: There were a lot of shows like that. In the San Francisco area, we had "creature features." But the host didn't talk up how scary the movies were, he pretty much said that they were crap and you would be better off getting some sleep. Once he gave away the ending, just a total spoiler right before the end. Of course, this made him a cult figure and people loved him even more. The networks bought the cheapest movies for those shows, movies that people would not have watched if they were just put on. So it was up to the hosts to bring their own personalities to carry these shows.
In Cleveland, it was Hoolihan and Big Chuck, later Big Chuck and Li'l John. Also the Ghoul (Ron Sweed), successor to the legendary Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson). In Pittsburgh, the late "Chilly Billy" Bill Cardille (he was in the original Night of the Living Dead) hosted Chiller Theater on channel 11 on Saturday nights.
@Cindy Klenk "Chilly Billy" Bill Cardille, host of Chiller Theater on WIIC Pittsburgh, also did the weather, I think. He died a few years ago. Ron Sweed, "The Ghoul", is still around, as is "Big Chuck" Schodowski. Sweed's account of sneaking in to see the Beatles close-up when they played in Cleveland is in "The Beatles In Cleveland", a good read.
@Cindy Klenk you're welcome overdey. Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy.
@@milascave2 The Ghoul in Cleveland used to cut into the soundtrack. A guy would be dying, or dead. "He'll be up and dancing in no time at all".
Maybe their funniest creation. Joe Flarhety nails tv cheesiness better than anyone. “You think being depressed isn’t scary??”
I love monster chiller horror theater sooooooo much!
Happy to say that I was a big fan of SCTV when it aired. See, it pays to be old 🤓
SCTV made Canada Great Again!
we all got together and watched this every Saturday night and had a great time....awesome show
I feel lucky that I was around to watch this after midnight on NBC Saturday nights backin the early 80s. We had good shows back then when compared to these fake reality shows which are "dumbing" down the nation.
IT was done on a sound stage with no audience or laugh tracks, so it really was funny. Martin Short "weirded" me out though. Bob and DOug's Great White North album, Ms. Edna. That show was it.
Yeah, Ramis is a much better writer of comeedy than performing comedy. He sucked in Stripes; Bill Murray saved that movie. I found the complete series in Toronto about 15 years and I watch them when I get nostalgic. Martin is an acquired taste, I really only liked the Ed Grimley character.
The oddest thing was that the show taped and added a laugh track unlike SNL.
Much better in it's original syndicated version from Canada before NBC bought it up.
@Terry G: Like you, I absolutely loved SCTV back in the day late nights on NBC in New York. One of the all time great comedy shows ever!
Could not agree more!. Man loved Saturday nights..whole family would get together for the original Saturday Night live crew...then they would get tired but I would stay up for sctv. Simply the best!
I want the 80s back
No Kidding Right 👍🏻
Me too. The best of times.❤
I've seen "The Plasma Sucking Scorpions From Mississauga". It's about their City Council
Rats...with the cufflinks...
Comic genius.
Dean Martin was scary in his own right lol
Woooo!
Not so much as Jerry Lewis, especially in Lewis' last years . . .
Joe Flaherty gave it his all, and what a magnificent set of characters. I love seeing him trying his best... "It's really scary. This time, Frank Sinatra - NOT in 3D!"
Count Floyd (Joe Flaherty's character) could have been a legit mainstream horror host IMO, easily up there with the likes of Elvira.
The reign of Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson) on Cleveland TV was brief, but legendary. Only a small amount of footage from that time (the early 1960s) is left, but what remains is on TH-cam. In the sketches can be seen young Clevelander Tim Conway before he made it big. Ernie left Cleveland for Hollywood, and became the voice of ABC promos ("the Looove Boat"). He died in 1997. "Ghoulardi: Inside Cleveland TV's Wildest Ride" is a good portrait of those years.
"Bishop?" "Yes."
And Floyd loses the will to live.
I sent $21 where are my glasses?
Marmalade 🤣🤣
That kind of switcheroo - with a "scary" film replaced on the slated day of airing with a film that was anything but - tended to take place in the last minute at various local TV stations. One example was on July 31, 1969 at WABC-TV in New York. That week, there was supposed to be a themed "Monster Week" on "The 4:30 Movie," with "Giant of Metropolis" to air that day. Alas, when July 31 came around, "The 4:30 Movie" aired . . . "Desk Set" starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. I could imagine Count Floyd getting just as flummoxed and off-joint over that as he did over this. (And disappointed it wasn't in 3-D.)
Another time, late August 1968 on WNBC-TV in New York after Saturday night repeat of "The Tonight Show," they were slated to air one of the pre-war Universal horror films - replaced on the day in question by a "Dr. Gillespie" film, "Between Two Women," which was Van Johnson's last film in the series.
The Pack of Rats!! 🤪🤪
Coincidentally, I’m watchingFour for Texas right now on grit television and enjoying count Floyd during the commercials. Modern commercials, talk about really scary!
I was waiting for my face muscles to turn to marmalade. But Frank Sinatra can be a scary guy.
You can hear the live audience laughing lol
Its a freakin laugh track...🤨
I love that Count Floyd is wearing a watch lol
Go Cubs!!!
Joe Flaherty is from Pittsburgh.
This is why I wonder if he drew from Bill Burns of KDKA-TV for Floyd Robertson as news anchor.
Yeah, I wondered how he knew about West Mifflin and Sweckley PA. (Blood sucking monkeys)
All the bad horror show hosts... Super Host out of Cleveland, Dr. Paul Barer Tampa, Chilly Billy Cardilly out of Pittsburgh... and Count Floyd tops them all! The best! Where's the clip when they cut back to Floyd smoking? Too good
Actually, Ron Sweed, "The Ghoul", died last year. R.I.P.
Mississauga - bit of a shittown...
He should have gone back into his coffin...he was obviously in shame...