Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth monster/fantasy masterpiece from American-International Pictures (AIP).
“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “How to Make a Monster” (1958)
Original rare/brief 1958 American-International Pictures teaser for Herbert L. Strock’s classic mammoth monster-creature-fantasy masterpiece production of “How to Make a Monster” with stock library source orchestral music, which was unearthed in Oct. 2020 on the official YouTube channel of FT Depot, which features recent restorations/transfers of rare movie trailers, theatrical short subjects and policy trailers/advertisements.
The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based monster/creature/fantasy feature film host will present his big broadcast of “How to Make a Monster” (1958), this Sat.; Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
The classic mammoth 1958 American-International Pictures masterpiece production of “How to Make a Monster” was directed by veteran editor-turned producer-turned-director Herbert L. Strock. Alongside his classic mammoth 1958 creature/monster/fantasy masterpiece production for American-International Pictures, several of Strock’s best-known feature film productions include his classic mammoth United Artists 3-D sci-fi masterpiece production of “Gog” (1954) with Constance Dowling, William Schallert, Philip Van Zandt and Richard Egan. In addition to “How to Make A Monster” (1958), Strock also directed numerous classic mammoth horror/monster masterpiece productions for release through American-International Pictures, including “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein” (1957) with Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates and George Lynn and “Blood of Dracula” (1957) with Sandra Harrison, Gail Ganley, Louise Lewis and Jerry Blaine.
Strock also directed the cult classic horror masterpiece, “The Crawling Hand” (1963) with Allison Hayes of 1958’s “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” fame a pre-“Gilligan’s Island” Alan Hale Jr., Arline Judge, Richard Arlen, Kent Taylor and Peter Breck. Strock’s 1963 production was later famously riffed on “Mystery Science Theater 3000” in 1989 in ep. #106, which aired in 1989. “Strock later co-directed scenes for Richard Shorr’s horror-comedy production of “Witches’ Brew” (1980) with Teri Garr, Lana Turner and Richard Benjamin.
Veteran producer Herman Cohen worked on Strock’s production of “How to Make a Monster” (1958) for American-International Pictures. In addition to the 1958 classic mammoth Strock-AIP monster/creature/fantasy masterpiece, Cohen also produced Strock’s classic mammoth American-International monster masterpiece production of “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein” (1957), Gene Fowler Jr.’s classic mammoth American-International monster masterpiece production of “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” (1957) with young Michael Landon, who later went onto greater fame on “Bonanza,” the NBC television adaptation of “Little House on the Prairie” and “Highway to Heaven.” Cohen also produced Arthur Crabtree’s classic mammoth British “Hypnovista” horror-mystery masterpiece with young Michael Gough, “Horrors of the Black Museum” (1959, released theatrically in Great Britain by veteran producers-exhibitors Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy and was released theatrically in the United States by American-International Pictures Some of Cohen’s latter production involvements throughout his film career include the production Jim O’Connolly’s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures horror-thriller-mystery masterpiece with Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors, Judy Geeson and Michael Gough, “Berserk!” (1967) and Freddie Francis’ cult classic mammoth Warner Bros. creature-horror-thriller masterpiece production of “Trog” (1970) with Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Kim Braden, Bernard Kay and a pre-“Keeping Up Appearances” David Griffin; the Cohen-Francis-Warners production of “Trog” marked one of the final feature film appearances for Joan Crawford.
Alongside producing Strock’s production of “How to Make A Monster” (1958), Cohen also co-wrote the screenplay and original story treatment idea with veteran screenwriter Aben Kandel for Strock’s 1958 American-International feature production. Kandel received screen credit under the pseudonym of Kenneth Langtry for his work on “How To Make a Monster” (1958). Kandel/Langtry also wrote the screenplays for the productions of for “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” (1957, Kandel/Langtry was credited under the pseudonym of Ralph Thornton), “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein” (1957, under the pseudonym of Langtry), “Horrors of the Black Museum” (1958), “Blood of Dracula” (1958, under the pseudonym of Thornton), “Berserk!” (1967) and “Trog” (1970).
The 1958 Strock-Cohen production of “How To Make A Monster” was released theatrically through American-International Pictures (AIP); the independent distribution firm that was established by Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson in 1954, according to the Samuel Z. Arkoff papers collection/archives housed at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. AIP was acquired by Filmways in 1979, which was later acquired by Orion Pictures in 1982. Orion, along with the majority of the AIP/Filmways holdings* was later sold to the present incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1997. Inspired by MGM’s recent revival of the “Orion Pictures” moniker for feature film releases, the current incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) recently revived the “American-International Pictures” (AIP) moniker. The current incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) owns the American-International Pictures, Filmways and Orion trademarks since the studio’s acquisition of Orion in 1997. The American-International Pictures release of “How to Make a Monster” (1958) was produced under the moniker of “Sunset Productions,” according to the American Film Institute’s database entry.
24 years after the production of “How To Make a Monster” (1958), footage elements from Herbert L. Strock’s classic mammoth monster/creature/fantasy masterpiece production were later featured in the music video for legendary mammoth British heavy metal rock band Iron Maiden’s 1982 recording of “The Number of the Beast.” The aforementioned 1982 Iron Maiden song of “The Number of the Beast” also marked the title song for the legendary heavy metal rock group’s 1982 EMI/Harvest album of the same name; which was distributed through EMI’s Capitol Records in the United States at the time; according to Discogs.
43 years after the original American-International Pictures production and theatrical release of “How to Make a Monster” (1958) Samuel Z. Arkoff and son Lou Arkoff re-made Herbert L. Strock’s 1958 production with veteran producer Colleen Camp, “How to Make a Monster” (2001). Directed by George Huang; the 2001 Arkoff family remake of Strock’s 1958 production featured Clea DuVall, Steven Culp, Tyler Mane, Karim Prince, Julie Strain and Jason Marsden. As part of a series of re-makes of early American-International Pictures mammoth sci-fi and monster/creature feature film masterpiece productions that were co-produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, veteran special effects/make-up effects artist Stan Winston worked with the Arkoff family on the re-makes, including the 2001 edition of “How to Make a Monster.” The Arkoff family re-makes were known as “Creature Features” and aired on HBO’s secondary premium cable channel service, Cinemax from 2001-02. The Arkoff re-makes were also released on DVD through Sony’s Columbia Tri-Star Home Entertainment (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment); according to Felix Vasquez Jr.’s Nov. 2020 Bloody Disgusting horror entertainment article on the latter Arkoff family “Creature Features” re-makes,
This will mark Svengoolie’s second big coast-to-coast broadcast of Herbert L. Strock’s classic mammoth 1958 American-International monster/creature/fantasy masterpiece production on Me-TV. He preciously showcased “How to Make A Monster” (1958) as a big coast-to-coast broadcast premiere on the airlanes of Me-TV back in June 2021.
In Svengoolie/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; the legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based horror/monster film host previously showcased Herbert L. Strock’s classic mammoth American-International Pictures monster/creature/fantasy masterpiece production of “How to Make a Monster” (1958) as a big Berwyn/Chicago broadcast premiere during his days as the “Son of Svengoolie” on WFLD/32 back in Aug. 1980; according to a snippet from Berwyn/Chicago television archivist Rick Klein’s official YouTube channel for “FuzzyMemoriesTV: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television.”.
Who was in “How to Make a Monster” (1958)?
The players who appeared in the Herbert L. Strock/Herman Cohen/American-International classic mammoth monster masterpiece production of “How to Make a Monster” (1958) were Gary Clarke (as Larry Drake/the “Teenage Werewolf”), Gary Conway (as Tony Mantell/the “Teenage Frankenstein”), Robert H. Harris (as Pete Dumond), Paul Brinegar (as Rivero), Morris Ankrum (as Police Capt. Hancock), Heather Ames (as Arlene Dow), Malcolm Atterbury (as Richards), Dennis Cross (as Monahan), Paul Maxwell (as Jeff Clayton), Walter Reed (as Det. Thompson), Eddie Marr (as John Nixon), Robert Shayne (as Gary Droz), Rodd Dana (as a lab technician, Dana was credited under the name of “Rod Dana” for his appearance in “How to Make a Monster”), Jaclyn Hellman (as Jane, Hellman received screen credit in “How to Make a Monster” under the name of Jacqueline Ebeier), Paulene Myers (as Millie), Joan Chandler (as Marilyn), Thomas Browne Henry (as Martin Brace), John Phillips** (as Det. Jones), John Ashley (as himself) and a cameo appearance by producer Herman Cohen (in an uncredited role as a director in the studio projection room).
Gary Conway previously appeared in the dual roles of Bob/teenage monster in Herbert L. Strock’s classic mammoth American-International Pictures monster/creature masterpiece production of “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein” (1957). He later appeared in the role of Det. Tim Tilson in Aaron Spelling’s classic mammoth Four Star Productions/ABC television crime drama series, “Burke’s Law” (1963-66) with Gene Barry and Regis Toomey, Conway went onto greater fame for his role of Capt. Steve Burton in Irwin Allen’s classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios)/ABC television sci-fi/fantasy masterpiece series with Deanna Lund, Don Marshall, Stefan Arngrim, Heather Young, Don Matheson and Kurt Kasznar; “Land of the Giants” (1968-70). Gary Clarke later appeared in the role of Steve Hill in the classic mammoth MCA-Revue-Universal/NBC television western masterpiece series, “The Virginian” (Clarke appeared in the series from 1962-64), which was inspired by Owen Wister’s 1902 novel, “The Virginian: Horseman of the Plains” and two earlier (pre-1948) Paramount Pictures feature film masterpiece adaptations of “The Virginian” (1929, Gary Cooper’s first sound film) and “The Virginian” (1946, with Joel McCrea).
Alongside appearing in the classic mammoth American-International monster masterpiece production of “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” Malcolm Atterbury also appeared in the role of Dep. Malone in Alfred Hitchcock‘s classic mammoth Universal Studios suspense-thriller masterpiece with Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy and Rod Taylor, “The Birds” (1963). Morris Ankrum previously appeared in the role of Brig. Gen. John Hanley in the classic mammoth Fred F. Sears–Ray Harryhausen-Columbia Pictures stop-motion sci-fi masterpiece with Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Grandon Rhodes, Donald Curtis, Larry J. Blake and Thomas Browne Henry; “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” (1956) and his role of Lt. Gen. Edward Considine in Sears’ classic mammoth Columbia sci-fi/creature/fantasy masterpiece production with Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Robert Shayne and George Cisar in “The Giant Claw” (1957).
“How To Make A Monster” (1958): Partially inspired by the downfall of one of Hollywood’s legendary feature film monster make-up artists
According to veteran feature film and television monster/creature make-up artist Rick Baker’s findings for the “Trailers From Hell” retrospective on Herbert L. Strock’s production of “How to Make a Monster” (1958), it was reported that elements of Cohen and Kandel’s original screenplay for the American-International Production was partially inspired by real-life events that happened to one of Hollywood’s legendary classic mammoth feature film monster/creature make-up artists.
Baker mentioned that Cohen and Kandel’s screenplay for “How to Make a Monster” was partially inspired by veteran Universal Studios make-up artist Jack Pierce, who created the distinctive make-up for the classic mammoth Universal “monster” feature film characterizations for silver screen legends Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Claude Rains and Lon Chaney Jr. throughout the majority of his screen career. Pierce’s career at Universal ended as a result of the studio’s 1947 merger with International Pictures (under the “Universal-International” moniker). Pierce later freelanced for independent producers and low-budget feature films for the remainder of his motion pictures career, according to the Universal featurette. “He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce” (2008).
Additional insight into the “studio lot” for “American-International Pictures” featured in “How to Make a Monster” (1958)
For Herbert L. Strock’s classic mammoth American-International Pictures monster masterpiece production of “How to Make a Monster” (1958), an existing Hollywood studio lot was used as a mock “American-International” studios lot. The studio that was used for the masked “American-International” lot in the production was the Hollywood studio lot for pioneering television production-syndication firm Frederick W. Ziv’s Ziv Television Productions, according to IMDB. A custom-made “American-International” entrance sign was made exclusively for the production of “How to Make a Monster.” It was known that Arkoff and Nicholson’s American-International did not have any studio lot of their own, as the majority of productions throughout the company’s existence were filmed at other studio lots.
For a brief period of time, Arkoff and Nicholson rented studio space for American-International’s feature productions at the former Charlie Chaplin Studios in Hollywood, California. The lot was also used by comedian Red Skelton and was sold CBS for the production of the remaining episodes of “Perry Mason” (1962-66 episodes), the studio later became the headquarters for Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss’ record label, A&M Records from 1966-99 (including the PolyGram and early Universal Music eras of A&M Records). The former Chaplin/Skelton/AIP/CBS/A&M facilities currently serve as the official home of The Jim Henson Company, according to veteran archivist/historian Marc Wanamaker’s Arcadia pictorial book “Hollywood: 1940-2008” and the official Henson website.
“How to Make a Monster” (1958) and American-International’s “Superama” process
According to an original 1958 American-International exhibitor’s pressbook that was unearthed on the classic/cult horror/monster/sci-fi feature film appreciation site, From Zombo’s Closet; a newspaper proof advertisement for the 1958 production of “How to Make a Monster” (1958) mentioned that Strock’s feature was filmed in a process that was exclusive to American-International Pictures, titled “Superama.”
According to veteran director Joe Dante’s findings/recollections in Eamon Harrington and John Watkin’s retrospective documentary on Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures (AIP), “It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures” (2001); Dante mentioned that AIP’s “Superama” format was not an actual widescreen film format. He recalled that any AIP feature that had the “Superama” branding was just an ordinary gimmick and most AIP features at the time were regular feature theatrical films with no anamorphic widescreen or stereophonic sound process. As many of AIP’s early films were mostly geared towards the Drive-In theatrical market, Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s “gimmick” processes of “Superama” and “Hypnovision” were designed to draw in interested theatergoers. The theatrical “process” gimmicks helped ensure Arkoff and Nicholson’s early American-International theatrical feature film masterpiece successes from coast-to-coast.
American-International’s “movies within a movie,” tie-ins and additional promotional gimmicks for “How to Make a Monster” (1958)
It was reported that Herbert L. Strock’s American-International production of “How to Make a Monster” (1958) was considered as a follow-up film to two earlier classic mammoth monster masterpieces from Arkoff and Nicholson’s distribution firm, notably “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” and “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein” (both 1957), according to the American Film Institute. A “movies-within-a-movie” moment was featured in “How to Make a Monster” where the original poster art for two earlier AIP productions were featured in the mock AIP “studio lot” sequence with Robert H. Harris.
Alongside the “Superama” gimmick for “How to Make a Monster,” American-International encouraged participating theaters from coast-to-coast to promote the classic 1958 production with promotional tie-in gimmicks to draw in theatergoers. According to additional details from a 1958 American-International exhibitors’ booklet via From Zombo’s Closet, the studio encouraged participating theaters to hire two local actors to play the AIP “Werewolf” and “Frankenstein” monsters by having a roving mock “boxing match” on the back of a truck bed around town with signs promoting the film. AIP also had several monster essay contests with prize giveaways for winning contestants, plus another monster idea drawing and essay contest where the winning contestants would be paid $100 by Arkoff and Nicholson’s firm if the winning monster/creature creation idea was used in a future American-International production.
A “Have You Seen the Monster” gimmick contest was also announced, where a local actor dressed as the Werewolf or Frankenstein monster around town, persons who found the “monster” in their town were awarded with complimentary ticket passes to a screening of “How to Make a Monster” in their hometowns. AIP also encouraged participating theaters from coast-to-coast to team up with local radio station disc jockeys, announcers and local television station hosts/personalities to make cameo “on-stage” appearances during the screening room sequence in “How to Make a Monster,” where theaters utilized a pre-recorded “scream” sound source effect recording with a theater official/manager announcing the name of the personality to come on stage to surprise audiences.
American-International released “How to Make a Monster” as a double-feature theatrical presentation with Roger Corman’s cult classic mammoth sci-fi/fantasy masterpiece production of “Teenage Caveman” (1958) with young Robert Vaughn, Darah Marshall, Ed Nelson, Leslie Bradley and Robert Shayne.
Be sure to watch/record Svengoolie’s big broadcast of “How to Make a Monster’ (1958), this Sat. on Me-TV!
Theatrical trailer for Herbert L. Strock’s American-International production of “How to Make a Monster” (1958).
With Gary Conway, Gary Clarke, Robert H. Harris, Paulene Myers, Paul Brinegar, Malcolm Atterbury, Dennis Cross, Morris Ankrum, Walter Reed, Paul Maxwell, Eddie Marr, Heather Ames, Robert Shayne, Rodd Dana, Jaclyn Hellman, Joan Chandler, Thomas Browne Henry, John Phillips**, John Ashley, Herman Cohen’s cameo appearance and Paul Blaisdell’s monster make-up design creations, you will not want to miss out on Svengoolie’s big broadcast of “How to Make a Monster” (1958); this Sat. on Me-TV! Celebrate the holidays with Sven’s upcoming big broadcast of the classic mammoth 1958 monster-fantasy masterpiece! A wonderful treat for all fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals and all fellow super classic monster/creature feature filmmasterpiece aficionados everywhere! Escape from stress and anxiety with the magic and fun of Sven’s big broadcasts of classic/cult classic mammoth monster, creature, fantasy, horror thriller and sci-fi feature film masterpieces with Sven’s additional fun facts, Sven & Doug’s evening parody song, Sven and Kerwyn’s “mail call” segment and much, much more! You will not be disappointed! Highly recommended to all fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere!
**Sidebar: Actor John Phillips was not connected to singer-songwriter John Phillips (1935-2001, of”The Mamas & the Papas” fame). -C.H.
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“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “How to Make a Monster” (1958)
Sat., Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV (part of “Super Sci-Fi Sat. Night”)
In the Frederick, Maryland/Washington, D.C. area: WTTG-5.3/Cable 196/FiOS 489/Antietam Broadband 194 (also on QAM digital 68.6 for Antietam subscribers)
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In the Hanover/Gettysburg/York, Pennsylvania area: WGAL-TV 8.2/Cable 248/FiOS 460
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Fellow Super SvenPals and fellow Super Tooners jumped for joy when fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPal/fellow Super Tooner Sarah Rhodes’ “Sarahgoolie”/Svengoolie/”Son of Svengoolie” Oct./Halloween 2021 costume photos were featured in Sven & Kerwyn’s Sven Halloween 2021 costume photo gallery during the Dec. 4, 2021 big broadcast of “The Crawling Eye” (1958)! Her “Sarahgoolie”/Sven/SOS costume was inspired by Sven/Son of Sven/Rich Koz’s 1979 “Son of Svengoolie” costume design! Sarah/Sarahgoolie’s first photo featured in Sven & Kerwyn’s 2021 Sven Halloween costume photo gallery was a close-up/headshot photo wearing her Sarahgoolie/Sven/SOS costume with sunglasses during one of the Oct. 2021 “Countdown to Halloween” on-location live remote big broadcasts with her radio station, the mighty & legendary Super KBEC Radio from Waxahachie, Texas playing classic country & western (both kinds!) tunes with the mighty & legendary Super KBEC Musicradio Road Crew/”Spooky Road Crew!”
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Congratulations to Sarah/Sarahgoolie on your Sarahgoolie/Sven/SOS costume photos featured in Sven and Kerwyn’s Sven Halloween 2021 costume photo gallery in Sven and Kerwyn’s “mail call” segment during Sven’s Dec. 4, 2021 big broadcast of “The Crawling Eye” (1958 on Me-TV! Very awesome, neat & cool! We fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals & fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners are all jumping for joy for you, Sarah/Sarahgoolie! Good news! See you all in the Thurs. morning, Dec. 9 big broadcast live-tweeting airlanes for Toony & Bill’s big classic Me-TV broadcast of “Toon In With Me,” Sarah/Sarahgoolie & all fellow Super SvenPals & all fellow Super Tooners everywhere! Keep up the wonderful & excellent work, stay safe, keep healthy, stay well, three cheers, two thumbs up, peace, “Hi-Keeba” and big, big toasts to Sarah/Sarahgoolie & all fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere, all fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners everywhere, all fellow Super artists everywhere, all fellow Super photographers everywhere, all fellow super broadcasters everywhere, all fellow Super DJs everywhere & the entire legendary & mighty Super KBEC Radio big broadcast on-air crew & the entire legendary & mighty Super KBEC Road Crew/”Spooky Road Crew” big broadcast on-air crew, Sarah/Sarahgoolie! Yippee! Hooray! Woo-Hoo! “Hi-Keeba!” –C.H.
Fellow Super SvenPals/fellow Super Tooners jumped for joy when fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPal/fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooner Verna Paris was recently commemorated as an official Super Tooner in the 221st big broadcast of Toony, Goldie Fisher, Bill Leff/Bill the Cartoon Curator and Mr. Quizzer’s “Toon In With Me” in the Fan-tastic Fri. edition! Verna praised Toony, Goldie, Bill & Mr. Quizzer’s “Toon In” big broadcasts with a Toony & Bill collage art creation masterpiece for the segment, inspired by one of Toony & Bill’s in-studio segments! Verna became the 14th official Me-TV Super Tooner after fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals/fellow official “Toon In With Me” Super Tooners Sarah Rhodes, Nanette Keir, yours truly/the writer-author of “Silver Screen Reflections,” Clinton “Coffee & Comics” Robinson, Kimberly, Claire, Matt Kohutek, Andy Finkle, Allison, Michael Culler, Mandy, Kimberly and RemyCuddles!
Congratulations to Verna on becoming an official Super Tooner in Toony, Goldie Fisher, Bill and Mr. Quizzer’s 221st big broadcast of Me-TV’s “Toon In With Me!” Very awesome, neat & cool! We fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals & fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners are all jumping for joy for you, Verna! Good news! See you all in the Thurs. morning, Dec. 9 big broadcast live-tweeting airlanes for Toony & Bill’s classic big broadcast of “Toon In With Me” on the airlanes of Me-TV, Verna & all fellow Super SvenPals & all fellow Super Tooners everywhere! Keep up the wonderful & excellent work, stay safe, keep healthy, stay well, three cheers, two thumbs up, peace,“Hi-Keeba” and big, big toasts to Verna & all fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere & all fellow “Toon In With Me” Super Tooners everywhere, Verna! Yippee! Hooray! Woo-Hoo! “Hi-Keeba!” –C.H.
Extra! Extra! Extra! Fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners jumped for joy when fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPal/fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooner Nanette Keir recently debuted her latest Toony art creation masterpiece on the Twitter airlanes, created moments before Me-TV’s advertisement for the upcoming “Toon In With Me”/Svengoolie Holiday “Me-TV Super Colossal Cartoon Christmas” special! Inspired by Toony’s homage to Svengoolie, “Sventoonie” and Svengoolie’s “Sventa Claus,” Nanette’s latest Holiday Toony art/digital creation masterpiece is a creation of “Sventa Toony!” Sventa Toony is ready to celebrate the Holiday season with presents and a rubber chicken!
Congratulations to Nanette on your recent Holiday “Sventa Toony” art creation masterpiece! Very awesome, neat & cool! We fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals & fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners are all jumping for joy for you, Nanette! Good news! See you all in the Thurs. morning, Dec. 9 big broadcast live-tweeting airlanes for Toony & Bill’s classic big broadcast of “Toon In With Me” on the airlanes of Me-TV, Nanette & all fellow Super SvenPals & all fellow Super Tooners everywhere! Keep up the wonderful & excellent work, stay safe, keep healthy, stay well, three cheers, two thumbs up, peace,“Hi-Keeba” and big, big toasts to Nanette & all fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere & all fellow “Toon In With Me” Super Tooners everywhere, Nanette! Yippee! Hooray! Woo-Hoo! “Hi-Keeba!” –C.H.
Extra! Extra! Extra! Be sure to read fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPal Jamie Lee’s latest in-depth horror character article for the Horror Obsessive horror entertainment blog on Clive Barker’s horror character of Pinhead from Barker’s modern classic mammoth New World Pictures horror-thriller masterpiece production adaptation of Barker’s novel, “The Hellbound Heart,” “Hellraiser” (1987) and Shudder’s “Behind the Monsters” documentary installment on the development of Barker’s Pinhead character creation!
Extra! Extra! Extra! Wait! There’s more! Fellow super Svengoolie SvenPal/fellow Super Jammer Jamie Lee’s upcoming “Jammin’ with Jamie” big broadcast of Santa Holiday tunes this Sat. morning, Dec. 11 at 6 a.m. Central/7 a.m. Eastern on the airlanes of Northwestern University Radio/WNUR 89.3 FM in the greater Evanston/Berwyn/Chicago listening area and from coast-to-coast and around the globe via WNUR.org and via WNUR’s live feed on the TuneIn app! Jam along to Jamie’s big Santa Holiday broadcast jam sessions! And if you have any Santa/St. Nicholas Holiday song requests, be sure to send your requests to Jamie’s official Twitter page! and/or official website before this Sat.!
Congratulations to Jamie from all of us fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals & all of us fellow Super “Jammin’ With Jamie” jammers everywhere on your recent Horror Obsessive in-depth thriller-horror article on the character Pinhead from Clive Barker’s “Hellraiser” and your upcoming Holiday big broadcast jam sessions! Very awesome, neat & cool! We fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals & fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners are all jumping for joy for you, Jamie! Keep up the wonderful & excellent work, stay safe, keep healthy, stay well, three cheers, two thumbs up, peace,“Hi-Keeba” and big, big toasts to Jamie & all fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere, all fellow “Jammin’ with Jamie” Super jammers everywhere, the entire Horror Obsessive crowd, all fellow Super broadcasters everywhere, all fellow Super DJs everywhere and the entire Super mighty & legendary WNUR/Northwestern University Radio big broadcast on-air crew, Jamie! Yippee! Hooray! Woo-Hoo! “Hi-Keeba!” –C.H.
In connection to “How to Make a Monster” (1958):
“How to Make a Monster” (1958) is also available on Blu-Ray disc via Shout! Factory’s “Scream Factory” imprint, sourced from a recent High-Definition restoration from a 35mm fine-grain print plus bonus features including audio commentaries by screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner, film historians David Del Valle and Tom Weaver plus featurettes “How to Make a Monster Movie Maker: Herman Cohen at AIP,” “The Ghastly Ghouls: Question-and-answer session with Gary Clarke and Gary Conway and the original theatrical trailer for Herbert L. Strock’s classic American-International monster masterpiece (by arrangement with Selma Productions/the estate of Samuel Z. Arkoff). Herbert L. Strock’s classic 1958 American-International monster masterpiece production is also available to watch for free on Shout! Factory’s ad-supported streaming service, “Shout! Factory TV” (by arrangement with Selma Productions/the estate of Samuel Z. Arkoff).
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