Svengoolie (Fictional TV Series)

Svengoolie is a hosted horror movie show. The show's title is taken from the name of the character host. It's broad popularity peaked in the United States in the 1980s as a result of widespread franchising in television.
== History ==
The franchise began with a TV show in Chicago, and the original title of said Chicago show was Screaming Yellow Theater with host Svengoolie. The title was derived from Screaming Yellow Zonkers, a yellow, sugary glazed popcorn snack, first produced in the 1960s. It debuted on 18 September, 1970 on WFLD (Channel 32) and ran until late summer 1973. Svengoolie was played then by Jerry G. Bishop. In later seasons, Rich Koz – a fan who sent in sketch ideas – became a show writer. In 1973, Kaiser Broadcasting took over WFLD from Field Communications and Screaming Yellow Theater was cancelled and replaced with The Ghoul from Cleveland. The Ghoul lasted until 1974 when it was taken off the air. Field Communications took WFLD back from Kaiser Broadcasting in 1978, which led Jerry Bishop and Rich Koz to discuss the show's resurrection.
On 16 June, 1979, Son of Svengoolie debuted on WFLD, with Koz in the title role. In 1980, an executive for DuMont Productions named Michael Georgehound discovered Svengoolie while TV DX'ing at his home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Soon, DuMont Productions and the DuMont Television Network licensed Svengoolie, along with the characters of Tombstone and Durwood to give stations the rights to make their own Svengoolie show and hire its own Svengoolie character, starting with DuMont affiliate WEJW in the Corning/Elmira/Ithaca, New York areas on March 7, 1981, with radio DJ Stephen "Steve the Coolman" Donahue as Svengoolie. 
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Category:Television programmes in the United States
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