Comments on Pluck You, Too! the blog of Thomas Pluck, Author: Chiller Theatre (The TV show, not the convention)

blame Ronald Reagan, who deregulated late night TV...

2008-03-25T21:52:00.000-04:00

blame Ronald Reagan, who deregulated late night TV programming so that all the local channels could run infomercials instead of semi-public domain late, late movies.

I know that local channels are different :)

2008-03-25T05:48:00.000-04:00
I know that local channels are different :)

Chiller was also in Pittsburgh, and some local stuff traveled around. For example that kid's program Gigglesnort Hotel is a Chicago program that got shown here too. I'm surprised about The Magic Garden, since I thought that was PBS; but PBS isn't as universal as I thought either. My friend in Texas can't watch Frontline. Which explains a lot about Texas politics.

Count Gore sounds interesting. Reminds me of director Paul Anderson's Dad who played "Ghoulardi" on late night ABC; seems like every local area had their own.

Nowadays it seems like we only have our local newscasters, and then only until they hit the big time.

Not everyone in the universe had WPIX. The local T...

2008-03-24T23:47:00.000-04:00

Not everyone in the universe had WPIX. The local TV station where I grew up had Sammy Terry, who showed the midnight monster movies. He was married to Jaynie, the host of the afternoon kids show that I had instead of The Magic Garden.
In high school, it was Count Gore DeValle, in the DC area, who was the Channel 20 Local weatherman during the day. My lovely wife has trouble believing that the TV shows were different where I came from, but that's a common NY/NJ tri-state attitude, I've noticed.