Svengoolie returns to MeTV tonight with 1942's The Mummy's Tomb, directed by Harold Young and starring Lon Chaney Jr. Here's ...

He has outlasted Comiskey Park, Cabrini-Green and (soon) Mayor Richard Daley, and is as venerable a television institution as the Victory Auto Wreckers commercial. And usually much funnier. Now, ...

MeTV is dabbling in the comic book business with the release of Svengoolie: Lost in Time. MeTV, which airs horror show Svengoolie Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Movie Showcase on Saturdays, has partnered ...

SVENGOOLIE CLASSIC HORROR & SCI-FI MOVIE – "Ghost & Mr. Chicken" (8:00-10:30 pm ET/PT) 1966, Stars Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond. A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a ...

What better time than Halloween to turn to our city’s own longtime crypt keeper and ambassador of corny yet creepy movies? Svengoolie picked up in 1970 where Chicago’s original horror-movie host Mad ...

Meet Svengoolie, the host of Me TV’s eponymous Saturday-night throwback TV show mixing kid-friendly horror/sci-fi movies (just scary enough) with campy shtick. Once upon a time, these types of locally ...

Svengoolie doesn’t just wear one hat. Well, yes, it’s true, MeTV’s retro movie host does wear a top hat during his Saturday 8 p.m. show, to go with his tuxedo, satin-lined casket and horror-face cake ...

CHICAGO — Svengoolie, also known as Rich Koz, also known as the Son of Svengoolie, also known as the top-hatted cadaver with the goatee and the rubber chickens who introduces monster movies on ...

“Svengoolie” is growing. The MeTV horror host, whose first primetime special on the classic TV network aired this weekend, is spearheading a nationwide talent search to find fans to appear in ...

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