Where Have All The Local Hosts Gone?

Now, I'm probably dating myself here, but when I was young, there was nothing better than a Saturday afternoon, sitting in the living room, watching a really bad horror movie, hosted by Sir Graves Ghastly. Sir Graves was our local 'horror host', every Saturday, Sir Graves would pop up out of his coffin (which sat precariously propped on two saw horses) and show all us kiddies whatever b horror movie the station had the rights to show that week. Sir Graves held my hand through all the Frankenstein movies, all the Wolfman movies, a couple of zombie flicks and I can't count how many other ghouls and ghosts.

Now, why am I telling you about this? Well, it seems that the kids today don't have these guys! Who will show the youth of America Michael Landon in I Was A Teenage Werewolf, if Sir Graves and his ilk won't? Who will tell those cheesy jokes in between commercial segments to fill out two hours of air time during a 90 minute movie?

Will the children of today grow up not knowing the joy of the b movie? First the 'horror host' vanished, then the drive in all but went away...I have to admit that I fear for the future. So, this is for all you parents, aunts, uncles, friends...whoever, it's up to us to make sure that the children of today aren't totally consumed with the video games and the MTV, it's up to us to make sure that they're exposed to Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. and all the great monsters of history. So, there's your assignment, it's up to us to make sure that future generations see and appreciate these great movies!