FMOF Monster Files: CALTIKI

From issue #155 July 1979 --

Halloween With Erich Kunzel

Here's a Halloween compilation I put together featuring Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Sadly Mr. Kunzel passed away in September. These tracks come from several CD's that I found at my local library.

Track Listing

1. Alien - Closing Theme
2. Godzilla - A Stroll in New York City
3. Godzilla - Main Title
4. Mighty Joe Young - Dedication and Windsong
5. Poltergeist - Carol Ann's Theme
6. The Mummy - The Sand Volcano
7. The Witches of Eastwick - Mozart: Allegro from Eine kleine Nachtmusik
8. The Witches of Eastwick - Puccini: Nessun dorma! from Turandot
9. The X-Files - What's That Hum?
10. The X-Files - Threnody in X
11. Twilight Zone, The Movie - End Title
12. War Of The Worlds - Prelude

Click the link below to download --

--> Halloween With Erich Kunzel <--

Also, his wonderful Halloween CD Chiller is available at Universal Horror Sounds.

Check out my post from last year Halloween With John Williams & The Boston Pops.

Soupy Sales, RIP

"I don't mind you guys comin' 'round my house," Soupy Sales once said to the off-camera guys cracking up at his jokes, "but why'd you have to bring cameras in?" His afternoon TV show, aimed at kids and running in Detroit, Los Angeles and New York off and on from the 1950s through the '70s, had the seeming informality of a friendly fellow you'd hire to entertain the tots. He'd crack venerable jokes, play with puppets, teach the occasional verity ("Don't eat just before dinner") and, at the end, get a custard pie in the face. Simple stuff, really, but delivered with a brio that kept generations of children giggling. So his death Thursday, at 83, in a Bronx hospice after years of declining health, has to raise a tear, and a reflective silly grin.

Born Milton Supman in Franklinton, North Carolina, he served in the Navy during World War II and earned a journalism degree from Marshall College. In his first radio gigs, he called himself Soupy Hines, but changed it to Soupy Sales when he got a radio-TV spot in Cleveland. He later said he left that job, for health reasons — "they got sick of me." He clicked in Detroit, though, with his first TV kid-show in 1953. Supported by puppeteer Clyde Adler and a crew that provided the laughter (Soupy rarely worked before a live audience), he adapted the hip lunacy of TV's avant-comic Ernie Kovacs to his own sunny personality, frequently telling his viewers, "I love you and give ya a big kiss." They returned the affection. Lunch With Soupy Sales soon gained converts of all ages, and went national in 1959. For a brief spell in the early '60s he was a prime-time star; Frank Sinatra showed up to get a pie in the face.

Read the full story at Time.com.

To tie this in with The Countdown to Halloween, click here to download Soupy's song "My Baby's Got a Crush On Frankenstein".

Halloween Photos - 1990s

1990 - The devil made me do it, again.


1991 - My brother: NORM!


1995 - Putting my face on.


1995 - Tom, Brianna, me, Eric


1996 - This was the first Halloween with my future wife, and the only time she's dressed up.


1996 - My son the scarecrow.


1996 - Me, The Creech and my son at a local hayride.

These next four photos are of my son from 1997 to 2000 (I think). I'm not sure of the year each one was taken.





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FMOF Monster Files: THE THING

From issue #163 May 1980 --

Tarot Card Generator

This is cool. A Tarot Card Generator. It has a full deck of Tarot Cards that you can put whatever name you want on them. You can then save them and print them out if you want to. Maybe you could use them as name cards for your Halloween party.

Online Image Creators

101 Ghost Jokes

Well, not all 101 of them.

What did the ghost bride throw to her bridesmaids?

Her boo-quet!

Why don't ghost go out in the rain?

It dampens their spirits!

Who represents ghosts in congress?

The Spooker of the House!

What does a little ghost call his mother and father?

His trans-parents!

What would you get if you crossed a cocker spaniel, a French poodle, and a ghost?

A cocker-poodle-boo!

Why wasn't the ghost successful?

He didn't believe in himself!

Who protects the shores where spirits live?

The Ghost Guard!

How do ghosts like to send their letters?

Scare mail -- or parcel ghost!

Why did the doctor tell the ghost to go on a diet?

So she could keep her ghoulish figure!

What kind of horses do ghost kids like to ride?

Night-mares!

What is one room a ghost's house doesn't need?

A living room!

Why is the letter G scary?

It turns a host into a ghost!

What would you do if you were walking down the street and saw three ghosts following you?

Hope it was Halloween!

What do the ghosts of dead gingerbread men wear?

Cookie sheets!

Zacherley & Dick Clark

A couple of years ago, I found the 1976 book Rock, Roll & Remember by Dick Clark at a flea market for $1.00. The reason I bought it was because it was autographed by Mr. Clark inside. Flipping through it when I got home, I noticed some photos of John Zacherle. Dick Clark recounts the first time he met Zach and recording the song 'Dinner With Drac'. Click on the images below to enlarge them and read the full story --

Here's a YouTube clip uploaded by GB356 --


I met Zacherley at The Monster Bash in 2006. I got his autograph on an old LP and bought his latest CD (which he also autographed) --





The Official Zacherley Website

FMOF Monster Files: HOBBIT

I didn't originally plan to share two Monster Files in a row, but I had problems with the post I was working on for today and this one was ready to go.

From issue #153 May 1979 --

FMOF Monster Files: BLACULA

From issue #152 April 1979 --