Hey, kids, it's Saturday! What's on Channel 56 today?

By adamg on Sat, 02/28/2009 - 2:49pm

Is that Frank Avruch doing the voice over?

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Creature Features ruled until

By David on Sat, 02/28/2009 - 6:56pm.

they went All Godzilla All The Time. Before that, they showed a wide variety of horror movies. That's why I switched over to Channel 5 and Chiller Theatre at 1pm. Godamn, horror movies all day long on Saturdays, those were the days.

Oh, and Ernie Boch Jr deserves a special place in hell for besmirching the memory of Creature Double Feature with his ridiculously stupid and shamelessly self-promoting version he attempted recently.

I never got the appeal of

By NotWhitey on Sat, 02/28/2009 - 9:29pm.

I never got the appeal of Godzilla either. As a kid, I loved the cheezy, scary sci-fi and horror flicks of the 50s and early 60s. Godzilla was more like a cartoon. I finally got to see Invasion from Mars again online recently, and I can see why it scared the crap out of me. No chainsaws, no blood, but creepy-scary.

Ahhhh, those were the days

By [email protected] on Sat, 02/28/2009 - 11:36pm.

Truly sweet. I remember that, and Dana Carvey on 38 introducing the movies.

I wonder just how much television history and styles Boston has exported over the years - both commercial as well as public television. Not to mention in-depth and highly technical weather coverage, of course.

All of them Danas

By scollaysq on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 1:46pm.

I think you mean Dana Hersey.

Though it would have been cool with Dana Carvey as well.

Saturday As A Kid

By Suldog on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 4:04pm.

Cartoons, Wrestling, Candlepin Bowling (Don Gillis) on Channel 5, and then Creature Double Feature. I'm sure there were Saturdays I actually went outside and got some sunlight, but I don't remember them nearly as clearly as I do the above.

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