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Zacherley On The Joel Martin Show

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In a Halloween edition of The Joel Martin Show from the 1980's, Zacherley joined the host to discuss his career. Watch portions of his appearance below: For more Zach 101, visit: zacherley.com

Zacherley's 1960 Presidential Run

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In 1960, Zacherley made a run for the presidency of the United States. Part of his campaign included a book, an official campaign kit, and even a special campaign edition of his Zacherley At Large show. Listen to the audio from the TV special here: Vote for Zach at: zacherley.com

Horrible Horror

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Horrible Horror was a VHS video that was released in 1986 by Goodtimes Home Video that featured Zacherley hosting horror movie trailers and clips. Watch the full video here: For even more horrible things, visit: zacherley.com

The Zacherley Archives

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The Zacherley Archives was a VHS tape released in 1998 which featured Zacherley presenting most of the existing clips from his shows over the years. It was re-released in 2004 on DVD with more footage and a look into Zach's closet of memorabilia. Watch the full video here: Dig up more history at: zacherley.com

Zacherley Sings Monster Mash

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At the April 2012 Chiller Theater convention, Zacherley sang the song Monster Mash with the band The Dead Elvi . Watch the performance here: Sing along with Zacherley at: zacherley.com

Ghost of Rock & Roll - Haunted House

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In 1993, Zacherley appeared in the music video for the song Haunted House by the band Ghost of Rock & Roll . Watch the video here: Check out a scarier haunt at: zacherley.com

Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater - Zacherley

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In 1991, Joe Bob Briggs aired a series of "Horror Host Hall of Fame" episodes of Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater in which he was joined by other horror hosts, including Elvira, Ghoulardi, John Stanley, and Zacherley. The October 5, 1991 episode had Zacherley joining Joe Bob to present the movies Killer and Jakarta . Watch the hosting segments from that show below: Part 1: Part 2: For more killer movie information, visit: joebobbriggs.com If you are in an experimental mood, go to: zacherley.com

Zacherley on The Mike Douglas Show

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In 1975, Zacherley appeared on a Halloween themed episode of The Mike Douglas Show . In addition to an interview, Mike Douglas joined Zach to do an experiment. Watch most of his appearance here: If you have evolved from an amoeba, visit: zacherley.com

That's Brooklyn - Halloween

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The 2011 Halloween episode of the show That's Brooklyn features many clips of Zacherley including an appearance as Roland on a Philadelphia talk show with Matt Lauer, a clip from when he hosted Dracula , Zach performing Dinner With Drac on The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show on March 1, 1958, a clip of him from a Chiller Theatre Convention , and the Zach portion of the Hooray for Horrorwood documentary. Watch the episode below: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Have a dinner, or lunch, or breakfast with Zach at: zacherley.com

Zacherley on Tomorrow With Tom Snyder

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In 1975, Zacherley appeared on Tomorrow With Tom Snyder for an interview and to perform an amoeba mating experiment. Watch his full appearance below: Part 1: Part 2: Experiment with a visit to: zacherley.com

Chiller Theatre Theme

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The theme song for the Pittsburgh based Chiller Theatre was called Experiment In Terror and was written by Henry Mancini. The version used on Chilly Billy's show was performed by Al Caiola. Listen to the song here:

A Visit With Zacherley

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The Organisers of HorrorHound Weekend wanted Zacherley to be a part of the convention's events. Since Zach could not make it, Count Gore, Karlos Borloff, and Halloween Jack visited Zach to film short segments to be shown during some points in the proceedings. Watch some footage of their day with Zacherley here: For more shocking things, visit: monstermadhouse.com To spook along with Zach, go to: zacherley.com

Zacherley at Wonderfest 2007

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In 2007, Zacherley made an appearance at the Wonderfest convention, during which he received his Rondo Award . Watch a pair of clips from his time there: To see where Zach will pop up next, go to: zacherley.com

PIX11 Chiller Theatre 2010

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On October 30, 2010, New York's PIX11 channel had it's annual revival of their Chiller Theatre show. Jill Nicolini hosted the show and presented the movies White Zombie and Bride of the Monster , while she modeled different costumes so the audience could vote for the one she would wear on the live broadcast of the New York Halloween Parade the next day. Watch the hosting segments here:

Zacherley at the Zoo

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During the height of Zacherley's popularity, he made many personal appearances, which always drew large crowds. Even now, he continues to make a few appearances where his fans can meet him and he's always up to entertaining them. Watch footage of a visit Zach made to a zoo, probably in the 1960s, below: Part 1: Part 2: To see where you can find Zach, visit: zacherley.com

Zacherley Hosts Gorilla At Large In 3-D

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In 1982, Zacherley was brought out of hosting retirement to present a 3-D showing of Gorilla At Large on WOR-TV Channel 9 in New York. Watch the opening segment here; Go bananas about Zacherley at: zacherley.com

Zacherley 6 Foot Poster

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In some of the early issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine in the 1960s, their mail order division, Captain Company, had a few Zacherley related items for sale. One of these was a life-sized poster of Zach, which measured 6 feet tall. It originally sold for $1.25, plus 25 cents postage and handling and later $2.0, plus 25 cents postage and handling. Not many of these posters survived and are considered very rare. Here is one of the original ads: These are photos of the actual poster: For the less flat version of Zacherely, visit: zacherley.com

Zacherley Off-Air Audio

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Although there is some footage from Zacherley's shows, like Shock Theater and Zacherley At Large , not that much exists. A few fans at the time recorded his shows on audio tape, which provides us with at least the opportunity to hear what more of them were like. Listen to an episode of Shock Theater here: Hear the parts of a 1960 episode below: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: To see and hear more of Zach, visit: zacherley.com

Zacherley At Large People Today Article

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Zacherley, who's Zacherley At Large show was on TV at the time, was profiled in the August 1959 issue of the men's magazine People Today . The full article is below, click on each picture to make it open it larger: To read more current Zacherley news, visit: zacherley.com

Zacherley Performs at Chiller Theatre Expo

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On October 31, 2009, Zacherley performed with the band The Dead Elvi at the Chiller Theatre Expo in Parsippany, New Jersey. Watch his performance here: Chill with the Cool Ghoul at: http://www.zacherley.com