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In 2022, MeTV aired a Svengoolie special for Halloween called Svengoolie Uncrypted . Watch the special here:

In an episode of Son of Svengoolie that originally aired on October 5, 1985, Svengoolie presented the movie The Invisible Woman . Watch the hosting segments here: There are more things to see at: svengoolie.com

During an episode of Svengoolie , in which he presented the movie Night of the Lepus , he performed a song parody of the theme song to the T.V. show Friends . Watch a clip of the song here: Hop on over to: svengoolie.com

In October of 2011, Svengoolie made an appearance on the Windy City Live talk show and taught the host the art of chicken throwing. Watch his segment here: For more fun than you can throw a rubber chicken at, visit: svengoolie.com

In 1982, PM Magazine aired a report on Son of Svengoolie which spotlighted how the show was made and profiled Rich Koz, who plays Svengoolie. Watch the piece here:

Jon Pertwee, who stared as The Doctor on Doctor Who made an appearance on Son of Svengoolie on November 24, 1984. Sven also showed the movie The House That Dripped Blood , which starred Pertwee a couple of weeks before that, on November 3, 1984. See Jon Pertwee on the show here: Watch a promo for the November 3rd show here:

On November 21, 2008, the show Friday Night with John Callaway aired an interview with Rich Koz, who plays Svengoolie. Watch the interview here:

The Night Of The Svengoolies was an event held a few years ago by The Museum of Broadcast Communications to honor the two men who played Svengoolie, Jerry G. Bishop and Rich Koz. Both men fielded questions from the moderator and the audience in between showings of clips from their shows. Watch the full interview below or click here to open in a different player The Night Of The Svengoolies :

Son of Svengoolie took over for the original Svengoolie on June 16, 1979, making June of 2010 his 31st anniversary of being on television in Chicago. Watch Sven present some highlights from his years on the air here: For more rubber poultry, visit: www.wciu.com/svengoolie.php

Aly Bockler, the host of WCIU's On The Block , visited the set of Svengoolie's show and got a behind the scenes look at what gives his character its character. Watch the report here:

Svengoolie presented Santa Claus Conquers the Martians on one of his show's Christmas episodes. Watch the full show with the movie here: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: Part 8: Part 9: Part 10: Part 11:

On October 6, 2009, Rich Koz, who plays Svengoolie, was interviewed on the WGN 720 radio station. Listen to parts of the interview here: Click play below to listen to Part 1, or right click to download : Click play below to listen to Part 2, or right click to download :

Chicago horror host Svengoolie, then known as Son of Svengoolie, aired his first show on June 16, 1979. Here is the opening of that show:

Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows: From Shock Theatre to Svengoolie authors Ted Okuda And Mark Yurkiw were interviewed by Frank Avila. They talk about horror host shows from Chicago as well as children's shows from the past. Watch the full interview here:

A Svengoolie video game has been created by StringAnime . In the game, Sven must defend himself from flying rubber chickens using a shield. Click Here to play the game in a new window: Svengoolie Game Here is a video of how the game is played:

Here are a few Son of Svengoolie Christmas clips, inluding The Day After Christmas. Also appearing are Tombstone the Talking Skull and Doug Graves, the piano player.

The Bells of St. Berwyn is a sketch from Son of Svengoolie in the 1980s parodying the movie The Bells of St. Mary's . Watch it here:

Son of Svengoolie presented his 300th episode on May 4, 1985. After showing the movie Dracula , Sven played a retrospective of clips from his past shows. Here is the clips portion of that show: Part 1: Part 2:

The book Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows: From Shock Theatre to Svengoolie by Ted Okuda And Mark Yurkiw is an examination of almost all the TV shows that regularly scheduled horror and science fiction movies in Chicago. There are chapters dedicated to the horror hosts of the area, such as Marvin, Svengoolie, Son of Svengoolie, and The Ghoul. Also featured are the shows without hosts, like Creature Features, Monster Rally, and Thrillerama. Most get their own section of the book where the dates the shows ran, reminisces of them, and interviews with people who were involved with them, both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. Spread throughout the book are many pictures and vintage ads from the shows, as well as movie posters of films that they ran. Other chapters in the book cover the authors' top 100 monster movies, reviews of 8mm versions of some of the movies, and a guide to the "Shock!" and "Son of Shock" film packages that were shown in the 1950's...