Heyyyyyy, Svengoolie!

A familiar face, as seen on Svengoolie.

 

This is pretty fun. On October 10, Svengoolie hosted Munster, Go Home! (1966) as part of MeTV's Halloween BOO-Nanza. And, as you can see, yours truly made a surprise appearance on the broadcast.

Well, maybe it wasn't that surprising. Back in August, I visited the Godzilla slide in Kurihama Flower Park (located in Yokosuka), donning my Svengoolie polo shirt. I sent a few photos from my trip to Svengoolie's website, hoping they'd eventually get put on the show.

The actual photo that was sent to Sven. Photo by Brett Homenick.

It only took two months, but this photo made it on the air, along with some info I wrote in my email. Pretty cool stuff! I actually saw Munster, Go Home! on Svengoolie around 2024, so it was interesting to find my picture was broadcast in a segment during that movie. 

Maybe it would have been more appropriate to show it along with the Dan Curtis Dracula (1974), but that's an inside joke for another time.

Svengoolie in July 2012. Photo by Brett Homenick.

While I can't really say I "met" him, I photographed Svengoolie in July 2012 when he was making a personal appearance at a local convention I happened to attend. I certainly knew of him but hadn't seen his work at the time, so seeing the sheer length of his autograph line was quite amazing.

Truly a Halloween highlight! Well, let's wrap up this blog post with a tribute to our pal Sven with the late Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon.