1. John Zacherle was an American television host, radio personality, singer, and voice actor.
18 Facts About John Zacherle
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John Zacherle was best known for his long career as a television horror host, often broadcasting horror films in Philadelphia and New York City in the 1950s and 1960s.
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John Zacherle edited two collections of horror stories, Zacherley's Vulture Stew and Zacherley's Midnight Snacks.
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In 1958, partly with the assistance and backing of Clark, John Zacherle cut Dinner with Drac for Cameo Records, backed by Dave Appell.
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John Zacherle later released several LPs mixing horror sound effects with novelty songs.
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The purchase of WCAU by CBS in 1958 prompted John Zacherle to leave Philadelphia for WABC-TV in New York, where the station added a "y" to the end of his name in the credits.
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In December 1968, John Zacherle moved to radio as the morning host for progressive rock WNEW-FM.
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John Zacherle continued to perform in character at Halloween broadcasts in New York and Philadelphia in the 1980s and 1990s, once narrating Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven while backed up by the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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John Zacherle voiced the puppet "Aylmer", a slug-like drug-dealing and brain-eating parasite, one of the lead characters in Henenlotter's 1988 horror-comedy film Brain Damage, and made a cameo in his 1990 comedy Frankenhooker, appropriately playing a TV weatherman who specializes in forecasts for mad scientists.
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In late 1992, John Zacherle joined the staff of "K-Rock", WXRK, at a time when the roster included other free-form radio DJs including Pete Fornatale, Jimmy Fink, Vin Scelsa and Meg Griffin.
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John Zacherle departed in January 1996 when the station switched to an alternative rock format and hired all new jocks.
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In 2010, John Zacherle starred in the documentary, The Aurora Monsters: The Model Craze That Gripped the World.
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John Zacherle continued to make appearances at conventions through 2015, and his collectibles, including model kits, T-shirts, and posters, continue to sell.
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The book Goodnight, Whatever You Are by Richard Scrivani, chronicling John Zacherle's life, debuted at the Chiller Theatre Expo in Secaucus, New Jersey, in October 2006.
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John Zacherle continued to make occasional on-air appearances, usually around Halloween, including a two-hour show at WCBS-FM with Ron Parker on October 31,2007.
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John Zacherle died on October 27,2016, at his home in Manhattan at the age of 98.
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John Zacherle was the uncle of My Little Pony creator Bonnie Zacherle.
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John Zacherle edited two short story collections for Ballantine Books in 1960.