COUNT ZAPPULA'S HORROR HOUSE |
"Count Zappula's Horror House" was a hosted horror movie show with Don Melvoin as "Count Zappula" and assisted by Lover as "Igor", the Count's dog
Born on 26 October 1922 and died on 8 April 2002.
He resided in Indiana, Las Vegas, and Hollywood where he acted in popular TV show such as
Melvoin had a couple bit parts in two movies, "Somewhere in Time," which was filmed on Mackinac Island in 1980 starring Christopher Reeves and Jane Seymour and in another movie starring Ernest Borgnine, "The Treasure of Sawdust Island" in 1999.
"Count Zappula" - biography (taken from his Bradley Beard's Facebook page)" The show wasn't just low budget, it literally had no budget; the set was a casket in front of a curtain that hid the newsroom behind it. In 1983, I remember watching a TV show called Life's Most Embarrassing Moments which was hosted by Steve Allen. I specifically recall watching this specific episode because Elvira was featured. They introduced a hilarious clip of Count Zappula where he was lying in his casket giving his monologue when suddenly the casket flipped over. I guess no one ever warned him of the hazards of horror hosting.
The following clip is of the above incident from "Count Zappula's Horror House", plus another clip:
Count Zappula's Horror House hosted by Count Zappula (Youtube) from The Professor on Vimeo.
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