SHOCK SHOW

JOANNE GOOD - "SATEENA"

The above poster is AI generated based on the below images and information on "Sateena". "Shock Show" was a hosted horror movie show with Joanne Good as "Sateena" screening movies on WSB-TV, Channel 2, Atlanta, Georgia from 2 January 1958 until 18 December 1958. The original host was Donald (Don) Kennedy. The show screened on Thursday nights at 11:15pm. After a campaign from younger viewers, the show moved to Friday nights from 24 January until 5 June when it returned to Thursday nights. The last date that Shock Show ran was on 27 November 1958, although horror movies continued until 18 December 1958, likely not hosted. Joanne Good is also credited in the press as Joanne Goode and Joanne Gould. JOANNE GOOD Joanne Good, also credited or referred to as Joanne Goode and Joanne Gould, was an American television personality, actress and writer best remembered for portraying the horror hostess Sateena on WSB-TV's Shock Show in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1958. Good was raised in Georgia and studied drama at the University of Georgia. She later moved to California to pursue acting and worked for a time as secretary to actor Bob Cummings, to whom she had a family connection through marriage. After returning to Georgia, she joined the promotions department of WSB-TV in Atlanta around late 1957. In 1958, Good became Sateena, the mischievous "Devil's Daughter" who appeared during WSB-TV's late-night presentations of horror and science-fiction films on Shock Show. Good created the Sateena character and worked with WSB-TV producer Gy Waldron on the show's host segments. The character was distinguished by her dark widow's-peak hairstyle, black costume and macabre collection of props, including spiders, bubbling concoctions and a large syringe. Good and Waldron also devised special effects for the brief hosting sequences. Shock Show began its 1958 run on WSB-TV Channel 2 on January 2. Originally shown on Thursday nights at approximately 11:15 p.m., the program was moved to Friday nights following a campaign by younger viewers who wanted the films shown on a non-school night. It later returned to Thursday nights. Horror films continued in the time slot through December 18, 1958. Sateena became a recognizable local television personality during the show's run. Good participated as Sateena in WSB-TV's tenth-anniversary celebrations in October 1958, appearing in the station's Atlanta parade with a skeleton riding beside her in a convertible. Contemporary newspaper coverage also documented fan mail sent to the character. By February 1959, newspaper reports described Good as the former host of Shock Show. Little reliable information about her subsequent career has been located. Her brief tenure as Sateena nevertheless places her among the early generation of locally produced American television horror hosts and among the comparatively small number of women hosting horror-film programs during the genre's first nationwide television boom. In 2022, Joanne Good as "Sateena", was a nominee in the "The Official Horror Host Hall of Fame". Below is a trailer for "She-Wolf of London" that was shown on "Shock Show".

LINKS

Internet Movie Data Base "Shock Show"

Classic Horror Film Board "Shock Show"

Internet Movie Data Base "Joanne Good"

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