Vampire, Shmanpire. I'm Hot For Wolf Men!

                                                   http://www.thewolfmanmovie.com/ 

                                                         (Check out the movie trailer)

“It’s Saturday Night. Time for, Chiller Theater, With Chilly Billy Cardille.”

(Pronounced CAR-DILLY) Bellowed  Bill Cardille behind an echo effect.

Between the ages of 2 and 8, I lived in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Yes, I was  a Pitt resident in early 70’s. My Grandfather helped build the Steel Building and carved our names in the building during it's construction. We were Pitt residence when the Steelers were winning Super bowl rings on an annual basis, and mom was dating their star linebacker. (Yes I'm talking about Jack Lambert.) I remember having Steeler Day at school what seemed like EVERYDAY. We knew a cheer song for the team that every kid would sing on the playground during recess. (Wish I could remember it now)

There wasn’t a kid in the state that didn’t know  every players name, and jersey numbers.  The town was on fire for their football team, just as I‘m sure they  are now. Another legacy of  living in Pittsburgh at a younger age was the Chilly Billy television show, The Chiller Theater. Chiller Theater would air all of the old scary movies. I remember the first time I ever watched or even knew that The Chiller Theater existed. It was one afternoon when my mom took us to downtown Pittsburgh, where we promptly found ourselves on a television set. I was 5 years old. Mom was on set doing some man’s hair. I hadn’t a clue who this person was or where we were as mom was always traveling somewhere taking are of someone's luscious locks.  This trip I was was fascinated. As I am writing this, I'm suddenly realizing  that this must have been the very first time I was ever on a real television set. It all makes sense now! We finished up at the studio, got back on the bus, and mom told us we could stay up late the next night to see ourselves on TV. This past August Bill Cardille celebrated 52 years in Pittsburgh television broadcasting. I imagined that this show was a tradition for many kids in Pitt.   We stayed up to see ourselves and I fell  asleep shortly after before the monster movie began that night. This didn’t stop  me from staying up late the proceeding Saturday night to see the macabre madness that came from some of Universal Monster movies. Like The Mummy, which was my sisters favorite The Invisible man whose murderous spree freaked us out. Then there was The Creature From The Black Lagoon, and Swamp Thing, which kept me riveted. But I have to admit that my ultimate favorite legacy was,The Wolf Man. I don't know why I could relate with the Wolf Man, but for some reason, I felt sorry for him. Which was totally odd being that I had a considerable fear of anything with a large amount of hair on their bodies like, gorilla's, chimps and dudes from the Planet Of The Apes.(Ok I didn't want to mention this as I am afraid it will turn into a post all of it's own but I was chased by a real chimpanzee when I was an infant while my mother held me, I think this was why I was petrified of these type of things. DON"T ASK! I'M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE)  

 http://www.chillertheatermemories.com/TheLab.html

http://www.davidwlindberg.com/2009/09/chilly-billy-cardilly-pittsburgh-wpxis.html                                  

The reason I am mentioning all of this is because my husband just returned from working with Benicio Del Toro for the past 2 weeks and told me how he and Benicio had a discussion about the new Wolf Man movie he has completed shooting with Universal which will be released in February. He will be playing the Wolf Man. Yeah!! According to him, this film is sticking to the original concept of the film that was made by Universal in 1943. I think Benicio is exactly what I need to get over my fear of apes. Vampire Smanpire, Mr. Del Toro will be the sexiest Wolf Man ever! This is one hairy flick I wont miss!