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It's a Casket Classic from the Castle- Bela Lugosi Stars as "Dracula"- Tonight!

Today marks the birthday of a guy who is pretty much reponsible for there being a Svengoolie still in existence- he is the original Svengoolie, and the man who generously helped me get into the broadcast business- Jerry G. Bishop. Jerry is a Chicago guy- grew up and spent a lot of time in Rogers Park, and went to college at what is now the UIC Circle campus, but back then was located at- Navy Pier! He made his way into broadcasting, first downstate, then in other markets- he did radio in Washington, D.C.-where a regular feature of his show was urging President Kennedy's little girl, Caroline, to eat her breakfast oatmeal! He moved up to the Cleveland market,where he did both radio an...

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