Boys and girls, moms and dads, children of all ages ( well- maybe not ALL ages- discretion is advised)- we direct your attention to the center ring of MeTV where, tonight, we have one of the strangest group of menaces since- oh, maybe a killer truck ( no, wait that’s NEXT week)– as a small town is endangered by some belligerent bozos from beyond in the popular cult film- “Killer Klowns from Outer Space”!

Yes, as mentioned, we do advise discretion in who watches this film- not just for those who are afraid of clowns, but also for some gore and violence.

We arrive at the small town of Crescent Cove, as the local teens are out to party, raising the ire of the uptight and nasty cop Officer Mooney. The teens head to a popular lover’s lane, only to be bothered by a couple goofballs trying to sell them…ice cream!? While the kids scoff at these bad humor men, one young couple, Mike and Debbie, spot what appears to be a meteor streaking across the sky and coming down to earth not too far away-and decide to try finding it! ( Shades of “The Blob”!)

Already near the landing site is an old farmer with his dog-who has also seen the object and wants to check it out. He finds what appears to be a sort of circus tent-and more than he bargained for!

Mike and Debbie arrive and find the “tent”- and enter it- only to find it is actually some sort of multi-roomed space ship! They soon stumble upon some nasty business involving what looks like cotton candy, and then, the perpetrators- bizarre clown-like aliens who come after them, using strange weapons like a popcorn blaster! The kids escape, but the Klowns (as we shall call them) set out for the town- with evil intentions.

The couple tries to tell the police what they have seen- naturally, mean Mooney will have none of it, and even younger officer (and Debbie’s ex-boyfriend) Dave isn’t buying their story. Mike tries to prove he is telling the truth by bringing Dave to the tent- but it’s no longer there! However, a visit to the lover’s lane turns up some disturbing evidence- including the nasty cotton candy. Dave is beginning to think there is some truth to the story!

He'd know the truth if he were back in town, where some of the Klowns are causing mayhem and claiming unfortunate victims through their mock circus shenanigans- and when they invade the police department and then go after the lovely Debbie- Dave and Mike must set out for an abandoned amusement park-aided by the two ice cream idiots-on a dangerous mission to stop the pernicious Pagliaccis!

Again, let me state that this horror-sci fi-comedy film may not be everybody’s cup of tea -but we have gotten many requests for it through the years. You’ll find it has some unique special effects and unexpected twists, thanks to the creators, the Chiodo Brothers. We’ll explain some background on the film, run down the cast ( including John Vernon, best known as Dean Wormer in “Animal House” plus someone who has appeared a couple times on “Seinfeld”) and show you how clowns have been doing TV for a while now. You’ll see me go through a sort of clown training boot camp, and get another helping of “Spawn of Svengoolie” auditions – including famed actor Doug Jones of “The Shape of Water”, “HellBoy”, etc.-and an interview from last year’s C2E2 with two iconic beautiful brawlers- WWE Hall of Famers Amy “Lita” Dumas and Trish Stratus.

“Killer Klowns from Outer Space” start their catastrophic clowning on MeTV tonight at 8 pm eastern/pacific, 7 central time. MeTV invites you to be on Twitter during the show to do some live-Tweeting- using the hashtag #svengoolie – and contribute to the thousands of fan Tweets that have us trending each week. Our local CW 26 station has another run of the immensely popular “ Creature from the Black Lagoon” at 11 am for those in the Chicago viewing area.

We are solidifying our plans to appear at this year’s C2E2 convention at Chicago’s McCormick Place at the end of March! This will be the first public appearance of 2023 for yours truly, and we hope to see many of you there!

We hope you will join us on METV tonight- for the sinister slapstick of some red-nosed aliens who have some big shoes to fill!

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