DICK WILSON

HOST #2

(1984 - 1985)

 

THIS IS LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION CELEBRITY "DICK WILSON" HOSTING KANSAS CITY'S CHANNEL 41 PROGRAM "ALL NIGHT LIVE" FROM THE LATE 1980'S. HE WOULD DELIVER HIS HUMOR WITH THE SAME STRAIGHT FACE THAT YOU SEE HERE. DRESSED IN A SUIT AND HOSTING HIS SHOW IN AN OFFICE LIKE SETTING HE WOULD SHOW THE SAME GENRE OF MOVIES AS OTHER HOSTS THAT WOULD BE DRESSED UP IN SPOOKY COSTUMES. I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS ON BUT WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THE END, SO MANY PEOPLE WROTE LETTERS AND CALLED IN THAT HIS SHOW WAS EXTENDED FOR A WHILE. AFTER "CREATURE FEATURE", KANSAS CITY'S CHANNEL 41 HORROR HOSTED SHOW, WENT OFF THE AIR IT WAS REPLACED BY A PROGRAM WITH A MUCH LESS COLORFUL FORMAT. I'M NOT SURE WHY IT WASN'T FOLLOWED WITH THE SAME TYPE SHOW ESPECIALLY WITH THE SUCCESS THAT "CREATURE FEATURE" ENJOYED. THE NEW PROGRAM WAS CALLED "ALL NIGHT LIVE". I WILL GIVE TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION, THE NAMES OF THE HOSTS AND THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEARED DURING THE SHOWS SPAN. UNFORTUNATELY THE DATES AND DETAILS ESCAPE ME. THE SHOW MIGHT HAVE MADE IT INTO THE 1990'S BUT I'M NOT SURE.