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IN 1958 KANSAS CITY'S
OWN CHANNEL 9 JOINED TELEVISION STATIONS IN MOST MAJOR CITIES ACROSS
AMERICA TO PRESENT A HORROR HOSTED SERIES OF "UNIVERSAL STUDIOS" SPOOK MOVIES . THE SHOW WAS CALLED "SHOCK THEATER". EACH CITY HAD
ITS OWN LOCAL CELEBRITY DRESSING UP IN ALL VARIETY OF CREEPY GARB . THE SETS
WERE CREATED FROM CARDBOARD , GOOEY STUFF , PLASTIC SKULLS , OLD COFFINS AND
ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY COULD THINK OF TO CREATE THE PROPER ATMOSPHERE .
CHANNEL 9'S OWN "HARVEYBRUNSWICK" DONNED THE DARKENED EYES , DISHEVELED HAIR AND DEEP VOICE
, WHICH BY THE WAY , WAS HIS OWN , AND WENT ON TO CREATE THE UNFORGETABLE
CHARACTER , "GREGORY GRAVE". I HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY TALKED TO HIM CHOOSING TO RESPECT
HIS PRIVACY . EVERY ONE THAT I MENTION THE NAME , "GREGORY GRAVE" TO THAT GREW
UP AT THAT TIME , WITHOUT FAIL, GETS A BIG GRIN ON THEIR FACE AND RELATES
THEIR OWN PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE OF IT. ALL WEEK AT SCHOOL WAS A COUNTDOWN TO
THE WEEKEND AND "GREGORY". IT WAS A WONDERFUL AND UNFORGETTABLE TIME . |
