AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THE NATION WIDE "SHOCK THEATER" PACKAGE WAS BREAKING VIEWER RECORDS .  THE "KATZ DEPARTMENT STORE CHAIN", OBSERVING THIS SUCCESS , DECIDED TO SPONSOR A SIMILAR SHOW ON CHANNEL 5 .  A RIVAL STATION IN K.C., THIS SHOW CALLED, "THE WITCHING HOUR", WAS HOSTED BY MOVIE CELEBRITY "NORA DENNY".  SHE HAD THE TYPICAL SHRILL , RASPY VOICE THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM AN OLD CRONE . MARILYN WAS SO WELL LIKED THAT THE STATION GAVE HER SHORT SPOTS DURING THE DAY WHERE SHE WOULD GIVE ADVISE ON GARDENING AND MANY OTHER NON- HORROR RELATED THINGS . IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING "NORA DENNY" IN A MOVIE, CHECK OUT "WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY".