Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Norman Mark" (1972)

Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.

This Break #2 from an unknown episode number features Norman Mark, who at the time was TV/Radio columnist for the Chicago Daily News. He would later go on to review films on WMAQ Channel 5 with "Norman's Mark".

Norman Mark references "Sig Sakowicz" (a popular Svengoolie gag) - he was a tv and radio personality, especially popular with the Polish community- he had big celebrities on his shows, and became a sort of show biz reporter. He moved to Las Vegas years ago, and has since passed away.

I'm thinking that "SYT #1" as the clapboard person says, refers to the fact that it's Movie #1. (2 movies a night were shown for most of the run of SYT)

According to the TV listings, the two movies shown this night were "Back From The Dead" and "Screaming Skull", so we can say that this aired during the former.

The song you hear in the background was Svengoolie's theme song, the 1958 instrumental "Rumble" by Link Wray and his Ray Men. (with a loop of some screams added for good measure)

That "Censored" gag at the end reminds me of Electric Company for some reason. :-)

Directed by Phil Doty.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 28th 1972.

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