The Host
Real name: Joe Alston
Years active: 1959-1965, San Antonio, Texas
Like many hosts of the time, Joe Alston served as a man with
many hats. Not only was he the horror host of KENS-TV, Ch. 5, he also served as
the local kid show host Captain Gus and announcer. From Shock Theater to Five Star
Shock to its final version (Project
Terror), but the thing that really makes the Host a host with the most was
the addition of Bob Burns.
Bob Burns, fresh off a stint in the Air Force, found the
Host through the local television and a friendship was born. Burns used this
opportunity to practice his makeup skills, creating a gruesome and impressive
array of monsters and ghouls, including a rather disturbing looking Miss Shock,
as played by Kathy Burns.
From there things seem to go along more or less like other
hosts, although the story of a visiting William Castle being presented with a
skeleton key made from actual bones is something few others can boast.
Alston passed away in 1989.
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