Years active: 1991 to 1993
As we continue our look into the hosts of New England, we move into the Ocean State of Rhode Island. The smallest state in the union managed to produce two hosts, of which Dr. Mongo is one.
Like a few previous hosts, Dr. Mongo was given a backstory. Formerly Dr. Montague B. Gourley, the host with the most came into possession of Marcucci Manor; which was quickly renamed into Mongo Manor, upon the passing of his film obsessed grandfather. Mongo swore to show only the finest movies from the massive vaults under the manor, but first he had to show all the crap that was blocking the door. Thus, Dr. Mongo's Midnight Movie was born. Later, the show was moved to Saturday afternoon and renamed Dr. Mongo's Sci-Fi Cinema on Providence's WNAC Fox Chanel 64.
There seemed to be fairly decent sized cast, with Dr. Mongo playing most of the manor's guests and Larry Lechan playing the bucked tooth hunchback assistant Qusio.
So great that you stumbled onto our silly little show from sometime in the last century. Doing this show and actually have it show up on broadcast television was far more fun than it should have been, We did a short "Dr. Mongo" follow up several years later when we were asked to appear on, "Penny Dreadful's Shilling Shockers." You can see that clip at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjPw0xq9ewI
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