Years active: 1962 to 1980's
Kicking off 2017, we take a look at the horror hosts of New England, and who better represents the hard working Northeasterners than the host of a million faces Eddie Driscoll?
Perhaps I exaggerated a bit, but while it is not uncommon for hosts to change names (Count Gore de Vol would change into a spaceman for his kids show) or just change the name but keep the costume (see Roland's transformation into Zachlery), Driscoll would go all out.
Uncle Gory was a one eyed hunchback who hosted horror films, but when the film screening on WLBZ Channel 2 in Bangor was a sci-fi production, viewers would be treated to KRANDALL the MARTIAN! A three eyed alien who joked around from his spaceship.
Weird, and later Weird II would focus on the Universal monster films, as well as a few Mexican treats too, that is when Driscoll wasn't also hosting Dialing for Dollars.
The man had a thirty year run as a host, which is darn impressing no matter where you are.
Sadly Eddie Driscoll passed away in 2006.
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