Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Horror Host 2022 Retrospective: V-Man

 Real name: Jim Carlisle

Years active: 1968 to 1969


Nearing the end for this year's horror hosts. This time we look a truly unique host in Georgia. V-Man, blasting off to host Blast Off on WRBL-TV Channel 3 in Columbus. 

V-Man was odd when compared to the other hosts we've seen this year. First, his show ran Monday through Friday afternoons. Quite a few hosts had weekly shows, but the traditional hosts were a once-a-week thing. He was also a kind of superhero/astronaut rather than a typical vampire/ghoul, etc. 

He also had a neat gimmick in that he presented the films he showed as being real/documentaries, even the old serials. 

Jim Carlisle passed away in 1988. 

"Peace to the Universe!"

No comments:

Post a Comment