JOHN ZACHERLE - DINNER WITH DRAC PART 1 & 2 - (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS)

CAMEO 130 - 3/58 - 1950'S NOVELTY

[@Ekkie101]

I just did this song on my Halloween gig, but almost no one in California knows about Zacherley.

[@harperusyt420]

they play this on the Spirit Halloween store playlist!! This song is just so classicly awesome!!🤣

[@larryjohnson6385]

I’ve still got the single 👍

[@kainnosgoth7336]

I'm still crying..I met him once at Chiller Theater and he stood there with his arm around me the whole while, looking down upon me like my favorite uncle as I spoke with him, and we had a great conversation! I learned from him that Dr. Shock (WPHL 17) was his understudy, thus the understandable resemblance between the two. He gave me two beautiful B&W glossies of him from the old days for free and they now proudly sit on my mantle in my living room. I also remember seeing him on TV many times as well in the early 70's and I will miss this man for the rest of my life.

[@larryjohnson6385]

Wow that’s an awesome story 👍

[@janemay5657]

Oh man, I was a HUGE fan of Chiller Theatre and Zacherley. Seeing his obit in the NYT this morning brought back many memories of my childhood. Sigh.

[@doubledbbw]

RIP John Zacherlie. I heard about your passing today on the Sirius-XM 60's on 6 channel during the Pat St. John show. I first heard you several years ago on the same channel listening to Cousin Brucie you were a guest on his show.

[@Ekkie101]

Love the picture comparisons 😂

[@colindale3027]

John was a Scream ! along with David Sutch - love it - always did..and the brains of a mummy named Betty.

[@beverlypollack5887]

There is no music like the 1950's and 60's novelty songs and this is one of the best - of course, as good as Monster Mash. I read that this was one of the reasons that Bobby Pickett recorded Monster Mash - he had a feeling that his record would be as popular as Dinner with drac

[@barbyonabike]

Hello to everyone listening to Viv Stanshall on radio 4 extra.

[@thomasponzio8345]

he used to be DJ in NYC in 1979 on AOR station WPLJ FM

[@slavet3628]

RIP John "The Cool Ghoul" Zacherle... I don't know if you planned to die near the holiday you were most famously associated with or not but fate has its way of rewarding us.

[@sauquoit13456]

www.oldiesmusic.com/news.htm John "The Cool Ghoul" Zacherle (also spelled Zacherley for legal reasons), horror TV show host in both Philadelphia and New York, died Thursday (October 27th, 2016) in New York at the age of 98... John is still remembered for the 1958 novelty hit, "Dinner With Drac" (reached #6* on March 6th, 1958). The Philadelphia native was also a pioneering progressive DJ on WNEW-FM and WPLJ-FM in New York... May he R.I.P. * The top five records the week it was at #6 were; #5. Don't by Elvis, #4. Who's Sorry Now by Connie Francis, #3. Sweet Little Sixteen by Chuck Berry, #2. Lollipop by The Chordettes, and at #1 was Tequila by The Champs...

[@3funke]

I well remember this record comming out late 57 or58, unfortunately the BBC in their wisdom decided to ban it, but I still have my copy somewhere in the house.

[@beverlypollack5887]

+3funke I believe I came ougt in '56. This and Monster Mash are my favorites

[@fxo369]

Roland, the "Cool Ghoul" on WCAU Ch. 10, Phila, first on Mon & Tues nights at 11:30PM. Soon they switched to Fri & Sat nights at 11:30PM so the schook kids could watch the show. Very popular show but WCAU lost out to New York TV which lured Zacherle away, re-named him Zacherley and made him a legend.

[@edd4339]

never missed the show. SHOCK THEATRE the old "late" late-show. the movies were the great English classics from Universal pictures. They were all TV WPIX channel 7 in NY and NJ. His wife in the coffin with the stake in her heart was Elizabeth or Isabella, Does anyone remember the name of his sidekick in the bag hanging on the wall? Man it was 1958, I was only 11 years old. I can't remember. I wish Turner would play more of those old Universal movies. Just the other night they played the Ghost of Frankenstein, and the House of Frankenstein back-to-back. I would watch every time they played one. These days when they play the original Frankenstein from 1931 they have restored the part of the monster throwing the little girl in the pond. For years it was edited from the flick. I can see why, the monster grabs her by the ankle and picks her up. She's yelling "You're hurting me", it really was graphic especially for 1931.

[@lajas46]

I think his name was IGOR

[@lajas46]

IGOR

[@OriginalRocketJock]

Sorry -- if there is a Herman Munster in politics, it would be John Kerry, Former Senator from Michigan Carl Levin could be Grandpa Munster.

[@4JUKEBOXSATURDAYNITE]

DINNER WITH DRAC PART 1 & 2 - JOHN ZACHERLE (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS) - CAMEO 130 - 3/58 1950'S NOVELTY AND SOME CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL HUMOR. ENJOY!!

[@coreywiley3981]

THey could also add a picture of Grandpa Munster next to a picture of Ted Cruz :)

[@dbwindhorst1]

I wonder how many versions he recorded. The mp3 I have combines a few lines from both of these versions with some entirely different lyrics.