--- product_id: 21018289 title: "Creatures of the Night That We Loved So Well: TV Horror Hosts of Southern California - Second Edition" price: "$111.12" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/21018289-creatures-of-the-night-that-we-loved-so-well-tv store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Creatures of the Night That We Loved So Well: TV Horror Hosts of Southern California - Second Edition **Price:** $111.12 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Creatures of the Night That We Loved So Well: TV Horror Hosts of Southern California - Second Edition - **How much does it cost?** $111.12 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/21018289-creatures-of-the-night-that-we-loved-so-well-tv) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description This Second Edition offers so much more - More of Southern California's historic horrorhosts - Including a newly discovered undocumented horror host, over 20 full scripts, morephotos along with more newspaper press releases and articles - 550 pages of SouthernCalifornia horror host history and all in a larger format.Jeepers Creepers Theatre in 1962 ignited a love of horror hosts that was the beginning of alife-long addiction for the author and many fans. But as much as the audience loved theshows, they never knew the horror that occurred off-screen -- live adult stage performances,lawsuits and cutthroat competition. What started off as risqué and sexy by 1954 standardsended as risqué and sexy by 1984 standards. Horror hosts affected 30 years of SouthernCalifornia television history... a phenomenon that is not known by today's generation butwell remembered by the "Baby Boomers" and now chronicled for future generationsInside this Second Edition, you will find over 300 images, many never published before -studio and behind the scenes photos, TV Guide ads, movie listings by date, scans of fullscripts, interviews with the hosts and writers and identities of the hosts revealed for thefirst time. Many you've seen on other TV series and movies and didn't even know. Review: An important part of early television history. (Los Angeles and beyond.) - I read the first edition of this book and thought that it contained really great information and pictures about all of the many television horror hosts that graced the airwaves of Los Angeles. That book is now out of print and very hard to find. When I saw that this 2nd edition was available, I reluctantly purchased it thinking that it was basically a reprint of the first edition. I was pleasantly surprised to find a lot of great new Los Angles horror host information along with many new and different photographs. I enjoyed both books a lot, and was shocked to find out that L.A. has had such so many different horror hosts over the years. I grew up in L.A. in this era and I don't remember most of them. Strict parents? Too early of a bedtime? I wonder if L.A. has had the most variety of horror hosts in the entire country? Monster movies accompanied by a horror host in the 1950's through the 1970's were about the coolest thing a 'Monster Kid' of the era could have to enjoy. (You had to be there!) Get this book before it goes out of print too! And maybe you can still find the first edition, if you search around. Also, a highly recommended very detailed book about horror hosts is: Television Horror Movie Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late-Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed by Elena M Watson. Review: Unique and nostalgic - I remember staying up late to watch the horror show hosts come "alive" on TV back in the late 70s. I lived in Las Cruces, New Mexico, but cable TV had just made its appearance, and we got KHJ TV all the way from Los Angeles. Grimsley became my obsession during an impressionable period, and I'm happy to say he and his fellow horror show hosts have stunted my growth and warped my mind ever since. You can barely find any information on this fascinating and now little known (except perhaps Elvira) niche in the history of TV. Thanks so much to the author for going to the trouble to do all this research. A note to him by the way: I remember two you didn't put into the book: One was Simon from Simon's Sanctorum, who was a disembodied head who talked in a rather grand manner. The other was Captain USA, who had little to recommend him and who I barely remember anyway. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #3,627,147 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #540 in TV References #3,191 in Television Performer Biographies #14,287 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 Reviews | ## Images ![Creatures of the Night That We Loved So Well: TV Horror Hosts of Southern California - Second Edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ZZAYiopUL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An important part of early television history. (Los Angeles and beyond.) *by B***R on April 27, 2020* I read the first edition of this book and thought that it contained really great information and pictures about all of the many television horror hosts that graced the airwaves of Los Angeles. That book is now out of print and very hard to find. When I saw that this 2nd edition was available, I reluctantly purchased it thinking that it was basically a reprint of the first edition. I was pleasantly surprised to find a lot of great new Los Angles horror host information along with many new and different photographs. I enjoyed both books a lot, and was shocked to find out that L.A. has had such so many different horror hosts over the years. I grew up in L.A. in this era and I don't remember most of them. Strict parents? Too early of a bedtime? I wonder if L.A. has had the most variety of horror hosts in the entire country? Monster movies accompanied by a horror host in the 1950's through the 1970's were about the coolest thing a 'Monster Kid' of the era could have to enjoy. (You had to be there!) Get this book before it goes out of print too! And maybe you can still find the first edition, if you search around. Also, a highly recommended very detailed book about horror hosts is: Television Horror Movie Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late-Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed by Elena M Watson. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Unique and nostalgic *by A***R on July 31, 2011* I remember staying up late to watch the horror show hosts come "alive" on TV back in the late 70s. I lived in Las Cruces, New Mexico, but cable TV had just made its appearance, and we got KHJ TV all the way from Los Angeles. Grimsley became my obsession during an impressionable period, and I'm happy to say he and his fellow horror show hosts have stunted my growth and warped my mind ever since. You can barely find any information on this fascinating and now little known (except perhaps Elvira) niche in the history of TV. Thanks so much to the author for going to the trouble to do all this research. A note to him by the way: I remember two you didn't put into the book: One was Simon from Simon's Sanctorum, who was a disembodied head who talked in a rather grand manner. The other was Captain USA, who had little to recommend him and who I barely remember anyway. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book on the subject. *by T***R on October 3, 2021* So full of facts and so expertly researched it's hard to believe. The only fall back was the price. 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