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* AuthorAvatar: Koz's run as Sven depicts Koz himself as the show's "head writer" whenever the show gets introspective about its past or wins an award of some sort. Despite his humble and pleasant demeanor, Sven views Koz as an attention monger trying to take credit for Sven's hard work. Perhaps out of respect, though, the show makes no quibble with the fact that Bishop and ''his'' Sven are the same person, with Koz!Sven frequently referring to Jerry G. Bishop as his predecessor.
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* ButtMonkey: Sven is frequently the butt of jokes: Doug constantly complains about working for him, Kerwyn the rubber chicken takes constant potshots during the mail segments, and Tombstone seems pathologically incapable of referring to Sven by name (usually opting to call him "dummy" instead.) However, whenever "head writer" Rich Koz turns up, Sven makes ''him'' the butt of all the jokes instead, and constantly accuses him of trying to steal credit for the show's success.
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[[caption-width-right:309: It came from BERWYN!]]
[[caption-width-right:309: It came from BERWYN!]]
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* HollywoodToneDeaf: Part of the shtick in the weekly SongParody is that Sven doesn't have the greatest singing voice, but still gives it his best.
* IGotARock: Spoofed in a classic sketch where Sven went trick-or-treating but all he got was a paper cutout of a middle eastern country. That's right: [[IncrediblyLamePun He got Iraq.]]
* IGotARock: Spoofed in a classic sketch where Sven went trick-or-treating but all he got was a paper cutout of a middle eastern country. That's right: [[IncrediblyLamePun He got Iraq.]]
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* ProducePelting: In a RunningGag, whenever Sven makes a [[IncrediblyLamePun particularly bad joke]], he gets pelted with rubber chickens. He's taken to carrying a chicken shield for self-defense.
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* SincerestFormOfFlattery: Some of the creators of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' were fans of the show, and reportedly got the idea for their movie riffing from [=SvenSurround=]. This led to occasional viewers writing in to complain that [[OlderThanTheyThink Sven was ripping off MST3K]], but Koz himself says he was flattered.
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On April 2nd, 2011 Svengoolie went national when the ME-TV MeTV network expanded out of {{Chicago}} UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} and {{Milwaukee}} and became a full-fledged nationwide network. [[http://svengoolie.com/ Find out more here.]]
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** InstrumentalThemeTune: "Rumble", as well as Rich Koz's "Son's Theme".
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* BookEnds: ''Son of Svengoolie'', bizarrely, begins and ends with a TakeThat to failed sitcom ''Hello, Larry'': Jerry G. Bishop, introducing the first episode, sarcastically quips that "many fondly remember Svengoolie providing the same classic entertainment as such time-honored shows as ''Hello, Larry''"; and the "Cancelled" song in the finale claims the show's been cancelled "like [=McLean=] Stevenson".
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** HurricaneOfPuns: Some segments will have Sven rattle of a bunch of them at once.
** HurricaneOfPuns: Some segments will have Sven rattle of a bunch of them at once.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Very much so over the years, with regards to [[FakeNationality Sven being Transylvianian]], and ''how''. It's pretty much gone straight into NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent, he'll start a segment with it or enunciate a word in it here or there but that's all.
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** Sven tends to put more effort into it if the movie that week is a {{Dracula}} film.
** Sven tends to put more effort into it if the movie that week is a {{Dracula}} film.
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* SpecialEffectsEvolution: Tombstone's is superimposed onto the screen much more gracefully today than he was in the old days, appearing much more solid and his mouth lipsinks almost fluidly.
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** In his earliest days, Tombstone had a cigar in his mouth. He lost the cigar after it was found to practically disappear in the chromakeying process.
** In his earliest days, Tombstone had a cigar in his mouth. He lost the cigar after it was found to practically disappear in the chromakeying process.
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On April 2nd, 2011 Svengoolie went national when the ME-TV network expanded out of Chicago {{Chicago}} and Milwaukee {{Milwaukee}} and became a full-fledged nationwide network. [[http://svengoolie.com/ Find out more here.]]
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* EverythingsBetterWithChickens: Rubber chickens make frequent appearances on the show, especially at the end, when they're launched at Svengoolie.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Very much so over the years, with regards to [[FakeNationality Sven being Transylvianian]], and ''how''. It's pretty much gone straight into NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent, he'll start a segment with it or annunciation a word in it here or there but that's all.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Son of Svengoolie'' kept the old sign-on phrase and theme song from the original run for a bit, before adding "clear the airwaves" and the Son's Theme.
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* ThreeDimensionalEpisode: when [=SoS=] broadcast ''RevengeOfTheCreature'' in 1983. The effect didn't work well.
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* RealSongThemeTune: ''Screaming Yellow Theater'' used Link Wray's "Rumble".
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* CouchGag: Bishop's goodnight poem.
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* SpecialGuest: ''Very'' frequent during the Bishop days. Koz managed to swing a few as well during his initial run, his second run dispensed of them almost entirely.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: Most of the jokes on the program.
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* TheArtifact: Durwood the puppet looks just like Bishop's Svengoolie. When Koz took over with a different make-up design, Durwood retained his resemblance to the original and continues to today.
* DeadpanSnarker: When Doug speaks up, it's generally to get a joke in at Sven's expense.
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* ParodyCommercial: Fairly frequently. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqQLyxxLj4s Dr. Phiber]], anyone?
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* ParodyCommercial: Fairly frequently. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqQLyxxLj4s Dr. Phiber]], anyone? Too many examples to count--Svengoolie's Jr. Grave Robber Kit, Vampire Carpets, Death perfume...
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* LimitedWardrobe: Bishop!Sven's headband, sunglasses, red shirt and striped pants; Koz!Sven's black top hat and suit; Doug's fedora, sunglasses and blue collared shirt.
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* TalkingToHimself: Many characters are voiced by Koz, and dubbed in. Zallman T. Tombstone (a floating skull), Kerwyn (a rubber chicken who helps Sven with the Mailbag segment), and Durwood (a ventriloquit's dummy) are the three most often seen {{Non Human Sidekick}}s. Also "appearing" OnceAnEpisode is "the guy behind the door," who interrupts Sven as he's saying his goodnights at the end of the show to tell him a bad joke. The hand is played by various people - mostly staffers at the station - but the voiceover is Koz.
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->''The following [[{{Spoonerism}} proscribed is transgrammed]].''
-->--Opening line for ''Screaming Yellow Theater''
->''Calling all stations! Clear the airlanes, clear all airlanes for the big broadcast!''
-->--Opening line for ''Son of Svengoolie'' and ''Svengoolie''
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Svengoolie is the eponymous HorrorHost of a [[LongRunners long-running]] series in [[TheWindyCity Chicago]], where he shows movies (often, but not always, Horror Films). During commercial breaks he'll crack jokes, tell some history of the film being screened, sing songs, do sketches, etc. A popular feature is "[=SvenSurround=]," where he enhances the original audio track of the film with sound effects and dubbed in dialogue.
The character has gone through many incarnations throughout its run, starting in 1970 on Chicago's WFLD as a part of ''Screaming Yellow Theater'', where the character was played by Jerry G. Bishop, and a key writer was Rich Koz. When WFLD was bought out by a network with it's own HorrorHost, ''SYT'' was cancelled. It was resurrected in 1979, with Koz portraying "Son of Svengoolie" in a show of the same name. Said show was cancelled when Fox bought out WFLD in 1986, but returned as simply ''Svengoolie'' (with Bishop's blessing) on stations in Chigago and Milwaukee in 1995 and has been running since.
On April 2nd, 2011 Svengoolie went national when the ME-TV network expanded out of Chicago and Milwaukee and became a full-fledged nationwide network. [[http://svengoolie.com/ Find out more here.]]
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!!Svengoolie provides examples of:
* ArtEvolution: Bishop started out with a plain white coffin lying on a table, which would be signed by the episode's special guest if there was one, before painting it to become the more ornate one with his face on it. (The coffin-signing tradition was succeeded by a guest book.)
* AudienceParticipation: Faked with using audio clips from various programs, most commonly Warner Brothers cartoons.
* AwardShow: Parodied in 1983 with ''The Worst of Svengoolie'', which highlighted the worst elements of the various films that had been shown over the years.
* TheDanza: Doug Scharf as Doug Graves.
* EverythingsBetterWithChickens: Rubber chickens make frequent appearances on the show, especially at the end, when they're launched at Svengoolie.
* FanNickname: Sven, short for Svengoolie. "Goolie" [[OnlyOneName isn't his last name]].
* FourthWallMailSlot
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Svengoolie devotes one host segment a week to pointing out the actors' other roles.
* InherentlyFunnyWord: Berwyn.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Unlike some horror hosts Sven doesn't rely strictly on [[ThePublicDomainChannel Public Domain]] films, which makes for a wider variety of shows available but also makes officially releasing them to home video virtually impossible. Sven is OK with people trading copies of his old shows, but '''do not''' sell them.
* LegacyCharacter: The current Svengoolie started as the Son of Svengoolie; the original Svengoolie (played by Jerry G. Bishop) aired from 1970-1973 on ''Screaming Yellow Theater''. ''Son of Svengoolie'' ran 1979-1986. When [=SoS=] returned to regular broadcasting in 1995 he received the blessing of the original to just be called "Svengoolie."
* LongRunners: ''Screaming Yellow Theater'' ran from 1970-1973, Koz's first show ran 1979-1986; his current show started in 1995. That's 27 years on the air, and 42 years overall.
* MadLibsCatchPhrase: "The time has come for scary things, like monsters, ghosts and vampire wings..." from the Bishop era. Each week, the next line would be changed to reflect that week's guest or film.
* MilestoneCelebration: ''Son of Svengoolie'' has the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRmVCv-g9xM the 300th Episode Retrospective]], the 1997-on series got one in the form of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwp2UgRBmqU the 100th Show Medley]].
** And Koz's run as Sven in general got one when it hit [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxooPHsM9FA twenty-five years.]] The video was then reedited for reuse [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxooPHsM9FA celebrating the 31st anniversary.]]
* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: Yes, ''Son of Svengoolie'' came before ''Svengoolie'', and both title characters are the same person.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Very much so over the years, with regards to [[FakeNationality Sven being Transylvianian]], and ''how''. It's pretty much gone straight into NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent, he'll start a segment with it or annunciation a word in it here or there but that's all.
* ParodyCommercial: Fairly frequently. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqQLyxxLj4s Dr. Phiber]], anyone?
* PassingTheTorch: In [[http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/#videoclip-1978 the first episode]] of ''Son of Svengoolie'', when the Son pop's out of Bishop's coffin on the old ''Screaming Yellow Theater'' set while Bishop, out of character, provides OpeningNarration.
-->'''Bishop:''' Good evening. I'm Jerry G. Bishop, and this is the famed split-level dungeon studio where many years ago, the legendary Svengoola--Svengoolie first entered television prominence many years ago....What if there was the same situation as in the past with ''Film/SonOfFrankenstein'', ''Film/SonOfDracula'', ''SanfordAndSon''? Could their exist--somewhere, somehow--a [[TitleDrop Son of Svengoolie]]?
-->'''Son of Svengoolie:''' Hey, dad, can I borrow the key to the Hearst tonight?
* PromotedFanboy: Koz began his career as Svengoolie by being a fan of the original Svengoolie and sending in some sketch ideas. He then became a writer on the show and for Jerry G. Bishop personally. When auditions came up for a new horror host he got permission from Bishop to become the "Son of" Svengoolie.
* [[PunBasedTitle Pun Based Name]]: Named for Svengali from ''Trilby'' (and the subsequent reuse of the name as "a person who with evil intent manipulates another into doing what is desired") along with [[{{Ghouls}} Ghoul]], a common horror trope in its own right.
** Also the original ''Screaming Yellow Theater'', named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Yellow_Zonkers Screaming Yellow Zonkers.]]
** Not to mention Svengoolie's keyboardist Doug Graves, of "Doug and the [[IncrediblyLamePun Graves-tones]]".
* RunningGag[=/=]PhraseCatcher: "BER-WYN?" whenever a city name, or a word that sounds similar is mentioned. Berwyn is a suburb of Chicago where they have an annual mushroom parade. Used as a gag similar to ''RowanAndMartinsLaughIn's'' "beautiful downtown Burbank."
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Twice.
** The reason the original Svengoolie show was canceled in 1973 was that the local TV station he originated from was bought by an out-of-town TV station that had it's ''own'' local Horror Host, which it then syndicated in the Chicago area in Svengoolie's timeslot. Said show didn't last six months in the Chicago market but by then the original Svengoolie had moved on with his life.
** In 1986 the fledgling {{Fox}} Network, which bought the local channel Son of Svengoolie originated from (notice a pattern?) decided to cancel the show because it didn't fit with their vision of how the nascent network should present itself. That and they wanted the timeslot for ''The Joan Rivers Show''.
* SongParody: OnceAnEpisode, usually changing the lyrics to reference that night's movie.
* TalkingToHimself: Many characters are voiced by Koz, and dubbed in. Zallman T. Tombstone (a floating skull), Kerwyn (a rubber chicken who helps Sven with the Mailbag segment), and Durwood (a ventriloquit's dummy) are the three most often seen {{Non Human Sidekick}}s. Also "appearing" OnceAnEpisode is "the guy behind the door," who interrupts Sven as he's saying his goodnights at the end of the show to tell him a bad joke. The hand is played by various people - mostly staffers at the station - but the voiceover is Koz.
* TakeThat: Svengoolie's response to his cancellation...[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDJRLb8C3w in music form.]]
* ThreeDimensionalEpisode: when [=SoS=] broadcast ''RevengeOfTheCreature'' in 1983. The effect didn't work well.
* ThrowItIn: The origin of Svengoolie. Staff announcer Jerry G. Bishop was announcing the night's film and deciding as a gag to do it in a Transylvanian accent.
* UnCanceled: Came back in 1995 after being cancelled in 1986. Some people who were fans of his 1980s show still don't know that he's back, and that he's ''been'' back for 16 years.
* VocalRangeExceeded: Regularly used when musical director Doug Graves arranges songs for Sven to sing, just a bit higher than Sven can sing.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Jerry Bishop's Svengoolie.
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-->--Opening line for ''Screaming Yellow Theater''
->''Calling all stations! Clear the airlanes, clear all airlanes for the big broadcast!''
-->--Opening line for ''Son of Svengoolie'' and ''Svengoolie''
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Svengoolie is the eponymous HorrorHost of a [[LongRunners long-running]] series in [[TheWindyCity Chicago]], where he shows movies (often, but not always, Horror Films). During commercial breaks he'll crack jokes, tell some history of the film being screened, sing songs, do sketches, etc. A popular feature is "[=SvenSurround=]," where he enhances the original audio track of the film with sound effects and dubbed in dialogue.
The character has gone through many incarnations throughout its run, starting in 1970 on Chicago's WFLD as a part of ''Screaming Yellow Theater'', where the character was played by Jerry G. Bishop, and a key writer was Rich Koz. When WFLD was bought out by a network with it's own HorrorHost, ''SYT'' was cancelled. It was resurrected in 1979, with Koz portraying "Son of Svengoolie" in a show of the same name. Said show was cancelled when Fox bought out WFLD in 1986, but returned as simply ''Svengoolie'' (with Bishop's blessing) on stations in Chigago and Milwaukee in 1995 and has been running since.
On April 2nd, 2011 Svengoolie went national when the ME-TV network expanded out of Chicago and Milwaukee and became a full-fledged nationwide network. [[http://svengoolie.com/ Find out more here.]]
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!!Svengoolie provides examples of:
* ArtEvolution: Bishop started out with a plain white coffin lying on a table, which would be signed by the episode's special guest if there was one, before painting it to become the more ornate one with his face on it. (The coffin-signing tradition was succeeded by a guest book.)
* AudienceParticipation: Faked with using audio clips from various programs, most commonly Warner Brothers cartoons.
* AwardShow: Parodied in 1983 with ''The Worst of Svengoolie'', which highlighted the worst elements of the various films that had been shown over the years.
* TheDanza: Doug Scharf as Doug Graves.
* EverythingsBetterWithChickens: Rubber chickens make frequent appearances on the show, especially at the end, when they're launched at Svengoolie.
* FanNickname: Sven, short for Svengoolie. "Goolie" [[OnlyOneName isn't his last name]].
* FourthWallMailSlot
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Svengoolie devotes one host segment a week to pointing out the actors' other roles.
* InherentlyFunnyWord: Berwyn.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Unlike some horror hosts Sven doesn't rely strictly on [[ThePublicDomainChannel Public Domain]] films, which makes for a wider variety of shows available but also makes officially releasing them to home video virtually impossible. Sven is OK with people trading copies of his old shows, but '''do not''' sell them.
* LegacyCharacter: The current Svengoolie started as the Son of Svengoolie; the original Svengoolie (played by Jerry G. Bishop) aired from 1970-1973 on ''Screaming Yellow Theater''. ''Son of Svengoolie'' ran 1979-1986. When [=SoS=] returned to regular broadcasting in 1995 he received the blessing of the original to just be called "Svengoolie."
* LongRunners: ''Screaming Yellow Theater'' ran from 1970-1973, Koz's first show ran 1979-1986; his current show started in 1995. That's 27 years on the air, and 42 years overall.
* MadLibsCatchPhrase: "The time has come for scary things, like monsters, ghosts and vampire wings..." from the Bishop era. Each week, the next line would be changed to reflect that week's guest or film.
* MilestoneCelebration: ''Son of Svengoolie'' has the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRmVCv-g9xM the 300th Episode Retrospective]], the 1997-on series got one in the form of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwp2UgRBmqU the 100th Show Medley]].
** And Koz's run as Sven in general got one when it hit [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxooPHsM9FA twenty-five years.]] The video was then reedited for reuse [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxooPHsM9FA celebrating the 31st anniversary.]]
* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: Yes, ''Son of Svengoolie'' came before ''Svengoolie'', and both title characters are the same person.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Very much so over the years, with regards to [[FakeNationality Sven being Transylvianian]], and ''how''. It's pretty much gone straight into NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent, he'll start a segment with it or annunciation a word in it here or there but that's all.
* ParodyCommercial: Fairly frequently. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqQLyxxLj4s Dr. Phiber]], anyone?
* PassingTheTorch: In [[http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/#videoclip-1978 the first episode]] of ''Son of Svengoolie'', when the Son pop's out of Bishop's coffin on the old ''Screaming Yellow Theater'' set while Bishop, out of character, provides OpeningNarration.
-->'''Bishop:''' Good evening. I'm Jerry G. Bishop, and this is the famed split-level dungeon studio where many years ago, the legendary Svengoola--Svengoolie first entered television prominence many years ago....What if there was the same situation as in the past with ''Film/SonOfFrankenstein'', ''Film/SonOfDracula'', ''SanfordAndSon''? Could their exist--somewhere, somehow--a [[TitleDrop Son of Svengoolie]]?
-->'''Son of Svengoolie:''' Hey, dad, can I borrow the key to the Hearst tonight?
* PromotedFanboy: Koz began his career as Svengoolie by being a fan of the original Svengoolie and sending in some sketch ideas. He then became a writer on the show and for Jerry G. Bishop personally. When auditions came up for a new horror host he got permission from Bishop to become the "Son of" Svengoolie.
* [[PunBasedTitle Pun Based Name]]: Named for Svengali from ''Trilby'' (and the subsequent reuse of the name as "a person who with evil intent manipulates another into doing what is desired") along with [[{{Ghouls}} Ghoul]], a common horror trope in its own right.
** Also the original ''Screaming Yellow Theater'', named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Yellow_Zonkers Screaming Yellow Zonkers.]]
** Not to mention Svengoolie's keyboardist Doug Graves, of "Doug and the [[IncrediblyLamePun Graves-tones]]".
* RunningGag[=/=]PhraseCatcher: "BER-WYN?" whenever a city name, or a word that sounds similar is mentioned. Berwyn is a suburb of Chicago where they have an annual mushroom parade. Used as a gag similar to ''RowanAndMartinsLaughIn's'' "beautiful downtown Burbank."
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Twice.
** The reason the original Svengoolie show was canceled in 1973 was that the local TV station he originated from was bought by an out-of-town TV station that had it's ''own'' local Horror Host, which it then syndicated in the Chicago area in Svengoolie's timeslot. Said show didn't last six months in the Chicago market but by then the original Svengoolie had moved on with his life.
** In 1986 the fledgling {{Fox}} Network, which bought the local channel Son of Svengoolie originated from (notice a pattern?) decided to cancel the show because it didn't fit with their vision of how the nascent network should present itself. That and they wanted the timeslot for ''The Joan Rivers Show''.
* SongParody: OnceAnEpisode, usually changing the lyrics to reference that night's movie.
* TalkingToHimself: Many characters are voiced by Koz, and dubbed in. Zallman T. Tombstone (a floating skull), Kerwyn (a rubber chicken who helps Sven with the Mailbag segment), and Durwood (a ventriloquit's dummy) are the three most often seen {{Non Human Sidekick}}s. Also "appearing" OnceAnEpisode is "the guy behind the door," who interrupts Sven as he's saying his goodnights at the end of the show to tell him a bad joke. The hand is played by various people - mostly staffers at the station - but the voiceover is Koz.
* TakeThat: Svengoolie's response to his cancellation...[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDJRLb8C3w in music form.]]
* ThreeDimensionalEpisode: when [=SoS=] broadcast ''RevengeOfTheCreature'' in 1983. The effect didn't work well.
* ThrowItIn: The origin of Svengoolie. Staff announcer Jerry G. Bishop was announcing the night's film and deciding as a gag to do it in a Transylvanian accent.
* UnCanceled: Came back in 1995 after being cancelled in 1986. Some people who were fans of his 1980s show still don't know that he's back, and that he's ''been'' back for 16 years.
* VocalRangeExceeded: Regularly used when musical director Doug Graves arranges songs for Sven to sing, just a bit higher than Sven can sing.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Jerry Bishop's Svengoolie.
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