Jun 12
Meet The Oddest Creatures With Unfamiliar Features! Ken Gibson as the vampire Vincent Hedges and Don Molander as the hunchback Emmit of "The Acri Creature Feature." This was a really popular late show airing on WQAD-8 in Moline, extending out into Southern Iowa and Northwest Illinois. The show was really an extended late night ad for vinyl home siding (!), but the kids who loved it recall the movies and wacky cast of characters. In some areas, it didn't air until well after midnight -- as late as 3:30 am (!!) -- providing a real challenge for viewers to stay up. "The Windmills of Your Mind" from "The Thomas Crown Affair" (!!!) served as the show's opening theme.
