Alert regular “Sitting Duck” observes:

During the recent discussion of The Green Slime, much was made of the MST3K connection to local TV programming from days past as well as its modification of the horror host concept.

He brings up his local host, one Dr. Gruesome, a Richmond-based horror host from the ’80s, and recalled…

…his frequent abuse of his lackey Skeeter, which is rather similar to the relationship between Dr. Forrester and Frank.

Well, not every host was reminiscent of MST3K, but they’re all fun to talk about.

When I grew up in the Philadelphia, Dr. Shock was the man, very reminiscent of SCTV’s Count Floyd. As an immature teenager, I dearly loved that the name of his show was “FRIGHT FLICKS” and that the logo of the show, a tombstone with the name of the show on it, was shot at such an oblique angle that the second and third letters of the second word merged together. Think about it.

Tell us about your local host.