โCount Scary and Meโ: Former WDIV director reflects on taping โScaryโ specials
His famous catch phrase was โOoooh, thatโs scaary!โ Count Scary would rank the scary level of each movie with a scale of pants, referring to scaring your pants off. Little did I know, that 20 years later, I would be a Director at WDIV working on the Count Scary shows. Suddenly he receives a phone call from one of his โfine boysโ (Tom DeLisle) that he was needed at the studio. Tom DeLisle was such a great humorist and cheerleader; heck, we all got our own official Scary Jackets. One Tom is gone; we lost Tom DeLisle 2 years ago.
Honoring Detroit TV Halloween legends: Count Scary and The Ghoul
In the 70s and 80s, there was a popular TV concept floating around the U.S.: Horror movie shows. For Detroit TV watchers, there were two big horror movie show hosts: Count Scary and The Ghoul. Count Scary appeared on WDIV from 1982 to the early 1990s as a vampire who loved B horror films. Count Scary would rank the scary level of each movie with a scale of pants, referring to scaring your pants off. Count Scary eventually appeared on other Detroit TV networks, including his final appearance in 1996 in a joint special with The Ghoul.
Honoring Detroit TV Halloween legends: Count Scary and The Ghoul
Count Scary and The Ghoul thrilled Detroit TV audiences for years. Count Scary and The Ghoul are two examples of this time capsule TV program -- and I can only imagine the families gathered around TVs to catch these Halloween specials. For Detroit TV watchers, there were two big horror movie show hosts: Count Scary and The Ghoul. Count Scary would rank the scary level of each movie with a scale of pants, referring to scaring your pants off. Count Scary eventually appeared on other Detroit TV networks, including his final appearance in 1996 in a joint special with The Ghoul.