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A LOOK BACK AT WONDERCON 2006
On Saturday, February 11, WonderCon reveals the “Secrets of Horror Hosting” as TV's coolest ghouls reveal all! Discover closely guarded secrets that other horror hosts don't want you to know! See rare clips of the great masters and mistresses of the macabre. Legendary San Francisco Bay Area horror hosts Bob Wilkins and John Stanley are joined by current hosts Mr. Lobo from KTEH Channel 54's Cinema Insomnia, and Doktor Goulfinger, one of the country's leading experts on TV horror movie hosts, to reveal all. Members of the audience will have a chance to become a real horror movie presenter in this exciting workshop! Choose your Horror Host name. Work from a professional TV script in front of a camera and learn to ad lib wisecracks. After trying all the terrifying tips the audiences will beg to get back into the movie! A must for monsterkids and the kids of monsterkids! 
Celebrity Profile:Bob WilkinsBob Wilkins got his start on television in the mid-1960s while working for KCRA (Channel 3) in Sacramento, writing and producing commercials. In late 1966, Bob got his own time slot, hosting Seven Arts Theater. He was put on the air to bring a more youthful audience to the station after the 11:00 p.m. news show. In 1971, KCRA changed formats and canceled the Wilkins show. He was immediately picked up by KXTL (Channel 40), and continued to be a Sacramento favorite until 1982.Creature Features made its debut on Channel 2 (KTVU) in 1971 and was an immediate success with its grade-Z horror films and Bob's dry sense of humor. Actually, many of the films were pretty good, and his guests were even better: Ray Harryhausen, Christopher Lee, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Forrest J Ackerman, and too many others to list. In the all-important ratings market, Bob's Creature Features rivaled the network programming it was up against and soon expanded to a double feature format. Bob even joined the Channel 2 eleven o'clock news as the weatherman, while still continuing his weekly KXTL show in Sacramento. Bob's shows inspired viewers (one of them George Lucas) to get into sci-fi films. In 1977, Bob went incognito as Captain Cosmic, a half-hour kid's show specializing in Japanese sci-fi. With his trusty sidekick, Robot 2T2, Captain Cosmic made the galaxy safe for kids every afternoon at 4:30. Bob wrote and produced the shows, lined up guests, answered fan mail, and made public appearances. In 1978, when the demands of doing two shows in Oakland and one in Sacramento got to be too much, Bob left Channel 2. Bob's replacement on Creature Features was John Stanley, author of The Creature Feature Movie Guide. Luckily, for Sacramento viewers, Bob continued his Saturday night show on Channel 40 until 1982.  Celebrity Profile:John StanleyJohn Stanley is a man whose creative activity often seem without limit: journalist, TV host, fiction writer, motion picture director, lecturer, film historian, editor, columnist, publisher--and puzzle creator. Stanley says he walked into the offices of the San Francisco Chronicle in 1960 to take a job as copy boy for the summer, "but I ended up staying 33 years." As a writer/editor on the Sunday Datebook staff, Stanley reviewed films and interviewed some of the greatest stars of his generation. A specialist on sci-fi/horror films, Stanley spent six years as TV host for KTVU's Creature Features. Now widely recognized as one of America's leading authorities on horror, science fiction, and fantasy films, John's sixth edition of his reference book, The Creature Features Movie Guide, is available from Penguin books. Not content to just write about horror films, Stanley actually made one of his own in 1976: Nightmare in Blood, a spoof that kidded the genre and the fans who flock to psychotronic movies. Stanley both wrote and directed the film, which featured Kathleen Quinlan, an Oscar nominee for Apollo 13 and the star of CBS' recent prime-time drama, Family Law. Stanley also wrote the novel War III World (1976), co-authored the Edgar- nominated mystery The Dark Side (1977), and wrote the nonfiction book Them Ornery Mitchum Boys about hell-raising Hollywood brothers Robert and John Mitchum. Through his own publishing imprint, Creatures at Large, Stanley also printed Robert Bloch's Lost in Time and Space with Lefty Feep (1987), a collection of short stories from the author of Psycho. Since retiring from the Chronicle in 1993, Stanley has continued to review films, makes crossword puzzles for TV Guide publications, and works as an Elderhostel instructor, specializing in classes about the world of entertainment. He joined TheColumnists.com team as a full partner in January 2000. 
Celebrity Profile:Doktor GoulfingerThe Hip Crypt of Doktor Goulfinger enthusiastically taps into memories of Creature Features, Shock It To Me Theater and the many other classic horror hosts of old to bring viewers the best of the worst in cinematic entertainment. Aiding the Dok in his efforts to keep this grand tradition alive are Countess Von Spankenstein, Shockly, SheGor and Fernando the Space Monster. Doktor Goulfinger is also one of the country's leading experts on TV horror movie hosts. His vast collection of horror host props, costumes and memorabilia constitute a veritable museum of this rich and colorful vein of broadcast history. 
Celebrity Profile:Mr. Lobo"Mr. Lobo is the best thing going." -- Bob Wilkins, legendary host of KTVU's Creature Features Who is Mr. Lobo? Is he friend or foe? Will he save late night television or destroy it? His weekly movie show Cinema Insomnia is seen on about 30 broadcast stations nationwide and is aired each week on PBS station KTEH 54, right here in the Bay Area, late Saturday Nights, since October 1st, 2005. The Halloween special went out to 150 cities including New York and LA and our host was a featured guest at SCREAMFEST, Florida’s largest horror convention. Mr. Lobo has produced radio plays, stage shows, screenplays, trading cards and comic books. He's also appeared in many live events and conventions in and around Northern California and has had cameos in Indy horror films.
This is the programming schedule as of press time. For last-minute
additions and changes, please check the complete schedule signs posted
in the programming Room hallways. Panelists scheduled to appear at each
event are subject to change. See the Moscone Center West site
map (included in PDFs and on the back cover of the Program Book) for Room locations.
All programming rooms are on the second level of Moscone West;
the Masquerade is on the third level on Saturday night.
Please note that all programs have limited seating and are on a first-come, first-served basis. Because of the number of attendees, simply having a badge does not guarantee a seat in programs and events, nor an autograph from a specific celebrity. Rooms are not cleared between programs. This schedule is subject to change without notice. |
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