This is for horror fans, movie theater fans, and just any local that remembers when local television stations actually produced their own programming: David Krause, moderator of the Nine Panel Nerds podcast out of Buried Under Comics, brings us an intriguing 2 hour(!) interview with Springfield's only horror host, Bob MaCabre. Mr. MaCabre was played by Springfield, MA local, Bob Austin, who led a very interesting life, from playing dj to the troops, meeting and performing with Bob Hope and Lana Turner, managed a series of movie theaters throughout New England, and eventually hosted old horror films on Springfield's ABC affiliate, channel 40. He's a great story teller and has some great stories. Highly recommend it.
From Dave's description:
Another special episode and this time it's a very personal show as we talk with Springfield Massachusetts only original horror host Bob MaCabre! Bob MaCabre was played by Bob Austin a very sweet man who has lived a very interesting life as you are about to hear. Bob has preformed with Bob Hope, auditioned for the role to play Barnabas Collins brothers on Dark Shadows, managed movie theaters and of course been the horror host he played back in the 80's. Bob talks about all this and more. Joining us is the voice of NPN Jim Kaye, who does the opening for the show. It's a long show but it's worth ever word. So join us and I hope you enjoy it!
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