Screaming Yellow Theater

Screaming Yellow Theater Cast

Series Description

The Screaming Yellow Theater TV show was a 120 minute horror series on channel WFLD in Chicago, Illinois. It aired late on Friday nights and featured mostly "B" horror and sci-fi movies. It was well known for disturbing the restfull sleep of its fans!

Screaming Yellow Theater Cast

Jerry G. Bishop .... Svengoolie (Host)

Introductory Narrative

The time as come for scary things

Like monsters, ghosts, and vampire wings

With horrible movies all drippy and drooly

and horrible jokes ... With me Svengoolie!

Screaming Yellow Theater Trivia

Jerry Bishop spoke with a voice that imitated Bela Lugosi on the very first episode of Screaming Yellow Theater because Lugosi starred in the first episode's movie, "Ghosts On The Loose" and decided to keep the accent for the rest of the series.

Jerry also has the distinction of being one of very few reporters to have interviewed the Beatles at the height of their popularity. In fact, he traveled with them as they toured the U.S. during 1965 and 1966.

Other eerie characters would appear on Screaming Yellow Theater during commercial breaks including Zelda the talking skull and Durwood the ventriloquist dummy.

The series became so popular that it gained a nation-wide cult following. Celebrities were also followers of the show and would call in and ask to appear as a guest when in Chicago. Guests would open the show by signing Svengoolie's guest book and then opening his coffin so he could introduce the movie of the evening.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Season 1

  1. Ghosts On The Loose (9/18/1970)
  2. Corridors Of Blood (9/25/1970)
  3. Black Dragons (10/2/1970)
  4. Haunted Strangler (10/9/1970)
  5. Spooks Run Wild (10/16/1970)
  6. Diabolical Dr. Z (10/23/1970)
  7. College Girl Murders (10/30/1970)
  8. A Bucket Of Blood (11/6/1970)
  9. Invisible Ghost (11/13/1970)
  10. Voodoo Man (11/20/1970)
  11. Strangler Of The Tower (11/27/1970)
  12. Blood Of Dracula (12/4/1970)
  13. Frankenstein's Daughter / I Was A Teenage Frankenstein (12/11/1970)
  14. Horrors Of The Black Museum (12/18/1970)
  15. Bowery At Midnight (12/25/1970)
  16. Corridors Of Blood (1/1/1971)
  17. Diabolical Dr. Z (1/8/1971)
  18. College Girl Murders (1/15/1971)
  19. Strangler Of The Tower (1/22/1971)
  20. Slaughter Of The Vampires (1/29/1971)
  21. Dead Eyes Of London (2/5/1971)
  22. Horrors Of The Black Museum (2/12/1971)
  23. Frankenstein's Daughter (2/19/1971)
  24. Mad Executioners (2/26/1971)
  25. Horrors Of The Black Museum (3/5/1971)
  26. Spooks Run Wild (3/12/1971)
  27. Invisible Ghost (3/19/1971)
  28. How To Make A Monster (3/26/1971)
  29. The Undead (4/2/1971)
  30. Corridors Of Blood / Slaughter Of The Vampires (4/9/1971)
  31. Horror Castle / Diabolical Dr. Z (4/16/1971)
  32. The Night Has Eyes / Strangler Of The Tower (4/23/1971)
  33. College Girl Murders / Voodoo Woman (4/30/1971)
  34. Four Skulls Of Jonathan Drake / Black Dragons (5/7/1971)
  35. Terror Is A Man / Blood Of Dracula (5/14/1971)
  36. Revenge Of The Zombies / Haunted Strangler (5/21/1971)
  37. A Bucket Of Blood / Tower Of Terror (5/28/1971)
  38. Lady Of Vengeance / I Was A Teenage Werewolf (6/4/1971)
  39. Sinister Monk / Spooks Run Wild (6/11/1971)
  40. Hunchback Of Soho / Invisible Ghost (6/18/1971)
  41. Dead Eyes Of London / Bowery At Midnight (6/25/1971)
  42. Mad Executioners / Voodoo Man (7/2/1971)
  43. Dark Waters / Woman Who Came Back (7/9/1971)
  44. Back From The Dead (7/16/1971)
  45. Dante's Inferno / The Headless Ghost (7/23/1971)
  46. I Was A Teenage Frankenstein / Screaming Skull (7/30/1971)
  47. Horrors Of The Black Museum (8/6/1971)
  48. Voodoo Woman (8/13/1971)
  49. Fiend Without A Face (8/20/1971)
  50. Horror Castle (8/27/1971)
  51. Corpse Vanishes (9/3/1971)
  52. Beast With Five Fingers (9/10/1971)
  53. Teenage Zombies (9/17/1971)
Season 2
  1. Ape Man (9/24/1971)
  2. Vampire Bat / Death Curse Of Tartu (10/1/1971)
  3. Fright / Passport For A Corpse (10/8/1971)
  4. Daughter Of Dr. Jekyll / Honeymoon Of Horror (10/15/1971)
  5. Testament Of Dr. Mabuse / House Of The Black Death (10/22/1971)
  6. Wasp Woman / How To Make A Monster (10/29/1971)
  7. Castle Of Terror / Limping Man (11/5/1971)
  8. Bride And The Beast / Zig Zag (11/12/1971)
  9. Corpse Vanishes / Hypnotic Eye (11/19/1971)
  10. The Disembodied / Invisible Dr. Mabuse (11/26/1971)
  11. Secret Of Dr. Mabuse / The Undead (12/3/1971)
  12. Four Skulls Of Jonathan Drake / Lady Of Vengeance (12/10/1971)
  13. I Was A Teenage Werewolf / Revenge Of The Zombies (12/17/1971)
  14. Tower Of London (12/24/1971)
  15. Hands Of A Stranger (12/31/1971)
  16. Zig Zag / Strangler Of The Tower (1/7/1972)
  17. Tomb Of Torture / Terror Is A Man (1/14/1972)
  18. Tower Of Terror / Dark Waters (1/21/1972)
  19. Back From The Dead / Screaming Skull (1/28/1972)
  20. She Demons / Testament Of Dr. Mabuse (2/4/1972)
  21. Brain That Wouldn't Die / Haunted Strangler (2/11/1972)
  22. Valley Of The Zombies / Neanderthal Man (2/18/1972)
  23. Horrible Dr. Hichcock / Curse Of The Faceless Man (2/25/1972)
  24. Return From The Past / Woman Who Came Back (3/3/1972)
  25. Frankenstein's Daughter / Man Who Wouldn't Die (3/10/1972)
  26. Dark Eyes Of London / She Devil (3/17/1972)
  27. Beast With Five Fingers / Dante's Inferno (3/24/1972)
  28. Corridors Of Blood / Slaughter Of The Vampires (3/31/1972)
  29. Fright / How To Make A Monster (4/7/1972)
  30. Horrors Of The Black Museum / Wasp Woman (4/14/1972)
  31. Daughter Of Dr. Jekyll / A Bucket Of Blood (4/21/1972)
  32. Circus Of Horrors / I Was A Teenage Frankenstein (4/28/1972)
  33. Passport For A Corpse / Ape Man (5/5/1972)
  34. Zig Zag / Curse Of The Stone Hand (5/12/1972)
  35. Black Sunday / Macabre (5/19/1972)
  36. Castle Of Terror / Headless Ghost (5/26/1972)
  37. Bride And The Beast / The Crawling Eye (6/2/1972)
  38. The Disembodied / Honeymoon Of Horror (6/9/1972)
  39. Death Curse Of Tartu / The Undead (6/16/1972)
  40. Voodoo Woman / Hypnotic Eye (6/23/1972)
  41. I Was A Teenage Werewolf / Hands of A Stranger (6/30/1972)
  42. Spooks Run Wild / College Girl Murders (7/7/1972)
  43. Buried Alive / Ghosts On The Loose (7/14/1972)
  44. Brain Machine / Four Skulls Of Jonathan Drake (7/21/1972)
  45. Revenge Of The Zombies / Black Dragons (7/28/1972)
  46. Crow Hollow / From Hell It Came (8/4/1972)
  47. Mad Executioners / Invisible Ghost (8/11/1972)
  48. Lady Of Vengeance / Bowery At Midnight (8/18/1972)
  49. Terror Is A Man / Voodoo Man (8/25/1972)
  50. Fiend Without A Face / Curse Of The Faceless Man (9/1/1972)
  51. Invisible Dr. Mabuse / Vampire Bat (9/8/1972)
  52. Death Ray Mirror Of Dr. Mabuse / Neanderthal Man (9/15/1972)
Season 3
  1. Corpse Vanishes / Screaming Skull (9/22/1972)
  2. House Of The Black Death (9/29/1972)
  3. Back From The Dead / She Demons (10/6/1972)
  4. Terror In The Crypt / Valley Of The Zombies (10/13/1972)
  5. The Manster / The Night Has Eyes (10/20/1972)
  6. Invisible Creature / Slaughter Of The Vampires (10/27/1972)
  7. Brain That Wouldn't Die / Snow Creature (11/3/1972)
  8. Blancheville Monster / How To Make A Monster (11/10/1972)
  9. Night Tide / Blood Of Dracula (11/17/1972)
  10. Nylon Noose / She Creature (11/24/1972)
  11. Night Of The Living Dead / Vampire Bat (12/1/1972)
  12. Horrible Dr. Hichcock / Circus Of Horrors (12/8/1972)
  13. Man Who Wouldn't Die / Carnival Of Souls (12/15/1972)
  14. Black Sunday / Terror Beneath The Sea (12/22/1972)
  15. Return From The Past / Testament Of Dr. Mabuse (12/29/1972)
  16. Ape Man / She Devil (1/5/1973)
  17. Daughter Of Dr. Jekyll / Tower Of Terror (1/12/1973)
  18. Corpse Vanishes / Beast With Five Fingers (1/19/1973)
  19. Woman Who Came Back / Brain Machine (1/26/1973)
  20. Four Skulls Of Jonathan Drake / Dark Waters (2/2/1973)
  21. Blood Rose / Macabre (2/9/1973)
  22. Frankenstein's Daughter / Wasp Woman (2/16/1973)
  23. The Disembodied / I Was A Teenage Frankenstein (2/23/1973)
  24. Beast Of The Dead / Invisible Creature (3/2/1973)
  25. Tower Of London / The Undead (3/9/1973)
  26. Torture Chamber Of Dr. Sadism / Bride And The Beast (3/16/1973)
  27. Phantom Of The Opera / Headless Ghost (3/23/1973)
  28. Tomb Of The Living Dead / Hypnotic Eye (3/30/1973)
  29. Creature's Revenge / I Was a Teenage Werewolf (4/6/1973)
  30. Invisible Dr. Mabuse / Screaming Skull (4/13/1973)
  31. Death Ray Mirror Of Dr. Mabuse / Voodoo Woman (4/20/1973)
  32. Terstament Of Dr. Mabuse / Horrors Of The Black Museum (4/27/1973)
  33. Brain That Wouldn't Die / Invisible Ghost (5/4/1973)
  34. Terror In The Crypt / Curse Of The Faceless Man (5/11/1973)
  35. Blancheville Monster / Black Dragons (5/18/1973)
  36. Circus Of Horrors / Revenge Of The Zombies (5/25/1973)
  37. Vampire People / Ring Of Terror (6/1/1973)
  38. Night Tide / Crawling Eye (6/8/1973)
  39. Blood Of Dracula / Sinister Monk (6/15/1973)
  40. Death Curse Of Tartu / A Bucket Of Blood (6/22/1973)
  41. Castle Of Terror / Amazing Transparent Man (6/29/1973)
  42. Night Of The Living Dead / Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman (7/6/1973)
  43. Curse Of The Vampires / Neanderthal Man (7/13/1973)
  44. Decoy For Terror / How To Make A Monster (7/20/1973)
  45. Island Of Living Horror / Valley Of The Zombies (7/27/1973)
  46. Daughter Of Dr. Jekyll / Robot Monster (8/3/1973)
  47. Teenage Zombies / Snow Creature (8/10/1973)
  48. Wasp Woman / Incredible Petrified World (8/17/1973)
  49. Slaughter Of The Vampires / Macabre (8/24/1973)
  50. Strangler Of The Tower / Vampire Bat (8/31/1973)
  51. Hypnotic Eye / I Was A Teenage Frankenstein (9/7/1973)

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