Profile: Dr. Gangrene and Larry Underwood
Oct 28, 2024•51 min
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Episode description
Horror hosts emerged nationwide after Vampira burst onto the late night Los Angeles television scene in 1954. In 1971, Nashville's WSM-TV launched their own with Creature Feature Saturday hosted by Sir Cecil Creape. Decades later on July 1, 1999, Larry Underwood, inspired by the legendary Creape, created his Dr. Gangrene alter-ego and produced his first episode of Chiller Cinema.
Today we welcome the physician of fright Dr. Gangrene and Horror Host Hall of Famer Underwood to tell us about the history of Nashville horror hosts, the Gangrene origin story, and Underwood's fascination with monsters, fear, and the horror host genre of cornball humor.
This episode was produced by Khalil Ekulona and Elizabeth Burton.
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- Larry Underwood | Actor, writer, producer
- Dr. Gangrene | TV horror movie host
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