{"product_id":"american-scary-conversations-with-the-kings-queens-and-jesters-of-late-night-horror-tv-volume-1-hardcover-1","title":"American Scary Conversations with the Kings, Queens and Jesters of Late-Night Horror TV Volume 1 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Monahan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSandy Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLon Chaney Famously Observed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There's Nothing Funny About a Clown in the Moonlight\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLon Chaney Never Met a Horror Host\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Dawn of Broadcasting, Horror Hosts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlickered on the Murky Fringes of Television.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the release of Universal's SHOCK! Movie Package in October of 1957, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese Graveyard Gadflies Exploded Out of the Shadows and into\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Nation's Living Rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Monahan and Sandy Clark spoke with the Pioneers of this Distinctly American Genre and came away with Stories that reach far beyond the Restrictive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrame of the TV Screen, and Root themselves Deep in the Heart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof American History and Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The place to begin when examining the horror host phenomenon is Michael Monahan's American Scary. Conversations with the Kings, Queens and Jesters of Late-Night Horror TV. Monahan loves and understands the genre, and his interviews, including his interview with Vampira, are an amazing archive of television and horror history.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- W. Scott Poole, author of Vampira - Dark Goddess of Horror\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is an indispensible chronicle of the local ghost hosts and friendly phantoms that beckoned young and old alike into the dark ride...a séance, resurrecting voices from a bygone era that still have the power to frighten and delight\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Heath Holland, Cereal at Midnight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47577166610653,"sku":"9798887718019","price":65.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Lh7x8rWTXI9798887718019_9b55f654-c9ef-41f2-bfef-03f81a0a1043.webp?v=1773475735","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/american-scary-conversations-with-the-kings-queens-and-jesters-of-late-night-horror-tv-volume-1-hardcover-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}