TV’s original Svengoolie, ‘a great, great talent’ (RIP Jerry G Bishop)
Jerry G. Bishop traveled the country with the Beatles, worked as a major market radio and television personality over five decades, and created the original character of Svengoolie out of his fertile imagination. But he always considered himself a Chicago kid at heart, proud of his roots in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. He even modeled his two restaurants in San Diego after his favorite hometown dining spots. Word that Bishop died Sunday at 77
Personality Who Created The Original 'Svengoolie,' Dead At 77
Posted: 09/17/2013 3:34 pm EDT | Updated: 09/17/2013 3:36 pm EDT
Chicago radio and TV legend and creator of the original "Svengoolie," Jerry G. Bishop, has died. He was 77.
Media critic Robert Feder confirmed the news that Bishop passed away Sunday.
Rich Koz, Bishop's protégé and current Svengoolie wrote "I owe everything to him," tweeting Tuesday:
A developing obit from The Museum of Classic Chicago Television posted Monday read in part:
"On Sunday, September 15, 2013, Jerry Ghan, who went by the name Jerry G. Bishop on radio and television, passed away. [snip]He is best remembered as the original Svengoolie. Svengoolie began in 1970 on WFLD TV 32 in Chicago when Jerry G. Bishop did voice-overs for the Friday night horror films being shown on Screaming Yellow Theater. Bishop was doing voice work for the show, and was heard but not seen. Soon the station added slides of Bishop as Svengoolie, and eventually evolved into video taped segments."
The Lawndale native and Columbia College grad was a star of morning radio during "the golden era of Top 40 radio in the ’60s," Feder reports. In 1970, Bishop introduced the Svengoolie character as the voice-over host of "Screaming Yellow Theater."
Thanks to Al Linsenmeyer Jan 66 ofr contributing.
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