CBS News - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Monsters... (Complete Special, 1981) 💀 👻
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Here's a complete "news" documentary about the monster phenomenon (just in time for Halloween) - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Monsters...But Were Afraid!, as aired over the CBS Network. Host is Charles Osgood, from the Dracula castle at the Universal Studios tour in Hollywood.
Note: All commercials, bumpers [except most of those that ended each segment], promos, news updates and station ID's - plus sponsor billboards, if any - were edited out of this recording; also there is no voiceover promo for coming CBS Network shows at the end.
Includes:
Segment 1 - Quote on screen about growing up fascinated by monsters from writer Daniel Cohen, followed by clips of "Nosferatu" (1922), Charles' setup intro, and clips from other movies, leading to opening titles
Segment 2 - Clips from the 1946 "Beauty and the Beast," the 1931 "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "The Island of Dr. Moreau," "Them!," "The Thing (From Another World)," "Frankenstein" [1931], the Lon Chaney Jr. "Wolf Man," the 1925 "Phantom of the Opera," the 1933 "King Kong," "Creature from the Black Lagoon," "The Elephant Man," the original "Godzilla" (and his evolution) and their back stories; Charles recounts all Frankenstein follow-ups; and an interview with Famous Monsters magazine publisher James Warren
Segment 3 - Making of a Japanese TV monster show; special effects in "Clash of the Titans" and "Jason and the Argonauts," and their creator, Ray Harryhausen, with some of his monsters at the Museum of Modern Art; an interview with writer Jeff Rovin about Harryhausen's work and technique
Segment 4 - A look inside a "monster factory" in North Hollywood where creatures are created for the movies; an interview with chief monster maker Rick Baker, who shows what some of his assistants are doing to bring them to life; some of his examples include the original 1977 "Star Wars," the 1976 "King Kong" (in which he himself was the monster) and "An American Werewolf in London"
Segment 5 - The origins of monsters, perhaps going back 100 million years to the dinosaurs (with clips from "Fantasia" and "One Million Years B.C."), a look at one of the American Museum of Natural History's exhibits, followed by clips from "The Lost World" [1925], and the first "Godzilla" movie; an interview with Daniel Cohen who insists there's no link between dinosaurs and monsters, and speaks of their earliest depictions which resembled dragons (and explains dragons' origins), with clips from "Dragonslayer" and the 1933 "King Kong" (about 20 seconds of which had to be edited out to avoid blocking); a look at the twist in "Pete's Dragon"
Segment 6 - A look at more modern examples, the Yeti of Tibet (a.k.a. the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, a.k.a. "Sasquatch" or "Bigfoot"; with a clip from "The Abominable Snowman" [1957], an interview with Roger Patterson who filmed an encounter with such creature in 1967, and a look at a 1981 expedition led by John Beckyord (sp?) at El Dorado National Forest) and the Loch Ness Monster ("Nessie") of the highlands of Scotland (with a clip from "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes," a film taken by Tim Dinsdale, sightings within the U.S. including Chesapeake Bay with "Chessie" and Lake Champlain with "Champ" in a photo taken by Sandra Mansi; the University of Chicago's Dr. Roy Mackal, who'd consulted on one Loch Ness expedition, speaks about such creatures); and going back to the original "King Kong"
Segment 7 - Charles sums up the monster phenomenon in closing, with a clip from a later Godzilla movie as he heads off into the sunset, followed by the closing credits (Directed by Vern Diamond, Written by Joel Heller and Charles Osgood, but unfortunately space constraints prevent us from including them all here)
"The real monster is the director."
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, October 23rd 1981 during the 7:00pm to 8:00pm timeframe.
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The guy whose quote was used at the beginning...Daniel Cohen....was an author that wrote books about horror films and monsters of folklore. I can remember being 7 and buying his books from the local bookstore. What a great childhood memory. This tv special is awesome!
Do you know if he's any relation to Jeffrey Jerome Cohen? He's an academic expert in monstrosity, would make sense that he went into the family business.
Thank you. I plan to look him up.
I'm 40 years old and I love monsters just as much now as I did when I was 10 lol. Thank you for this.
Same here brother, 44 and no shame in loving this stuff!
62, and shameless, too😏…………
The museum struck gold w/ this one.
IKR, agreed.
I remember seeing this just before Halloween in 1981. Wow this brings back memories. Thank you for posting this.
I grew uo watching old horror and science fiction movies an reading comic books; monster magazines; science fiction pulps; etc! Im 60 and still love this stuff ❤❤❤❤
Well I was born in 79 and appreciate your generation for helping bring that type of content forward. My Dad is 77 and introduced to Asimov, Rice Burroughs, first Gen Star Trek. Huh, I'm feeling blessed rn.
Oh yes, most of us are Science Fiction and Fantasy fans. Reading the books and going to the films plus talking to many of these giants at SciFi cons. It's something I am proud to admit to admit to. It got me reading and haven't stopped.
As a kid in the Bronx, I saw this special when it premiered on CBS Channel 2 back in 1981!
Footage from GODZILLA '54 and GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH (THE SMOG MONSTER) was a highlight, as I am a lifelong fan of Godzilla and tokusatsu (just a decade before I learned of that word in MARKALITE Magazine #1 in early January 1991). But there was something else; At the 14:22 mark, there was a cool-looking giant superhero type guy beating up a crazy-looking giant monster, and the monster suit being carried around the studio lot! I remembered that so vividly. Up until finally seeing this special again this week, I thought, in hindsight, that it was from some Ultraman or Ultraman-like series... and I was right!!! It was an *extremely* rare behind-the-scenes look at the making of Episode #48 ("Monster Girl's Festival") of ULTRAMAN TARO (Tsuburaya; 1973)!!! The monster featured is Veron!
To think, this CBS special was my absolute first exposure to Ultraman, and I didn't even realize it!!! (This was before I learned more of Ultraman in the late 1980s.) And yet, it had more than enough appeal for my Japanese sci-fi appetite growing up!
Wow. Do I miss shows like this on network TV. What a fun special! Thanks for posting it.
Rick Baker was so young then. Awrsome Rick segment displaying his work. '76 King Kong has a special place in my heart. I was 15 when this aired. Christ im old 😆.
We're same age, but that version of 'King Kong', is the worst. And we're not old, just 'older'😁!!!
@@rogerrendzak8055 A few of the scenes are pretty bad, but the soundtrack and the visuals are great.
"I always wondered how Cortez felt when he found the Inca Treasure..."
"It wasn't Cortez, it was Bizaro and he died busted, fred.!"
Or the part where Jack sneaks into the meeting and commanded all their attention when describing the island. Probably my favorite scene
I remember this! I DID NOT want to miss this!
Great upload! I missed this back in '81. I'm all things horror and halloween. Added bonus is Charles Osgood. Like an extended segment of CBS Sunday Morning. Will add this to my Halloween programs.
I was always a horror fan. Movies and TV shows, comic books. Drew them in art class. They were always somewhere in my life.
They're still in my life. Better than, actually dealing with reality. Like our, dumb politicians (the REAL monster's)!!!
Thanks for uploading this doc which I have occasionally thought of, but haven't seen since it originally aired. I was 8 at the time and for some reason, always remembered the bit with the rando with the smoke machine @2:36 being more creepy and sinister than it actually was. 😆
Happy Halloween 👻🎃 🕸️🕷️ 🦇
Happy Halloween Russ
WGN's Creature Features is one of my earliest memories.The opening intro used to scare me alot.Turned me into a huge monster kid.So many great monster toys,models,magazines to be had in the seventies.miss it alot.
I miss that series, loved the writing.
WNEW Channel 5 in New York also had a Creature Features. Hosted on-camera by staff announcer Lou Steele as "The Creep" - no makeup, just him in formal wear and wearing sunglasses.
"The caveman put down, what he saw". That's 'cause, he had no imagination. He couldn't, could he, 'cause he had to deal, with reality😏!!??
Excellent documentary!!! Thanks😉!!!
Heartfelt thanks for this special video!
And to think, I was born November 16th, 1981. Just a few weeks after this great documentary originally aired. My parents recall the big talk in pop culture was the marriage of Luke and Laura on GENERAL HOSPITAL!😂❤
Who is Luke and Laura? I shall find out. Maybe you need Luke and Laura on a t-shirt?
Laura just died, this past year.
Great old show. I never watched this when it originally aired, but little kid me would’ve loved it.
Growing up with 3 older brothers and being the baby and only girl I was introduced to scary movies and everything spooky and Halloween 🎃 very young!! But grew to love decent scary movies. Still enjoy Halloween today and I’m in my late middle age years!! Happy Halloween 2023 !! 👻🎃👹💀🙀👺💀🎃👻
Lol, I was the baby of 5 and there were benefits. Had the parents broken in for us, knew all the cool stuff lol.
When I was a little girl, some of the monsters on "Creature Double Feature" seemed more like my friends than beings to be feared.
You what? They still are my friends.
I totally agree with you ❤
@@russellfarina9099 🙂
Concurred👍!!!!
I've seen every single film shown in this video :❤😅❤
Thank you for this upload!
24:33 That was amazing and kinda hilarious all at once.
0:37 The legendary Count Orlok! Of Nosferatu and SpongeBob fame 😌
aside from me disagreeing with the intro and knowing that believing in monsters is not a requirement for a beautiful childhood and not believing in monsters does not make a child weird, I am totally excited about your spooky and Halloween videos.. please keep them coming❤👍🏼
absolutely love this channel!
You can tell they ran out of content by the half hour mark when they start talking about monsters being "genetic memory of dinosaurs", lmao
14:22 ULTRAMAN TARO!!!!!!!
HALLOWEEN!
Wow, imagine what some of these people in this would think about some of the monsters in movies and tv shows to, they would probably be pretty shocked! Sure there was some pretty scary ones in some of the movies made in the late 70s and early 80s too, but not like what we have now!
14:21 What's that a Bullwinkle monster?
OLd Roy Mackel. He was quite the story teller. Never brought back any evidence to support the Mokele Membe idea.
My God, I didn't realize that was Charles Osgood of CBS Sunday Morning fame until his sign off! Amazing! I never knew he was reporting at that young of an age.
He was 47. Hardly a whippersnapper.
@TeddScheckler he started hosting Sunday Morning at approximately 100 years old, so its all relative.
@@TeddScheckler - He went way back. Became a CBS News correspondent in 1971. Before that, he was on the ground floor at the start of WCBS Newsradio 88 in 1967, one of their rotating anchors. And before THAT, he was one of the rotating hosts of ABC Radio's "Flair Reports." Also served for a time as station manager of WHCT Channel 18 in Hartford, CT, back when they were running movies as an early pay-TV station.
Rip Charles Osgood.
Draaaaagon.
What year is this from?
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must recorded ths on beta,
Nope, VHS
I want to really be cynical about this one. A clip show and then ridiculous para-zoology myth spreading. Blegh.
Danial what’s wrong
Just like the cyclones
Were thought if to explain bones and fossils found. Like elephants mammoths dinosaur