Jan 10 2009
Bob Wilkins
I just read that Bob Wilkins recently died. Reading the article brought back lots of fond memories of watching Bob on Creature Features when I was a kid. I remember being totally psyched to watch “CF”, especially when it had old Toho Godzilla movies like Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla vs the Sea Monster, and Son of Godzilla. Back then, if Godzilla was on, I was there.
Jill and I actually got to see Wilkins a few years back at a Wonder-Con. He and John Stanley had a slot where they reminisced about “the old days” of local television, movies, and creature features. I remember being pretty psyched to see the old guys, just like I’d been thirty(!) years before.
Jan 11, 2009 @ 11:02:07
i remember that, it was a funny panel, we were lucky to see them. found a few stories about him:
channel 2:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/18442919/detail.html#-
SF Chron:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/09/BAQS15665F.DTL
Jan 12, 2009 @ 22:04:16
Thanks for the links. I’m pretty sure I have some video of that Wilkins panel somewhere.
Jan 23, 2009 @ 11:02:42
Where else could you see Dawn of the Dead!!!! Creature Features made the 70′s survivable.
Jan 23, 2009 @ 14:05:14
I remember watching “Night of the Living Dead” on Creature Features w/ my parents when I was about 7 or 8. I was scared to go to sleep for about a week. That’s when I became a CF fan.