Uh oh. It’s looks like Kolchak’s in for it again.
Over the course of 20 weekly installments, intrepid reporter Carl Kolchak pounded the sewers and back-alleys of after-dark Chicago, in search of the unutterable truths that would keep his stories off the wire. The supernatural. The extraterrestrial. The experimental. The redacted.
Darren McGavin donned the trademark raffia hat, rumpled linen suit, and white sneakers, in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (1974-75). Armed only with a Rollei 16 millimeter camera, a Sony recorder, and a rudimentary knowledge of the monster-of-the-week, Kolchak always did what he had to do, though how he managed to hang on to his job and stay out of jail is anyone’s guess.
Roy Bjellquist and I will reminisce about this short-lived, much-loved television series on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. We’ll be melting buttons into silver bullets, sewing salt into zombies’ mouths, and watching for your comments, as we live-stream on Facebook, this Friday evening at 7:00 EDT!
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