Noontime Nuggetz: John Zacherley, “Dinner With Drac”The more dig for Philly’s horror/novelty host legends, the more you readers find for us. Having already visited Stella and Dr. Shock this week, we just got hipped to Philly boy John Zacherle, who had a hit in 1958 with “Dinner With Drac.” (Think “Monster Mash” but with Dracula in there instead.) Above, he performs the tune on a local TV broadcast. Whoa. One Response to “Noontime Nuggetz: John Zacherley, “Dinner With Drac””Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. | Search Philebrity Editor & Co-Founder: Joey Sweeney Contributing Photographer: Dan Murphy Contributing Writers: Conor Corcoran Collin Flatt Interns: Ryan McShane K-Fai Steele Brendan Walsh Co-Founder/Philebritus Emeritus: Benny Philebrity Send listings info here.
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October 21st, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Yer welcome. Even Dr. Schock admitted he modeled his character on Zacherle’s Roland, with his permission. My mom turned me on, when I used to spin “Dinner with Drac” when I was a kid and she told me about watching him growing up. Great tribute to Zach and interview here from doc “American Scary”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2FD0uCzOdU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k3P-AQkJpE