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Oct 31, 2023 · Meanwhile, John Stanley was still working for the Chronicle when he received a call from a publicist at KTVU informing him of the news. He immediately phoned Wilkins, thinking it would make...
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Sep 24, 2021 · Best known for the being the second host of “Creature Features,” a local KTVU-TV horror movie series, John Stanley is a writer, a horror film expert, and television personality. He worked as an entertainment writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, before becoming famous for his first TV gig.
Creature Features ran on KTVU in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1971 to 1984, hosted by Bob Wilkins, and later by John Stanley, who took over in 1979. Wilkins had been hosting a similar program on KCRA in Sacramento from 1966, Seven Arts Theater .
John Stanley's final episode was the last episode of this KTVU classic. Along for the ride is a very special guest star, the original Creature Features horro...
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Creature Features: With William Herbert, Bob Wilkins, John Stanley. "Creature Features" was a hosted horror movie show with Bob Wilkins (1971- January 1979) and then John Stanley (January 1979- 1 September 1984) on KTVU Channel 2, Oakland/San Francisco, California.
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- William Herbert, Bob Wilkins, John Stanley
- Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
- William Herbert, Bob Wilkins, John Stanley
The multi-talented John Stanley, host of KTVU’s “Creature Features” for nearly two decades, has been a publisher, columnist, TV host and, now, member of San Francisco State University’s Alumni Hall of Fame. In his long-running show on Channel 2, be brought top-tier guests and low-brow humor. By Kevin Wing. If there is any appropriate ...
Nov 1, 2016 · John Stanley was the second host of KTVU’s ‘Creature Features’ that ran from 1971 until 1984. Courtesy of John Stanley and Garfield Lane Productions. Through today’s lens it is hard to...
