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'''Count Gore de Vol''' is a television ] who originally appeared on ]'s ] from 1973 to 1987.<ref name=watsonbook>{{cite book| last =Watson| first =Elena M.| title =Television Horror Movie Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed| publisher =McFarland & Company| year =2000| location =Jefferson, North Carolina, United States| url =http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-0940-2| isbn =0-7864-0940-1| access-date =2007-08-01| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011709/http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-0940-2| archive-date =2007-09-28| url-status =dead}}</ref> Originally named M.T. Graves and played by announcer ], the character first appeared on the WDCA version of the ] program. When the character got a positive reaction, he was given his own program, called '']''. The choice of Gore de Vol as the character's name was either a pun involving the name of acerbic author ] or the name of a prominent Washington, D.C. funeral home, "de Vol". Gore de Vol became the Washington/Baltimore area's longest-running horror host, broadcast every Saturday night on WDCA from March 1973 to May 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://countgore.com/gore/Virgins.htm|title=For Virgins Only|work=Creature Feature The Weekly Web Program|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220160846/http://countgore.com/gore/Virgins.htm|archive-date=December 20, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> '''Count Gore de Vol''' is a television ] who originally appeared on ]'s ] from 1973 to 1987.<ref name=watsonbook>{{cite book| last =Watson| first =Elena M.| title =Television Horror Movie Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed| publisher =McFarland & Company| year =2000| location =Jefferson, North Carolina, United States| url =http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-0940-2| isbn =0-7864-0940-1| access-date =2007-08-01| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011709/http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-0940-2| archive-date =2007-09-28| url-status =dead}}</ref> Originally named M.T. Graves and played by announcer ], the character first appeared on the WDCA version of the ] program. When the character got a positive reaction, he was given his own program, called '']''. The choice of Gore de Vol as the character's name was either a pun involving the name of acerbic author ] or the name of a prominent Washington, D.C. funeral home, "de Vol".<ref name="Dalphonse">{{cite news |last1=Dalphonse |first1=Sherri |title=You Must Remember…Dick Dyszel |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/10/12/washington-dc-legend-dick-dyszel |work=Washingtonian |date=2015-10-12}}</ref> Gore de Vol became the Washington/Baltimore area's longest-running horror host, broadcast every Saturday night on WDCA from March 1973 to May 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://countgore.com/gore/Virgins.htm|title=For Virgins Only|work=Creature Feature The Weekly Web Program|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220160846/http://countgore.com/gore/Virgins.htm|archive-date=December 20, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== See also == == See also ==

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Count Gore de Vol
Dick Dyszel in his "Count Gore de Vol" alter ego
NationalityAmerican
Other namesDick Dyszel
Occupation(s)Television personality, interviewer
WebsiteWebsite of Dick Dyszel and Count Gore de VolWebsite

Count Gore de Vol is a television horror host who originally appeared on Washington, D.C.'s WDCA from 1973 to 1987. Originally named M.T. Graves and played by announcer Dick Dyszel, the character first appeared on the WDCA version of the Bozo the Clown program. When the character got a positive reaction, he was given his own program, called Creature Feature. The choice of Gore de Vol as the character's name was either a pun involving the name of acerbic author Gore Vidal or the name of a prominent Washington, D.C. funeral home, "de Vol". Gore de Vol became the Washington/Baltimore area's longest-running horror host, broadcast every Saturday night on WDCA from March 1973 to May 1987.

See also

References

  1. Watson, Elena M. (2000). Television Horror Movie Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-0940-1. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  2. Dalphonse, Sherri (October 12, 2015). "You Must Remember…Dick Dyszel". Washingtonian.
  3. "For Virgins Only". Creature Feature The Weekly Web Program. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2011.

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