William Shatner is undeniably best known as Captain James T. Kirk, the fearless leader of Star Trek's USS Enterprise. It was a role that made him a pop culture icon, launching a career that would span decades and countless genres. But long before space travel, phasers, or sci-fi fame, Shatner’s first major step into television came in a very different setting. In 1954, as a young and relatively unknown actor, he took on a small role in the Canadian children’s show The Canadian Howdy Doody Show.
The show was the Canadian adaptation of one of the most popular American shows of its time. Through puppets, skits, and songs, the show taught young viewers valuable lessons about friendship and kindness. Shatner played Ranger Bob, a live-action host who helped guide young viewers through each episode. The role was brief, but it gave him his first real on-screen experience, and...
The show was the Canadian adaptation of one of the most popular American shows of its time. Through puppets, skits, and songs, the show taught young viewers valuable lessons about friendship and kindness. Shatner played Ranger Bob, a live-action host who helped guide young viewers through each episode. The role was brief, but it gave him his first real on-screen experience, and...
- 3/28/2025
- by Amy Watkins
- CBR
The featured monster in Damien Leone's "Terrifier" movies is Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton), a perhaps-supernatural Halloween spirit who appears every now and again to torture, mutilate, and murder people for no reason other than he seems to greatly enjoy it. Art is a creative murderer, happy to slice victims up in a fashion that communicates a certain effort and passion for the act.
The character quite clearly taps into a widespread fear of clowns that seemingly persists throughout the modern media. Back in the 1950s, famous clowns like Bozo (Pinto Colvig) and Clarabell were common, and clowns appeared in TV commercials regularly, often presented to children as whimsical vagrants or playful weirdos whose antics were meant to inspire laughter. Something about the face eyebrows and pasted-on smiles, however, seemingly terrified and traumatized a generation; it's no coincidence that Stephen King, a child of the '50s, wrote...
The character quite clearly taps into a widespread fear of clowns that seemingly persists throughout the modern media. Back in the 1950s, famous clowns like Bozo (Pinto Colvig) and Clarabell were common, and clowns appeared in TV commercials regularly, often presented to children as whimsical vagrants or playful weirdos whose antics were meant to inspire laughter. Something about the face eyebrows and pasted-on smiles, however, seemingly terrified and traumatized a generation; it's no coincidence that Stephen King, a child of the '50s, wrote...
- 10/26/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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