In the 1970s and '80s, a popular show called 'Creature Features' kept Northern California up all night.
Late one night in January 1971, a 9-year-old August Ragone sat in the dark living room of his childhood home on Alabama Street in the Mission District, transfixed by the man on the tiny black-and-white television screen glowing in front of him. He had an unassuming presence. Wearing a plain business suit and thick glasses, he puffed at an oversized cigar as he leaned back in a yellow rocking chair, a wry grin on his face.
” A small audience started to hang out behind the set — some of them staff from Industrial Light & Magic — and camera people could often be heard laughing off-screen during filming, a detail Wilkins notoriously refused to cut. “That was part of the charm, too,” said Ragone, who continued to watch “Creature Features” weekly and later appeared on the show as its recurring kaiju film expert. “He was cracking everybody up. I mean, people were hooked on Bob Wilkins.
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