Check out some clips from one of Uncle Death's (many) disastrous outings! This one is from an early 1990s local access show near Boston where Uncle Death pretty much ruined the Halloween Special! Click here to check it out!
HISTORY:
A very long time ago, when mankind was
in its infancy, Uncle Death was part of the FIVE Horsemen of the Apocalypse - The
five were WAR, FAMINE, PESTILENCE, DEATH...and TAXES. Unfortunately, Taxes was accidentally
killed during a drunken party on a
pirate ship.
Down through the ages, the then
re-christened FOUR Horsemen of the Apocalypse wreaked havoc across the
lands...until they got bored and went their separate ways. Death found his way into Theatre and
was well known as a versatile, comedic actor. As time went on, he became a great
Vaudeville magician and became known as Uncle Death.
Vaudeville gave way to the Silent films
of the 1920's, and UD tried to make the leap to the Silver Screen. However, after his first feature, "Make-Up for a Man" tanked at the Box-office, and because of an
embarrassing scandal involving Fatty Arbuckle and some missing sheep, Uncle Death hit
the skids.
After working
off-off-off-off-off-Broadway for several years, UD finally found work in films in the
1940s. He starred in several B-Movies
including: "Sarcophagus for a Seraphim", "Ghosts
Eat Toast", "Bora Bora or Bust", and "My Love is Lumpy" - all were
box-office disasters.
After yet another scandal, even more
embarrassing than the previous one, Uncle Death took drinking to all new
levels. He finally hit rock bottom (if
one could be found for him), and stayed there until the
late 1950s. Re-discovered by the fairly new
invention called Television, Uncle Death re-surfaced as a Horror TV Host.
The Uncle Death Show lasted for nearly ten
years until a fight with the management over what
color rugs to put in his dressing room caused UD to be ousted once again, being labeled
"difficult". He was blacklisted during
the McCarthy hearings and disappeared from
sight yet again.
In the early 1990s, Uncle Death once
again was dragged from the gutter and offered Another TV hosting gig - this time for
local access cable. He started off
good, but His drug and alcohol abuse (he used to
run into liquor stores and shout insults at the bottles), as well as his
original weekly skit "Uncle Death's Home Suicide Tips" forced him to be thrown
out of cable access for good.
Finally, Uncle Death was brought before
a netherworld tribunal where, because Of crimes against "decency" and "good taste", he was remanded
to Horror Haven custody. There he was imprisoned and must atone
for his sins by hosting bad horror movies for an unwilling audience....
