Nolan,
Thank you for the great Dr. Paul Bearer information! I
grew up in Plant
City during the 70s and the good Doctor was a huge part of
my childhood. I
met the great man at a Strawberry Festival parade one year
and was too
awestruck to say anything, but at least I got an autographed
picture.
I haven't been able to locate and Creature Feature tapes
for sale or online
clips. Do you know of any that are available? I would
especially be
interested in the tribute show since I moved away in 1986.
If I can obtain
some clips I'd like to digitize them and make them
available online.
Thanks again for the great site!
Anthony Trifiletti
Anthony, hello and thanks so much for writing! Always happy to meet a
fellow Creature Feature fan.
As we've noted before both here and on the Creature Feature Database, the tapes
occasionally put up for sale on eBay are the only known source
of Dr. Paul Bearer material. Any others are traded at local
conventions and the like.
We started the Database to collect any information we could on
the career of Dick Bennick (aka Dr. Paul Bearer) and his
exploits on Creature Feature. As far as we know it's the only
one of its kind in the world.
The bad news is the extant tapes collection number only about
30 (that is verified to exist from fans).
Sometime during 2007, I may start a more interactive section for fans to
trade tapes independently.
Thanks again for writing! And Happy New Year! ---Nolan
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