"I really had to fight to get my vampire on television. I came to Washington from Paducah, Kentucky, where I did host a horror show as 'M.T. Graves.' Milt Grant, who was the general manager of Channel 20, said, 'Okay, Dick, we need to come up with a new name.' Every day on the way to work, I drove past the DeVol Funeral Home. On Milt's desk was a copy of a book by Gore Vidal, so maybe they both came together in my head."
"The Count was really a creature of the studio. In 1984, we did a live show at Bethesda Cinema and Drafthouse. The organ rose out of the floor, and right at the edge of the platform was my coffin. I opened the coffin and started the show."
"In 1974, Channel 20 was the hind end of television, as far as all the other stations went. No one really gave us any credibility for anything. Arch Campbell [the longtime Channel 4 entertainment reporter] came on the show, and he ju..."
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