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One of Dr. San Guinary's main causes was raising
money for the fight against Muscular Dystrophy. In doing so, he solicited
the help of his viewing audience and created a little packet of posters,
information and forms in order to help in raising money. This packet
was known as a SPOOK-A-RAMA kit.
Most SPOOK-A-RAMA kits were used in creating home
made "haunted houses" and backyard carnivals (which required
cutting them apart...making complete kits very hard to come by).
Some were ordered by fans who just wanted the packet (much to John's
chagrin).
I ended up being one of those kids who didn't use
their kits. I ordered mine ing 1977-78 and by that time I was living
in Earlham... a place where "Spook-A Rama" and Dr. San Guinary held
no weight. I remembered lingering guilt for weeks as I awaited the
Spook-a-rama kit to show up at my Grandma Gorham's house. I try
to displace this guilt by sharing it with you, gentle reader. *snort*
The kit came in a special manilla envelope with a
picture of Dr. San Guinary on it (which was the same picture as
on the right inside flap featured below), printed in red. Unfortunately
I do not have the envelope any more.
All of the images presented in this section come
from my personal copy. The contents and the packaging changed from
year to year (as witnessed in the videos in which they show up on
this very site) but it is safe to assume they remained fairly the
same.
This is the front cover for the kit. Thanks to
the magic of Adobe PhotoShop ¨ , I have been able to restore it to
it's original condition. The kit original was about the size of a
supermarket tabloid.
This was the interior flap on the left hand side
of the kit. Listed was the weekly lineup on KMTV at the time I recieved
the kit (which was sometime during the last half of the 70's).
Interior flap on the righthand side had an ad for
CREATURE FEATURE. The kits were designed like folders; you opened
it up and there were flaps that held the materials within.
This poster was to be placed at the admissions
table. There was an "Igor" badge attached, but since there
wasn't anymore than one we never used it (sorry, photocopiers were
not easily available at the time).
The kit had a sheet of badges to cut up and distribute
to everyone who worked the Spook-A-Rama. I always thought these were
kinda neat.
Nice little gag certificate to place over your
admission table. I used to keep this on my bulliten board in my room.
The kit included a press release that you could
send to the local papers. I always wondered how effective this actually
was since most kits were distributed between two cities with two newspapers.
How many kids do you think sent this in? How many of the newspapers
actually paid attention?
A paper mask of San Guinary was included on the
back cover. This was the same drawing that was featured on the San
Guinary t-shirts of the 70's. I always liked this drawing because
it's so damned goofy.
This is a sheet of strangely humorous tips and
advice in regards as to how to do your Spook-A-Rama.
This poster was designed to be posted within the
neighborhood. Most of the kids I knew made homemade poster and kept
this one in the house since it was the only poster that came with
the kit.
This is the interior left-hand side of the kit,
with the flap folded down. Unfortunately damage from it being cut
in half has prevented me from including that section here. Anyone
out there got a better copy of a Spook-A-Rama kit I could scan in
for this sample?
This is the interior right-hand side of the kit,
with the flap folded down. While these selections are not complete,
they do show you the interiors so you have some idea of it's design
and look.
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