Spookarama Kit | Images Archive

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.

Front Cover | Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2006
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.

Back Cover | Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2006
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.

Left Interior | Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2006
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?

Right Interior | Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2006
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.

Left Flap | Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2006
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).

Right Flap | Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2006
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.

Haunting License | Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2006
Nice little gag certificate to place over your admission table. I used to keep this on my bulletin board in my room.

Spookarama Badges | Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2006
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.

Enter Sign w/Badge | Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2006
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).

Press Release | Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2006
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?

Spookarama Tips | Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2006
This is a sheet of strangely humorous tips and advice in regards as to how to do your Spook-A-Rama.

Poster | Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2006
** 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.