# question for Chicago Dopers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chicago-dopers/102695>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 9, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chicago-dopers/102695 "2002-04-09T17:16:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chicago-dopers/102695/1 "2002-04-09T17:16:12Z")

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Any **Svengoolie** fans here?

For those who don’t know who Svengoolie is, he’s a Chicago area tv show host of schlocky sci fi and horror movies, and makes fun of them MST3K style. He was making fun of bad movies waaaay before MST3K ever existed. I have been watching Svengoolie since I was a kid. He’s probably been doing the schtick for a good 20 years now. I think he’s fun. Sometimes the stuff he shows is so horrible, I can’t stand it, but I watch just to see what Sven does to it. He often alters the soundtracks and all sorts off goofy stuff… kind of like “Kung Pow Enter Fist.”

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**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chicago-dopers/102695/2 "2002-04-09T17:22:52Z")

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I watched him when I was a kid, and a few times in his more recent incarnation. Mainly what I remember was his riff on “Y.M.C.A.” with regards to the movie _Village of the Damned_, and the new title was “White Eyes, We’ll Slay”.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chicago-dopers/102695/3 "2002-04-09T17:41:41Z")

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Without making any actual accusations of inspiration, Sven has pointed out that the MST2K guys grew up in suburban Chicago.

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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chicago-dopers/102695/4 "2002-04-09T20:26:15Z")

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The name Valentine Janicki ring any bells?

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chicago-dopers/102695/5 "2002-04-10T00:47:57Z")

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I used to watch that sometimes. I pretty much only remember one thing…

_ **Berwyn?!** _