SPOOKAROONIES

RODNEY BUDELL - "DOKTOR TOM B. STONE"
TIMOTHY TROUTMAN - "FRED ASCARE"
STEVE SCOTT - "SIR PERCEIVAL P. PEABODY"
(VAMPIRE SLAYER)

"Spookaroonies" is a hosted horror movie show with Rodney Budell as "Doktor Tom B. Stone" presenting movies on Saturday nights from 9:30pm - 11:30 pm on WJTS-UPN Channel 27, Jasper, Indiana, USA; from 6 November 2004 until 2006. The Doktor was assisted by "Fred Ascare" played by Timothy Troutman, and "Sir Perceival P. Peabody, Vampire Slayer" played by Steve Scott. One of the unfaithful staff is Dwight - a fly. Indiana's Horror Host Extraordinaire Somewhere between states of consciousness... between asleep and awake... between your last breath and death, you will encounter "Doktor Tom B. Stone". Throughout the centuries, thoughtsmiths have pondered this ethereal realm, but to no avail. The omniscient Doktor has vowed to lead his faithful viewers on their sojourn seeking answers to all of these timeless questions concerning "what lies beyond?" Each weekly show includes 5-6 minute horror/comedy skits and interviews with local celebrities and guests, interspersed with horror movies like Night of the Living Dead, Horror Hotel, The Screaming Skull and House On Haunted Hill.

Portrait of "Doktor Tom B. Stone" by Bradley Beard.
"Doktor Tom B. Stone" - biography (taken from Bradley Beard's Facebook page)

Do you sometimes wonder what lies beyond? Today I present Doktor Tom B. Stone, host of Spookaroonies on WJTS-UPN Channel 27 in Jasper, IN, which began on 30 October 2004, until 206. The show was conceived by Rodney Budell, acting as writer/host/set designer. Dr. Stone was joined by his sidekick Fred Ascare, as well as Sir Perceival P. Peabody, and Vampire Slayer. The show featured classic horror/comedy skits, interviews with local celebrities, and of course classic horror flicks. If you have never seen Dr. Stone, you might take a look out of the corner of your eye... in a graveyard. His realm exists between waking and sleeping, life and death... the moment of transition. This enigmatic traveler has vowed to lead his viewers to discover the answer to what lies beyond. Are you brave enough to follow? The following is an opening from the show: "Spookaroonies" - an opening from The Professor's Scary Clips on Vimeo.

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