| 词条 | Bob Wilkins |
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| name = Robert Gene Wilkins | image = BobWilkins.jpg | image_size = 250 | alt = Bob Wilkins | caption = Bob Wilkins in his iconic rocking chair | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|4|11}} | birth_place = Hammond, Indiana | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|1|7|1932|4|11}} | death_place = Reno, Nevada | resting_place_coordinates = | known_for = Host of Creature Features television show | years_active = 1963 - 1979 }}Bob Wilkins (April 11, 1932 – January 7, 2009[1]) was a television personality born as Robert Gene Wilkins in the town of Hammond, Indiana.[2] Wilkins was best known as the creator and host of a popular television show named Creature Features that ran on KTVU in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1971 to 1984, and which premiered with Del Tenney's infamous The Horror of Party Beach. The programming on Creature Features featured science fiction and horror film; everything from the classics, such as Bride of Frankenstein to turgid turkeys like The Vulture. More often than not, the films were good, and sometimes the show hit benchmarks: George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead had its world television premiere on the show, just a couple of years after its original theatrical release. {{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} Wilkins' style of wit was very dry, and fit very well with some of the "schlockers" he was forced to air, which was a big part of his appeal to his fans (somewhat in the style of Mystery Science Theater 3000). As host of the show, his droll humor and omnipresent cigar became his trademarks.[3] KCRA-3 and KTXL-40 in SacramentoWilkins started his on-camera television career in 1963 at KCRA Channel 3 in Sacramento. He was writing and producing commercials for the station when he was tapped to be a fill in host for an afternoon movie show in 1964. Bob Wilkins got his own time slot, hosting horror films on Seven Arts Theater (later advertised as Bob Wilkins Presents and The Bob Wilkins Show), which followed the station's 11 p.m. newscast. The show bowed on September 10, 1966, with Attack of the Mushroom People. After several successful years, he was courted by former KCRA manager Tom Breen (who was now at Oakland's KTVU) to bring his show to the San Francisco Bay Area. Breen was one of Wilkins' best supporters at KCRA, who had always encouraged the then-young host to try novel and new things, and to never be afraid of going for it. Bob left KCRA on his own terms, with his last show broadcast on March 14, 1970. But, even after starting up a new show on KTVU, Bob returned to Sacramento Television, this time over at KTXL Channel 40 on May 9, 1970 with The Bob Wilkins Double Horror Show, an all-new production, which ran successfully for over a decade. KTVU-2 in OaklandOn Saturday, January 9, 1971, after weeks of attention-grabbing teasers, Creature Features debuted on KTVU Channel 2 at 9:00 p.m. with The Horror of Party Beach, and immediately became a tremendous ratings winner. In response, the show expanded to a Double Feature format within its first year of broadcast on August 7, 1971. Another benchmark was Creature Features ran the world television premiere of the already infamous 1968 horror film, Night of the Living Dead at 9:00 p.m. on January 1, 1972. So popular was Bob Wilkins' Creature Features, that it would often (and incredibly) beat network programming, such as Saturday Night Live in the local Nielsen ratings. After six years, Bay Area viewers still couldn't get enough of Creature Features, so KTVU responded again by adding a single-movie Friday night show at 11:30 p.m. on February 4, 1977. The following week, the Saturday Double Feature returned to a single movie format starting at 11:30 p.m., and continued in this two-night format through Bob's last Creature Features show on February 24, 1979. Dropping the Friday night show, John Stanley took over the Saturday reigns at 11:00 p.m. on March 3, 1979. During the height of his popularity, Bob Wilkins, a soft-spoken, but sharp-witted character from Indiana, was able to produce and host a number of prime time specials, including The Star Trek Dream and The Bob Wilkins Super Horror Show, as well as hosting occasion horror films on KTVU's weeknight 8 O'Clock Movie show, not to mention dozens of public appearances every year. Even with this seemingly heavy workload, including commuting every week to Sacramento from Oakland to tape his sister show on KTXL-40, he was first and foremost a devoted husband, and father; even coaching baseball at his son and daughter's school, and rarely staying up past 10 p.m. Eventually, Bob found himself, at the urging of KTVU management, joining the 10 O'Clock News team in September of 1972 as their Weatherman. But, after his two-year contract expired, he couldn't wait to step down, as he didn't feel that he could be creative that late at night. In spite of this, he was nominated for a local Emmy Award for a ski report which used footage from the opening ski chase scene from the 1969 James Bond adventure, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Captain Cosmic on KTVU-2In 1977, Wilkins launched an afternoon children's program on KTVU, Captain Cosmic, which showcased various sci-fi serials such as Spectreman, The Space Giants, Ultraman, Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot, and Star Blazers. Japanese imports were a prime focus, though the show also featured old Hollywood serials such as Flash Gordon and Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Donning a face-concealing helmet, Wilkins was uncredited, but fans of his Creature Features program recognized him immediately. While children who were not old enough to stay up late to watch Creature Features had no idea. Captain Cosmic's sidekick on the show was an actual, cable-controlled automaton, named "Wonder Robot 2T2", which essentially emulated R2-D2 in the Star Wars series,[4] by uttering bleeps and blips (that only the good Captain could understand). Return to advertisingWhile at the top of his game, Wilkins decided to retire from television and go back into advertising. On February 24, 1979, after offering the job to several of his researchers, including film historian David Del Valle, he relinquished the Creature Features hosting duties to San Francisco Chronicle film critic John Stanley (1979–1984). Wilkins continued his program on KTXL as The Bob Wilkins Double Horror Show from May 9, 1970 through February 14, 1981. Wilkins's fans include actor Tom Hanks and Bay Area filmmaker George Lucas, who watched the Sacramento programs as a youth in Modesto.[5] Although no longer a fixture on television, Wilkins periodically made appearances at comic book and fantasy conventions, film screenings and tributes, until two years before his death. After his departure from television, Wilkins concentrated on his advertising agency,[6] which handled accounts such as the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant chain. In the 1990s, he and his wife, Sally, retired and moved to Reno, Nevada.[7] John Stanley, Wilkins's replacement on Creature Features, reported in an interview on the radio program Coast to Coast on August 14, 2007 that Wilkins was stricken with Alzheimer's disease and was then living in Sacramento.[8] He succumbed to the disease at age 76 on January 7, 2009 in Reno. In 2008, a feature-length documentary on Creature Features, Watch Horror Films, Keep America Strong!, debuted in several theaters in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 75-minute film features interviews with hosts Bob Wilkins and John Stanley, as well as other key figures close to the show, both behind-the-scenes, and in front of the cameras, interspersed with vintage clips spanning the history of the show, during an era when local broadcasting - across the country - was much more a creative and experimental medium than it would subsequently become. References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.bobwilkins.net/ | title=Death of Bob Wilkins | publisher=Official Bob Wilkins website | accessdate=2009-01-07}} 2. ^{{cite news |author=Berton, Justin |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/01/09/BAQS15665F.DTL |title=Bob Wilkins - host of 'Creature Features' |work=San Francisco Chronicle |publisher=Hearst Communications |date=2008-01-09 |accessdate=2009-01-20}} 3. ^{{cite news|author=Dávila, Robert D. |url=http://www.sacbee.com/obituaries/story/1530937.html |title=Obituary: 'Creature Features' host Bob Wilkins made scary movies fun |work=The Sacramento Bee |publisher=The McClatchy Company |date=2008-01-10 |accessdate=2009-01-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120012619/http://www.sacbee.com/obituaries/story/1530937.html |archivedate=November 20, 2009 }} 4. ^{{cite web | title=Captain Cosmic | publisher=Official Bob Wilkins website | url=http://www.bobwilkins.net/captaincosmic.htm | accessdate=2007-10-21}} 5. ^{{cite web | title=Bob Wilkins in Sacramento | publisher=Official Bob Wilkins website | url=http://www.bobwilkins.net/sacto.htm | accessdate=2007-10-21 }} 6. ^{{cite news |author=Craig, Pat |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11416629 |title=Bob Wilkins, former 'Creature Features' television host, dies |work=San Jose Mercury News |publisher=MediaNews Group |date=2008-01-09 |accessdate=2009-01-20}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=Creature Features |publisher=KTVU web site |url=http://www.ktvu.com/station/1854218/detail.html |accessdate=2007-10-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024140333/http://www.ktvu.com/station/1854218/detail.html |archivedate=2007-10-24 |df= }} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bobwilkins.net/message_sally.html | title=Message from Sally Wilkins | publisher=Official Bob Wilkins website | accessdate=2007-10-21 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071015224624/http://bobwilkins.net/message_sally.html |archivedate = 2007-10-15}} External links{{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}}
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