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Dr. Shock and Dingbat
Comments 0 | Recommend 0Dr. Shock (real name Tommy Reynolds) passed away Jan. 22, 2008.
Throughout the early 1970's, long before Elvira came along, a standard Saturday staple on WTVC was Shock Theatre featuring Dr. Shock and his sidekick, Dingbat.
During commercial breaks, Dr. Shock and Dingbat engaged each other in humerous and foolish repertoire, often about Nurse Goodbody.
The baby boomers among us usually could care less what the movie was. We hung around just to see the commercial breaks, and many Saturday night dates ended in the living room in the company of Dr. Shock and Dingbat.
Dr. Shock was played by then-Program Director Tommy Reynolds. Dingbat was the creation of then-WTVC Artist Dan East. Both moved on to other careers, which ended the reign of Shock Theatre.
But the cry of Dingbat's "FLASH, FLASH, FLASH!" with a breaking tidbit of humorous news.... will never fade from the memories of many long-time WTVC viewers.
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