In the era of the Watergate scandal and Iran–Contra affair, Count Gore took frequent shots at the political folly with an ad lib, shoot-from-the-hip style that led local audiences to feel they were part of an Inside the Beltway private joke even when the subject was high profile. As Washington D.C.'s horror host throughout most of the 1970s and 1980s, Gore used the platform to satirize national politics from a local perspective. Background Ĭount Gore de Vol's contribution to the American horror host tradition is significant in a number of ways. airwaves for a one-time special, Countdown with the Count, on New Year's Eve 1999. Gore de Vol became the Washington/Baltimore area's longest-running horror host, broadcast every Saturday night on WDCA from March 1973 to May 1987. The choice of Gore de Vol as the character's name was either a pun involving the name of acerbic author Gore Vidal or the name of a prominent Washington, D.C. When the character got a positive reaction, he was given his own program, called Creature Feature.
Graves and played by announcer Dick Dyszel, the character first appeared on the WDCA version of the Bozo the Clown program. Wbsite of Dick Dyszel and Count Gore de VolĬount Gore de Vol is a television horror host who originally appeared on Washington, D.C.'s WDCA from 1973 to 1987. Dick Dyszel in his "Count Gore de Vol" alter ego
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