Greetings Faithful Followers,
For this installment
of the blog I was originally going to do a review of the Tony Watt (aka
The Canadian Wildman) films Frankenpimp and Vixen Highway 2006 (both
great films BTW so stay tuned). Instead I wanted to take this
opportunity to pay tribute to a fello horror host and a wonderful human
being Magoo Gelehrter aka GAROU the werewolf also the husband of
Danielle Gelehrter aka Penny Dreadful XIII, Magoo lost his valiant
struggle with cancer and left us this past friday. The entire horror
host community was deeply shocked and saddened by his loss including us
here at the monastery of mayhem (brother james, ash, inferna & lady
torrid) also send out deepest sympathies to Danielle and Magoo's
families.
I
personally did not have the opportunity to communicate with magoo on
the level that many of my fellow horror hosts did But I followed the
posts on his Gofundme and Facebook Pages and did talk thru facebook on
several occasions. I was always touched by the optimism,strength and
dignity that Magoo used in coping with his illness and was always
touched by the upbeat nature in the thank you email's he sent in regards
to the donations made to his gofundme campaign and helping to spread
the word of his plight with our fans and over the social media.
When
I decided to become a horror host about 5 years ago I researched many
horror hosts Penny and Garou had stood out not only because of penny's
obvious chrisma and attractivness (shes smokin!) but what i watched on
youtube and their websites and was captivated by the interplay between
Penny and Garou, manfred von bulow and luna . Magoo's comedic timing and
his passion and love for the character of Garou shone through every
time he was in front of the camera . Tennessee horror host Dr Gangrene
had this to say about Magoo "Magoo was the little guy with a funny name
and a huge personality -to meet Magoo was to fall in love with him.
Funny. Intelligent, warm-hearted and full of love of life" A very
appropriate description of Magoo indeed.
After
hearing of Magoo's Passing and not really believing that i had heard
right, I began to wonder "why is someone with such passion and such
strength taken from us so soon and obviously with so much more to give?"
Having lost several members of my own family to cancer I have asked
these questions before and coming up with the same answer that the
universe works in strange ways and someone that can touch so many is
needed for great work elsewhere. I know that this is small comfort to
penny and thier families at this time I wish that I could have gotten to
Magoo better, I am sure that if someones impact in this life can be
measured by the outpouring of sympathies by those lives he touched at
his passing then Magoo was truly one of the luckiest of people.
Speaking
for myself if I could answer any of those questions that i asked
previously I would probably be a wiser person than I am now. All I can
do is feel what all of us in the horror host community, his family and
his fans are feeling now the sadness at his loss but also being grateful
that Magoo was able to touch all of our lives in some way large or
small, thats a pretty good legacy in my opinion.
Rest In Peace Garou you will be missed
