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.
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
