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Mistress of the Dark.
Queen of Halloween.
The one-and-only… Elvira.
The woman behind the horror icon is actress Cassandra Peterson.
Her recent memoir, Yours Cruelly, Elvira, is now a New York Times bestseller.
Today, Peterson joins us with stories from her life and career- from dating Elvis to meeting Jimi Hendrix, and her thoughts on being an icon in the LGBTQ community.
- Book cover of Yours Cruelly, Elvira (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Cassandra Peterson)
- Transforming from Cassandra to Elvira (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Cassandra Peterson)
- Cassandra Peterson Author Photo, Credit to Alan Mercer (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Cassandra Peterson)
- First day on the job as Elvira,1981 (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Cassandra Peterson)
- Cassandra Peterson with her hero, Vincent Price (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Cassandra Peterson)
- Cassandra Peterson and her Girlfriend T (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Cassandra Peterson)
Then, Dana Gould talks about his love of horror, about his friendship with '50s horror host, Vampira, played by the late Maila Nurmi, and creating a graphic novel adaptation, Planet of the Apes Visionaries, from Rod Serling’s original script.
In a surprising moment of horror knowledge, Gould also instantly answered listener Robert’s 40 year-long movie mystery with the movie Quatermass and the Pit.
His new movie, Joy Ride, is a documentary with a long-time friend and fellow comedian, Bobcat Goldthwait.
- Dana Gould (left) sits across from his friend and fellow comedian, Bobcat Goldthwait (right) (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Dana Gould)
- Dana Gould (right) share the stage with fellow Bobcat Goldthwait for their show and documentary, Joy Ride. (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Dana Gould)
Guests:
Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson
- Actress, comedian, and TV host who played Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark
- Author of the Yours Cruelly, Elvira
- Co-star of the upcoming movie Joy Ride with Bobcat Goldthwait
- Comedian and host of Hanging with Dr. Z
- Personal friend of Vampira, television’s first horror host, played by Maila Nurmi in the 1950s.
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