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🔒 Detroit’s Tom Ryan recalls ‘Count Scary’ specials, explains how it all started
Read full article: 🔒 Detroit’s Tom Ryan recalls ‘Count Scary’ specials, explains how it all startedHis famous catch phrase was “Ooooh, that’s scaary!” Count Scary would rank the scary level of each movie with a scale of pants, referring to scaring your pants off.
ClickOnDetroit Morning Briefing -- Oct. 29, 2020
Read full article: ClickOnDetroit Morning Briefing -- Oct. 29, 2020Gallagher said two positive cases of COVID connected with the out-of-school parties resulted in more 75 quarantined students as of Wednesday. Trending 📈‘Count Scary and Me’: Former WDIV director reflects on taping ‘Scary’ specialsIf you grew up in the Detroit area in the 1980s, you probably remember “Count Scary,” a character played by Detroit radio personality Tom Ryan, who appeared on WDIV from 1982 to the early 1990s as a vampire who loved B horror films. His famous catch phrase was “Ooooh, that’s scaary!” Count Scary would rank the scary level of each movie with a scale of pants, referring to scaring your pants off. The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 167,545 as of Wednesday, including 7,257 deaths, state officials report. The state also reports “active cases,” which were listed at 42,000 as of Tuesday, its highest mark on record.
’Count Scary and Me’: Former WDIV director reflects on taping ‘Scary’ specials
Read full article: ’Count Scary and Me’: Former WDIV director reflects on taping ‘Scary’ specialsHis famous catch phrase was “Ooooh, that’s scaary!” Count Scary would rank the scary level of each movie with a scale of pants, referring to scaring your pants off. Little did I know, that 20 years later, I would be a Director at WDIV working on the Count Scary shows. Suddenly he receives a phone call from one of his “fine boys” (Tom DeLisle) that he was needed at the studio. Tom DeLisle was such a great humorist and cheerleader; heck, we all got our own official Scary Jackets. One Tom is gone; we lost Tom DeLisle 2 years ago.