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About Me

It's Stooge-a-palooza at 7pm- Svengoolie immediately following at 9 pm- Saturdays on WCIU!!!Check out the book 'Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows: from Shock Theatre to Svengoolie"- available now at bookstores and amazon.com- to learn more about my so-called career!Visit the new WCIU.COM !!!! Click on the "Svengoolie- open the coffin" box for the Sven mini-site- with TONS of stuff, plus my daily blog!And now for something completely usual: I've been a life-long resident of the Chicago area, and my entire career has been based here. Currently, I'm working for Weigel Broadcasting Group,headquartered at WCIU-TV in Chicago, and , among other things, host the "3 Stooges Stooge-a-palooza" show- Saturday nights at 7.You can check out my bio by going to www.wciu.com- on the Svemngoolie mini-site (click on the "Svengoolie- open the coffin" box)PLEASE NOTE: this is the ONLY legitimate Rich Koz (the guy who plays Svengoolie) profile on myspace. For proof, simply e-mail me at the address I give on the show every week- [email protected] ! Thanks for watching and/or listening to my stuff on tv and radio.

My Interests

A lot of my interests have been part of my job- but I like travel,snorkeling, looking at the stars and meteors in areas away from the city lights, comic art, etc.

Music:

Wide range- oldies, classical,r&b, some jazz,and contemporary hits

Movies:

A Christmas Story, Blues Brothers, Fletch, Slapshot, superhero flicks,Indiana Jones,Bogart and Cagney flicks,the 3 Stooges shorts (no, not the later "Curly Joe" movies)-see Svengoolie's profile for more!

Television:

Lost, Scrubs, My Name is Earl,the Office,Deal or No Deal (come on- it's fun!)Supernatural,Amazing Race,Survivor, Letterman, Kimmel,good old sitcoms (and some not so good ones) Spanish game shows.

Books:

I'll let you know when I have them all colored in...

Heroes:

The deejays I grew up listening to,the guys and women I watched on tv and in movies and thought 'I'd like to do that!'

My Blog

See Svengoolie in the Berwyn Parade Sunday!

Svengoolie rides in the berwyn Centennial Parade-Sunday, June 1 - down Cermak Road. Kicks off from Lombard and Cermak at 2 pm.Come see Sven wave like a dope in his favorite suburb! Also,watch for our ...
Posted by Rich Koz on Tue, 27 May 2008 11:33:00 PST

No More "Bought you as a pet," etc.

Please refrain from sending me the "bought you as a pet"-"hired you'-"sent you a human gift"-"match movies"- etc. application comments. Thanks for thinking of me, but I don't want to add these applica...
Posted by Rich Koz on Wed, 21 May 2008 02:54:00 PST

Double the Stooges Saturday?

Rumor has it there will be some sort of April Fool event on Me-Tv this Saturday afternoon, resulting in some extra "Stooge-a-palooza"- and, of course, the regular airing will be at 7 on WCIU. Getting ...
Posted by Rich Koz on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:47:00 PST

Thanks for the birthday greetings

Been getting lots of e-mails regarding my Sunday birthday- thanks to all you guys- but, I'm getting a little jealous of Svengoolie, who's been getting a few more than me...
Posted by Rich Koz on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:02:00 PST

Thanks, Stella Foster!

Gotta thank Stella in the Sun Times for the pre-birthday salute in her column today...according to it, Rob Elgas at channel 5 has the same birthday...good, at least now it's something OTHER than the G...
Posted by Rich Koz on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:21:00 PST

"Brokeback" parody on Stooges?!

Okay- if you tune in to our "Stooge-a-palooza" show this Saturday night at 7 on WCIU- right after the first short "Movie Maniacs"-and a brief trivia bump- we're gonna run a "Brokeback" bit using Stoog...
Posted by Rich Koz on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:27:00 PST

A Stooge-less Saturday

Well, once again, high-school basketball rears its head, pre-empting the Stooge-a-palooza show this Saturday night in Chicago.Another part of the anti-Moe movement, no doubt...how well do ...
Posted by Rich Koz on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:19:00 PST

Stooges back- and Sven in Berwyn!

Stooge-a-palooza returns this Saturday night on WCIU with - what else?- "Stooge-a-palympics!" And- Sunday night- alter ego Svengoolie helps open a horror movie/memoribilia store in BERWYN! Sven will b...
Posted by Rich Koz on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:37:00 PST

No Stooges this week?!

Sorry, everybody- we've got no Stooge-a-palooza broadcast here in Chicago this week, due to shows being shuffled with some college basketball. That's the danger now that we're back on saturdays at 7 o...
Posted by Rich Koz on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:09:00 PST

Stooges this week: "Jerks in the Works"

Gotta thank all you guys -with Stooges restored to the saturday night at 7 slot, the ratings have been great- so thanbks for your support- this week, it's "Jerks in the Works"- with the boys in variou...
Posted by Rich Koz on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:34:00 PST