http://koolkoncepts.com/lxseries.pdf John writes to Long John Nebel, who hosted an all-night radio talk show that often centered on UFOs. He offers to plug his new book, The Fickle Finger of Fate, or to appear as a ufologist. Nebel’s format included a panel who often interviewed guests while he took a break. Apparently, John hadn’t appeared on the show since he’d plugged Jadoo in the ’50s. There’s no response in the file, so I don’t know if he ever discussed his superhero spoof, but he did appear on the panel later.
I wonder how John would have felt about superheroes being everywhere today.I also can’t help but feel like Nebel didn’t necessarily like Keel if he hadn’t had him on the show for years. I guess John rubbed a lot of people the wrong way?
Comment by Joseph — February 3, 2020 @ 11:51 am
Joseph — John said he could remember how excited he and his friends were when Superman came out. That was in 1938; he was eight years old. I have no idea how he would have responded to the current superhero culture! I think he hadn’t been on Nebel’s show because he hadn’t had a book to plug since Jadoo, and had only started researching UFOs. As far as I know, he got along fine with Nebel.
Comment by Doug — February 4, 2020 @ 1:17 pm