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Professor Griffin says goodbye to the first horror host... Vampira...

This place is a joke, by godhatesyou	Jan 11th, 2008 03:10:27 PM
She was in 'Plan 9 from outer space' RIP Vampira
Who? What? At least Elvira lives on. by Heckles	Jan 11th, 2008 03:16:13 PM
So there's that.
Pathetic requiem...Plan 9 anyone? by Missing Dink	Jan 11th, 2008 03:23:27 PM
Yeah let's leave out Plan 9 From Outer Space. Instead let's talk about how difficult she was to work with and offer commentary about her claim of being blacklisted.
RIP Vampira... by JustinSane	Jan 11th, 2008 03:27:10 PM
...I love me some Plan 9 (though Wood's masterpiece in my eyes will always be Glen or Glenda?)
Vampira was a True Icon... by PROF IKAMONO	Jan 11th, 2008 03:33:39 PM
...without her there would be not only no Elvira, there quite probably would not have been a Lily Munster or a Morticia. She led the way that Zacherle, Ghoulardi, even John Stanley of Creature Features followed... So she was in Plan Nine, arguably this adds rather than detracts from her legend... ... for better or worse there would be a damn sight fewer Goth chicks in the universe without her... (and they are NOT all fat!) I say we all light a red candle, say a prayer to whatever dark power we believe in, and remember her with love and respect. On a different note... Professor Griffin? I remember when I was the ONLY faculty member around here... now this place is lousy with Prof's... At least I have tenure...
I'd tittie fuck Elvira..................... by crackerfarmboy	Jan 11th, 2008 03:34:10 PM
Sorry, but I would!
Had those conical '50s boobs by skimn	Jan 11th, 2008 03:51:17 PM
that could PUT YER EYE OUT!! And did Elvira claim she was never influenced by Vampira..? Okay.........
Sad day indeed by Frankenbastard	Jan 11th, 2008 03:59:49 PM
Whether you liked her or not she was another sweet layer on towering cake of monster history. Another indelible image on T-shirts, posters, magazines, and American Pop Culture. Any true monster/horror fan can appreciate that. Rest in peace Maila Numri and thanks for the memories. FB
You've got the tape... by Pi-Rate	Jan 11th, 2008 04:27:25 PM
So why not YouTube some of it, embed it here so we can SEE her. You want to honor her, then SHARE a sample of her talent so that she can be appreciated.
Charles Addams drew for The New Yorker by Jewfro_Bodine	Jan 11th, 2008 04:28:23 PM
not The New York Times. Sorry to nitpick, but some of my best friends are New Yorker cartoonists.
Sad day indeed, part two by roland13x	Jan 11th, 2008 04:46:44 PM
Her name is actually spelled 'Maila Nurmi', not Numri.
um, it's maila nurmi by blonde redhead	Jan 11th, 2008 05:14:12 PM
not numri.
um, it's maila nurmi by blonde redhead	Jan 11th, 2008 05:14:26 PM
not numri.
Love Vampira, Elvira not so much by haggardatbest	Jan 11th, 2008 05:14:31 PM
But my heart will always go to Boobarella on The Simpsons, even if Ray Romano did try to have her show taken off the air.
Orson Welles gave Vampira the clap! by Phenom	Jan 11th, 2008 05:15:23 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =MRqHsQasxqc&feature=related
jeez by BadMrWonka	Jan 11th, 2008 05:16:15 PM
a lot of obituanger here in the talkbacks...
Orson Welles gave Vampira the clap! by Phenom	Jan 11th, 2008 05:17:07 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =MRqHsQasxqc&feature=related
Titfucked by darrenspool	Jan 11th, 2008 06:29:06 PM
http://tinyurl.com/2wq9o6
I met her once by mojoman69	Jan 11th, 2008 06:32:48 PM
I met her at one of the First Famous Monster of Filmland shows at Universal Themepark. She was broken down, and could barely walk, but she was still very wseet to the fans and a graceful old gal. RIP Maila! Mojoman
You guys are fucking sick by Dr. Egon Spengler	Jan 11th, 2008 07:02:33 PM
God bless this old bag.
Prufreed Pleez. by Spaceman Spliff	Jan 11th, 2008 07:03:33 PM
Jesus, dude, do you actually read what you write before you whack "send" in a caffeinated frenzy? Maila Numri, Malia Nurmi... What does it matter? I'm sure she wouldn't care that her obituary couldn't even spell her name right.
ABE VIGODA LAUGHS AT YOU ALL!! by thelordofhell	Jan 11th, 2008 07:34:54 PM
Abe Vigoda will outlive everyone!! All hail the great Abe Vigoda!!
Bye Vampira by EvilGeek1	Jan 11th, 2008 09:00:49 PM
This sucks. She just stood out and did her own thing. Very cool in my book. Plan 9 is one of my all time favorite movies (even though she's mostly known for her show). Sad to see you go V. Take it easy.
YouTube it. PLEASE. by robogeek.com	Jan 11th, 2008 09:51:50 PM
You're killing me.
was going to attack the necrophilia jokes here... by PROF IKAMONO	Jan 11th, 2008 10:16:05 PM
... as being tasteless and disrespectful, but then suddenly realised... the Vampira character was a hot living dead chick. The original "Living Dead Girl" ... She invented necrophilia... or at least was one of the first to make it chic.... So maybe it's not so inappropriate after all, Hell she's probably getting a kick out of it right now, somewhere up in Horror-Host Heaven...
was going to attack the necrophilia jokes here... by PROF IKAMONO	Jan 11th, 2008 10:18:07 PM
... as being tasteless and disrespectful, but then suddenly realised... the Vampira character was a hot living dead chick. The original "Living Dead Girl" ... She invented necrophilia... or at least was one of the first to make it chic.... So maybe it's not so inappropriate after all, Hell she's probably getting a kick out of it right now, somewhere up in Horror-Host Heaven...
damn double post by PROF IKAMONO	Jan 11th, 2008 10:18:52 PM
first time that ever happened to me...
LANDAU: Look at those JUGS...! by Osmosis Jones	Jan 11th, 2008 10:19:21 PM

Come Lay Beside Me by Dataset	Jan 11th, 2008 11:11:05 PM
Two inch nails Micro waist With a pale white feline face Inclination eyebrows to there Mistress to the horror kid Cemetery of the white love ghoul Take off your shabby dress Come and lay beside me
I thought she died in the 90's, still, RIP by ironic_name	Jan 12th, 2008 12:27:56 AM
god bless.
Only in an AICN obit... by Alonzo Mosely	Jan 12th, 2008 12:32:31 AM
Would the deceased's name be spelled incorrectly, fail to mention any significant details of her life and then inspire a TB that features posts mainly concerned with titty fucking her imitator, and of course incorrectly spell 'titty fucking' for good measure... There is a reason I can't stay away from this place...
Was'nt there a song called "Vampira" by Stalkeye	Jan 12th, 2008 01:29:00 AM
I think it was from The Misfits if i'm not mistaken. In which case R.I.P.
Bob Wilkins by Frankenbastard	Jan 12th, 2008 01:32:53 AM
Salame bacci40 being from the west coast myself i totally agree.
Sad day indeed Pt 3 by Frankenbastard	Jan 12th, 2008 01:35:54 AM
Damn I screwed up her name? That’s what I get for copy and pasting from this site. Next time I’ll use Google like the rest of you. Rest in peace Vampirella.
"There's a really nice dentist from Oxnard!" by hktelemacher	Jan 12th, 2008 02:16:26 AM
"I've got real offers from real studios. I don't need to blow some dentist for a part." Deaths always remind me how much I love ED WOOD. Rest in peace Vampira - with your unsuccessful lawsuit and handcrafted jewelry.
RIP... in a wobbly gravestone. by alucardvsdracula	Jan 12th, 2008 02:39:20 AM
Sad news.
Jack Kolby by Frankenbastard	Jan 12th, 2008 03:14:53 AM
Thanks for watching my back Jack C but I’m pretty much a sarcastic old cuss and I at my age I’m fully aware her last name was Nurmi and her character was Vampira . Besides who could mistake Vimpirella for anyone living, I mean the chick is 2D for crying out loud.
Theda Bara = Arab Death by Prague23	Jan 12th, 2008 05:53:57 AM
I'm just saying...
A sad loss... by Charlie & Tex	Jan 12th, 2008 05:56:33 AM
Still, she had a good innings, as we say in the UK. It's sad that an obituary talkback is dragged into the gutter by adolescent subject headings such as "I'd titty-fuck Elvira". God speed, Vampira - Cassandra Peterson's third-rate act wasn't fit to wipe your feet on.
It is hard to mourn someone you don't know by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jan 12th, 2008 07:49:43 AM
I am aware of Vampira, but never even saw a picture of her. Of course Elvira and others evolved from her character, and for that contribution to horror movie history we must salute her.
She was The First Lady of Horror Television... by Otter	Jan 12th, 2008 11:52:30 AM
She was also good friends with Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and a few other Hollywood notables. See you on the other side, Maila.
Somebody needs to youtube that tape to show the world. by Mike_D	Jan 12th, 2008 01:15:20 PM
if i remember correctly, theres NO video footage of her show.
woops, I guess they are in youtube after all. by Mike_D	Jan 12th, 2008 01:52:59 PM
nice.
MandalorianSage... may I call you Mandy? by PROF IKAMONO	Jan 12th, 2008 03:16:30 PM
Unfortunately one of the drawbacks of typing posts on the Internets is that one cannot hear the ironic intonation of certain words... ... some forums have a more sophisticated posting apparatus that allows for things like italics, bold-print, type-size and even alternative fonts or colours... ... some will allow you to edit and correct your posts... ... alas this is not the case at AICN... (except for a weird glitch that sometimes allows for bold-print) and so you took my statement that Vampira "invented necrophilia" at face value. I suppose I should have put quotation marks around the word "invented", but I hate doing that unless I am actually quoting something. (As I just did in quoting my previous posts) I am fully aware that paraphilic activities are by and large as old as human sexuality itself... and I did in fact in my post put in the addendum "or at least one of the first to make it chic" (and if I had the use of italics I would have emphasised the word "one" in that self-quotation... to show that she was not alone in doing even that) When I said "invented", by the way, I was not being presumptuous a la Al Gore. Rather, I had another Icon of early years in mind, Tallulah Bankhead, who when she was offered the part of the Black Widow on the Batman television series was told "It will be camp". She famously responded "Dahling! I invented camp"
What, you can't even post a picture of her? by tonyd1411	Jan 12th, 2008 05:35:17 PM
I'd like to at least see this person that I have no idea who you are talking about.
I miss the regional horror hosts.... by conspiracy	Jan 13th, 2008 12:39:54 AM
Enough of this major media national bullshit...bring back cheesy regional TV! No way something as unique as the character Vampira could come to fruition today..unless it looked so slick and serious all the fun was marketed right out of it. I never saw the original Horror Gal...but I do remember watching Elvira on Movie Macabre in Los Angeles...so bad, so low budget, THE WORST movies..and 10 times more entertaining than anything on Sci-Fi network (except BSG, big budget good). TV today sucks. RIP Vampira
Vampira the Movie by Blood T Cat	Jan 13th, 2008 08:47:28 AM
Came out last year I think. There's good article about her at videowatchdog. She also was in The Magic Sword.
RIP Vampira by Knuckleduster	Jan 13th, 2008 11:54:50 AM
She was the original hot-camp-gothy-bitch-you-wanna -titfuck-while-watching-her-in -sexy-vampire-costume-in-Plan- 9-From-Outer-Space. Respect.
R.I.P. by TattooedBillionaire	Jan 13th, 2008 12:34:55 PM
Plan 9 is awesome, and I would love to one day see some footage of her TV show.
Vampira Ghoul of My Dreams by Hollywoodranchmarket	Jan 13th, 2008 08:53:52 PM
She was also in the Guiness Book of Records for having the smallest waist in the world, and towards the end, had a bead shop by the Blue Whale on Melrose. I met her as a kid at where else the Hollywood Ranch Market. Very impressed was my teeny girly mind. Cassandra Peterson stole the whole deal and if she had an ounce of decency would have at least shared credit. Where is SHE today? Having yard sales at her house on Beachwood Drive? Wherever Naila is she has had the last laugh on all the fakery. After all, she was there from the start. Momento mori, darling.
saw the clip by ArcadianDS	Jan 14th, 2008 09:52:52 AM
meh. Elivra took the concept and well, lets just say nobody really remembers who Vampirazilla was. oh and I have a red, victorian couch in my living room. Thank GOD she didn't sue me, too.
"I think she's a honey." by Rev. Slappy	Jan 14th, 2008 11:41:02 AM
"Look at those jugs."
Sorry folks by ProfGriffin	Jan 15th, 2008 11:09:57 AM
Greetings. Prof. Griffin here. My apologies. I wrote that in a bit of a rush and I should most certainly have checked for an accidental flip-flopping of the spelling of her last name. I honestly did not know my friend Harry would post what I wrote and shared with him! LOL. For the record, I am a Television Horror Host from Austin Texas (5 years local) and now nationally on Fangoria TV. (well, Fango TV is currently in limbo, so really that means little. LOL) My 'tribute' to Vampira was meant to honor her for literally being the FIRST Nationally known late Night TV host. Anyone here remember their local TV hosts?

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