| Big Chuck and Lil' John | |
|---|---|
 Charles "Big Chuck" Schodowski (right) and "Lil' John" Rinaldi (left) | |
| Genre | Late night horror hosts/ Sketch comedy |
| Starring | Charles "Big Chuck" Schodowski "Lil' John" Rinaldi |
| Opening theme | "Here We Go Again" by Ray Charles "Catch As Catch Can" by Burt Bacharach |
| Ending theme | "Is That All There Is?" by Peggy Lee |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 28 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Running time | 2 hr. 30 min. |
| Original release | |
| Network | WJW (channel 8) |
| Release | September 1979 – June 17, 2007 |
| Related | |
| Shock Theater (1963–66) The Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show (1966–79) Big Chuck and Lil' John (2011–present) | |
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Charles "Big Chuck" Schodowski (born June 28, 1934) and "Lil' John" Rinaldi (born January 19, 1946) – together commonly known as Big Chuck and Lil' John – are a duo of entertainers who served as late-night horror hosts of The Big Chuck and Lil' John Show on television station WJW in Cleveland, Ohio from 1979 to 2007. In addition to hosting a movie with a live audience, they also performed original sketch comedy routines. At the end of each sketch was a very distinctive laugh (see external links section below) voiced by comedian/actor Jay Lawrence, who was a disc jockey for KYW radio in Cleveland during the early 1960s.
On September 10, 2011, WJW began airing a weekly half-hour program – simply titled Big Chuck and Lil' John – featuring classic show skits along with limited new production.[1]
- ^ Dawidziak, Mark (2011-09-04). "Cleveland daytime TV in a post-'Oprah' world". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2011-11-09.