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Countless Omaha kids got personal visits from Dr. San Guinary. Now, the campy Omaha celebrity is gaining new popularity on the Internet.


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Rainbow: The doctor's in again

MONDAY...IN THE FLESH
Dr. San Guinary biographer Chris Palmer will play the doctor during Monday’s Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon. Palmer will appear at the telethon’s Fishbowl event, at Bag ’N Save at 90th and Maple, from 10:30 a.m to 5 p.m.

This week on “Creature Feature”:

Years and years after a mad doctor's death, his family and followers get together to bring the old ghoul back from the grave. Hide your eyeballs, boys and girls, because the deeply demented and dearly beloved Dr. San Guinary is alive and schticking.

Igor, roll tape.

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If anybody was ripe for an Internet resurrection, it was Dr. San Guinary.

When Amanda Shannon created her “Creature Feature” fan page last year, she was surprised that he didn't have a page already. Amanda's been a San fan since she was a kid. She's dressed up as Dr. San Guinary for the last 10 Halloweens ...

For a long time, her Facebook group had six members.

But then, something happened — hundreds of people started liking the page, then thousands. They were excited to find it, and to share their own memories and photos of the horror show host. Pretty soon Amanda's page had more than 5,500 fans.

Which maybe shouldn't have been such a surprise.

Continue reading at rainbow.omaha.com, where you can find more from Rainbow, including online blogs, and weigh in with your comments.


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