Here's a re-post of a post originally appearing on October 26, 2011.
Her popularity spread beyond the program to include commercials and other appearances. Here she is doing a commercial for Coors Lite beer.
And here is a gratuitous, completely unrelated song from the early '80s by the Oak Ridge Boys, which I just put on here for the heck of it. I dunno, but I'm scared already.
Sing along now:
Elvira, Elvira, my heart is on fire for Elvira.
Eyes that look like heaven, lips like sherry wine
That girl can sure enough make my little light shine
I get a funny feelin' up and down my spine
'Cause I know that my Elvira's mine
The Halloween season has brought to mind the fun, ghoulie aspect of the '80s.
One of the features of '80s television was Elvira, a spooky gothy she-vixen who hosted a syndicated horror movie show.
She was dubbed the "mistress of the dark."
One of the features of '80s television was Elvira, a spooky gothy she-vixen who hosted a syndicated horror movie show.
She was dubbed the "mistress of the dark."
Here's Elvira on a local TV station announcing an upcoming feature. Of course, the movie she is referring to is A Nightmare on Elm Street, with its very '80s ghoul Freddy Krueger.
Her popularity spread beyond the program to include commercials and other appearances. Here she is doing a commercial for Coors Lite beer.
And here is a gratuitous, completely unrelated song from the early '80s by the Oak Ridge Boys, which I just put on here for the heck of it. I dunno, but I'm scared already.
Sing along now:
Elvira, Elvira, my heart is on fire for Elvira.
Eyes that look like heaven, lips like sherry wine
That girl can sure enough make my little light shine
I get a funny feelin' up and down my spine
'Cause I know that my Elvira's mine
