Zombie Mastermind (George Romero)
Zombie Mastermind (George Romero)  
Podcast: Famous and Gravy
Rating: Explicit Published On: Sun Oct 30 2022
Description: This person died in 2017 at age 77. One of his early commercial films was a segment for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. His first movie was made for $100K and was released when racial tensions were high in the United States. Of his creations, he said “they are multipurpose, you can’t really get angry at them, they have no hidden agendas, they are what they are. I sympathize with them.” He was a horror visionary who created the modern zombie genre with his 1968 cult film, “Night of the Living Dead”. Today’s dead celebrity is George Romero. Famous & Gravy is created and co-hosted by Amit Kapoor and Michael Osborne. This episode was produced by Jacob Weiss, and features guest co-host Drew Tinnen. Visit our website at famousandgravy.com and also enjoy our free mobile quiz game at deadoraliveapp.comLinks:Transcript of this episodeNew York Times obituary for George RomeroDrew Tinnen article about Romero on the set of Night of the Living DeadDrew Tinnen article about Romero’s KnightridersThe American Nightmare documentaryDead or Alive quiz gameFamous & Gravy on Facebook, LinkedIn, TwitterFamous & Gravy official websiteSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.