ACTIVITIES. AND 4@DON'T MISS THE DATE IN ST
LOUIS TOMO4@RROW MORNING LIVE 4@
FROM THE ZOO TO CELEBRATE SHARK
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. >>>
WEEK. >>> HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF
MICHAEL JACKSON'S 4@SONG THRILLR
? 4@ YOU HAVE ALSO HEARD THE
VOICE OF A FAMOUS ST. LOUIS IN.
ACTOR VINCENT PRICE PERFORMS
THE CREEPY MONOLOGUE AND THAT
SONG.
SONG.
SONG. >>
SONG. >> AND WHILE HE HAS BEEN DEAD
FOR 4@4@A QUARTER-CENTURY, WE S
THAT HIS DAUGHTER IS KEEPING
HIS LEGACY OF 4@HORROR ALIVE.
>> NO4@ -- THE VOICE, THE
FACE AND THE ERIE 4@4@SOUND EFF@
EVEN AFTER HIS PASSING, HE IS
CONSIDERED THE KING OF HORROR.
>> VINCENT PRICE APPEARED IN
MORE THAN 4@100 FILMS.
BUT IN 4@4@REAL LIFE --
>> HE WAS THE LEAST A 4@SCARY
PERSON ON THE PLANET.
>> I TOOK A WALK DOWN MEMORY
LANE WITH VICTORIA PRICE, THE
DAUGHTER OF VINCENT PRICE. 4@
WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE 100
SEASONS ON STAGE.
HER FATHER, PROMINENTLY 4@4@
DISPLAYED AMONG FAVORITE ACTORS
TO GRACE THE STAGE 4@OF THE 4@M
>> HE LOVED BEING FROM ST. 4@
LOUIS.
LOUIS.
LOUIS. HE
LOUIS. HE FELT LIKE4@ A HOMETOWN BOY.
I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ASK WHERE
DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL, THEY MEAN
HIGH SCHOOL. 4@
OF COURSE HE WAS VERY PROUD TO
HAVE GONE TO COUNTRY DAY.
>> PRICE WAS 51 4@WHEN VICTOR
WAS BORN.
WAS BORN.
WAS BORN. SHE GREW UP IN LA, IN THE MIDST
OF A RESURGENCE OF HIS CAREER.
>> 4@HE WAS GONE CONSTANTLY.
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, WE
DROPPED HIM OFF AND PICKED HIM
UP SO OFTEN AT 4@THE AIRPORT TH
I THOUGHT HE WORKED THERE.
>> AS A DAD, SHE SAID HE WAS
SECOND TO 4@NONE.
>> HE WAS FUNNY AND
ENTHUSIASTIC AND CURIOUS ABOUT
EVERYTHING. 4@
EVERYTHING. 4@ ALWAYS LEARNING AND ALWAYS
TEACHING ME 4@4@TO LEARN.
>> BACK IN 2011, VICTORIA
PRICE BEGAN TRAVELING THE
COUNTRY SHARING STORIES OF 4@HE
FATHER AT FILM AND HORROR
CONVENTIONS.
CONVENTIONS. A 4@JOURNEY THAT SHE SAYS WAS
INSPIRED BY THE CELEBRATION 4@O
HER LATE FATHER'S 100TH
BIRTHDAY RIGHT HERE IN 4@4@ST.
LOUIS.
LOUIS.
LOUIS. >>
LOUIS. >> THAT NIGHT HERE IN ST.
LOUIS, THERE WAS THIS IMMENSE
LOVE.
LOVE.
LOVE. AND
LOVE. AND THERE WAS 4@THIS FEELING OF
JOY THAT MADE ME REALIZE 4@THAT
THAT IS WHAT I HAD FORGOTTEN,
IN TRYING TO BE THIS SUCCESSFUL
WORKAHOLIC.
WORKAHOLIC. >> SO SHE PUT THE BRAKES4@ ON
HER CAREER AS 4@A DESIGNER AND
TOOK A HUGE RISK DOING THINGS
THAT 4@BRING HER JOY, BEING AN
INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER, AND AN
INTERFACE TO SPIRITUAL 4@
MINISTER.
MINISTER.
MINISTER. SHE WAS LIVING ON THE ROAD SO
SHE COULD ATTEND HORROR
CONVENTIONS AND OTHER EVENTS 4@
THAT LET HER CONNECT WITH THE
PEOPLE WHO LOVED THE WORK OF
HER FAMOUS FATHER.
AND WHILE SHE LOVES KEEPING THE
MEMORY OF HER DAD ALIVE, SHE 4@
NOT A FAN OF HORROR.
IN FACT, QUITE THE OPPOSITE.
>> IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, I
STARTED A BLOG CALLED "THE
DAILY PRACTICE OF JOY."
I 4@JUST FINIS4@HED A BOOK TOUR
IT IS CALLED "A ROAD TRIP TO M4
TRUEST 4@SELF."
TRUEST 4@SELF." >> VICTORIA LOOKS AT HER OWN
REINVENTION AS SOMETHING SHE
LEARNED FROM HER FATHER, A MAN
WHO WAS CONSTANTLY SAYING YES
TO NEW PROJECTS.
>> SAYING YES TO SOMETHING
THAT 4@4@YOU SAID YES TO -- T
GUY WHO WAS A MUSICIAN AND PART
OF A BIG BAND, BUT NOW WAS
STARTING OVER ON HIS OWN.
♪ ♪ [ MUSIC 4@] ♪ ♪.
>> THAT WAS MICHAEL JACKSON
AND THRILLER, RIGHT?
>> 4@4@♪ ♪ [ MUSIC 4@] ♪ ♪4@.
>> AS LONG AS THERE IS
HALLOWEEN, THERE WILL BE
THRILLER.
THRILLER.
THRILLER. WHICH MEANS THAT, AS LONG AS
THERE IS THRILLER, THERE IS
MICHAEL JACKSON AND VINCENT
PRICE, RIGHT.
PRICE, RIGHT. SO A WHOLE NEW GENERATION WILL
CONTINUE TO BE INTRODUCED TO
HIM THROUGH THAT SONG.
THAT IS THE GREATEST GIFT IN
THE WORLD, AS FAR AS I'M
CONCERNED.
CONCERNED. >> A GIFT SHE HAS GIVEN BACK
TO FANS AS SHE 4@FINDS HER JOY
SHARING THE AMAZING CAREER THAT
HER FATHER BUILT SCARING ALL OF
US.
US.
US. FIVE
US. FIVE ON YOUR SIDE.
>> FOR A LINK TO VICTORIA'S
WEBSITE, THE BLOG, VISIT THIS
STORY 4@ON KSDK.COM.
AS A REMINDER, JERSEY BOYS
OPENS AT THE MUNY TONIGHT.
>> WHAT A 4@ST. LOUIS TREASUR
OFTEN IMITATED AND NEVER
DUPLICATED, BILL HAYTER DID A 4@
VINCENT PRICE CHARACTER ON
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
IT IS GREAT TO KNOW HE IS FROM
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS. >> THAT VOICE IS SO DISTINCT.
I WAS THINKING, I DON'T
TYPICALLY ASSOCIATE WITH THE
TRADITIONAL HOMETOWN SOUND.