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Mark Menold, host of Pittsburgh’s “The It’s Alive Show,” is pleased to announce the third annual WORLD ZOMBIE DAY on Sunday, October 10, 2010. Participants in cities all over the world will dress up as zombies while collecting food for local food banks.
World Zombie Day is an international event that grew from Pittsburgh’s first Zombie Walk at Monroeville Mall in 2006. At the site where George Romero filmed Dawn of the Dead, this event drew nearly 1000 people in zombie make-up and established a Guinness World Record® for “Largest Gathering of Zombies.” The participants were encouraged to bring donations for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and more than 2000 pounds of food were collected that day.
In 2008, Menold and The It’s Alive Show founded World Zombie Day in response to other cities’ attempts to beat Pittsburgh’s record. Instead of competing for a world record, all fans of zombie culture can come together in an international effort to relieve world hunger.
In 2006, Mark Menold, organized the very first “zombie walk” in Pittsburgh where on one hot summer's night over 500 zombies roamed Pittsburgh's Southside. Just six weeks later, Menold followed up with another walk at the Monroeville Mall, the location where George Romero filmed Dawn of the Dead. Heavily promoted on television and radio, this early morning event drew nearly 1,000 people in zombie make up and established a Guinness World Record for "Largest Gathering of Zombies". The participants were encouraged to bring donations for The Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank and over 2,000 pounds of food was collected that day. Since then, these annual charity events have become known as Zombie Fest with attendance and donations growing exponentially each year. Since then Pittsburgh's Zombie Fest has established Three World Records over the years and garnered international press coverage including a segment on The Discovery Channel's Wreakreation Nation and a front-page story in The Wall Street Journal.
In 2008, Menold, and The Its Alive Show founded WORLD ZOMBIE DAY in response to other cities' efforts to beat Pittsburgh's record. Now, instead of competing for the world record, all fans of zombie culture can come together in an international effort to help alleviate world hunger. Over 50 cities worldwide have participated in World Zombie Day including New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. As the global headquarters of World Zombie Day (worldzombieday.org), Pittsburgh Zombie Fest is now looking to bring this auspicious event to Station Square.
Pittsburgh’s Zombie Walk has established three World Records over the years and has garnered international press coverage, including a segment on The Discovery Channel’s “Wreckreation Nation” and a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal. More than 50 cities worldwide have participated in World Zombie Day, including New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Expected to participate this year are Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Atlanta among others.
Background: In 1968 George A. Romero made a film in Pittsburgh that would become a cult classic and change the course of horror films forever: Night of the Living Dead. He would then follow this masterpiece with other time-honored horror classics like Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead thus establishing Pittsburgh as the center of the zombie universe and creating an enduring “zombie culture”. Horror fans around the globe recognize Pittsburgh's horror heritage.
In 2005, local television producer Mark Menold created The It's Alive Show, Classic horror movies are presented by a talented cast performing comedy and live music with Menold himself hosting as the undead Professor Emcee Square. The show is aired Saturday nights at 10:00 PM on WBGN, and at midnight on WPMY, Pittsburgh television stations reaching over one million households. It's Alive is now celebrating its fifth year on commercial television.
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