Tuesday, January 5, 2010

October, 2009, PBS in Akron ran a Documentary on Ernie "Ghoulardi" Anderson.
Based on a book by Gray Publishing, Turn Blue: The Short Life of Ghoulardi is an hour-long documentary about the infamous Cleveland late-night horror movie host. Directed by Phil Hoffman, a University of Akron professor and general manager of University of Akron’s Z-TV, it shows how Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson) went from being a cast-out to the king of Cleveland TV during his short reign from 1963-66. It premiered on Western Reserve PBS 45/49 WEAO. Hoffman hopes to have the film out on DVD.
44+ Years later, Ghoulardi ???
"Hey Group, check out this video, ovaday".....








(This would be the appropriate place to insert a 15 sec. clip of Dorothy Fuldheim.)
I knew Ernie. I worked at Golden Gate Honda where Ernie bought his Honda Super Hawk. He and my boss would drink Four Roses and one Saturday he flew out of the shop late for his 6 PM show. That was the day he drove his motorcycle through the front door and the lobby of WJW.
I believe it was 1964 when Al Roberts and I got a mouse from Mr. Smith's biology room, put it in a box, and delivered it to Ghoulardi with a note claiming the mouse was Mr. Grimes after a bad Chemistry experiment. I think everybody saw that -- it sure dominated Monday's conversations at Brush. So goes my contribution to the senior class. Now you know why I didn't date much in High School!


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