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From 1963 to 1966, Anderson hosted Shock Theater under the alter ego of Ghoulardi, a hipster that defied the common perception of a horror host. While this version of Shock Theater also featured grade "B" science fiction and horror films, Ghoulardi mocked the films he was hosting, and spoke in an accent-laden beatnik slang.
Ghoulardi was a fictional character created and portrayed by voice announcer, actor and disc jockey Ernie Anderson as the horror host of Shock Theater at WJW-TV, Channel 8 (a.k.a. "TV-8") the CBS Affiliate station in Cleveland, Ohio, from January 13, 1963, through December 16, 1966.
Jan 12, 2013 · Late-night horror host Ghouldardi, real name Ernie Anderson, hit the airwaves 50 years ago, in January 1963. For three wild and woolly years, he notched unprecedented ratings, spawned a Ghoulardi...
Dec 21, 2013 · His real name was Ernie Anderson and he was a booth announcer for WJW TV in Cleveland. For Ghoulardi's Shock Theater, he copped a Transylvanian accent, wore a fake goatee and...
Turn Blue: The Short Life of Ghoulardi. Award-winning producer/director and University of Akron professor Phil Hoffman, Ph.D., presents a new one-hour production about Ernie Anderson, the former WJW-TV 8 announcer who donned a fright wig in 1963 to become the character Ghoulardi.
Dec 11, 2014 · Ernie was a local legend in Ohio, where he performed as Ghoulardi, a wildly popular horror-show host. In the '70s, he left for Studio City, California, where Paul was born...
Oct 12, 2018 · The three-day bash -- Friday Oct. 12 through Sunday Oct. 14 -- celebrates all things Ernie “Ghoulardi” Anderson, the late-night movie host stalked the airwaves of WJW Channel 8 from 1963 to...
Oct 6, 2023 · ANDERSON, ERNIE (12 Nov. 1923 - 6 Feb. 1997) was a nationally known television announcer, most familiar to network audiences as the voice of ABC-TV, and to Cleveland audiences as the late night horror-movie host, Ghoulardi, on WJW-TV from 1963 to 1966.
He created the beatnik character Ghoulardi for himself, wearing a lab coat, fright wig, fake goatee beard and mustache and became popular introducing WJW-TV's Friday night horror movie show Shock Theater (1963).
He created the beatnik character Ghoulardi for himself, wearing a lab coat, fright wig, fake goatee beard and mustache and became popular introducing WJW-TV's Friday night horror movie show Shock Theater (1963).
