After Ghoulardi left Cleveland, his right hand man, Ron Sweed, grabbed the reigns to Cleveland televisions most talked about show. ", "Holy Parma", "Amrap" and Froggy's "Hiya gang, hiya hiya hiya!") In 1963, 13-year-old Sweed and his friends went to an afternoon In 1970, Sweed approached Ernie Anderson with a proposal to revive Anderson's "Ghoulardi" character. As an avid watcher of THE GHOUL (aka: Ron Sweed) from his introduction to Detroit (circa 1972 on channel 50), was saddened to hear of his passing on April 1, 2019, though the idea of dying on April Fool's Day would probably make Mr. Sweed smile! King, when she was 17, and she was 18 when they married. Was this review helpful to you?
His anarchic alter ego's antics, along w/ his long-suffering, rubber sidekick, "Froggy", made for many happy memories of youth. Use the HTML below. With Michael 'Big Mike' Louis Murphy, Theresa Marie Nagy, Dave Shaw, Joel 'Mouse' Wilhelm. George R. R. Martin, a well-known writer of science fiction and fantasy, occasionally uses a picture of Froggy the …
A fond farewell...Looking for some great streaming picks? ", "Scratch glass, turn blue", "Stay sick, climb walls", "Pluck your magic twanger, Froggy! ", "Hey group! Between blowing up model cars, smearing Cheese Whiz on a Ritz and dealing with Froggy, The Ghoul picks great movies and makes them better with sound effect additions. The show was destructive and childish enough for little kids, subversive and timely enough for young adults.
", "Scratch glass, turn blue", "Stay sick, climb walls", "Pluck your magic twanger, Froggy! Freshen up your watchlist with Prime Video’s latest roster of movies and TV shows, featuring Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? are still widely recognized among the children of the 1970s. King and Sweed remained friends.Sweed died on April 1, 2019, five months after suffering a massive Introduction at www.ghoulfinger.com, first paragraphIntroduction at www.ghoulfinger.com, second paragraph ", "Hey group!
You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The Ghoul was well known enough in the Cleveland and Detroit markets that some of his catch phrases ("Overdey! are still widely recognized among the children of the 1970s.An interesting side element is that the aforementioned rubber toy referred to simply as "Froggy" (and much abused by the Ghoul) was a toy dating from 1948 by a company named Rempel and featured often in comedic skits on the 1955 television show On March 5, 2016, Sweed was presented with a Certificate of Recognition by Cleveland mayor Sweed met his first wife, Barbara J.
"Later in the 1970s, Kaiser Broadcasting syndicated Sweed was on and off the air in Cleveland and Detroit for over three decades, at times even branching out into radio and the internet.The same year, Sweed co-authored (with Mike Olszewski) The Ghoul was well known enough in the Cleveland and Detroit markets that some of his catch phrases ("Overdey! 1 of 1 people found this review helpful. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Anderson was not interested, but gave Sweed his blessing to revive the character on his own. With that blessing, Sweed took "The Ghoul" to Cleveland's The Ghoul would typically take an unbelievably bad horror movie and dump in sound bites at appropriate moments, using audio clips from novelty records, "Shooting from no-budget studio sets, the Ghoul inserted his own dialogue and sound effects over insufferably bad B movies, blew up food, model cars and figurines with firecrackers, and produced strangely compelling, culturally relevant skits and parodies. Many thanks to him for making every Saturday night a laugh riot, in spite of / because of the schlock movies on display- most belonging in the old "porcelain receptacle"!.
A hosted horror movie show with Ron Sweed as "The Ghoul" screening Friday night at 11:30 on WBNX-TV, WB Channel 55, Detroit, Michigan, between 1998 till 2003. A hosted horror movie show with Ron Sweed as "The Ghoul" screening Friday night at 11:30 on WBNX-TV, WB Channel 55, Detroit, Michigan, between 1998 till 2003. They were married for 14 years. Froggy made regular appearances on The Ghoul Show in which he was more often the victim of the host's pranks rather than the initiator of the same. Will never forget watching THE GHOUL in all of his chain-smoking, faux bearded, one-lensed sunglasses-wearing, button-covered lab coat-sporting, firecracker-detonating glory! ", "Holy Parma", "Amrap" and Froggy's "Hiya gang, hiya hiya hiya!")