The Ghoul on TV20

[mnemick]

I absolutely never missed a show of the Ghoul. I have no knowledge of where he was broadcasting from or lived. However if anyone remembers he mentioned Parma Ohio a LOT. He broadcast for sure from channel 20 in Detroit and was quite knowledgeable about the city. Thank you for posting this. It was a great memory that I thought was gone forever. Do any of you "old timers" remember Morgus back in the 60's ?

[Zapmanio]

Great memories!

[asnaes]

My dad used to love this freak!

[OZOBIEUSA1]

I remember as a young boy, I would stress my eyes open to keep from falling asleep just so i could watch his show. Im 45 years old right now and I still wish i could meet the Ghoul just once. Also id like to bring my way older sister so it would remind her as well. Cuz id bug the shit out of her talking about the Ghoul when i was little...hi ya hi ya!

[oldjizzy]

Anybody 50 or over knows the Ghoul started in Detroit. Way back when I was like 11 or 12. That was 1974. Early 70's. It was a Detroit made show and aired on WKBD TV50 on the UHF channels. I'm sure channel 56 also picked up the show, and even later WB 20 I believe. but the Ghoul was early 70's when UHF started about that time. TV-50 was where I always saw it. It doesn't mean it was taped in Detroit, but he used to always mention detroit stuff. So . . . . . .

[CheckM8King2]

@oldjizzy I remember him well but he got his start in Cleveland.

[oldjizzy]

@CheckM8King2 - My bad. I just caught him when he was in the D. Couldn't remember anything other than that. He was so funny. :-)

[CheckM8King2]

@oldjizzy LOL...no problem...I always made sure to watch him as I always liked the segments when he blew things up....but what normal male doesn't like m80s, firecrackers and things that go "BOOM"!?...LOL?

[zbsr]

this is TERRIFIC stuff never to be equaled by weak imposters of current crap.

[rondord]

funny stuff loved him as a kid man cheese burgers the goul shag carpet and hope he would blow up are models lol

[bigmike312]

Did anyone notice how much he looks and acts like Charlie Laduff on Fox 2 news.

[murraymae]

I was beginning to think I dreamed this guy! He came on in Los Angeles in about 1974. I would watch him after school on like channel 52 before they switched to ON TV. the first pay tv channel in LA. He would sit back in his chair with dark glasses and a hat and play songs like Hey Bulldog (not the correct name) by the Beatles and things like that. Obviously on something sweet, he would introduuce old movies, cartoons and movie shorts from the 30's and 40's.I was like WTF, before Wtf was cool!

[kraftwerk144]

LMAO

[motorcityquig]

The Ghoul for President, 2012.

[Greghormone]

The Ghoul has a frightening resemblance to John Sinclair as a young man! The cat behind him looks a bit like an older version of JC Crawford the minister of propaganda for the MC5. Is this merely a coincidence? or yet another miracle of the internet melding time continuances and black holes into a warp of surreality? Hey its TV man...anything goes!

[rooizm1]

Detroit had Count Scary on WKBD 50 way way way back in the day. So We'll share the Ghoul. ;)

[zbsr]

This guy is theALLTIME best. What is pitiful is Wolfman Mac/pure highgrade crap that seems to attract a base in Detroit today.

[russellhughes84]

the ghoul is more wilder then jerry springer & funner then benny hill!

[av8tor17b]

Amazing (OVERDAY). After all these years, I'm still engrossed by the Ghoul! (OVERDAY).

[deborahbenedic]

He once hosted a dance for my club at Anchor Bay Jr. High in the 70's...I remember signing the contract w/his agent Skip Wendt who required 4 bodyguards,which seemed a bit much, til the kids started diving through the air at him...then we got it.

[meatcheles]

Oh my God. Remember his movie dubbing?

[wpollock1]

The Ghoul is from Cleveland area, but he was accepted as our own in Detroit.

Ghoul Power! 

[dingo48307]

Pluck your magic twanger overdey, FROGEEEE!

[DANINVEGAS]

Man, I used to love the Ghoul when he was at channel 8, then on channel 61 in Cleveland. I loved his blowing up models that kids sent in. Heard he blew up a hamster once, don't know if that's true. But, I especially loved the sound effects he'd throw into movies. He was a genius.

[HypnoticGuy4u]

This sure brings back memories! I was on one of his shows back in the late 70's in a pizza eating contest.

The Ghoul used to do his shows at Gail & Rice in Southfield, MI back in the 70's. My father was a G & R employee, and I was hired by G & R occasionally as talent for events. When my father mentioned The Ghoul was doing his show at G & R I asked if I could go watch. While there I was chosen by Ron to be in a pizza eating contest, as well as a couple other skits that night. It was a blast!

[richallenmusic]

great i use to stay up late for this i loved this show ghoul power

[ElvisOsama]

The Ghoul was from PARMA Ohio, which spelled backwards is A-M-R-A-P .... lol ...

[2Peter116]

Staying up late and baking to the Ghoul. lol. Good Times.....

[burnellwoodside]

pending material for a great john waters/david lynch docu feature!

[OrangeElixir]

Was that shaving cream ovah dey?

[indyjim1969]

I remember him coming on at 11pm in Detroit, then me and my brother fighting over the TV at 11:30 as he was a saturday nite live fan. Those were the days! Long live froggy.

[Kirke182]

Detroit local TV from the 50s through the 80s was the best shit around.

[dznutz1971]

I wonder if they smoked weed when they made this. My favorite Ghoul moment is when he stuck firecrackers up froggy's ass and lit them.

[wcsxwcsx]

Such memories......

[DJGrandBlanc]

Nope... Sorry... Don't buy it.

A !GREAT! impersonation of the Ghoul back in the day, but not the real thing.

[dkspookshow]

a)dude never blew up a frog

b)the funniest thing The Ghoul did was on old Kaiser station Channel 61 in the 70s. Someone sent Ghoulie a homemade model of Gamera. So he hangs some wires across the set and hangs Gamera from them---shoves a coupla skyrockets or something up it's........back legs and BLAM.....smoke everything, stuff falling down. I was hooked on the Ghoul from then on.....

[airdriver]

@dkspookshow

I got hooked on The Ghoul when, on his first show in Detroit, he made mashed potatoes by stomping them with his bare feet and then feeding it to a crew member. That was pretty intense stuff for a ten year old and that night he became a hero and role model.

[OrangeElixir]

@dkspookshow Ah, I'm not the only one who remembers The Kaiser Station, back in the day when they could still name stations after their owners. They used to show Get Smart and Addams Family reruns to my little four-year-old heart's content.

[frkbassist]

I know the Ghoul personally, he is my manager at work. He's a fun guy with the wig off.

[hackeditor]

@frkbassist you are so lucky. can you say where you work? just curious.

[frkbassist]

@hackeditor an ice cream shop in Northeast Ohio haha

[dkspookshow]

@frkbassist

Tell him Dale Kay says hello. He'll remember me from WCLQ days in the early 80s. Now I gotta stalk all the ice cream stores!!!! Kidding....but I would like to see him again.

[OrangeElixir]

@frkbassist I agree. You are truly lucky.

[toond2000]

Ron Sweed was a goof.......lol

[OZOBIEUSA1]

@frkbassist Really? How cool! I swear I was the biggest Ghoul fan ever. Where do you work?

[edwardprzydzial]

we don't care if he's from cleveland he's also accepted in detroit. he's welcome to greatness in motown as well. we can share the ghoul, he's cool.

[OrangeElixir]

@edwardprzydzial Yes. The Ghoul's coolness knows no boundaries.

[asnaes]

My dad told me about this guy! I can see why he was a fan.

[edwardprzydzial]

obdaddy is a deranged psychopath... ;)

[justpaulwithnohandle]

just because you have been diagnosed as a deranged psychopath, edward, that doesnt mean you have the intellectual ammunition to properly diagnose others with your affliction!

[edwardprzydzial]

it's ron swede. he used to live in brightmoore on detroit's west side for a minute...

[obdaddy]

Eddilitlepizzle would know, he spent several years locked in his basement. Would 'sex-slave' apply if Eddie was locked in voluntarily?

[greenybub]

I met The Ghoul when I was about three-ish. My parents were on TV with him.

[TheRamsesII]

Forget that!! The Ghoul is from Detroit. He moved to Cleveland after many years of his show. TV 20 is a Detroit station..

[83shovel]

@TheRamsesII He may be from Detroit, but he got his fame in Cleveland (thanks to Ghoulardi)

[crunch7077]

@TheRamsesII I grew up in Plymouth Mi, he lived in the same subdivision..called Beacon Hill

[VortecCyclone]

@TheRamsesII Actually, The Ghoul started in Cleveland - that's what the whole "Parma/Amrap" schtick is about...Parma is the Polish suburb of Cleveland. He moved from Cleveland to Detroit in the early 70's, about the same time I did. I believe his first gig in Detroit was hosting an afternoon Three Stooges show.

[KTEFilmsInc]

HEY GROUP! OVA-DEY!

I am so dressing up as The Ghoul for Halloween now!

[WickedWillie45]

Was that Dave Ivey? Man, this is giving me flashbacks!

[Tazzman]

Yes, you are right! That is Dave! Today, he makes props for Wolfman Mac's Chiller Drive-In.

[dafyd201]

@Tazzman That certainly explains the great props on Wolfman Mac's show... shame about the rest of it.

[Tazzman]

I was at the Chiller Drive In when Dave made the crawling eye to go with the wolfman''s movie. Everyone was having fun with that!

[Ginealogy]

Yep! That is Dave Ivey. I currently work with him on the sets of Wolfman Mac's Chiller Drive-In! Dave is a GREAT guy! EXTREMELY talented & VERY funny!!

[VinnyVanYiffy]

you can't watch the Ghoul with a straight face. why? because he's Cleveland in a nutshell. and emphasis on NUT. Most laughable city I can think of. Lol we have Shaq now. Wish us luck.

[BigHonky33]

Baffo Socko!!!

[KicksCarter]

Funny clip. There's a bit on the Ghoul in Elena Watson's book Television Horror Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens Of the Late Night Airwaves. If you haven't read it it's a pretty good book and covers almost everybody who used to host one of these shows.

[missxradio]

I ad lib like this every week on the radio.. I'm a one woman show.. see what watching the ghoul as a kid spawned?

[NortonSG]

Classic indeed. Long live The Ghoul, ovadey. This was truly his heyday.

[csishadow]

This, my friends, is classic!

[Tazzman]

This was recorded at VideoLab in Royal Oak, Michigan!

[hackeditor]

Do you know where VideoLab was located in Royal Oak? Also, was The Ghoul living in Clawson at the time, since the address he gives at the end is in Clawson.

[Tazzman]

On Rochester Rd. The Clawson address was only for mail. Had nothing to do with The Ghoul's address.

[EclecticFortune]

I could ask for you. I work with these guys.

[PeterMayer]

Hey, hey RO!

[Discfiend69]

The first tune was "The Bat" by Ventures.

Love the Ghoul!

[bigchuckandliljohn]

very funny. Good one.