Being someone who grew-up in Northeastern Ohio in the formative years of locally owned television, I had a chance to witness many great characters and personalities come to life, as I basked in the warm flickering glow of the family's Zenith T.V. There is one Cleveland legend that to this very day, continues to capture the hearts and minds of Cleveland's first TV generation. Though his TV show was only on the air from 1963 to 1966, Ghoulardi still rides the wave of Cleveland broadcast nostalgia.

Even though I was born the same year that he chose to leave the Cleveland airwaves the legend, and the stories of Ernie 'Ghoulardi' Anderson live on. For most of the American populace 1963 would be remembered as the year the Beatles invaded America. For a true Clevelander, early 1963 would go down in history as the year Ernie Anderson would hand the world his alter-ego, a counter-culture beatnik and host of the show Shock Theater named Ghoulardi.This whacked-out late-night movie show, with its outspoken host was so popular, that locally it had ratings higher than the Tonight Show. The Cleveland police department reported a significant decrease in crime during its broadcast.

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The rumor is that police claimed a 35% drop in juvenile offenses alone. When Ernie Anderson put on a goofy wig, fake Van Dyk beard (that always seemed to be on the edge of falling off), glasses, and white lab coat; a tranformation happened. Before the show, Ernie's voice would change and the persona of Ghoulardi would take him over. Kekkaishi 24. Ghoulardi, the chain-smoking, one part mad scientist, one part beatnik, laced with a pinch of Bela Lugosi merry prankster of the television airways. Ghoulardi would address the camera live, durning breaks from the movie, using a unique dialogue sprinkled with sayings like: 'Hey, group!,' 'Stay sick, knif' (which was fink backwards), 'Cool it,' 'Turn blue' 'You wouldn't believe,' 'A knock on the phone,' and 'Ova deh.' Ernie did most live breaks improvised because of his difficulty memorizing lines. Shock Theater's first episode aired on January 18, 1963 with Ghoulardi's unique presentation of 'The House on Haunted Hill.'