Ghoulardifest 5 coming soon..

1964 TV Guide Ad for "Masterpiece Theatre" Ghoulardi's Saturday Show..

Just a note of reminder:Ghoulardifest 5 will be coming up Friday-Sunday October 23-25 at Tne Cleveland Marroitt Airport Hotel at 4277 W. 150th Street in Cleveland:

Among The:Guests:
Bob Hoolihan Wells
Big Chuck Schodowski
"Lil John" Rinaldi
Art Lofredo
Dick Goddard
Son of Ghoul
Jungle Bob
Bill Ward

Events/Merchandise:

Softcover Edition of "Big Chuck" with a New Chapter added

New DVDS:
Best of Big Chuck/Lil John Volume 4
Knights of Honor-Skits featuring Dick Goddard, Art Lofredo and Bill Ward

DVDs of "American Scary" a documentary about the Horror-Host Phenomenon throughout the USA from the 50's through the 90's..produced a couple years ago..will be available from Horror Host and historian Doktor Goulfinger..

Premiere on New Ernie Anderson documentary to be aired October 29 on Western Reserve PBS (Channels 45/49)

"Lost" Ghoulardi Footage to be shown

Many other events and guests scheduled/to be announced..

More Information:


http://www.theghoulardifest.com/

Or:

http://www.bigchuckandliljohn.com/






Ghoulard (Ernie Anderson) In a full nearly 5 minute segment from his Saturday Show. Parts of this have been on other tribute shows. Seeing this whole segment is quite rare..Probably from late 1963 or 1964




Cleveland section preview of the DVD "American Scary"..Talking about the legacy of Ghoulardi and his popularity in Cleveland..
People Interviewed:

Ernie Anderson
Chuck Schodowski
Jerry G. Bishop
Ron Sweed (The Ghoul)
Kevin Scarpino (Son Of Ghoul)
Tim Conway

Ohio Story:The Port of Toledo

Image of a Ohio Bell Porcelain Sign. Ohio Bell Sponsored Radio and TV Versions of "Ohio Story" for about 20 years-courtesy vintagecoolstuff.com


Nelson Olmsted(1914-1982), who began his career on Radio as an actor and "storyteller" at WBAP, Fort Worth, Texas and at NBC in New York, acted in Films and TV through the 1970's..He was Narrator on the TV Version of "The Ohio Story"-courtesy Wikipedia

Today I'd like to present a real "Blast from the Past" as it were..From about 1947-1967 Ohio Bell Telephone Company, with help from Producer Frank Siedel, sponsored a radio series called "The Ohio Story" on stations throughout Ohio, broadcast from Cleveland 3 times a week..

In the early 1950's The Ohio Story began a Television Version, a once weekly filmed program 10 minutes in length..Ohio Industry, Geography , Art, Communications and History were among the subjects on "The Ohio Story"..

The Narrator was Nelson Olmsted, a nationally known actor in Radio, Films and Television..
He began as Radio and TV narrator June 2, 1952, according to a report in the Toledo Blade at the time..

These films were generally aired at times like 6:50 or 7:20 PM to fill out the half hour after a 20 minute news block, or at other times in tandem with other "film fillers" that stations would use in the 1950's and early 1960's..Stations airing Ohio Story Included:

Cleveland:WNBK-4 and WXEL-8
Youngstown:WKBN-27
Akron:WAKR-49
Columbus:WLWC-4,WBNS-10,WTVN-6,WOSU-34 (WTVN, WBNS WLWC 2012 Edit)
Dayton-WHIO-7 (2012 Edit)
Zanesville WHIZ-18 (2012 Edit)

Anyone that has info on other TV stations airing Ohio Story throughout the rest of Ohio please message or email me..thanks..

Wikipedia article on Nelson Olmsted
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Olmsted

Brief article on Frank Siedel
http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SF4

Courtesy Encyclopedia of Cleveland History


I have been looking for many years for a sample of one of these "Ohio Story" episodes on YouTube..Thanks to YouTube user Retro Toledo, a friend of long standing on many message boards and sites, I finally found one..



I apologize for the quality as understandably, 50 or more year old film is not going to look "pristine" Thanks again to Retro Toledo for sharing..

WEWS-TV 5-35th Anniversary-December 1982

Here's a nice rarity courtesy Ray Glasser (Videoholic 50'sthru70's) and YouTube..

WEWS-TV 5 celebrates its 35th anniversary on the air with a party videotaped from Stouffer's Inn on the Square. Fred Griffith and Wilma Smith host an evening of skits and interviews with some film clips..Included are Linn Sheldon, Jim Breslin, Dorothy Fuldheim and many other past TV 5 personalities. This was apparently aired Sunday December 19, 1982 at 2PM precempting Polka Varieties..(Likely a repeat from Friday 12-17)ABC persoanlities such as Ted Koppel and Dick Clark send their congratulations via Videtape

Part 1



Part 2




Part 3



Part 4


Part 5


There appears to be a part 6 but it's not posted as yet if/when it is, I will include it..

Added a new link

Hello:
Just added a permanent link on "My Other Sites" to the Northeast Ohio TV Log Page..(Should have done it a week or so ago) It also has been updated with some TV 8 dates up to 1967..Have a good day all.

Cleveland TV 1952 Part 2-Pre Tv Guide

Scene from Rocky King, Detective..One of the more popular DuMont shows.


From Early January 1953-TV Today=An Introductory article on WKBN-TV 27's debut in Youngstown


Jack Benny and Isaac Stern on the "Jack Benny Program"


Today, we'll conclude our look at April 1952 in Cleveland TV through "TV Today" by posting the Sunday April 20 and Monday April 21, 1952 schedules..Here is a link to the previous post on July 13, 2009
http://clevelandclassicmedia.blogspot.com/2009/07/cleveland-tv-1952-pre-tv-guide.html

Sunday, April 20, 1952

WNBK-4 NBC

Noon NBC Symphony
1PM Frontiers of Faith
1:30 American Inventory
2PM Battle Report (Korea)
2:30 American Forum Of The Air
3PM Fairmeadows USA-Serial
3:30 TV Recital Hall
4PMMeet The Press
4:30 Sarah Churchill, Hall Of Fame
5PM Zoo Parade
5:30 Meet The Masters-Music
6PM Roy Rogers
6:30 Magic Gate-Dave Kaigler
7PM Royal TV Showcase
7:3o Young Mr. Bobbin
8PM Colgate Comedy Hour
9PM Philco/Goodyear TV Playhouse
10PM Red Skelton
10:30 To Be Announced
11PM Feature Film-Mainline Theater
Midnight-World News

WEWS-5 CBS/ABC

9AM News
9:05 TV Sunday School
10AM Film
10:45 Polka Date-Paul Nakel
11AM Star Babes
11:30 Guest Star-Studio Show
11:45 Film Shorts
Noon Gene Carroll
1PM Polka Parade-Johnny Vadnal
1:30 Film
2PM Great Books
2:30 Film Features
3PM Film Feature
3:30 To Be Announced
4:30 University Circle
5PM Super Circus-ABC
6PM Range Rider
6:30 John Carroll Presents
7PM Gene Autry
7:30 Jack Benny
8PM Toast Of The Town-Ed Sullivan
9PM Fred Waring
9:30 Break The Bank-Bert Parks
10PM Celebrity Time-Conrad Nagel
10:30 Royal Playhouse
11PM News/Sign-Off

WXEL-9 DuMont/ABC/CBS

10:30 A Story For Sunday
11:30 In The Park-Fantasy
Noon Ranger Joe
12:15 Hippodrome-ABC
12:30 Candy Carnival-Gene Crane-CBS
1PM Here's The Pitch-Gail Egan
1:15 Indians Baseball vs. Detroit Bob Neal/Red Jones (Doubleheader:Cleveland won both games 3-2 and 7-2)
6PM Space Patrol-ABC or Baseball Scoreboard (Schedule had both)
6:30 To Be Announced
7PM Not For Publication-DuMont
7:30 Foursquare Court-ABC
8PM King's Crossroads-ABC
9PM Rocky King-DuMont
9:30 Plainclothesman-DuMont
10PM The Ruggles-ABC
10:30 What's My Line?-CBS
11PM CBS Sunday News

Monday April 21,1952

WNBK-4 NBC
7AM Today-Dave Garroway, Local News with Tom Haley
10AM Home Cooking-Louise Winslow
10:30 Winner Take All-Bill Cullen
11AM Charming Children
11:30 Idea Shop-Mildred Funnell/Gloria Brown
Noon Ruth Lyons' 50 Club-NBC Network version
12:30 It's a Problem
1PM One O Clock Playhouse-Lawson Demming
2:30 Living Fashion-Maggie Byrne
3PM Big Payoff-Randy Merriman, Bess Myerson
3:30 Ralph Edwards Show-Premiere
4PM Kate Smith
5PM Hawkins Falls
5:15 Gabby Hayes
5:30 Howdy Doody
6PM Buckskin Billy
6:45 Today's News
7PM Kukla, Fran and Ollie
7:15 Goldbergs
7:30 Those Two-Pinky Lee and Vivian Blaine
7:45 Camel News Caravan-Swayze
8PM Paul Winchell/Jerry Mahoney
8:30 Voice Of Firestone
9PM Lights Out
9:30 Robert Montgomery Presents
10:30 Who Said That?-Quiz
11PM Front Page News
11:05 Sports Scene
11:10 Hollywood Theatre
Midnight Final Edition


WEWS-5 CBS/ABC

8AM News
8:05 Morning Melodies
8:30 Beauty For You-Paige Palmer
9AM Western Reserve University
9:30 Mixing Bowl
10AM CBS News
10:15 Arthur Godfrey
10:30 Bride And Groom
10:45 Al Pearce-Premiere
11:30 Strike It Rich-Warren Hull
Noon Frances Langford, Don Ameche Show-ABC
1PM Women's Window-Ethel Jackson
1:30 Garry Moore Show
2:30 First 100 years-Serial
2:45 Mike Wallace/Buff Cobb (Then Husband/Wife)
3:30 Bert Parks Show
4PM News
4:05 On The House-Bob Dale
5PM Uncle Jake's House-Gene Carroll
5:30 Western Film
6PM Supper Serenade
6:25 Mr. Weather Eye
6:30 Highlights of The News-Dorothy Fuldheim
6:45 Pooch Parade
7PM Perry Como
7:15 Thanks To The Engineer
7:30 CBS-TV News-Douglas Edwards
7:45 Judge Roy Scott
8PM Lux Video Theatre
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9PM I Love Lucy
9:30 Claudia:Story Of A Marriage
10PM Studio One
11PM Polka Revue
Midnight-News Summary

WXEL-9 DuMont/ABC/CBS

11AM Ted Anthony News
11:15 Film Shorts
11:30 Good Neighbors
Noon The Egg And I-CBS
12:15 Love Of Life-CBS
12:30 Search For Tomorrow-CBS
12:45 Film Shorts
1PM Alice Weston
1:30 Midday Movie-Alan Freed, Grant Wilson
3:30 Film Shorts
4PM Pause For Pleasure-Russ Carlyle
4:30 Film Shorts
4:45 Comedy Carnival
5PM Tune Inn
5:15 Dinner Winner-Rena and Bob Ledyard
5:30 Desert Deputy-Western Films
6:30 Tom Corbett-ABC
6:45 Evening News-Bob Rowley
7PM Captain Video-DuMont
7:30 Hollywood Screen Test-ABC
8PM Out Of The Fog-Mystery-ABC
8:30 Johns Hopkins Science Review-DuMont
9PM Guide Right-DuMont
9:30 Bill Gwinn Hollywood Show-ABC
10PM Wrestling-Hollywood (Film)
11PM Warren Guthrie News
11:10 Today's Top Story-Sanford I. Whitman
11:15 Sports Final
11:20 Nite Owl Theatre
12:45 Sign-Off

Quick Note-Comment Moderation

Good Morning:
An Issue has come up recently that, until now I havent had to do much with. 99% of the comments have been on topic and courteous, and while I dont mind an occasional "pointed" comment, everyone has been pretty respectful and I appreciate that.

The only problems I've had really at all has been spam and that has been pretty rare..However, in the last week 4 variations of the same "comment" have been left-In Japanese yet! That in itself wouldnt be such a problem except that These were all under the same posting and as fast as I would delete it, it would come back.. Clicking the link to the Japanese text leads to an Adult video site..As a result, I am going to try moderation for a while, so I'll see your comments before they are published..Thanks all for your understanding..

New Link-Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol Book

Cover of "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" The Making of the First Animated Christmas Special" by Darrell Van Citters..Released July 2009..


"Broadway" (Great to Be Back) Opening to "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol"

Animation Producer/Director Darrell Van Citters has recently put out a new book about the making of "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol"..From samples I've seen, it looks to be very well done.Closer to the Holidays, I expect to be able to fully review this book. For now, here is the book's webpage..
http://www.mrmagooschristmascarol.com/



Review by Cartoon Historian Jerry Beck
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/books/van-citters-magoos-christmas-carol-book.html

Magoo's Carol is the first animated holiday special I ever saw and has a warm spot in my heart..