Ghoulardi Shock Theater Magnet

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 in Cleveland, Ohio, from January 13, 1963, through December 16, 1966. Shock Theater featured B-grade science fiction and horror films and aired in a Friday late-night time slot. At the peak of Ghoulardi’s popularity, the character also hosted the Saturday afternoon Masterpiece Theater, and the weekday children’s program Laurel, Ghoulardi and Hardy. Late-night horror hosts in other broadcast markets typically portrayed themselves as mad scientists, vampires, or other horror film-themed characters, so in contrast to this, Anderson created an irreverent and influential character who wa