The Ghoul on TV20

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15 жыл бұрын

This is one of the funniest segments of the Ghoul's show that I've ever seen. The best part is that The Ghoul just ad libs through the piece, and shows why so many people are still big fans even though most of them haven't seen him on tv in years. Another neat thing is that Dave Ivey shows up at the beginning of the segment. Also, I was surprised to see that the P.O. Box to send in your home movies is in Clawson, Michigan. Either they shot the show in Clawson (it kind of looks like they're in someone's basement), or maybe The Ghoul was living there...

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@jonnygloot 5 жыл бұрын

takes me back to 74.... love it.

@geraldboettcher8011 6 жыл бұрын

His Christmas and new years eve shows were great! Boffo..... Good memories with the king.....

@seanohara1736 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome memories of the Ghoul, from my childhood growing up in Detroit. No wonder I turned out so weird as an adult.

@motorcityquig 7 жыл бұрын

Sean O'Hara You have plenty of company. I used to hit the bong and watch this guy on Saturday night's. Maybe the ghoul is the reason the whole Detroit area is weird.

@BBKING-eb4wl 6 ай бұрын

Good Times my Friend !

@kree1964 12 жыл бұрын

Yep he's from Cleveland, but we loved him here in Detroit. Or at least I did... I watched whenever I was allowed, and sometimes even when I wasnt. The Ghoul ROCKED

@Tazzman 14 жыл бұрын

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!

@DOC-wi5zk 5 жыл бұрын

RIP Ron Sweed

@rayburton4867 5 ай бұрын

Dude was an originator of having controlled craziness! 💯💯💯💯💯💯

@markpalka6382 7 жыл бұрын

This dude was funny; I remember him because I'm originally from Detroit Michigan, and it's too bad that nobody makes stuff like this anymore!

@jamesquigley7693 4 жыл бұрын

The Ghoul was politically incorrect long before we knew what it meant

@markpalka6382 4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesquigley7693: I never thought of it that way, but I must say that you are right!

@JohnSmith-el6lk 2 жыл бұрын

My older brother (passed) and I would watch the Ghoul all the time. One favorite was when the Ghoul would blow things up with fire crackers.

@geraldboettcher8011 7 жыл бұрын

his Christmas and new years eve shows were the best!

@wcsxwcsx 14 жыл бұрын

Such memories......

@Zapmanio 12 жыл бұрын

Great memories!

@timkilbreath9505 7 жыл бұрын

Best thing on TV back then. Thanks Ron

@daveconley6076 10 жыл бұрын

Started watching this on WKBD 50 in Detroit, following Lou Gordon and Roller Derby. I always loved the "Home Movies" segment. Not to mention the Dave Ivey cartoons, with classics such as "King Croak."

@fasteddie777666 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. RON SWEED aka THE GHOUL......70 IS TOO YOUNG !!!

@Kirke182 14 жыл бұрын

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

@kyokogodai-ir6hy 5 жыл бұрын

The Ghoul's "Vault of Golden Garbage!" RIP my leader.

@TheRantingCabbie 12 жыл бұрын

I'm in Northern Ontario, Canada. Where I am, I think it was early 70's when we got cable. We used to watch The Ghoul on WKBD CH 50 from Detroit.

@TheRamsesII 12 жыл бұрын

Taught at Wayne State, got famous in Detroit

@csishadow 15 жыл бұрын

This, my friends, is classic!

@edfeltch 7 жыл бұрын

In Norfolk,Virginia back in 66,Shock Theater had the Cool Ghoul,one of a cast headed by Maurice.The movies they ran were standard Universal fare,but I loved the show.

@DoesDetroit 8 жыл бұрын

I love the Ghoul! We just saw him at the Redford Theater in Detroit last Saturday!

@no1but24 10 жыл бұрын

blast from the past

@VortecCyclone 13 жыл бұрын

@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.

@richallenmusic 13 жыл бұрын

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

@toddbellows5282 9 жыл бұрын

Nobody ever surpassed Ron Swede "The Ghoul"! He's an iconoclast blast from the past!

@r.jennings5228 2 жыл бұрын

Memories

@MrZiggy019 5 жыл бұрын

I remember Attack of The Mushroom People like 5 weeks in a row,,, good times with the Ghoul,,,

@CowabungaCornerR 4 жыл бұрын

That was my dad in the first clip here, Dave Ivey, and I would've totally voted for him. Thanks for having this video up, good to see the old footage. Miss Ron.

@iSuRRendeReDuK 4 жыл бұрын

Found 15 full shows archived here archive.org/details/TheGhoulSwampCreature/Ghoul+Golden+Garbage+1%262.mp4

@danielboom72 Жыл бұрын

Wow! No shit? I grew up watching the Ghoul on TV20 and 62. Dave is a big dude!

@cuemaster 11 жыл бұрын

pure comedic genius! remember the poison apple gigs and the bone box? zingy!

@ctuna84 12 жыл бұрын

Wow I miss watching this stuff in Akron

@kurtb8474 12 жыл бұрын

The Ghoul was seen every Friday night out here in Northern California back in the mid-1970s. I was so amazed that he was still on the air over 3 decades later!

@kool-aidcorncrap7880 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Ghoul 👌🐸

@ClaudiaIvey1 12 жыл бұрын

The Ghoul is from Cleveland. The Ghoul show first started out in Cleveland. He would say Parma to say hi to his folks, who then lived in Parma, Ohio. Ron came up to Detroit area, lived in Waterford. When he was first on Channel 20 he taped the show in Walled Lake at Decker and 14 Mile Road, and their antenna was in Southfield, and the po box in West land. The show was taped at a few other places like Video Lab, on Rochester Rd, now Glida's Place, in Royal Oak. Dave Ivey is my husband.

@blh-rr9fu Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for sharing that! He was a big part of my childhood, with sleepovers on Saturday nights in Detroit. We loved the show.

@spudfriley 11 жыл бұрын

The Goul was a genius!

@JaythePandaren 5 жыл бұрын

It’s my first time Watching the Ghoul and my god was he nuts xD I love the Ghoul now

@Discfiend69 15 жыл бұрын

The first tune was "The Bat" by Ventures. Love the Ghoul!

@dnx112 2 жыл бұрын

The Ghoul coming to you from beautiful downtown Wasteland.

@doncrews6710 8 жыл бұрын

Love the Ghoul! Wish he was back on the Saturday night airwaves again here in Detroit!!!

@airdriver 14 жыл бұрын

@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.

@motorcityquig 13 жыл бұрын

The Ghoul for President, 2012.

@aacrobatt1705 7 жыл бұрын

Detroit always had its local tv pesonalities sir graves was one to mention also

@genemitchell8394 5 жыл бұрын

I always wondered what happened to my favorite show, where the kid had his 10th birthday on his show and Ghoul blew up his cake.

@NortonSG 15 жыл бұрын

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

@OZOBIEUSA1 12 жыл бұрын

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!

@Tazzman 14 жыл бұрын

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

@KicksCarter 15 жыл бұрын

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.

@spudfriley 11 жыл бұрын

Bring back the Goul!!

@phoenixpaquette9627 Жыл бұрын

The best

@mc_lars 6 жыл бұрын

Here because of Violent J from ICP's "Behind the Paint" shouts this dude out. Amazing.

@Reubenhubert 7 жыл бұрын

I watched him on channel 61 in Cleveland in the 70s.

@DoesDetroit 8 жыл бұрын

Scratch glass and turn blue!

@OrangeElixir 14 жыл бұрын

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

@TheRamsesII 14 жыл бұрын

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

@BBKING-eb4wl 6 ай бұрын

Sorrentos' pizza south side Warren, Lincoln High Zone. Saturday Nights. Pizza / Spooky Movie / Night with the Cousins / Church on Sunday. EQUELS = GOOD TIMES IN THE 70'S.😊

@crunch7077 13 жыл бұрын

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

@thomascadwallader4832 8 жыл бұрын

Ron was my roommate in 1971 at BGSU. Loaned him my T-Bird and he went out and wrecked it.

@motorcityquig 8 жыл бұрын

+thomas cadwallader Was he making a late night run for some fried Kielbasie?

@hackeditor 7 жыл бұрын

Wow. Was he as crazy in college as he is as The Ghoul?

@hacksawhaneypresents9548 9 ай бұрын

😂

@michiganmikeupnorth Жыл бұрын

The old days.

@wpollock1 13 жыл бұрын

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

@Tazzman 15 жыл бұрын

This was recorded at VideoLab in Royal Oak, Michigan!

@tonysuss 9 жыл бұрын

Hilarious insanity.He got thrown off of every channel that took him in.LOL Telling viewers to change the channel while the movie played because they were only there to see him.I'll never forget when he made tea by stapling teabags to Froggy and drowning him in hot water.The world needs a guy like this again.

@hacksawhaneypresents9548 9 ай бұрын

This guy was nuttier than elephant poop. That wall bit was comic genius though.

@toddbellows5282 9 жыл бұрын

The Ghoul is great!

@BPRTbone 11 жыл бұрын

"Where's my shtool?"

@rooizm1 13 жыл бұрын

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

@KTEFilmsInc 14 жыл бұрын

HEY GROUP! OVA-DEY! I am so dressing up as The Ghoul for Halloween now!

@dennymcfastlane8530 5 жыл бұрын

At 1:35 Looks like the Channel 20 crew was messing with the Ghoul, when they switched the camera to the side view. Then used the sound effects-Fat Albert(Cosby). Funny even to this day!!! Those guys had a blast back then, and so did we.

@cuemaster 11 жыл бұрын

that's super cool.

@OrangeElixir 14 жыл бұрын

@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.

@OrangeElixir 14 жыл бұрын

@frkbassist I agree. You are truly lucky.

@russellhughes187 9 жыл бұрын

what the hey hey bis the ghoul up to now!

@dingo48307 13 жыл бұрын

Pluck your magic twanger overdey, FROGEEEE!

@kurtb8474 4 жыл бұрын

Good ol' pointless, nutty entertainment! I miss him!

@ORIGINALREDY2MIX 5 жыл бұрын

rip the ghoul🐸🐸🐸🐸😿🍿🍿🍿🖥🎞🎞🎞🎥🎥

@PeterMayer 14 жыл бұрын

Hey, hey RO!

@mynameisnoneofyourbusiness6243 11 жыл бұрын

... and now own it on special edition imported DVD lol "Oh MAN! What are we WAITING FOR??"

@dafyd201 14 жыл бұрын

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

@silvergalaxie 2 ай бұрын

hya,hya,hya Ghoul! 27May'24

@paititi 7 жыл бұрын

Even in staid, not-so-whacky/hip Boston, The Ghoul was The Man!!

@anthonywhite4864 2 жыл бұрын

The Ghoul poster l gaved to my best friend Jeff 20 years ago

@zestydude87 12 жыл бұрын

Froggyyyyyy babyyyyyyyyyyyy!

@hackeditor 15 жыл бұрын

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.

@thebeardo 11 жыл бұрын

Does anyone have The GhoulFather segment.... MY fav... love to see it again

@motorcityquig 7 жыл бұрын

Ghoul Jokes. Q. How do you tell a pirate from Parma? A. He has patches over both eyes. Q. How do you tell a doctor from Parma? A. He has dough stains on his stethoscope from pressing pierogies.

@royalteancupajoe9293 4 жыл бұрын

A dentist from Parma told me I had a cavity. I said are you going to use novacaine? He said sure bend over.

@tyrssen1 10 жыл бұрын

Always loved the Ghoul .. completely nuts! He accidentally showed one movie, just one, that people actually liked: "Psychomania," the worst biker movie ever made. It was so popular, he had to run it again a few weeks later!

@ronmurphy8863 10 жыл бұрын

that was the movie where the bikers killed themselves then came back to life and then turned into frogs...........

@tyrssen1 10 жыл бұрын

ronald murphy Well, actually they got turned into stone pillars ... but hey, who cares ... ;)

@ronmurphy8863 10 жыл бұрын

youre right bra..hiya...hiya....hiya...

@tyrssen1 8 жыл бұрын

Pluck yer magic twanger, froggie!

@mindlesspup 12 жыл бұрын

Kobossa! Overday!

@ORIGINALREDY2MIX 8 жыл бұрын

i met him last night

@bbirdkurt 8 жыл бұрын

Ha, ha, ha. I loved the unfavorable reference to Coleman Young. It was real fun watching him on TV with my older brother back in the day. Who can forget the episode where he brings out a ravenous German Shepherd pitted against some guy to see who could eat an entire pizza the fastest. No competition - the Shepherd whupped his butt.

@hackeditor 14 жыл бұрын

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

@Tazzman 15 жыл бұрын

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

@MrJadedtom 12 жыл бұрын

Long Live The Ghoul! I remember fondly the disgusting 'Big Boy Eating Contests'. I loved the fact that he was fired from many TV stations! The Ghoul was cutting edge and we have NOTHING like this now. Elvira and Svengoolie are pale imitations of what was the Ghoul! We love Ron!!!

@davidkeller2832 6 жыл бұрын

I watched The Ghoul in Detroit and never saw a Big Boy eating contest. However, he did the Pizza Battle of the Century and held the title for about 4 - 5 weeks until he hurled in the next competition. LOL. Was the Big Boy Battle held in Cleveland area?

@billmcallister9205 6 ай бұрын

I realize this is an old post but the Ghoul most definitely did Elias Bros Big Boy eating contests. Remember seeing him do it on WXON Channel 20. I remember the pizza thing, too. @@davidkeller2832

@rainmaker690 12 жыл бұрын

yeah, I remember seeing his show on Channel 20 on Sat. nights. I remember when he made a joke about the 3 wise man from the Bible, calling them "The Three Wise Guys"---that cracked me up back in the day! BTW, what happened to Wolfman Mac, who had a show broadcasting from a haunted house park in Pontiac, MI from 2008--2010 on Channel 20? He was fun to watch,but his show just disappeared from the airwaves! Too bad, because I liked his show too, as well that goofy wisecracking skull of his!

@mackelly4581 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, this is Mac :) Thanks! We’re in the studio this summer for new antics coming soon

@av8tor17b 13 жыл бұрын

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

@toond2000 13 жыл бұрын

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

@dkspookshow 14 жыл бұрын

@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.

@bigmike312 13 жыл бұрын

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

@dkspookshow 14 жыл бұрын

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.....