Long ago, before Saturday Night live, there was a local late night movie host: GHOULARDI. An ICON, near godlike. He was to teens of Ohio in the 1960s what Oprah is to women of today. From 1963 t0 1966 he was a NUT: glasses with one lens; fake beard (falling off); bad wig, dressed in chaos (like me). He traumatized the powers (station management, local serious celebrities) HE mocked neighborhoods, like a regular skewering of Parma, pink flamingos, and white socks. Lots of fire crackers, weekly detonations. .
Suddenly brought back to my distorted mind: he appeared nostalgically in the Plain Dealer, a akron shoe shop owner sculped a GHOULARDI NATIVITY and put it on ebay (such is the caliber of news, but this is a POP CULTURE GOD).
A book in my collection (a gift from my sister once Christmas)
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an ebay auction:
A 'CERTAIN ETHNIC' Nativity with GHOULARDI & da Group
Seller: oxnardknif( 76)
Hey Group ! This is it... This is the One auction you KNIFs dont wanna miss out on... A ONE of a KIND curio not to be found Anywhere Else ! NOWHERE ! NADA.
( Certainly not during this upcoming Holiday Season!! )
A CERTAIN ETHNIC NATIVITY
( with Ghoulardi, Big Chuck, Lil John, Dorothy,
'Robert'( as in Readings by...), and Good ol' SuperHost )
This collection of 6 individually hand-crafted, hand-painted, free-standing, Nativity pieces have been painstakingly created... A Unique and yet troublesome 'keepsake' for just the right kind of determined, faithful Knif and fan of a bygone Era in Northeast Ohio television.
Serious Bidders ( with a Good sense of Humor ) Only !
Each figure is made of hardened resin, Standing figures are approx 6 inches tall. Comes with Christmas Light decorated Manger ( 14 x 5.25 x 10.25 ) complete with White Socks hung on the Rafters, and a Pink Flamingo lawn ornament on the stable front.
Characters :
Dorothy ( It just HAD to be a Miracle !! )
John ( Best Seat in the House )
Chuck ( Certain Ethnic Good Samaritanski )
The 3 Wise Guys:
Ghoulardi : Bearing the Gift of White Socks.
Robert: Bearing the Gift of a Kielbasy sandwich.
SuperHost: Bearing the Gift of...of... well.. just
" Gimme that Shoe! "
Winning Bidder pays Bid Price plus $35 FedEx Ground shipment. Money Orders or Personal Checks Only.
Verifiable Street Address destination only ( No P.O. Box ).
Bid Hearty... like you really mean it, Gang... there is a Reserve - and I'm getting mighty fond of this thing...
It would nt be hard on me to keep it.
But one way or another - Some Lucky KNIF is gonna have this on their mantle - This Holiday Season - and for seasons to come!!
Stay Sick! and have a 'Turn Blue' Christmas... and...
Hey ! Close the Door, will ya?!... Were you Born in a Barn ?!
:oh... sorry ! : /
+++ ebay bids were up to 202 bucks!
from the plain dealer
http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1197107063143840.xml&coll=2
Nativity set inspired by classic Cleveland TV hosts - Michael McIntyre's Tipoff
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Michael K. McIntyre
Plain Dealer Columnist
Shoe repair wizard Bob Ferguson of Highland Square Shoe Repair in Akron is a super fan of colorful Cleveland television characters past, from Ghoulardi to Big Chuck, Hoolihan and Lil' John to Superhost to Mr. Jingeling.
So what better way to celebrate the season than his "Cer tain Ethnic Nativity"?
Fergu son, who draws and sculpts in his spare time, spent about a month handcraft ing a nativity set only a Clevelander could love.
Wise Guys" bearing gifts of white socks, a kielbasa sandwich and a sneaker. Big Chuck and Dorothy (apparently Fuldheim) are there with Lil' John, who is lying in the manger and chomping on a cigar. White tube socks hang from the rafters, and a pink flamingo marks the property.
"I stopped short of adding the 'Little Accordion Boy,' " Ferguson said.
Ferguson has it listed on eBay (go to ebay.com and search for "certain ethnic"), through Sunday, hoping to make some extra Christmas cash and to bring a little joy to a shopper with a refined taste for Cleveland's bygone television era. The minimum bid is $100, and though several hundred people have looked at the item, no one has bid.
So what happens if no one buys?
"I'm getting mighty fond of this thing," he said. "It wouldn't be hard on me to keep it."
Seller: oxnardknif( 76)
Hey Group ! This is it... This is the One auction you KNIFs dont wanna miss out on... A ONE of a KIND curio not to be found Anywhere Else ! NOWHERE ! NADA.
( Certainly not during this upcoming Holiday Season!! )
A CERTAIN ETHNIC NATIVITY
( with Ghoulardi, Big Chuck, Lil John, Dorothy,
'Robert'( as in Readings by...), and Good ol' SuperHost )
This collection of 6 individually hand-crafted, hand-painted, free-standing, Nativity pieces have been painstakingly created... A Unique and yet troublesome 'keepsake' for just the right kind of determined, faithful Knif and fan of a bygone Era in Northeast Ohio television.
Serious Bidders ( with a Good sense of Humor ) Only !
Each figure is made of hardened resin, Standing figures are approx 6 inches tall. Comes with Christmas Light decorated Manger ( 14 x 5.25 x 10.25 ) complete with White Socks hung on the Rafters, and a Pink Flamingo lawn ornament on the stable front.
Characters :
Dorothy ( It just HAD to be a Miracle !! )
John ( Best Seat in the House )
Chuck ( Certain Ethnic Good Samaritanski )
The 3 Wise Guys:
Ghoulardi : Bearing the Gift of White Socks.
Robert: Bearing the Gift of a Kielbasy sandwich.
SuperHost: Bearing the Gift of...of... well.. just
" Gimme that Shoe! "
Winning Bidder pays Bid Price plus $35 FedEx Ground shipment. Money Orders or Personal Checks Only.
Verifiable Street Address destination only ( No P.O. Box ).
Bid Hearty... like you really mean it, Gang... there is a Reserve - and I'm getting mighty fond of this thing...
It would nt be hard on me to keep it.
But one way or another - Some Lucky KNIF is gonna have this on their mantle - This Holiday Season - and for seasons to come!!
Stay Sick! and have a 'Turn Blue' Christmas... and...
Hey ! Close the Door, will ya?!... Were you Born in a Barn ?!
:oh... sorry ! : /
+++ ebay bids were up to 202 bucks!
from the plain dealer
http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1197107063143840.xml&coll=2
Nativity set inspired by classic Cleveland TV hosts - Michael McIntyre's Tipoff
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Michael K. McIntyre
Plain Dealer Columnist
Shoe repair wizard Bob Ferguson of Highland Square Shoe Repair in Akron is a super fan of colorful Cleveland television characters past, from Ghoulardi to Big Chuck, Hoolihan and Lil' John to Superhost to Mr. Jingeling.
So what better way to celebrate the season than his "Cer tain Ethnic Nativity"?
Fergu son, who draws and sculpts in his spare time, spent about a month handcraft ing a nativity set only a Clevelander could love.
Wise Guys" bearing gifts of white socks, a kielbasa sandwich and a sneaker. Big Chuck and Dorothy (apparently Fuldheim) are there with Lil' John, who is lying in the manger and chomping on a cigar. White tube socks hang from the rafters, and a pink flamingo marks the property.
"I stopped short of adding the 'Little Accordion Boy,' " Ferguson said.
Ferguson has it listed on eBay (go to ebay.com and search for "certain ethnic"), through Sunday, hoping to make some extra Christmas cash and to bring a little joy to a shopper with a refined taste for Cleveland's bygone television era. The minimum bid is $100, and though several hundred people have looked at the item, no one has bid.
So what happens if no one buys?
"I'm getting mighty fond of this thing," he said. "It wouldn't be hard on me to keep it."
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for more see:
or watch:
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Ghoulardi needs no explanation, a hero to all, but
Dorothy Fuldheim
http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/reghist/fuldheim.html
Papers, [1968]-1990; [bulk 1972-1980]
Inventory
Prepared by Barbara Bass, July 16, 2002; revised July 2004
3 record storage boxes, 1 document box, 1 film box, 1 oversize folder, 3.5 cubic feet
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