Cleveland TV Tales Volume 2
Cleveland TV Tales Volume 2

Author: Mike Olszewski

Publisher: Gray & Company, Publishers

Published: 2015-11-16

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1938441761

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More behind-the-screen stories from the golden age of local television! Let’s warm up the old family TV set, step through the screen, and see what was going on behind the scenes with some of our favorite Cleveland television personalities of the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s. We’ll look back at the rise of glamorous news anchors (including more than one Miss America contestant) with perfect smiles, perky noses, and really big hair . . . Late-night horror-movie hosts battling to take over the legacy of the legendary Ghoulardi . . . The strange, sad saga of the former daytime host who shot himself after a bizarre sex scandal . . . A weatherman who was a lightning rod for coworkers’ endless practical jokes . . . The investigative reporters whose sting operations caught wrongdoers with their pants down—sometimes literally! . . . The gutsy reporter who interviewed Danny Greene hours before the mobster was blown up in his car . . . The Cleveland mayor who co-hosted a children’s show with a ventriloquist’s dummy . . . and many other true tales.

Cleveland TV Tales
Cleveland TV Tales

Author: Mike Olszewski

Publisher: Gray & Company, Publishers

Published: 2014-10-15

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1938441583

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Remember when TV was just three channels and the biggest celebrities in Cleveland were an outrageous movie host named Ghoulardi, a gentle elf named Barnaby, and a tough-as-nails newswoman named Dorothy Fuldheim? These pioneering entertainers invented television programming before our very eyes while we watched from our living rooms. Revisit the early days of local TV in these fun and fact-filled stories featuring . . . Paige Palmer, the fitness host who smoked four packs a day . . . Smooth-voiced Captain Penny, who reminded us, “You can’t fool mom” . . . Volatile talk show host Alan Douglas, who pushed guests’ hot buttons—sometimes until they punched back . . . Gene Carroll, longtime king of the amateur hour . . . Woodrow, the Woodsman . . . Romper Room’s Miss Barbara . . . Jungle Larry . . . and many other local favorites.

From Captain Penny to Superhost
From Captain Penny to Superhost

Author: Mike Olszewski

Publisher: Gray Publishers

Published: 2019-11-14

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 9781598511123

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Children's TV in Cleveland sprang from the creative minds of actors who often made it up as they went, with few special effects but lots of imagination. Barnaby, Woodrow the Woodsman, Franz the Toymaker, Romper Room's Miss Barbara, Jungle Larry... Their impact on Northeast Ohio kids was lifelong. These stories offer a glimpse behind the plywood sets.

They Died Crawling, and Other Tales of Cleveland Woe
They Died Crawling, and Other Tales of Cleveland Woe

Author: John Stark Bellamy, II

Publisher: Gray & Company, Publishers

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1886228035

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The foulest crimes and worst in Cleveland history are recounted in these 15 incredible-but-true tales. Each no-holds-barred account into one of this city's most notorious moments, from the 1916 waterworks collapse to the Cleveland Clinic fire to the sensational Sam Sheppard murder trial. These gripping narratives deliver high drama and dark comedy, heroes and villains, obsession, courage, treachery, deceit, fear, and guilt -- all from the streets of Cleveland.

Barnaby and Me
Barnaby and Me

Author: Linn Sheldon

Publisher: Gray & Company, Publishers

Published: 2004-09

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1886228426

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Now in paperback.One of the most beloved figures in Cleveland entertainment history

Ghoulardi
Ghoulardi

Author: Tom Feran

Publisher: Ohio

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781886228184

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The behind-the-scenes story of the outrageous Ghoulardi show and its unusual creator, Ernie Anderson. The groundbreaking late-night TV horror host shocked and delighted Northeast Ohio in the mid-1960s on Friday nights with strange beatnik humor, bad movies, and innovative sight gags. Includes rare photos, interviews, transcripts, and trivia.

Radio Daze
Radio Daze

Author: Mike Olszewski

Publisher: Kent State University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9780873387736

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This volume captures the radio scene during the 1970s and 1980s, chronicling how a small FM rock station, WMMS, became the top-rated station in Northeast Ohio and made Cleveland one of the most important radio markets in the world. It includes interviews with radio legends.

Every Tiger Has a Tale
Every Tiger Has a Tale

Author: Gary Stromberg

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2009-03

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1440127484

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Every Tiger has a Tale shares the fascinating stories of more than forty graduates of Cleveland Heights High. They faced incredible challenges, yet battled to succeed. A boy's mother dies from drugs, but he becomes a judge. A Heights grad produces the Grammy Awards. A welfare mom puts her children in daycare, and becomes a doctor. A politician helps launch Barack Obama's career. At a gathering of Holocaust survivors, a man finds the love of his life. A kid from Heights becomes a millionaire, yet sees his fortune and the site of his dream home just slide away. He excels in the Super Bowl. A young man just misses the gunfire at Kent State. A skilled interviewer of the literary giants of our time. A boy uprooted from California, dumped in a detention camp in Arizona, and winds up at Heights High The radio talk-show host with the most air-time ever. Wall Street's original Money Honey. A woman sparks TV's reality show craze. How is the founding father of Las Vegas connected to Heights High? Intriguing stories with surprising twists and turns. A treasure of life lessons. All from grads of just one school. Yes, Every Tiger has a Tale.

"Gimme Rewrite, Sweetheart--"

Author: John H. Tidyman

Publisher: Gray & Company

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1598510169

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Recounts the behind-the-scenes happenings at Cleveland newspapers during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, describing how reporters found their stories, the role of the papers in the city's daily life, and the political ins and outs of the reporting world.

Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?
Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?

Author: Charlise Lyles

Publisher: Gray & Company, Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 159851041X

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Describes the author's childhood education in the Cleveland projects in the 1960s and 1970s, where she learned to appreciate literature at a young age despite growing up amid race riots and murder.