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Comedy Horror Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller. "The Ghoul's Creature Feature" was a hosted horror show with Ron Sweed as "The Ghoul" on Saturdays at 11:30 pm on WKBD-TV, Channel 50 Detroit, Michigan from 1975 until 1976. Star.
I thought I might share some very vivid memories from WKBD's Creature Feature show. I am 31 and finishing my Masters at Wayne State in cinema studies and perhaps might even teach a course on the genre of Horror (as an adjunct) this winter.
8 lut 2019 · The Ghoul Shows. The Ghoul (Ron Sweed) heir to Ghoulardi's (Ernie Anderson) fright wig and Goatee carried on the outrageous Shock Theater Tradition in Cleveland from 1971-1975 on WKBF Channel 61, in the 80's in WCLQ Ch 61, then again in the 1990's on WBNX Channel 55. Also in Detroit on WKBD Ch 50.
2 maj 2002 · The Ghoul, as has been mentioned repeatedly, got his start in Cleveland (the mistake by the lake, he called with great affection) on WKBF-TV 61. The first place he expanded to was WKBD-TV 50 in Detroit. It wasn't until he started showing good numbers in Detroit that Kaiser officials decided to take The Ghoul national.
19 paź 2020 · In short order, The Ghoul also appeared on Kaiser’s WKBD affiliate in Detroit. He was a smash. A few other cities picked up the show, but Sweed just didn’t click there as he did in Cleveland and Detroit.
31 paź 1996 · His Channel 50 show became the most popular of the Kaiser markets and soon moved him and the show to Detroit for a long run. By the late 70s SNL took away a lot of his audience. Here he is in a pitched (& forked) battle with another Detroit TV movie host, Count Scary.
7 paź 2019 · Detroit TV station WKBD Channel 50 added the show to their lineup in the early 70's and it soon became the most popular late-night show in the area. And the audience ate it up. Of course, there were some parents out there who wrote letters of complaint.
