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The Ghoul was well known enough in the Cleveland and Detroit markets that some of his catch phrases ("Overdey!", "Hey group!", "Scratch glass, turn blue", "Stay sick, climb walls", "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!", "Holy Parma", "Amrap" and Froggy's "Hiya gang, hiya hiya hiya!") are still widely recognized among the children of the 1970s.
The Ghoul: With Ron Sweed. "The Ghoul" was a hosted horror show with Ron Sweed as "The Ghoul" on Saturdays at 11:30 pm on WXON-TV, Channel 20 Detroit, Michigan between 1976 until 1978.
7 paź 2019 · The Ghoul was one of Michigan late-night TV's most-loved horror show hosts, but was canceled thanks to angry parents. Here are video clips, photos, info and details!
3 kwi 2019 · Ron Sweed, the horror host who became a hit on early 1970s Detroit TV in a haze of firecrackers, absurdist humor and the never-ending torture of his sidekick Froggy, has died in Cleveland at...
3 kwi 2019 · Ron Sweed, also known by his late-night television host character "The Ghoul," has passed away according to reports from friends and his ex-wife Barbara J. King. King posted the news in a Facebook post on Tuesday. Sweed suffered a heart attack in November and never fully recovered, according to friends.
3 kwi 2019 · Parma City Hall, from back in The Ghoul's 1970s heyday. The late-night host often ribbed Parma as the epicenter of white socks, kielbasa and pierogis.
3 kwi 2019 · Ron "The Ghoul" Sweed, a Cleveland TV and radio host who was popular in Detroit in the '70s and '80s, died this week, months after suffering a heart attack, his ex-wife said.
