The Ghoulardi Show!

The Ghoulardi Show!

(Originally broadcast on 8 October 2011 on KPSU, re-aired in 2015, and as “#19.2” in 2016.)

I have to admit, I am not cool enough to have known about Ghoulardi until only a few years ago.  As a Cramps fan, this may seem unusual, but with so much on my radar when I first discovered The Cramps, it just wasn’t possible to keep abreast of all the ins and outs of where they came from.  (My introduction to The Mad Daddy is even more recent than that.)  However, when I discovered who this amazing personality was, I instantly became obsessed.  I’ve been wanting to do a Ghoulardi show every since, but other projects and things got in the way.  This is the result of that obsession.

The show is culled from three primary sources: a recreation of the Shock Theater episode, The Hypnotic Eye, done by the good people at The Weirdness Really Bad Movie.  This recreation uses all the existing footage of Ghoulardi in action, mixed with an audio recording made from when he hosted The Hypnotic Eye.  Computer animation, and authentic commercials from the period, help sell this recreation, and it really works.  Watching it is as close to what it must have been like to watch Shock Theater in the late ’50’s and early ’60’s, and while the film is a bomb, the few gems you get from holding on for the Ghoulardi clips are totally worth it.  For those of you familiar with watching Horror Hosts, you’ll know exactly what I mean.

The second source for this episode is the great compilation called Ghoulardi Music, which was assembled ages ago by Kogar The Swingin’ Ape!  (Also responsible for the Lux & Ivy comps.)  I’ve been sitting on this one for a while, and a song or two has appeared on previous shows for a variety of reasons.  But all the music from this show is either from that comp, or were songs I tracked down that should have been on this comp.  Ghoulardi was a very unique Horror Host, in that he used a lot of music in his clips on the show.  There are a number of listings of “songs from Ghoulardi’s show” on the Inter-Web-A-Tron, and they vary from site to site.  As very few clips of Ghoulardi exist to compare, these lists are as good as they get.  Still, the tracks are all great, and this gives you a feel for what Ghoulardi’s record collection must have been like.

We have more Halloween Spook-tacular’s on the way this month, continuing next week with another legend from the past, Spike Jones!  We are your source for Halloween Musical Shenanigans, and we now have a special Halloween Podcast that you can subscribe to, featuring our classic Halloween Shows.  Just paste into your listening device of choice, and you can enjoy a number of Spooky Shows, all free.  That’s how we like to celebrate the season.

See you in Seven!

The Ghoulardi Show!

01.) Light Up An Old Ghould * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye * http://reallybadmovie.weebly.com/

02.) Pygmy * Baby Sticks and The Kingtones * Ghoulardi Music * http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com/

03.) Goulardi Is Sick Tonight * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

04.) Space Rock Part One * The Baskerville Hounds * Ghoulardi Music

05.) A Ghoulardi Doll * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

06.) Birth of The Beat * Sandy Nelson * Ghoulardi Music

07.) Saturday Letters * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

08.) Blues Theme * Davie Allan and The Arrows * Ghoulardi Music

09.) Eddie’s Blues * Eddie Cochran * Ghoulardi Music

10.) My Ghoul-friend * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

11.) Time Bomb * Johnny and The Hurricanes * Ghoulardi Music

12.) Real Close * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

13.) The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues * Moe Koffman Quartette * Ghoulardi Music

14.) Poker * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

15.) Little Eefin Annie * Joe Perkins * Ghoulardi Music

16.) Stay Wood, Kid * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

17.) Wiggle Wobble * Les Cooper and The Soul Rockers * Ghoulardi Music

18.) Rumble * Link Wray * Ghoulardi Music

19.) Shocker Box * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

20.) Little Boxes * Pete Seegar * Ghoulardi Music

21.) Beat Poem * King of the Beatniks * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

22.) The Rat * The Ventures * Ghoulardi Music

23.) More Ghoul-friend * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

24.) Surfin’ Bird * The Trashmen * Ghoulardi Music

25.) Cool It With The Boom Booms * Ghoulardi * Ghoulardi Music

26.) Wham! * Lonnie Mack * Ghoulardi Music

27.) Ghoulardi Is A Coward * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

28.) Stronger Than Dirt * Tom King and The Starfighters * Ghoulardi Music

29.) Pedal Pusher * The Ventures * Ghoulardi Music

30.) Ghoulardi’s Life Story * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

31.) Papa Oo Mow Mow * The Rivingtons * Ghoulardi Music

32.) Cake * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

33.) Bird Dance Beat * The Trashmen * Ghoulardi Music

34.) Next Week’s Movie * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

35.) Dartell Stomp * The Mustangs * Ghoulardi Music

36.) Hey Group! * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

37.) The Desert Rat * Duane Eddy * Ghoulardi Music

38.) Green Onions * Booker T. and The MG’s * Ghoulardi Music

39.) Stay Sick * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

40.) Sugar Shack * Jimmy Gilmer * Ghoulardi Music

41.) You’re A Lot of Fun To Be With * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

42.) Constipation Blues * Screaming Jay Hawkins * Ghoulardi Music

43.) Wake Up * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

44.) Mumbles * The Oscar Peterson Trio * Ghoulardi Music

45.) Written By The Adults * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

46.) Buzzsaw * The Turtles * Ghoulardi Music

47.) Beachcomber * Bobby Darin * Ghoulardi Music

48.) Less Obtrusive * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

49.) Turn Blue * Jimmy McGriff * Ghoulardi Music

50.) The Laugh * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

51.) Bolo Blues * Jimmy Forrest * Ghoulardi Music

52.) Oxnard * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

53.) Mama Oo Mow Mow * The Rivingtons * Ghoulardi Music

54.) You Can’t See This When You’re Way Out There * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

55.) Space Rock Part Two * The Baskerville Hounds * Ghoulardi Music

56.) Hypnosis Word Of Warning * Narrator * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

57.) Peach Fuzz * The Ventures * Ghoulardi Music

58.) Stay Sick * Ghoulardi * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye

59.) CBS Logo * CBS Studios * Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye