Cleveland TV Tales Volume 2: More Stories from the Golden Age of Local Television

by Mike Olszewski, Janice Olszewski

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938441752
Publisher:	Gray & Company, Publishers
Publication date:	11/17/2015
Pages:	189
Sales rank:	621,433
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Mike Olszewski is a veteran Cleveland radio and television personality and the curator and archivist for the Ohio Broadcast Archive and Museum. He also teaches media and communications classes at Kent State University, The University of Akron, and Notre Dame College.

Table of Contents

Preface Ernie’s Legacy “They tortured me at Channel 5 . . .” The Morning Exchange “You can never wipe out a sex scandal” News, Views, and Loose Screws “We’re number three!” “You’ll be lucky if any of you leave my office with a job!” Happy Talk and Hair-Dos “You should know better than to be here.” And Then There Was Disco . . . “Pretty and Perky and Straight of Proboscis” A Fine Line Between Serious and Silly “This is Dan Rather. Who Am I Speaking To?” “Do You Own The City?” “Supe’s On!” “Weather and sportscasters look like real people.” “We told everybody they’re going to be offended.” Not Making Many Friends “In my life, laundry and glamour don’t mix” Epilogue Acknowledgements Bibliography About the Authors Also of Interest . . .