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Ernie Anderson (November 12, 1923 – February 6, 1997) was an American television and radio announcer/voiceover artist.
[edit] Early life and careerBorn in Lynn, Massachusetts, Anderson planned to go to law school but was instead drafted into World War II. After the war, Anderson became a disc jockey at WSKI AM in Montpelier, VT. [1] Anderson worked as a disc jockey in Albany, NY, and Providence, RI before moving to Cleveland, [2] where he collaborated with Tim Conway on a local TV show called Ernie's Place. As the beatnik character Ghoulardi, who appeared in a Phyllis Diller fright wig and wearing an old rain coat and a pair of dark sunglasses with one lens missing. Anderson later hosted Shock Theater at WJW-TV in Cleveland, from 1963 through 1966. Shock Theater featured grade "B" science fiction and horror movies. Shock Theater was aired in a Friday late-night time slot. He featured comic 'bits' and even would key himself into a film and run from the monster with the folks with typical Ghoul commentary. He loved firecrackers which at the time were against the law in Ohio/ He started by blowing up apples and leftovers and graduated to blowing up model cars, statues and stuff sent in by viewers. On the local ABC channel 5 was the elder newswoman of the US; Dorothy Fuldheim. Dorthy had an honest dislike for Ernie. She felt the youth of Ohio were under attack with his pot jokes and childish antics which she thought were distasteful. The battle of the beatnik and Empress of Ohio news. The publicity form all the news and publicity put him at the peak of Ghoulardi's popularity. In 1965 Anderson went to Hollywood to shoot a pilot he got thanks to friend Tim Conway. He featured the audition and gig trip on his show. Something for local TV in 1966. Shrinking ratings and an increasing war in Vietnam and America leaned to the right. Ghoulardi, knew his time was short. Anderson also hosted the Saturday afternoon Masterpiece Theater and the weekday children's program Laurel, Ghoulardi and Hardy. In the mid 90's a Ghoul character showed up on LA TV and rumors ran from it was a fan or even Ernie's son. Back in Cleveland at the station he left the local weatherman, Bob "Hoolihan and Big Chuck" Charles Schodowski, engineer and budding comedy writer formed a team. The team picked up the gauntlet Ghouladrdi blew up and created a, Laugh-in type, late night B movie show every Friday night. In the Summer of 1965 Anderson left Cleveland and moved to Los Angeles, California in order to become an actor. He appeared on the first two episodes of Rango, a short-lived comedy starring one-time Ghoulardi co-star Tim Conway. Anderson and Conway collaborated on a comedy act. They appeared together on ABC's Hollywood Palace and released two comedy albums together.[3] [edit] Career at the American Broadcasting CompanyAfter finding limited success in front of the camera, Anderson moved behind the microphone when Fred Silverman made Anderson the voice of the American Broadcasting Company. Anderson's voice is likely best remembered for his newscast introductions for various ABC stations across the country: "Eyewitness News...starts...NOW!" Anderson's signature was putting emphasis on a particular word. One example was his enunciation of "Love" in "The Love Boat." Another would be "The Man... The Machine... Street Hawk!" from the 1985 motorcycle action series. Anderson was also the announcer of America's Funniest Home Videos from 1989 to 1995 and did the voice over for the previews of new episodes during the first three seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Anderson told the San Francisco Chronicle that his goal as an announcer was to "try to create a mood. I have to concentrate on each word, on each syllable. I have to bring something special to every sentence I say. If I don't do that, they might as well just get some announcer out of the booth to read it. I want people to hear me talk about a show and then to say, 'Hey, this is going to be great. I want to watch this.'" [4] [edit] DeathAnderson died of cancer in Los Angeles on February 6, 1997. [5] His son, director Paul Thomas Anderson, dedicated his 1997 film Boogie Nights to his memory. Similarly, The Drew Carey Show episode "See Drew Run" was also dedicated to his memory. More than a decade after his death, radio stations can still license Anderson's voice for promotions. [6] By paying a licensing fee, stations including New York City's WHTZ use Anderson's voice for positioning statements such as, "If its too loud, you're too old" and "Lock it in and rip the knob off!" [7] [edit] Personal lifeDespite being a daily presence on American television, Anderson lived in relative anonymity in Southern California. "But that's all right," he said. "If I'm out in public and I feel like being recognized, I just raise my voice and say... 'The Love Boat.'" [8] He had nine children. He divorced his first wife, Marguerite Hemmer Anderson when he left Cleveland and ended his "Ghoulardi" show. They had five children, three of them relocated to live with him in Studio City, California with his new wife. Two sons, the youngest of the five stayed behind in Rhode Island with their mother. He married Edwina Gough soon after she arrived in California, a few weeks after Ernie. They had four children, one of whom was director Paul Thomas Anderson. [edit] References
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