Turn Blue The Short Life of Ghoulardi (2009)

For northeast Ohioans who grew up in this area in the 1960s the new TV production Turn Blue The Short Life of Ghoulardi is an entertaining blast from the past Ernie Anderson who played Clevelands counterculture media celebrity Ghoulardi hosted WJWTVs latenight horror movies from 1963 to 1966 and was an incredible influence locally The onehour production premiered on Western Reserve PBS in 2009 It earned two Emmy Awards for directing and editing for producer Phil Hoffman Turn Blue is the work of awardwinning producerdirector Phil Hoffman EdD who also teaches radio and television courses at The University of Akron It is the latest in a series of local history productions that Hoffman has created in cooperation with Western Reserve Public Media The program has also aired on WGTE Public Media in Northeast Ohio