I’m sort-of familiar with Svengoolie, as his show was syndicated to the Detroit market a few years back. It was good fun; I’ll have to check and see if it’s available again.
I was lucky enough to meet Ron Sweed during his booksigning tour (not my pic):
The line literally stretched outside the store and into the mall itself (I have photos of it tucked away somewhere) and we had to stay open well after hours to accomodate everyone. I didn’t have the chance to interact with him much, but he seemed like a kind, enthusiastic person who genuinely apreciated his fans.
Unfortunately, he passed away in 2019 (not long before my dad did.) I still think of the Ghoul sometimes, hearing his voice in my memories: “stay sick, turn blue; scratch glass, climb walls; but most of all, do it while you can, and don’t get caught!”
(It’s not entirely surprising that I’ve turned out the way I did… 
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