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Ernie Anderson
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Ernie Anderson (November 12, 1923 – February 6, 1997) was an American television and radio personality, voice announcer, actor and the father of film director Paul Thomas Anderson.
Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Anderson became known as a television personality on a local Cleveland, Ohio TV show on Ernie's Place, where he collaborated with Tim Conway.
As the hipster character Ghoulardi, 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, but at the peak of Ghoulardi's popularity, Anderson also hosted the Saturday afternoon Masterpiece Theater, and the weekday children's program Laurel, Ghoulardi and Hardy.
In 1966, Anderson left Cleveland, and moved to Los Angeles, California, where he was heard throughout the United States as the voice of the American Broadcasting Company and various television stations across the country.
His suggestive reading of "The L-o-o-o-o-ove Boat" in promos became a trademark. Anderson served as the announcer for The Carol Burnett Show for most of its CBS run.
He was also the first announcer in the Bob Saget era of America's Funniest Home Videos, and the Narrator in the first two shorts of The Powerpuff Girls.
Anderson died of cancer in Los Angeles on February 6, 1997, aged 73.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson dedicated his 1997 film, Boogie Nights, to his memory in the closing credits.
Similarly, a 1997 episode of The Drew Carey Show was also dedicated to his memory.