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Oooh! Gadica Really Made A Ghastly Flub

Detroit Free Press
By Carol Teegardin
Wednesday, September 8, 1982

New Channel 2 weathercaster Chuck Gaidica made a major boo-boo during the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon when he mistakenly introduced his station's vampire movie host Sir Graves Ghastly (Lawson Deming) as Count Scary. We all know Count Scary is really Tom Ryan, CKLW-AM staffer who recently hosted a 3D flick for Channel 4. The slip was smilingly smoothed over by telethon host Joe Glover and everything proceeded as normal. After the telethon, Deming said he didn't hear the blunder when it occurred, because he was busy entertaining kids on the studio grounds outside. "I've been Detroit's original vampire for 16 years," said Sir Graves, "and if anyone thinks I'm Count Scary then they've got a few marbles missing."

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		Oooh! Gadica Really Made A Ghastly Flub Detroit Free Press By Carol Teegardin Wednesday, September 8, 1982 New Channel 2 weathercaster Chuck Gaidica made a major boo-boo during the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon when he mistakenly introduced his station's vampire movie host Sir Graves Ghastly (Lawson Deming) as Count Scary. We all know Count Scary is really Tom Ryan, CKLW-AM staffer who recently hosted a 3D flick for Channel 4. The slip was smilingly smoothed over by telethon host Joe Glover and everything proceeded as normal. After the telethon, Deming said he didn't hear the blunder when it occurred, because he was busy entertaining kids on the studio grounds outside. "I've been Detroit's original vampire for 16 years," said Sir Graves, "and if anyone thinks I'm Count Scary then they've got a few marbles missing." Copyright ©1982 Detroit Free Press Inc. All rights reserved. Article respectfully shared under the Fair Use Doctrine of International Copyright Law as educational material without benefit of financial gain. <Back Website ©2002-2005 Keith Milford. All Rights Reserved.