This bit of news will either make too much sense or absolutely no sense depending on which side of 1985 you were born in. In an interview from a few years ago that has only gone viral now, writer/producer Kermit Frazier, who worked on PBS’ children’s detective show Ghostwriter from 1992-1995, revealed that the titular writer who also happened to be a ghost was a runaway slave. Who was murdered. By his masters. And some ravenous dogs.
The show was taken off the air before the kids had the chance to solve their biggest mystery — who was Ghostwriter? Producer and writer Kermit Frazier revealed Ghostwriter’s identity in a recent interview.
“Ghostwriter was a runaway slave during the Civil War,” he said. “He was killed by slave catchers and their dogs as he was teaching other runaway slaves how to read in the woods. His soul was kept in the book and released once Jamal discovered the book.” (Via)
This is somehow worse than finding out Inspector Gadget was put together by Nazis. At least then we knew something weird was going on, considering his preference of hanging out with blonde-haired, blue-eyed children.
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This isn’t bad, it’s freaking awesome.
“Word!”
Bum-Bum-Beep! Beep!
An unintentional spin-off sequel to Django Unchained.
Wait…what?!
that news story’s from 2010, why’s it getting covered now
Because the internet is a silly place. That reference is from 1975.
This comment is from 2011
Was this on AFTER “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?” and you’re missing the most important part of the story…Jamal’s name is Sheldon Turnipseed. I would like to change my username IMMEDIATELY!
Somehow the name Sheldon Turnipseed has stuck with me all these years. RIP, Ghostwriter. Sorry you were a murdered slave, but have peace knowing your spirit went on to do noble things. Like catch Max Mouse, the elementary school hacker.
I’m pretty sure Blaze Berdahl is a wu-tung universe alternate identity.
inspector gadget was a nazi? thats some fucked up shit right there. i read this news the other day. that led me to reading the rugrats theory of angelic being high on angel dust and the whole show was in her twisted mind.
i gotta go smoke sumthin smh
I knew it!!!
This totally makes sense to me. Way to stick ot to the man from the grave ghostwriter…didnt one of the kids on that show become a transgendered woman?
Not saying it was Hector, but it was Hector.
This is actually something historically badass, not just a stupid pointless gimmick? Awesome! Thanks for the extra info. The plight of the individual, surviving the hooks and barbs of his setting, reaches metaphysically into the future, where he guides kids on their route to literacy and freedom. It’s pretty trippy, actually. Why brandish this as bad? How unimaginative.
How on earth is an innocent runaway slave – fighting against systematic oppression of the past (which continues today in other shapes and forms), then in the present encouraging a diverse group of children to continue fighting oppression by solving crimes and mysteries – worse than Inspector Gadget being created by one of the most oppressive regimes of our time? How on EARTH can you make this statement?! I’m not familiar with Uproxx, but by the looks of it, this post was written by someone with some extreme prejudice. Sure, it’s mindblowing to find out this news about a seemingly innocent computer-book-detective-hero-ghost-thing, but it’s also extremely reassuring to know this origin. This show is more ahead of its time than I first realized and I suspect that this may have played a part in its cancellation due to “lack of funding.” Josh Kurp, that was a stupid and shallow thing to say.