Chuck "Big Chuck" Schodowski has died at the age of 90, according to a report from Fox 8 News.
Schodowski worked for WJW TV8 for more than 30 years, starting with “The Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show” in 1966. He was best known for “Big Chuck and Lil' John,” which ran for 28 years.
Co-hosted with John "Lil' John" Rinaldi, the sketch comedy show parodied Cleveland life by playing on Schodowski's Polish heritage, Indiana Jones (which saw them invade Squire's Castle in Willoughby), Superman and our love for kielbasa.
The pair's shenanigans even led to Schodowski taking a real-life punch from Mike Tyson.
"Ever since I was a kid, it must have been embedded in me. I just wanted to get married, get a job, have a family, a house and a dog. If I did that, I would be considered successful by my peers, my uncles, my father," he told Cleveland Magazine in 2008. "I didn’t have any aspirations about a big career. Just be a good guy, raise the family, raise the kids to work hard. And that’s w...
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