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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 335

Table Of Contents: 

	 otr Digest V96 #334
	 Dragnet log
	 Lee "WWVA" Moore Appearance
	 Old Time Radio Chat
	 Small OTR Digests
	 Deaths
	 Burns & Allen, Jack Benny

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Date: Sun, 15 Sep 96 17:55 CDT
From: otr-request@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: otr Digest V96 #334
Message-Id: <m0v2Q6K-000YtlC@[removed]>

otr Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 334

Table Of Contents: 

	 Lost Email
	 Clayton Moore's book about Lone Ranger??
	 The 5pm adventure Hour
	 ADMINISTRIVIA: Is everything Alright?
	 Sherlock Holmes
	 That lady on Dick Van Dyke's show?

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Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 02:44:44 -0700
From: "JACK MANN" <jmann@[removed]>
To: <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Lost Email
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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Please excuse this message, but I need to notify my many OTR friends
that I've dumped my Email. If you've sent me a message in the last few 
days, please resend. This message may be a repeat, as I'm also not
sure which of my messages have gone out.

Jack

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Date: Sat, 14 Sep 96 05:08:54
From: cmarvel@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Clayton Moore's book about Lone Ranger??
Message-Id: <m0v1tZi-0000ylC@[removed]>

All:
    I didn't know about Clayton Moore's new Lone Ranger book until the
latest otr mailing got to me.  What is it called and how much is it?  Is
it available at all stores or just select outlets?

Thanx,
Keith

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Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 02:11:26 -0400
From: BCH66@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The 5pm adventure Hour
Message-ID: <960915021125_308716116@[removed]>

During the 40s primarily Mutual and The Blue network aired show after show
from 5- 6pm ( 15 minutes each ) aimed at kids. 
Superman, Tom Mix, Jack Armstrong,Captain Midnight , Little Orphan Annie just
to name a few.

I have heard that each show often had to be done three times 
to get a show on at the same time in three time belts.
So Jack Armstrong would do his first show from Chicago at 4:30
for back East, again at 5:30 for Chicago and the Midwest and at 7:30 for the
West.

So in Denver, Salt Lake City and other mountain time zone stations
( a time Zone that has been traditionally ignored by networks even unto this
day ) you would think that Jack Armstrong would air either 
at 4:30 or 6:30 depending on if the feed taken was the midwest or west. 
But no! Even in the smaller towns in the rocky mountain time zone
the serial hour was 5- 6pm. So I guess in this area of the country 
no one was paying attention to the fact that the  network shows were being
transcribed for later release in that time belt. And all the time performers
were being asked to do three live shows because 
" live " was best. I guess that only applied to areas of the country 
the world was paying attention to like New York, Chicago, and LA.

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Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 01:12:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: wdp (AIRWAVES MEDIA)
To: otr@[removed] (Old Time Radio)
Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Is everything Alright?
Message-Id: <m0v2ARj-000YoqC@[removed]>
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I have seen the last few issues down to, like 2 and 5 Kbytes,,
containing only a couple articles.

This is down from full-sized digests just a few days ago.

Has anyone been sending in articles and not seeing them printed?
I am just wondering if there is another snafu in the server or if
there is just a lag in the posts (one *heck* of a lag, if that is the
reason).

If you have posted and not seen your article *in the past couple of
days* please write me personally [removed]

wdp@[removed]  OR  wdp@[removed]

Please do not respond to the list.

Thank you

William Pfeiffer
Administrator: Old Time Radio Digest
wdp@[removed]
Web: [removed]

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Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 10:12:46 -0500
From: Alecia <ramble@[removed]>
To: Digest Administrator <bill@[removed]>
Subject: Sherlock Holmes
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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Hello all, 
  I have been more a lurking than a contributor of late. With all the
good reading, there has been no need to contribute atleast on my
unknowledgeable end.

  I wanted to see if any of our great OTR listeners out there may know
if there is a book that lists all the Sherlock Holmes shows. I also am
looking for anyone that may like to swap a few shows. I have a large
listing of Sherlock and I am ready to listen to some new shows. If
anyone can help it is much appreciated in advance.

Listening in the background, advancing in knowledge with every Digest
recieved,

Alecia Warner

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Date: 15 Sep 1996 01:17:42 GMT
From: kg@[removed] (KEN GREENWALD)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: That lady on Dick Van Dyke's show?
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Though I saw the show with Richard Haydn as Mr. Carp, I don't remember the
lady whose first name is Florence. 
Could that be Florence Hallop? She was in radio for many years. She was on
the Henry Morgan show many times. Her brother was Billy Hallop who started
his career as one of the original dead end kids in William Wyler's film DEAD
END, starring Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea and Sylvia Sidney. Later, Billy
fell on hard times, finding it difficult to find work. He was eventually
picked up to play a regular character part on ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE. He died
almost penniless. Florence went on to do voice over work and continued to
work in the entertainment field until her own death.
I read some of the postings about who Florence was, and the "other" lady is
probably the one who was on the Dick Van Dyke show spoken of. But, you might
want to double check on this, as Florence Hallop might have been on a number
of Van Dyke shows, including the one with Richard Haydn. 
Just a thought.
Ken G.




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Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 19:47:45 -0400
From: DIANEK9331@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Dragnet log
Message-ID: <960915194744_309123206@[removed]>

Does anyone know of a source for good logs of  Dragnet and the Lone Ranger? I
am looking for ones listing titles and dates.

Thanx,
Diane

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Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 20:40:13 -0400
From: Udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed], BGRASS-L@[removed]
Subject: Lee "WWVA" Moore Appearance
Message-ID: <960915204012_479407264@[removed]>

Just back from extremely rural McDonough NY and a delightful afternoon with
Lee Moore, the "Coffee Drinking Nighthawk"; a 25 year veteran of WWVA,
Wheeling WV and its still-running Saturday night "Jamboree."

Lee looks good and he sang very well in his three half-hour appearances.
Although confined to a wheelchair his mind is sharp, and he delighted in
signing autographs, selling his tapes and reminiscing with his longtime fans;
some 200 of which showed up at the Del-Se-Nango Fiddlers' Haven.

Lee expects to make one more personal appearance this year, in Eastern NY in
conjunction with his 82nd birthday, which occurs Sept 24th. He's battling
cancer in a Troy NY nursing home, and birthday cards would make life much
better for this long time radio and country music veteran. He's at PO Box
134, Wynantskill NY 12198.

BILL KNOWLTON, "BLUEGRASS RAMBLE", WCNY-FM, SYRACUSE NY (since 1973)

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Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 23:30:25 -0300
From: "Stephen Moore" <moores@[removed]>
To: <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Old Time Radio Chat
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I have never seen anyone mention chatting live about OTR on IRC.

I have tried opening an OTR channel from time to time, but it seems no one
ever joined me.

Has this been tried before and scrapped?

I would enjoy chatting online in real time with other fans of OTR.  It
would be a nice change from what is usually seen on IRC.

Anyone interested?  Perhaps one night a week even?

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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 02:17:06 -0400
From: RadioJoe5@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Small OTR Digests
Message-ID: <960916021704_285834251@[removed]>

I must admit I haven't been sending in submissions, and I really should - I
wouldn't want to see this list peter out.

I just moved again and in the process lost a hard disk to the moving people
(friends, not van & storage types - and it's rought to yell at people who
show up and sweat for you for six hours and only charge pizza and ribs).
 I've lost some information, but am trudging on.

I'm writing from Portland - tickets were a birthday present from my sister
and her husband - 10 days and a $25 fare.  Can't beat that with a stick.
  Found a couple of radio guides and Cameron's in NW Portland had some
Television & Radio News at 3/$[removed], so I grabbed them.   Got a good Radio
Guide (1933) fro the on my last trip up.  Got a cheap copy of the Panic
Broadcast paperback, and found a replacement copy for my Vic & Sade script
books (I had to sell one a while back to raise money).  

I admit it - I'm a paper junkie, and paper about radio is better than most.

I fly home tomorrow (Bay Area of California).  I have a personal goal of
getting pages on the web for American Radio Theater (forgotten, but not dead)
and Modern Radio Drama (Dead, but not forgotten).  I think by new year I
should have them up and I'll announce here.

The listening has been getting slim.  The WHEN RADIO WAS is finally on in the
Bay Area, and my last trip to [removed] showed me the KNX Drama Hour is alive and
well.  Once in a while I find new / old shows I haven't heard on tape.
  Several volumes of AMERICA BEFORE TELEVISION - Science Fiction and Suspense
(my fave).  The Radio Spirits/Smithsonia collections have been interesting -
although I've heard most of them.   I didn't get the comedy album - I'm
Comedied out - but the Science Fiction, Detective and General all seem
worthwhile - and the sound quality is very good.  I prefer the CDs to the
Cassettes, but I don't have a CD in the car.  : )

Shoestring Radio Theater has some of their work on the web through Real
Audio.   Does anyone have the details (like a page)?  

I'm trying to get information posted for the RadioWorks show syndicated by
Sue Zizza to non-commercial stations.  Each show features work of new radio
theater producers and some of them are really very good.  Sue just won a
Golden Reel for her dramatization of her husband's death.  Powerful stuff and
really good use of radio as an art form.

On a recent trip to [removed] my old engineer (he's younger than me, but we've
worked together for 20 year) gave me some copies of the BERTHA [removed] shows
we did in the late 1970s.  Rough production values, but the scripts and
performances were fun to hear.

I'll try to gather more information on shows that are in the traditional
radio theater style, but produced by contemporary folks.

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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 02:25:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: airwavesOTR <[removed]@[removed]>
cc: Steve Lewis <[removed]@[removed]>, JayHick@[removed]
Subject: Deaths
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

	I got a phone call from a neighbor of Ralph Rosenberg during my 
show tonight to report that he died this week.  Ralph wrote most episodes 
of Boston Blackie, and was kind enopugh to provide scripts for the Gotham 
Players to recreate.  He also appeared on The Golden Age of Radio and had 
a bit part in one of the recreations.  I expect to rebroadcast that interview
on next Sunday's show if I can locate it - anyone have a handy copy (hint)?
	Another recent passing was Blair Walliser, director of several soaps
on Mutual, mostly for the Hummerts.  The list I culled from the two major 
books includes the following shows: 

Backstage Wife
Chandu (anyone know which version? I thought they all came out of California.)
Curtain Time - 1938 Chicago
Front Page Farrell
Harold Teen (also writer)
Just Plain Bill
Peter Quill - A lost series from 1940-41, sounds like a Doc Savage type show.
              Anyone remember hearing it?  Would love to know more about it.
Romance of Helen Trent
	
	According to the NY Times obit (9/13/96) he died on August 31 in 
New York Hospital at the age of 87.  He worked first in Chicago, then NY for
the Mutual Network.  After serving in the Coast Guard in WWII he became a 
high-ranking exec at MBS, and in 1959 he was involved in the negotiations 
for the sale of the network.
	Interesting sidebar: the obit credits Dunning's Tune In Yesterday
and quotes his critique of Romance of Helen Trent - "it stands today as 
the ultimate in high camp".

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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 08:40:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: ERNST@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Cc: ERNST@[removed]
Subject: Burns & Allen, Jack Benny
Message-id: <01I9JGZ5IIQC96BUKV@[removed]>
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I still have three books by George Burns that I'm interested in selling. 
They are:  I Love Her That's Why!, Gracie:  A Love Story, and All My Best
Friends.  Please email me for details.

I'm also considering selling my collection of 450 Jack Benny radio shows. 
About half of these are from commercial sources ([removed] Radio Spirits, Radio
Yesteryear), the rest are from other sources.  I also have several videos of
Mr. Benny's television shows.  If there is any interest in this, please let
me know.

Gordon Ernst
ernst@[removed]




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