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	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 465


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Indiana Radio / Issue 460
	 Looking for Capt. Midnight
	 Can you tell [removed]
	 Seasons Greetings
	 Ann Sothern trivia
	 Really Old-Time Radio (was: Radio as Science Fiction in 1888)
	 I betcha
	 Monitor
	 Seasonal Salutations
	 Ann Sothern [removed]
	 teeny's voice
	 Re: Lone Ranger
	 The Abbey Players

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 04:33:14 -0500 (EST)
From: JACKBENNY@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Indiana Radio / Issue 460
Message-id: <01HZ3FILTLWU9EF461@[removed]>

Having lived in Ft. Wayne, Indiana for six years (and worked in radio there,
if anyone was familiar with WEZV/WEZR), I would venture a guess that the
town Ken Piletic is looking for was Ft. Wayne.  Further, I'd venture that the
station was WOWO (1040AM I think?) which had been there since 1926, to the
best of my recollection.  Was a 50,000 watt station until it was recently
bought by a New York conglomerate that wants WOWO's frequency for a "clear
channel" for it's New York station.  So WOWO is powering down to something
like 5,000 watts, so I'm told.  The only two "large" cities in Indiana are
Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne (OK, some might say places like South Bend are
big if you've come from somewhere very small).  Please let me know if I'm
right!

Bill told me the gopher address to access to get issue 460, but I'm lazy.
Could someone email it to me?  Thanks.

And a personal note:  my husband graduated from the California Culinary
Academy today.  It's been a big, exhausting day, and we're all very, very
proud of him.  So here's to good food and the people who prepare it!

--Laura Lee
International Jack Benny Fan Club

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 07:18:34 -0600 (CST)
From: caldwell@[removed] (Wayne Caldwell)
To: otr@[removed] (otr mailing list)
Subject: Looking for Capt. Midnight
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I am looking for Capt. Midnight I think it is called the Realta(sp) Treasure.
These came out in 1939-1940. I need chapter 1-24. I have 25-72 and have
misplaced the first shows.
Email me and I will send my list to you. I would like to have them with the
commericals as 25 on has them.

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"They say your memory is the second thing to go. But I can't remember what
 the first was."
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 09:27:48 -0500
From: bvtrader@[removed] (Buddy Trader)
To: otr@[removed]
Cc: bvtrader@[removed]
Subject: Can you tell [removed]
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

        Greetings everyone, I hope your holidays have been enjoyable.  I am
a newcomer to OTR and have enjoyed reading the posts over the past couple of
weeks.  The purpose of this post is to see if anyone can tell me the name of
a program that I unfortunately lost (not sure just how) recently.  

        About 4 years ago a friend gave me several tapes of old radio
mysteries.  The story line of the program in question is:

   An archeologist, his friend and an old Indian guide set out in the desert
of the SW USA.  They happen upon an interesting rock formation that the
archeologist wants to blast to see if anything is under the loose rocks.
The guide doesn't want to disturb the rock formation because he feels there
are evil spirits in the mountain.  After they set off the blast they
discover a cave and the archeologist and his friend decide to investigate.
The guide refuses to go in and leaves, as best as I can remember.  Inside
the cave they discover a large room and in this room is a wagon train that
was trapped in there many years ago.  An earthquake or something caused the
opening of the cavern to close and trap the archeologist and his friend
inside.  It appears that the ancestors of the wagon train have survived
inside the cave and have adapted to life with no light.  Naturally, the men
lose their source of light and then begins an odyssey of their conflicts
with the "cave people".  One of the men manages to escape through an
underground river.  However, one of the "cave people", a female, manages to
escape with him. 

        Somewhere along here the story ends and naturally they leave some
loose ends dangling for the listener to tie together through his/her vivid
imignation.  Anyway, if anyone recognizes this story and knows the title,
would you please pass it along so I can begin searching for another copy.
If I ever get another copy I can assure you it will never leave my
possession again.  Thanks for your time and assistance.  

                                 Buddy Trader
                                 bvtrader@[removed]
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Tidbits from Trader's [removed]
   Buddy & Voughn Trader
     bvtrader@[removed]

Never insult the alligator until after you cross the swamp.
Psychoceramics:  The study of [removed]
If a lady barrister lost her breifs, would she be considered a solicitor????

Trains stay on the ground, as God intended.  Remember "Lo, I am with you 
  always."  He never mentioned "high"...   The honorable Lewis Grizzard

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Date: 22 Dec 1995 08:11:32 -0600
From: "Frank Thomas" <Frank_Thomas@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Seasons Greetings
Message-Id: <m0tT8H3-001W2eC@[removed]>

OK, so nobody had any extra Benny Christmas shows to add to my list. Am I
discouraged? Heck no, it's Christmas! I even got a tin of chocolate covered
raisins from a friend. The tin featured a painting of a Crosley radio on it.
Cool.

May all your shopping "episodes" be fruitful.

Merry Christmas!


Frank Thomas

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 10:05:34 -0500
From: JRayb71827@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Ann Sothern trivia
Message-ID: <951222100532_97034262@[removed]>

The show Ron Apgar poses a trivia question about was "Maisie," and it
actually started in the movies first.  The radio version was based on the MGM
film series.  It was first on the air in 1945 on CBS for a couple of years
and then was syndicated in '49.  Ann Sothern did the Brooklynese bit and had
great supporting cast members - at one time or another the likes of Lurene
Tuttle, Sheldon Leonard, Bea Benadaret, Hans Conreid, Marvin Miller, Frank
Nelson and Peter Leeds.

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 09:14:39 -0600
From: "Andrew C. Green" <acg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Cc: bensmanm@[removed]
Subject: Really Old-Time Radio (was: Radio as Science Fiction in 1888)
Message-Id: <[removed]@dlogics>

If you recall, Prof. Martin Bensman wrote a while back:

> In April 1888 in response to a review in the {Boston Transcript}
> Bellamy wrote:

> She made me sit down comfortably, and, crossing the room, so far
> as I could see, merely touched one or two screws, and at once the room was
> filed with a music of a grand organ anthem; filled, not flooded, for, by
> some means, the volume of melody had been perfectly graduated to the size
> of the apartment. [...]

With Prof. Bensman's permission, it was reproduced in Telecom Digest, which
prompted this followup in this morning's Telecom Digest:

>Subject: 15th Century View - was Re: Radio as Science Fiction in 1888
>Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
>Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 02:59:55 GMT
>
>In article <[removed]@[removed]>, Andrew C. Green
><acg@[removed]> wrote:
>
>> In April 1888 in response to a review in the {Boston Transcript}
>> Bellamy wrote:
>
>> She made me sit down comfortably, and, crossing the room, so far
>> as I could see, merely touched one or two screws, and at once the room was
>> filed with a music of a grand organ anthem; filled, not flooded, for, by
>> some means, the volume of melody had been perfectly graduated to the size
>> of the apartment.  I listened, scarcely breathing, to the close.  Such
>> music, so perfectly rendered, I had never expected to hear.
>
>So this was written in 1888, huh?  
>I can beat THAT!  :)    
>
>Check this out:  
>
>"We have also Sound-houses, wher wee practise and demonstrate all
>Sounds, and their Generation.  Wee have Harmonies which you have not, of
>Quarter-Sounds, and lesser Slides of Sounds, Diverse Instruments of 
>Musick likewise to you unknowne, some sweeter than any you have;
>Together with Bells and Rings that are dainty and sweet wee represent
>Small Sounds as Greate and Deepe; Likewise Great Sounds, Extenuate
>and Sharpe; Wee make diverse Tremblings and Warblings of Sounds, which
>in their Originall are Entire.  Wee represent and imitate all Articulate
>Sounds and Letters, and the voices and notes of Beasts and Birds.  Wee
>have certaine Helps, which sett to the Eare doe further the Hearing
>greatly.  Wee have also diverse Strange and Artificiall Eccho's,
>Reflecting the Voice many times, and as it were Tossing it; And some
>that give back the Voice Lowder than it come, some Shriller, and some
>Deeper; Yea, some Rendering the Voice, differing in the Letters or
>Articulate Sound, from that they receyve, Wee have also means to convey 
>Sounds in Trunks and Pipes, in strange Lines and Distances."
>
>Extract from "The New Atlantis" by Sir Francis Bacon, (1561-1626)   
>
>
>Elana  
>
>Elana (elana@[removed]) <*> Portland, Oregon - That's "Elana" not "Elena"! 
>Please do NOT mistype my address as "elena@[removed]" because it bugs her.
>Do you love Synergy, [removed] Jarre, Vangelis, TD, etc?  Ask me for "The Blurb"

Andrew C. Green            (312) 266-4431
Adobe Systems, Inc. (formerly Frame Technology)
Advanced Product Services
441 W. Huron               Internet: acg@[removed]
Chicago, IL  60610-3498    FAX: (312) 266-4473

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 08:55:42 -0600
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: I betcha
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

>"I BETCHA" and "WHATCHA DOING, MISTER?"
>I seem to remember that these tag lines were also used by Sniffles the Mouse
>in Warner Bros. cartoons- am I right?
>
>Stuart Joseph

Yes, that's right, Sniffles the Mouse did use them from time to time. 
Incidentally, Sniffles often appeared opposite a [removed] Fields-parody mouse
character whose voice sounds suspiciously like Bill Thompson's Boomer
character from FM&M, though I'm not sure it's him.  (Not all WB cartoon
voices by any means belonged to Mel Blanc - but he was the only one to
wangle a voice credit out of WB.)

 
John Henley
jhenley@[removed]
ph  (512) 495-4112
fax (512) 495-4296

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 95 11:10:58 -0500
From: "MACHARG, KEN" <kmacharg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Monitor
Message-ID: <44D4DA30017E1B00@[removed]>

     Over on the Airwaves group, a discussion of Monitor is underway. 
Someone asked if anyone has any tapes of NBC's Monitor. I wonder if 
anybody in this group has some. I sure would enjoy hearing some of it 
again. Thanks, and Merry Christmas. --Ken MacHarg
================================================================
=Kenneth D. MacHarg                            Radio HCJB      =
=Director, English Language Service         Casilla 17-17-691  =
=Kmacharg@[removed]                     Quito, Ecuador   =
=FAX: 593-2-447-263                        Phone: 593-2-466-808=     
=                                                              =
=      HCJB - The Voice of the Andes +++ La Voz de Los Andes   =
=                Heralding Christ Jesus' Blessings             =
================================================================

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 11:44:09 -0500
From: JRayb71827@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Seasonal Salutations
Message-ID: <951222114409_77547572@[removed]>

To everyone on line, the very best of holiday seasons and may 1996 be a
blockbuster year for spreading the word about OLD TIME RADIO!

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 11:07:30 -0500
From: Bruce Rudesill <lranger@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Ann Sothern [removed]
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

"Maisie", full name Masie Revier. Based on the MGM movie series also starring
Miss Sothern.

To carry the trivia even further; about six months into the show Miss Sothern
couldn't make it one night. Who took her place and what character did she play?

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 15:40:50 -0500 (EST)
From: Randy Minnehan <rminneha@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: teeny's voice
Message-ID: <[removed]@acme>

Hello [removed]

   To anwser a question a few issues back about the voice of Tenny on
FIBBER McGEE & [removed] please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it
Fred Gwynn (from tv's THE MUNSTERS) do her voice?  I think I'm right.

   Also, I have a very annoying "hum" in my AM radio reception in my
house. Any one have ideas how to get rid of it?

   One last [removed] anyone know which station was the *reel* first
station to broadcast?  Did they have an opinion on what was best to tape
their shows on, reel-to-reel or cassette?  I wonder which is best?

   Just a bit of "you had to be there" otr digest humour. Just a touch of
fun to lighten up the hectic pressures of the Christmas season. No flames,
[removed] it's just a joke, folks!

   Best regards to everone, and to everyone a good night.  Merry Christmas!

--------------------------------------------------
|Randy Minnehan - rminneha@[removed]|
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 16:23:22 -0500
From: ALFLOR@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Lone Ranger
Message-ID: <951222162321_21778921@[removed]>

Lets talk about some of those great radio premiums.  I remember The Lone
Ranger had a ring I sent for back when I was a kid.  Was it the one with a
little airplane bomb on it or was it the one with a little mirror in it so
you can see if you were being followed.  (I guess turning around was
forbidden.)
And, of course, who can forget those great Captain Midnight badges which
allowed you to decode secret messages from the Captain himself.  Ah,  those
were the days.  My kingdom for a shoe  -- or better yet  -- A Capt Midnight
badge.

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 19:55:11 -0500
From: Kubelski@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Abbey Players
Message-ID: <951222195510_97462179@[removed]>

The Abbey theatre is the grand old house of Irish theatre in Dublin Ireland.
 It's equivalent to the palladium in London or the Palace in New York.

Sean Dougherty
Kubelski@[removed]

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