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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2001 : Issue 293
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Radio Favorites When You Lived Throu [ Grbmd@[removed] ]
FAB 5 [ dnaldo@[removed] (Don Deltenre) ]
memories. [ William Beard <wnbeard@[removed]; ]
Re: Star Tek [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
my 5 favorite shows [ Ben Ohmart <bloodbleeds@[removed]; ]
speaking of copyrights [ Ben Ohmart <bloodbleeds@[removed]; ]
STAR TREK / DIMENSION X / X MINUS ON [ "David L. Easter" <david-easter@hom ]
Laurel & Hardy On Radio [ Udmacon@[removed] ]
Favorite Shows [ "Gene Dench" <genedotr@[removed]; ]
Scrapple [ dougdouglass@[removed] ]
Scrapple [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
15-Minute Cereal? [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
Re: Top 5 Favorite OTR Programs [ Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]; ]
RE: 16" Record Sleeves [ Harlan Zinck <buster@[removed]; ]
Favorite Radio Shows and Age [ "Tricia Grattan" <tcgrattan@hotmail ]
Stations playing OTR [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
Remembering a product [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
Melody Ranch cataloging [ vigor16@[removed] ]
Re: Jack Kirkwood [ "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@hotmail ]
Re: Luster Cream and Sinatra [ Thomas Rednour <trednour@earthlink. ]
Beulah [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
scrapple [ Henry Howard <hhoward@[removed] ]
ET's available? [ "stephen jansen" <stephenjansen@ema ]
Another reason I listen to OTR [ "Randy Spurlock, [removed]" <randys@usit ]
Louie's Hungry Five [ "Randy Spurlock, [removed]" <randys@usit ]
Beulah again [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
Re: Jubilee Singers [ "Joseph Scott" <jnscott@[removed] ]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:31:47 -0400
From: Grbmd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Favorites When You Lived Through That Era
When I first read the question on the Digest about our favorite OTR programs,
my mind first went to the usual network shows, usually of a half-hour length,
such as Fibber McGee and Jack Benny.
But then I thought of another way to look at it: What programs would I have
missed the most if they had not been broadcast? And my answers then were
different.
Because, as Jerry suggested, it makes a difference whether you are older and
grew up with radio, listening to it live, or are younger and enjoying it now
through recordings of the old days. I'm old enough that I lived through the
late Thirties and the Forties as a kid and adolescent and young teen. I
think I have a different perspective because my favorite shows -- the ones I
would have missed if they hadn't been broadcast -- aren't necessarily shows
that were recorded for later audiences. And, growing up listening to New
York stations, I wasn't always sure when a show was only local or was being
fed to other stations.
1. In the morning, as a kid eating breakfast before heading to school, I
listened to Martin Agronsky deliver the morning news. For part of the time
we were at war, and I would follow the news of territory won or lost and
compare it with a map that the [removed] Journal-American had printed color-coded
to show Allied and Axis territory.
2. Before supper, while I did homework and after I finished, I would listen
to a trio of serial programs: Superman, Jack Armstrong, and Tom Mix.
3. I particularly liked two sports programs, one hosted by Stan Lomax and
the other by Bill Stern. In the summer, after supper, we kids would often
have a catch out in the street while a radio inside blasted a sports program
out the window so we could hear.
4. In later years after supper, if I wasn't out (we'd play ball on a vacant
lot or on an adjacent golf course until it was too dark to see), I liked
comedian Morey Amsterdam's show. His announcer was Phil Goulding, but I
can't immediately remember the rest of the cast. I'm afraid that later TV
watchers who saw him on the picture box just don't realize what a howl he was
on his own on radio.
5. Humorist-commentator Henry Morgan had a suppertime show called "Here's
Morgan," on which he skewered public figures just asking for his brand of
satire.
6. Friday nights at 10 [removed] I'd curl up with a bottle of Pepsi Cola and a
bag of potato chips next to my bedroom radio and enjoy the Friday Night
Fights sponsored by Gillette. Those were the days of Louis and Graziano and
La Motta, and Pepsi and chips will always remind me of those thrilling fights.
Yes, I liked Fred Allen and Edgar Bergen and all the rest, but the shows I
really would have missed were some of the more obscure broadcasts.
Spence
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:32:07 -0400
From: dnaldo@[removed] (Don Deltenre)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: FAB 5
According to the "NOSTALGIA PAGES PHORUM" these are the top 5 shows
that are disgussed by real fans of OTR,
1. The Great [removed] posts.
2. Fibber Mcgee & [removed] posts.
3. Jack Benny [removed] posts.
4. I Love a [removed] posts.
5. [removed] posts.
Don --age 61
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:32:16 -0400
From: William Beard <wnbeard@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: memories.
At 66 1[removed] otr has been a major part of my life. Not just the
entertainment life, but my everyday life too.
Morals and personal standards were influenced by Superman ,, Jack
Armstrong,,, later Gunsmoke,
Mr. D. A. the SIX SHOOTER and many other series.
Idealism was nourished by [removed] Dimension X. and many other shows.
Memories of staying up to hear THE HERMIT'S CAVE, LIGHTS OUT, stimulated
the imagination and
extrapolation thought processes.
Cereal and Radio premiums such as a glow in the [removed] Lone Ranger
[removed] the Atomic ring, I forget who had that,
and the Capt. Midnight decoder [removed] [removed] couldn't wait for the
mail to get here.
If it was [removed] I listened. Saturdays mornings were a treat for the
youngsters. Saturday afternoon and eve were
great for the teenagers.
The best [removed] from present perspective:
Escape
Suspense
Inner Sanctum
Gunsmoke
and tied for last . the many , many great comedians.
Thanks.
Bill Beard
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:04:16 -0400
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Star Tek
In response to :
"...OTR people are non-tekkie piggies who are ruining
things for everyone."
Mark Kinsler wrote:
It's true that many OTR listeners are of a decidedly
non-Trekkie persuasion. Science fiction went from a largely >>optimistic
and thoughtful genre to an anti-intellectual pursuit of >>fantasy after
Star Trek became popular.
That's because Mark Kinsler doesn't read so good anymore, apparently.
Sorry.
Many top-notch S-F writers were responsible for the original stories. >The
same writers who contributed to X MINUS ONE and DIMENSION X.
Even Isaac Asimov couldn't tolerate the science in Star Trek. The stories,
of course, are excellent. I like Star Trek, in fact. Always did. But I
also have the responsibility for educating people who've grown up on this
version of science. It ain't easy: the stuff has really infiltrated the
culture.
M Kinsler
[ADMINISTRIVIA: Ok, ok, that's enough about Star Trek, any generation; since
it wasn't broadcast on radio, there's no need to argue about it here. --cfs3]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:04:30 -0400
From: Ben Ohmart <bloodbleeds@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: my 5 favorite shows
In no real order:
Goon Show
Just a Minute
The News Quiz
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
The Bickersons
=====
Check out Fibber McGee's Scrapbook, a new otr book!
[removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:04:51 -0400
From: Ben Ohmart <bloodbleeds@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: speaking of copyrights
I know for a fact that the Bickersons is still under
copyright, the rights resting with the son of the
creator, Paul Rapp. I've even seen the copyright forms
that were filed. Philip Rapp is one of the few writers
who actually retained control of his creations. Check
out [removed] which will be active soon I'm told.
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:21:40 -0400
From: "David L. Easter" <david-easter@[removed];
To: "Old-Time Radio Digest (E-mail)" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: STAR TREK / DIMENSION X / X MINUS ONE
A clarification. In Digest #291 I stated, "(relative to STAR TREK) many
top-notch S-F writers were responsible for the original stories. The same
writers who contributed to X MINUS ONE and DIMENSION [removed]"
I seem to have overstated the connections. I haven't actively collected
since 1993 and my memory is getting foggy. I thought the connection was
stronger.
I checked my logs ("Star Trek Concordance" by Bjo Trimble and "Adventures in
Time and Space on Radio's Dimension X and X Minus One" by Bill Sabis) to
find the following:
Credited during STAR TREK's 1st. season:
Robert Bloch - "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", 10/20/66
Theodore Sturgeon - "Shore Leave", 12/29/66
and in the 2nd. season:
Theodore Sturgeon - "Amok Time", 9/15/67
Robert Bloch - "Catspaw", 10/27/67 (I think this was the first episode I
ever saw.)
Robert Bloch - "Wolf In The Fold", 12/22/67
Credited on DIMENSION X:
Robert Block - "Almost Human", Show #6, 5/13/50
Credited on X MINUS ONE:
Robert Block - "Almost Human", Show #6, 8/11/5
Theodore Sturgeon - "Mr. Costello, Hero", Show #58, 7/3/56
Theodore Sturgeon - "The Stars are the Styx", Show #61, 7/24/56
Theodore Sturgeon - "Saucer of Loneliness", Show #83, 1/9/57
(repeated as Show #110, 9/5/57)
I still think that stories from ST:OS had the "feel" of the Golden Days of
S-F.
The real beauty of S-F is that it is a genre of its own. Stories within the
genre can be comedy, drama, adventure, etc. Some are [removed] are
poetry. I've always be amazed that while Ray Bradbury stories (almost
poetry) adapted poorly to TV and the big screen, they come over well on
radio.
Sometime in the later '70's, I had a very nice conversation with Katherine
MacLean (X MINUS ONE, "The Snowball Effect", Show #64, 8/14/56) concerning
adapting short stories and novels to other media. She was somewhat amazed
that I was familiar with her story on radio.
Again my apologies and thanks to Jim Widner for sparking my memory.
David L. Easter
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:22:05 -0400
From: Udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Laurel & Hardy On Radio
I've seen a photo of Stan & Ollie being interviewed in the 1940s by
Cincinnati radio and TV legend Ruth Lyons at WLW. I think it was included in
her autobiography: "Rememer With Me," published in the late 1960s after she
retired.
Bill Knowlton, "BLUEGRASS RAMBLE," WCNY-FM: Syracuse, Utica, Watertown NY
(since Jan. 1973). Sundays, 9 pm est: [removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:40:44 -0400
From: "Gene Dench" <genedotr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favorite Shows
My 5 favorites are: Life of
Riley Amos n' Andy
Broadway Is My Beat
The Whistler
Cavalcade of America
Have been a collector for some 30 years,
I became interested when Tom Heathwood broadcast these shows on radio in
Boston. Gene Dench
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:40:52 -0400
From: dougdouglass@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Scrapple
My father was brought up in an Amish community where scrapple was a
frequent breakfast. He described it as "every part of the pig, but the
oink."
---Doug
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:41:29 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Scrapple
Jim Murtaugh notes,
A can attest to the fact that scrapple still exists. I'm a
Philadelphia native son, and can't stand the thought of scrapple.
I was rather surprised to find some scrapple in a Publix supermarket in
western Tampa, FL. I had scrapple as a kid and didn't like it then, but
my father liked the stuff.
For the morbidly curious, the ingredients are listed on the side of the
can.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:42:02 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: 15-Minute Cereal?
Charlie Northway asks,
Well, that got me to thinking. Does any one remember when cereal did
not taste like a vitamin tablet you put milk and sugar on?
Well, there exist several today that don't:Wheaties, Rice Krispies,
Cheerios, and Shredded Wheat. However, Back Then, there was Pep (as
mentioned, tasted like high-quality cardboard and Wheaties) and Kix (in
those days, with little taste, and so hard it wouldn't sog in milk).
Putting an OTR spin on this, I got Kix only to get the premiums,
specifically, the Lone Ranger Atom Bomb Ring.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:42:11 -0400
From: Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Top 5 Favorite OTR Programs
I think many people will agree that listing JUST 5
of our favorite OTR programs is tantamount to
admitting which child is our favorite.
Here goes:
Comedy
1."Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
2."Burns and Allen"
3."Fibber McGee and Molly"
[removed] Great Gildersleeve"
5."Our Miss Brooks"
Dramas
1."Ellery Queen"
2."The Fat Man"
3."The Shadow"
4."Nick Carter, Master Detective"
5."Bold Venture"
Game Shows
1."Information Please"
2."One For The Money"
3."The Bob Hawks Show"
4."Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
5."Twenty Questions"
Alternates include: "The Bickersons", "Quiz Kids", "Mr. Keen Tracer
of Lost Persons", "Ma Perkins", and "Backstage Wife".
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:43:03 -0400
From: Harlan Zinck <buster@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RE: 16" Record Sleeves
Fred Berney <berney@[removed]; asks:
Does anyone have a source for 16" record sleeves?
To the best of my knowledge - and I've been beating the bushes for two
years now - no one is currently manufacturing them. Gaylord Brothers, a
company that sells a wide range of library-related items, used to stock
heavyweight paper sleeves with a plastic inner-lining for well over $[removed]
each but they no longer stock them. Some collectors I know have actually
taken to buying up low-priced disk collections just to get the used
sleeves, but this gets expensive pretty quickly. Others are using flat
paper shopping bags, manila x-ray folders, clear plastic bags, or making
their own out of wrapping paper.
Other size sleeves - 7", 10", and 12" - are of course widely and
inexpensively available.
If any subscribers to this list have close contact with a manufacturer of
paper bags or mailing envelopes, ask them if they would ever have any
interest in mass producing these oddly rare items. Between myself and other
collectors I know, we would easily be willing to purchase 5,000-10,000 of
them tomorrow - if they were only available!
Harlan
Harlan Zinck
First Generation Radio Archives
[removed]
PS: Apologies to Harlan (Hal) Stone. I've been the only Harlan on this list
for so long I automatically assume that anyone who mentions my name must be
referring to me!
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:43:18 -0400
From: "Tricia Grattan" <tcgrattan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favorite Radio Shows and Age
I am 25 and started listening to OTR in my teen years, when it was
rebroadcast on a local radio station from 11pm - 1am every night. I still
listen to it on the radio, but was overjoyed a couple of years ago to find
all the OTR on the Internet. Now shows that I had never heard before, like
Phil Harris Alice Faye, have become among my favorites.
My top five in no particular order (very hard to choose!)
* X Minus One
* Jack Benny
* The Whistler
* Suspense
* Phil Harris Alice Faye
I rarely post to the list, but I thoroughly enjoy reading all the informed
comments and discussions each day!
Tricia
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:07:05 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Stations playing OTR
Bryant <cncwhite@[removed]; writes:
>I have gotten no replies to my past list-posting regarding OTR rebroadcast
stations. Has no
>one heard of any, or what?
You can pick up a link via my web site which lists the stations
broadcasting via the Internet. It is right on the main page half-way down
as "Listen to OTR via the web":
[removed]
Jim Widner
jwidner@[removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:07:20 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Remembering a product
Jay Ranellucci quizzes us with:
Do you remember this product that's no longer with us
that used this phrase: "It's delightful, It's delovely, It'[removed] XXXXXX?
Wouldn't that be "It's delightful, It's delovely, It's DeSoto!"???
Jim Widner
jwidner@[removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:09:42 -0400
From: vigor16@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Melody Ranch cataloging
Dear Friends:
I have two questions. There are few reliable sources like you guys.
Thanks in advance.
1. I have a friend who collects Melody Rance (Gene Autrieís program) and
he wants to know if anyone is cataloging the program. Is anyone locating
dates for the show. If so, is it possible to view that catalog?
2. Some of his shows are AFRS programs. His AFRS shows (stop me if you
have heard this before) are cataloged by number (I assume AFRS number)
Is it possible to reference the AFRS number with the airing date and
slight description of the show?
I hope I am not asking too much. This is how your web site can be of
help to those of us who are learning about cataloging OTR. Thank you for
being such a great bunch of guys. Deric McCoy
ìOTR is my passionî
Melody Ranch is my wifeís. Itís nice to have OTR as our children.
Our wedding anniversary is very soon, 9/12 so I got to get some MR, fast.
Flowers and candy cannot compare to the good clean pun with Gene and
Pat. Did I say ìpunî? Yes, I did.
[ADMINISTRIVIA: Not to be a curmudgeon but rather to help those of us new to
the Internet, this is an Internet mailing list, not a web site. Web sites are
cool (I maintain a couple myself), but this is a list. --cfs3]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:10:10 -0400
From: "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Jack Kirkwood
"Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed]; writes:
According to RadioGOLDINdex, recordings of the Jack Kirkwood Shows of
May
30, 1945 and June 6, 1945 exist and both are complete(!), CBS net, with
Oxydol and Ivory commercials, 15 min. each.
There is also the June 7, 1944 broadcast of "Mirth and Madness," Kirkwood's
sustained daytime NBC show, as part of the WEAF D-Day set.
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:52:15 -0400
From: Thomas Rednour <trednour@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Luster Cream and Sinatra
Russ [removed]
Adding to Jim Stokes post about Luster Cream Shampoo - an early Frank
Sinatra sang the jingle "Dream girl, dream [removed]" ending with
"...you owe your crowning glory to Luster Cream Shampoo." The melody was,
as Jim noted, from "Babes In Toyland."
I understand that this was the *only* paid radio commercial that Frank
ever recorded in his career, long before he was featured on Your Hit
Parade and Songs By Sinatra.(......maybe Sandy Singer can reply with any
corrections.)
Hello - I've been lurking for awhile (just to see what's going on) and
this recent exchange prompts me to join in.
I'll try to be brief <grin>
First off, I believe that Sinatra did other commercials, Epstein Pontiac
comes to mind. I'm sure that my pallie Sandy will fill in other
[removed]
Second, does anyone have an audio track of this Luster Cream commercial?
Third, I am researching Sinatra's radio career (from 42 [Reflections] to
55 [The Frank Sinatra Show]) and am trying to track down elusive
pre-AFRS edits of his shows. I understand the the Library of Congress
has many of the later shows, and possibly have all of the original
NBC "Light Up Time" shows (but uncataloged at this time). I have scoured
the OTR sites and (as a result) have most of the Songs By
Sinatra [Old Gold] shows and the Command Performance items that are
generally available.
To see part of my research to date (there is more to be uploaded in the
next few months), please stop by my Sinatra web site. Here's a link
directly to the Radio Pages:
[removed]
If you could point me in the right direction, please feel free to
contact me off-list. I'd love to talk with folks who may have also been
involved
with any of his programs, too.
And, oh BTW, I've enjoyed OTR for many, many years!
--
Rgds--Tom
===========================
Songs By Sinatra:
[removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 23:23:20 -0400
From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Beulah
Joe Salerno asked if someone could fill him in on the history of Beulah.
Well I'm certainly not the one to give the history of the show, but
there have been posts previously listing those actors who portrayed
Beulah and I think they either left out Hattie McDaniel or gave short
shrift to her .
I started listening to Beulah in 1949 (I think), when I was 13 yrs old.
I believe it was on late ( 9:30 or 10:00 pm) and I would listen just
after I went to bed. I thought the show was hilarious. Butterfly McQueen
played" Ruby" the maid from next door. Then Hattie left the show and
Ethel Waters took over the role of Beulah, and as much as I like Ethel
Waters I didn't think her Beulah was nearly as good as Hattie McDaniels.
So my exposure to the show was short and I can't give much more info,
but I sure would like to hear some of those broadcasts again to see if
it holds up.
George Aust
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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 01:05:42 -0400
From: Henry Howard <hhoward@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: scrapple
Jim said: I can attest to the fact that scrapple still [removed]
Jim, I can buy it in Atlanta, though it takes some looking for.
Our family loves it, about three or four times a year.
(My mother in law was from Phily.
Henry Howard - moderator of radiodrama@[removed]
770 923 7955 [removed]
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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 01:06:07 -0400
From: "stephen jansen" <stephenjansen@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: ET's available?
I was just thinking how cool it would be to have a real ET disc hanging
up here in my room - I've got a half-dozen old radios (some real, some
reproductions) which let visitors know immediately that I am an OTR fan -
but a huge thick ugly ancient cool record would really start some
conversations.
Does anyone have any info for where to look? I only want this for
visual "shock" value, not terribly interested in the actual show. A cool
looking label would be nice (did they have neat designs? Or handwritten or
typewritten on blank labels?). How heavy are these things, anyway? Am I
nuts for wanting to hang one on the wall? I don't care if I am, I really
would like to have one. Is 16" a standard size, or did they come even
BIGGER? Bigger would be even better!
Thanks for any info, please feel free to contact me off-list if you can
help me out. Thanks again!
Stephen (stephenjansen@[removed])
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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 01:06:40 -0400
From: "Randy Spurlock, [removed]" <randys@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Another reason I listen to OTR
I'd like to share another reason I listen to and enjoy OTR shows. On
occasion, I get copies of little or uncirculated shows that may have
a special meaning to someone else and try to share copies with the
person who might appreciate it. Recently, our own Lois Culver (widow
of Howard Culver, venerable OTR actor) had bid on a transcription
disc that I won on ebay. I subsequently sent a copy of the CD-audio
to her and received the sweetest note back from her with the added
note that on one of the shows from 44 years ago, he mentions that the
next day is the 4th birthday for his twins, who turn much older(I
won't give their birthday ;) ) shortly. So now, they can hear their
dad wishing them a happy birthday many years after the fact. In
sharing the story with my daughters, we were able to have our own
"father-daughter" moments. What other hobby can you have times like
this? I love this stuff!
Randy
--
Randy Spurlock, [removed]
mailto:randys@[removed]
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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 01:07:00 -0400
From: "Randy Spurlock, [removed]" <randys@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Louie's Hungry Five
Has anyone heard of a show in the early 30's called "Louie's Hungry
Five". I just bought about a hundred transcription discs of it and
haven't listened to them yet and have no idea what type of show they
are yet. Any ideas?
BTW,in the same group were more than 900 shows of Cecil and Sally
from the early 30's as well and I plan on converting them as soon as
time allows.
Randy
--
Randy Spurlock, [removed]
mailto:randys@[removed]
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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:54:24 -0400
From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Beulah again
Having just read Elizabeth's post about Beulah, it is obvious that my
memory is faulty. My wife has been telling me that for years, but not
quite so politely!
The strange thing is that I'm sure that I never saw the TV version of
the show. Was it even shown in Los Angeles?
And did Ethel Waters ever play the role on radio as I remembered? And of
course it was not "Ruby" but Oriole who was Beulah's best friend from
next door but was"played" by Ruby Dandridge.
I think I will add that there were many serious moments in the show and
that Beulah was quite a wise woman, not just a personality for the
writers to hang their jokes on.
I guess that in the future I should wait to reply to all posts to see if
Elizabeth is going to answer first. That way Id get it right the first
time.
George Aust
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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:54:35 -0400
From: "Joseph Scott" <jnscott@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Jubilee Singers
Thanks Elizabeth -- you reminded me that there are four broadcast Mills
Brothers tunes from '32-'35 included on JSP's series of Mills CDs:
'32: "Goodbye Blues," Crisco (on _Chronological Vol. 1_)
Nov. '30, '33: "Dinah," Fleischmann Hour, sung with Alice Faye (on [removed] Vol.
2_)
'35: "Old Fashioned Love" and "Lazybones," Dodge (on [removed] Vol. 4_)
Interesting about the Four Vagabonds, who I suppose are best known for their
patriotic wartime 78s such as "Rosie The Riveter," fine group. The Hall
Negro Quartette also recorded for radio in '36, now on a CD from Document --
personnel is unknown, it's said, but I think that may have been an
alternative name for the Frederick Hall Quartette, who later became famous
as the Delta Rhythm Boys.
Joseph Scott
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