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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 399

Table Of Contents: 

	 Haloween Soundbytes
	 15 min F & M
	 LR log
	 no school today; tape dupes
	 FOTR - Day 3
	 Tudor Owen and others
	 Beach/Gleason
	 David Hassell's website update
	 RE: Jackie Gleason, Conductor
	 Eddie Cantor

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Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 20:15:49 GMT
From: lgenco@[removed] (Lou Genco)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Haloween Soundbytes
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Looking for something to remember Haloween by, hmmmmm?
You might enjoy stopping by [removed] and sampling some
of the spookier soundbytes:

The Creaking Door, The Hermit's Cave, The Inner Sanctum, Lights Out,
The Mysterious Traveler and The Sealed Book.  Of course, favorites
such as Bill Cosby's Chickenman, Escape, Molle Mystery Theatre, The
Shadow, Suspense, and many others are there too!

Wishing you sweet dreammmmms!


Lou
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Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 18:56:51 -0400
From: RadioClass@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: 15 min F & M
Message-ID: <961019185629_1745429191@[removed]>

Henry B asked if the shows about the ketchup dispenser were from the 15
minute shows.  I have two shows from March of 1954 (15 minute variety) that
are about Fibber's ketchup gun.

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Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 19:41:00 -0500
From: "...." <jsalerno@[removed]>
To: "'[removed]@[removed]'" <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: LR log
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Diane wrote:
I am requesting help once again. I am trying to locate logs of Burns and
Allen, Dragnet, and the Lone Ranger. Any and all help is appreciated.

My copy of the LR Log by Terry Salomonson lists address as: [removed] Box 1135, Saint Charles, MO 63302-1135

It is dated 7/22/85 so I have no idea if this is a current address.

Joe Salerno
jsalerno@[removed]

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Date: 19 Oct 96 22:36:34 EDT
From: Michael Berger <[removed]@[removed]>
To: otr <otr@[removed]>
Subject: no school today; tape dupes
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Would appreciate information on two differing topics:

1. No School Today

Anyone know much about the history of this show? When did it begin? Presume it was a network production. Who was Big Jon? Is it true that Sparky's voice was just Big Jon at a faster speed? About all I remember from this show was its theme: Teddy Bears' Picnic, and that I heard it on KGO, the local ABC station in San Francisco, back in the late 1940s.

2. Reel-to-reel dupe to cassette.

I know of Lodestone's service ($40 per hour) but can anyone suggest other, perhaps less expensive services which will dupe old r-to-r tapes to cassette?

Thanks

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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 09:07:58 -0700
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: FOTR - Day 3
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Final day for this convention as the 21st Friends of Old Time Radio
comes to a close.  Unfortunately, I was under the weather and unable to
attend most of the panels, so we will have to rely on others to speak of
them.
The panels included:
>From Vaudeville to God (Burns & Allen) presented by John & Larry Gassman
of SPERDVAC

Minorities in Radio presented by Mitch Weisberg with and somewhat about
Maurice Ellis. This I was able to attend partially. Maurice is 91 years
old and portrayed, among other roles, MacBeth, abd Orson Welles modeled
his portrayal after Ellis'. Ellis was heard on Portia Faces Life, Ma
Perkins, Gang Busters and others. The panel did not explore much depth
and I was a bit disappointed. Mr. Ellis is very reserved and said
little.

Lee Munsick talks with Gene Rayburn. I missed this but heard good things
about it.

Bob Lissauer talks about American Popular Music and Radio.

Salute to NBC: 70th Anniversary with Arthur Anderson, Fred Collins, Ruth
Last, Dick Dudley and George Ansbro. I listened to part of this and
mostly it was about reminiscing about days as announcers with NBC. Some
interesting anecdotes were told. I mainly had a selfish reason to visit
briefly with Fred Collins, the primary announcer on Dimension X and X
Minus One.

A Re-creation of the Mercury Theatre of the Air - Treasure Island. Long
John Silver's was portrayed by Elliott Reid who I had the pleasure of
sitting next to at the evening dinner. Elliott is heard a lot on CBS
Radio Mystery Theatre for those who like that series. Also in the cast
were Dick Beals, Jackson Beck (Superman) and Sybil Trent (Let's
Pretend). This was an excellent production.

Re-creation of The Lone Ranger "20th Anniversary Show" with John Hart,
Dick Beals, Fred Foy, Earl George, Elaine Hyman and Jackson Beck (as
Buth Cavendish). Music was provided by Reg Jones and it was directed by
this digests Anthony Tollin.  The production was superb and Anthony did
an excellent job as he did on earlier productions. Of course, I know he
would think a lot of it is due to the actors, which is equally true. I'm
sure he will be able to fill in when he returns.

The last re-creation of the day was an episode not possibly broadcast
called "The Canterville Ghost." It was directed by Gary Yoggy and
starred Jean Gillespie (Aldrich Family), Rosemary Rice, Louise Erickson,
and Will Hutchins, with Bob Hastings outstanding as the ghost. Very
funny and very good as the capper.

A special appearance for the last ten minutes was Will Jordan. For those
who do not know Will Jordan, he is a very, very funny impersonator, who
got his big break when he impersonated Ed Sullivan. It is his creation
that most others base their impersonation upon. He does many other from
the 40's and 50's. I recall him fondly as I was growing up with
television. 

Awards were many and I can't recall most, but Don Ramlow received the
Allen Rockford award, Eddie Bracken was inducted into the Broadcasters
Hall of Fame, Ron Lackman received an award for his efforts in the
recording of otr via books and logs. There were a number of others which
I will let others mention.

The convention was its usual outstanding fun and I again recommend
anyone to try to make the effort to attend next year. It is a great
opportunity to brush shoulders with many of radio's greats. On a
personal note, I sat next to Elliott Reid, who was with the Mercury
Theatre, CBS Radio Mystery Theatre and many others shows in the forties,
fifties, and sixties. Mr. Reid is in his seventies and very funny and
delightful to talk with. He has enough of the actor's ham in him, yet
enough of the everyman to make him realize that fame is fleeting and he
is no different from anyone else in the end.

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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 09:22:25 -0700
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Tudor Owen and others
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The logic in A Logic Named Joe was portrayed in Dimension X by Roger
DeKoven. In X-1 it was played by Joey Fallon.

Mason Adams is a veteran radio actor heard in many different series from
the fifties especially - on Science fiction he was on Dimension X, X
Minus One, and Exploring Tomorrow. As I recall, he was on Escape and
possibly Suspense.

Jim Widner

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Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 23:50:24 -0500 (EST)
From: BOBFABRIS@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Beach/Gleason
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Adding a note off the recent [removed] Ackerman and McElhatton were
AA Music 'Till Dawn announcers in the SF area.

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 00:30:11 -0400
From: DavidLHsl@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: David Hassell's website update
Message-ID: <961020003010_129965909@[removed]>

  I really appreciate all the comments I've received on my new webpage, as
well as on the essay I posted.  Those of you who have visited my webpage
should take another look, as I've made quite a few enhancements:

* The "essential" list has been completely overhauled and reformatted to
permit easier navigation and expansion. Individual episodes are described a
little more fully, a few episodes have been replaced or deleted, and a few
have been added. Some of the text has been reworded or completely rewritten.
* I have relegated my bizarre sense of humor to a submenu, so it's safe to
set your bookmark to the home page instead of the OTR submenu. I still intend
to put a few silly comments on the home page to keep the site fun, but it'll
be tame enough that you won't feel the need to worry about it.
* I have a new "Pick of the Week", and plan to update this at some point
during each weekend, so there will be some predictability in when it'll be
updated. I'll also leave up the previous week's pick.
* Since I only have 2MB of server space, I've focused exclusively on text
(other than the silly drawing on the home page). However, I've placed
backgrounds on some of the pages to at least give them a more attractive
appearance.

I plan to add advice on starting an OTR collection and setting up a database
to the site in the near future.  Considering today's progress on reformatting
the essential list, I may have them both posted by Sunday!  The "essential"
list will also continue to be expanded as well.  If you can think of anything
else you'd like to see that you think would be useful, drop me a line.

Thanks again for all the comments!
David Hassell
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Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 21:35:01 -0800 (AKDT)
From: Gruff <rsmfp@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RE: Jackie Gleason, Conductor
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Greetings from the glacial [removed]

Michael Berger Wrote:

> Date: 19 Oct 96 03:59:33 EDT
> From: Michael Berger <[removed]@[removed]>
> Subject: scott beach/jackie gleason

> About Jackie Gleason: he may have been a fraud as a conductor, but I
> distinctly recall at least one appearance he made, perhaps on his own
> program, in which he conducted some songs, including Melancholy Serade,
> his theme song for the JGS and the later Honeymooners series. 

> With his long baton and rotund frame, he looked like a jolly Paul
> Whiteman.

Gleason was not a fraud as a conductor. He was very good at it, and
it was his hobby almost to the point of it being an obsession, from
what I understand. His talents, AND money, attracted many TOP notch
musicians, including Hackett. As you've probably noticed he developed
a musical style as distinctive as that of Mantovani or Glenn Miller,
and unique styles were very difficult to create.

I don't know if you know it, but when you pull some ice cubes from your
ice maker in your 'fridge, and sit, sip, and listen to Abbott and Costello
do their "Who's on First" routine, realize that Costello's hobby was
inventing, and he made some pretty good money on his invention of the ice
maker in 'fridges. 

I know this isn't [removed] the ONLY conductor in the world who regularly
directs Mahler's Resurrection Symphony does it as an obsession- hobby. It
is the Millionaire Publisher Gilbert Kaplan. It's so difficult to conduct
that only one or two others have even recorded it.

It would be interesting to find out how many OTR greats had obsessive,
and illustrious hobbies. I recall hearing Benny actually play his "Strad,"
and he was credible.

Any others come to mind???

Gruff

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 12:26:48 -0400
From: Ecantor@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Eddie Cantor
Message-ID: <961020122648_1611273451@[removed]>

Thought we'd let you know that we have 3 OTR releases on Eddie Cantor:
CANTOR LOVES LUCY/ALL STAR SHOW(1943)--2 complete shows featuring Lucille
Ball, Desi Arnaz, a War Bond plea by Fred Astaire, Groucho Marx, Jack Benny,
Burns & Allen and of course, regulars Dinah Shore and The Mad Russian.
(available on 1 CD and 1 tape)

THE EDDIE CANTOR RADIO SHOW(1942-43)--6 complete shows featuring Cary Grant,
Humprey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Hattie McDaniel, John Charles Thomas, Bonita
Granville, Adolphe Menjou, Don Barkley & Dinah Show (3 CDs and 3 tapes)

THE SHOW THAT NEVER AIRED--Eddie Cantor was pre-empted by FDR so he did a
show just for the studio audience (until now!) (1 CD and 1 tape)

All shows digitally remastered.  Contact ecantor @ [removed] or the web site
address:[removed]




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