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Date: 6/28/2004 7:43 AM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2004 : Issue 215
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Paul Lavalle                          [ HK Hinkley <parpark280@[removed]; ]
  A dealer question                     [ "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed]; ]
  MY MISTAKE                            [ "George Keilback" <boxingfan7@hotma ]
  OTR in the News                       [ seandd@[removed] ]
  MAIL                                  [ CRic952262@[removed] ]
  This week in radio history 26 June t  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Why we love Will Hutchins!            [ danhughes@[removed] ]
  6-27 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Broadcasting cessation-late 50s/earl  [ MPlath5@[removed] ]
  Gino's pizza roll commercial          [ "Chris Swank" <radionut@[removed] ]
  Re: Gabe Kaplan as Groucho!           [ "Bruce R. Glazer" <bruceglazer@veri ]
  REPS Showcase 2004                    [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
  6-28 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Re: I was a communist for the music   [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  transcription prices gone down?/ET d  [ "Tim Hughes" <rekokut@[removed]; ]

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:35:50 +0000
From: HK Hinkley <parpark280@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Paul Lavalle

Ron Sayles 6-24 births/deaths included:
09-06-1908 - Paul Lavalle - Beacon, NY - d. 6-24-1997
conductor: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"; "Dinah Shore
Show"

I remember listening every Monday night to Paul Lavalle conducting the
Cities Service Band of America.  Heck, I still play in concert bands and
every once in a while we play the Band of America March that Lavalle
wrote.  Good stuff!

Stay tuned,  HK

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:35:59 +0000
From: "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  A dealer question

Hey all,
Just curious if anyone has bought any disks from [removed]
For all the purists out there, these are MP3's.  <g>
I like to get shows I haven't heard before this way and then if I really 
like them I can get better coppies as time goes by if I need to.
Anyway just wondering if anyone has bought at the site.
Thanks in advance.
Bill

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:36:09 +0000
From: "George Keilback" <boxingfan7@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  MY MISTAKE

I sent the following letter in to the Digest and gave a wrong address
The correct address [removed]   boxingfan7@[removed]   ..............
It is sure tough when a guy doesn't know what his address is.
Another seniors [removed]
THANKS CHARLIE
George

I am a boxing fan, especially the fights between fighters of days of yester
year.
I have been trying to find a place or a person that might have some of
these fights on audio
CD's or cassette tapes that would sell some of them to me.
I am new at this so pardon any blunders or spelling mistakes I make.
I have a DVD player too that plays MP3s so that would be fine too.
Its boxing matches that have boxers like Floyd Petterson, Sugar Ray
Robinson, Sonny Lisdon, Joe Lewis, George Foreman etc. etc. Possibly I
should just say matches from the 1930's, 1940's, 1950's and even the 1960's.

I have one match on cassette and that one is Casius Clay vs Floyd Patterson
on Nov 26, 1965 that is not a complete match but I think I have listened to
it over 20 times and just love being taken back to the good old days of boxing.

I appreciate being able to make this request and would really appreciate
hearing from anyone that could sell me some other fights.
Please contact me at      fightfan7@[removed]
Thanks again
George

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:36:17 +0000
From: seandd@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OTR in the News

A review of "Say Goodnight Gracie" from Denver is here:

GORSHIN delightfully upstaged
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
"Say Goodnight, Gracie," a solid success of the past Broadway season, was
conceived by the chameleonic Rupert Holmes as a tribute to an entertainer
whose life ...
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See all stories on this topic:
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This Denver Post Column previews a planned all-comedy radio station that 
may use OTR as part of its programming.

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SeanDD@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:00:32 +0000
From: CRic952262@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  MAIL
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is there a place on the net
i can subscribe
to rent old ttime radio by  reg mail

thank you
charles

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:00:42 +0000
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 26 June to 3
  July

 From Those Were The Days --

6/27
	
1940 - As a summer replacement for blind, piano virtuoso Alec Templeton, 
The Quiz Kids was first heard. The show continued on NBC until 1953.

1943 - The Dreft Star Playhouse debuted on NBC. Jane Wyman (the former Mrs. 
Ronald Reagan) starred in the first broadcast, titled Bachelor Mother.

1944 - The Alan Young Show debuted on NBC. It was a summer replacement for 
the popular Eddie Cantor. The show became a regular in the fall NBC lineup.

6/29

1932 - Vic and Sade debuted on the NBC Blue network.

1947 - Radio's show with a heart made its debut. Strike It Rich became a 
favorite on CBS. Todd Russell was the original host. Warren Hull took over 
a few years later.

1951 - Bill Stern did his last 15-minute program of sports features for 
NBC. Stern had been with NBC for 14 years. He later moved to the Mutual 
Broadcasting System to finish out an illustrious sportscasting career.

6/30

1921 - Documents were signed forming the Radio Corporation of America, 
better known as RCA. RCA soon rivaled its main competitor, General Electric 
(GE).

7/1

1934 - The Federal Communications Commission, as mandated in the 
Communications Act of 1934, replaced the Federal Radio Commission as the 
regulator of broadcasting in the United States.

7/2

1939 - The Aldrich Family debuted on NBC.

1946 - CBS signed Arthur Godfrey to do a weekly nighttime show.

1951 - NBC presented Bob and Ray (Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding) on a 
network show.

7/3

1939 - Chic Young's comic strip character, Blondie was first heard on CBS.

1940 - The legendary comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted 
with their network show on NBC.

1945 - Victor Borge was first heard on NBC. The network gave the 
comedian/pianist the summer replacement slot for Fibber McGee and Molly.

Joe

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Visit my home page: [removed]~[removed]

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:00:55 +0000
From: danhughes@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Why we love Will Hutchins!

My daughter Karen got a package in the mail this week from Will Hutchins.
  He said he had been cleaning out his "hidey-hole" and he ran across a
script for a Jack Benny recreation he had been in at the 1999 FOTR
convention.  He wrote, "When I found this script I knew who I had to send
it to."

We met Will at the Cincinnati convention, and he and Karen had quite a
conversation about Jack Benny (Will grew up in LA and attended many Benny
tapings as an audience member when he was a kid, and he had some great
stories about the warm-up routines they did before the actual program
began).

He mentioned Karen in his acceptance speech at the award banquet that
night, and afterwards he sought us out and talked for another hour and a
half.  It was like WE were the stars and he was the fan!

How can you not love someone like that?

In the letter that came with the Jack Benny script, he also told us he
has Karen's senior picture on his refrigerator door (she gave it to him
at the convention).  (If you haven't seen her senior photo yet, it's the
second picture on this page:  [removed]~[removed]
).

We love you Will!

---Dan, Kathy, and Karen Hughes (no relation to any of the other Hugheses
on this board, by the way).

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:01:03 +0000
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  6-27 births/deaths

June 27th births

06-27-1875 - Reginald Mason - San Francisco, CA - d. 7-10-1962
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
06-27-1892 - Robert Ellis - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-29-1974
actor: Del Tremaine "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"
06-27-1907 - John McIntire - Spokane, WA - d. 1-30-1991
actor: Benjamin Ordway "Crime Doctor"; Lt. Dundy "Advs. of Sam Spade"
06-27-1912 - Audrey Christie - Chicago, IL - d. 12-19-1989
actress: Assistant to Peter Standish "Peter Standish, Medical Examiner"
06-27-1933 - Gary Crosby - Los Angeles, CA - d. 8-24-1995
singer: "Gary Crosby Show"; "Bing Crosby Show"

June 27th deaths

02-08-1925 - Jack Lemmon - Boston, MA - d. 6-27-2001
actor: "Dimension X"; "X Minus One"; " No Love Lost"
06-09-1910 - George Bryan - NYC - d. 6-27-1969
announcer: "Helen Hayes Theatre"; "Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts"
08-12-1888 - Eric Snowden - England - d. 6-27-1979
actor: John H. Watson "Sherlock Holmes"; Alvin "Parties at Pickfair"
10-14-1908 - Allan Jones - Old Forge, PA - d. 6-27-1992
singer: "Chicago Theatre of the Air"; "New Old Gold Show"
11-04-1893 - Howard Hoffman - OH - d. 6-27-1969
actor: Chandu "Chandu the Magician"
-- Ron Sayles For a complete list: [removed] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:01:13 +0000 From: MPlath5@[removed] To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Broadcasting cessation-late 50s/early 60s I found your address on a broadcasting history page. I have a question that you might be able to answer for me. I think it was in 1960 that there was a mandated 'off the air' period imposed by the FCC. This took place simultaneously in the US and possibly globally. The cessation took place for a period of 15 minutes and in the Northeast, it occurred in the early evening. I was wondering why this happened and what its purpose was. Sure would appreciate knowing that someone else remembers this event. Thank You Michael RJ Plath ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:01:22 +0000 From: "Chris Swank" <radionut@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Gino's pizza roll commercial I know I'm extremely late with this, as I'm going through an accumulated stack of digests, but outside of the commercials in the Stan Freberg box set which I don't have, this commercial appears on one of three DVDs of classic TV commercials put out by Catcom Home Video. I'm not sure of the video quality, as I'm visually impaired to where I can't see the screen, but of course the audio is fine, and the DVDs are a great value at roughly four to seven dollars a disc depending on where you go. Of course, I don't work for the company and am not paid to tell you this, but wanted you to know at least who made the DVDs. I found them at this website. [removed] There's also a two-DVD set on Madacy of classic commercials, but I don't own it yet to see what it has. But on each of the three volumes on Catcom, you get more than 90 minutes of ads per DVD. Fun stuff and a great value. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:01:31 +0000 From: "Bruce R. Glazer" <bruceglazer@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Re: Gabe Kaplan as Groucho! Thanks to this past Friday's posting on this "Digest", my wife and I were able to purchase tickets to see Gabe Kaplan's production of "Groucho, A Life in Revue", in Stoneham, MA. Gabe Kaplan was excellent as Groucho. He was well complemented by his 2 counterparts, one who portrayed Chico and another who acted out all the various female roles. In addition to being a retrospective of Groucho and his brothers' lives and careers, it was also much more introspective and balanced (esp. in being critical of certain aspects of Groucho and Chico's lives) than the 1980's HBO special that Mr. Kapan also performed. Afterwards, I spoke to a young man who had been recording the show. He told me that Stoneham was "Groucho's" premiere performance. He seemed pretty confident that the show would be sold/supported for a (national?) tour. If I find any more info. about a tour, I will post it on the Digest! BRUCE ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 12:49:29 +0000 From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed]; To: [removed]@[removed] Subject: REPS Showcase 2004 Folks; I _really_ apologize; I've been so busy enjoying the convention that I haven't had the time to post anything! I did get a few pics up on the [removed] weblog, and hope to get more up today, but I've been having so much fun here I haven't been able to post routine updates. Sometime this coming week (when I'm not sitting back enjoying a breakfast mimosa and so am a bit more clear-headed), I'll post a long impression of the REPS convention to both here and to the blog; for now, just a quick note about the last few days. Re-creations, panels, chatting, and fun. Yep, that pretty much describes the weekend, alright. It was wonderful to once again see folks like Dick Beals, Jean Rouverol Butler, Frank Buxton, Paul Carnegie, Cliff Carpenter, Tommy Cook, Ivan Cury, Sam Edwards, Ray Erlenborn, Barbara Fuller, Art Gilmore, Jimmy Lydon, Esther Geddes McVey, and Gil Stratton perform, and a joy to hear for the first time performances by Imagination Theater's Larry Albert, Bill Brooks, Susan Connors, Jim and Pat French, Phil Harper, and John Patrick Lowrie, and actors Alice Backes, David Parker, Ed Scott, and Ginny Tyler. Add to that impressive name-drop folks like Martin Grams, Jr., Christopher Conrad, Millie Morse, and Harlan Zinck, folks like Joy Jackson, Marylin Wilt, oh, heck, you get the idea and I'm bound to forget someone who will be ticked off at me if I don't stop [removed] The Shadow returned this weekend, as did Lum and Abner, George, Captain Friday, The Green Hornet and the Lone Ranger, and even Ethel and Albert. We learned about everything from recording techniques to unusual recording devices, and had what is, without comparason, the most impressive dinner I have ever had at _any_ convention. About the worst thing you can say about the REPS Showcase 2004 is that it has to end. Charlie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:57:49 +0000 From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: 6-28 births/deaths June 28th births 06-28-1894 - Lois Wilson - Pittsburgh, PA (Raised: Birmingham, AL) - d. 1-8-1983 actress: "Miss Hattie 06-28-1895 - Kelvin Keech - Hawaii - d. 5-1977 announcer: "Popeye the Sailor"; "Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing" 06-28-1902 - Richard Rodgers - Long Island, NY - d. 12-30-1979 composer: "ASCAP On Parade"; "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and Sanborn Hour" 06-28-1906 - Ann Leaf - Omaha, NE - d. 4-3-1995 organist: (Little Organ Annie) "Ann Leaf at the Organ"; "Lorenzo Jones" 06-28-1908 - Alan Bunce - Westfield, NJ - d. 4-27-1965 actor: Albert Arbuckle "Ethel and Albert"; Jerry Malone "Young Dr. Malone" 06-28-1926 - Mel Brooks - NYC comedian: "Jean Shepherd Show" June 28th deaths 04-06-1903 - Mickey Cochrane - Bridgewater, MA - d. 6-28-1962 sportscaster: (Member Baseball Hall of Fame) "Mickey Cochrane" 04-21-1898 - King Calder - MD - d. 6-28-1964 actor: James Anderson "Second Mrs. Burton"; Will Stevenson "Barry Cameron" 08-19-1913 - Harry F. Mills - Picqua, OH - d. 6-28-1982 singer: (The Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette" 11-28-1895 - Jose Iturbi - Valencia, Spain - d. 6-28-1980 pianist, conductor: "Telephone hour"; "Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra" 12-25-1924 - Rod Serling - Syracuse, NY - d. 6-28-1975 host: "Zero Hour"
-- Ron Sayles For a complete list: [removed] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:34:34 +0000 From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Re: I was a communist for the music I don't have the answer to Chris Holm's question, but I got a chuckle from his message's subject line " I was a communist for the music". It is like joining the army because you like Sousa marches, or buying Playboy for the articles. :-) In the 60s Tom Lehrer wrote a very funny song "The Folksong Army" that includes the lines: "Remember the war against Franco . . . He may have won all the battles, but we had all the good songs!" Actually, revolutions often do have very stirring songs inspiring the partisans, and in the late 30s an album of the anti-Franco songs was a big seller. Earlier, the French had the "Marseilles", the Confederates had "Dixie", and the Communists had the "International." (And we had "Yankee Doodle". Oh well.) The Communists did have some good music written for it during the era in question--I listed some of Prokofiev's patriotic music last week. The Soviet national anthem was an inspiring piece of music written by Anatoly Alexandrov, the founder of the glorious Red Army Chorus. When the Soviet Union was disbanded, Russia adopted a different anthem. After going thru an Olympics with this uninspiring new anthem, the Russians wrote new words to the old Alexandrov tune and resumed using it. Michael Biel mbiel@[removed] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:33:37 +0000 From: "Tim Hughes" <rekokut@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: transcription prices gone down?/ET dubs Hi all, I noticed lately on ebay, on the radio transcriptions there are, which seems to be a fraction of what it used to be, prices seem to have been a bit more sane lately. For a while, it was utterly insane, $100+ for some discs that were worth no more than $10, on common AFRS stuff. And network shows went insane too -( it was common for a good show to be $150!), more so because network lacquers are a TERRIBLE investment (if the people were buying them for monetary gain) - the things will fall apart in a few short years. One would think that prices would go a bit down as the time bomb ticks away. Have prices gone down or is it just an anomaly on ebay? Oh, also I'm looking for recommendations for a friend who has some discs that he wants dubbed - he has the equipment, but hates to go through the hassle of doing them. The person would have to be (1) trustworthy (and have references), because it is entirely too common for one to get stiffed with discs. 2) have up-to-date and proper equipment, good turntable, re-equalizer, and all that. He wants it in mono .wav (raw copy, not cleaned up). Any recommendations? (any interested parties please private email, at the address I used for this post , as to not clutter up the Digest). Thanks much. -------------------------------- End of [removed] Digest V2004 Issue #215 ********************************************* Copyright [removed] Communications, York, PA; All Rights Reserved, including republication in any form. If you enjoy this list, please consider financially supporting it: [removed] For Help: [removed]@[removed] To Unsubscribe: [removed]@[removed] To Subscribe: [removed]@[removed] or see [removed] For Help with the Archive Server, send the command ARCHIVE HELP in the SUBJECT of a message to [removed]@[removed] To contact the listmaster, mail to listmaster@[removed] To Send Mail to the list, simply send to [removed]@[removed]