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Date: 2/26/2006 7:27 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 60
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Jack Benny                        [ Cnorth6311@[removed] ]
      Re: here's a heads up                 [ Hal Stone <otrjug@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 26 Februa  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      transcrption turntable                [ Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@yahoo ]
      A new chance for OTR?                 [ [removed]@[removed] ]
      Re: Cisco Kid                         [ Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed]; ]
      Norman Corwin on Bob Edwards Weekend  [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      2-26 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      The Shadow - [removed] Goodrich            [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed] ]
      Paul Harvey                           [ Art Chimes <[removed]@[removed] ]
      Don Knotts, dead at 81                [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      Windy Wales, RIP                      [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Radio Yesteryear custom reels         [ Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@yahoo ]

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    Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:56:24 -0500
    From: Cnorth6311@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Jack Benny

    Hello

    Some time back, the thread concerning "dropping script  pages" was discussed
    at some length, and I am not certain if anyone will ever  have the definitive
    answer. I recently found an old Jack Benny book that I  had forgotten I had.
    It has a few scripts in it, and quite a few pictures of  Jack and the cast in
    action. In all of the pictures, it clearly shows the pages  in the hands of
    the
    cast, and in each instance you can see the pages are all  stapled together in
    the upper left hand corner, and all of the used pages are  tucked under the
    unused pages. In other words, they are merely turned under the  unused pages,
    but are all still stapled together.

    Not really sure what this means, but to me it would show that at least in
    these instances on the Benny show, there was no page dropping.

    Charlie

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    Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:18:45 -0500
    From: Hal Stone <otrjug@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: here's a heads up

    Maybe not a "Heads up" as much it is an "Open ears" alert.

    For my numerous fans here on the [removed](all 12 of you)... I'm scheduled
    to appear as a guest on Chuck Schaden's 4 hour live radio program a week
    from this Saturday. (March 4th, 12 noon Arizona time) 2:00 PM on the East
    Coast, 11:00 AM West Coast.

    But unless you live in the Chicago Area (Like a few of my 12 fans) you can't
    listen in unless you go to your 'puters, and pick it up on "Streaming
    audio".

    If interested, you can hear the show on your computer by accessing
    [removed].... or on Chuck's [removed][removed]

    It seems Chuck is doing his show out of Phoenix during the winter months,
    and I can't say I blames him for escaping those harsh Chicago winters. And
    since I live here in Arizona, and don't get into Chicago, it will be a first
    for me to sit across the microphone from him.

    For those "newbies to the OTR hobby, Chuck also publishes a monthly magazine
    "The Nostalgia Digest", which is filled with items from Radio's Golden age,
    and other related entertainment items of that period.

    Basically, we'll be talking about my 15 year career in Network radio,
    (Before I made the transition to TV in the mid 50's) and in particular, the
    people, places and things that made my years in OTR a very pleasurable
    experience for me.

    Hope you get a chance to tune in. One never knows what I might say, as you
    OTR Digesters have learned by now.

    As for the two Cincy Bob's, and Mike Sprague from REPS, I'll be sure to
    mention the upcoming [removed] don't groan if I throw in a plug for my
    book. [removed] still have a few copies left.

    Be talking at you [removed]

    Regards

    Hal(Harlan)Stone
    AKA Jughead

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    Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:18:53 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 26 February - 4
     March

     From Those Were The Days --

    1922 - Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convened the first National
    Radio Conference in Washington, DC. There, industry regulations were
    widely discussed.

    3/1

    1932 - Radio's greatest effort of on-the-spot news coverage began as NBC
    and CBS rushed to Hopewell, NJ to cover the kidnaping of the Charles and
    Anne Lindbergh baby.

    1941 -  Commercial FM broadcasting began in the [removed] when station W47NV
    in Nashville, TN started operations on this day.

    1941 - Duffy's Tavern debuted on CBS.

    3/2

    1945 - Mystery fans remember this day when they gathered around the
    radio set to listen to the Mutual Broadcasting System as Superman
    encountered Batman and Robin for the first time.

    1952 - Whispering Streets debuted on ABC, remaining on the air until 1960.

    3/4

    1877 -- Emile Berliner came up with a thing called the microphone.

    1925 - Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Washington DC. The
    presidential inauguration was broadcast on radio for the very first time.

    1930 - 'The Redhead', Red Barber, began his radio career this day.
    Barber broadcast on WRUF at the University of Florida in Gainsville. He
    soon became one of the best known sports voices in America.

    1942 - Shirley Temple had a starring role in Junior Miss on CBS. The
    show, heard for the first time, cost $12,000 a week to produce and
    stayed on the airwaves until 1954.

    1951 - Sir John Gielgud, starring as Hamlet, was heard on The [removed] Steel
    Hour on the NBC.

    1952 - President Harry Truman dedicated the Courier, the first seagoing
    radio broadcasting station, in ceremonies in Washington, DC.

    Joe

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    Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:19:47 -0500
    From: Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  transcrption turntable

    Is Diapason Turntables still in business?  I heard the
    guy retired, but I'm in the market to upgrade my
    turntable.  It's fine in that it can play 99 pct. of
    transcriptions, but like most it can't play super
    oversized trnanscriptions over 17-inch.  Those are
    much rarer than the 16-inch ones, but I'd still like
    to be able to play them.  Diapason can play up to 20,
    although Esoteric Sound's Rondine can do 17-inch and
    is roughly half the price at 1099.  The Rekokut has
    very fine specs, like -75 dB rumble. The modern
    Rekokut is night and day to the original 1940s one.  I
    have one of the originals and it's a piece of junk.
    I can finally play the few oddballs, like my All-Star
    label Witch's Tale (t's finally mostly flat after 4
    years - the Witch's Tales have an unfortunate tendency
    to warp very badly), and the 1936-37 Rudy Vallee
    Sunshine Hour (condensed Rudy Vallee Show syndicated
    to Oz.

    I'd like the Diapason, but one's basically paying 800
    extra to play 20-inch discs - has anyone even seen any
    20-inch?  I've seen LOTs of 16 inch, maybe a dozen or
    less 17-inch, nothing larger than that.

    I'll have my Shure SC35 cartridge remounted and also
    the GE VR-I, which is use for specialty occasions.

    Anyone have any experience with the gel slip mat?
    It's very expensive, circa 100 bucks.  And with wet
    discs, wouldn't the label and the disc stick to the
    mat if it's the gel kind (same kind of gel used in
    shoe soles).

    I also plan to build a new puter dedicated to OTR.
    Appx. specs will be [removed] P4, [removed] gig of RAM,
    Soundblaster Platinum (one with teh front panel), 200+
    gig HD.  Building it is a pain, but it's better than
    the put-together puters with cheap parts.
    Time-correction and making mp3s will be so fast!  (I
    archive my CDs with mono .wav files, a text file
    telling about the source, and a HiQ mp3 folder for my
    mp3 player and so that the disc is playable on my
    living room player.

    If I get the upgrade, I might sell my old Esoteric
    Sound transcription turntable.  It's seen heavy use
    since it's purchase new in '99, but still is in nice
    condition.

    Trav

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    Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:45:08 -0500
    From: [removed]@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  A new chance for OTR?

    Occaisionally we discuss how OTR can be promoted in the current world.

    I still say someone like Radio Spirits would have to make a deal with Radio
    Disney to grow a new generation of OTR fans.

    However I have noticed lately some of the DVD reissues of movie or TV shows are
    including radio productions. These are being marketed to main line stores like
    Wal Mart, Target, etc. meaning folks buy the DVD for old movies and get
    [removed]
    they listen to the radio show the may want to hear more.
    This is even happening with the public domain titles, as I just purchased a St
    Clair (a cheap Canadian CD and DVD manufacturer)title called The Mystery
    Collection 3 dvd set. This one includes several movies based on radio
    detectives
    (Ellery Queen, Bulldog Drummond, and Blake of Scotland Yard)plus a "Classic
    Radio Episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe" as stated on the box.
    This maybe a good trend for OTR. At least it gets material in households that
    would not buy an OTR tape or CD set.
    Just a thought.

    Paul Urbahns
    Radcliff, KY

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    Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:47:19 -0500
    From: Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Cisco Kid

    Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed]; writes and asks:

>     A radio database Otter gives a date of 02/13/58 for Porfiro and 02/11/58
>     for Old San Juan. In these episodes, Mel Blanc portrayed Porfirio,
>     "cousin-in-law" of Pancho filling in for Harry "Pancho" Lang who was ill. I
>     think the 1953 date is more accurate. Does anyone have more information on
>     this?

    Well, those dates have to be wrong as Harry Lang died in 1953 according to an
    article in a column from the Walla Walla Union bulletin dated 9/8/53. The
    columnist, Erskine Johnson, writes about tragedy surrounding the Cisco Kid
    mentions the "sudden death of Harry Lang."  Just found another article. Lang
    died on August 3, 1953 of a heart attack at age 58.

    Perhaps those dates were supposed to be 1953?  It doesn't talk about his
    dying from an illness but refers to it as "sudden."  So maybe he was having
    health issues all along and was out at that time, then later in the year died.

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:51:30 -0500
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Norman Corwin on Bob Edwards Weekend

    Folks;

       For those of you unfortunate enough not to have an XM Satellite Radio
    subscription, the Norman Corwin interview that aired last July on XM's The
    Bob Edwards Show will be re-run on the PRI-distributed Bob Edwards Weekend, a
    two-hour compilation program available to public radio stations around the
    country. Check your local public radio station for air times.

             Charlie

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    Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:15:24 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  2-26 births/deaths

    February 26th births

    02-26-1875 - Emma Dunn - Cheshire, England - d. 12-14-1966
    actress: "The Eveready Hour"
    02-26-1887 - William Frawley - Burlington, IA - d. 3-3-1966
    comedian: Fred Mertz "I Love Lucy", "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Hollywood
    Hotel"
    02-26-1891 - Alan Bridge - Pennsylvania - d. 12-27-1957
    actor: "The Eddie Bracken Show"
    02-26-1891 - Josef Bonime - Vilna, Poland - d. 11-8-1959
    conductor: "Death Valley Days"; "Echoes of New York"
    02-26-1900 - Jean Negulesco - Craiova, Rumaina - d. 7-18-1993
    film director, screenwriter: "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "Lux
    Radio Theatre"
    02-26-1906 - Madeleine Carroll - West Bromwich, England - d. 10-2-1987
    actress: "The Circle"; "NBC Radio Theatre"; "Stage Door Canteen"
    02-26-1907 - Hal Fimberg - d. 4-6-1974
    writer, director, producer: "Abbott and Costello"; "Meet Me at
    Parkys"; "Spike Jones"
    02-26-1914 - Robert Alda - New York, NY - d. 5-3-1986
    singer: "Rudy Vallee Presents the Drene Show"
    02-26-1914 - Roy Maypole - d. 7-xx-1976
    creator, writer: "Heart's Desire"; "Stepmother"
    02-26-1915 - Eddie Gallaher - Washington, [removed] - d. 11-26-2003
    disc jockey: "Moon Dial"; "On a Sunday Afternoon"
    02-26-1916 - Dick Dunham - New York, NY - d. 11-24-1989
    announcer: "Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters"
    02-26-1916 - Jackie Gleason - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-24-1987
    comedian: "Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne Show"
    02-26-1918 - Theodore Sturgeon - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-12-1985
    science fiction writer: "Beyond Tomorrow"; "X Minus One"; "Future Tense"
    02-26-1919 - Mason Adams - New York, NY - d. 4-26-2005
    actor: Larry 'Pepper' Young "Pepper Young's Family" Ned Scott "Jones
    and I"
    02-26-1920 - Tony Randall - Tulsa, OK - d. 5-17-2004
    actor: Reggie York "I Love A Mystery"
    02-26-1921 - Betty Hutton - Battle Creek, MI
    singer: "Radio Almanac"; "Radio Hall of Fame"; "[removed] Steel Hour"
    02-26-1922 - Margaret Leighton - Barnt Green, England - d. 1-13-1976
    actress: "Variety Playhouse"; "Pocket Theatre"
    02-26-1926 - David Frankham - London, England
    actor: Andy Barbour "One Man's Family"
    02-26-1928 - Fats Domino - New Orleans, LA
    singer: "Guest Star"
    02-26-1932 - Johnny Cash - Kingsland, AR - d. 9-12-2003
    singer: "Louisiana Hayride"
    02-26-1933 - Godfrey Cambridge - New York, NY - d. 11-29-1976
    actor: "Voices of Vista"

    February 26th deaths

    02-20-1900 - Paul Conlan - Indiana - d. 2-26-1980
    writer, director: "Abbott and Costello Show"; "The Signal Carnival"
    03-15-1919 - Lawrence Tierney - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-26-2002
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-28-1915 - Joel Murcott - d. 2-26-1978
    writer, director: "Tales of the Texas Rangers"; "Yours Truly, Johnny
    Dollar"
    04-29-1896 - Harry McNaughton - Surbiton, England - d. 2-26-1967
    actor, panelist: Higgins "It's Higgins. Sir"; "It Pays to Be Ignorant"
    07-05-1903 - Hester Sondergaard - Minnesota - d. 2-26-1994
    actress: (Sister of Gale Sondergaard) "Columbia Presents Corwin";
    "Studio One"
    08-28-1908 - Genevieve Rowe - Freemont, OH - d. 2-26-1995
    singer: "Gay Nineties Revue"; "Songs America Loves"; "An Evening with
    Romberg"
    10-28-1896 - Howard Hanson - Wahoo, NE - d. 2-26-1981
    conductor, composer: "New York Philharmonic"; "ASCAP World's Fair
    Concert"
    11-29-1913 - Harry Bartell - New Orleans, LA - d. 2-26-2004
    actor: Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; "Adv of Sherlock
    Holmes"; "Gunsmoke"
    12-10-1889 - Arthur Vinton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-26-1963
    actor: Killer Kane "Buck Rogers"; Commissioner Weston "The Shadow"
    12-26-1900 - Charles Perry - New York, NY - d. 2-26-1967
    producer, sports announcer: WHN New York
    xx-xx-1855 - Adelaide Fitz-Allen - d. 2-26-1935
    actress: Old Nancy, the witch of Salem "The Witch's Tale"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:15:58 -0500
    From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Shadow - [removed] Goodrich
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain

    In what time span did [removed] Goodrich sponsor The Shadow? According to Jerry
    H's log it was from 6-5-38 to 9-11-38, but I have an episode titled "The House
    of Horror" sponsored by Goodrich from  38-02-13 which does not fit that.

    Visit [removed] for OTR program title and date corrections

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    Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:47:29 -0500
    From: Art Chimes <[removed]@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Paul Harvey

    Some conflicting news about the legendary broadcaster appearing in DC-area
    media suggest changes in his long-running gig are just around the corner.

    Well-informed website [removed] says actor/ex-senator Fred Thompson will
    replace the 87-year-old broadcaster. The Washington Post says Thompson will
    be named vacation relief and "senior analyst."

    An announcement that should clarify things is due from ABC this coming week.

    "Legendary" is not too strong a word for Paul Harvey, who started his radio
    career in 1933 (according to his website). He also writes (or at least
    fronts) a syndicated newspaper column.

    I know he has his fans, and at one time I was among them, but his unique
    style, I am afraid, is hopelessly dated. As are his Jurassic politics. That
    said, I'll cut a break to any guy who has toiled in the radio business for
    more than seven decades.

    -Art-

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    Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:11:27 -0500
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Don Knotts, dead at 81

    Don Knotts, who kept generations of TV audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy
    Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show" has died. The AP obit is on CNN at:

    [removed]

    >From the obit:

    "'I went to New York cold. On a $100 bill. Bummed a ride,' he recalled in a
    visit to his hometown of Morgantown, where city officials renamed a street
    for him in 1998.

    Within six months, Knotts had taken a job on a radio Western called 'Bobby
    Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders,' playing a wisecracking, know-it-all handyman.
    He stayed with it for five years, then came his series TV debut on 'The Steve
    Allen Show.'"

             Charlie

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    Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:59:25 -0500
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Windy Wales, RIP

    Don Knotts died today, and cable news will be running countless
    excerpts from his TV and movie successes.

    Let's see if even one obituary mentions his show-biz start in radio,
    playing the old geezer at the B-Bar-B Ranch on "Bobby Benson" which
    Mutual resurrected in 1949.

    Knotts went from a brief military career in the Defense Dept version of
    the USO where he was an obscure ventriloquist and part-time comedian
    entertaining the troops and then going into radio in NYC. In addition
    to "Bobby Benson" he got occasional roles on soap operas. About the
    time that "Bobby Benson" was cancelled, he started auditioning for
    Broadway plays, landing a small but important role in "No Time for
    Sergeants" which starred Andy Griffin. Thus began one of the most
    popular duos in American comedy.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL

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    Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:11:17 -0500
    From: Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio Yesteryear custom reels

    Hi,

    On ebay, I picked up a circa 1970 Radio Yesteryear
    custom reel when it was still in Croton-Hudson, New
    York.  Anyhow, does anyone else have custom reels from
    RY?  It's very difficult to get anything from Goldin
    these days, so the custom reels are the best and the
    closest to the RY source.

    I'm interested in getting a .wav/CD dub of said reels
    or obtaining them and doing them myself.

    Trav

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