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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 263
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      WLW                                   [ Bill Knowlton <udmacon1@[removed] ]
      New OTR book                          [ David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed] ]
      Friends of Old Time Radio 2007 Conve  [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Guy Lombardo                          [ "Grant" <shorten@[removed]; ]
      War of the Worlds                     [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Need a date for Blondie               [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      Bloopers                              [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      9-13 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:12:01 -0400
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:57:00 -0400
    From: Bill Knowlton <udmacon1@[removed];
    To: "radio, oldtime" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  WLW
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    The report on Red Foley, Red Skelton, Peter Grant [removed] at WLW reminded me of
    my visit last year to Cincinnati.

    I located the mausoleum where the ashes of WLW legend Ruth Lyons are interred
    and decided to drive there and pay my respects. After doing so I was told by a
    mausoleum employee that just a few feet away was a niche containing the ashes
    of Peter Grant!

    Peter also was an announcer on Ruth's program; now they're appropriately
    together [removed]

    BILL KNOWLTON

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    Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:07:31 -0400
    From: David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed];
    To: OTR DIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  New OTR book

    David and I are pleased to announce that our new book, "Radio and the
    Jews," is now available. All pre-ordered copies will be mailed this week.

    Chris Sterling, editor of "The Encyclopedia of Radio," had an early
    peak at the book and has called it: "Delightful reading, shrewd
    insights and important references."

    Radio and the Jews: The Untold Story of How Radio Influenced
    America's Image of Jews
    By David S. Siegel and Susan Siegel

    The 283 page book examines more than 100 programs that featured
    Jewish themes and/or characters. While several books have been
    written about Jewish performers on radio, such as Jack Benny, Eddie
    Cantor and George Burns, Radio and the Jews is the first in-depth
    look at the Jewish image on radio across all program genres, from
    comedy and drama to soap opera, religious oriented programs and World
    War II era programs.

    The book includes:

    **  Jewish themed series, from the familiar Goldbergs to several long
    forgotten programs such as Meyer the Buyer, Krausemeyer and Cohen and
    Potash and Perlmutter.

    ** Specific episodes of mainstream programs with Jewish themes such
    as The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, The Lux Radio Theatre, Columbia
    Workshop and Mr. District Attorney.

    ** Special broadcasts such as Behold the Jew and Operation Nightmare
    as well as short-wave broadcasts from Europe during World War II.

    ** New information regarding the popular program Abie's Irish Rose
    and why its writers experienced the same conflict that Gosden and
    Correll faced when Amos 'n' Andy came under attack from segments of
    the African-American community.

    ** The first detailed account of the longest running Jewish themed
    program, the Message of Israel, which aired from 1934 to 1986.

    ** The darker side of radio and how the airwaves were used to spread
    anti-Semitic messages

    What follows is an annotated Table of Contents
    1. In the Beginning (David Sarnoff and William S. Paley.)
    2. "Yoo, Hoo, Is Anybody?" (The Goldbergs.)
    3. "Those People" (Father Coughlin, Charles Lindbergh, Gerald L. K.
    Smith, Henry Ford.)
    4. Americans All, Immigrants All  (The series that celebrated the
    contributions of various ethnic groups to American society, including
    a special episode on the Jews.)
    5. Forgotten Series (see above for some examples)
    6. Funny, You Don't Sound Jewish (Yiddish dialect characters,
    including Mrs. Nussbaum, Mr. Kitzel, Shlepperman, Papa David, Izzy
    Finkelstein and others.)
    7.  Abie's Irish Rose
    8. Judaism Aired: Religious Oriented Programs (The Message of Israel,
    The Eternal Light and other programs.)
    9. Jews in the Mainstream
                 Part I: The Gathering Storm, 1930-1938 (Lux Radio
    Theatre, Fleishmann's Yeast Hour, etc.)
                 Part II: The War Years, 1939-1945 (Orson Welles Theater,
    Theatre Guild on the Air, Words at War, etc.)
                 Part III: The Postwar Years: 1946-1959 (Superman,
    Suspense, Treasury Agent, Studio One, etc )
                 Part IV: Biographies of Prominent Jews (Cavalcade of
    America, Hallmark Hall of Fame, etc.)
    Appendix I. Availability of Programs (Scripts and audio recordings.)
    Appendix II. Abie's Irish Rose Controversy (A side-by-side comparison
    of objections and actual text.)
    Selected Bibliography
    Index

    "Radio and the Jews" retails for $[removed], plus $[removed] for media mail
    shipping, and includes a CD with samples of many of the programs
    featured in the book.

    Copies can be ordered directly from the publisher, Book Hunter
    Press,  [removed], via email,
    bookhunterpress@[removed], by phoning (914) 245-6608 or faxing
    (914) 245-2630. Visa and Mastercard are accepted.

    Susan Siegel

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    Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:32:31 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Friends of Old Time Radio 2007 Convention
     Publicity
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    Hey digesters - if any of you work in radio or media and have the opportunity
    to mention the upcoming Friends of Old Time Radio Convention as part of your
    job - or have access to someone who might be interested - please let me know
    so I can get him or her whatever background he or she [removed], if you have
    a website, Podcast or other personal media and would like to interview an OTR
    personality who is attending the show, I can help arrange [removed] hope
    webmasters on the list have already linked to Charlie's [removed] or to our
    Wikipedia entry ([removed]) so their
    audiences can find information about the convention - but here's a reminder
    just in [removed] has already been great buzz on the digest about the October
    18-21, 2007 event at the Holiday Inn North in Newark, [removed], so I won't belabor
    the point that we're fast approaching the time at which OTR conventions will
    lose steam and your best time to meet great radio actors and hear their
    stories is NOW.  George Lefferts of X-1 is scheduled to make his first
    appearances in more than a decade.  Peter Fernandez will direct an episode of
    Suspense.  Regulars like Arthur Anderson, Bob Hastings and Rosemary Rice will
    be on hand.  Molly Bee is appearing and so [removed] you need any information,
    please contact me [removed],Sean Dougherty201-739-2541
    (cell)SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:11:27 -0400
    From: "Grant" <shorten@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Guy Lombardo

    Neal Ellis' comment  about The Guy Lombardo Band yesterday reminded me of
    how a buddy of mine and I , after lunch at PJ Clarke's, stumbled into the
    Waldorf Astoria ballroom one afternoon in 1976 during the new year's holiday
    season (while our wives were shopping) and heard the GL band practice. We
    will never forget that day and talk of it often as we do meeting John Lennon
    and Yoko Ono at the Algonquin. These equal the old days of dancing to the
    Glenn Miller Band at Moonlight Gardens in Cincinnati in the 50's and Duke
    Ellington and his band at Castle Farm about 1961. I cherish those great
    times and always remember "nostalgia isn't what it used to be", but may even
    be better.
    Grant - Carlsbad, CA
    k6plr

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    Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:36:19 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  War of the Worlds

    Someone wrote:

>     There was a rock version some 25 years ago.  I have it on two cassettes.
>     It was at least an hour if not more in length.  There is a narration done
>     by richard burton woven throughout.  I found the music quite compelling,
>     more in the style of pink floyd productions, if yyou are familar with that
>     group.

    That was the 2-LP record release from England and Richard Burton narrates
    (thankfully he didn't sing) and it came out on CD since.  it isn't a rock
    version, but it's really, really entertaining.

    Martin

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    Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:36:28 -0400
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Need a date for Blondie

    That subject is misleading I'm sure Blondie never was never with out a
    date. What I would like, if possible, is a date an episode of Blondie
    from the war years.
    A  WWII fighter pilot who went to high School with Blondie and is hero
    who shot down 27 Japanese war planes. The hero has named his P51
    Blondie, and coming back home  Dagwood feels the hero is a rival.
    This episode is an AFRS  rebroadcast that is 28 minutes long. My guess
    that the episode was broadcast in 1944 or 1945

    Any help from OTRLAND would be appreciated.

    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:05:36 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Bloopers

        Melanie Aultman wrote --

        >I have been listening to some of his [Red Skelton] variety shows
    and notice a LOT of bloopers which were laughed off and kept [removed]

       I notice a lot of bloopers or ad libs in comedy shows and they almost
    always stop the show while the audience laughs, someone comments on it
    (another cast member or the person who flubbed the line) and the show
    continues on after a few seconds.  I always enjoy these.  (Thanks to
    modern technology I can back up and listen again if it was something
    that got past me.)
       However, on dramatic shows when a blooper is made the show continues
    on as if nothing had happened.  (In my minds eye I see the cast trying
    to contain their laughter, maybe looking away from the "offender" or
    pinching themselves).
       I often wonder how close I am in this regard.
       Joe

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    Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:11:49 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-13 births/deaths

    September 13th births

    09-13-1871 - Alma Kruger - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 4-5-1960
    actor: Emily Mayfield "Those We Love"
    09-13-1876 - Sherwood Anderson - Camden, OH - d. 3-8-1941
    writer: "The Free Company"
    09-13-1880 - Jesse L. Lasky - San Francisco, CA - d. 1-13-1958
    film producer, host: "Gateway to Hollywood"
    09-13-1883 - Lewis E. Lawes - Elmira, NY - d. 4-23-1947
    commentator: "Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing"
    09-13-1894 - J. B. Priestley - Bradford, Yorkshire, England - d.
    8-14-1984
    dramatist: "London After Dark"; "Studio One"; "NBC University Theatre"
    09-13-1895 - Ruth McDevitt - Coldwater, MI - d. 5-27-1976
    actor: Jane Channing "This Life is Mine"; Mother "Keeping Up with
    Rosemary"
    09-13-1896 - Laidman Browne - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England - d.
    9-11-1961
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Corner in Crime"
    09-13-1897 - David Rubinoff - Grodno, Poland - d. 10-6-1986
    violinist, conductor: "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "Rubinoff and His Violin"
    09-13-1900 - Gladys George - Patton, ME - d. 12-8-1954
    actor: "Lincoln Highway"
    09-13-1903 - Claudette Colbert - Paris, France - d. 7-30-1996
    actor: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players"; "Lux Radio Theatre";
    "Millions for Defense"
    09-13-1903 - Ken Trietsch - Arcadia, IN - d. 9-17-1987
    musician-singer: "National Barn Dance"; "Uncle Ezra"
    09-13-1908 - Mae Questel - The Bronx, NY - d. 1-4-1998
    actor: Betty Boop "Betty Boop Fables"; Olive Oyl "Popeye the Sailor"
    09-13-1909 - Leith Stevens - Mount Moriah, MO - d. 7-23-1970
    conductor: "Death Valley Days"; "Molle Merry Minstrels"
    09-13-1910 - Van Amburg - d. 3-15-1990
    sportscaster: KPIX San Francisco, California
    09-13-1911 - Bill Monroe - Rosine, KY - d. 9-9-1996
    mandolin player: (Father of Bluegrass) "Rider's Radio Theatre"
    09-13-1913 - Gretchen Davidson - Chicago, IL - d. 8-2-2002
    actor: Carol Kennedy "Carol Kennedy's Romance"
    09-13-1913 - Roy Engel - Missouri - d. 12-29-1980
    actor:Schuyler 'Sky' King "Sky King" "NBC University Theatre"
    09-13-1914 - Leonard Feather - London, England - d. 9-22-1994
    composer: "Esquire Jazz Concert"; "Mildred Bailey Show"; "One Night
    Stand'
    09-13-1916 - Norm Lenhardt - d. 4-28-1993
    announcer: WXYZ Detroit
    09-13-1916 - Roald Dahl - Llandaff, Wales - d. 11-23-1990
    writer: "Escape"
    09-13-1918 - Dick Haymes - Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. 3-28-1980
    singer, actor: Dick Haymes Show"; "Tommy Dorsey Show"; Crane Dockery
    "I Fly Anything"
    09-13-1918 - Ernie Winstanley - England - d. 5-27-1992
    actor, sound effects: Scrub Troy "Secretary Hawkins' Fair and Supper
    Club"; "The Lone Ranger"
    09-13-1918 - Ray Charles - Chicago, IL
    choral director: (The Other Ray Charles) "The Big Show"; "Radio Hall
    of Fame"
    09-13-1920 - Carole Mathews - Montgomery, IL
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-13-1923 - Janice Gilbert - NYC
    actor: "Bachelor's Children"; "Dorothy Dix at Home"
    09-13-1924 - Scott Brady - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-16-1985
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-13-1925 - Mel Torme - Chicago, IL- d. 6-5-1999
    actor, singer: Joe Corntassel "Little Orphan Annie"; "Torme Time";
    "New Mel Torme Show"

    September 13th deaths

    02-08-1913 - Betty Field - Boston, MA - d. 9-13-1973
    actor: Mary Aldrich "Aldrich Family"
    04-18-1882 - Leopold Stokowski - London, England - d. 9-13-1977
    conductor: "NBC Symphony/Symphony of the Air"
    06-14-1918 - Dorothy McGuire - Omaha, NE - d. 9-13-2001
    actor: Sue Evans Miller "Big Sister"; "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"
    07-06-1895 - Grete Stueckgold - d. 9-13-1977
    soloist: "The Chesterfield Show"; "Chesterfield Presents"
    07-13-1895 - Bradley Kincaid - Kentucky - d. 9-13-1989
    country singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "WLS Barn Dance"
    08-31-1907 - Winifred Cecil - Staten Island, NY - d. 9-13-1985
    singer: "Show Boat"
    09-02-1901 - Phil Napoleon - Boston, MA - d. 9-13-1990
    bandleader: "Napoleon's Retreat"
    10-15-1879 - Sara Allgood - Dublin, Ireland - d. 9-13-1950
    actor: "Radio Guild"; "Family Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-15-1900 - Mervyn LeRoy - San Francisco,CA - d. 9-13-1987
    film director: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Songs By
    Sinatra"
    10-15-1921 - Geri Fontane - New Milford, NJ - d. 9-13-1993
    singer: (The Fontane Sisters) "Chesterfield Supper Club"
    10-22-1884 - George Washington Hill - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-13-1946
    President of American Tobacco Company, sponsor of many radio programs

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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