Subject: [removed] Digest V2003 #328
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Date: 8/30/2003 10:05 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2003 : Issue 328
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Daisy's Pups                          [ "Dennis Mansker" <dennis@[removed] ]
      Short life expectancy of CDs          [ Osborneam@[removed] ]
      Art Linkletter Memory                 [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
      Mr. Keen                              [ otrbuff@[removed] ]
      The life and death of CDs             [ Dick Judge <dickjudge@[removed]; ]
      Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Blondie's Family                      [ Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]; ]
      Jack Bivans                           [ "Don Frey" <alanladdsr@[removed] ]
      9-1 Births/Deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:03:16 -0400
    From: "Dennis Mansker" <dennis@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Daisy's Pups

    If memory serves, the "alpha dog" among Daisy's pups was named Elmer. At
    least in the 1950s era comic books. I don't think any of the other pups
    actually had names. They were just there.

    Dennis Mansker

    The Mansker Chronicles: [removed]
    Chairborne Ranger, featuring A Bad Attitude: A Novel from the Vietnam War:
    [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:25:22 -0400
    From: Osborneam@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Short life expectancy of CDs

    I know this topic may be of interest to those on this
    digest.  It scared me!

    Check out the article on this web site!
    [removed]

    Arlene Osborne

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    Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:27:56 -0400
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Art Linkletter Memory

    Walden Hughes noted,

>     I got a call from Art Linkletter who is going to come over to Frank
>     Bresee studio and record an interview for Yesterday USA.  I am trying to
>     think what so to give Art when he comes over middle of next months.

    Did he interview children in his radio days, too?  I remember one child
    whose exchange with him is burned in my memory, and it's worth sharing.
    Mr. Linkletter, when he started his interview would throw out one or
    another stock question ([removed], "If you could be any animal, which would
    you want to be?") and let the kid take it from there.  This one case, he
    had a little girl with expressive, large eyes.  He started, "Where do you
    go when you go to sleep.

    She replied, "I go to Heaven."

    "Oh," Linkletter said.  "And what do you see in Heaven?"

    "I see little girl angels, and little boy angels, and cat angels, and dog
    angels."

    Linkletter interjected, "Were the dog angels barking?"

    "No!!!" she said, her eyes getting very wide.

    Somewhat surprised with the emphatic reaction, Linkletter asked, "Why
    aren't they barking?"

    "Because they're DEAD!"

    Best child guest he ever had.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:27:59 -0400
    From: otrbuff@[removed]
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Mr. Keen
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    In answer to Cancilla Dominick's question, there were 960 episodes of Mr.
    Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons in serialized form between 1937-43.  Only a few
    of these programs are in circulation.  Full details of the "dual" Keen
    premises, including when he searched for lost persons and when he sought
    cold-blooded murderers, are distinguished in my book on the series to be
    published in a few months by McFarland & Co.  In addition to chapters on the
    program, you'll find a detailed log outlining the kindly old tracer's 1,693
    episodes, going all the way to late 1955.

    Jim Cox
    New email address:  otrbuff@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:31:25 -0400
    From: Dick Judge <dickjudge@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The life and death of CDs

    In the past I've read in the Digest information about open reel tape and
    cassettes and their "life". And now here is some news on CDs.

    In USA Today on Aug 27, page 3B, Kevin Maney's article discussed the life of
    CDs. He mentioned that the Dutch magazine PC-Active ran extensive tests on a
    number of CD brands. They found that some of the CD-R brands became
    unreadable in as little as 20 months. Unfortunately his article did not name
    names, so we don't know what manufacturers were involved in the test.

    Is this something we should think about?

    dickjudge

    MEMORIES OF RADIO/Dick Judge

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    Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:30:22 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Today in radio history

>     >From Those Were The Days --

    1951 - Screen Directors' Playhouse was heard for the final time on NBC.
    The
    program had featured some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

    Joe

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    Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 17:13:41 -0400
    From: Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Blondie's Family

              I did some checking, and found that the Bumstead
    family was Blondie, Dagwood, Baby Dumpling (later
    changed to Alexander), Cookie (the daughter) and Daisy
    (the dog).

              Baby Dumpling was the name of the Bumstead's
    son when he was very young.  Later, it was changed to
    Alexander and then Cookie, the daughter, was born.
    Baby Dumpling was not the name of the daughter.

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 17:14:09 -0400
    From: "Don  Frey" <alanladdsr@[removed];
    To: "otr message" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jack Bivans

    Those who enjoy Captain Midnight and Chicago radio may enjoy the website
    I recently was notified about: [removed] which is a site
    about Chicago actor Jack Bivans who was Chuck Ramsey on the Captain Midnight
    series.

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    Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 17:13:57 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-1 Births/Deaths

    September is a new month

    The flower for September is the aster
    The birthstone for September is the sapphire

    Major holidays in September are:

    1st - Labour Day
    27th - Rosh Hashanah

    September 1st births

    09-01-1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Chicago, IL - d. 3-19-1950
    author: Creator of Tarzan
    09-01-1887 - William Daly - Cincinnati, OH - d. 12-4-1936
    condctor: "Raleigh Review"; "Voice of Firestone"
    09-01-1899 - Richard Arlen - Charlottesville, VA - d. 5-28-1976
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-01-1900 - Don Wilson - Lincoln, NE - d. 4-25-1982
    announcer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Good News of 1941"
    09-01-1902 - John J. Anthony - NYC - d. 7-16-1970
    moderator: "Good Will Hour"; "John J. Anthony Hour"
    09-01-1904 - Johnny Mack Brown - Dothan, AL - d. 11-14-1974
    actor: "Straight Arrow"
    09-01-1910 - Sir Jack Hawkins - London, England - d. 7-18-1973
    actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"
    09-01-1922 - Yvonne De Carlo - Vancouver, Canada
    actress: " Screen Guild Theatre"; "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
    09-01-1935 - Seiji Ozawa - Shenyang, China
    conductor: Boston Symphony Orchestra

    September 1st deaths

    01-27-1912 - Benay Venuta - San Francisco, CA - d. 9-1-1995
    singer: "Benay Venuta"s Program"; "Shell Chateau"; "Abbott and Costello Show"
    08-17-1904 - Ann Harding - Fort Sam Houston, TX - d. 9-1-1981
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Hallmark Playhouse"
    08-24-1875 - Frank Craven - Boston, MA - d. 9-1-1945
    actor: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Cavalcade of America"
    09-18-1873 - Charles K. Field - Montpelier, VT - d. 9-1-1948
    host: (Cherrio) "Cherrio"; "Arco Birthday Party"
    10-31-1900 - Ethel Waters - Chester, PA - d. 9-1-1977
    blues singer: "American Revue"; "Command Performance"; "Jubilee"
    11-02-1901 - James Dunn - NYC - d. 9-1-1967
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-13-1897 - Drew Pearson - Evanston, IL - d. 9-1-1969
    investigative reporter: "Listen America"; "Drew Pearson Comments"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Hometown of [removed] Kaltenborn and Jay Jostyn

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