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	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 372


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Star Wars log
	 B. Burnham quest for Christmas shows
	 The Diving [removed]
	 Cohen on the telephone
	 Re: Cohen on the Telephone
	 V95 #369 Cohen on the phone, exploring tm.
	 The Complete OTR Jack Benny?
	 Readers for the Blind
	 Re: SR III
	 Kitzel corrections
	 THE INVESTIGATOR--Update

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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 16:04:48 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Star Wars log
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

                               S T A R   W A R S
                               -------   -------
 
                                 1981 and 1983
 
 
     First Show: ??-??-??                              Last Show: ??-??-??
     Number Shows: 24 (2 series plus "Making")     Audition Show: the movie
 
 
     Show Description:
 
     George Lucas' original Star Wars was also produced as a radio drama
     after the movie became a smash hit.  This 1981 radio dramatization was
     broadcast on National Public Radio stations and went beyond the scope
     of the original movie. It consisted of 13 1/2-hour episodes, frequently
     expanding on the original movie plot. 
 
     With the success of this radio venture, the release of the sequel to 
     Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, was also followed by a radio 
     version.  As with the original radio version of Star Wars, this 
     adaptation also went beyond the scope of the original movie, lasting 
     for 10 1/2-hour episodes.  
 
     How do you get kids to give OTR a try?  Hook them with something they 
     already have an interest in.  If they like science fiction and enjoyed
     the Star Wars movie trilogy, the STAR WARS and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
     radio series may be just that hook.
 
 
     List Comments:
 
     The source for the information in this list, as usual, comes from 
     vendor and club catalogs.  These recordings are also available from
     bookstores and a number of mail-order catalogs, both on audio cassette 
     tapes and on CD.
 
     This list is in 2 parts, STAR WARS and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
 
 
     List:
 
         STAR WARS:
 
         Date      Num  Title                                     Src Key
         --------  ---  ----------------------------------------  ---------
         ??-??-81    1  "A Wind to Shake The Stars"               12
         ??-??-81    2  "Points of Origin"                        12
         ??-??-81    3  "Black Knight, White Princess and Pawns"  12
         ??-??-81    4  "While Giants Mark Time"                  12
         ??-??-81    5  "Jedi That Was, Jedi to Be"               12
         ??-??-81    6  "The Milenium Falcon Deal"                12
         ??-??-81    7  "The Han Solo Solution"                   12
         ??-??-81    8  "Death Star's Transit"                    12
         ??-??-81    9  "Rogues, Rebels and Robots"               12
         ??-??-81   10  "The Luke Skywalker Initiative"           12
         ??-??-81   11  "The Jedi Nexus"                          12
         ??-??-81   12  "The Case for Rebellion"                  12
         ??-??-81   13  "Force and Counterforce"                  12
         ??-??-83       "The Making of Star Wars For Radio"         3
 
 
         THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK:
 
         Date      Num  Title                                     Src Key
         --------  ---  ----------------------------------------  ---------
                     1  "Freedom's Winter"                        1
                     2  "The Coming Storm"                        1
                     3  "A Question of Survival"                  1
                     4  "Fire and Ice"                            1
                     5  "The Milenium Falcon Pursuit"             1
                     6  "Way of the Jedi"                         1
                     7  "New Allies, New Enemies"                 1
                     8  "Dark Lord's Fury"                        1
                     9  "Gambler's Choice"                        1
                    10  "Clash of Light Sabers"                   1
 
 
     Information Sources:
 
     The information above was obtained from the following OTR vendor
     and club catalogs.  Contact them directly for more information.
 
         Key  Source
         ---  ------------------------------------------------------------
          1   Ken Mills, Nostalgia Recordings, 907 Maple Ave., Ridgefield,
              NJ 07657.
          2   North American Radio Archives (NARA), 134 Vincewood Dr., 
              Nicolasville, KY 40356.
          3   University of Memphis Radio Program Archive, Learning Media 
              Center, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152
 
     Although I have had favorable dealings with some of the above, to be 
     fair to all, this is not an endorsement of them. I receive nothing by 
     mentioning them.
 
 
     Last Update: 10-30-95
 
 
     Although I retain copyright, this log may be freely copied provided 
     that the text is unchanged.  Please share it with fellow OTR lovers.
 
     I would greatly appreciate any error corrections or additional
     information. Please send them to: Frank Passage, 109 Elmwood Road, 
     Verona, NJ 07044 or via e-mail to passage@[removed]
 

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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 13:22:49 -0500
From: JRayb71827@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: B. Burnham quest for Christmas shows
Message-ID: <951108132243_16454316@[removed]>

I have a fairly large collection of Christmas shows, many of which have not
been mentioned here on the Digest.  However, I have recently come across
another one I didn't even realize I had.  It's the December 21, 1947 episode
Of "The Private Practice of Dr. Dana," starring Jeff Chandler.  It's called,
The Sophia Howard Case," and is a very touching story.  

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Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 14:10:36 -0700
From: Jim Clark <jclark@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Diving [removed]
Message-id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Ah, the baking powder toys - now there's a fond memory.  In addition to the 
frogmen (of which there were 3 types, and each available in red, orange,
yellow or green), there was indeed a submarine and a PT boat.  I recall
that the cereal company that included these as premiums (Kellogg's, I think)
had an offer regarding the frogmen - if you collected a set of three, you
could mail them back to Kellogg's and receive one giant-sized frogman in
return.  I never did - the little ones suited me just fine.  One of my
buddies went this route, though.  But the big frogman never quite worked -
it was just too heavy for the bubbles to be able to propel it upward.
There's bound to be a lesson in this [removed]

Jim Clark
e-mail: jclark@[removed]

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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 14:12:06 -0800 (PST)
From: "Jean P. Gordon" <gordonjp@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Cohen on the telephone
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I remember hearing Cohen on the Telephone when I was about 6 or 7, in the 
late 30's, on my great-aunt's wax cylinder.  The episode I remember was 
about a small town that was terrorized by phone calls announcing, "The 
viper is coming!"  One day a mousey little man appears and tells 
everyone, "I am der viper, I have come to vipe der vinders."  I also 
heard the one about the car-PEN-ter and the DAM-aged shutters but no 
longer know the whole routine.

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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 17:19:35 -0600 (CST)
From: shoshani@[removed] (Michael Shoshani)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Cohen on the Telephone
Message-Id: <m0tDJmJ-000Y8CC@[removed]>

> From: ZENCHC@[removed] (Chris Zenchenko, 7-3543)
> 
> Yes there were several records featuring Cohen but they were from the
> mid teens.  They are all old mechanical recordings.  I know of at least
> six different records.  I would have to check my shelves but I seem to
> recall that there were also some other recordings featuring the same
> people doing country hick type routines.  Uncle Josh and the
> automobile, telephone, whatever.

"Uncle Josh" records were made by Cal Stewart, first for various cylinder
phonograph companies, later for both Victor and Columbia.

The "Cohen" series was the product of Monroe Silver, whose work I have
seen on [removed] have one record (Cohen On His Honeymoon) on Edison
Diamond Disc.

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Date: 08 Nov 1995 18:03 GMT
From: Henry Brugsch <henry@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: 
Subject: V95 #369 Cohen on the phone, exploring tm.
Message-ID: <11081995180337um@[removed]>

Hi Joe, enjoy your posts, long time no talk for a while.
Re. Cohen, I remember hearing that skit many many years ago. A ham friend
of mine played it for me, but never let me get a tape of it.
Most interesting, though was that some time in 1961 I got given a 45
recording of a german in Munich calling a book bindery.
He was inquiring about an order for books to be bound.
It was the same kind of thing. He gets shunted from pillar to post,
speaks to a number of officials in the company, gets misunderstood, and
the whole thing comes to an end, when the operator comes on the line,
"Sorry, we're closed."
Re: Ex Tm. I know of Campbell's degree of intelligence. Have been a fan
of his for a long time.
Yet, I must agree, he sounded down-home folksy. I just wonder if
either he felt that was a good image for the general public, trying to
make them feel comfortable, or if the tptb insisted on him putting out
those kind of vibes.
If I hadn't known who he was I'd have found him down home, folksy.
regards
-----
   Henry Brugsch
   aka hbj elsewhere, CIS: [removed]@[removed], hbj@[removed]
Give me an alias long enough and I'll mail the world

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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 16:52:15 -0500 (EST)
From: Nicholas Kierniesky <kiernies@[removed]>
To: OldTimeRadio <otr@[removed]>
Subject: The Complete OTR Jack Benny?
Message-ID: <[removed]@alpha>

Dear OTRers,
   OK,OK, this question will take the fun out of collecting, but I have to 
ask it anyway.  Of the 900+ Benny radio shows, I believe, 700+ are 
available on tape.  Are all known recordings available from one source 
for a price?  Or are they still scattered here and there?  Is every episode 
available somewhere for a price? I am aware of the IJBS holdings.
-Nik

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Nicholas C. Kierniesky (Nik)             kiernies@[removed]
Department of Psychology                 (301)447-5394 (office)
Mount Saint Mary's College               (301)447-5755 (fax)
Emmitsburg, MD 21727			 (717)334-7771 (home)
*************************************************************************
   
   
   
   

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Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 15:09:36 -0500
From: mfields@[removed] (Mike Fields)
To: MORTN2HHC@[removed]
Cc: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Readers for the Blind
Message-Id: <m0tDGpM-000Y7sC@[removed]>

Mort asked about Otr newsletters available to the blind. Well he might be 
interested in RHAC, the Radio Historical Association of Colorado. I have 
been the reader for the Blind for the past 6 years. We have our catalogs and 
the monthly newsletter available on audio cassette. Members mail me a tape 
in a reusable mailer. I read off the newsletter and any additions to the 
catalog and mail the tape back. For more info contact Dick King, President 
of RHAC at RRKING@[removed] Other organizations like SPERDVAC may also 
have this service but I am not aware of them.

Mike Fields (mfields@[removed])
Marriott Management Services
4201 S. Washington St.
Marion, IN. 46953
Phone: (317) 677-2310; Fax: (317) 677-2786

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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 19:27:01 -0500 (EST)
From: gricci@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: SR III
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> 
> Just bought the GE SR III, a new addition to my
> growing radio collection, and I am having a blast
> DXing the AM/FM bands. Question: Is this radio louder
> than  most radios when you press the power button
> and it comes on or is this something abnormal? Kind
> of a micro-second power up noise. 

Now that you mention it, mine does make a popping sound on the downward 
stroke of pressing the power button and another when you release it.  
I had never really noticed it, but I don't think it's anything to worry 
about.  The volume of the audio, however, is not affected on mine.

Guy

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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 15:53:55 -0600
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed]>
To: OTR@[removed], bruce@[removed]
Subject: Kitzel corrections
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Information about "Mr. Kitzel" that I posted a couple of days ago was
incorrect in a few respects.  (That's what I get for being so trusting of
my [removed])

The actor's name was Arthur "Artie" Auerback, not Auerbach.  He passed away
on Oct. 3, 1957, not 1954 as I'd thought - his age was 54, hence my
confusion.  So the Benny show was not in production at that time.  On the
Abbott and Costello show that I cited (6/1/44), he enters the scene singing
not "Pickle in the Middle" but rather something like "I own a Rancho
Grande, I always come in handy, hoo hoo hoo."  Abbott greets him as "our
old friend, Kitzel the salesman."   (Sample gag:  Bud: "What do you have
for us today?"  Kitzel:  "Today, I'm in the mansion business."  Lou: "The
mansion business??"  Kitzel: "Yes, anything you mansion I got it.")

His Variety obit says the following:  "For many years a
reporter-photographer on the [removed] Daily News, Auerback switched to comedy
more than two decades ago and came to Hollywood with the Al Pearce radio
show.  He also worked with Phil Baker before joining Benny for the 'Kitzel'
character."

Sorry about the previous errors.
John Henley
jhenley@[removed]
ph  (512) 495-4112
fax (512) 495-4296

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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 21:00:48 -0500
From: jrp@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: THE INVESTIGATOR--Update
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

After the illegal pirated version of THE INVESTIGATOR was released on LP
in various forms, a legal authorized version was also released. I
believe it is the version on BROADSIDE RECORDS (not Folkways as I
mentioned in my earlier posting) Record Number BR451. I believe it is
the legalized version because it contains a printed version of the
dialogue and liner notes by the author of the play, Reuben Ship. It is
however an aircheck of the original CBC Radio broadcast starring John
Drainie. Unfortunately, the opening and closing credits are cut so we do
not hear them on the LP record (it was broadcast as part of the weekly
hour long play anthology series STAGE 54). I picked up my vinyl copy at
a local record store about four years [removed] I don't know if it's still
available. If you are interested in actually owning the vinyl version (a
nice collectable!) you might try contacting Broadside Records at 165
West 46th Street, New York, NY USA 10036. Whether or not it is still
available or even if Broadside Records even exists I do not know. It is
worth tracking down as it is a vastly entertainly program with a
chillingly apt message for today and tomorrow as well as yesterday!
Barry Morse (from TV's SPACE 1999 among many many other shows) is also
heard on the programme. --JOHN PELLATT (Toronto, Canada)

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