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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 37


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Henry Aldrich Movies
	 War in the Oxide Trenches
	 No more Stern, please
	 Chickenman / Pete Franklin / ORCA
	 Larry Menkin
	 Sticks and [removed]
	 Trenches approval received
	 Re: Thom Bray/AFRS
	 Bradbury 13

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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 22:25:07 -0500
From: Tom Kleinschmidt <tomkle@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Henry Aldrich Movies
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

        For those interested in the Henry Aldrich movies, I have two on
videotape. They are:

HENRY ALDRICH HAUNTS A HOUSE
HENRY ALDRICH PLAYS CUPID

        I haven't watched them in about 7 or 8 years, so I can't give any
details. Contact me by email if you want to work out a trade.




Tom        

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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 22:30:38 -0600
From: lgenco@[removed] (Louis Genco)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: War in the Oxide Trenches
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Bob Burnham sent me a copy of Bob Proctor's "War in the Oxide Trenches",
and, with his permission, I have placed it in the REFERENCE - COPYRIGHTS
section of my WWW page.

OTR Digest readers who wonder about copyrights, or those who sensed some
bitterness in Bob Burnham's posts regarding some people and issues might
want to access, download and read the article.  It is an interesting look at
the use (misuse?) of copyright law as applied to several OTR programs.

-The Shadow- fans might have an interesting read too!

The article is quite lengthy, and would exceed the maximum article size for
several Internet OTR Digest issues.

Bob promises "Nothing Personal", the followup, will be sent soon too.


Lou
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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 21:47:53 -0800
From: AndyBlatt@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: No more Stern, please
Message-ID: <960127214751_23505158@[removed]>

One more parting comment before I never mention it [removed] ago (haven't
listened to him for at least three years) Howard Stern did a routine called
"Bob & Ray" about two guys (gay guys?) with voice processing so both he and
his sidekick Robin could play the parts.  Here is someone who is so out of
the loop as to use those particular names.  When he first came on Infinity's
ad-hoc network, the experts were comparing him to Eernie Kovacs.  Even more
so after he did his ill-fated comedy/variety program live from WWOR-TV in
Secaucus, NJ.  His response to the comparison to Kovacs?  Stern said Kovacs
wasn't funny; he said the genius tag for Kovacs was unwarranted and that it
was no big deal that he wasn't around any more (I'm paraphrasing).  So,
please consider all this, and keep it in mind when you're inclined to discuss
him here.

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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 08:06:22 -0500
From: Tom Kleinschmidt <tomkle@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Chickenman / Pete Franklin / ORCA
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

MBaird2222@[removed] wrote:

>Does any radio drama qualify as OTR, or is there a generally recognized
>cut-off point or standard?  For example, I enjoyed the Chickenman programs in
>the mid 60's, and never see any mention in cataloges, etc.  Is the
>hobby/business limited to just the pioneers?

        A lot of programs from the 60's and even early 70's are collected by
those of us who enjoy OTR. I have a lot of The Chickenman, The Tooth Fairy,
and The Story Lady in my collection and they are available from several
dealers/collectors. I'm also a fan of early 70's shows like The National
Lampoon Radio Show and many BBC comedies of that era like I'm Sorry I'll
Read That Again.

----WARNING!! No OTR Content!!-----
        Someone asked about Pete Franklin in the last digest. He is not OTR.
Pete Franklin was a sports talk show host in Cleveland from the late 1960's
through the mid 1980's. He worked at the same station where Don Imus started
before Imus moved to New York. Pete moved to New York in the mid 1980's to
work at WFAN and left after about one year. The only thing he had in common
with Imus or Stern is that he was an arrogant, miserable, loud mouthed,
[removed]  But he was all that before most people heard of them and to his
credit, he did know his subject EXTREMELY well. He was well versed in all
aspects of sports and was named as the best sports talk show host by USA
Today several times. I'm pretty certain that he is retired now, probably in
his late sixties or early seventies.
----END  No OTR Content------


---NEW Topic ORCA----
        Does anyone know what the current status of this group is? I
remember hearing that they were on the verge of disbanding some time back. I
ask because I just came across one of their old publications(issue #14) and
it had a partial log for the British series ROUND THE HORNE. I would like to
get the rest of the log that was supposed to be continued in issue 15. Does
anyone out there have it? Can anyone provide me with a photocopy? Thanks for
any help in advance.


Tom

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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 10:26:45 -0500
From: LordLyndon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Larry Menkin
Message-ID: <960128102643_305876923@[removed]>

Wondering if your father would remember an old frind of mine named Herman
"Sonny" Axel, who worked for a brief time on the Captain Video show?

Lord Lyndon@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 11:46:18 -0500
From: Bruce Rudesill <lranger@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Sticks and [removed]
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

<MT> 1. At least I'm literate. <sneer>

Hey Marty! You forgot the"NYAAAH, NYAAAH, NYAAAH, NYAAAH!"

<MK>What IS it about "intellectual property rights" that escapes you?
----------------------------------------!!!!!!

So tell us, exactly what "Intellectual Property Rights" Radiola had in the
Shadow? As opposed to "Corporate Rights". Who at Radiola created the
Shadow? Did Radiola create the Shadow concept, write the shows, act in them?
Please explain their part in the creative process as opposed to just signing
a contract involving money and distribution. What Radiola had was a license,
which in this case had absolutely nothing to do with intelligence. But it
did have everything to do with ripping off small time dealers and breach of
contract.

<MT>2.  According to the summary reprinted here [posted by someone else!],
Radiola had informed Conde Nast of their lawsuit -- and asked CN not
to interfere. What Radiola *should* have done is demand that Conde
Nast enforce Radiola's exclusive duplication rights.

I remember it as Radiola asking Conde Nast not to send any Cease and Desist
letters. Their contract specifically forbid Radiola from filing suit. That
right was reserved by Conde Nast. Radiola deliberately breached the
contract by filing suit. Radiola did not do what it *should* have done,
instead Radiola set out to crush a group of small time dealers. Let's hear
it for the wonderful, warm hearted corporation that Radiola obviously is.

<MT>1. If that "competition" [note the correct spelling]

Well folx (note literate spelling) it appears the OTR Digest has arrived.
We have our very own Spelling Queen. Look out all you 'rec' and 'alt' bases,
we be's running with you now!

Anyhoo folx (more literate spelling), this whole affair involved no one but
corporations. Radiola, Conde Nast, Street & Smith (the *original* owners
of the Shadow). Not a single *creator* in the whole bunch. If there is a
creator of the Shadow it has to be Walter Gibson. Wonder how much dough
Radiola was going to send him for the cassettes they sold? My guess is none.
But then, what do I know? I'm just a "weigh kewl dood" (advanced, literate
spelling) who happens to enjoy OTR.

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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 96 18:35:14 EST
From: platecap@[removed] (Bob B)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Trenches approval received
Message-Id: <m0tgaZV-000YK8C@[removed]>

For the large number of otr legal fans out there (and just general
interested parties) I am pleased to mention I have gotten permission to
post War in the Oxide Trenches and its follow-up article Nothing
Personal in electronic form in Lou Gencos web page and this forum if Lou
decides it is appropriate.

This article chronicles the complete details of the Shadow litigation
based on many months of research and interviews by private collector,
and OTR-Hobbyist, Bob Proctor.

For obvious reasons, Bob's mailing address is not posted, but if you
wish to contact him, you can use either of my internet addresses:
platecap@[removed]
platecap@[removed]

-Bob B

Bob Burnham; BRC Productions; [removed] Box 2645; Livonia, MI 48151
voice (313) 277-3798;  fax (313) 277-3095; internet platecap@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 12:05:29 EST
From: VULM45A@[removed] ( ROBERT W PAINE)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: Thom Bray/AFRS
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

-- [ From: Robert Paine * [removed] #[removed] ] --

 Well, there are others out there who know a whole lot more than I -
but I'll pass on what I know - all of it from what I've read. Most of
it from Eric Barnouw's The Golden Web.
 AFRS was headquartered in an old movie studio lot in Hollywood. (RKO?)
. Studios facilities and technical support for AFRS-produced programs
came from the networks. Network-produced shows were recorded on 16"
discs. Commercials, references to specific dates and home-front
concerns were edited out and military PSA-type spots were inserted. In
some cases openings were recorded for the AFRS version. The networks
provided their own programs as a public service and at no cost.
 AFRS actually recorded the programs via special lines from the
network's master control rooms.  
 Entertainers like Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Rita Hayworth - name a name
and they appeared on AFRS - performed free.
 Some of the AFRS-produced series were:
  Command Performance - a variety show that answered requests from
service personnel - from the clink of a martini glass to the sound of
newborn chicks to Betty Hutton frying a 3-inch Porterhouse steak,
smothered with onions. The GI's request was the show's command and it's
likely that nearly every well and lesser known personality was on the
show.
  [removed] Jive - I don't know much about this one. How about you World War
2 vets? Tell us kids (I'm 44 <grin>) about it.
 Jubilee - a live-music program.
 [removed] Mailbag.
 [removed] Journal. (I think this was one of the programs.) 
 There was a DJ-type program featuring a young lady who went by the
name "[removed] Jill". I believe she answered requests. The program may have
been live via short-wave fed but that's a guess. Her sign-off was
something like "Good morning to some of you, good afternoon to some
more of you and, to the rest of you, good night." (Corrections, anyone?)
 What may have been the best single performance in radio history was
never heard on the home front.   On Feb. 15, 1945, Command Performance
recorded a knock-out production of Dick Tracy. An all-star cast (and
this isn't an overused phrase in this case) put on a musical-comedy
about the wedding of the comic-strip hero and Tess Trueheart. Bing
Crosby and Dinah Shore played the lead roles and the "rest of the cast"
included Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Harry von Zell, Frank Morgan, The
Andrews Sisters, "Professor" Jerry Colonna (one of my favorites), Judy
Garland, Frank Sinatra and Cass Daley. Not too shabby.
 Programs were recorded on a master disc and sent to a factory that
pressed vinylite copies. The discs were sent to AFRS stations
throughout the world. The "affiliates" ranged from a 400-watt station
mounted on a 1-1/2 ton truck with the studio in a second truck to a
"suitcase transmitter", a 50-watt mobile station that was contained in
five suitcases. Wherever theUS had troops, the War Department did
everything possible to get AFRS to them.
 A current sidelight - AFRTS is still at it. Even as our troops were
getting ready to set foot in Bosnia, the Army Broadcast Service, which
relays AFRTS, was on the case. An article in a recent issue of Radio
World described how the service was setting up, I think, before the
main vanguard of troops was deployed. Additional staffing comes, I
believe, from the Air Force and Marine Corps broadcast departments.
 (I wish they'd let me go over. I'd work cheap (read: FREE) and I don't
mind MRE's. Heck, I'll eat C-rats if I have to.)
 AFRS, AFRTS, Army Broadcast Service. Hey, radio ain't what is was but
they're still giving the troops the best programming available.
 Thanks to Eric Barnouw for his books, from which I got the info.
 Here's to the performers, technical and production people, management,
announcers - everyone who has ever had or who now has a hand in AFRS
and AFRTS.
 "This is A-F-R-T-S, the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.
It's 2300 hours. Stay tuned for live play-by-play action from the
thirtieth Super Bowl." (Nah, they wouldn't hire me.) 

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Date: 28 Jan 1996 06:43:16 GMT
From: [removed]@[removed] (Ron B. Hare)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Bradbury 13
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Good news for Ray Bradbury fans:

Six 1-hour cassettes of the Bradbury 13 series are available in stores.
Bradbury 13 is a relatively recent production, and all episodes are
first-class productions. There are two episodes per cassette, so there must
be one missing.

The cassette I ran across contains Kaleidoscope and There Was An Old Woman. I
found it in a market/drugstore. It's part of Dunkin Hayes' Paperback Audio
series. Each cassette sells for 5 bucks. Each is packaged in a color-printed
cardboard sleeve with a graphic depicting the primary episode (Kaleidoscope
in this case).

The stereo sound quality is excellent and a short comment by Bradbury is
included. The other 5 cassettes are: A Sound of Thunder, Dark They Were and
Golden Eyed, The Man, The Ravine, and The Wind. I don't know what the
remaining 5 "side two" episodes are, but you can't go wrong with this series.
I only have the one, but I'll definitely seek out the others.
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