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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2007 : Issue 141
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  5-11 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Batman modern OTR?                    [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
  "Meanwhile, back on stately Wayne Ma  [ Wich2@[removed] ]
  Batman Modern OTR?                    [ "Dave Adams" <dave@[removed]; ]
  re: Blimps and dirigibles             [ TIMOTHY M KELLEY <tmk1_99@[removed]; ]
  Re: Chandu the Magician               [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
  Re: A dirigible is not a blimp!!!     [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  The Hindenberg songs                  [ "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed]; ]
  Groucho mystery solved!               [ illoman@[removed] ]
  CHANDU Info.!                         [ Ljk2476@[removed] ]
  5-12 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  This week in radio history 13-19 May  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 08:48:44 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  5-11 births/deaths

May 11th births

05-11-1884 - Alma Gluck - Lasil, Romania - d. 10-27-1938
opera singer: made on radio appearance in 1929
05-11-1888 - Irving Berlin - Temum, Russia - d. 9-22-1989
composer: "Ed Sullivan Show"; "People's Platform"
05-11-1892 - Margaret Rutherford - London, England - d. 5-22-1972
actor: "Wisdon of Miss Marple"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
05-11-1894 - Martha Graham - Allegheny, PA - d. 4-1-1991
choreographer: Miss Hush on "Truth or Consequences"
05-11-1895 - George Henninger - Binghamton, NY - d. 12-28-1953
musician: "Brenda Curtis"; "Ladies be Seated"; "Modern Romances"
05-11-1895 - Maurice Joachim - d. 11-xx-1980
actor: Omar "Omar, the Mystic"; "Unseen Friend "Your Unseen Friend"
05-11-1899 - Forrest Lewis - Knightstown, IN - d. 6-2-1977
actor: Richard Q. Peavey "Great Gildersleeve"; Roy Delfeeno "Vic and
Sade"
05-11-1900- Georgia Fifield - d. 3-6-1985
actor: Mrs. Hipplewater "Frank Watanabe and Honorable Archie"
05-11-1902 - Bidu Sayao - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. 3-12-1999
sopranist opera singer: "The Metropolitan Opera"; "The Telephone Hour"
05-11-1907 - Kent Taylor - Nashua, IA - d. 4-11-1987
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
05-11-1909 - Pattie Chapin - Atlantic City, NJ
singer: "Ziegfeld Follies of the Air"
05-11-1910 - Johnnie 'Skat' Davis - Brazil, IN - d. 11-28-1983
trumpet: "The Fred Waring Show"
05-11-1911 - Doodles Weaver - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-13-1983
comedian: (Brother of Pat Weaver) Professor Feedlebaum "Spike Jones
Show"
05-11-1911 - Phil Silvers - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-1-1985
comedian: "Phil Silver's Show"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Suspense"
05-11-1912 - Bob Trendler
pianist, conductor: "Bob Trendler Orchestra"
05-11-1912 - Foster Brooks - Louisville, KY - d. 12-20-2001
disc jockey: "Foster Brooks Show"; "Melody, Inc."; "Million Dollar
Ballroom"
05-11-1913 - John Weigel - Springfield, MO - d. 12-12-2002
announcer: "The Chicago Theatre of the Air"; "Meet the Meeks"
05-11-1913 - Tutti Camaratta - Glen Ridge, NJ - d. 4-13-2005
orchestra leader: "Double Feature"
05-11-1914 - Bob Atcher - Hardin County, KY - d. 10-30-1993
singer: "Faultless Starch Time"; "WLS Barn Dance"
05-11-1916 - Peg Lynch - Lincoln, NE
writer, actor: Ethel Arbuckle "Ethel and Albert"; "Couple Next Door"
05-11-1919 - John Michael Hayes - Worcester, MA
writer: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Twelve Players"; "Sam Spade"
05-11-1922 - Joseph Stopak - d. 7-13-1992
music: "Creeps by Night"; "The Fat Man"
05-11-1927 - Mort Sahl - Montreal, Canada
comedian: "Mort Sahl Show"
05-11-1931 - Marilyn King - Los Angeles, CA
singer: (The King Sisters) "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"

May 11th deaths

01-04-1935 - Floyd Patterson - Waco, NC - d. 5-11-2006
boxer: "Life and the World"; "Tops in Sports"
01-29-1874 - John D. Rockefeller, Jr. - Cleveland, OH - d. 5-11-1960
rich person: "The Collier Hour"
03-01-1903 - Charlie Lyon - Detroit, MI - d. 5-11-1985
announcer: "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch"; "Lum and Abner"
03-11-1952 - Douglas Adams - Cambridge, England - d. 5-11-2001
writer: "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
03-15-1915 - Johnny Frazer - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-11-1945 Died in WWII
announcer: "Brenthouse"; "The Bob Hope Show"; "The Kool Show"
04-04-1889 - Dorothy Gordon - Odessa, Russia - d. 5-11-1970
moderator: "Dorothy Gordon's Youth Forum"
04-09-1921 - Frankie Thomas, Jr. - NYC - d. 5-11-2006
actor: Tom Corbett "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"
05-08-1919 - Lex Barker - Rye, NY - d. 5-11-1973
actor: "MGM Theatre of the Air"
06-13-1873 - Jean Adair - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - d. 5-11-1953
actor: "Radio Guild"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
07-25-1906 - Johnny Hodges - Cambridge, MA - d. 5-11-1970
alto saxophonist: "Esquire Jazz Concert"; "Duke Ellington and His
Orchestra"
08-16-1900 - Walter Kinsella - NY - d. 5-11-1975
actor: Pat Patton "Dick Tracy"; Sergeant Mullins "Mr. and Mrs. North"
10-01-1922 - Ernest Altschuler - NYC - d. 5-11-1973
composer/author/engineer: "Voice of America"
11-20-1900 - Chester Gould - Pawnee,  Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-11-1985
comic strip artist: "Dick Tracy"

Ron Sayles

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:22:18 -0400
From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Batman modern OTR?

Jack, these Batman stories were from a record. I received them in a
trade I made about 30 years ago. As I recall one was about Batman's
fear of bats. They were probably released on 45 rpm records.

Fred
Check us out for old time radio & TV shows & Movie Serials
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Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 10:50:32 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "Meanwhile, back on stately Wayne Manor's
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From: jack and cathy french _otrpiano@[removed]_
(mailto:otrpiano@[removed])
Subject:   Batman modern OTR?

Dear Jack, & gang-

Nope.

Just acquired two short episodes of "Batman and Robin" in which  Jackson
Beck is the narrator. I don't recognize the actors portraying  Batman,
Robin, or Alfred. The theme music is based on the TV show that  that
sorta places the date.

As with the recent KING KONG, these shorts were produced for children's
records in the '60's

One episode is "Batman the Coward" in which  Prof. Milo manages to
inject a phobia in Batman that makes him terrified of  bats; it runs
about 15 minutes.  The second one is about "Freddie, the  Fake Boy
Wonder" and is about 7 minutes.

There are many more Bat-episodes, all in the "THE OFFICIAL ADVENTURES  [removed]"
series of records - orginally by MGM, I believe.

And there are more subjects: Broadway's Bob Holliday as SUPERMAN: Buster
Crabbe returning as FLASH GORDON; Brett Morrison as Lee Falk's PHANTOM; and
more
DC Comics characters.

At least some of them were produced by Herb Gale at Capital  Studios in NYC;
cast members included the likes of Bob Dryden, Elaine Hymen,  Peter Fernandez.
They are wonderfully done, and if anyone has more b/g info, I'd  love to hear
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...as they were essentially "Network Radio Reunion" productions!

But no, not literally Network Radio Shows.

Best,
-Craig

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:42:43 -0400
From: "Dave Adams" <dave@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Batman Modern OTR?

Just acquired two short episodes of "Batman and Robin" in which Jackson
Beck is the narrator. I don't recognize the actors portraying Batman,
Robin, or Alfred. The theme music is based on the TV show that that
sorta places the date.

Jack,

I have a collection of odd stuff like these Batman stories; often the origin
being a child's storybook with accompanying cassette or vinyl 45.
This particular one does indeed ring a bell (Batman the Coward) and I
believe I have it on casette with a cover featuring comic art that
appears to have been drawn by Neil Adams, which fits the period of the 1966
TV show.

There are also more than a few of these type of recordings for Superman,
usually being part of a set that includes a "free comic" or storybook.

Jackson Beck narrating might seem to imply an OTR connection but really, he
had done so many Batman/Superman related projects that the source could be
almost anything. He did work all through the Hanna Barbera Superfriends
years, the Batman/Superman "Adventure Hours" and myriad of HB projects that
came along each year, filling my Saturday Morning cartoon agenda.

There's no such thing as Saturday Morning Cartoons (or perhaps I should say
that they barely exist these days), but if there were Jackson Beck would
still be doing them.
He wasn't a part of WB's after school Batman/Superman/JLA cartoons though
( I had a chance to work with one of the directors of those when we did a
proposed CG Batman demo).

Actual OTR of Batman, as far as I know, is pretty rare. The Superman World's
Finest shows (from Radio Spirits) and a handful of two minute mystery type
shorts are all I've been able to dig up to collect.

-Dave Adams
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Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:44:07 -0400
From: TIMOTHY M KELLEY <tmk1_99@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  re: Blimps and dirigibles

Yes, a blimp is a dirigible.  A dirigible is any navigable Lighter than
air craft.  there are three types, their proper designations are: rigid,
semi-rigid and non-rigid.  Rigid ships were usually referred to as
Zeppelins or sometimes as dirigibles.  Non-rigid ships are more commonly
called blimps.  Though not usually referred to as dirigibles, that term
is still a valid name for them.  The Hindenburg was a Zeppelin; it had an
interior duralumin frame to provide interior support for the envelope.
Note that  i don't refer to it as a gas bag.  The envelope was actually a
casing for several gas bags (cells) within.  A blimp, has an envelope
that doubles as the main gas bag.  It's essentially a powered, elongated
baloon!  But both of these type ships can accurately be called
dirigibles!

Tm Kelley
Akron, Oh
Airship Capitol of America

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:44:32 -0400
From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Chandu the Magician

Some Chandu trivia

1. Here's the first mention of Chandu in John S. Daggett's radio
column from the August 4, 1931 Los Angeles Times:

***
Gayne Whitman as Chandu, the Magician, is to be presented over KHJ
tonight. Richard Creedon, publicist, says this offering will be "the
first of a new daily mystery - romance - magic dramatic series in
which Chandu prevails over the powers of the Orient and Evil in a most
thrilling and diverting fashion." The feature is to be replete with
heroines, heroes, villains and sneaky musical seducements by Raymond
Paige and his orchestra. The scene opens in Beverly Hills--and so on
to India.
***

2. Before the end of the year, the character was making personal
appearances. The December 11, 1931 Arcadia (CA) Tribune reports on a
local Boy Scout benefit: "... Chandu, the Magician, is the big
headliner in this program of stars, he being well known as the artist
appearing over radio station KHJ each day, his appearance being made
possible through the makers of White King Granulated Soap. ..."

On December 18, the Tribune reports that the Scouts raised "over one
hundred dollars" (about half of their goal):

***
Arcadians were loud in their praise of the vaudeville show staged by
the local committee for Boy Scouts Friday evening of last week in the
auditorium of the First Avenue grammar school, many voicing the
opinion it was the finest show of its kind ever held in the city, many
of the cast being from one of the big vaudeville circuits. ...

The children of the audience undoubtedly enjoyed Chandu, the Magician,
who appeared through the courtesy of the makers of White King
Granulated Soap. Unusual in many of his tricks, for several days after
the show people were explaining to each other how the various tricks
were done. A magician of real ability, he was a decided hit. ...
***

3. While discussing the Chandu movie, the September 12, 1932 Los
Angeles Times claims: "According to statistics, over sixty per cent of
the families in Los Angeles are regular nightly listeners to the
adventures, romance and thrills of the radio drama, authored by Harry
A. Earnshaw, Vera M. Oldham and R. R. Morgan. ..."

4. The January 31, 1933 Variety reports that Chandu's sponsor,
Beech-Nut Packing, had set "a record for longevity and the amount of
money spent by one advertiser for a disk program": $700,000.  On
February 7, Variety reports that B-N was extending its sponsorship
and, after the extension, will have spent almost a million on the
series.

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 20:38:52 -0400
From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: A dirigible is not a blimp!!!

My pal Lee Munsick has asked all of us to write 100 times on our blackboard:

 A blimp is NOT  a dirigible.  A dirigible is not a blimp!

OK Lee, drop the other shoe, Which one of these was the Hindenburg???????

Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 20:55:39 -0400
From: "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed];
To: ""old-time radio digest">" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  The Hindenberg songs

Yes there is a Lead Belly tune about the Hindenburg Disaster--in fact it's
called The Hindenburg Disaster and
can be found on
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen --  The Library of Congress Recordings, V.
5.

I also ran across another tune that may or may not be about the Hindenburg by
Woody Guthrie called the Ship
in the Sky.
Bill

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 20:56:41 -0400
From: illoman@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Groucho mystery solved!

After the discussion of the Groucho/Bob Hope/Walgreens episode, I purchased
the You Bet Your Life dvd set. First of all, that Walgreens bit with Bob Hope
isn't near what the guy on Wikipedia made it out to be. It's an audio clip,
and Groucho doesn't appear to be angry. He does make one comment about being
in the dressing room for forty minutes. He does exchange many ad libs with
Bob Hope, destroying the bit they were trying to do. Unfortunately as soon as
the laughter dies down and Hope tries to start the bit again, Groucho starts
ad libbing but you can't really hear what he says. Hope keeps cracking up, as
well as the audience. It is still very funny. One of the interesting bits is
a promotional video that was filmed for the DeSoto dealers, and they talk
about the fact that Groucho for a time held the number one program on radio
and television.

All in all, this is a very special set for any Groucho fan.

Mike

--
What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement? --Fred Allen

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 23:51:46 -0400
From: Ljk2476@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  CHANDU Info.!
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Hey, Martin! Get me in touch with that writer friend of yours regarding the
CHANDU commentary for Fox, as - in case you've forgotten - I'm co-writing a
book  on the radio shows and movie versions!!!! - Lenny  Kohl

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 23:51:53 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  5-12 births/deaths

May 12th births

05-12-1881 - Achmed Abdullah - Russia - d. 5-12-1945
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-12-1892 - John Barclay - Blethingly, Surrey, England - d. 11-21-1978
singer, actor: "Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"; "Richard Gaylord "The
Guiding Light"
05-12-1894 - Leora Thatcher - Logan, UT - d. 3-5-1984
actor: Mrs. Kramer "Right to Happiness"
05-12-1896 - Milton Herman - NYC - d. 1-21-1951
actor: Gargoyle "The Bishop and the Gargoyle"; Italo "Today's Children"
05-12-1900 - Mildred McAfee - Parkville, MO - d. 9-2-1994
navy's first female line officer: "Information Please"
05-12-1901 - Harold "Scrappy" Lambert - New Brunswick, NY - d.
11-30-1987
singer: Mark "Smith Brothers: Trade and Mark"; "Town Hall Tonight"
05-12-1901 - Whitey "Duke" Ford - De Soto, MO - d. 6-20-1986
comedian: (Duke of Paducah) "Grand Ole Opry"; "Plantation Party"
05-12-1902 - Philip Wylie - Beverly, MA - d. 10-25-1971
writer: "This Is War"; "Sportsman's Club"; "Tomorrow"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
05-12-1907 - Kathrine Hepburn - Hartford, CT - d. 6-29-2003
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-12-1907 - Leslie Charteris - Singapore - d. 4-14-1993
mystery writer: "The Adventures of the Saint"
05-12-1910 - Gordon Jenkins - Webster Groves, MO - d. 5-1-1984
conductor, composer: "Everything for the Boys"; "Bob Burns Show"
05-12-1910 - Jack Jenney - Mason City, IA - d. 12-16-1945
trombonist: "The Saturday Night Swing Club"
05-12-1912 - Everett Clarke - d. 9-10-1980
actor: Flamond "Crime Files of Flamond"
05-12-1914 - Howard K. Smith - Ferriday, LA - d. 2-15-2002
newsman: "World News Today"; "News Roundup"; "Howard K. Smith News"
05-12-1924 - Tony Hancock - Birmingham, England - d. 6-25-1968
comedian: "Hancock's Half Hour"
05-12-1925 - Yogi Berra - St. Louis, MO
baseball hall of famer: "Feature Project, This Game of Baseball"
05-12-1927 - Suzanne Dalbert - Paris, France - d. 12-31-1970
actor: "George Fisher Interviews the Stars"; "Command Performance"
05-12-1932 - Tom Aaker - d. 9-17-1999
newscaster: Rochester, Minnesota
05-12-1936 - Tom Snyder - Milwaukee, WI
talk show host: ABC Network
05-12-1946 - Michael (Charles) Carson - Wallasey, England
author: BBC Radio

May 12th deaths

02-19-1895 - Louie Calhern - NYC - d. 5-12-1956
actor: "Radio Reader's Digest"
02-26-1918 - Theodore Sturgeon - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-12-1985
science fiction writer: "Beyond Tomorrow"; "X Minus One"; "Future Tense"
04-01-1911 - Maurice Tarplin - Boston, MA - d. 5-12-1975
actor: Mysterious Traveler "Mysterious Traveler"; Inspector Faraday
"Boston Blackie"
05-12-1881 - Achmed Abdullah - Russia - d. 5-12-1945
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-14-1874 - Marie Nelson - Detroit, MI - d. 5-12-1943
actor: Ellen Collins "Bachelor's Children"
05-18-1912 - Perry Como - Canonsburg, PA - d. 5-12-2001
singer: "Perry Como Program"; "Chesterfield Supper Club"
05-24-1923 - Frank E. Amole - d. 5-12-2002
newscaster: KDEN Denver, Colorado
06-01-1878 - John Masefield - Ledbury, England - d. 5-12-1967
writer: "Against the Storm"
08-22-1897 - Elisabeth Bergner - Vienna, Austria - d. 5-12-1986
actor: "Radio Hall of Fame"
09-06-1900 - Charles Kemper - Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-12-1950
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
10-11-1884 - Albert Stoessel - St. Louis, MO - d. 5-12-1943
conductor: Oratorio Society of New York, Chautauqua Symphony
10-19-1911 - George Cates - NYC - d. 5-12-2002
orchestra leader: "Full Speed Ahead"; "Guest Star"; "Stand By for Music"
10-19-1932 - Robert Reed - Highland Park, IL - d. 5-12-1992
actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
11-18-1888 - Frances Marion - San Francisco, CA - d. 5-12-1973
screen writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-24-1918 - Lee Bonnell (Terry Belmont) - Royal Center, IN - d.
5-12-1986
actor: (Husband of Gale Storm) "Gateway to Hollywood"
12-13-1910 - Lillian Roth - Boston, MA - d. 5-12-1980
singer, speaker: "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon"
xx-xx-xxxx - Raymond Ditmars - d. 5-12-1942
curator bronx zoo: "Adventures in Reading"

Ron Sayles

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Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 09:41:11 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 13-19 May

 From Those Were The Days --

5/14

1945 - Tennessee Jed made his debut on ABC. Johnny Thomas played the
part of Tennessee Jed Sloan.

5/15

1933 - Irna Phillips, an NBC Blue network program-features writer,
Today's Children, was heard for the first time this day.

5/17

1938 - The NBC Blue network presented Information Please for the first
time. The show was moderated by Clifton Fadiman.

5/18

1942 - David Harding, Counterspy was heard on the NBC Blue network for
the first time.

5/19

1921 - The first opera presented in its entirety over the radio was
broadcast by 9ZAF in Denver, CO. The opera, "Martha", aired from the
Denver Auditorium.

Joe

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