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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 436

Table Of Contents: 

	 I Still Love a Mystery
	 Floyd the Doctor
	 HB on RD
	 Playing to the Audience
	 The "H. Brown thing"
	 Gunsmoke
	 Cinnamon Bear Series

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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:26:20 -0700
From: Chet Cox <CHCOX@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: I Still Love a Mystery
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

[removed]@[removed] mentions his love for *I Love a
Mystery*, so I thought I'd let him know about the new cast recording of
"the Fear that Creeps Like a Cat."  It stars Les Tremayne, Frank Bresee
and Tony Clay (who is a RIOT as Doc!) and is available for $[removed] + $3
or 4 (I forget) from Jim Harmon, 634 So Orchid Dr, Burbank, CA 91506. 
Adventures in Cassette has it in their catalogue too, but I don't have their
address handy.  I'm sure our AIC representative(s) on this digest will be
delighted to tell you their address and ordering information.  This "new"
serial (sequentially, comes right before "the Thing that Cries in the Night")
makes it really easy for me to decide on Christmas presents this year.
*jeep!
~~~~Chet
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Quote of the day:  "The first myth of management is that it exists."
                               --Heller's Law

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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:33:52 -0700
From: Chet Cox <CHCOX@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Floyd the Doctor
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

For Larry D. Bohall's question:  yep, Doc Adams on *Gunsmoke* and
Floyd the Barber (there's a wonderful pink t-shirt of him, called "Pink
Floyd") were both played by the wonderful Howard McNear (sp?) who
did lots 'n' lots of OTR.  A couple of scary roles here and there, a
western Ebeneezer Scrooge in *the Six Shooter* retelling of _a
Christmas Carol_, he really pulled down a wide range of character traits
with the part of Doc Adams.  (Reaching, IMHO, a peak with "Doc's
Word.")  For background on him, *the Story of Gunsmoke* (a four-tape
set from Radio Showcase) includes tribute after tribute from all involved. 
Parley Baer (Chester Wesley Proudfoot, Keebler, Mayberry's "first"
mayor, and dozens of other parts) gave his eulogy and tells wonderfully
funny stories of him.  *The Andy Griffith Show Book* has even more
information about this well-respected and loved man.

*jeep!
~~~~Chet
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Quote of the day:  "Crying children are like good intentions.  They should
be carried out."   --Brigham Young

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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 13:04:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Henry Howard <hhoward@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: HB on RD
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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John Henley  said >> that sort of thing has mostly disappeared from this
market, and I think that's because the radio dramas 
got the poorest audience response during fund raising weeks.  
That's playing to your audience, not a lack of care.<<<

A couple of things come to mind.  How many listners of RD continue to listen
during pledge drives?  or do they fall back on recorded material until the
drive is over? And is that where they put their money since Pub Radio offers
so little?  Which comes first the programs to attract or the money to pay?

Radio Drama, to build an audience, has to have a consistent time slot over
a long period of time.  Remember, in most cases you are talking about
30 minutes a week out of the entire broadcast week.  It is easy
to loose that audience, if they don't particularly care fore the rest
of the programing.  How much do you expect from delivering 30 minutes a week
to a listner?

I realize that I am in the third world market of Atlanta, but I believe
this occures in many markets.  

New Topic - Mr. Brown has continued to produce other materials, including
several shows at the University of Georgia.  I understand that another
is in the works for Spring of 97.  Unfortunately, you'll have to live
in the state to hear them, as no national interest has been found to date.



+++++ Henry Howard == The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company +++++
+++ [removed]   or  /artc /audiocraft+++
+++++    Produced at Audio Craft  (770) 923-7955        +++++
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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 14:19:33 -0500
From: Bigkids@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Playing to the Audience
Message-ID: <961112141932_1149459641@[removed]>

I was dismayed to read of an NPR station's dropping the (relatively) recent
Himan Brown series in mid-run. Programmers have had to deal with the same
problem at KPFA (and I'm sure Max S. has encountered it at WBAI). These
stations are Pacfica, not NPR, but they work on a similar basis (and in fact
antedate NPR).

Part of our self-declared charter calls for diversity of programming, and
part of the Pacifica/NPR/PRI/etc. mission concept is, to provide radio
material that the well-known commercial stations do not provide.

Thus, there's really no need for a Top 40 Pacifica or NPR station, or a
rightwing-frothing-at-the-mouth-Fundamentalist-Christian station. (I hope
this doesn't offend anyone's religious beliefs -- I'm not talking about
religion, I'm talking about extremist-politics-disguised-as-religion.)

So -- what should our non-commercial stations offer? "Niche-programming," I
would think. The kind of special-interest material that appeals to small but
intensely loyal groups of listeners.

OTR, I should think, would be ideal fare for non-commercial broadcasters.

But when the Program Council meets, they seem interested in two sets of
numbers. One is the Neilsons -- the audience-ratings surveys. The other is
the pledge figures. ("Our ex-guv's talk show pulls the highest ratings and
attracts the most money of any program we have. Let's run it twice a day
instead of once! But the Farsi Hour draws only a very small audience and
almost no pledges. So let's dump it.")

Well, the station has to pay its bills, it *needs* to draw audiences and
attract dollar pledges even to survive, no less to thrive and grow. So this
kind of think does make sense, in an obvious and pragmatic way.

But doesn't that make us just like the commercial stations we're trying to be
*unlike*?

I don't know the answer to this dilemma. I can only tell you that it bothers
me a lot. Any ideas or suggestions would be most welcome.

As for me *personally*, I've been doing my present show since March, 1977.
I've already put in my retirement papers, effective March, 1997. My producer
keeps trying to coax me into returning on an occasional basis, or trying a
variant of the show in a new time slot, or . . . And he's pushing me to get a
lot of shows in the can so I can continue as a sort of electronic ghost of
myself for three to six months after my "retirement."

Well, if there's material in the can, he's welcome to use it and keep me on
the air as long as he wishes, and as long as the material holds out. And up.
But as for me myself, I think once I'm outta there, I'm outta there. 

Besides, once "The Radio Red Killer" is published, I expect to become persona
non grata around KPFA anyhow. 

Dick Lupoff

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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 13:08:49 -0800 (PST)
From: BURT WILSON <futurecon@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The "H. Brown thing"
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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I think what he was trying to say--If I may be allowed to interpret his
thoughts --was that it is never the same when it is repeated.  Nothing can
take the place of hearing it in the time and place it originated, because
that was the time and place it was created for.  Not that it can't be
entertaining once again and not that a new listener can't enjoy it--but it
will never be the same!  I know, this is a metaphysical thing, but it's
true.  If we live in the past, we are not fulfilling our purpose as a human
being.  Enjoying the past is one thing;living in it, [removed], under its
influence, is another.  I enjoy it mightily, but It  don't live in it.  I
think that's what he was saying.
Burt Wilson

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 22:05:56 +0500
From: cbholm@[removed] (c holm)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Gunsmoke
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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>I was listening to Gunsmoke yesterday on the Radio Entertainment Network, and
>thought the voice of Doc sounded a lot like Floyd the Barber on the Andy
>Griffith Show. I didn't recognize the actor's [removed] anyone know if they
>are the same? Thanks! --Larry D. Bohall <><
>

Yes, its Parley Baer. Heard on many other CBS shows including Suspense,
Escape, Tales of the Texas Rangers (?).  Also the voice of the Keebler Elf.

Christopher Holm
Va Tech - Industrial and Systems Engineering
cbholm@[removed]

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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 10:01:46 -0800
From: Jim Votisek <votisek@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Cinnamon Bear Series
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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To all,

My father, who just turned 53, remembers very few radio shows.  One 
special radio show series he remembers is the "Cinammon Bear" series that 
was run near Christmas time.  I would love to get a copy for him.  DOes 
anyone out there have a copy?  I would absolutely love to see the 
expression on his face if I could find a copy.

If anyone can help please reply to my e-mail address:
votisek@[removed]

Thanks for any help.  And thanks for the great response to my first note 
on this board regarding blank tapes.  I got some great feedback.  Thanks 
again.

"Well were a little late [removed] Folks!"

Matt Votisek



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