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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 360

Table Of Contents: 

	 Cassettes Cassettes and Questions
	 screw shells or not;  it really doesn't matter
	 TDK
	 [removed] Digest V96 #359
	 Johnny Dollar take-off
	 George Lefferts
	 (no subject)
	 Re: PERRY MASON
	  Brooklyn
	 A COMPILATION:
	 info on Rob Wilton (?) BBC comedian c. 1945?
	 Bill Conrad and THE RIDE BACK

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 15:56:57 -0300 (ADT)
From: Stephen Moore <aa014@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cassettes Cassettes and Questions
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

I hope that I am not boring the group by asking this question.

I am seeing a lot of chat on cassettes, and up until now, I guess that I 
did not put a lot of thought into the subject.

I am seeing names with "master" etc. in them.

The question is, is there a difference between good quality cassette tape 
and something made for a master.  I am not speaking about fidelity, 
because it it mostly not needed for OTR.  I am wondering about "staying 
power".

I can get a decent price on Memorex Type I tape here.  Would that be 
considerd OK?

I wonder if anyone has had any experience with FUJI cassette tapes.

Maybe there is a casstte and or magnetic tape FAQ I should be reading, 
and if so, could someone point me in the correct direction?

Thanks.

--
Stephen Moore  --  Fredericton Area Network

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 15:09:02 -0400
From: Platecap@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: screw shells or not;  it really doesn't matter
Message-ID: <960929150901_532945937@[removed]>

There seems to be some misconception about the quality of cassette tape
related to whether it has 5 screws in it or not.
The clear bulk-loaded tapes I recently recommended actually DO, but that's
not the reason I use them.

In reality, a manufacturer can do a better, more accurate, faster and more
cost effective job of assembling a cassette using "sonic welds" rather than
screws.
But since the public has this perception that 5 screws means quality, most
companies continue to use screws.

Sure, you can take it apart, but how often do you really take a cassette
apart?  If you really do have to take it apart, that implies either the tape
or your machine is defective to begin with (so the logic follows: why use
that brand!).

The recordings themselves are not infinitely irreplaceable and you can always
get another copy anyway.

Besides, even if you did take the cassette apart, what do you think a spliced
cassette sounds like?  Not good.  Have any of you tried splicing the
ultra-thin tape inside with an Editall block designed for cassette?  Even if
you're experienced and do a great job, sooner or later, that cassette is
going to get stuck on that spot and jam your machine.

Physical repairs and editing are practical ONLY on open reel tape.   And if
you really want to do low-cost editing, get yourself a Mini-Disk recorder.
 They're cheap [removed] or better yet, get yourself the right software/handware
combination and do it on your computer.

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 14:25:00 -0500 (CDT)
From: Dan Hughes <dhughes@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: TDK
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

Jan Bach:  I was answering a post from the previous day, in which a 
member said he'd called TDK after buying some TDK-D90 tapes and finding 
that they had "sonic-weld" cases (no screws). He said TDK confirmed they 
would no longer make screw cases.  I deleted the note after I answered 
it, but I'll bet that fellow comes back to answer you too.  
                 ---Dan in Urbana, IL

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 14:15:12 -0500
From: Bill Hillman <HILLMANS@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: [removed] Digest V96 #359
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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 359

Table Of Contents: 

	 Re: [removed] .
	 1. Looking [removed]   [removed] Jack Benny
	 whistler lines
	 Re: TDK Tapes
	 Book
	 Biography Programs
	 Bill Conrad

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 01:12:51 -0400
From: LaelJL@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: [removed] .
Message-ID: <960929011250_319873822@[removed]>

   Unsubscribe, please.

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Date: Sun, Sep 29 1996 04:33:51 EDT
From: Thomas Heathwood <theathwo@[removed]>
To: <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: 1. Looking [removed]   [removed] Jack Benny
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

HI EVERYONE:
A couple of issues for this edition --
I am looking for more GREEN HORNETS -
Have very tradable items for shows I don't have  for my 4th anthology (20
of each).
For Dan Hughes and others looking for the BENNY "BIOGRAPHY" on A&E, copy
down the address (or telephone number if there is one) at the end of ANY
BIOGRAPHY show for directions on how to order direct. Something this good
should be in first class condition in our libraries.
Hope to have a HERITAGE webpage put together soon, with a Tape of the
Month offer. Nothin' fancy-shmancy, but it's a start!
<<TOM HEATHWOOD/HERITAGE RADIO/YESTERDAY-USA SUPERSTATION>> 9/29/96
  EMAIL: HERITAGE4@[removed]   FAX: (617) 617) 965-9984
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Date: 27 Sep 96 22:42:01 EDT
From: Michael Berger <[removed]@[removed]>
To: otr <otr@[removed]>
Subject: whistler lines
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

The Whistler line I remember was the kicker at the end of the introduction,
when he said: "Yes, I know the nameless terrors, of which they dare not speak!"
(Music [removed] it was a memorable theme [removed], played by a flute
to reinforce the "whistler" motif.

The stories often had an [removed] feel about them, with unexpected, often
paradoxical endings.

I also remember the sponsor, Signal Oil Corp., which I think was a west
coast refiner.  Was The Whistler an LA-produced show?


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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 08:44:18 -0400
From: JanBach@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: TDK Tapes
Message-ID: <960929084416_113703161@[removed]>

Hello, again --

This is "Jan in IL" once again. I hope DAN in IL will identify the TDK tapes
that he can't open; last week I bought fifty C-60s of their "Duplicate
Master" series (the same as their "Acoustic Master" but without boxes or
labels) from Polyline Corporation (Des Plaines IL) for 51 cents apiece, and
they can certainly be opened -- although there are only four screws compared
to the five in 3M's "Studio Master" series, for instance. I wonder, of
course, if Polyline is sending me the last stock of an item soon to be
replaced with the "new" TDK. Please, Dan, give us more info.

Jan Bach

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 09:31:00 -0400
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Book
Message-ID: <960929093059_319984172@[removed]>

Selling Radio is a new book published by Smithsonian Institution Press
(1-800-782-4612).  It was written by Susan Smulyan, is 220 pages long and
sells for $[removed] ($15 paperback).  This is the first in depth book that deals
with advertising and radio and the difficulty with coupling broadcasting and
advertising. It then shows how advertising transformed the content of radio
programming.  We will be selling it at our convention for $14 paperback.

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 11:00:35 -0500
From: "Marvin R. Bensman" <bensmanm@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Biography Programs
Message-id: <l03010500ae744d2a838f@[[removed]]>
Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT

If any of you wish to order A&E's Biography shows (ala Jack Benny) you can
do so by calling 1-800-423-1212 and requesting that show. It runs $[removed]
plus postage. You can also get such shows as "Tokoyo Rose" and others
relating to OTR.

************************************************************************
*Professor Marvin R. Bensman, [removed], [removed]                              *
*Department of Communication; Office Phone: (901) 678-3174 or 678-2565 *
*University of Memphis        Fax: (901) 678-4331                      *
*Memphis, TN 38152                                                     *
*E-mail: BensmanM@[removed]                                       *
* To see University of Memphis radio archive look at:                  *
*[removed]~[removed]                  *

************************************************************************

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 11:38:02 -0700
From: "JACK MANN" <jmann@[removed]>
To: <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Bill Conrad
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Don't know if this show was listed before, but I just heard Bill Conrad
narrate a show called "Storm" on the CBS Radio Workshop, so this
show can be added to his list of credits.

Jack




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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 15:34:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: BURT WILSON <futurecon@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Johnny Dollar take-off
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

During the late 40's a number of comedians developed routines which were
take-offs on Johnny Dollar and Sam Spade.  A Snatch of one I remember goes:

I was sitting in my office one day when a tall girl walked by the window.

I knew she was tall because my office is on the second floor.

There was more, but this is a family group.

Enjoy.
Burt Wilson

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 19:25:02 -0400
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: George Lefferts
Message-ID: <960929192459_296640151@[removed]>

A new guest at our FOTR Convention is George Lefferts who wrote most of the X
- 1 scripts.  He will be on the science fiction panel on Friday afternoon.

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 22:49:44 -0700
From: Ray Hall <bodeau@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: (no subject)
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

SUBSCRIBE BODEAU@[removed] RAYMOND HALL

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 23:43:18 4
From: "edcarr" <edcarr@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: PERRY MASON
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

the next 60 episodes of perry mason
will be available the day of the convention.
if your not on my mailing list for this
show please send me a note to my email
address.
                              edcarr@[removed]

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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 23:19:55 -0600
From: Chet Cox <CHCox@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Brooklyn
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

BigKid Lupoff sez:  "For some reason, whenever place-of-birth (or
"home-town") happened to be Brooklyn, there would be a roar of laughter
from the audience. What was so funny about Brooklyn and why did it
always evoke laughs? I even recall hosts cautioning audiences about
excessive derision of Brooklyn.

"Why?"

Chet sez:  Dunno.  But I have a Groucho appearance (on Command
Performance, I think) where he spoofs game shows ("Truth Take It or
Leave it to the Quiz Kids" or something like that) and a contestant
complains about everyone cheers, whistles, hit each other over the head
with chairs, etc when someone mentions Brooklyn.  "Me, I'm from Toledo. 
But d'ya think anyone cheers when ya say 'Toledo'?"

*jeep!
~~~~Chet
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Quote of the day:  "What can the Lord do with a man who won't repent?
Baptizin' won't help him -- less'n you keep him under."  --J. Golden Kimball
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Date: Mon, Sep 30 1996 01:28:36 EDT
From: Thomas Heathwood <theathwo@[removed]>
To: <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: A COMPILATION:
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi Everyone:
Here's a thought. Does anyone have the time and information to do a
compilation of all the www. sites that are related to OTR, perhaps with
corresponding EMAIL addresses.
We could also use a permanent (subject to change) OTR subsciber's
EMAIL address list with FAX and home addresses if individuals wished to
give that information.
Is this an impossible task?
<<TOM HEATHWOOD/HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE/YESTERDAY-USA SUPERSTATION>> 9/30
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 96 01:44:42 -0500
From: James M Justen <juste003@[removed]> (jim justen)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: info on Rob Wilton (?) BBC comedian c. 1945?
Message-Id: <v01540b00ae74d58be485@[[removed]]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

hi all!
               I heard an excerpt of a spoken poem/song by Rob Wilton (if I
heard teh name correctly) on the BBC world [removed] Wondering if anybody
knows more of this [removed] a very poular radio
comedian/musician of the [removed] very funny gent.
Any idea where I might come up with more of his work?

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Date: 30 Sep 1996 03:49:18 GMT
From: kg@[removed] (KEN GREENWALD)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bill Conrad and THE RIDE BACK
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hello, again. Thought everyone would be interested in this one ---
Bill Conrad was more than a brilliant radio actor. Though he is 
certainly known best for his work in radio and television as an actor, 
he was also a producer.
Here's a true story about Bill Conrad and GUNSMOKE:
When Gunsmoke moved to television, Conrad and the radio cast were 
hoping that they would all make the transition to the medium of tv. 
Unfortunately, the CBS executives felt that Conrad's image was not 
right for the role of Matt Dillon. He wasn't tall enough, nor did he 
have that strong, macho look necessary for the role. A great 
disappointment to Conrad and to the rest of the radio team. Parley 
Baer was replaced (as Chester) by Dennis Weaver. Howard McNear 
(Doc) was replaced by Milburn stone -- and on it went.
James Arness knew Bill Conrad and it was he that helped put up the 
money for the making of "THE RIDE BACK," starring Conrad as the 
Marshall that brings the villain, Anthony Quinn, back from Mexico to 
Dodge City for a fair trial. "THE RIDE BACK," was originally presented 
as a half hour show on GUNSMOKE; written by Antony Ellis. The film 
was produced by Ellis, who enlarged his half hour radio show for the 
79 min feature film (released in 1957).
And it was Arness who put up a large sum of money to have the film 
produced. Why? Because he knew of Conrad's disappointment at not 
being able to play Matt Dillon on tv. This was Arness's way of easing 
some of Conrad's disappointment. A very grand gesture, I believe. 
The film is a small masterpiece of western lore. If you can find a 
video copy of it, get it. It will be well worth it.




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