Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #293
From: <[removed]@[removed]>
Date: 9/8/2004 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 293
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Late Night TV (and Uncle Dave)    [ "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@ea ]
      Re: I've got a TL for you. . .        [ "W. Gary W." <wgaryw@[removed]; ]
      "Candy Matson"                        [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      Yesterday USA Newsletter              [ "Bill B" <ka2emz@[removed]; ]
      9-8 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      information please                    [ "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@earthli ]
      Lenny Conn and his Orchestra          [ otrdig2@[removed] ]
      ILAM comic book                       [ "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed]; ]
      Jack Benny as Ben Franklin            [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      Archie Publicity                      [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:05:09 -0400
    From: "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Late Night TV (and Uncle Dave)

    Udmacon wrote:

>     I believe the sequence was Jack Paar, America After Dark, then Johnny Carson.
>     [removed] was it America After Dark, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson?!

    The complete sequence is: Tonight Show with Steve Allen until January 1957,
    then "Tonight: America After Dark" for six months, then Jack Paar until
    Spring 1962, then Johnny Carson in October with several guest hosts filling
    in the months between.

    Two questions.  First, for anybody: does anyone have a tape recording of the
    first "Tonight: America After Dark" show?  I'm specifically interested in
    hearing Paul Coates' (or Vernon Scott's) interview with Dean Martin where, in
    one of the very few times Martin was genuinely under the influence, he ripped
    Jerry Lewis apart in a verbal blast.  Please contact me off-list if so.

    Second question is for Bill "Udmacon" Knowlton or anyone who might know: Back
    in the eighties when Nostalgia Merchant released the 1940 film "Grand Ole
    Opry" on VHS, it was from a print that didn't include Uncle Dave Macon's
    performance.  Did the unedited film ever get a video release; if so, when and
    from what company?

    Thanks,
    Michael

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    Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:27:24 -0400
    From: "W. Gary W." <wgaryw@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: I've got a TL for you. . .

    well, i'm both more confused and less confused now,
    thanks to the recent postings on the meaning of the
    abbreviation TL.  everyone had a different answer, but
    that's better than before when i had no idea at all
    what it meant. . .   thanks to all for the responses,

    regards,

    w. gary w.

    "there's some folks out there that if they don't get it, you can't tell 'em."
    --louis armstrong

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    Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:30:16 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "Candy Matson"

         I was just wondering about the "Candy Matson"
    radio series starring Natalie Masters.  Was there
    ever a movie or TV version of it?  Many other radio
    programs crossed over to movies ("Dr. Kildare", "Dragnet",
    "Ellery Queen", "The Thin Man", and "Our Miss Brooks",
    among many others).

         For some reason, listening to it stirred memories
    of something similar in movies or on early TV.  BTW,
    did the radio series last very long?  I enjoy listening
    to the tapes I have of it.

    Another OTR fan,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 15:08:35 -0400
    From: "Bill B" <ka2emz@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Yesterday USA Newsletter
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    If you listen to OTR via Yseterday USA, the station again has a newsletter,
    which I am the publisher of. To subscribe to the mailing list, please email
    yesterdayusanewsletter@[removed]

    Take care,
    Bill

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    Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:51:02 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-8 births/deaths

    September 8th births

    09-08-1905 - Henry Wilcoxon - Dominica, West Indies - d. 3-6-1984
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-08-1907 - Eleanor Phelps - Baltimore, MD - d. 9-29-2001
    actress: Susan Chandler "Life and Loves of Doctor Susan"
    09-08-1913 - Patricia Wilder - Macon, GA - d. 8-11-1995
    actress: Honey Chile "Bob Hope Show"
    09-08-1914 - Hillary Brooke - Astoria, NY - d. 5-25-1999
    actress: "Suspense"
    09-08-1921 - Harry Secombe - Swansea, Wales - d. 4-11-2001
    comedian: Neddie Seagoon "Goon Show"
    09-08-1922 - Sid Caesar - Yonkers, NY
    comedian: "Voice of the Army"; "Tex and Jinx Show"
    09-08-1925 - Peter Sellers - Southsea, England - d. 7-24-1980
    comedian: Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, Major Dennis Bloodnok, others "Goon Show"
    09-08-1932 - Patsy Cline - Gore, VA - d. 3-5-1963
    country singer: "Country Hoedown"; "Town and Country Time"

    September 8th deaths

    01-03-1898 - Freddie Rich - Warsaw, Poland - d. 9-8-1956
    bandleader: "Friendly Five Footnotes"; "George Jessel Show"
    02-28-1915 - Zero Mostel - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-8-1977
    comedian: "CBS Mystery Theatre"; "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
    06-18-1908 - Clayton "Bud" Collyer - NYC - d. 9-8-1969
    actor, announcer: Clark Kent/Superman "Advs. of Superman"; "Cavalcade of
    America"
    09-30-1922 - Oscar Pettiford - Okmulgee, OK - d. 9-8-1960
    jazz composer, bass player: "Mildred Bailey Show"; "Esquire Jazz Concert"
    11-09-1922 - Dorothy Dandridge - Cleveland, OH - d. 9-8-1965
    actress, writer: "Beulah Show"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:51:30 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@[removed];
    To: "OTR List" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  information please

    Does anyone have the eps of this program in which the concert pianist Artur
    Rubinstein appeared?

    Joe Salerno
    [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:09:03 -0400
    From: otrdig2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Lenny Conn and his Orchestra
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    There is a One Night Stand with Lenny Conn or Kahn or Conn and his Orchestra
    from 44-06-05. Does anyone know the correct spelling of Lenny's name? Please
    reply to list.

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    Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 01:55:44 -0400
    From: "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  ILAM comic book

    Hi folks.

    As Bill Sherer asked, "where is the I Love A Mystery comic book that
    Moonstone Press said would be out in August, 2004"?   I want to know also!
    I've looked in my local comics stores (full of Marvel-heads & card
    collectors) and the kids working the counter don't know what I'm talking
    about.
    Anthony Tollin, do you know?  How about you, Jim Harmon?   Anybody seen the
    comic?
    Am I gonna have to create my own version (like I did with "Space Patrol")?
    Just asking,
    Bobb

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    Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 01:56:01 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny as Ben Franklin

>     Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:01:17 -0400
>     From: "Andolina, Joe" <Joe_Andolina@[removed];

>     and almost keeled over when I recognized JACK BENNY!!!! Yes, you all heard
>     me correctly, J A C K   B E N N Y !!!!  If you don't beleive me, go out
>     and find a $[removed] bill and try it.

    Well, there was a TV episode in which Don Wilson was Ben Franklin.  Jack was
    Alexander
    Hamilton (and I think Dennis Day was Aaron Burr).

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     15 Court Square, Suite 210                 lawyer@[removed]
    Boston, MA 02108-2503           	         [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:12:00 -0400
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over six years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:17:49 -0400
    From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Archie Publicity

    My good buddy Lawrence Albert (AKA) Larry the Liberal, just posted,

>     I just received my latest CDs from the "World's Greatest Old Time Radio"
>     company and one of the discs was episodes from the "Archie" series. On the
>     back of the cover envelope was a picture of the cast at a party of some sort

    Hmmmm???? Curiouser and curioser!

    I'd love to see the picture you're referencing Larry. Any way you can e-mail
    or fax me a copy.

    The only "cast party" photos that I'm aware of are in my personal
    possession, and I included them in my book. Also, I'm curious which episodes
    are included on the CD.

    I raise these questions again because of my contractual agreement with NBC
    which prohibits use of recorded Archie programs for ANYTHING other than
    "Sales Promotion". [removed] THAT DOES NOT MEAN SALES PROMOTION OF THESE
    RECORDED EPISODES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING SOLD, BUT SALES PROMOTION BY THE
    NBC SALES STAFF TO PROSPECTIVE PROGRAM CLIENTS (ADVERTISERS) WAY BACK WHEN
    THE SHOW WAS AIRED "LIVE". Who is behind "Worlds Greatest Old Time Radio?

>     Of course our old buddy Hal Stone was prominently featured.

    Was I in profile. Are you referring to my nose? :)

>     My question for Hal and any others is this, how often were the actors asked
>     or
>     told to make themselves available for PR shots during the course of a season?

    If memory serves me, Larry (and it's been less and less obliging lately),
    there was no set schedule. Over the ten year life of the show, we maybe had
    5 or 6 publicity photo shoots, and most of them were in the first few years
    of the programs existence. Originally, the first year, I was asked to assume
    lots of poses wearing a "jughead" beanie, and looking kind of stupid. (No
    comments, Charlie.) They used those pics for many years. Then, some years
    later, we did some shots with "Archie, Jug, Betty and Veronica". There also
    was one big scheduled photo "story" shoot for a magazine, and featured Perry
    Como with Bobby. There was a separate shoot one year with the two girls. The
    "Party" photo that you refer to (if it's the picture in my possession) was
    to celebrate our one year anniversary being on the air for Swift meat
    company.

    Incidentally, since you brought it [removed]:) All the pictures I mentioned
    above, along with tons of others (well over 200 photographs and
    illustrations from that period) are included in my [removed]
    "Aw!! Relax [removed]".
    By Gone Days Press
    ($[removed] + $[removed] S&H)
    Ordering information can be obtained at
    [removed]

    I hasten to add. Larry's question to me in the Digest was not a set up for a
    sales pitch. honest? But my mother didn't raise a dummy, so I took the
    opportunity to squeeze in a mention of this 336 page literary masterpiece.
    Particularly since I have some copies left. Also, I noticed we have quite a
    few Newbie Digest subscribers, so I thought mentioning the book "cuddent
    hoit" as we say in New York.

    Hal(Harlan)Stone
    Jughead

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