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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 178
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      6-29 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Correction on CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD     [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      The Radio Wife With the Visible Hand  [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
      Handy Question                        [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
      avail: No. Amer. Radio Archives news  [ <vzeo0hfk@[removed]; ]
      Mystery Detective                     [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Tune Of The Century with Rich Marco   [ "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@run ]
      The Spirit of 78                      [ "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@run ]
      Johnny Dollar: Cloud Nine             [ Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed] ]
      Farm Reports                          [ steve mcguffin <earl22002@[removed] ]
      6-30 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:54:46 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-29 births/deaths

    June 29th births

    06-29-1893 - Alma Kitchell - Superior, WI - d. 11-13-1996
    singer, commentator: "Melody Hour"; "Brief Case/Streamline Journal"
    06-29-1899 - Lester Vail - Denver, CO - d. 11-28-1959
    director: "Aldrich Family"; "March of Time"; "World's Most Honored
    Flights"
    06-29-1901 - Ed Gardner - Astoria, NY - d. 8-17-1963
    comedian: Archie "Duffy's Tavern"
    06-29-1901 - Nelson Eddy - Providence, RI - d. 3-6-1967
    singer: "Voice of Firestone"; "Vicks Open House"; "Chase & Sanborn Hour"
    06-29-1902 - Joe Tarto - d. 4-xx-1976
    musician: "The Ipana Troubadors"
    06-29-1905 - John Gibson - Oakland, CA - d. 9-xx-1971
    actor: Red Pennington "Don Winslow of the Navy"
    06-29-1907 - Joan Davis - St. Paul, MN - d. 5-22-1961
    comedienne: "Sealtest Village Store"; "Joan Davis Show"
    06-29-1908 - John Hench - Cedar Rapids, IA - d. 2-5-2004
    actor: Stanley Gilman "Those Happy Gilmans"
    06-29-1908 - Leroy Anderson - Cambridge, MA - d. 5-18-1975
    compser, arranger: " Contemporary Composers Concerts"; "Must for
    America"
    06-29-1911 - Bernard Herrmann - NYC - d. 12-24-1975
    conductor, composer: "Columbia Workshop"; "Mercury Theatre on the Air/
    Campbell Playhouse"
    06-29-1911 - Milt Josefsberg - NYC - d. 12-14-1987
    writer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Bob Hope Show"
    06-29-1913 - Hilliard Marks - d. 8-19-1982
    producer: (Brother of Mary Livingston) "The Jack Benny Show"
    06-29-1914 - Rafael Kubelik - Bychory, Czech Republic - d. 8-11-1996
    conductor: "Musicians Off Stage"
    06-29-1915 - Ruth Warrick - St. Joseph, MO - d. 1-15-2005
    actor: "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; "Myrt and Marge"
    06-29-1919 - Slim Pickens - Kingsberg, CA - d. 11-20-1983
    actor: Samuel the Seal "Cinnamon Bear"
    06-29-1925 - Cara Williams - Brooklyn, NY
    actor: "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"
    06-29-1934 - Chuck Schaden - Chicago, IL
    host: Those Were the Days"
    06-29-1937 - Ivan Cury - NYC
    actor: Bobbie Benson "Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders"

    June 29th deaths

    02-08-1920 - Lana Turner - Wallace, ID - d. 6-29-1995
    actor: "Abbott and Costello"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-10-1918 - Pamela Mason - Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, England - d.
    6-29-1996
    actor: "James Mason and Pamela Mason Show"
    03-19-1916 - Irving Wallace - Chicago, IL - d. 6-29-1990
    writer: "Have Gun, Will Travel"
    05-12-1907 - Kathrine Hepburn - Hartford, CT - d. 6-29-2003
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-23-1928 - Rosemary Clooney - Maysville, KY - d. 6-29-2002
    singer: "Rosemary Clooney Show"; "On the Sunny Side"
    07-13-1928 - Bob Crane - Waterbury, CT - d. 6-29-1978
    actor: "Bob Crane Show"
    08-06-1892 - Victor Rodman - Arkansas - d. 6-29-1965
    actor: Jerry Payne "Those We Love"
    08-29-1882 - Richard Legrand - Mount Tabor section near Portland, OR
    - d. 6-29-1963
    actor: Richard Q. Peavy "Great Gildersleeve"; Ole "Fibber McGee and
    Molly"
    11-09-1893 - John P. Medbury - New York - d. 6-29-1947
    writer: "Burns and Allen"; "Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Home state of Tony Wons
    Menasha, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:54:55 -0400
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Correction  on CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD

    Made a mistake on Charlotte's show dates. T he show dates were 10/15/44 to
    1/6/46  not 45. Poor aim with my index finger the only one I use to type.

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:55:47 -0400
    From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Radio Wife With the Visible Hands

    "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed]; asked:

>     a customer who was trying to figure out the name of a radio detective
>     "He was married, but you never saw the wife's face. All you saw were her
>     hands, as she was feeding him dinner. She did have a speaking part as well."

    This is certainly an intriguing question. Of
    course, all radio characters are only seen in the
    mind's eye; conjuring up an image of a character
    you can only "see" parts of would call for an
    impressive degree of nuance on the part of the
    writer. The fact that she had a "speaking part,"
    but in such a way as to let the listener know her
    face could not be seen and was not to be
    visualized, would have been an audio drama tour
    de force.

    I haven't a clue. But one such character occurs
    to me; it was Sam, the operator who took the TV
    Richard Diamond's messages and offered him solace
    and reassurance from her switchboard; she was the
    closest thing that gumshoe had to a wife (I think
    he had a girlfriend, but nobody remembers
    anything about her), and, like Dick Diamond, we
    heard only Sam's sexy voice. We did have one
    advantage over Mr. Diamond; we also got to see
    her sexy legs, which turned out to belong to Mary
    Tyler Moore.

    Before it became a TV show Richard Diamond WAS a
    radio show with a different star, Dick Powell.
    Might it be possible the gentleman is merging the
    two in his mind, and misremembering Sam's
    relationship to Dick? Just a vagrant notion.

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:56:14 -0400
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Handy Question

    Karen Lerner presents a query from a customer:

>     According to the customer, "He was married,but you never saw the wife's
>     face. All you saw were her hands, as she was feeding him dinner. She did
>     have a speaking part as well."  I asked if the customer was maybe
>     thinking about a detective on television or in a movie, but was assured
>     that the detective in question was on the radio airwaves during the
>     1930s.

    Theater of the Mind or not, I doubt that the presence of the wife's hands
    alone on radio seems a stretch.  However, a number of OTR shows migrated
    to TV, and some also were featured in film.  It could be that there was
    an OTR series that when translated to little or silver screen showed only
    the wife's hands.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:56:20 -0400
    From: <vzeo0hfk@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  avail: No. Amer. Radio Archives newsletter
     (NARA)

    We're moving again! (the Sheriff found our address). I found still some more
    OTR radio journals that I don't need. I have 19 copies (from Fall
    1996-Winter/Spring 2004) of the NARA bound newsletter. Please contact me off
    line if interested.

    Howard Blue
    Khovard@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:57:05 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mystery Detective

    Karen Lerner asked:

>     According to the customer, "He was married,
>     but you never saw the wife's face. All you saw were her hands, as she was
>     feeding him dinner. She did have a speaking part as well."  I asked if the
>     customer was maybe thinking about a detective on television or in a movie,
>     but was assured that the detective in question was on the radio airwaves
>     during the 1930s.  Does this ring a bell to anyone?

    Being radio, the distinguishing characteristic of only seeing the wife's
    hands when feeding him dinner would have been in his own mind as it would be
    extremely odd for a radio program describe to the audience HOW to view the
    picture.  Radio dramas give you the sound effects and the dialogue and you
    make your own pictures.

    If the customer was thinking of television, it could be one of many
    possibilities, perhaps RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE (based on a radio
    series) in which Diamond's secretary (played by Mary Tyler Moore) was only
    heard and the only physical features shown on camera was her legs, nothing
    more.

    I have learned over the years (many times) that when a customer "recalls"
    something they've seen or heard, it is possible that their memory isn't what
    it used to be, and what they are looking for does not really exist cause it
    was never broadcast (or at the least, broadcast the way they remember it).
    Sounds like this customer is one of them - looking for something you can
    search and search and eventually come to the conclusion that there was no
    such show and his memory is faded a bit.

    Course, there could be such a radio show and surprise everyone but unlikely
    .. . .
    Martin

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:45:02 -0400
    From: "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Tune Of The Century with Rich Marco

    Hello, does anyone have any info about this show? I've just been given a box
    of over sixty tapes, two shows on each, with this show on it. I understand
    the premise of the show, highlighting cylinders and 78s, with a lot of theme
    shows, such as Billy Murray or Al Jolson, but does anyone have a log of show
    dates or how many shows were done? This show, I understand, was only
    broadcast in the Chicago area, some time in the 1980's, so while not
    specifically OTR related, contains a lot of music from this period. Do you
    know where the host, Rich Marco, is today, and if he is doing something in
    radio? If there is a more appropriate list for this question, please let me
    know, as a Google search yielded absolutely nothing, either on the show name
    with Chicago or NPR, nor under Rich's name.
    Thanks a lot.
    Matthew

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:42:51 -0400
    From: "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Spirit of 78

    Hello, relating to my other post on the radio show The Tune Of The Century,
    I was told that a similar program called The Spirit Of 78, was broadcast
    somewhere in the Northeast, perhaps Erie, Pennsylvania. Does anyone have any
    info about this show? My friend, who is not on this list, says he only has a
    few of these, and wonders how much survives in collectors' circles?
    Thanks a lot.
    Matthew

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:18:23 -0400
    From: Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed];
    To: OTRDIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Johnny Dollar:  Cloud Nine
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    According to Albert Jack's _Red Herrings & White Elephants (The Origins of
    the Phrases We Use Every Day)_ HarperCollins 2004 pg 163:

      "Being on Cloud Nine describes a feeling of total happiness and content,
    or euphoria.  Between the l930s and l950s the American Weather Bureau
    divided clouds into classes numbered one to nine.  The highest, cloud nine,
    is the cumulonimbus, which reaches 40,000ft and can appear as white
    mountains, even on a sunny day.  During the l950s a popular US radio
    show Johnny Dollar, ran an episode during which the hero was often
    knocked unconscious and then transported to 'cloud nine' where he
    was revived and lived to be a hero again in other episodes.  It was through
    that association that 'cloud nine' passed into the English language as a
    popular phrase for the peak of existence."

      True?

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:18:37 -0400
    From: steve mcguffin <earl22002@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Farm Reports

    I'm about a month behind on my digests, so I hope this
    hasn't been covered by someone else.  WSVA, 550 AM,
    gives farm reports each morning during the drive time
    broadast, and has a half hour dedicated to agriculture
    each afternoon at 12:30.  They have a dedicated farm
    reporter, who also has a TV show broadcast here on
    public television.  WSVA serves the Shenandoah Valley,
    some areas east of the Blue Ridge, and the Potomac
    Highlands of eastern West Virginia.  The letters have
    always been said to stand for We Serve Virginia
    Agriculture.  WSVA is also quite aware of it's own
    history, having been on the air since 1935.  Last year
    they broadcast a two hour long 70th anniversary show,
    looking back at themselves.  For country and bluegrass
    buffs, Mac Wiseman got his start singing on WSVA in
    the mid '40s.

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    Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:03:54 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-30 births/deaths

    June 30th births

    06-30-1879 - Walter Hampden - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-11-1955
    actor: Leonidas Witherall "Leonidas Witherall"
    06-30-1894 - Phillips Carlin - NYC - d. 8-27-1971
    announcer: "Palmolive Hour"; "Atwater Kent Hour"
    06-30-1896 - Wilfred Pelletier - Montreal, Canada - d. 4-9-1982
    conductor: "Roses and Drums"; "Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air"
    06-30-1898 - George Chandler - Waukegan, IL - d. 6-10-1985
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-30-1899 - Santos Ortega - NYC - d. 4-10-1976
    actor: Nero Wolfe "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; Richard Queen "Advs. of
    Ellery Queen"
    06-30-1900 - Frank Gallop - Boston, MA - d. 5-xx-1988
    announcer: :Milton Berle Show"; "Gangbusters"; "Stella Dallas"
    06-30-1904 - Glenda Farrell - Enid,  Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-1-1971
    opposing pitcher: "Quizzer's Baseball"
    06-30-1905 - Nestor Paiva - Fresno, CA - d. 9-9-1966
    actor: "NBC Presents: Short Story"; "Escape"
    06-30-1910 - Sundra Love - Chicago, IL
    actor: Kay Fairchild "Stepmother"; Ethel Foster "Guiding Light"
    06-30-1913 - Harry Wismer - Port Huron, MI - d. 12-3-1967
    sportscaster: "Harry Wismer Sports Show"; "Champion Roll Call"
    06-30-1917 - Buddy Rich - NYC - d. 4-2-1987
    drummer: "Artie Shaw and His Orchestra"; "Tommy Dorsey and His
    Orchestra"
    06-30-1917 - Lena Horne - Brooklyn, NY
    singer: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
    06-30-1917 - Susan Hayward - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-14-1975
    actor: "Radio Almanac"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-30-1918 - Stewart Foster - Binghamton, NY - d. 2-7-1968
    singer: "Stewart Foster Show"; "Galen Drake"; "On a Sunday Afternoon"
    06-30-1920 - Dean Harens - South Bend, IN - d. 5-20-1996
    actor: Arthur Anderson "We, the Abbotts"

    June 30th deaths

    02-20-1906 - Gale Gordon - NYC - d. 6-30-1995
    actor: Mayor LaTrivia "Fibber McGee and Molly"; Osgood Conklin "Our
    Miss Brooks"
    05-18-1904 - Fred Shields - Kansas City, MO - d. 6-30-1974
    actor: Bill Fraser "Tarzan"
    06-20-1905 - Lillian Hellman - New Orleans, LA - d. 6-30-1984
    author: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    06-20-1924 - Chet Atkins - Luttrell, TN - d. 6-30-2001
    guitarist: "Boone County Neighbors"; "Grand Ole Opry"
    06-23-1908 - Mary Livingston - Vancouver, Canada - d. 6-30-1983
    comedienne: (wife of Jack Benny) "Jack Benny Program"
    07-26-1907 - Galen Drake - Kokomo, IN - d. 6-30-1989
    commentator: "Galen Drake"
    08-26-1873 - Lee De Forest - Council Bluffs, IA - d. 6-30-1961
    inventor: Audion tube
    09-23-1901 - Frederick Hazlitt Brennan - d. 6-30-1962
    writer: "Shorty Bell" based on Brennan's stories
    10-02-1928 - George 'Spanky' McFarland - Dallas, TX - d. 6-30-1993
    actor: "Thirty Minutes In Hollywood"
    10-10-1920 - Bernard Grant - The Bronx - d. 6-30-2004
    actor: "Rober Kilgore"; "Big Story"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Home state of John Bradley
    Antigo, Wisconsin

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