Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #136
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 5/2/2005 10:20 AM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2005 : Issue 136
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  5-1 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@VintageRad ]
  children's records/happy prince       [ "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed]; ]
  Suspense and Mason Adams              [ "Paul Thompson" <beachcrows@sbcglob ]
  A really Keen idea                    [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
  Batman? Oh really?                    [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
  mason adams                           [ "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed]; ]
  Bob and Ray Make NYC Radio Appearanc  [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
  5-2 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 14:04:18 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  5-1 births/deaths

May 1st births

05-01-1888 - Anna Appel - Bucharest, Romania - d. 11-19-1963
actress: Mrs. Cohen "Abie's Irish Rose"
05-01-1892 - Howard Barlow - Plain City, OH - d. 1-31-1972
conductor: "March of Time"; "Voice of Firestone"
05-01-1894 - Sam McGee - d. 8-21-1975
guitarist: (Performed with the "Fruit Jar Drinkers") "Grand Ole Opry"
05-01-1906 - Rose Hobart - NYC - d. 8-29-2000
actress: "Nightbeat"
05-01-1907 - Kate Smith - Washington [removed] - d. 6-17-1986
singer, emcee: (Songbird of the South) "Kate Smith Revue"; Kate Smith Speaks"
05-01-1916 - Glenn Ford - Quebec, Canada
actor: Christopher London "Advs. of Christopher London"
05-01-1918 - Jack Paar - Canton, OH - d. 1-27-2004
comedian: "Jack Paar Show"; "Take It or Leave It"
05-01-1919 - Dan O'Herlihy - Wexford, Ireland - d. 2-17-2005
actor: Nicholas Lacey "One Man's Family"
05-01-1919 - John Meredyth Lucas - d. 10-19-2002
film director, producer: "Bud's Bandwagon"
05-01-1922 - Louie Nye - Hartford, CT
comedian: "Louie Nye Show"
05-01-1933 - Joan Hackett - NYC - d. 10-8-1983
actress: "CBS Mystery Theatre"

May 1st deaths

05-12-1910 - Gordon Jenkins - Webster Groves, MO - d. 5-1-1984
conductor, composer: "Everything for the Boys"; "Bob Burns Show"
06-30-1904 - Glenda Farrell - Enid,  Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-1-1971
opposing pitcher: "Quizzer's Baseball"
09-15-1919 - Nelson Giddings - NYC - d. 5-1-2004
writer: "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon"
11-05-1878 - Henry M. Nealy - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-1-1963
emcee: (The Old Stager) "Philco Theatre of Memories"; "Fitch Bandwagon"
12-14-1911 - Spike Jones - Long Beach, CA - d. 5-1-1965
bandleader: "Bob Burns, The Arkansas Traveler"; "Spike Jones Show"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 14:04:24 -0400
From: "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

Hi friends,

	Here is this week's line-up for the week of 5-1-05 on my Olde Tyme
Radio
[removed] Featuring Tom Heathwood's "Heritage Radio Theatre," Big John
Matthews and Steve Urbaniak's "The Glowing Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same
Station" broadcasts, being broadcast on demand 24/7 in high quality
streaming RealAudio at [removed]

Past archived broadcasts are also available there.

We look forward to having you join us!

	Jerry

Here's this week's lineup:

SAME TIME, SAME STATION with Jerry Haendiges

THE THIRTEENTH JUROR
Episode 1 4-23-49 "What Really Happened To John Wilkes Booth"
Stars: Vincent Price
NBC Sustained
Stories of Unsolved Mysteries

NBC LITTLE THEATER
Episode 1 11-10-49 "One Brief Moment"
Stars: Gerald Mohr, Betty Lou Gerson
NBC Sustained

THE ABE BURROWS SHOW
5-22-48 "The Purple Phantom"
Music: Milton DeLugg
Announcer: Bob Lemond
CBS Listerine

BEST PLAYS
Episode 22 11-30-52 "Rope"
Stars: Hurd Hatfield and Victor Jory
Author: Patrick Hamilton
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood

BING CROSBY ON RADIO
A delightful collection of program excerpts with Bing and guests like: Bob
Hope, Frank Sinatra, Fibber McGee & Molly, Judy Garland and Jack Benny.

MURDER AT MIDNIGHT
(Synd&ABC) 11/11/46 "Nightmare"

BOB AND RAY
CBS-9/3/59
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THE GLOWING DIAL with Big John Matthews and Steve Urbaniak

 Red Ryder - "The Range War"
originally aired February 26, 1942 on the Blue Network West
Starring: Reed Hadley, Franklin Bresee, Art Gilmore announcing.
Possible Sponsor: Langendorf Bread (no commercials or sponsorship heard)

Gunsmoke - "The Buffalo Hunter"
originally aired October 24, 1953 on CBS
Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Richard Beals, Tom Tulley, John
Dehner, Jack Edwards, Ken Peters announcing.
Sponsors: Sugar Krinkles and Post Toasties

The Six Shooter - "Red Lawson's Revenge"
originally aired October 25, 1953 on NBC
Starring: James Stewart, Shirley Mitchell, Leoni Ledoux, Paul Richards,
Barney Phillips, Hal Gibney announcing.
Sustained

Frontier Gentleman - "The Cat Man"
originally aired August 10, 1958 on CBS
Starring: John Dehner, Martha Wentworth, Charlotte Lawrence, Joseph Kearns,
Barney Phillips, Harry Bartell, Bud Seawell announcing.
Sustained

Have Gun, Will Travel - "The Monster Of Moon Ridge"
originally aired March 8, 1959 on CBS
Starring: John Dehner, Ben Wright, Lawrence Dobkin, Virginia Christine, Jess
Kirkpatrick, Jeanne Bates, Hugh Douglas announcing.
Sponsors: Fitch Dandruff Remover Shampoo and the Rambler Ambassador V-8
====================================

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or requests for upcoming
shows.

            Jerry Haendiges CET <Jerry@[removed]; 562-696-4387

  [removed]  The Vintage Radio Place
  Largest source of OTR Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 18:49:41 -0400
From: "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  children's records/happy prince

I have just gotten a bunch of children's records that somebodyis putting
on a site every week.  This one I was waiting for, the happy prince, but
I was surprised and pleased because Orson Welles used his radio play, not
changed or written down for children.  Whether this was because it was
not strictly a children's record or he was just lazy I don't know, but I
appreciate that he presented the fairy tale as he adapted it and as Oscar
Wilde wrote it without changing it in any way.  I just thought it was a
great thing to do and an easy way to put out a story from radio and
release it, I guess on two 78 RPM records.  Kurt

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Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:50:33 -0400
From: "Paul Thompson" <beachcrows@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Suspense and Mason Adams

Jerry Purvis asked:

......the 1962 Suspense episode "The Lost Ship"
really started my interest in OTR. While
listening to it again, I thought the main character sounded
a lot like Mason Adams. Can anyone verify if that's him?

Mason Adams did do some Suspense programs after the show moved to New
York in late August of 1959 but I don't think The Lost Ship was one of
them. Some of his shows are:

The Beetle and the Bottle, 9-20-59
Re-Entry, 11-1-59
Dynamite Run, 12-6-59
Talk About Caruso, 3-20-60
A Statement of Fact, 9-18-60

Paul Thompson

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Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:51:22 -0400
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  A really Keen idea

Silly me, I wondered if we could possibly find 10 folks who would grab a
half-price deal on a unique OTR volume, thereby turning the concept into
reality.  If you recall, 10 people had to sign up for "Mr. Keen, Tracer of
Lost Persons:  A Complete History and Episode Log of Radio's Most Durable
Detective" to make those $65 books available at 50% off.  While I don't
normally get directly involved in sales transactions of my own wares, I know
a good buy and I had heard from some that the tome was out of their
financial clutches.  (Keep in mind we authors have zero input into setting
the prices.)

So I brought it to your attention -- and lo and behold, there were 10 orders
in less than 12 hours, with several more added daily every day since!  Many
of you appreciate a good value, too.

I don't plan to mention this again and McFarland & Co. will withdraw the
offer in a few days.  If you're interested and haven't responded yet, get in
touch with me quickly.  The half-price sale ($[removed] + $[removed] s/h, total ppd.
price $[removed]) ends this week.  I need to hear from you pronto if you'd like
to be in on it.  I have no reason to think that it will be repeated any time
in the future so you'd best act now.

The hardbound book, released last year, is 364 pages including text and
photos, with a detailed log of the 1,690 broadcasts in addition to a
chronology and seven chapters, one of which surveys the breed of the aural
sleuth.

Let me hear from you within the next couple of days if you want to get in on
a really Keen deal.  This is absolutely the final call.  I expect to turn in
the orders by week's end.

Jim Cox
otrbuff@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:51:39 -0400
From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Batman?  Oh really?

Today's issue of The Washington Post contains a short obituary on Mason
Adams, together with a reprint of a publicity picture of him from TV's
"Lou Grant."

One line caught my eye in the middle of the obit: "His distinctive,
often fatherly, voice was first heard in the 1940s and 1950s radio
serials, including 'Batman' and "Pepper Young's Family'."

Pretty amazing, considering Batman never made it to radio, except for
an infrequent, supporting role on "The Adventures of Superman."

Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL

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Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:51:59 -0400
From: "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  mason adams

I am saddened as everybody is by the death of Mason Adams, but mention of
Grand Central station brings back an especially vivid memory of how good
he was.  The utter contempt in his voice at times in that show, balanced
by his utter awe at the end was one of the best uses of voice in radio
that I know of.  As everybody knows, Smuckers and Cadbury had his
distinctive mark as well, and Lou Grant was also a good place for him to
do his work quietly and well.  I believe he was in a number of CRMT
shows.  Another great loss to the OTR community of one of the best radio
performers I will ever hear.  Kurt

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Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 07:35:22 -0400
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Bob and Ray Make NYC Radio Appearance

According to today's Daily News, several Bob & Ray segments will be heard
tonight (Monday) on WNYE ([removed] fm) beginning at 6:30 [removed]

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

[removed]

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Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 08:22:40 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  5-2 births/deaths

May 2nd births

05-02-1878 - Roy Atwill - Syracuse, NY - d. 2-6-1962
actor, comedian, composer: "The Fred Allen Show"; "The Fred Waring Show"
05-02-1885 - Hedda Hopper - Hollidaysburg, PA - d. 2-1-1966
actress, columnist: Portia Brent "Brenthouse"; "Hedda Hopper Show"
05-02-1892 - Bruno Wick - Krefeld, Germany - d. 11-xx-1979
actor: Ming the Merciless "Flash Gordon"; Mr. Fowler "The Goldbergs"
05-02-1895 - Lorenz Hart - NYC - d. 11-22-1943
lyricist: "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and Sanborn Hour"; "Railroad Hour"
05-02-1902 - Brian Aherne - King's Norton, England - d. 2-10-1986
actor: Simon Templar "The Saint"
05-02-1902 - Erin O'Brien-Moore - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-3-1979
actress: Elsa Banning "Big Sister"
05-02-1903 - Sylvan Levin - Baltimore, MD - d. 8-10-1996
conductor: "Sinfonietta"; "Brownstone Theatre"; "Let's Go to the Opera"
05-02-1904 - J. Anthony Hughes - NYC - d. 2-11-1970
actor: Bob Drake "Betty and Bob"
05-02-1905 - Sidney Skolsky - NYC - d. 5-3-1983
newspaper columnist: "Songs by Arlen, Stories by Skolsky"; "Bromo Seltzer
Program"
05-02-1907 - Pinky Lee - St. Paul, MN - d. 4-3-1993
comedian: "Hoagy Carmichel Show"; "Carefree Carnival"
05-02-1916 - Robert Grapperhaus - d. 12-xx-1960
sound effects: "One Man's Family"; "Fitch Bandwagon"; "Duffy's Tavern"
05-02-1918 - Frank Milano - d. 12-15-1962
animal sounds: "Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders"

May 2nd deaths

01-21-1902 - Smith Ballew - Palestine, TX - d. 5-2-1989
singer: "The Ipana Troubadors"; "Shell Chateau"
01-30-1911 - Hugh Marlowe - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-2-1982
actor: Ellery Queen "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; Jim Curtis "Brenda Curtis"
02-01-1908 - George Pal - Cegled, Austria-Hungary - d. 5-2-1980
film producer, director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
02-25-1910 - Wini Shaw - San Francisco, CA - d. 5-2-1982
actress: Air Trailers "Good News of 1935 and In Caliente"
03-20-1918 - Jack Barry - Lindenhurst, NY - d. 5-2-1984
actor: "It's the Barrys"
04-30-1926 - Lou Cioffi - d. 5-2-1998
news reporter: "The Warning Bell"; "Big News of 1957/58"
08-17-1909 - Larry Clinton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-2-1985
bandleader: "Larry Clinton's Musical Sensations"; "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
09-15-1899 - Dr. Milton Eisenhower - Abilene, KS - d. 5-2-1985
doctor: (Brother of Ike) "Second Seagram's Symposium"; "Meet the Press"
10-03-1911 - Michael Hordern - Berkhamsted, England - d. 5-2-1995
actor: Gandolf "The Lord of the Rings"
10-28-1895 - Herb Butterfield - RI - d. 5-2-1957
actor: Clarence Wellman "Halls of Ivy"; Hunter Glenn "One Man's Family"
xx-xx-1903 - Dudley Williamson - Above Discovery, AK - d. 5-2-1948
emcee: "What's the Name of the Song?"; "Queen for a Day"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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