Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #168
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Date: 6/18/2006 8:01 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 168
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Independence Day Episodes             [ Bethany Rutledge <bsr_mmr@[removed] ]
      Arnold Stang                          [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      Arnold Stang                          [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      Re: The Murder of the Burma-Shave Po  [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
      Peppermint dispensers                 [ Doug Leary <doug@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 18-24 Jun  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 23:35:17 -0400
    From: Bethany Rutledge <bsr_mmr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Independence Day Episodes

    The big day is coming up, and I'd love to have some
    special Independence Day episodes ready --- just in
    case it's a rainy day and I'm looking for something to
    do with my family to commemorate the occasion. I've
    had a tough time finding any because so many programs
    were on summer vacation when the 4th of July rolled
    around! The only one that I've found so far is a Great
    Gildersleeve episode dated 7/2/1952 that was written
    for the single (I think) summer they stayed on air. Do
    any of you know of some other special Independence Day
    episodes?

    Bethany

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 00:16:30 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Arnold Stang

>     Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:46:22 -0400
>     From: "Paula Keiser" <pkeiser@[removed];

>     So THAT'S what happened to him!  I always wondered why "Francis"
>     suddenly disappeared from the Berle show.

    I don't think he did disappear entirely.  When the Buick-Berle show
    came to an end in 1955, the idea seemed to be to revamp the Berle
    show for its next season.  In the 1955-56 season, Berle was on every
    third week, rotating with Martha Raye, Bob Hope, and occasional
    others.  After several shows, the new format didn't seem to be
    working, and some of the Buick-Berle show schtick was revived.  I
    think they brought back both Francis the stagehand and Max, Milton
    Berle's ditsy secretary at that point.

    The final Tuesday night show, in June 1956, featured Elvis as guest,
    and it's been out on videos.  I think Francis may have been on it,
    but I can't really remember.  Perhaps someone out there who has a
    copy will check it out and tell us.

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:45:20 -0400
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Arnold Stang

    Arnold Stang has been the subject of several Digest topics, and it seemed
    that the authors  remember him on Milton Berle's TV show "The Texaco Star
    theater". When I think of Arnold Stang I remember as the guy with the
    obnoxious voice on Henry Morgan's and Milton Berle's radio Shows in the
    1940's & 1950's.
    Arnold was responsible for any success that  Berle and Morgan radio show may
    have had. He was a very busy radio character actor.

    Arnold  was also in the cast of "The Goldberg's" and "That Bruster Boy" and
    appearances on many network shows.

    I believe that the comedian , Gilbert Godfrey, of these days could be
    compared to Arnold  Stang. both have "different" voices.

    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:01:06 -0400
    From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: The Murder of the Burma-Shave Poet

>     That sounds like a Stan Freeberg routine. I'm not saying it is, but
>     it is the kind of thing he would have done.

    Fred
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    Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 15:42:38 -0400
    From: Doug Leary <doug@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Peppermint dispensers

    In a Bob & Ray "Mary Backstage" episode they find nickel-operated
    peppermint dispensers on the backs of the seats in an old theatre, and
    remark that the place certainly must be very old. Is this a Bob & Ray
    invention, or did old theatres ever actually have such things?

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 22:00:18 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 18-24 June

       Better late than [removed]

     From Those Were The Days --

    6/18

    1939 - CBS aired The Adventures of Ellery Queen for the first time. An
    interesting twist came near the end of the program when the show was
    stopped to allow a panel of experts to guess the solution of the night's
    mystery.

    1961 - Gunsmoke was broadcast for the last time on CBS. The show had
    been on for nine years. It was called the first adult Western. The star
    of Gunsmoke was William Conrad.

    6/19

    1934 - The [removed] Congress established the Federal Communications
    Commission (FCC). The task of the commission was to regulate radio
    broadcasting.

    6/23

    1933 - The Pepper Pot program welcomed a new host. Don McNeill took over
    the show and renamed it The Breakfast Club. The show, a huge success for
    the NBC Blue and later, ABC, became one of the longest-running radio
    programs in history. The show aired with McNeill as host until December
    27, 1968. The Breakfast Club was a morning show that had its share of
    corny jokes, visiting celebrities and lots of audience participation.

    1941 - Front Page Farrell was heard for the first time on Mutual. In
    1942, the program moved to NBC and stayed on the air until 1954. Sally
    and David Farrell were the central characters.

    1947 - Wendy Warren and the News debuted on CBS. The broadcasts
    continued until 1958. No, the program was not a newscast, in the
    traditional sense. It was a serial -- one of many of the time. The
    unique thing about this particular show, however, was that Wendy Warren
    and the News did utilize a real three-minute newscast to open the show.
    The newscaster, delivering the news as part of the show, chose not to
    stay in the entertainment side of radio, but continued to be a true
    journalist and a legend at CBS. That newsman was Douglas Edwards.

    6/24

    1960 - The Romance of Helen Trent was heard for the last time. Helen and
    her boy-toy, Gil Whitney, were about to be married, but the loving
    couple never made it to the altar -- just in case the show would ever be
    renewed. Helen Trent and her romance aired for 27 years -- a total of
    7,222 episodes -- on the CBS.

    Joe

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