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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2011 : Issue 62
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Howard Culver performance             [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      4-19 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Regarding O'Sullivan's                [ "D Fisher" <dfisher052@[removed]; ]
      Need help with a reference ion Fibbe  [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      O'Sullivan                            [ "Candy Jens" <candyj@[removed]; ]
      Tonto                                 [ "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed] ]
      "Brooklyn Pinafore" question          [ fshillman@[removed] ]
      That GM oats cereal                   [ Philip Chavin <pchavin@[removed]; ]
      O'Sullivan and Greenberg              [ Jerry Shnay <jshnay1@[removed]; ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      Tonto                                 [ Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed]; ]
      4-20 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Film footage of the BBC Archives      [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:51:32 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Howard Culver performance
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    I was listening to an episode of "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" which
    starred Howard Culver as one of the players.  I believe the name of the
    episode was "The Diamond".  I can honestly say that, although I've heard
    quite a few actors from OTR perform on several different programs, his
    performance on this program was among the best I've ever experienced.

    As always,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:51:36 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-19 births/deaths

    April 19th births

    04-19-1858 - May Robson - Melbourne, Australia - d. 10-20-1943
    actor: Aunt May Webster "Lady of Millions"
    04-19-1888 - William Axt - d. 2-12-1959
    musical director: "Major Bowes Capitol Family Program"
    04-19-1891 - Ralph Jewell - d. 5-10-1964
    Played cornet for various bands around Detroit and WXYZ
    04-19-1897 - Vivienne Segal - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-29-1992
    actor: "Jantzen Radio Program"
    04-19-1900 - George O'Brien - San Francisco, CA - d. 9-23-1985
    actor: "Anchors Aweigh"
    04-19-1907 - Lin Basquette - San Mateo, CA - d. 9-30-1994
    actor: "Whatever Became of  . . . "
    04-19-1913 - Sylvia Froos - New York - d. 3-28-2004
    singer: "Sylvia Froos Show"; "Fred Allen Show"
    04-19-1915 - Albert Buhrman - Springfield, MO - d. 1-29-1999
    organist: "Murder at Midnight"; "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"
    04-19-1915 - Betty Winkler - Berwick, PA - d. 6-4-2002
    actor: Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; Rosemary Levy "Abie's Irish
    Rose"
    04-19-1920 - Frank Fontaine - Cambridge, MA - d. 8-4-1978
    comedian: John L. C. Sivoney "Jack Benny Program"
    04-19-1937 - Elinor Donahue - Tacoma, WA
    actor: "The Search"
    04-19-1942 - Noah Adams - Ashland, KY
    host: "All Things Considered"
    04-19-1977 - Martin Grams. Jr. - Baltimore, MD
    old time radio historian

    April 19th deaths

    01-05-1910 - Lumpy Brannum - Sandwich, IL - d. 4-19-1987
    bass: "Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians"
    02-20-1888 - Muriel Starr - Montreal, Canada - d. 4-19-1950
    actor: Susan Leighton "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    03-06-1917 - Frankie Howerd - York, England - d. 4-19-1992
    comedian: "Frankie Howerd Show"
    03-08-1911 - Heinie Beau - Calvary, WI - d. 4-19-1987
    composer/arranger: composed for radio, televison and movies
    04-05-1926 - Stan Levy - d. 4-19-2005
    jazz drummer: "Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra"
    04-22-1900 - Joan Blaine - Fort Dodge, IA - d. 4-19-1949
    actor: Joan Houston "Tale of Today"; Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"
    04-29-1897 - Charles Seel - NYC - d. 4-19-1980
    actor: "Romance"; "Four-Star Playhouse"; "The Halls of Ivy"
    05-10-1930 - June Knox-Mawer - Wrexham, England - d. 4-19-2006
    host: "The Women's Hour"
    05-13-1907 - Daphne du Maurier - London, England - d. 4-19-1989
    author: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Several of her works were adapted for
    radio
    05-18-1908 - Lorene Scott - d. 4-19-1983
    actor: Maria Hawkins "Young Widder Brown"
    06-18-1910 - Russ Hodges - Dayton, TN - d. 4-19-1971
    sportscaster: "Giants win the pennant, Giants win the pennant, Giants
    win the pennant"
    07-01-1920 - Ronnie Bonner - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-19-1991
    song writer: "Uncle Wip"
    07-30-1909 - Gordon Hughes - d. 4-19-1999
    director: "Lights Out"; "The Guiding Light"
    09-05-1914 - Nancy Ordway - Fort Warden, WA - d. 4-19-2005
    actor: Helen Holden "Helen Holden, Government Girl"
    09-10-1907 - Alvin Childress - Meridian, MS - d. 4-19-1986
    actor: "New World A-Coming"
    10-02-1921 - Scott Crossfield - Berkely, CA - d. 4-19-2006
    test pilot: "Great Moments To Music"
    10-30-1911 - Ruth Hussey - Providence, RI - d. 4-19-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-15-1930 - [removed] Ballard - Shanghai, China - d. 4-19-2009
    science fiction writer: "Venus Smiles"
    11-28-1891- Ethel Wilson - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-19-1980
    actor: Aunt Harriett "The Aldrich Family"; May Case "Lora Lawton"
    11-29-1918 - Michael O'Duffy - Derry, Ireland - d. 4-19-2003
    lyric tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"

    Ron
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    Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:51:44 -0400
    From: "D Fisher" <dfisher052@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Regarding O'Sullivan's
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    They were replacement heels for shoes. Go to Google & put in "O'Sullivan's
    Heels".

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    Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:52:05 -0400
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Need help with a reference ion Fibber McGee

>     Need help with a reference

    The reference to O'Sullivan may be the brand of replacement rubber heels
    for men's shoes. That was in the days before the souls & heel were
    molded and you
    wore a pair of shoes until they fell apart. Ask you local shoe repair
    shop, if you can find one. If he's old enough he may remember
    O'[removed]
    Frank McGurn
    McHenry, IL 60050

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    Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:52:14 -0400
    From: "Candy Jens" <candyj@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  O'Sullivan

    O'Sullivan was the trade name for rubber replacement heels for shoes (back
    when shoes were repairable <G>).

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    Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:52:52 -0400
    From: "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Tonto

    The question was asked in the last Digest about how Tonto, the Lone Ranger's
    Indian companion, got his name.  The questioner pointed out that "Tonto" can
    also mean "stupid" in Spanish.  It was Fran Striker who struck upon the
    name, and the explanation I've heard is that Fran was looking at a map of
    the Southwest and spotted the Tonto National Forest.  He thought the name
    seemed appropriate and used it when Tonto joined the masked man after the
    first few radio episodes.  I've not seen any mention that George W. Trendle,
    who owned the program, ever objected to the name.
    However, when the first Lone Ranger theatrical serial was released by
    Republic Pictures, the Spanish language version was dubbed using "Ponto"
    instead of "Tonto" for just the same reason.  Spanish audiences would have
    thought the name connoted stupidity.  And of course, this gave rise to the
    scene wherein the masked man says to his sidekick: "Pronto, Ponto!"

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    Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:53:32 -0400
    From: fshillman@[removed]
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "Brooklyn Pinafore" question
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    Chris Holm's question (posted Sunday) reminded me of a question I
    have had percolating around in my so-called mind.  I have heard this
    episode only once, and as something of a Gilbert and Sullivan fan
    myself, I have wondered if Leo Durocher does his own singing in this
    sketch.  I thought his voice quite good for someone whose profession
    probably involved no vocal/musical training, and I was wondering --
    since the show was live -- if he did his own singing or whether his
    singing was doubled by someone else.

    	I'd like to obtain as clean a copy as possible of that show -- and
    also of the "Duffy's Tavern" episode in which Brace Beemer appeared.
    Does anyone know where I can get copies of these?

    	I can't answer the question about how Tonto was given his name, but
    the word "tonto" means "stupid" or "fool" in Spanish.  This is
    probably how it got into southwestern American Indian dialects.
    Eventually, I believe Lone Ranger comics were distributed (in
    Spanish) in Mexico.  At that point Tonto's name was changed to Ponto.

    	Many thanks.

    	Fred Hillman

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    Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:53:46 -0400
    From: Philip Chavin <pchavin@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  That GM oats cereal

    It was spelled Cheerioats.

    -- P.

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    Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:54:39 -0400
    From: Jerry Shnay <jshnay1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  O'Sullivan and Greenberg

    I am sure others will have the same answers to the two queries, however:

    1. O'sullivan was a breand name of a shoe heel at a time when shoes were
    re-soled and re-heeled to make them last. You would see ads for this brans in
    magazine of the day.

    2/ "Greenberg stayed at third" is a reference to an incident in the 1945
    World Series. I believe. At one time it was also a gag on the Jack Benny
    program.

    Jerry Shnay

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    Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:12:02 -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 nine 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, 20 Apr 2011 07:15:20 -0400
    From: Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Tonto

    Regarding Ted's query about whether the Lone Ranger writers deliberately chose
    the name "Tonto" based on it being the Spanish word for "foolish" or "stupid,"
    there are folks who insist that "Kemo Sabe" is a corruption of the Spanish
    phrase "quien no sabe," which loosely translates to "he who doesn't
    understand,"
    or, to use a modern-day term, "clueless."

    Several years ago when late-night TV host David Letterman was having heart
    surgery, guest host Bill Cosby did a whole opening monologue about how he grew
    up a Lone Ranger fan but was taken aback later in life when somebody got him
    hip
    to the meaning of the Spanish terms "tonto" and "quien no sabe."

    At least Bill Cosby believes this to be the case.

    Yours in the ether,

    Derek Tague

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    Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:15:27 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-20 births/deaths

    April 20th births

    04-20-1889 - Adolf Hitler - Braunau, Austria - d. 4-30-1945
    dictator: Propaganda broadcasts
    04-20-1893 - Harold Lloyd - Burchard, NE - d. 3-8-1971
    comedian: "Comedy Theatre"
    04-20-1897 - Gregory Ratoff - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 12-14-1960
    panelist: "Information, Please"
    04-20-1898 - Sidney Lanfield - Chicago, IL - d. 6-20-1972
    film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    04-20-1900 - Reed Kennedy - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-12-1952
    vocalist: "Gulf Headliners"; "The Song Shop"
    04-20-1904 - Bruce Cabot - Carlsbad, NM - d. 5-3-1972
    actor: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Hollywood on the Air"
    04-20-1904 - John Sanford - Harlem, NY - 3-6-2003
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-20-1908 - Lionel Hampton - Louisville, KY - d. 8-31-2002
    vibraphone artist: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"; "Lionel Hampton and
    His Orchestra"
    04-20-1914 - Betty Lou Gerson - Chattanooga, TN - d. 1-12-1999
    actor: Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"; Charlotte Wilson "The
    Guiding Light"
    04-20-1915 - Evelyn Scott - Brockton, MA - d. 1-31-2002
    actor: "Arch Oboler's Plays"; "The Smiths of Hollywood"
    04-20-1923 - Tito Puente - NYC - d. 5-31-2000
    percussionist, bandleader: "Manhattan Melodies"
    04-20-1924 - Nina Foch - Leyden, The Netherlands - d. 12-5-2008
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Cavalcade of America"
    04-20-1924 - Patricia Peardon - Allendale, NJ - d. 4-22-1993
    actor: Mary Aldrich "Aldrich Family"; Joan Worthington "Orphans of
    Divorce"
    04-20-1926 - Elena Verdugo - Hollywood, CA
    actor: Millie Bronson "Meet Millie"

    April 20th deaths

    01-21-1924 - Benny Hill - Southampton, England - d. 4-20-1992
    comedian: "Educating Archie"
    01-28-1933 - Myles Wilder - NYC - d. 4-20-2010
    writer: "The Whistler"
    01-29-1923 - Martin Ragaway - d. 4-20-1989
    writer: "The Abbot and Costello Show"; "The Milton Berle Show"
    03-27-1916 - Howard Merrill - NYC - d. 4-20-2002
    writer: "Advs. of Leonidas Witherall"; "Leave It to Mike"; "Secret
    Missions"
    04-12-1919 - Cy Bahakel - Birmingham, AL - d. 4-20-2006
    newscaster: WJRD Tuscaloosa, AL
    05-07-1892 - Archibald MacLeish - Glencoe, IL - d. 4-20-1982
    writer: "Columbia Workshop"
    05-10-1922 - Ric Throssell - Greenmount, Western Australia - d.
    4-20-1999
    writer: "The Day Before Tomorrow"
    05-20-1921 - Joel Kane - Los Angeles County, CA - d. 4-20-1993
    writer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    06-19-1920 - Johnny Douglas - London, England - d. 4-20-2003
    host: "In the Still of the Night"
    06-25-1924 - Phil Nowlan - d. 4-20-2002
    writer: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century based on Nowlan"s comic strip
    06-28-1904 - Hector Chevigny - d. 4-20-1965
    writer: "Portia Faces Life"; "The Second Mrs. Burton"
    07-09-1925 - Alan Dale - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-20-2002
    singer, actor: "Sing It Again"
    08-08-1912 - Gail Henshaw - NYC - d. 4-20-1954
    actor: Kitty Keene "Kitty Keene"; Linda Munson "The Woman in White"
    08-22-1879 - Edward Johnson - Ontario, Canada - d. 4-20-1959
    operatic tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"
    09-19-1910 - Dresser Dahlstead - Springville, UT - d. 4-20-1998
    announcer: "I Deal in Crime"; "Death Valley Days"; "I Love a Mystery"
    10-20-1897 - William A. Bacher - d. 4-20-1965
    producer, director: "Al Jolson Show"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Treasury
    Star Parade"
    10-26-1912 - Donald Siegel - Chicago, IL - d. 4-20-1991
    film director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    11-08-1847 - Bram Stoker - Dublin, Ireland - d. 4-20-1912
    author: "Many of his works adapted for radio
    11-20-1890 - Robert Armstrong - Saginaw, MI - d. 4-20-1973
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-20-1889 - Ernest LaPrade - Memphis, TN - d. 4-20-1969
    conductor: "Collier's Hour"; "Orchestra of the Nation"

    Ron
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    Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:15:57 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Film footage of the BBC Archives
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    Hi Folks.
    I thought the link below might be of interest.
    Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )

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