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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 121
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Doyle-y                               [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      WROW Recordings                       [ "avpro3" <avpro3@[removed]; ]
      Holmes and the Lost Express           [ "Robert Birchard" <bbirchard@earthl ]
      Obscure reference of the week         [ <radioaz@[removed]; ]
      let george do it                      [ Grams46@[removed] ]
      5-12 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Colonial Radio theatre                [ ".dan." <ddunfee@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 15:38:30 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Doyle-y

    From: John Mayer _mayer@[removed]_ (mailto:mayer@[removed])

>     The only  Welles character I can think of whose middle name might
>     be remembered is John  Foster Kane.

    Dear John-

    I think you're thinkin' of CHARLES Foster [removed]

    Best,
    -Craig W.

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    Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 15:39:13 -0400
    From: "avpro3" <avpro3@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  WROW Recordings
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    Joe,

    The WROW Recordings containing Johnny Dollar and Suspense were in the
    possession of John Furman of New Amsterdam.  I do not remember whether he made
    the copies or a friend of his did in Troy.  John may not be around anymore as
    I have not heard from him in years.  I do have some of those actual tapes and
    I'll check and see if there is a name in any of the boxes.

    Don Aston
    avprotr@[removed]

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    Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 15:39:44 -0400
    From: "Robert Birchard" <bbirchard@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Holmes and the Lost Express
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    John Mayer wrote:

>     Okay, I hate to admit to being dull, but what character would that
>     be? The only Welles character I can think of whose middle name might
>     be remembered is John Foster Kane . . .

        Perhaps Welles's character's name is not so well known after all.  True,
    the middle name was "Foster," but the first name was "Charles," not "John."
    Perhaps you were confusing Kane with "John Charles Thomas"--or all three of
    'em, as Durante might say.  ;-}

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    Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 15:40:18 -0400
    From: <radioaz@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Obscure reference of the week

    Recently I was reading an undated script for EASY ACES.  In it I came across
    what has to be one of the most obscure references I have seen in a radio
    script.  Here's a few lines of the script.  Goodman Ace is chatting with a
    fellow employee, Charlie.  They are comparing Charlie's father-in-law to
    Ace's mother-in-law:

    "Ace: Not that it matters, but is your father-in-law in good shape?

    Charlie: He's got a strong constitution.

    Ace: Constitution - you should see my mother-in-law - skin like parchment.
    You can  see Gwinnett right on her button."

    Now, after some research I discovered Button Gwinnett was one of the signers
    of the Declaration of Independence -- not the US Constitution.  He was a
    delegate from Georgia.  He was involved with writing the Georga State
    Constitution.  A county near Atlanta is named for him.

    Is it just me, or does that seem like a pretty difficult remark for even
    radio's 1940s erudite listeners to catch?

    Ted

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    Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 21:34:37 -0400
    From: Grams46@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  let george do it

    in all the "let george do it" programs that i  have heard, standard of
    california is the sponsor.
    anyone know  who the sponsors were in other areas of the united states?
    peace from  kathy
    support our troops; end the war in iraq
    john 3:16

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    Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 06:21:16 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-12 births/deaths

    May 12th births

    05-12-1881 - Achmed Abdullah - Russia - d. 5-12-1945
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-12-1891 - Charles A. Bayha - NYC - d. 2-28-1957
    composer: "The Radio Aces"
    05-12-1892 - John Barclay - Blethingly, Surrey, England - d. 11-21-1978
    singer, actor: "Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"; "Richard Gaylord "The
    Guiding Light"
    05-12-1894 - Leora Thatcher - Logan, UT - d. 3-5-1984
    actor: Mrs. Kramer "Right to Happiness"
    05-12-1896 - Milton Herman - NYC - d. 1-21-1951
    actor: Gargoyle "The Bishop and the Gargoyle"; Italo "Today's Children"
    05-12-1900 - Mildred McAfee - Parkville, MO - d. 9-2-1994
    navy's first female line officer: "Information Please"
    05-12-1901 - Harold "Scrappy" Lambert - New Brunswick, NY - d.
    11-30-1987
    singer: Mark "Smith Brothers: Trade and Mark"; "Town Hall Tonight"
    05-12-1901 - Whitey "Duke" Ford - De Soto, MO - d. 6-20-1986
    comedian: (Duke of Paducah) "Grand Ole Opry"; "Plantation Party"
    05-12-1902 - Philip Wylie - Beverly, MA - d. 10-25-1971
    writer: "This Is War"; "Sportsman's Club"; "Tomorrow"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    05-12-1907 - Kathrine Hepburn - Hartford, CT - d. 6-29-2003
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-12-1907 - Leslie Charteris - Singapore - d. 4-14-1993
    mystery writer: "The Adventures of the Saint"
    05-12-1909 - Margaret Harshaw - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-7-1997
    opera singer: "Radio Hall of Fame"; "Sylvan Opera Condert"
    05-12-1910 - Gordon Jenkins - Webster Groves, MO - d. 5-1-1984
    conductor, composer: "Everything for the Boys"; "Bob Burns Show"
    05-12-1910 - Jack Jenney - Mason City, IA - d. 12-16-1945
    trombonist: "The Saturday Night Swing Club"
    05-12-1912 - Everett Clarke - d. 9-10-1980
    actor: Flamond "Crime Files of Flamond"
    05-12-1913 - Ken Peters - d. 1-12-1998
    actor: Dan Murray "One Man's Family"; Olsen "Life with Luigi"
    05-12-1914 - Howard K. Smith - Ferriday, LA - d. 2-15-2002
    newsman: "World News Today"; "News Roundup"; "Howard K. Smith News"
    05-12-1924 - Tony Hancock - Birmingham, England - d. 6-25-1968
    comedian: "Hancock's Half Hour"
    05-12-1925 - Yogi Berra - St. Louis, MO
    baseball hall of famer: "Feature Project, This Game of Baseball"
    05-12-1927 - Suzanne Dalbert - Paris, France - d. 12-31-1970
    actor: "George Fisher Interviews the Stars"; "Command Performance"
    05-12-1932 - Tom Aaker - d. 9-17-1999
    newscaster: Rochester, Minnesota
    05-12-1936 - Tom Snyder - Milwaukee, WI - d. 7-29-2007
    talk show host: ABC Network
    05-12-1946 - Michael (Charles) Carson - Wallasey, England
    author: BBC Radio

    May 12th deaths

    01-09-1914 - Ted Berkman - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-12-2006
    reporter for ABC News
    02-19-1895 - Louie Calhern - NYC - d. 5-12-1956
    actor: "Radio Reader's Digest"
    02-22-1872 - John Shaw Neilson - Penola, South Australia - d. 5-12-1942
    poet: "The Pathfinder" based on Nelison's life story
    02-26-1918 - Theodore Sturgeon - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-12-1985
    science fiction writer: "Beyond Tomorrow"; "X Minus One"; "Future Tense"
    04-01-1911 - Maurice Tarplin - Boston, MA - d. 5-12-1975
    actor: Mysterious Traveler "Mysterious Traveler"; Inspector Faraday
    "Boston Blackie"
    05-12-1881 - Achmed Abdullah - Russia - d. 5-12-1945
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-14-1874 - Marie Nelson - Detroit, MI - d. 5-12-1943
    actor: Ellen Collins "Bachelor's Children"
    05-18-1912 - Perry Como - Canonsburg, PA - d. 5-12-2001
    singer: "Perry Como Program"; "Chesterfield Supper Club"
    05-24-1923 - Frank E. Amole - d. 5-12-2002
    newscaster: KDEN Denver, Colorado
    06-01-1878 - John Masefield - Ledbury, England - d. 5-12-1967
    writer: "Against the Storm"
    06-20-1876 - Raymond Ditmars - New Jersey - d. 5-12-1942
    curator bronx zoo: "Adventures in Reading"
    08-22-1897 - Elisabeth Bergner - Vienna, Austria - d. 5-12-1986
    actor: "Radio Hall of Fame"
    09-06-1900 - Charles Kemper - Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-12-1950
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    10-11-1884 - Albert Stoessel - St. Louis, MO - d. 5-12-1943
    conductor: Oratorio Society of New York, Chautauqua Symphony
    10-19-1911 - George Cates - NYC - d. 5-12-2002
    orchestra leader: "Full Speed Ahead"; "Guest Star"; "Stand By for Music"
    10-19-1932 - Robert Reed - Highland Park, IL - d. 5-12-1992
    actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
    11-18-1888 - Frances Marion - San Francisco, CA - d. 5-12-1973
    screen writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-24-1918 - Lee Bonnell (Terry Belmont) - Royal Center, IN - d.
    5-12-1986
    actor: (Husband of Gale Storm) "Gateway to Hollywood"
    11-27-1907 - Joe Bishop - Monticello, AR - d. 5-12-1976
    composer, arranger, tuba and flugehorn: "Comedy Capers"
    12-05-1930 - Jeremy Sandford - Hertfordshire, England - d. 5-12-2003
    writer: "Dreaming Badsmen"
    12-13-1910 - Lillian Roth - Boston, MA - d. 5-12-1980
    singer, speaker: "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon"
    12-15-1904 - George Lessner - d. 5-12-1997
    composer: "The Nightingale and the  Rose"
    12-28-1927 - Simon Raven - London, England - d. 5-12-2001
    writer: "Loser Pays All"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 13:57:20 -0400
    From: ".dan." <ddunfee@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Colonial Radio theatre

    A local station carries imagination theatre who the first week of each
    month does an installment of 'powder river' from Colonial Radio theatre.
    This is a western serial from this group who seem to be in boston.  Does
    anyone know anything about them?

    It is an adult production, think gunsmoke with updated cultural contexts.
    Production values are first rate, writing not bad, and acting somewhat
    mixed with some miscasting; in my opinion.

    I often wonder about younger folk listening to this show.  Do they have the
    same perspective as do we old folk who carry in our head all the metafores
    and other cultural information that disappeared when westerns became
    extinct as the dodo.

                                   XB
                                    IC|XC

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