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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2008 : Issue 223
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  9-21 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Eddie Carroll's Benefit for Pacific   [ charlie@[removed] ]
  RE: The Vanishing OTR Generation      [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
  War of the Worlds script              [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@cha ]
  Vanishing OTR Generation              [ Olivia Durant <odurant@[removed]; ]
  Martin Grams' convention was Great    [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]
  Looking For That Tribute to King and  [ "William Ronald Harker" <wrharker@d ]
  Re: Video Tape Audio Recording Warni  [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
  Gag writer passes                     [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]

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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:13:29 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  9-21 births/deaths

September 21st births

09-21-1866 - H. G. Wells - Bromley, England - d. 8-13-1946
science fiction author: "A Discussion Between H. G. Wells and Orson
Welles"
09-21-1901 - Lloyd Shaffer - Ridgeway, PA - d. 5-28-1999
orchestra leader: "Chesterfield Supper Club"; "Time to Shine"
09-21-1901 - Talitha Botsford - Millport, NY - d. 1-30-2002
composer and violinist
09-21-1902 - Dymphna Cusak - Wyalong, Australia - d. 10-19-1981
writer: "Shoulder the Sky"
09-21-1903 - Westbrook Van Voorhis - New Milford, CT - d. 7-13-1968
announcer, narrator: "March of Time"
09-21-1907 - Jack Mather - California - d. 8-15-1966
actor: Cisco Kid "Cisco Kid"
09-21-1909 - Nathaniel Curtis - NYC - d. 4-6-1983
writer: "You Can't Take It With You"
09-21-1913 - Janet Ertel - Sheboygan, WI - d. 11-22-1988
singer: (The Chordettes) "Arthur Godfrey Time"
09-21-1914 - Geoffrey Clarkson - Yonkers, NY
pianist: "Les Brown and his Band of Renown"
09-21-1915 - Mac Benoff - NYC - d. 11-16-1972
writer: "The Mel Blanc Show"
09-21-1916 - Zinovy Gerdt - Sebezh, Russia - d. 11-18-1996
actor: Read poetry and prose on radio
09-21-1921 - Gail Russell - Chicago, IL - d. 8-26-1961
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"
09-21-1927 - Jeanne Elaine Starcrystal Mazure - Melbourne, Australia
writer: "Across 22"
09-21-1930 - John Morgan - Aberdale, Wales - d. 11-25-2004
writer: "It's All in the Mind of John Morgan"
09-21-1935 - Sigrid Valdis - Bakersfield, CA - d. 10-14-2007
actor: "Shaken, Not Stirred"
09-21-1944 - Susan Fleetwood - St. Andrews, England - d. 9-29-1995
actor: "King Priam"
09-21-1945 - Hazel Edwards - Melbourne, Australia
writer: " 'L' of a Difference"
09-21-1967 - Christopher Price - Norfolk, England - d. 4-22-2002
radio journalist: "BBC News 24"

September 21st deaths

01-16-1878 - Harry Carey, Sr. - NYC - d. 9-21-1947
actor: "Lincoln Highway"; "Suspense"
03-17-1915 - Joel Cranston - Iowa - d. 9-21-1977
actor: "Fort Laramie"; "Gunsmoke"; "Escape"; "Have Gun, Will Travel"
04-06-1903 - Charles R. Jackson - d. 9-21-1968
writer: "The Columbia Workshop"; "Sweet River"
04-15-1907 - Theodore Granick - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-21-1970
moderator: "American Forum of the Air"
05-15-1916 - Bill Williams - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-21-1992
actor: "Eternal Light"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-16-1892 - Osgood Perkins - West Newton, MA - d. 9-21-1937
stage actor: "Flying Red Horse Tavern"
06-13-1924 - Lee Millar - Oakland, CA - d. 9-21-1980
actor: Bob Regent "Chandu the Magician"; "On Stage"; "NBC Presents:
Short Story"
07-09-1912 - John McQuade - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 9-21-1979
actor: Charlie Wild "Charlie Wild, Private Detective"; Steve Lansing
"Our Gal Sunday"
07-15-1908 - Lee Erwin - Cincinnati, OH - d. 9-21-2000
organist, arranger: Moneybags Erwin "Arthur Godfrey Show"
07-25-1894 - Walter Brennan - Swampscott, MA - d. 9-21-1974
actor: Grandpa Vanderhof "You Can't Take it with You"; Judge Roy Bean
"Law West of the Pecos"
08-08-1914 - Pete King - Greenville, OH - d. 9-21-1982
conductor: (Pete King Chorale) "Bing Crosby Show"; "Doris Day Show"
08-14-1926 - Alice Ghostly - Eve, MO - d. 9-21-2007
actor: "Theatre Five"
08-20-1918 - Jacqueline Susann - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-21-1974
actor: Lola the Cigarette Girl "Morey Amsterdam Show"
08-24-1905 - Charles C. Alsup - d. 9-21-1987
sportscaster: KICS Clovis, New Mexico
11-06-1910 - Donald Dickson - Clairton, PA - d. 9-21-1972
singer: "Sealtest Party"; "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "Blue Ribbon Town"
11-10-1920 - Jennifer Holt - Dorset, England - d. 9-21-1997
actor: "Family Theatre"; "Curtain Time"; "All-Star Western Theatre"
12-10-1914 - Dorothy Lamour - New Orleans, LA - d. 9-21-1996
singer, actor: "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "Front and Center"; "Sealtest
Variety Show"
12-14-1909 - "Symphony Sid" Torin - NYC - d. 9-21-1984
disk jockey specializing in jazz. Worked for several New York stations

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:14:14 -0400
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Eddie Carroll's Benefit for Pacific Pioneer
 Broadcasters
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Folks;

   Received the following information from Eddie Carroll, the writer and
performer of the one-man show, "Jack Benny: Laughter in Bloom:"

- ---
I'm on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters here in LA
and they are planning to build a Radio Archives Museum to house all of their
radio memorabilia, adjoining the library in  Thousand Oaks.

So, to start fund for the project, I agreed to do a benefit Matinee
performance on Sunday,[removed] [removed]!! That 2:30 matinee performance
sold out, so I have added a second performance for 7:30 PM that evening.

[removed], the box office at the Scherr Theater in the Thousand Oaks Arts
Center AND Ticketmaster screwed up and didn't have the info about the added
show for a week! So, people who called for tickets were told that show was
sold out and weren't informed that there was a second show.

There [are] indeed tickets still available for the evening show on Sunday
[removed]
- ---

   If you're in the area, you _really_ do not want to miss this; it benefits
a great cause, and if you haven't seen Mr. Carroll "channel" Jack Benny, you
have no idea how spot-on his performance is. For a tiny example, photos of
his performance at last year's Friends of Old-Time Radio convention are
posted on the blog at [removed] - a small piece of
video there, too.

         Charlie

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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:15:21 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  RE: The Vanishing OTR Generation

Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:53:14 -0400
From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];

On the other hand, my daughter ran into the opposite a couple of years
ago when one of her radio production professors didn't recognize the
name Spike Jones during a discussion of novelty recordings.

Well, I've been getting physical therapy for knee and back problems
at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston.  I asked when I would
get to meet Captain Spaulding, and they didn't know what I was
talking about.  I asked, "Haven't you ever heard of the Marx
Brothers?"  And they replied, "Are they a singing group?"

Then again, the Marx Brothers did start out as a singing group.

--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
 92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02109-2004           	         [removed]

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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:15:51 -0400
From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  War of the Worlds script

Hey, any of you interested in a handy dandy way to get a copy of the
Mercury Theatre WotW script?  It is here, along with the audio.

[removed]

There's a lot of other great stuff here.  How about commemorating the
closing of Yankee Stadium with an uncut film of the entire Babe Ruth
farwell speech.

[removed]

I've never gotten that speech intact before.  There's a lot of other
stuff, some of which is available elsewhere (such as WotW) but all of it
has a full transcript.

Michael Biel   mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:01:44 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

Hi Friends,

Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
Radio Theatre," Big John Matthews and Steve "Archive" Urbaniak's "The
Glowing Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same Station."  Streamed in
high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION

*George Putnam Memorial Tribute
&
The Official End of World War II*

DID JUSTICE TRIUMPH?
Episode 3    2-12-47    "Anniversary Of Death"
NARRATOR: George Carson Putnam (George Putnam)
MUTUAL SUSTAINED Wednesdays 10:00 - 10:30 pm
ANNOUNCER: Ralph Paul
DIRECTOR: Jock McGregger
SCRIPT: Gene Hurley

MY WILDEST DREAM
11-20-52 "Audition Program"
Host: George Putnam
Panel: Ann Rutherford, Helen Westcut, Roger Price and Hans Conried

JAPANESE SURRENDER AT TOKYO BAY
9-2-45 Aboard the Destroyer [removed] Missouri
COMMENTATORS: Robert Trout, Webley Edwards
Addresses by: President Truman, General MacArthur, Admiral Nimitz
Two wire recordings were made aboard the [removed] Missouri. One was taken
to a Japanese radio station for broadcast. The other was flown to the
Island of Guam and broadcast over radio station KU5Q by the [removed] Navy.
The networks chose the Guam broadcast as it was clearer. [removed] receiving
point was RCA shortwave communications center near San Francisco. CBS feed

ACTUAL AIR ATTACK ABOARD A SHIP
Although not broadcast until July 7th, 1944, on June 6th, 1944, D Day,
George Hicks was on a navel ship interviewing the personal on board when
all of a sudden they were attacked by German Fighter Planes. George
turned on his recording equipment and captured all of the action
==================================

HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

LUX RADIO THEATRE
(CBS) 10/28/35 "Dulcy" Stars: Zasu Pitts and Gene Lockhart. When the
show was still in NYC.

THE ADV. OF SUPERMAN
(MBS) 2/16/40 Show from the first week on the network with Superman
foiling plans of "The Wolf"
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THE GLOWING DIAL

  Silver Theater - "Danger Lights"
originally aired December 12, 1938 on CBS
Starring: Clark Gable, Paula Winslow, John Conte announcing.
Sponsor: International Silver Company

Theatre of Romance - "Casanova Brown"
originally aired November 13, 1945 on CBS
Starring: Henry Fonda.
Sponsors: Colgate, Halo Shampoo

Encore Theater - "Green Light"
originally aired June 25, 1946 on CBS
Starring: Robert Young, Pedro de Cordova, Frank Graham announcing.
Sponsor: Schenley Labs, Inc.

Academy Award Theater - "Suspicion"
originally aired October 30, 1946 on CBS
Starring: Cary Grant, Ann Todd, Hugh Brundage announcing.
Sponsor: E. R. Squibb & Sons

Camel Screen Guild Theatre - "Call Northside 777"
originally aired October 7, 1948 on NBC
Starring: James Stewart, Pat O'Brien, Richard Conte, Michael Roy announcing.
Sponsor: Camel Cigarettes
==================================

If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

      Jerry Haendiges

      Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
      The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
      Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
the Net

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:01:56 -0400
From: Olivia Durant <odurant@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Vanishing OTR Generation
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Hi everyone,
  I'm 32, and I've been lurking on this list for a while, though I do email
some members personally when I find information for them!  I am a public
librarian, and I find that knowing OTR and related topics is very helpful,
especially when I am dealing with some of our more elderly patrons.  They are
always surprised when they mention someone like Cary Grant, and I can actually
say, "Oh yes, what an actor. Did you ever see him in such-and-such movie?"
They never think someone as young as I can appreciate the history that they've
seen.  The best part is being able to get in a discussion of what radio shows
the person used to listen to, and sometimes I can even get recordings for
them.

I started listening to OTR when I was a child, because one of the local talk
stations would run episodes of Suspense, Sgt. Preston, and the like on summer
nights.  The local library had lots of cassettes and I used to borrow them.
Now that the internet is around, I get a lot of shows on MP3 for my iPod, and
I listen to them at least twice as much as I do music.  I always suggest radio
shows to people who are going on long car trips, and have even heard back from
some of them, who are thankful that I've turned them on to it.  Today, I'm
even setting up a library display on OTR - I'll have recordings, books, and
other related materials, such as biographies of the more well-known performers
([removed], Jack Benny, George Burns, etc.).  I hope to excite more interest this
way.

Incidentally, if any of you have younger children/grandchildren in your life,
there is a great book called "Aliens are Coming!: The True Account of the 1938
War of the World Radio Broadcast."  It would be a great way to introduce OTR
to a child 6 or 7 and up.  I notice it's on Amazon if you wanted to check out
the cover, and borrow it from your local library!

Olivia Durant

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:02:10 -0400
From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Martin Grams' convention was Great

I'm on the road coming back from it now. Had a Lot of fun. Got to meet the
model for the Tinkerbell character - that was super since she's the Nicest
lady in the world. And my wife and I are big Disney fans. We got 2 signed
photos from her, and might even publish her autobiography, which she's
finishing up now. Actually one of the signed photos was her book cover.

I got to meet the legendary Jack French again, and nice guy actor/writer
(Route 66) Jim Rosin, and I did a talk on voice actors, though my Alan Reed
book wasn't ready in time. I doubt it will be ready for Newark next month,
but I'll give it a shot.

Anyway, this is a con highly recommended and I'll be going back as often as
possible.

Ben Ohmart

Old radio. Old movies. New books.
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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:02:18 -0400
From: "William Ronald Harker" <wrharker@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Looking For That Tribute to King and His Wife
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I'm sorry for being such a dope, but I cannot find the log for the tribute
show to the late King and his wife.  I'm sure that if gave me the month I'd
have no problem.

Bill Harker

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:02:28 -0400
From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Video Tape Audio Recording Warning

I'm starting to see a lot of comments on this video tape audio
recording subject. I'd like to just make a couple of suggestions.

If you currently have a lot of audio material recorded on video tape,
transfer it over to another medium. DVD is one format that comes to mind.

The reason being is that your VHS machine is not going to last
forever. The day WILL come with it just stops working and new units
are not that easy to find. But here is the main reason. Those of you
who recorded onto video tape probably used the slowest speed. This is
probably okay as long as you play the tape back on the same machine
that it was recorded on.

But, if you play that tape on another VHS machine, it may not be able
to track properly. When the tape mis-tracks, it is the Hi-Fi tracks
that suffer the most. You will hear what sounds like static.

Part of the problem is that over the years, the tape can stretch.
When the tape is run at the slow speed, there is very little
tolerance for tracking. You can test this yourself. Record something
at the S (normal or fast) speed. Then follow it with something
recorded at the SLP (slowest) speed. Then play the tape back and if
you have a tracking control on your VHS machine, try changing the
tracking during the playback. You will notice that on the part of the
tape that was recorded at the fastest speed, you can adjust the
tracking for a few seconds before the mis-tracking starts to show up.
However, at the part recorded at the slowest speed, the mis-tracking
show up almost immediately.

What this all translate in to is that tapes recorded at the fast
speed have a better chance of being played back on different machines
than those recorded at the slowest speed.

Also, as it has been pointed out, the Hi-Fi track is recorded along
with the video. Playing a video tape many times can cause the oxide
to flack off of the tape causing drop out. Just as you can see white
flex in the video of a tape that has drop out, the audio is also affected.

To continue with this line of thinking, if you are now thing of
starting to record or save OTR material on video tape, don't. There
are many more options that are better today. Many. You could simply
record audio onto a video DVD. Convert your material to WAV files and
store them on DVD discs. Actually there are so many different options
it would take up much more space than should be devoted to this digest.

I just wanted to offer some suggestions to those who now have video
tape with radio shows on them and to those who might have thought
about starting to use video tape for storing or recording radio shows.

Fred
Check us out for old time radio & TV shows & Movie Serials
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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:02:39 -0400
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Gag writer passes

David Kohnhorst, gag writer for Dinah Shore, Alan Young, Frank Sinatra and
Jimmy Durante, has died.  He wrote this gag for Durante's radio show,
sending the studio audience into hysterics with it:

"Durante calls up Garry Moore, his straight man, and says he's been robbed
and has his hands tied behind his back.

"But Jimmy, if they tied your hands behind your back, how were you able to
dial me?" asks Moore.

"Durante replies, 'They don't call me The Schnoz for nuttin'!'"

Kohnhorst, born in 1916 in Louisville, Ky., was a bat boy and played pepper
with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig when the Yankees played an exhibition game at
Louisville's Parkway Field.

He made millions laugh with thousands of cartoon gags he penned.  A prolific
scribe and early champion of civil rights, for five decades he supplied
left-leaning letters to the editors of various publications.

He's survived by son Keith and daughter Janice in California, a sister, 93,
and brother, 97, both of Louisville.

Jim Cox

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