Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #219
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 7/21/2005 7:10 AM

To: [removed]@[removed]

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 219
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      radio on stage                        [ "William Vest III" <tsukasasan@hotm ]
      Sad day for Trekkers                  [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      Man/wife teams                        [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      "It's Death Was Has Been Greatly Exa  [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Pinch roller rejuvination             [ Richard Hall <rhall@[removed]; ]
      Tarzan revisited                      [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      WOR/Joe Franklin                      [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
      tape head cleaning                    [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      More on [removed]                     [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      Tarzan Sponsor On Radio               [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      Cassette Blowout                      [ "ed carr" <edcarr@[removed]; ]
      Harris and Benny                      [ "Mark Wuellner" <mwuellne@[removed] ]
      Laurel & Hardy                        [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
      War of the Worlds Murder              [ "Jonathan Sweet" <sweetedit@charter ]
      radio on [removed]               [ "William Vest III" <tsukasasan@hotm ]
      7-21 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:28:58 -0400
    From: "William Vest III" <tsukasasan@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  radio on stage
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    Hi friends!
    Just wanted to let you know my theatre company (the Vested Theatre Company),
    here in Elizabethtown, KY will be opening a new stage play.

    "Tales of Murder! Two, staged old time radio plays featuring "The Creeper" and
    "Sorry, Wrong Number" With a Special Presentation of Who's On First?
    The theatre is at The Elizabethtown Community & Technical College (600 College
    Street Road). Gen Adm. tickets are $[removed] and Senior Citizens/ Kids 12 and
    under $[removed]
    Tickets from our website are $[removed]

    We have kept this as close to the scripts as possible. Instead of recreating
    the openings to The Chase and Suspense I created a new one. "Tales Of Murder!"
    We also incorporated and wrote commercials for our sponsors (since they helped
    pay for it!). The toughest one was for our leading sponsor, Dupin & Dupin. Web
    Developers. A web site commercial for the 1940's?????? Tough but funny I
    think.
    We have our sound effects artist, Tony Miller, working feverishly to recreate
    footsteps, bottle crashes, doors opening and closing, telephone sounds galore,
    etc. etc.
    And I must say that Kim Tully (I promise I am not hyping this!) could very
    well be Agnes Moorehead reincarnated!

    So if your in the area please come see the show! I am interested in what other
    OTR enthusiasts think. This format is new to the area and I am trying to get a
    feel for it's reception. Our production of War of the Worlds last year was
    received very well. I plan on doing another OTR show for this Halloween. Any
    improvements/changes/suggestions I may receive from OTR
    folks/hobbyists/professionals will be greatly appreciated. I want to keep the
    integrity of OTR. Some things we had to change/do just so that it may
    translate better to a stage production but nothing to detract from the radio
    show I believe.

    Wm. Vest III
    Visit the new Web Site!
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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:29:04 -0400
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Sad day for Trekkers

    There is a radio connection.   James Doohan, 'Scotty' died at 85, suffering
    from Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Diabetes and finally pneumonia.  Doohan had
    an early career in Canadian radio where he was known as a master of
    dialects.

    He had the chance last August to say goodbye to his fans, and they to him in
    what Yahoo News said was a three-day convention with his longtime costars
    and fans which was 'three days of roasting, toasting and starring the actor
    on the 'Walk of Fame' in Hollywood."  Castmate Walter Koenig 'Chekhov' said
    it was a 'beautiful gesture' and wished DeForest Kelley, 'Doc McCoy' who
    died in 1999 'had had a similar public farewell.'

    Aside from Gene Roddenberry the rest of the cast survives.

    -Irene
    a trekker NOT 'trekkie' since 1966

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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:29:14 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Man/wife teams

         It seems to me that there were several man and wife teams
    on OTR as we know it. The ones I can remember are Roy Rogers/
    Dale Evans, Elliot and Cathy Lewis ("My Friend Irma), Natalie
    Masters and (I can't seem to remember his name) from "Candy
    Matson", Ozzie and Harriet Nelson ("The Adventures of Ozzie
    and Harriet"), George Burns and Gracie Allen ("Burns and Allen"),
    Jim and Marion Jordan ("Smackout" and "Fibber McGee and Molly"),
    Phil Harris and Alice Faye ("Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"),
    Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall ("Bold Venture"),
    Jack Benny and Mary Livingston ("The Jack Benny Show) as well as
    Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa ("The Fred Allen Show").
    I'm sure there were quite a few others. My challenge to all of
    you is can you think of any others?

    Another OTR Fan,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:31:24 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "It's Death Was Has Been Greatly
     [removed]"

    From: "mike ray" mikeray42@[removed]

>     The program (Adventures in  Odyssey) is heard is broacast on over 1,000
>     stations world [removed],  the
>     joy of radio drama.

    Dear Mike-

    Well, we can't claim  1,000 stations; but a WebCast theoretically multiplies
    that!
    (You can pretend that you missed the recent Pacino film, and this is the  LUX
    [removed])

    QUICKSILVER RADIO THEATER
    *Celebrating our 10th  Anniversary Year: 1995-2005*

    presents THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

    "Well  done all around - good technical achievement and nice acting - (a) fine
    Shakespeare  production."
    Andy Trudeau, National Public Radio

    Webcast at  [removed]

    Thursday, July 28th  at 10pm Eastern
    (7pm  Pacific)

    Encore at 1am Eastern
    (10pm Pacific)

    (RECENT LISTENER  RESPONSE TO QUICKSILVER: "I picked up a videotape of a
    Sherlock Holmes movie  ... and it made me think about the last Holmes movie I
    had seen.  I then  realized that I hadn't seen it, but rather heard it (your
    SPECKLED BAND)!   The wonderful thing was that I still had visuals in my head,
    painted by your  [removed]")

    All the best,
    -Craig "Antonio" Wichman

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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:31:43 -0400
    From: Richard Hall <rhall@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Pinch roller rejuvination

    It is true that alcohol isn't good for the rubber parts on recorders as
    it removes the natural oils. Office supply stores usually stock a
    cleaner made for rubber parts. The last spray can I found was made by
    Sprayway of Addison, IL. It's called "Rubber Cleaner and Rejuvenator"
    and is marketed for cleaning photocopiers. I find it works wonders on
    recorder pinch rollers and even stops old drive belts from slipping in
    many cases.

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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:35:14 -0400
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Tarzan revisited

    Kenneth Clarke asks about Tarzan in 1951:

>     Does anyone know, or remember, who sponsored this OTR program?

    Thanks to Jay Hickerson's guide, that info is at my fingertips.

    1-11-52 to 2-28-52 Dr. Ross Dog and Cat Flea Powder (West Coast)

    3-22-52 to 6-27-53 Post Toasties (General Foods Corp.)

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:53:03 -0400
    From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  WOR/Joe Franklin

    Actually, and this could be my memory playing tricks, wasn't the TV
    Studio WOR used in a DIFFERENT building, one that was acually more
    centrally in Times Square?

    Again, this could be [removed]

    I first did THE JOE FRANKLIN SHOW, as a kid in the '70s, and later
    co-hosted a few eps, in the early '80s, before the move to Secaucus.
    What was an extra kick--Joe was always gracious--was that WOR had the
    same studio for everything. So, when you'd go to do Joe's show (and, by
    the way, he used to tape two, back to back), leaning against the walls
    would be the newsroom set--

    And the flats for ROMPER ROOM, the ages-running kids show.

    For someone who had grown up with Miss Ruth, or whomever, it was neat to
    be taping the show, within the visage Mr. [removed]

    Jim Burns  (James H. Burns)

    PS: That studio, was later rented by other progams, and was the scene of
    much of the '80s infamy, of [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:47:39 -0400
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  tape head cleaning

>     Recently there has been a discussion of the use of isopropyl alcohol for

    cleaning plastic or vinyl records. I am hardly an expert, but even I
    know that alcohol should not come in contact with plastic, or vinyl.  I
    believe, though, that someone wrote in and said that isopropyl alcohol
    should not be used to clean magnetic heads.  That is a surprise to me,
    but if it is true, what is the preferred substance for the cleaning of
    magnetic heads?

    Alcohol is okay, and it won't hurt most plastics except for acrylics, which
    are not typically used in audio equipment.

    The chemical that dissolves many plastics is acetone, not alcohol.  Acetone,
    often used in high-test nail polish remover, is a great recording head
    cleaner if it doesn't dissolve the surrounding machinery into gum.

    I always used good old 70% rubbing alcohol on a rag for cleaning heads.  If
    they're dirty, you have to rub them good and hard.  But when magnetic tape
    recording reached its maturity about twenty years ago, I found that heads
    seldom needed cleaning: the tape materials and head materials are quite
    compatible, and you just don't see tape oxide on heads anymore.  I also
    never found a lot of benefit to demagnetization, but your experience may
    vary.

    I suspect that perhaps two years of VCR's forced more improvments in
    magnetic tape technology more than thirty previous years of audio taping
    did.  After VCR's came out, audio tapes improved drastically and heads
    stopped gumming up and wearing out.

    Most radio stations used 100% isoopropyl alcohol to clean heads and rubber
    parts of tape machines.  I've had good luck with the 70% variety, and you
    can by 91% if you want.  Just keep it off shellac records.  It shouldn't
    hurt vinyl at all.

    M Kinsler

    512 E Mulberry St. Lancaster, Ohio USA 43130 740-687-6368
    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:48:35 -0400
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  More on [removed]

    Folks;

       The other week, I sent out a [removed] cry for all shows Corwin.
    Many of you responded with extrordinary kindness, providing many many
    episodes - I cannot convey ther depths of my appreciation to those people for
    all of the help, although I hope to partially repay my debt in the near
    future. I have a couple of very specific requests I need to make, and want
    while I'm at it to explain _why_ the earlier panicked request.

       I was fortunate enough to be able to help put the great folks at "The Bob
    Edwards Show" on XM Satellite Radio (heard every weekday morning on Channel
    133, XM Public Radio) together with Norman Corwin for an interview to be
    broadcast on a future show. I heard from the producer who was present last
    week in California; the conversation between Mr. Edwards and Mr. Corwin
    lasted an hour and forty minutes, and she tells me it's going to be difficult
    to cut it down to an hour for broadcast, that's how interesting and
    wide-ranging the talk was. (Wish I could have been a fly on _that_ wall!)

       This interview is now in post-production, and don't worry, I'll be letting
    y'all know once the broadcast date is set, so if you don't already have a
    subscription to XM, here's your excuse! Many of the programs Digest readers
    sent to me were provided to the staff at XM, some for pre-interview research,
    and others for post-production inclusion in the final product. The producer
    has thanked me, and I can only pass that gratitude along to all of you who
    responded so kindly.

       Now I ask once more if those of you who haven't already plumbed your
    Corwin holdings could please check your collections; they are looking for
    some relatively specific programs - please understand I do NOT know if these
    programs exist, but dealers especially, PLEASE check your catalogs for me and
    let me know if you can provide any of these programs:

    - -----

    1) The first broadcast, in 1938, of "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas." We
    have the 1945 reproduction where House Jameson and Will Geer recreated their
    original roles, so if, as I suspect, this doesn't exist there is, thankfully,
    a reasonable replacement)

    2) March of 1939; Spoon River Anthology (this was a network recreation of the
    WQXR broadcast that got Corwin the network job - excluding XM specifically
    wanting to use this for the interview, I would frankly _love_ to hear this
    after being so immersed in Corwin's work for the past few weeks, and know
    some other people anxious to hear this program)

    3) November 5, 1939; Pursuit of Happiness (this ends with a song by the great
    Paul [removed] the folks at XM really need any other reason?)

    4) 1943; Transatlantic Call. This series was produced on alternate weeks by
    the BBC and CBS, and included Corwin productions on the following dates:
    February 14th, February 18th, and March 14th - any/all of these three dates
    would be greatly appreciated

    - -----

       If any of these exist, and you can provide a copy, PLEASE contact me as
    quickly as possible. Again, I'll be posting info on the Bob Edwards interview
    as I get it, and will also be posting about a few other things Corwin a
    little bit down the line.

             Charlie

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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:03:04 -0400
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Tarzan Sponsor On  Radio
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    One of the sponsors was Dr. Ross Dog Food. I forget who the other one was.

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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:41:20 -0400
    From: "ed carr" <edcarr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Cassette Blowout

    hi
    since i no longer do cassettes, if anyone is interested, i have c90 blanks
    $.50ea min 20 mostly tdk
    and shows on cassette 100 per box, no choice $50 post extra
    email me at edcarr@[removed]
    many thanks

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:10:24 -0400
    From: "Mark Wuellner" <mwuellne@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Harris and Benny

    Listening to some of my Benny collection lately got me wondering about 2
    things:

    1)  Who/what was this "Petrillo" (Patrillo?) that was often the punchline of
    jokes between Phil and Jack?  A famous musician?  A famous drunkard?  There
    are sometimes comedic references to current world events that at times
    escape me, but Petrillo comes up so often that my curiosity is piqued.

    2)  I'd like to know anything that anyone can tell me about the infamous
    "That's What I Like About the South".  Did Phil write it for the show or did
    it have life independent of the show?  Exactly how many verses to the song
    are there?  I would really like to get a recording/copy of the entire,
    uninterrupted song sung by Phil in all its ridiculous glory.  Any available?

    Thanks for all the help digesters!

    Yours, Mark Wuellner

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:46:10 -0400
    From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Laurel & Hardy

    I received a catalog in the mail this week.  Among the offerings in it I
    find a 20 CD set called The Best of Old Time Radio.  Hmm -- seems to me that
    title has been used before.  There is no indication of what company put out
    this collection.

    What caught my eye was this line in the description:  "You laugh until you
    cry with comedy giants like Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Laurel & [removed]"

    Laurel & Hardy?  What radio did they do?  I'm tempted to get this set just
    to find out.  Anyone know if there are shows with L & H?

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 01:20:00 -0400
    From: "Jonathan Sweet" <sweetedit@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  War of the Worlds Murder
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    Anthony Tollin mentioned earlier this week that he had picked up The War of
    the Worlds Murder by Max Allan Collins. I just finished it and would
    definitely recommend it. It goes very quickly ... I read it in one sitting
    flying home from a business trip today. (By the way, Anthony, some of your
    writings are mentioned as a source in the acknowledgements.)

    It is the most recent in Collins' "disaster" series (The Titanic Murders, The
    Hindenburg Murders, etc.) Collins is one of my favorite authors and I have
    been anticipating this for months since he announced it was his next title. By
    the way, if you pick it up and like it, I would highly recommend his Nate
    Heller private detective series, which intermixes historical figures with
    fiction. Very entertaining! Orson Welles also plays a role in Angel in Black,
    one of the books in the Heller series.

    Jay Sweet
    sweetedit@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 01:20:28 -0400
    From: "William Vest III" <tsukasasan@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  radio on [removed]
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    Ok, I just realized I forgot to include the dates. The performance dates are;
    July 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 8 PM and
    Sundays at 4 PM.
    Wow! If that doesn't instill confidence!
    Wm. Vest III
    Visit the new Web Site!
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    Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:02:41 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-21 births/deaths

    July 21st births

    07-21-1863 - C. Aubrey Smith - London, England - d. 12-20-1948
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-21-1883 - Cecil Humphreys - Cheltenham, England - d. 11-6-1947
    actor: "Theatre Guild on the Air"
    07-21-1895 - Ken Maynard - Vevey, IN - d. 3-13-1973
    cowboy actor: Ken Maynard Show"
    07-21-1899 - Ernest Hemingway - Oak Park, IL - d. 7-2-1961
    author: "NBC University Theatre"; "Columbia Workshop"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    07-21-1901 - Allyn Joslyn - Milford, PA - d. 1-22-1981
    actor: "Island Boat Club"; "Page of Romance"; "Show Boat"
    07-21-1902 - Elsie Hitz - Cleveland, OH
    actress: Ellen Randolph "Story of Ellen Randolph"; Gail Brewster "Dangerous
    Paradise"
    07-21-1905 - Diana Trilling - d. 10-23-1996
    writer: "NBC University Theatre"
    07-21-1910 - Carl Ravazza - Alameda, CA - d. 7-29-1968
    bandleader: "Carl Ravazza and His Orchestra"; "One Night Stand"
    07-21-1910 - Himan Brown
    actor, producer: Papa Marino "Little Italy"; "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"
    07-21-1914 - Robert Presnell, Jr. - d- 6-xx-1986
    writer: "The Smiths of Hollywood"
    07-21-1915 - Floyd McDaniel - Athens, AL - d. 7-22-1995
    guitarist, vocalist: (Member of the Ink Spots) "The Four Ink Spots"; "Let's
    Go Nightclubbing"
    07-21-1920 - Isaac Stern - Kreminiecz, Ukraine, USSR - d. 9-22-2001
    violinist: "Jack Benny Program"; "New York Philharmonic"
    07-21-1921 - Barbara Fuller - Nahant, MA
    actress: Claudia Barbour "One Man's Family"; Peggy Fairchild "Step Mother"
    07-21-1921 - Jean Shepherd - Chicago, IN - d. 10-16-1999
    author: "Carl Smith Show"; "Country Music Time"; "Country Hoedown"
    07-21-1922 - Kay Starr - Dougherty, OK
    singer: "The Bob Crosby Show"
    07-21-1924 - Don Knotts - Morgantown, WV
    actor: Windy Wales "Bobby Benson's Adventures"
    07-21-1926 - Bill Pertwee - Amersham, England
    actor: ARP Warden Hodges "Dad's Army"

    July 21st deaths

    02-03-1932 - Peggy Ann Garner - Canton, OH - d. 7-21-1982
    actress: Esther Smith "Meet Me in St. Louis"
    02-10-1929 - Jerry Goldsmith - Los Angeles, CA - d. 7-21-2004
    composer, conductor: "Frontier Gentleman"; "Romance"
    02-22-1907 - Robert Young - Chicago, IL - d. 7-21-1998
    actor: Jim Anderson "Father Knows Best"; Doug Adams "Passport for Adams"
    03-05-1906 - Harry Lubin - d. 7-21-1977
    music: "Glamour Manor"; "Burns and Allen"; "Blondie"
    06-13-1892 - Basil Rathbone - Johannesburg, South Africa - d. 7-21-1967
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"; Inspector Burke "Scotland Yard's
    Inspector Burke"
    06-16-1916 - Stanley Niss - Illinois - d. 7-21-1969
    writer, director: "Counterspy"; "Gang Busters"; "Twenty-First Precinct"
    07-13-1913 - Dave Garroway - Schenectady, NY - d. 7-21-1982
    emcee, announcer: "World's Great Novels"; "Dave Garroway Show"; "Dial Dave
    Garroway"
    08-27-1916 - Vicki Vola - Denver, CO - d. 7-21-1985
    actress: Shanghai L'il DeVries "Jungle Jim"; Edith Miller "Mr. District
    Attorney"
    11-18-1926 - Dorothy Collins - Windsor, Ontario, Canada - d. 7-21-1994
    singer: "Your Hit Parade"
    11-28-1925 - Virginia Hewitt - Shreveport, LA - d. 7-21-1986
    actress: Coral Karlyle "Space Patrol"
    xx-xx-1900 - Pierre Andre - d. 7-21-1962
    announcer: "Little Orphan Annie"; "Captain Midnight"
    xx-xx-1913 - Herb Shelton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-21-1964
    announcer, host: "Honeymoon in New York"; "Luncheon at the Latin Quarter"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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