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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2005 : Issue 203
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
#OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig [ charlie@[removed] ]
News from Boston [ "thomas heathwood" <HeritageRadio@m ]
Paul Winchell [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
REPS Convention [ Hal Stone <otrjug@[removed]; ]
7-6 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Consecutive programs [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
thinking on the future [ "Garry D. Lewis" <garrylewis747@ear ]
OTR in quantity [ Illoman <illoman@[removed]; ]
Re: Packaging OTR [ mikeandzachary@[removed] ]
Re: Archie Andrews [ "Kirby, Tom" <Kirby@[removed]; ]
RE: The Silver Eagle Radio Show on A [ "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed] ]
Re: Henry Aldrich movies/TV series [ Mary Anne Morel <mamorel@[removed]; ]
Snowman [ Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed] ]
Re: Packaging OTR [ Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed]; ]
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 02:12:00 -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, 6 Jul 2005 02:53:07 -0400
From: "thomas heathwood" <HeritageRadio@[removed];
To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: News from Boston
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>From Encino, CA -
Sad news that well-known radio/TV/motion picture personality, Norm Prescott,
passed away at age
78. A native of Boston, Norm started out in his career in his hoe town and was
program
director of station WORL at age 21. He was one of the outstanding Boston DJ's
in his early days.
Ensuing yhears saw him at WHDH, WBZ, WNEW - listed by BILLBOARD as one of the
nation's top ten
radio personalities, along with Arthur Godfrey, and Dave Garroway in 1950.
In later years Norm became VP of the brand new Embassy Pictures. In 1965,
with his partner, Joseph
Levine, Norm formed FILMATION Studios where they made animated versions of
Star Trek, Superman,
Tarzan, The Brady Kids, Tom & Jerry, The Lone Ranger and dozens more.
Most recently his production company had been engaged by Turner Broadcasting
to produce a domestic version of 85 anumated Japanese shows acquired for
syndication.
He was a veteran of the US Air Force. He is survived by his wife of 53 years,
Elaine and 3 shildren and
3 great-grandchildren. It is understood that the funeral arrangements are
private.
We will be going through our Boston Broadcast Archives at Heritage Radio to
locate some of the old
home-town broadcasts he did including some shows with BOB & RAY, and air them
pm an upcoming
Heritage Radio Theatre on The Olde Tyme Radio Network.
([removed]<[removed]
st>)
Tom Heathwood - Heritage Radio Theatre -
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 04:50:24 -0400
From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Paul Winchell
Go to [removed] to read what April Winchell has to say
about the death of her father.
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 05:02:38 -0400
From: Hal Stone <otrjug@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: REPS Convention
First things first. I'd like to thank John Warmington for his post in
yesterdays digest about how much he enjoyed attending the REPS Convention
last week, and for his kind comments about me.
I'd also like to thank him for going to the trouble of putting together the
audio clip from our "Archie" recreation, and the photo gallery of convention
activities and sights.
I'd also like to thank him for not disseminating the picture he asked me to
pose for when we were outside the Convention Hall.
However, I have one teensy weensy nit pick. How the hell come Hastings got a
full screen close up in the pictures he posted, and I was just in crowd
shots. Hurmph!
But in retrospect, I had a fun time, and again, thoroughly enjoyed working
with some great pros. My thanks to all my former "Archie" program cohorts
(Bob and Rosemary) for making our production of "Archie" go so smoothly.
But special thanks to some other really top notch talent to round out the
cast. Like Jim & Pat French (A great Mr. & Mrs. Andrews), Frank Buxton, who
stole the show as the Department store "Floorwalker", and Annie Whitfield
was great as "Veronica. And lest we forget, the beautifully rendered theme
music and bridges by Randy and Chris McMillan. Rounding out this stellar
cast, we had my bud Larry Albert as the Announcer. They all made my
Directing that epic like a stroll in the park.
By the way, I briefly met a nice young man, (I think his name was Jason) who
said he was a Digest Subscriber, but that he never posted. I challenged him
to sign on and post something every once in a [removed] now challenge him to
post his reactions to attending the Convention, and what he enjoyed most.
(Next to meeting me of course). :)
Hal(Harlan)Stone
Jughead
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:07:07 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 7-6 births/deaths
July 6th births
07-06-1882 - Ralph Morgan - New York City, NY - d. 6-11-1956
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-06-1892 - Jack Yellen - Razcki, Poland - d. 4-17-1991
lyricist: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-06-1894 - Myra Marsh - Maine - d. 10-29-1964
actress: Dora Foster "A Date with Judy"; Mother "My Friend Irma"
07-06-1896 - Grete Stueckgold - d. 9-xx-1977
soloist: "The Chesterfield Show"; "Chesterfield Presents"
07-06-1904 - Marie Baumer - d. 7-31-1977
writer: "Mr. Chameleon"
07-06-1905 - Pauline Drake - Denver, CO - d. 2-5-1981
actress: Bessie "Great Gildersleeve"; "Miss Duffy "Duffy's Tavern"
07-06-1910 - Alexander Kendrick - d. 5-17-1991
correspondent: "Years In Crisis"; "As Europe Sees the Marshall Plan"
07-06-1910 - Dorothy Kirsten - Montclair, NJ - d. 11-18-1992
singer: "Keepsakes"; "Kraft Music Hall"; "Light Up Time"
07-06-1915 - Laverne Andrews - Minneapolis, MN - d. 5-8-1967
singer: (The Andrews Sisters) "Glenn Miller Orchestra"; "Andrews Sisters Revue:
07-06-1918 - Sebastian Cabot - London, England - d. 8-23-1977
actor: Toussiant Charbonneau "Horizons West"; "Studio One"; "Lives of Harry
Lime"
07-06-1922 - William Schallert - Los Angeles, CA
actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
07-06-1923 - Marie McDonald - Westchester, NY - d. 10-21-1965
actress: "Duffy's Tavern"; "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "Proudly We Hail"
07-06-1924 - Billy Mauch - Peoria, IL
actor: "Coast-to-Coast on a Bus"; "Let's Pretend"; "Robinson Crusoe, Jr."
07-06-1924 - Bobby Mauch - Peoria, IL
actor: "Coast-to-Coast on a Bus"; "Let's Pretend"; "Robinson Crusoe, Jr."
07-06-1925 - Bill Haley, Jr. - Highland Park, MI - d. 2-9-1981
rocker: "Camel Rock and Roll Party"; "Stars for Defense"
07-06-1925 - Merv Griffin - San Mateo, CA
singer: "San Francisco Sketchbook/Merv Griffin Show"
07-06-1927 - Alan "Fluff" Freeman - Melbourne, Australia
announcer, singer: "Records Around Five"; "Pick of the Pops"
07-06-1927 - Janet Leigh - Merced, CA - d. 10-3-2004
actress: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players" - Radio Debut
07-06-1931 - Della Reese - Detroit, MI
singer-actress: "Manhattan Melodies"; "Camel Rock and Roll Party"
07-06-1946 - George Walker Bush - New Haven, CT
[removed] president: Saturday morning presidential broadcast
July 6th deaths
04-02-1908 - Buddy Ebsen - Belleville, IL - d. 7-6-2003
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
04-22-1887 - James Norman Hall - Colfax, IA - d. 7-6-1951
writer: "Words at War"
05-04-1916 - Jean Carroll - Toledo, OH - d. 7-6-1990
comedienne: "The Sealtest Village Store"
05-14-1885 - Otto Klemperer - Breslau, Germany - d. 7-6-1973
conductor: "George Gershwin Memorial Program"
06-01-1870 - Frank Cooley - Natchez, MS - d. 7-6-1941
actor: Reverend McArthur/Fred Thompson "One Man's Family"
06-20-1911 - Gail Patrick - Birmingham, AL - d. 7-6-1980
actress: "The Dreft Star Playhouse"
07-15-1889 - Marjorie Rambeau - San Francisco, CA - d. 7-6-1970
actress: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-28-1892 - Joe E. Brown - Holgate, OH - d. 7-6-1973
comedian, quizmaster: "Ceiling Unlimited"; "Joe E. Brown Show"; "Stop or Go"
08-02-1916 - Johnny Coons - d. 7-6-1975
actor: Chuck Ramsey "Captain Midnight"; Clipper "Sky King"; "Vic and Sade"
08-04-1901 - Louis Armstrong - New Orleans, LA - d. 7-6-1971
trumpeter: "Pursuit of Happiness"; "Sealtest Village Store"; "Story of Swing"
09-25-1897 - William Faulkner - New Albany, MS - d. 7-6-1962
author: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "NBC University Theatre"; "Short Story"
10-14-1906 - Russell Thorson - Wisconsin - d. 7-6-1982
actor: Jack Packard "I Love A Mystery"; Paul Barbour "One Man's Family"
11-04-1918 - Cameron Mitchell - Dallastown, PA - d. 7-6-1994
actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-05-1911 - Roy Rogers - Cincinnati, OH - d. 7-6-1998
singer, actor: (King of the Cowboys) "Roy Rogers Show"; "Saturday Nite
Round-Up"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:07:37 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Consecutive programs
...Am I the only one who really doesn't want to listen to 1000 Amos
'Andy Shows? Or 250 Dragnet? Or whatever?
No . . . you are not. When I first started collecting, way back in
the early 70s I remembered "The Shadow" with a great deal of
fondness. So, I reasoned that if I liked it so much I would listen to
a whole tape of them. Well, to make short story long, by about the
6th show I had had it up to here with "The Shadow." Now I do my
listening by alternating shows never listening to more than two of
the same in a row.
Ron Sayles
[removed] I still like "The Shadow," only in small doses.
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:08:08 -0400
From: "Garry D. Lewis" <garrylewis747@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: thinking on the future
I was musing this morning, that one of the saddist days will be when we raise
a generation that IF they hear the "William Tell Overture"- will NOT think of
the Lone Ranger. Sorta makes me feel sad and old.
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:08:24 -0400
From: Illoman <illoman@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR in quantity
....Am I the only one who really doesn't want to listen to 1000 Amos
'Andy
Shows? Or 250 Dragnet? Or whatever?
It depends on the series. I want to hear every Lights Out, Inner
Sanctum, and Duffy's Tavern shows that I can. Same goes for the
Whistler. On the other hand, in trading and what not I have received
large quantities of shows I may never even listen to. I have a couple
compilation discs that folks have sent me, with 50 different shows on
each. I find I rarely listen to them at all.
Mike
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:07:50 -0400
From: mikeandzachary@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Packaging OTR
I know what you mean about getting discs with a hundred or more
episodes of a certain series. Some dealers do offer samplers, which
have a great variety.
Not too long ago, I listened to all the tapes in one of Radio Spirits'
SUSPENSE sets -- 60 episodes of SUSPENSE. While I enjoyed all the
shows, once I was done, the last thing I wanted to listen to for a
while was another episode of SUSPENSE.
Mike
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:24:15 -0400
From: "Kirby, Tom" <Kirby@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Archie Andrews
I, too, just got my set of Archie Andrews CDs from REPS. Thanks
very much, and an extra thanks to Bob Hastings, Rosemary Rice,
and Hal Stone for signing it!
I will bring them to work and I think I can fit two episodes in
a lunch hour, if I run over to the deli and back fast [removed]
-- Tom Kirby
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 17:49:04 -0400
From: "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: RE: The Silver Eagle Radio Show on ABC
1951 - The Silver Eagle debuted on ABC as a entry into radio's
action-adventure lineup. Jim Ameche starred as Jim West.
I never listened to this program, and I don't believe I've ever heard of it
before. Does anyone know if it was a precursor to TV's "Wild, Wild West" with
Robert Conrad?
B. Ray
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 23:22:39 -0400
From: Mary Anne Morel <mamorel@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Henry Aldrich movies/TV series
Greetings from a lurker!
I was reading a Hollywood bio the other day (Paramount costume designer
Edith Head) that listed the movies she worked on. Included were several
Henry Aldrich titles, and I was wondering if anyone saw them, either during
the '40s or on late-night television. ([removed] lists at least eight movies,
plus a wartime patriotic short and an early TV series.) Were the films
popular with the public in the way that the Andy Hardy Family series was?
Are any titles available on DVD or VHS? Also, are there any copies of the TV
series available for purchase?
Apologies if these questions have already been discussed, and thanks in
advance for any enlightenment from the mountaintop <smile>
Mary Anne Morel
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 23:23:34 -0400
From: Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Snowman
Melanie Aultman had a good question today about "The Cinnamon Bear."
Christmas in July is a good thing for OTR fans if only because we all get
to listen to CB once again, arguably the best children's serial ever
produced during radio's golden age.
Melanie's question about the voice of the Snowman, first broadcast on
Monday, December 20, 1937, in Episode 21, which sounds like W. C. Fields,
underscores writer Glan Heisch's sense of humor, and there is much in CB
for adults. Glan wrote in the voice rendition on purpose, or so his late
widow, Elizabeth, told us. If you listen carefully to "The Cinnamon
Bear," it contains a great deal of parody and clever wordplay. Listen to
the songs, Melanie, which I'll be glad to send you, and you can catch a
good glimpse of Glan's command of the English language and his sense of
fun. My favorite is the song performed in Episode 16 by Oliver Ostrich. A
characteristic Heisch verse is: "I've tried everything in the cook
[removed] of all of the food I've [removed]'s nothing so yummy or
good for the [removed] scrambled alarm clocks and bacon."
The Candy Buccaneers in Episode 8, demonstrate the "whimsy" in Glan Heisch
when they sing "Yo-ho-ho and a [removed] pop!" And then, of course,
there is the talking "Wooden Indian," named Chief Cook-and-Bottle Washer,
and the Indian Princess, "Many-Happy-Returns." The list goes on.
The voice of the Snowman probably belonged to a member of the Paul Taylor
Quartet. Very little is known about this quartet, even though they were
fairly busy at the time.
Dennis Crow
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 23:25:02 -0400
From: Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Packaging OTR
From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
I'd like to see some of these packagers put together disks with a variety of
shows --comedy, drama, mystery, etc. all randomly arranged. Rather like the
way radio really was. It gets tiring listening to the same characters show
after show after show.
I know, I could listen to a few and then try another disk. But then I have
to remember where I was.
No, give me disks with a variety of shows all mixed together.
I too have wondered about this. As a long time collector with much of a
collection on reel-to-reel, what I found with mp3 was that I actually
listened more to the material than I ever did on reel. I always felt
reel was great for archiving the material, but really a pain when you
wanted to listen. Much of my early collection came from purchasing from
the long time vendors, many of whom are no longer in the business. More
often than not they offered reels with a variety of old time radio
rather than the same series and it made listening to a whole tape a lot
more interesting. From a collection standpoint, however, when I wanted
to work trades, it was a problem for me because I would have to pull an
episode of a show from one reel and another from a different reel, etc.
What I have found is that many of the newer collectors who first began
collecting strictly on mp3 liked getting the complete runs on one or
several CDs, but as you say, it becomes a problem to listen unless you
load them onto a hard drive and perhaps pull selected shows to a
portable player (or even load a number of series on the player and pick
and choose that way).
I really wonder whether given the way these shows are made available
nowadays on mp3 if you will ever see variety packs except in selected
cases (such as what Charlie mentioned he is offering).
Unfortunately, with these individual mp3's floating about the Internet,
the quality becomes very iffy. One might use a lower compression than
another and so there seems to be no real consistency in their conversion
to that format.
Jim Widner
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