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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 307
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      early college football on radio       [ "Jim Hilliker" <jimhilliker@sbcglob ]
      Three Investigators answers           [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
      10-29 births/deaths                   [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:30:14 -0400
    From: "Jim Hilliker" <jimhilliker@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  early college football on radio

    Hi!  Since nobody responded to my last question, I'll try one more time.
    While researching some old Los Angeles Times radio logs, I found that Don
    Wilson was calling the USC football games over KFI in 1931.  Does anybody
    have any details about Don Wilson as a sports announcer?

    Also, I know there've been discussions in the past here about re-creations
    of major league baseball games on radio.  I'd like to know if there were
    also re-creations of college footballs games?  I saw a 1930 listing where
    KHJ in Los Angeles carried the Stanford-Minnesota game, likely via their
    co-owned Don Lee station, KFRC.  But at the same time, station KMTR carried
    the same game "via Western Union."    How common was this practice?

    Jim Hilliker
    Monterey, CA

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    Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:16:18 -0400
    From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Three Investigators answers

    Kermyt Anderson and Jim Burns:

    As a long-time fan of the Alfred Hitchcock and the
    Three Investigators Mystery Series (and host of the
    Jones Salvage Yard Forum), I can answer your
    questions. First, yes Robert Arthur of "Mysterious
    Traveler" fame did create the series and the
    characters and wrote 10 of the 43 books (1-9 and 11).
    OTR played a role, of sorts, in the 9th book, "The
    Mystery of the Screaming Clock."

    To answer Kermyt's specific questions about the audio
    plays, according to fellow fan Robert Held, the audio
    plays of the first two stories, "The Secret of Terror
    Castle" and "The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot"
    were recorded in 1984 by the British Company, Rainbow
    Communications.

    Jim,

    As to Hitchcock having nothing to do with the
    mysteries, you're misremembering. Or I'm
    misunderstanding what you're saying. The _real life_
    Alfred Hitchcock was not involved with the books,
    beyond lending the use of his name; Robert Arthur (and
    later his successors) wrote "Hitchcock's"
    introductions, not Hitchcock himself. However, _within
    the stories themselves_ Alfred Hitchcock was very much
    involved. Two of the Three Investigators (Jupiter
    Jones and Pete Crenshaw) bluffed their way into his
    office in the first story, offering to find them a
    genuine haunted house for his next picture. From that
    first meeting, came Hitchcock's promise to introduce
    that case-- and _only_ that case-- if they succeeded.

    They did, and Hitchcock introduced the case as
    promised. However, he changed his mind about it being
    a one-time deal and introduced 30 of their cases. He
    also meets with Jupe, Pete and the third member of the
    team, Bob Andrews, at the end of each book to discuss
    the case.

     In some stories (such as "The Mystery of the
    Stuttering Parrot" and "The Mystery of the Whispering
    Mummy", Hitchcock puts the boys in touch with someone
    needing their help; in others, such as "The Mystery of
    the Shrinking House", the boys use Hitchcock as a
    reference when some questions their legitimacy.

    Again, this refers to the fictional role Hitchcock
    played within the stories. The actual Alfred Hitchcock
    was not actually involved in the series. However, the
    fact that he was a real person gave the series a
    verisimilitude I felt the "Hardy Boys" lacked by
    comparison.

    And it didn't hurt that Robert Arthur created some
    great characters.

    As to when the Three Investigators books were
    published, those dates were 1964-1987. They were
    published by Random House. The first book, as I said,
    was "The Secret of Terror Castle"; the last was "The
    Mystery of the Cranky Collector." In addition to
    Arthur, who died in 1969, other writers on the series
    included Dennis Lynds (as "William Arden") whom Arthur
    hand-picked to continue the series; Mary Virginia
    Carey (as [removed] Carey); Marcus Beresford (as Marc
    Brandel); and Kin Platt (as "Nick West"). Most of the
    post- Arthur books were written by Lynds and Carey.

    The last book featuring Hitchcock before his death was
    "The Secret of Shark Reef" (#30). After that, a
    fictional character named Hector Sebastian (a private
    investigator turned mystery writer) introduced the
    books.  Random House subsequently went back and
    reprinted the earlier books, replacing Hitchcock with
    Sebastian. The exception was the reprint of "Terror
    Castle." Since a movie producer played a key role in
    that book, Hitchcock was replaced with the fictional
    producer, "Reginald Clarke."

    Although Random House replaced Hitchcock with
    Sebastian in reprints of books 2-30, it didn't revise
    the 31st book, "The Mystery of the Scar-Faced Beggar"
    in which Sebastian was originally introduced. So
    someone reading only the revised editions of the early
    book would have been awfully confused as to why
    they're suddenly being introduced to him all over
    again.

    Go figure.

    A short lived new series, "The Three Investigators
    Crimebusters" (11 titles) appeared in the 1990s, but
    most fans dismiss it. The boys are slightly older
    (17), but have so changed in personality as to be
    completely different people. I consider the Jupe, Pete
    and Bob in "Crimebusters" to be three characters who
    just happen to have those names, and not the
    _authentic_ Three Investigators.

    If you have any other questions about the Three
    Investigators, or want web addresses for sites related
    to the series, E-Mail me offline.

    Rick

    [removed] The Three Investigators books are still being
    published today in Germany. And a German-made movie
    version of "The Secret of Skeleton Island" (filmed in
    South Africa and in English, not German) is due for
    release soon. At least in Europe. When it will be
    released in the [removed] and whether in theaters or
    straight to DVD remains to be seen.

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    Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:05:39 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-29 births/deaths

    October 29th births

    10-29-1873 - Walter C. Kelly - Mineville, NY - d. 1-6-1939
    actor: (The Virginia Judge) "The Eveready Hour"
    10-29-1880 - Gleason L. Archer - Great Pond, ME - d. xx-xx-1966
    lecturer: "Laws That Safeguard Society"
    10-29-1889 - Anna Case - Clinton, NJ - d. 1-7-1984
    singer/actor: WJZ New York City
    10-29-1891 - Fanny Brice - NYC - d. 5-29-1951
    comedienne: Baby Snooks Higgins, "Baby Snooks"
    10-29-1894 - Jack Pearl - NYC - d. 12-25-1982
    comedian: Baron Munchausen "Baron and the Bee, Jack and Cliff, Jack
    Pearl Show"
    10-29-1897 - Hope Emerson - Hawarden, IA - d. 4-24-1960
    actor: Henrietta Topper "Advs. of Topper"; Elsie the Cow "Happy Island"
    10-29-1901 - Akim Tamiroff - Baku, Russia - d. 9-17-1972
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-29-1902 - Lillian Lee - d. 5-xx-1987
    actor: "Jack Kirkwood Show"; "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    10-29-1905 - Herbert Lateau - d. 3-xx-1984
    producer: "The National Farm and Home Hour"
    10-29-1908 - Robert K. Adams - d. 2-13-1981
    actor: "Dr. Susan"; Hilltop House"; Your Family and Mine"
    10-29-1909 - Virginia Clark - Peoria, IL
    actor: Helen Trent "Romance of Helen Trent"
    10-29-1910 - Lew Parker - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-27-1972
    actor: John Bickerson "The Bickersons" "Mennen Shave Time with Lew
    Parker"
    10-29-1916 - Hadda Brooks - Los Angeles, CA - d. 11-21-2002
    pianist: "Jubilee"
    10-29-1921 - Ed Kemmer - Reading, PA - d. 11-9-2004
    actor: Buzz Corey "Space Patrol"
    10-29-1925 - Geraldine Brooks - NYC - d. 6-19-1977
    actor: "Hollywood Fights Back"; "Voice of the Army"
    10-29-1925 - Robert Hardy - Cheltenham, England
    actor, writer: "The Leopard and the Lillies"
    10-29-1933 - Douglas Cameron - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
    presenter: "Today"; "double act"

    October 29th deaths

    02-18-1890 - Adolphe Menjou - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-29-1963
    host: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Eternal Light"; "Hallmark Playhouse"
    02-18-1917 - Jack Slattery - Missouri - d. 10-29-1979
    announcer: "House Party"; "You Bet Your Life"
    02-29-1888 - Tess Sheehan - Ann Arbor, MI - d. 10-29-1972
    actor: Dorrie Warren "Wendy Warren and the News"
    03-12-1905 - Milton Merlin - California - d. 10-29-1996
    writer: "The Halls of Ivy"; "The Man Called X"; "Presenting Charles
    Boyer"
    04-08-1921 - Franco Corelli - Ancona, Italy - d. 10-29-2003
    operatic tenor: "Gala Performance"
    05-16-1913 - Woody Herman - Milwaukee, WI - d. 10-29-1987
    bandleader: (The Thundering Herd) "Wildroot Show"
    06-07-1897 - Mann Holiner - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-29-1958
    producer, director: "Baby Snooks Show"; "Frank Sinatra Show"; "Jubilee"
    06-14-1908 - John Scott Trotter - Charlotte, NC - d. 10-29-1975
    conductor: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Philco Radio Time"
    07-04-1885 - Louis B. Mayer - Minsk, Byelorussia, Russian Empire - d.
    10-29-1957
    film executive: "Good News of 1938/39"; "Songs By Sinatra"; "Lux
    Radio Theatre"
    07-06-1894 - Myra Marsh - Maine - d. 10-29-1964
    actor: Dora Foster "A Date with Judy"; Mother "My Friend Irma"
    07-29-1924 - Lloyd Bochner - Toronto, Canada - d. 10-29-2005
    actor: "The Chase"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    08-20-1908 - Al Lopez - Tampa, FL - d. 10-29-2005
    baseball hall of fame: "Greatest Sports Thrills"; "Tops In Sports"
    10-23-1922 - Ewell Blackwell - Fresno, CA - d. 10-29-1996
    baseball pitcher: "Babe Didrickson Zaharius Sports Show"
    12-14-1912 - Morey Amsterdam - Chicago, IL - d. 10-29-1996
    comedian: "Morey Amsterdan Show"
    xx-xx-1896 - Billy Artzt - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-29-1949
    orchestra leader: "Blondie"; "Myrt and Marge"; "Shirley Temple Time"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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