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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2008 : Issue 130
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Tagues one to know [removed]             [ Wich2@[removed] ]
  why are older voices done higher?     [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]
  Pottowatomie/Potawatomi               [ Stuart Lubin <stuartlubin6686@sbcgl ]
  5-22 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Re: Potawatomie                       [ Andrew Godfrey <niteowl049@[removed]; ]
  [removed] McEvoy                           [ Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed]; ]
  Cinnamon Bear                         [ "Ian Grieve" <austotr@[removed]. ]
  Seeking contact information on J. Fr  [ "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@[removed] ]

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 19:22:54 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Tagues one to know [removed]

From: "Derek Tague" _derek@[removed]_ (mailto:derek@[removed])

I was going to comment on the  "Let George Do It" thread, but decided to
[supply your own obvious punchline  here].

You mean you're baileying out on the subject, and forcing others to bob for
info?

-Craig W.

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 19:23:28 -0400
From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  why are older voices done higher?

One thing I've always wondered about old radio shows.
For instance, when Jack Benny plays an Old man, he
does the voice much higher than his own. From what
I've heard, as a person gets older, his/her voice
drops. I wonder where the stereotype of the
high-pitched old man came from.

Ben Ohmart

Old radio. Old movies. New books.
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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 21:05:10 -0400
From: Stuart Lubin <stuartlubin6686@[removed];
To: Time Radio Digest Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Pottowatomie/Potawatomi

There seems to be a concern about the correct spelling
of the Native Americans listed above.  There is no
correct spelling.  The natives called themselves by
that name, or else the Europeans who came in contact
with them named them, based on an indigenous word.
Therefore, that word was not originally from the
English language and, as long as the spelling
communicates the name of the group, each spelling is
correct.

The Jewish holiday around December is called
"Hanukkah", from the Hebrew language. Since I have
seen it spelled "Chanukkah", or even "Chanukah", it
makes no difference because communication to identify
the holiday, not spelling, is the name of game.
(My spell check is going crazy!)

Stuart

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 23:20:19 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  5-22 births/deaths

May 22nd births

05-22-1859 - Arthur Conan Doyle - Edingurgh, Scotland - d. 7-7-1930
author: Many of his works were adapted for radio
05-22-1879 - Alla Nazimova - Yalta in the Crimea - d. 7-13-1945
actor: " I'm An American"; "Towards the Century of the Comman Man"
05-22-1891 - Parks Johnson - Sheffield, AL - d. 10-4-1970
emcee, interviewer: "Vox Pox"
05-22-1898 - Charles Borrelli - Philadelphia, PA - d. 8-26-1984
pianist: "Italian Sunday"
05-22-1903 - Ward Wilson -Trenton, NJ - d. 3-21-1966
actor, announcer: Mr. DeHaven "Aldrich Family"; Beetle "Phil Baker Show"
05-22-1906 - Harry Ritz - Newark, NJ - d. 3-29-1986
comedian: (The Ritz Brothers) "Hollywood Hotel"
05-22-1907 - Laurence Olivier - Dorking, England - d. 7-11-1989
actor: "Biography in Sound"; "Document A/777"; "Hour of Mystery"
05-22-1910 - Johnny Olson - Windom, MN - d. 10-12-1985
emcee, announcer: "Ladies Be Seated"; "Get Rich Quick"
05-22-1911 - John W. Neher - Shelbyville, IL - d. 3-16-1972
singer, actor: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Cavalcade of America"
05-22-1914 - Ken Powell - d. 3-11-1976
announcer: "Chick Carter, Boy Detective"; "Nick Carter, Master
Detective"
05-22-1916 - Rupert Davies - Liverpool, England - d. 10-22-1976
actor: "Afternoon Theatre"
05-22-1918 - Herg Arrasmith - d. 6-xx-1985
disk jockey: KERN Bakersfield, California
05-22-1923 - Bill Andrick - d. 6-xx-1981
disk jockey: WPAR Parkersburg, West Virginia
05-22-1925 - James King - d. 11-20-2005
operatic tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"
05-22-1934 - Peter Nero - Brooklyn, NY
socialite pianist: "Voices of Vista"
05-22-1938 - Susan Strasberg - NYC - d. 1-21-1999
actor: Emily Marriott "Marriage"

May 22nd deaths

02-01-1902 - Langston Hughes - Joplin, Mo - d. 5-22-1967
writer: "America's Town Meeting of the Air"
02-06-1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft - Norfolk, NE - d. 5-22-2005
singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) "Jack Benny Program"
02-27-1915 - Donald Curtis - Cheney, WA - d. 5-22-1997
actor: Michael Shayne "Michael Shayne"
03-15-1909 - John Roeburt - d. 5-22-1972
writer: "Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator"; "Inner Sanctum
Mysteries"
03-27-1921 - Fletcher Markle - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - d. 5-22-1991
actor, director, producer: "Columbia Workshop"; "Studio One"
04-04-1902 - Bernice Berwin - Bay Area, CA - d. 5-22-2002
actor: Hazel Barbour "One Man's Family"
04-28-1938 - Connie Marshall - NYC - d. 5-22-2001
actor: "Hallmark Playhouse"
05-11-1892 - Margaret Rutherford - London, England - d. 5-22-1972
actor: "Wisdon of Miss Marple"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
06-19-1912 - Martin Gabel - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-22-1986
actor: John Wayne "Big Sister"; Gregory Hood "Casebook of Gregory Hood"
06-29-1907 - Joan Davis - St. Paul, MN - d. 5-22-1961
comedienne: "Sealtest Village Store"; "Joan Davis Show"
07-04-1884 - George Trendle - Norwalk, OH - d. 5-22-1972
executive: WXYZ Detroit; Original idea for "The Lone Ranger"
07-10-1909 - Bernard Katz - San Francisco, CA - d. 5-22-1992
pianist: (Cousin of Mel Blanc) "Katz on the Keys"
07-12-1919 - Earl Blessey - d. 5-22-1990
sportscaster, disk jockey: WVMI Biloxi, Mississippi
07-23-1937 - Robert W. Morgan - Galion, OH - d. 5-22-1998
host (communicator) "Monitor"
08-12-1926 - John Derek - Hollywood, CA - d. 5-22-1998
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-30-1917 - Dan Enright - d. 5-22-1992
producer: "Put Up or Shut Up"; "Brain Train"; "Juvenile Jury"; "Life
Begins at 80"
10-13-1892 - Albert Sonn - d. 5-22-1968
pioneer radio personality "Man On the Moon"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 23:20:49 -0400
From: Andrew Godfrey <niteowl049@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Potawatomie

I had an uncle that lived on Potawatomie Street in Hiawatha, Kansas in the
1960's. My mother is buried in a nearby town. I hope I am spelling it right.
My grandma and grandpa both died there.

Hiawatha is Americana at its best. Just the kind of place I picture when
listening to old time radio shows.

Andrew Godfrey

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Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 07:09:44 -0400
From: Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  [removed] McEvoy
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Re the query to Jack French about the hotel guest: A variation of that  
monolog was included in a humor piece by the playwright, novelist and  
comic strip (DIXIE DUGAN) scripter [removed] McEvoy (who also coined the  
phrase "cut to the chase"). The comedy routine was a favorite of Ayn  
Rand: [removed]

McEvoy's humorous essay (for READER'S DIGEST) changed the setting to a  
train station and told of a Chinese businessman who checked his  
baggage. When he returned later, the baggage could not be found,  
prompting him to say, "Pretty damn seldom where my bag go. She no fly.  
You no more fit run station than godsake. That's all I hope!"

Here's the McEvoy essay: [removed] 
  It was reprinted in a READER'S DIGEST collection and was also  
included in Norman Lewis' WORD POWER MADE EASY (1949) to illustrate  
the word "inarticulate." Perhaps McEvoy had scripted the routine years  
earlier for a revue and/or radio.

Bhob @ [removed]

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Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 07:10:20 -0400
From: "Ian Grieve" <austotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Cinnamon Bear

G'Day folks,

Whilst researching Radio station 4BC in Brisbane, believed responsible for
the 2nd series of 26 episodes of the Australian version of The Witch's Tale,
I found this link [removed] regarding Cinnamon
Bear.  I wasn't aware that the series was broadcast in Australia, however
the back page of this song book tells otherwise.

I don't know if this is a locally designed songbook or if they were also
available in the [removed], so I thought I would share the information with you.
I notice the Transco logo on the front page.  Using the arrows on the bottom
right of the screen you can flick through each of the 4 pages.  You can also
save each page by right clicking on it and choosing save picture [removed] and
also print them.  I see they have recordings as well in the National Library
of Australia.  A bit early for Christmas but a nice colour document to add
to your Cinnamon Bear collection.

Ian Grieve

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Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 14:34:08 -0400
From: "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@[removed];
To: "oldtime radio digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Seeking contact information on J. Fred macdonald.
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Hello Old Time Radio Fans,
J. Fred macdonald wrote the book, "Don't Touch that Dial."  Does anyone have
contact information on him.  If so, please write me privately to Robert
Acosta, boacosta@[removed], thank you.

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