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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2014 : Issue 54
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Interview with Beverly Washburn!      [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 22-28 Jun  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 23:02:14 -0400
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Interview with Beverly Washburn!

    Folks;

       Some shameless self-promotion - this week on SummersTime is a special live
    edition of the show, recorded at the 2014 Nostalgia Expo in Blue Ash, Ohio!
    Our guest this week is Beverly Washburn, who talked with us about working
    radio and television with Jack Benny, her career in film and television, that
    strange little film Spider Baby, and even her role on Star Trek! Not only do
    we hear the complete interview, but we also hear her rehearse the Jack Benny
    Program playing Mary Livingston, an aired episode of the Benny show where he
    runs into her on the street, and even an edited version of Family Theater!
    Check out [removed] for show times, and
    [removed] to hear our show and many other awesome programs
    dedicated to Old-Time Radio!

       Also, my daughter has been a cruel task-mistress the last few days,
    forcing me to clean up and update the SummersTime website at
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    photos from the Nostalgia Expo posted! And she's pushing me to catch up on
    posting archived editions of SummersTime to the podcast at
    [removed] (where you can also read and hear _her_ comments
    about all this), so for at least this week I'll be posting one episode every
    day. You can listen to the shows directly on the blog page, or download them
    automagically to your computer, iPod, phone, or tablet by subscribing to the
    podcast feed through the blog or through iTunes - links promently posted.

             Charlie

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    Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 23:02:22 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 22-28 June

    6/23

    1933   The Pepper Pot program welcomed a new host. Don McNeill took over
    the show and renamed it The Breakfast Club. The show, a huge success for
    the NBC Blue and later, ABC, became one of the longest running radio
    programs in history. The show aired with McNeill as host until December
    27, 1968. The Breakfast Club was a morning show that had its share of
    corny jokes, visiting celebrities and lots of audience participation.

    1941   Front Page Farrell was heard for the first time on Mutual. In
    1942, the program moved to NBC and stayed on the air until 1954. Sally
    and David Farrell were the central characters.

    1947   Wendy Warren and the News debuted on CBS. The broadcasts
    continued until 1958. No, the program was not a newscast, in the
    traditional sense. It was a serial, one of many of the time. The unique
    thing about this particular show, however, was that Wendy Warren and the
    News did utilize a real three minute newscast to open the show. The
    newscaster, delivering the news as part of the show, chose not to stay
    in the entertainment side of radio, but continued to be a true
    journalist and a legend at CBS. That newsman was Douglas Edwards.

    6/24

    1960   The Romance of Helen Trent was heard for the last time. Helen and
    her boy toy, Gil Whitney, were about to be married, but the loving
    couple never made it to the altar just in case the show would ever be
    renewed. Helen Trent and her romance aired for 27 years a total of
    7,222 episodes on the CBS.

    6/25

    1942   The first broadcast of It Pays to Be Ignorant was aired on WOR
    and the Mutual Broadcasting System.

    6/26

    1933   The Kraft Music Hall debuted.

    1949   Fred Allen had his final program, though he continued for several
    years to guest on other shows.

    6/27

    1940   As a summer replacement for blind, piano virtuoso Alec Templeton,
    The Quiz Kids was first heard. The show continued on NBC until 1953.

    1943   The Dreft Star Playhouse debuted on NBC. Jane Wyman starred in
    the first broadcast, titled Bachelor Mother.

    1944   The Alan Young Show debuted on NBC. It was a summer replacement
    for the popular Eddie Cantor. The show became a regular in the fall NBC
    lineup.

    Joe

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    Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 23:02:29 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[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," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
    Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Big John and Steve's "Glowing Dial"
    and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in high-quality audio, on
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    Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    MY FRIEND IRMA
    Audition Show 11-19-46
    Stars: Marie Wilson, Cathy Lewis, John Brown, Hans Conried, Gloria
    Gordon, Leif Erickson, Alan Reed.
    CBS Pepsodent Fridays 10:30 - 11:00 pm

    KRAFT MUSIC HALL
    Episode 3 7-19-45 Guests: Jo Stafford, Pearl Bailey
    Host Edward Everett Horton
    Announcer: Les Tremayne
    NBC Kraft Foods

    VOICE OF THE ARMY
    Episode 425 1948 "Jive By Five"
    Stars: DeMarco Sisters.
    "Baby Face", "Cuddle Up A Little Closer", "Red Red Robbin Goes Bob Bob
    Bobbin Along", "I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful"
    [removed] Army syndication for Army recruiting

    HOLLYWOOD STAR PLAYHOUSE
    Episode 46 7-30-49 "The Town Constable"
    Stars: William Demarest, Norma Jean Nilsson
    CBS Armour Foods Saturdays 12:30 - 1:00 pm

    NIGHT EDITOR
    Episode 17 1945 "Thirty Days To Live"
    Features: Hal Burdick
    NBC Edwards Coffee
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
    (CBS) 2/12/46 "The Man Who Couldn't Die" aka "Elixir #4" starring
    Richard Widmark.

    THE CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER
    (CBS) 10/6/80 "Second Sight" stars Fred Gwynne
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    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    This week we pay tribute to Fred Allen
    Fred Allen was an incredible comedian with tremendous talent.
    Unfortunately, he is largely forgotten today. He died in 1956.

    One of his most memorable shows was when the Eagle got lose in the studio.

    THE FRED ALLEN SHOW
    06/20/37 03/20/40 Episode (025) Eagle Gets Loose in the Studio.

    Larry then reads from "Treadmill to Oblivion" where Fred Allen makes
    reference to this episode.

    In the book, "The Fred Allen Letters", Fred writes a hilarious letter to
    then NBC Vice-President John Royal. Many ears ago, Daws Butler did his
    impersonation of Fred Allen as he reads that letter.

    Next we hear an example of a typical Fred Allen show in the late 40's.

    THE FRED ALLEN SHOW
    04/25/48 Episode (146) With Leo Durocher. Scalping Baseball Tickets.

    Then we listen to the Movie Preview "Love Thy Neighbor" with Fred Allen
    and Jack Benny from 1940.
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    This Week's Classics & Curios Show:

    "Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

    Episode 126

    EDDIE HUBBARD & THE BROWSERS: "ARTHUR MURRAY TAUGHT ME DANCING IN A HURRY"

    We return to March 3, 1997, as the Browsers get dance lessons from
    Arthur Murray. Well, not exactly! One of the tunes introduced during the
    show is "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry" by Jimmy Dorsey and
    Helen O'Connell, preceded by the tune "The Mexican Hat Dance" by Les
    Brown. Another dance is mentioned by Desi Arnaz as he sings "Cuban
    Pete," the dance being the "Chik Chiki Bum ('Boom')," a lively Latin
    dance. Then our mini-make-believe ballroom "dance-a-thon" continues with
    one of Eddie Hubbard's Extras: Steve Lawrence and the late Eydie Gorme
    singing "Dancing Cheek to Cheek."

    All the while, Browsers are challenged to explain who Arthur Murray was
    as well as to identify the girl who sings with Desi and, in addition, to
    name songs with a hat in the title. My favorite trivia question on this
    show involves naming the theme songs for various bandleaders after we
    listen to Artie Shaw's theme "Nightmare," a rather unique theme song
    written by Artie himself. Another good question, after hearing Harry
    James' version of "Opus One," is naming some songs Harry recorded that
    were big hits for other bandleaders. Maybe the easiest challenge is to
    name geographic locations mentioned in song titles such as "I Wish I Was
    in Peoria," "Chicago," and "New York, New York."

    Phil's "Phooler" this time really "phooled" me big time. I suspect you
    may be stumped, too. Here's a hint: The male singer of the song "What's
    New?" is an actor who was particularly famous for tough guy roles in
    movies and on television primarily in the 1960's and 1970's. He did have
    some success on recordings in the UK.

    Rounding out the show are Blue Barron's "The Things I Love," Dinah
    Washington doing "Unforgettable," and "Cow Cow Boogie" by Ella Mae
    Morse. Additional Extras from Eddie in place of commercials are "Sunny
    Side of the Street," "Thinking of You," Sauter-Finegan's "Doodle Town
    Fifers," and "Georgia," the closing tune.

    As we enjoy the music, as Lord Byron said, "On with the dance! Let joy
    be unconfined."

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    Thanks go to Jerry Haendiges Productions for expert remastering of
    studio tapes for rebroadcast.

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    THE GLOWING DIAL

    Big John and Stu celebrate Father's Day

    Father Knows Best - Father's Day Trip
    originally aired Thursday, June 15, 1950 on NBC
    Starring: Robert Young, June Whitley or Jean Vander Pyl, Rhoda Williams,
    Ted Donaldson, Norma Jean Nillson, Eleanor Audley, Herb Vigran, Sam
    Edwards.
    Bill Forman announcing.
    Sponsor: General Foods (Maxwell House Coffee)

    Life Of Riley - Father's Day Bathrobes
    originally aired Saturday, June 19, 1948 on NBC
    Starring: William Bendix, Barbara Eiler, John Brown, Bobby Ellis,
    Paula Winslow, Francis "Dink" Trout, Alan Reed.
    Ken Niles announcing.
    Sponsor: Proctor & Gamble (Prell)

    The Jack Benny Program - Father's Day
    originally aired Sunday, June 16, 1940 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Dennis Day, Phil Harris,
    Verna Felton, Ezra Stone.
    Don Wilson announcing.
    Sponsor: Jell-O

    Adventures Of Father Brown - The Case Of The Mystified Mind
    originally aired Sunday, July 8, 1945 on MUTUAL
    Starring: Karl Swenson, Barry Thompson, Mitzy Gould, Bobby Readick,
    Bill Griffis, Will Geer, Gretchen Davidson, Vinton Hayworth, Gladys
    Thornton.
    John Stanley announcing.
    Sustained

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    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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