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Date: 3/14/2006 5:02 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 76
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Elmer Fudd                            [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      The Upcoming PHC Movie                [ "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@hotm ]
      3-14 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      The Eveready Hour                     [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
      Music Til Dawn History                [ [removed]@[removed] ]
      Both use pencils, [removed]              [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      radio recreations of baseball games   [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      paladin                               [ "Mike Leannah" <mleannah@[removed] ]
      More on Shell Chateau                 [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      OTR Recreations Article               [ ilamfan@[removed] (S Jansen) ]
      Late Night Music                      [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      Mr Llewyn                             [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      THE DAY I MET PALADIN                 [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]

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    Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:14:54 -0500
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Elmer Fudd
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    That would be Arthur Q. Bryan. He was a regular as 'Floyd the barber," on
    "The Great Gildersleeve" show on radio, also.  Bob Slate

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    Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:15:00 -0500
    From: "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Upcoming PHC Movie

    There is an interesting article on the upcoming Robert Altman directed A
    PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION movie at:

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    (As this is Salon you have to watch a short commercial before you can read
    the story).

    And there is now a website for the movie up at

    [removed]

    which has a teaser (short) trailer available for viewing.

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    Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:00:17 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-14 births/deaths

    March 14th births

    03-14-1869 - Algernon Blackwood - d. 12-10-1951
    author: "Escape"
    03-14-1879 - Albert Einstein - Ulm, Germany - d. 4-18-1955
    physicist: "The Quick and the Dead"
    03-14-1900 - Bernie Cummins - Akron, OH - d. 9-22-1986
    bandleader: "Coca-Cola Spotlight Bands Program"; "Fitch Bandwagon"
    03-14-1912 - Les Brown - Reinerton, PA - d. 1-4-2001
    bandleader: (Les Brown and His Band of Renown) "Bob Hope Show";
    "Fitch Bandwagon"
    03-14-1913 - Jay Barney - Chicago, IL - d. 5-19-1985
    actor: Bugsy O'Toole "The Romance of Helen Trent"
    03-14-1918 - Dennis Patrick - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-13-2002
    actor: "Shakespeare Festival"
    03-14-1919 - Harry Caray - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-18-1998
    baseball announcer: St. Louis Cardinals; Chicago Cubs
    03-14-1919 - Luther Henderson - Kansas City, MO - d. 7-29-2003
    arranger: "Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP"
    03-14-1933 - Michael Caine - London, England
    actor: "Wednesday Night" CBC

    March 14th deaths

    01-09-1901 - Chic Young - Chicago, IL - d. 3-14-1973
    cartoonist: Creator of Blondie Bumstead nee Boopadoop
    01-17-1910 - Tex Fletcher - Harrison, NY - d. 3-14-1987
    actor: Tex Mason "Songs of the B-Bar-B"
    05-30-1915 - Frank Blair - Yemasse, SC - d. 3-14-1995
    newscaster, announcer: "America Looks Ahead"; "Fulton Lewis, Jr."
    06-30-1917 - Susan Hayward - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-14-1975
    actress: "Radio Almanac"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-21-1906 - Carlton Kadell - Danville, IL - d. 3-14-1975
    announcer, actor: Tarzan "Tarzan"; Red Ryder "Red Ryder"
    09-03-1910 - Michael Eisenmenger - d. 3-14-2003
    sound effects: "Captain Midnight"; "Backstage Wife"
    11-23-1913 - Maurice Zolotow - NYC - d. 3-14-1991
    writer: "Information Please"
    11-29-1895 - Busby Berkeley - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-14-1976
    choreographer: "Gulf Screen Theatre"; "Whatever Became Of . . . ?"
    12-08-1895 - Harold Arlin - d. 3-14-1986
    first full time radio announcer in the world, KDKA, Pittsburgh, 1921

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:14:02 -0500
    From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Eveready Hour

>     [Brad Barker] came by his radio specialty by accident while rehearsing
>     a program about a shipwreck in the Galapagos. At one point where the
>     script mentioned seals, Barker jokingly let out a burst of seal barks.
>     The director loved it and decided to keep it in the show, and the next
>     day they had him in front of a microphone doing other animal sounds.

    I've been meaning to post a query about the Eveready Hour's
    oft-repeated Galapagos episode. Does this script survive (or any of
    the 1924-25 Eveready drama scripts), by any chance? Judging from the
    newspaper coverage I've seen, it sounds as if it is one of the
    earliest dramas written for radio to feature first person narration.
    But does anyone know if that's actually the case?

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    Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:16:57 -0500
    From: [removed]@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Music Til Dawn History

    Someone had ask about Music Til Dawn, which I remember well from WLW in
    Cincinnati. I dug out an old album marketed by the program and American
    Airlines
    in 1968 which features this history on the back cover.

    The name "Music 'Til Dawn" is the title of the late-night radio program
    sponsored by American Airlines on 10 stations across the country. The first
    program was hosted by the late Bob Hall on station WCBS in New York, the night
    of April 13, 1953. The year 1968, therefore, marks the 15th anniversary of this
    Peabody Award-winning program of fine music.

    Today's network of Music 'Til Dawn stations and their hosts are: WEEI -
    Boston -
    Jack Lazare; WBBM, Chicago - Jay Andres; WLW, Cincinnati - Lee Stewart; KRLD,
    Dallas - Tony Garrett; WJR, Detroit - Jay Roberts; KNX, Los Angeles - George
    Walsh; WCBS, New York - Don Robertson; KOFM, Oklahoma City - Maurice Eaves;
    KCBS, San Francisco - Ken Ackerman; WTOP, Washington - Terry Hourigan.
    Music 'Til Dawn's producer is Lyman Clardy, and its Director, Robert H. Prall.

    According the Goldenindex the program left the air on WCBS on January 3,1970.

    Paul Urbahns
    Radcliff,KY

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    Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:17:37 -0500
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Both use pencils, [removed]

    From: Ron Sayles _bogusotr@[removed]_ (mailto:bogusotr@[removed])

>     04-28-1911 - Lee Falk - St. Louis, MO - d. 3-13-1999
>     cartoonist:  "Mandrake the Magician"

    Dear Ron, & gang-

    Mr. Falk did indeed create Mandrake; and with The Phantom, the
    long-johned-hero.
    But he was no cartoonist; he wrote the scripts.

    He was also a published novelist, and accomplished in the field of Theater,
    but that's another story entirely from The [removed]

    Best,
    -Craig

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    Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:18:05 -0500
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  radio recreations of baseball games

>     If the scheduled game was rained out (I'm
>     not sure if it was just local games or all games) they
>     would use the teletype reports to give game
>     play-by-play of another game. But, as I recall, there
>     was no attempt to simulate the game. It was just a
>     straight report. You could hear the teletype in short
>     bursts in the background as a pitch or play came in.
>     No actual sound effects or "creativity."

    I've seen two demonstrations of the craft, both on television.  The first
    one I saw was on a late-night talk show, probably Tonight w/Johnny Carson.
    The fellow did, indeed, describe a baseball game as if it was happening
    right in front of him, and it was quite effective.

    The second demonstration I saw was from another old announcer, who
    apparently had done a lot of this kind of thing before he served two terms
    as President.  Yup, Ronald Reagan did a very short but exceedingly effective
    few lines of a baseball game description--again, as if he was at the ball
    park--at a press conference.  Everyone loved it.

    M Kinsler

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    Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:19:42 -0500
    From: "Mike Leannah" <mleannah@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  paladin

    One more thing about The Ballad of Paladin and its composer/singer, Johnny
    Western: He attended the FOTR Convention in 2000, performing many songs,
    including his most famous one, The Ballad of Paladin. The LP Martin Grams
    mentioned was for sale (in tape or CD format) at one of the tables. I've
    played it to the point of wearing it out. Johnny Western was a very kind and
    gracious man. I'll never forget meeting him and hearing him perform. It was
    one of the highlights of the convention for me.

    Michael Leannah

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    Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:52:05 -0500
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  More on Shell Chateau
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    There were 115 episodes of Shell Chateau from April 6 1935 to June 26, 1937.
    About 13 or 14 program are in existance.

    In 1935 Jolson made 2 movies and short subject film which could account for
    the need of substiute hosts.

    Winchell subed on October 5, 1935, Beery substiuted On Oct. 26 Nov. 9,16,23,
    Dec. 21 & 28 Jolson made a few more shows.

    I have 5 Shell Chateau shows that I dig out and listen to and really enjoy
    them, Why can't we get get good entertainment like that anymore?

    Did a Google search and found lots of information including a complete log
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    This is a great site for collectors who want the correct date of programs.

    I have found over 50 web sits that have logs, play programs or sell CD's or
    cassetts of OTR programs, and the numbers are growing.

    There is an Al Jolson fan club and several othe sites that tell the Jolson
    story
    movies and recording etc. Google is great.

    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:52:22 -0500
    From: ilamfan@[removed] (S Jansen)
    To: [removed]@[removed] (OTR Bulletin Board)
    Subject:  OTR Recreations Article

    Hey, all!
         Here's a link to the Daily Herald - they did an article about my OTR
    collecting and restorations with the First Generation Radio Archives and our
    recreation group, the Theatre Of The Mindless.
         If you're in the Chicago area (far north suburbs), please check out our
    show at the Jack Benny Center, Bowen Park, Waukegan this Saturday the 18th at
    3pm.  Tickets $10.  Great fun for all!
         We've got a continuing gig at the Benny Center, about every other month
    for this entire year.

    [removed]

    Stephen Jansen

    --
    Old Time Radio never dies - it just changes formats!

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    Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:52:32 -0500
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Late Night Music
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    Some one was looking for good music for late night [removed] I, by
    accident, found AM 740 Tronto, Canada. Just music no talk and little or no
    commericals.
    I'm in McHenry County, Illinois 50 miles NW of Chicago, and I get it loud
    and clear.

    If your on line and like jazz try [removed]  it a great music station its
    24/7
    FM station

    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:16:48 -0500
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Mr Llewyn
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    Charlie:

    Elmer Fudd's voice was Arthur Q. Bryan who was on Gilersleeve for years as
    one of the Jolly Boys. He was Floyd  Munsen the Barber. Doing  research I
    went to John Dunnings "Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio" and read the material
    on Gildersleeve, no Mr. Llewy in the regular cast. I don't have the 12/7/41
    show so  I couldn' check it out

    I checked out Arthur Q. Bryan's name in the index and find he is listed 17
    times so he was a busy actor. As you may remember he was Doc Gamble  on
    Fibber McGee & Molly from April 6, 1943 until the end of the series.

    Many times an actor or actress would do more than one chacter in a program,
    especially bit parts.

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    Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:01:41 -0500
    From: PURKASZ@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  THE DAY I MET PALADIN
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    Martin Grams employs his usual scholarly insights  in recalling the great
    single "BALLAD OF PALADIN." around 1959 or so, I feel I  must also say add
    that
    one of the single's most inspiring bits of  narration, one that made me really
    want to be an actor on radio and even the  movies and TV, was on the B side of
    that 45 RPM record called,

    "The Guns of Rio Muerto."
        A stunning bit of drama read by Richard Boone that  put chills down my 16
    year old spine!
        I knew then that I wanted to be an actor.
        By the time I got to Hollywood, Richard Boone was  playing a parody of
    Paladin in a show called, "Hec Ramsey," a character which he  himself
    described
    as, "Paladin, only fatter."
        I ran into him, almost literally, while rounding a  sound stage on the
    back lot at Universal and stuttered like a drooling fan about  his narration
    on
    that record.
        He stared at me till I finished and I think I  noticed a slight smile.
        It was then I felt the fear that every 'villain'  must have felt as he
    stared into the eyes of Paladin.
        Then he lumbered into the commissary, leaving me to  ponder my fate,
    hoping I might get to do the show and get myself shot by  Paladin.
        Sadly, it was not to be.
                            Michael  C. Gwynne

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