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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2008 : Issue 11
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Jack Benny Article in San Antonio Ch  [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
  Watch your Billing while you're Cooi  [ Wich2@[removed] ]
  Fresh air is bracing!                 [ Wich2@[removed] ]
  This week in radio history            [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  1-13 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Re: Victor Borge reminiscences        [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]

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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:50:55 -0500
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Jack Benny Article in San Antonio Christian
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I'm not familiar with this publication, but its reporter used the story of
Jack Benny's marriage as "inspiration" even as it tagged him as a philanderer
without providing evidence.

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Sean Dougherty
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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:46:49 -0500
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Watch your Billing while you're Cooing

From: Anthony Tollin _sanctumotr@[removed]_
(mailto:sanctumotr@[removed])

Because  THE WHISTLER films followed the anthology format of the radio
series ...  there were no continuing characters, other than the
shadowy  Whistler

But the radio series did not always use the same lead actor for each
episode, did it?

As an actor, Richard Dix probably enjoyed creating different
characterizations, alternating between hero to villain

Likely so - but I think his consistent casting in the film series was more
an instance of good ol' Hollywood, "hey - we need a NAME for the poster  here!"

Best,
-Craig W.

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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:48:11 -0500
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Fresh air is bracing!

From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];

I'm afraid this isn't  exactly what you want but here's an interesting
excerpt from a 1938 letter by  novelist John Fante in Berkeley, CA to
playwright William Saroyan:

Dear [removed]

Strange as it may sound to some - thanks for that!

It makes me love our mutually beloved Goose no less, to be honest about the
fact that of the countless eggs she laid, a very great many were not actually
Golden!

Best,
-Craig "Comic book, Movie (not all Cinema), and Dimestore Toy Lover"  Wichman

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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:07:14 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history

 From Those Were The Days --

1/13

1906 - Hugh Gernsback of the Electro Importing Company advertised radio
receivers for sale for the low, low price of just $[removed] (that would be
$[removed] in 2006 money)in Scientific American magazine. The first ad
selling the gizmos guaranteed reception of about one mile.

1910 - Enrico Caruso and Emmy Destinn were heard via a telephone
transmitter; rigged by DeForest Radio-Telephone Company to broadcast
from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

1/14

1927 - Jack Benny married Sadye Marks on this day.

1939 - The program, Honolulu Bound, was heard on CBS. Phil Baker and the
Andrews Sisters were featured on the program.

1/15

1945 - Art Linkletter starred on the CBS debut of House Party. The show
continued on the air for 22 years, including a long stint on CBS t--------n.

1/16

1939 - The shrill siren call of radio's I Love a Mystery was heard for
the first time as the show debuted on NBC's West-Coast outlets.

1/17

1938 - Francis X. Bushman was the star of the program, Stepmother, which
debuted on CBS. The show continued on the air for the next four years.

1/18

1929 - New York Daily Mirror columnist Walter Winchell made his debut on
radio, broadcasting a blend of political commentary and celebrity gossip
to "Mr. and Mrs. [removed]" His quick-jabbing, penetrating manner
became his trademark. And so did his fedora hat.

1937 - CBS introduced listeners to Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories for
the first time. A complete story was told in five, 15-minute episodes
which aired Monday through Friday each week. Aunt Jenny was played by
Edith Spencer and later, by Agnes Young. The show continued on radio
until 1956 and was sponsored over the years by Spry shortening and Lux
soap. Aunt Jenny's whistling canary, for those of you ready to inquire,
was played by animal imitator, Henry Boyd.

Joe

--
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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:02:25 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  1-13 births/deaths

January 13th births

01-13-1882 - Domenico Savino - Tranto, Italy - d. 8-8-1973
composer/conductor: "Evening in Paris"; "La Palina Smoke Dreams"
01-13-1884 - Sophie Tucker - Russia - d. 2-9-1966
singer: (The Last of the Red Hot Mammas) "Sophie Tucker and Her Show"
01-13-1885 - Jimmy Monaco - Genoa, Italy - d. 10-17-1945
orchestra leader: WOR Newark, New Jersey
01-13-1890 - Elmer Davis - Aurora, IN - d. 5-18-1958
newscaster, commentator, correspondent: "Elmer Davis and the News"
01-13-1895 - Campbell Arnoux - d. 11-1-1966
announcer: Uncle Billy "Uncle Billy"
01-13-1901 - A. B. Guthrie - Bedford, IN - d. 4-26-1991
author, screenwriter: "NBC University Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
01-13-1903 - Charles Kullman - New Haven, CT - d. 2-8-1983
singer: "The Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"
01-13-1903 - Kay Francis - Oklahoma City,  Oklahoma Territory - d.
8-26-1968
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
01-13-1909 - Danny Barker - New Orleans, LA - d. 3-13-1994
jazz guitar: "This Is Jazz"
01-13-1910 - Jack Mercer - d. 12-4-1984
actor: Popeye "Popeye the Sailor"
01-13-1913 - Jeff Morrow - NYC - d. 12-26-1993
actor: "Electric Theatre"
01-13-1913 - Paul Birch - Alabama - d. 5-24-1969
actor: Radio work in St. Louis under the name of Paul (Lowery) Smith
01-13-1914 - Stanley Waxman - Ohio - d. 9-27-1998
actor: "Escape"; "Man Called X"; "Tell It Again"; "Presenting Charles
Boyer"
01-13-1915 - Mahlon Aldridge
sportscaster: Missouri
01-13-1918 - Steve Dunne - Northampton, MA - d. 9-2-1977
actor: Sam Spade "Advs. of Sam Spade"
01-13-1919 - Robert Stack - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-14-2003
actor: "Family Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
01-13-1925 - Gwen Verdon - Culver City, Los Angeles, CA - d. 10-18-2000
actor, singer, dancer: "Stagestruck"; "WOR Diamond Jubilee"
01-13-1927 - Delores Hawkins - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-15-1987
singer: "Nick Kenny's Children's Follies"
01-13-1930 - Frances Sternhagen - Washington, [removed]
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
01-13-1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly - The Bronx, NY - d. 5-25-2007
actor: "Visual Radio"

January 13th deaths

01-02-1901 - Hugh Ross Williamson - Romsey, England - d. 1-13-1978
author: "Paul, a Bondslave"
02-02-1882 - James Joyce - Dublin, Ireland - d. 1-13-1941
author: "NBC University Theatre"
02-09-1915 - Charlotte Holland - d. 1-13-1997
actor: Nita Bennett "Lone Journey"; Nora Drake "This is Nora Drake"
02-26-1922 - Margaret Leighton - Barnt Green, England - d. 1-13-1976
actor: "Variety Playhouse"; "Pocket Theatre"
03-16-1859 - Alexander Popov - Turinsk District, Russia - d. 1-13-1906
One of three claimants for inventor of radio (along with Marconi and
de Forest)
04-03-1920 - Stan Freeman - Waterbury, CT - d. 1-13-2001
pianist, composer: "Piano Playhouse"; "All Night on NBC"
04-10-1897 - Eric Knight - Menston, England - d. 1-13-1943
writer: "Everyman's Theatre"
04-21-1914 - Norman Panama - Chicago, IL - d. 1-13-2003
writer: "Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-24-1871 - Blanche Ring - Boston, MA - d. 1-13-1961
actor/singer: "Fight Camp"; "Jumbo"
05-11-1911 - Doodles Weaver - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-13-1983
comedian: (Brother of Pat Weaver) Professor Feedlebaum "Spike Jones
Show"
05-27-1911 - Hubert H. Humphrey - Wallace, SD - d. 1-13-1978
politician: "Meet the Press"; "University of Chicago Round Table"
07-05-1911 - Richard Newton - Vancouver, Canada - d. 1-13-2006
actor: "Now Hear This"
07-09-1881 - Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel - Stillwater, MN - d. 1-13-1936
emcee: "Roxy's Gang"; "Roxy Revue"
07-13-1934 - Philip Crosby - California - d. 1-13-2004
actor: "Bing Crosby Show"
07-15-1920 - B. H. Anderly - d. 1-13-1998
newscaster, disk jockey: KLIZ Brainerd, Minnesota
07-22-1908 - Shirley Howard - d. 1-13-1988
singer: "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
09-13-1880 - Jesse L. Lasky - San Francisco, CA - d. 1-13-1958
film producer, host: "Gateway to Hollywood"
09-23-1889 - Don Bestor - Longford, SD - d. 1-13-1970
bandleader: "Nestle Program"; "Jack Benny Program"
11-04-1896 - Harry Woods - North Chelmsford, MA - d. 1-13-1970
compser: "Great Moments to Music"
12-22-1901 - Andre Kostelanetz - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 1-13-1980
conductor: "Chesterfield Hour"; "Light Up Time"; "Pause That Refreshes"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:51:31 -0500
From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Victor Borge reminiscences

Hello again --

As long as the thread of Victor Borge continues to perpetuate itself in this
newsletter, I thought I would add my own reminiscences about this master
musician (yes, no less than John Corigliano who wrote the music for The Red
Violin agreed with me that Borge had the most beautiful touch on the piano
that we had ever heard) and master comedian.

My father and mother saw Victor entertaining at a Chicago hotel in the early
forties and my Dad was so impressed that for fifty years or so he appeared
before his Lion's Club and other civic groups with his impersonation of
Borge's Phonetic Punctuation and, when I was available to play the piano,
Borge's lesser-known "Lesson in Composition."

So in 1961, when I was a grad student at the U of Illinois in Urbana and saw
that Victor Borge would be giving a concert at the Civic Opera House in
Chicago, I bought tickets for Dad, Mom and myself. I bought them so late
that we were part of the overflow crowd that was actually seated on the
stage around Borge! We were two rows behind him and were watching his back
most of the evening, but we did see the facial expressions of Leonid Hambro
when Borge broke him up during some two-piano arrangements they played. We
also had the benefit of some asides Borge made to a little old lady who was
seated right behind him, starting to announce his next number and then
turning to her and whispering "What the hell was the name of that composer?"
which sent her into spasms of embarrassment. And I will never forget the
look on Dad's face when, waiting for the concert to begin, Dad felt someone
brush his shoulder and it was Borge on his way in toward the piano!

Lucky for me, I had many other opportunities to see Victor Borge at
Chicago's Orchestra Hall, and again at the Civic Opera House -- five or six
in all -- when I was seated in the audience along with everyone else. What a
funny man!

Has anyone remarked yet that Denmark's loss was our gain, that Borge had to
leave his homeland in a hurry because the Nazis had put a price on his head
for the musical comedies he wrote making fun of the Third Reich?

yOurs TRuly,
Jan Bach

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