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Date: 4/25/2012 10:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 69
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      Harlow Wilcox voice problem           [ ajhubin@[removed] ]
      Re: Mike Wallace and Peanut Butter    [ Fass Martin <watchstop@frontiernet. ]
      4-24 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Those Were the Days' 42nd anniversar  [ Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed] ]
      Myron (Mike ) Wallace                 [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      The Disappearing Train                [ "danhughes@[removed]" <danhughes@jun ]
      4-25 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:12:01 -0400
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:24:47 -0400
    From: ajhubin@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Harlow Wilcox voice problem
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    It appears that there wasn't time to redo the 5/2/1949 episode of Fibber
    McGee & Mollly ("Do a Good Turn McGee), bec ause the version released to the
    airwaves has Wilcox c oughing and hacking and trying to speak, and finally
    saying something like "I can't talk! Music!". Remarkable for a transcribed
    program!

    Al Hubin

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    Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:24:58 -0400
    From: Fass Martin <watchstop@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Mike Wallace and Peanut Butter

    At [removed], there are eight Sky King programs of varying quality, but the
    first one is in fine shape, with several opportunities to hear Mike Wallace,
    including the ABC network cue at the end.  One can imagine he had great fun
    declaiming "SKY KING!"

    --Martin Fass

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    Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:25:06 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-24 births/deaths

    April 24th births
    04-24-1871 - Blanche Ring - Boston, MA - d. 1-13-1961
    actor/singer: "Fight Camp"; "Jumbo"
    04-24-1894 - Norman Sweetser - d. 8-28-1980
    director: "Just Plain Bill"; "Stella Dallas"
    04-24-1905 - Robert Penn Warren - Guthrie, KY - d. 9-15-1989
    author: (All the King's Men) "NBC University Theatre"
    04-24-1906 - William "Lord Haw Haw" Joyce - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-3-1946
    propagnadist for Nazi Germany during World War II: Hung for treason
    04-24-1907 - John Frank Anders - Upward, NC - d. 12-18-1983
    composer, singer: live radio program in Knoxville, Tennessee
    04-24-1910 - Albert Zugsmith - Atlantic City, NJ - d. 10-26-1993
    film producer/director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    04-24-1911 - Arval Hogan - Robbinsville, NC - d. 9-12-2003
    country, bluegrass: "Briarhoppers"
    04-24-1916 - Eldon Shamblin - Weatherford, OK - d. 8-5-1998
    guitarist: "Bob Wills and the Texax Playboys"
    04-24-1922 - Aaron Bell - Muskogee, OK - d. 7-28-2003
    singer: "Steve Lawrence Show"
    04-24-1924 - Clement Freud - Berlin, Germany - d. 4-15-2009
    panelist: "(Grandson of Sigmund) Just a Minute"
    04-24-1926 - Marilyn Erskine - Rochester, NY
    actor: Gail Carver "Lora Lawton"; Janey Brown "Young Widder Brown"
    04-24-1927 - Dick Kniss - Portland, OR - d. 1-25-2012
    bassit: Peter, Paul and Mary
    04-24-1928 - Brian Clewer - London, England - d. 4-16-2008
    host: "Cynic's Choice"
    04-24-1928 - Ted McKay - Raised in North Avondale, OH - d. 12-22-2005
    talk show host: "Party Line"; Created first talk show on WKRC
    Cincinatti in 1955

    April 24th deaths

    02-03-1924 - Leslie Stevens - Washington, [removed] - d. 4-24-1998
    film director: "Stagestruck"
    02-12-1923 - Mel Powell - NYC - d. 4-24-1998
    pianist, composer: "Jam"; "I Sustain These Wings"; "Grand Roundup"
    02-13-1908 - Lennie Hayton - NYC - d. 4-24-1971
    conductor: "Your Hit Parade"; "Ipana Troubadors"
    03-08-1889 - Rosario Bourdon - Montreal, Canada - d. 4-24-1961
    conductor: "Cities Service Concert"; "Great Personalities"
    04-26-1920 - Frankie Scott - Georgia - d. 4-24-2004
    performer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    05-07-1896 - Gale Binkley - d. 4-24-1979
    banjoist: (Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers" WSM Nashville, TN
    05-14-1925  Tristram Cary - Oxford, England - d. 4-24-2008
    musician: "Dr. Who"
    06-04-1921 - Harvey Bullock - Oxford, NC - d. 4-24-2006
    writer: "Breakfast with Burrows"
    06-17-1913 - Bob Allen - Allendale, OH - d. 4-24-1989
    singer: (Hal Kemp Band) "Phil Baker Show"; "Calling America"
    06-27-1914 - Noboru Kirishima - Iwaki City, Japan - d. 4-24-1984
    enka singer: "This Week's Star"
    07-17-1906 - John Carroll - New Orleans, LA - d. 4-24-1979
    actor: "Hello Mom"; "Suspense"
    08-03-1904 - Clifford Simak - Millville, WI - d. 4-24-1988
    writer: "Dimension X"
    08-16-1915 - Al Hibbler - Tyro, MS - d. 4-24-2001
    jazz singer: "A Date with the Duke"; "Jubilee"
    08-21-1890 - Bill Henry - San Francisco, CA - d. 4-24-1970
    commentator: Chief CBS Correspondent
    10-02-1895 - Bud Abbott - Asbury Park, NJ - d. 4-24-1974
    comedian: "Abbott and Costello Show"
    10-29-1897 - Hope Emerson - Hawarden, IA - d. 4-24-1960
    actor: Henrietta Topper "Advs. of Topper"; Elsie the Cow "Happy Island"
    10-30-1912 - Preston Lockwood - Leyton, England - d. 4-24-1996
    actor: "Sherlock Holmes"
    11-15-1924 - Mike Raven - London, England - d. 4-24-1997
    actor: "Raven Around Show"

    Ron

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    Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:25:30 -0400
    From: Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Those Were the Days' 42nd anniversary show

    Hello out there in Radioland!

    This week, "Those Were the Days"--the old-time radio showcase launched by
    Radio Hall of Famer Chuck Schaden in 1970 (and hosted by yours truly since
    2009)--will celebrate its 42nd anniversary by taking a trip through the
    Golden Age of Radio, five years at a time. We'll go back 80 years for a 1932
    "Redbook Magazine Drama" and travel back 50 years for a 1962 tale of
    "Suspense." In between, we'll travel to 1937 for a groundbreaking productioon
    from "The Columbia Workshop," visit the World War II homefront with a 1942
    episode of "Clara, Lu and Em," join Bing Crosby in 1947, as he breaks the
    networks' taboo on pre-recorded radio with "Philco Radio Time," watch the
    birth of the "adult Western" in 1952 with the very first episode of
    "Gunsmoke," and tune into a story of the future on a 1957 "X Minus One." It's
    a chance to take in the totality of the Golden Age of Radio in a mere four
    hours, and we hope you'll join our celebration this Saturday from 1 to 5
     pm CST at [removed].

    Thanks for listening.

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    Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:26:00 -0400
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Myron (Mike ) Wallace

    To Fill in some Info on Mike:

    Mike worked at NBC in Chicago in the late 30's and 50's. During WWII
    he was in the [removed] After the war he returned too NBC Chicago and was
    staff announcer. He announced for sever day time soaps. He also did
    station breaks announcer that would say NBC Chicago 9:00 Pm B o u l v a
    watch time,  during the network programs.

    IIn an interview of Mike it was mentioned that He and Hugh Downs (also
    NBC Chicago Staff) would read the Encyclopedia Britannica between
    station breaks supposed to have read the complete set.

    Not sure of the dates but in 1949 until 1952,, about, Mike and his
    second wife, Buff Cobb, had a very late night talk and interview radio
    show. His wife was Buff Cobb, the grand  daughter of Irvin Cobban
    American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and
    authored more than 60 books and 300 short stories The show was broadcast
    from the cocktail lounge of the very popular Chicago night club, The
    Chez Paree 1930's, 40's & 50's Mike and Buff divorced.
    Jack Eigen took over the program
    [removed].
    <[removed];
    Fred Allen use to mention Jack Eigen's name once or twice during his
    program.
    All the top entertainers appeared there Marin & Lewis , Nate "King"
    Cole, Tony Martin, Jimmy Durante plus many others.

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    Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:26:21 -0400
    From: "danhughes@[removed]" <danhughes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Disappearing Train
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    A few weeks ago I listened to an episode of a show I don't remember - Suspense
    or Sherlock Holmes, maybe - about a British train that disappeared between two
    stops on the line.  Last night I listened to an episode of Boston Blackie with
    the exact same plot. And I was wondering if this was a common occurrence.  I
    know that Suspense and Escape used the same scripts, and some of the science
    fiction shows, but Boston Blackie? ---Dan Hughes, [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:26:33 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-25 births/deaths

    April 25th births

    04-25-1874 - Guglielmo Marconi - Bologna, Italy - d. 7-20-1937
    responsible for the first transtlantic transmission of radio waves in
    1901
    04-25-1887 - Charles E. Fuller - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-18-1968
    preacher: "Old Fashioned Revival Hour"; "Heart to Heart"
    04-25-1899 - Guinn (Big Boy) Williams - Decatur, TX - d. 6-6-1962
    actor: "Biography In Sound"
    04-25-1900 - Gloria Ann Simpson - Cleveland, OH - d. 10-21-1956
    actor: "The NBC University Theatre"
    04-25-1904 - Huey Long - Sealy Austin County, TX - d. 6-10-2009
    jazz guitarist: The Ink Spots
    04-25-1907 - Paula Trueman - NYC - d. 3-23-1994
    actor: "Great Plays"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    04-25-1908 - Edward R. Murrow - Pole Cat Creek, NC - d. 4-27-1965
    newscaster: (This is London) "Edward R. Murrow with the News"
    04-25-1909 - Karl Farr - Rochelle, TX - d. 9-20-1961
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show)
    04-25-1915 - Cliff Bruner - Houston, TX - d. 8-25-2000
    fiddle: "The Musical Brownies"
    04-25-1916 - Davy Kaye - London, England - d. 2-3-1998
    british comic actor who worked in radio during the war
    04-25-1916 - Irving Gaynor Neiman - d. 8-25-1996
    began career by writing scripts for NBC
    04-25-1918 - Astrid Varnay - Stockholm, Sweden - d. 9-4-2006
    operatic soprano: "Metropolitan Opera"; "Operatic Excerpts"
    04-25-1918 - Ella Fitzgerald - Newport News, VA - d. 6-15-1996
    singer: "Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm"; "Jubilee"
    04-25-1919 - Albert Aley - NYC - d. 1-1-1986
    actor: Hop Harrigan "Hop Harrigan"; Bob James "Stella Dallas"
    04-25-1921 - Robert Q. Lewis - NYC - d. 12-11-1991
    disc jockey, comedian, host: "Arthur Godrey Time"; "Robert Q. Lewis
    Show"

    April 25th deaths

    01-04-1911 - Fred Killian - d. 4-25-1994
    producer, director: "Those Sensational Years"
    01-09-1915 - Anita Louise - NYC - d. 4-25-1970
    actor: "Stars Over Hollywood"
    01-16-1907 - Alexander Knox - Strathroy, Ontario, Canada - d. 4-25-1995
    actor: "Document A/777", BBC
    01-19-1906 - Lanny Ross - Seattle, WA - d. 4-25-1988
    singer: "Lanny Ross Program"; "Maxwell House Show Boat"
    01-22-1878 - Constance Collier - Windsor, Berkshire, England - d.
    4-25-1955
    actor: Jessie Atwood "Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy"
    02-09-1912 - Bob Armstrong - Buffalo, NY - d. 4-25-1994
    orchestra director: NBC 1942
    02-16-1896 - Alexander Brailowsky - Kiev, Ukriane, Russia - d. 4-25-1976
    pianist: "Music America Loves Best"; "New York Philharmonic"
    02-27-1923 - Dexter Gordon - Los Angeles, Ca - d. 4-25-1990
    saxophonist: "Newport Jazz Festival";"White House Jazz Festival"
    03-10-1905 - Richard Haydn - London, England - d. 4-25-1985
    actor: Professor Lemuel Carp "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    03-15-1919 - Merv Baldrica - d. 4-25-2006
    sportscaster: WMIQ Iron Mountain, Michigan
    04-05-1928 - Michael Bryant - London, England - d. 4-25-2002
    character actor: "Bequest to the Nation"
    05-01-1924 - Art Fleming - The Bronx, NY - d. 4-25-1995
    host/announcer: "When Radio Was"
    05-23-1921 - Humphrey Lyttelton - Windsor, England - d. 4-25-2008
    host: "I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue"
    06-08-1907 - Roy Lockwood - Bristol, England - d. 4-25-2002
    director: "Valiant Lady"
    07-01-1912 - Murray Matheson - Casterto, Australia - d. 4-25-1985
    actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    07-03-1906 - George Sanders - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 4-25-1972
    host: "High Adventure"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "[removed] Steel Hour";
    "Cavalcade of America"
    07-16-1911 - Ginger Rogers - Independence, MO - d. 4-25-1995
    actor: "Star and the Story"; "Packard Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-29-1911 - Florence Freeman - NYC - d. 4-25-2000
    actor: Ellen Brown "Young Widder Brown"; Wendy Warren "Wendy Warren
    and the News"
    08-12-1916 - Dorothy Allen - Oakland, CA - d. 4-25-1996
    singer: "Bob Crosby Show"; "Shep Fields Orchestra"
    08-17-1907 - Bernard Schoenfeld - d. 4-25-1990
    writer: "Brave New World"; "This is Our Eneny"
    09-01-1900 - Don Wilson - Lincoln, NE - d. 4-25-1982
    announcer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Good News of 1941"
    10-01-1903 - George Coulouris - Manchester, England - d. 4-25-1989
    actor: Hugh Drummond "Bulldog Drummond"; Frank Harrison "As the Twig
    Is Bent"
    11-02-1917 - Janette Davis - Memphis, TN - d. 4-25-2005
    singer: "Arthur Godfrey Time"; "Avalon Time"; "Red Skelton Show"
    11-15-1902 - Clyde Kittell - Sayre, PA - d. 4-25-1962
    announcer: "Hello Peggy"; "Name Three"
    11-19-1922 - Dick Wesson - Maine - d. 4-25-1996
    announcer: "Space Patrol"; "Hollywood Open House"

    Ron

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