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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2014 : Issue 32
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Letter from America - The 1970's [ Charlie Summers <listmaster@lofcom. ]
Tune into Yesterday newsletter [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 30 March [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Seeking OTR Articles [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 13:01:25 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <listmaster@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Letter from America - The 1970's
Folks;
The BBC Radio 4 Extra program mentioned a few weeks ago by Graeme
Stevenson, "Letter From America: The 1970s," was dutifully recorded and
posted to the Digest's Copy folder for your information and enjoyment. If you
forgot how to access or need to know how to get your free Copy account, drop
me a note.
I will _try_ to get the additional programs celebrating the life of
Alistair Cooke on this, the tenth anniversary of his death and add them to
the folder as well, but no promises.
Charlie
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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 13:01:41 -0400
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Tune into Yesterday newsletter
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Hi.
Issue 71 of ORCA's Tune into Yesterday newsletter is now available. A free
sample copy ( for UK residents ) can be obtained from our membership sec John
Wolstenholme at:
ORCA, PO Box 1922, Dronfield, S18 8XA, England
Cheers !
Graeme
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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 13:01:54 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 30 March to 5 April
From Those Were The Days
3/30
1936 The serial Backstage Wife made a move across the dial from the
Mutual Broadcasting System to NBC. Once there, the program continued to
air for the next 23 years.
1945 The Dreft Star Playhouse was heard for the final time. The show
had been paying up to $3,000 per week ($38,334 in 2013 dollars) to
attract name talent.
1946 Academy Award was heard for the first time. The first dramatized
story was titled, Jezebel and starred actress Bette Davis.
3/31
1937 Phil Harris recorded one of his best-known songs, That's What I
Like About the South.
1953 Cavalcade of America was heard for the final time on network
radio. It had been the longest running show of its kind. Cavalcade of
America presented dramatized events in American history for 18 years
4/1
1941 The first contract for advertising on a commercial FM station
began on W71NY in New York City.
1949 The first all black cast variety show, Happy Pappy was presented
on WENR TV in Chicago, IL.
4/2
1947 The Big Story was first heard on NBC. It stayed on the air for
eight years.
4/3
1939 Mr. District Attorney was heard for the first time on NBC. The
serial about the 'champion of the people' was originally a 15 minute
nightly program. In June of 1939, the program went to a half-hour weekly
format. Mr. District Attorney aired until 1952.
1942 People Are Funny was first heard this day on NBC.
1949 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted in an NBC.
4/4
1938 After seven years of singing on the radio, Kate Smith began a new
noontime talk show.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 13:05:12 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Seeking OTR Articles
Just a reminder that I am still seeking articles to post on the MANC
website. I have received over 100 submissions since March 1. The contest for
the "best article" is open to anyone who wants to submit any article of any
length. Winner receives $100 and two free weekend admissions to the 2014
convention. By submitting the article, you give permission to allow us to
post the article on the MANC website. The article can be new or one you wrote
yourself for another magazine, provided you are the author and owner of the
article. Photos are optional, but encouraged. Articles must be submitted by
April 1. Articles received so far include a history of the un-produced 1934
POPEYE movie, a biography of Kirby Grant, a movie review of LAURA (1944),
etc. There are three judges and I am not one of them. The winner will be
posted on the web page listed below, shortly after all the judges review all
the articles.
I would love to include old-time radio articles so please consider
submitting. Details can be found on:
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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 13:05:05 -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" and my own "Old Time Radio Classics."
Streamed in high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at:
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Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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Check our our Transcription Disc scans at:
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Transcription Disc Restoration example at:
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
THE FRED ALLEN SHOW
"TOWN HALL TONIGHT"
Episode 34 05-12-37 "Frank Sinatra's Debut"
Features: Frank Sinatra and His Four Sharks. Larry Collins, strip tease
trombone act. Cameron Andrews, Voice Imitator.
Stars: Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa
Announcer: Harry Von Zell
With: Walter Tetley, Charlie Cantor, John Brown, Minerva Pious
NBC Ipana - Sal Hepatica Wednesdays 9:00 - 10:00pm
THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET
Episode 25 3-5-54 "The Master Builder"
STARS: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson
ABC Fridays 9:00 - 9:30pm
THE QUIZ KIDS
Episode 359 05-04-47 "Mrs. Hush Hush"
Guest: Ralph Edwards
Host: Joe Kelly
Producer/Writer: John Lewellen
Creater: Louis G. Cowan
Writer/Scorekeeper: Maggie O'Flaherty
NBC Alka-Seltzer Sundays 3:30 - 4:00 pm
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
(NBC) 4/17/47 Includes the "Who's On First" skit.
ADVENTURES OF ARCHIE ANDREWS
(NBC) 3/10/51 Income Tax Troubles.
THE ADV. OF SUPERMAN
3/16/40 Lois is trapped in a prison riot. Superman arrives.
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
BOB AND RAY from 8-1-51 Parody on Jack Armstrong
JACK ARMSTRONG, ALL AMERICAN BOY Episode 1516 9-30-42 "Lumonious Dragon
Eye Ring"
SHIRLEY TEMPLE TIME Episode 2 12-10-41 "Mister Ideal"
COMMAND PERFORMANCE
Episode 9 4-19-42
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Martha Tilton, Ceferino Garcia, Gordon Jenkins
Orchestra., Fanny Brice (Baby Snooks), Hanley Stafford (Daddy), Dorothy
Lamour, Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Six Hits & A Miss, Frank Graham
(voice), Frank Nelson (voice), Herb Vigran (voice), Bill Wright (voice)
SCREEN GUELD THEATER
Episode 36 12-24-39 "The Blue Bird"
Shirley Temple (first radio appearance), Nelson Eddy
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This Week's Classics & Curios Show:
"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"
Episode 114
BURNS & ALLEN SHOW: "GRACIE'S CULTURE SCHOOL"
In keeping with the the spirit of the Lum & Abner Golden Era Discovery
Club, we'll pay a visit to the "Burns & Allen Show" to experience
Gracie's Culture School, the "treasurer" of which is a Professor by the
name of Bollingbroke, played by Hans Conried. Gracie's sweet, naive,
innocent, and "dizzy-minded" character fits right in with the comic
nature of bringing "uncultured culture" to characters on the show.
The first episode, from 01-18-44, is a reprise from my archives of
02-12-12 and sets the stage for the continuation and "culmination" of
Gracie's "school" in a following episode from 01-25-44, this one not
previously in my archives. That first episode reveals that professor
Bollingbroke's School of Drama and Culture is in need of a home because
the professor has been kicked out of his living quarters. Gracie offers
her home for the school, and soon guest star William Bendix unwittingly
becomes Gracie's first "pupil." She promises to make a suave,
sophisticated leading man and gentleman out of him like Ronald Coleman
and to enable him at least to meet, in the words of William Bendix, an
"ugly dame" with class. Gracie is not successful, of course, but we can
enjoy the "Four Hits & a Miss" who sing "My Ideal," and George
contributes his brand of class for Bendix with "I Ain't Got Nobody."
Herbert Marshall, in a serious classy appearance at the end of the show,
urges listeners to support the March of Dimes.
Finally, after this initial Culture School "Burns & Allen" show we offer
a "Classics & Curios Collector Extra" featuring Horace Heidt and his
Musical Knights and the vocal group "Donna and Her Don Juans," a popular
group probably known to George and Gracie in 1942. A member of the "Don
Juans" was Ralph Cramden's buddy Ed Norton, [removed] Art Carney, pictured
on the left, who sang with the group for a time, along with Gordon
MacRrae. They perform "This Is the Army, Mr. Jones."
The second episode of Gracie's Culture School, as expected, involves
some zany misunderstandings. George thinks Gracie is having an affair
with another man, namely Paul Henreid, who has inadvertently become
involved with the Culture School. George asks Gracie if she still loves
him, and after Gracie allays his fears, George says, "You wouldn't pull
my leg would you?" Gracie responds, "Anything to make you happy. Lift it
up!" When Henried realizes there is only one "humane" way to escape the
school and the complicated misunderstandings, he pretends to be
uncultured and calls Gracie "Toots," So "Toots" then decides she no
longer wants to claim his association with the Culture School. Meanwhile
George turns on the charm to affirm Gracie's affection and kisses her
hand, arm, and elbow. He bluntly asks if she indeed loves him more than
Paul Henreid, to which she replies, "Of course! Paul Henreid couldn't
like you more than I do."
All's well that ends well, and announcer/actor Bill Goodwin appeals to
the radio audience to save cooking fat to support the war effort. Along
the way, Jimmy Cash sings "I've Had That Feeling Before," and by show's
end Gracie's Culture School finally has faded into radio history to join
the Golden Era Discovery Club of Lum and Abner.
During 1944, the same year of these "Burns & Allen" broadcasts, one of
radio's "Fitch Bandwagon" shows featured Benny Goodman and his new
orchestra, with special host Dick Powell. As a "Classics & Curios Extra"
we'll hear the "Fitch Bandwagon" theme and Benny and his orchestra
playing "Bugle Call Rag," a rather appropriate follow-up to "This Is the
Army, Mr. Jones," the "Extra" we heard after the initial "Burns & Allen"
Culture School program. Later we'll try to play the entire "Bandwagon"
broadcast with Benny from 09-24-44.
Meanwhile, as the Fitch commercial told us, after the "Bandwagon" show
had added weekly comedy skits -- quoted here with special emphasis on
the first two lines:
Laugh a while,
Let a song be your style!
(Use Fitch Shampoo!
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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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