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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2007 : Issue 365
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 30 Decemb [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Re: Sauce for the [removed] [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
the Night Beat discs [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
Happy Hank [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
Help finding phono cartridge! [ bmiles <bmiles@[removed]; ]
Jack Benny birthplace [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
12-30 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Lucky Leprechaun vs Ollie Keebler [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
NightBeat and colored vinyl [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@cha ]
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:10:33 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 30 December to 5
January
From Those Were The Days --
1936 - The famous feud between Jack Benny and Fred Allen was ignited.
After a 10-year-old performer finished a violin solo on The Fred Allen
Show, Mr. Allen is said to have said, on the east coast broadcast, "A
certain alleged violinist should hide his head in shame for his poor
fiddle playing." It didn't take long for Mr. Benny to respond. The
humorous feud lasted, off and on, till Allen's death. (It is unknown
what was said on the second show for the west coast, since it was not
recorded and this part of the show was unscripted).
1942 - Mr. and Mrs. North debuted on NBC. Joseph Curtin played Jerry
North and Alice Frost played Pam. A typical Mr. and Mrs. North episode
would find Pam leading Jerry on what seemed to be a wild-goose chase as
they tracked down criminals. Pam always ended up being right and leading
police to the criminals. The theme song for the show was The Way You
Look Tonight. Sponsors included Woodbury soap, Jergens lotion and Halo
shampoo.
12/31
1940 - As a result of a dispute between the radio networks and ASCAP
(the American Society of Composers and Publishers), the radio industry
was prevented from playing any ASCAP-licensed music. The ban lasted for
ten months. An ASCAP competitor, BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) made
giant strides, expanding to include 36,000 copyrights. Many radio
stations had to resort to playing public domain songs, such as marches
and operas, to keep their stations on the air. Even kids songs were
played over and over again until the ban was lifted. One of the most
popular songs to be played was Happy Birthday to You; which was
performed in many different languages just to get past the ban. The
original song is now, in fact, a copyrighted piece of music, though it
wasn't at the time.
1947 - Roy Rogers, 'the King of the Cowboys', and Dale Evans were
hitched in marriage. They rode off into that sunset together for over
fifty years.
1951 - The Wild Bill Hickok show came to an end this day. Guy Madison
(Wild Bill) and Andy Devine (sidekick, Jingles) starred on the Mutual
network show (as well as in the syndicated TV version).
1/1
1923 - The very first radio broadcast of the Rose Bowl was beamed in Los
Angeles over KHJ.
1925 - Lucrezia Bori and John McCormack of the famous Metropolitan Opera
in New York City made their singing debuts on radio this day. The
broadcast over WEAF encouraged others to sing on radio.
1927 - The very first coast-to-coast network radio broadcast of the Rose
Bowl was made. Graham McNamee provided the play-by-play on NBC.
1930 - The Cuckoo Hour, was heard for the first time on the NBC Blue
network.
1/2
1921 - The first religious broadcast on radio was heard, as Dr. [removed] Van
Etten of Calvary Episcopal Church preached on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
1959 - CBS dropped the curtain on four soap operas. Our Gal Sunday, This
is Nora Drake, Backstage Wife and Road of Life all hit the road for good.
1/4
1928 - NBC debuted one of radio's first variety shows. The Dodge Victory
Hour starred Will Rogers, Paul Whiteman and his orchestra and singer Al
Jolson. The cost to produce this one show was $67,600.
1932 - NBC Red presented The Carnation Contented Hour. The show
continued on network radio for 19 years as a showcase for top singers
and musicians.
1935 - Bob Hope was first heard on network radio as part of The Intimate
Revue with Jane Froman, James Melton and the Al Goodman Orchestra.
1/5
1935 - We proudly remind you that Phil Spitalny's All-Girl Orchestra was
featured on CBS this day on the program, The Hour of Charm. (ed- And
who can ever forget Evelyn and her magic violin?)
1940 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got its very first
demonstration of FM radio. The new medium, free of interference, static,
and noise in thunderstorms, was developed by Major [removed] Armstrong. The
first FM transmitter was put in operation in 1941.
Joe
PS: I want to thank those who over the past year who have corrected and
added more information to the history series.
--
Visit my homepage: [removed]~[removed]
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:29:44 -0500
From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Sauce for the [removed]
After attending a production of Damon Runyon's GUYS AND DOLLS, my date
implored, "Oh, aren't you going to ask me?"
I replied:
"Oh-I'll [removed]"
Craig W, Wrote:
"...unable to come up with a pun involving [removed]"
heh, heh, [removed]
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:30:58 -0500
From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: the Night Beat discs
From looking at the picture of the disc and its cover, does this settle the
issue of whether or not the show is "Night Beat" or "Nightbeat"? I would
assume that it does: "Night Beat" is the answer.
But for Silicon Valley types who name software products, I bet they'd
compromise with "NightBeat" :)
Best wishes to all for a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2008.
jww
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:16:52 -0500
From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Happy Hank
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Hi Gang -
Paul V. Fornatar's mention of "Jolly Joe" Kelly in issue 364 reminded me of
his successor on the early morning Kiddie Program also sponsored by
CoCo Wheats, and broadcast on WLS, Chicago.
"Happy Hank" hosted the program on WLS sometime in the 1940s. He told
stories
and sang songs. He played the guitar. He also offered premiums for ten
cents and
a CoCo Wheats emblem from the box top (which I might still have).
Many years later, I heard a performer on WFMT whose name is Win Strake.
To my ears, Mr. Strake sounds a lot like "Happy Hank". He plays guitar
and sings songs. I purchased one of his LP records in the 1970s.
My question: Does anybody know if Win Strake is (was) "Happy Hank"?
Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois and Alma, Arkansas
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:17:32 -0500
From: bmiles <bmiles@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Help finding phono cartridge!
Hi fellow collectors! Forgive me if this is a little off the subject,
but in dubbing some old radio trivia off 78's I ended up with only one
phono cartridge out of my (2) originals that I got with a Gates
commercial broadcast turntable. (Floor model) Here's the scoop: the
ttble has a 16" tone Gray tonearm (ser# 106 SP) with a diamond stylus
#631052. One stylus coil winding opened up somewhere in the coil layers
so I have one "lung" left! I've been unsuccessful locating another such
stylus. I have lots of old 16" transcriptions along with beaucoup 78's,
mostly music which I'd like to begin archiving on CD's, but I'm hesitant
to start since I have no backup styli! Any suggestions? Thanks in
advance! Contact me off the Digest if you wish.
Bill Miles
bmiles@[removed]
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:02:40 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Jack Benny birthplace
Why do so many references say that Jack Benny was born in Waukegan
when he was actually born in Chicago? I just watched a Jack Benny
special on PBS and ever Tom Smothers said he was born in Waukegan.
NOT SO! He was born in Chicago.
Ron Sayles
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:11:36 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 12-30 births/deaths
December 30th births
12-30-1873 - Al Smith - NYC - d. 10-4-1944
governor: "Information Please"
12-30-1884 - Hideki Tojo - Tokyo, Japan - d. 12-23-1948
prime minister: War Time Broadcasts
12-30-1885 - Ed Jerome - NYC - d. 9-10-1959
actor: Harry Blackstone "Blackstone, the Magic Detective"; Gregory
Allen "Rich Man's Darling"
12-30-1894 - Vincent Lopez - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-20-1975
bandleader: "Luncheon with Lopez"
12-30-1899 - Michael Raffetto - Placerville, CA - d. 5-31-1990
actor: Paul Barbour "One Man's Family"; Jack Packard "I Love A
Mystery/Adventure"
12-30-1900 - Everett Marshall - Lawrence, MA - d. 4-xx-1965
singer: "Broadway Vanities/Varieties"
12-30-1903 - Owen Crump - d. 2-13-1998
producer: " The Grouch Club"
12-30-1911 - Jeanette Nolan - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-5-1998
actor: Nicolette Moore "One Man's Family"; Mrs. Hudson "Advs. of
Sherlock Holmes"
12-30-1912 - Hugh Griffith - Marianglas, Anglesey, North Wales - d.
5-14-1980
actor: "Under Milk Wood"
12-30-1912 - Nancy Coleman - Everett, WA - d. 1-18-2000
actor: Alice Hughes "Young Dr. Malone"
12-30-1914 - Bert Parks - Atlanta, GA - d. 2-2-1992
emcee, announcer: "Break the Bank"; "Stop the Music"; "Double or
Nothing"
12-30-1922 - Bert Holland - d. 3-8-1980
actor: Emmett "Shorty Bell"
12-30-1927 - Bernie Barrow - NYC - d. 8-4-1993
actor: "Golden Door"
12-30-1931 - Skeeter Davis - Dry Ridge, KY - d. 9-19-2004
country/western singer: "Grand Old Opry"
12-30-1936 - Sandy Koufax - Brooklyn, NY
baseball legend: "Tops In Sports"
December 30th deaths
03-12-1919 - Frank Campenella - NYC - d. 12-30-2006
actor: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Offbeat Notes on Music"
04-07-1919 - Ralph Flanagan - Lorain, OH - d. 12-30-1995
bandleader: "Chesterfield's ABC of Music"; "Let's Go Show"
05-23-1910 - Artie Shaw - NYC - d. 12-30-2004
bandleader: "Melody and Madness"; "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
06-28-1902 - Richard Rodgers - Long Island, NY - d. 12-30-1979
composer: "ASCAP On Parade"; "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and
Sanborn Hour"
07-21-1892 - Lenore Ulric - New Ulm, MN - d. 12-30-1970
guest artist: "Watch the Fun Go By"
08-13-1917 - Jay Bechtel - d. 12-30-2004
sportscaster: WHOL, Allenton, Pennsylvania
08-22-1909 - Julius J. Epstein - NYC - d. 12-30-2000
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-26-1894 - Glenn Hunter - NYC - d. 12-30-1945
actor: "Roses and Drums"
09-28-1906 - Jack Meakin - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 12-30-1982
music: "Abbott and Cosetello Show"; "Great Gildersleeve"; "Honest
Harold"
10-06-1901 - Leslie Arliss - London, England - d. 12-30-1987
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
11-18-1900 - Don Quinn - Grand Rapids, MI - d. 12-30-1967
writer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Halls of Ivy"
12-07-1905 - Charles Magnante - d. 12-30-1986
accordionist: "Major Bowes Capitol Family"; "Singin' Sam"; "Tony and
Gus"
12-14-1934 - Johnny Moore - d. 12-30-1998
lead singer: (Member of The Drifters) "Camel Rock and Roll Party"
12-24-1881 - Charles Wakefield Cadman - Johnston, PA - d. 12-30-1946
Composed "At Dawning," used as theme for "The Brighter Day."
12-28-1908 - Lew Ayres - Minneapolis, MN - d. 12-30-1996
actor: Dr. James Kildare "Dr. Kildare"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:13:30 -0500
From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Lucky Leprechaun vs Ollie Keebler
Our fearful leader, Charlie, reminded us that Arthur Anderson was the voice
of the Lucky Charms Leprechaun Which brings me to wonder whether anybody
ever set up a Battle of the Junkfood Mythical Midgets during the times that
Parley Bear, the voice of the Keebler Elf, Ollie, was attending FOTR along
with Arthur. That would have been fun.
Michael Biel mbiel@[removed]
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:09:28 -0500
From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: NightBeat and colored vinyl
Kurt Yount, in a self proclaimed "blind smartass mode" seemingly accused
Randy A. Riddle and myself of not mentioning what the contents of the 45 set
was.
I gotta say, reading all about these 45s, "what show was on it and can
you play it and what does it sound like? Admit it listers, all of you
were wondering the same thing.
I think most listers already knew the answer. Every single one of our
postings were subject-lined with the title of the program on the records,
"Night Beat," and both of us also included this program title within each
and every posting. All your other questions were also answered in Randy's
first posting. After mentioning the series title, "Nightbeat" he described
the program:
The records contain one complete episode - I didn't catch the name
of the show, but it was about a secretary in a doctor's office that
mixes up the records of two patients so a many believes he is going
to die and the hero of the show and the secretary have to track him
down before he kills himself.
After the show opening, there's an announcer that comes on saying
something to the effect that "Usually at this time you'd hear a
commercial" and giving a pitch to advertisers to buy ads on the
series, discussing how timely and popular mystery and detectives
shows are.
It's true we did vear off a bit from OTR into record collecting at the end
of the discussion, but prior to that it was involved in identifying the
recording, and we did get it down to no later than late Jan or early Feb
1950, and discussing this aspect of marketing radio to potential advertisers
in that era.
Perhaps Kurt's comments about his "blind smartass mode" and "not being into
colors myself" was a subtle jab about some of the listers (and perhaps
himself) being blind, but I know several record collectors who are blind and
are also very much into record markings and discography, and I know several
blind OTR collectors who are also interested in the visual aspects of the
source material, including my YesterdayUSA broadcast partner, Walden Hughes.
As a matter of fact, we'll probably talk about this on the air tonight
(11:30 Eastern).
Stephen Jansen posted that he found the discussion of colored discs "VERY
interesting" and asked if there are some pictures available. Randy has
posted the pictures and audio of the Night Beat discs in question on his
blog, [removed] also mentioning that the episode
turns out to be the first episode of the series which was aired on Feb 6,
1950. Since NBC had withdrawn their regulations against the use of
recordings on the network almost exactly one year earlier, Feb 8, 1949, even
that broadcast could have been a pre-recording. I did not expect that
modern art cover of the recordings that he shows. Seems very futurestic for
what we consider to be old-time radio!
Stephen mentioned the off-white pressings that First Generation has of
"Adventures by Morse" and leads us to a photo of the label of one of them.
[removed] Unfortunately we only see the
label of it in this picture, but by the way, even without the written date
of 9/17/45, I knew by the matrix number D5M 12521-1 that it was a 16-inch ET
from 1945. D5 is 1945, and the M is the size indicator for 16-inches.
Those semi-transparent milky-white pressings are somewhat similar to what we
were talking about, and I was even thinking of mentioning them when I
mentioned the spider-web rear design of some RCA Victor pressings. Actually
those are more striking in the normal black, but I do have a few in that
whiteish vinyl, both in 16-inch and in smaller sizes. I've never come
across an explanation of it or a time period of when they used it, but it
probably was experimental. I don't think broadcasters liked it because it
is difficult to see the grooves on transparent pressings, so it might have
been used mainly on test pressings. When RCA issued vinyl 78s to the public
in1946 they used a transparent ruby red, but the vinyl they used for DJ
copies and for transcriptions like Thesaurus was always black.
This reminds me that for a month or two around 1966, Columbia sent out their
packets of DJ copies of 45 singles, each one in a different color
transparent vinyl. I remember opening those envelopes -- we sure noticed
those records! It was like opening a package of lollypops or a roll of
LifeSavers. Transparent 45 singles were OK, but when they pressed a few DJ
copies of LPs in transparent vinyl, the DJs were furious. You can go crazy
trying to cue them up. You see the bands of both sides.
I've been trying to find an on-line picture of the colored vinyl 45s, and I
was hoping that my friend Dr. Alex Magoun would have something about them on
the David Sarnoff Library web site because they did a nice display a couple
of years ago. The picture I was hoping would be there is there, but only as
a thumbnail in the catalog of t-shirts, mugs, and tote bags they are
offering. [removed] It is the picture called
"Phonograph/Record Player" and is from one of the early 1949 magazine ads
for the first 45s. (And if you feel like buying any of the nifty items
shown here, please do. The library is a very worthy cause, and the usual
disclaimers apply to me.)
Michael Biel mbiel@[removed]
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:12:35 -0500
From: Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi Friends,
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
Happy New Year!
STARS OVER HOLLYWOOD
Episode 120 12-30-50 "Continental Cowboy"
Stars: Vincent Price, Diane Abbott, Donald Morrison, Lillian Buyeff,
Ramsay Hill, Rex Koury
Director: Hans Conried
CBS ARMOUR FOODS Saturdays 12:30 - 1:00 pm
FAMILY THEATER
Episode 47 1-1-48 "In Another Year"
Host: J. Edgar Hoover.
Stars: Ruth Hussey, Glen Langen
Created by: Father Patrick Peyton
Announcer: Tony La Frano
MUTUAL SUSTAINING
DRAGNET
Episode 91 3-8-51 "Big New Years"
Stars: Jack Webb and Barton Yarborough
LITTLE OLD HOLLYWOOD
Episode 7 1-1-40 "New Year's Eve On Vine Street"
Guests: Kenny Gardner and George Rowe
HOST: Ben Alexander
MUSIC: Gordon Jenkins Orchestra
BLUE NETWORK SUSTAINED Mondays 10:00 - 10:30 pm
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER
Happy New Year!
AMOS AND ANDY
(NBC) December 29, 1944
New Years Eve Party - Andy's not invited.
THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN
(WOR Synd.) July-Aug. 1940 "Lighthouse Point Smugglers"
Final 3 chapters of Pre-network show. Bud Collyer.
NEW YEARS EXTRA
Red Ingle and Bob & Ray
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Quiet Please - "Beezer's Cellar"
originally aired October 10, 1948 on ABC
Starring: Ernest Chappell as the man who spoke to you,
Lotte Staviski, Warren Stevens, Charles Egelston.
Written and Directed by: Wyllis Cooper
Sustained.
Quiet Please - "Shadow Of The Wings"
originally aired April 17, 1949 on ABC
Starring: Ernest Chappell as the man who spoke to you.
Written and Directed by: Wyllis Cooper
Sustained.
Quiet Please - "The Oldest Man In The World"
originally aired May 21, 1949 on ABC
Starring: Ernest Chappell as the man who spoke to you,
Don Briggs, Nancy Sheridan.
Written and Directed by: Wyllis Cooper
Sustained.
Quiet Please - "And Jeannie Dreams Of Me"
originally aired October 17, 1948 on ABC
Starring: Ernest Chappell as the man who spoke to you,
Murray Forbes, Ruth Last, Arthur Cole.
Written and Directed by: Wyllis Cooper
Sustained.
Quiet Please - "Good Ghost"
originally aired October 24, 1948 on ABC
Starring: Ernest Chappell as the man who spoke to you,
Anna Maude Morath, Sarah Fussell, Claudia Morgan (Mrs. Ernest Chappell).
Written and Directed by: Wyllis Cooper
Sustained.
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