Subject: [removed] Digest V2012 #90
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Date: 6/3/2012 1:16 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 90
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Al Goodman?                           [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      5-31 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      100 years ago in June                 [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      BBC Archives                          [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      OTR TAPES YOURS FOR THE ASKING        [ David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed] ]
      6-1 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      June Issue, RADIO RECALL              [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      The Lone Ranger - An Observation      [ Archie <y_know_archie@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:13:11 -0400
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Al Goodman?

>     Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:56:59 -0400
>     From: David VanNostrand<dvannost@[removed];

>     Did not know how many on this group caught that Al Goodman died today.
>     Former writer for Jack Benny

    Well, I know that Al Gordon died last week, and his funeral was last
    Friday.  Is there also an Al Goodman or did you get the wrong
    information from somewhere?

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]|92 State Street|Suite 700|Boston, MA 02109-2004
    [removed]|[removed]|[removed]

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    Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:13:22 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-31 births/deaths

    May 31st births

    05-31-1819 - Walt Whitman - Long Island, NY - d. 3-26-1892
    writer: "Against the Storm"
    05-31-1879 - Frances Alda - Christchurch, New Zealand - d. 9-18-1952
    soprano: "Atwater Kent Hour"
    05-31-1893 - Albert Mitchell - Elsberry, MO - d. 10-4-1954
    host: "Answer Man"
    05-31-1894 - Fred Allen - Cambridge, MA - d. 3-17-1956
    comedian: "Linit Bath Club"; "Town Hall Tonight"; "Fred Allen Show"
    05-31-1898 - Norman Vincent Peale - Bowersville, OH - d. 12-24-1993
    preacher: "Art of Living"
    05-31-1900 - Hugh Studebaker - Ridgeville, IN - d. 5-6-1978
    actor: Ichabod Mudd "Captain Midnight"; Silly Watson "Fibber McGee and
    Molly"
    05-31-1901 - Alfredo Antonini - Alessandra, Italy - d. 11-3-1983
    conductor: "La Rosa Concerts"; "Treasure Hour of Song"
    05-31-1901 - Joe Kelly - Crawfordsville, IN - d. 5-26-1959
    emcee, quizmaster: "National Barn Dance"; "Quiz Kids"
    05-31-1903 - Abo Hosiosky - Latvia - d. 2-xx-1976
    NBC news in partnership with Alex Dreier
    05-31-1903 - Blanche Stewart - Pennsylvania - d. 7-25-1952
    actor: Brenda "Bob Hope Show"
    05-31-1904 - Clifton Utley - Chicago, IL - d. 1-19-1978
    newsman: (Father of Garrick) "Comments by Clifton Utley"
    05-31-1904 - Jeanne Juvelier - NYC - d. 1-25-1981
    actor: Madame Babette "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"
    05-31-1905 - Jeff Sparks - NYC - d. 9-30-1981
    announcer: "Ben Bernie and all the Lads"; "Death Valley Days"
    05-31-1908 - Don Ameche - Kenosha, WI - d. 12-6-1993
    actor, singer: John Bickerson "Bickersons"; Captain Hughes "Jack
    Armstrong"
    05-31-1908 - Jack Costello - Sauk Centre, MN - d. 9-xx-1983
    announcer: "Stella Dallas"; "Words at War"
    05-31-1912 - Henry M. Jackson - Everett, WA - d. 9-1-1983
    [removed] senator washington: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    05-31-1918 - Bill Harrington- Indianapolis, IN
    singer, songwriter: "Your Hit Parade"
    05-31-1920 - Jeanne Wilson - London, England - d. 12-xx-1996
    author, actor: "No Medicine for Murder"
    05-31-1921 - Alida Valli - Pola, Istria, Italy - d. 4-22-2006
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood"
    05-31-1921 - Howard Reig - NYC - d. 11-10-2008
    newscaster, announcer: "The Music Builders"; "The Falcon"
    05-31-1922 - Denholm Elliott - London, England - d. 10-6-1992
    actor: 'Michael and His Lost Angel"
    05-31-1925 - Bob Aro - d. 5-25-1996
    disk jockey: WHLB Virginia, Minnesota
    05-31-1931 - Barbara Whiting - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-9-2004
    actor: Judy Graves "Junior Miss"; Mildred "Meet Corliss Archer"
    05-31-1938 - Johnny Paycheck - Greenfield, OH - d. 2-18-2003
    country singer: "Country Sessions"

    May 31st deaths

    01-29-1917 - Lloyd Perryman - Ruth, AR - d. 5-31-1977
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show"
    02-04-1908 - Manny Klein - NYC - d. 5-31-1994
    trumpet: "The Ipana Troubadors"
    02-25-1904 - Adelle Davis - Lizton, IN - d. 5-31-1974
    nutritionist, author: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
    03-01-1923 - Andrew Faulds - Tanzania, East Africa - d. 5-31-2000
    actor: Jet Morgan "Journey Into Space"
    03-01-1929 - Eddie Jones - New Jersey - d. 5-31-1997
    jazz bassist in the Count Basie band
    04-01-1920 - Art Lund - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 5-31-1990
    singer, actor: "Benny Goodman and His Orchestra"; "Land's Best Bands";
    "Jubilee"
    04-13-1912  - Roy Winsor - Chicago, IL - d. 5-31-1987
    director, writer: "Vic and Sade"; "Sky King"
    04-20-1923 - Tito Puente - NYC - d. 5-31-2000
    percussionist, bandleader: "Manhattan Melodies"
    05-03-1898 - John Roy - d. 5-31-1985
    actor: Roy Calvert "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    05-11-1930 - Stanley Elkin - NYC - d. 5-31-1995
    writer: "Earplay"
    06-02-1908 - Ben Grauer - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-31-1977
    announcer, emcee: "Walter Winchell"; "Information, Please"; "Boston
    Symphony"
    06-24-1895 - Jack Dempsey - Manassa, CO - d. 5-31-1983
    boxing champion: "Ben Bernie Show"; "Kemtone Hour"; "Saturday Night
    Bandwagon"
    07-29-1900 - Owen Lattimore - Washington, DC - d. 5-31-1989
    consultant: "Pacific Story"
    08-03-1907 - Adrienne Ames - Fort Worth, TX - d. 5-31-1947
    film star: WHN New York, New York
    08-04-1936 - Elsbery Hobbs - Manhattan, NY - d. 5-31-1996
    singer: (The Drifters) "Grand Ole Opry"; "Camel Rock and Roll Party"
    08-05-1905 - Wilbur Evans - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-31-1987
    singer:"Vicks Open House"; "Stars from the Blue"
    10-20-1907 - Arlene Francis - Boston, MA - d. 5-31-2001
    panelist, actor: "What's My Line"; Ann Scotland,"The Affairs of Ann
    Scotland"
    12-23-1922 - Scott Vincent - d. 5-31-1979
    announcer: "The Jimmy Dean Show"
    12-25-1927 - Joe Axelson - d. 5-31-2008
    sportscaster: WWNS Statesboro, Georgia
    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"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:13:31 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  100 years ago in June

    Born 100 years ago in June

    06-04-1912 - Jess Barker - Greenville, SC - d. 8-8-2000
    announcer, actor: "Guest Star"; "Proudly We Hail"
    06-05-1912 - Dan Ocko - d. 8-29-1991
    actor: Killer Kane "Buck Rogers of the 25th Century"; "Sergeant Muggin
    "Inspector Thorne"
    06-09-1912 - Don Forbes - Camrose, Alberta, Canada - d. 11-28-1995
    newscaster, announcer: "The Richfield Reporter"; Ten-Two-Four Ranch"
    06-09-1912 - Ingolf Dahl - Hamburg, Germany - d. 8-7-1970
    conductor, pianist
    06-12-1912 - Janet Fox - Chicago, IL - d. 4-22-2002
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "The Big Story"
    06-13-1912 - Sam Taylor - Chicago, IL - d. 5-26-2000
    writer: "Tales ofWillie Piper"
    06-14-1912 - Peggy Ann Wood - Chiswick, England - d. 5-30-1998
    actor: "The Cleverest Man at Oxford"
    06-16-1912 - Ilona Massey - Budapest, Hungary - d. 8-20-1974
    actor: Mata Hari-style operative in World War II "Top Secret"; "Screen
    Guild Theatre"
    06-19-1912 - Jerry Jerome - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-17-2001
    musician: "Eileen Barton Show"; "Mirth and Madness"
    06-19-1912 - Martin Gabel - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-22-1986
    actor: John Wayne "Big Sister"; Gregory Hood "Casebook of Gregory Hood"
    06-21-1912 - Mary McCarthy - Seattle, WA - d. 10-25-1989
    novelist: "Guest Star Time"
    06-22-1912 - June Carroll - Detroit, MI - d. 5-16-2004
    composer: "New Faces of 1948"
    06-23-1912 - John Milton Kennedy - Farrell, PA - d. 6-11-2006
    announcer: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Tidbit Revue"
    06-24-1912 - Brian Johnston - Little Berkhamsted, England - d. 1-5-1994
    entertainer-commentator: "In Town Tonight"; "Down Your Way"
    06-27-1912 - Audrey Christie - Chicago, IL - d. 12-19-1989
    actor: Assistant to Peter Standish "Peter Standish, Medical Examiner"
    06-27-1912 - Bill Kennedy - Cleveland Heights, OH - d. 1-27-1997
    announcer: "Nobody's Children"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:13:40 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  BBC Archives
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    Hi Folks. An interesting one to Google :

    'BBC Research and Development
    Opening up the Archives May 2012'

    Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )

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    Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:13:48 -0400
    From: David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed];
    To: OTR DIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR TAPES YOURS FOR THE ASKING

       Ed Corcoran, who co-hosted one of the earliest and most
    respected  Golden Age of Radio programs with, Dick Bertell, on WTIC
    Hartford CT,passed away not too long ago.

          It was Ed's private collection that made the program (which to
    this day, can still be downloaded on the internet). Dorothy, so popular.

          Ed's widow, is seeking an appreciative home for close to a
    thousand reel to reel audio tapes  that Ed had amassed over the years.

          She is aware of the changes that have occured in the way otr is
    collected today  non-the-less she hopes to be able to find one or more
    folks who are able to deal with open reels and who are ready to
    discover the hidden treasures that made Ed Corcoran a true
    pioneer collector. The price is right: If you can travel to
    Connecticut. The reels are yours for the asking. If you are unable
    to  make it to Ct.
    but  would like to acquire a number of reels, as long as you  are
    willing to pay the shipigmg cost.
         Dorothy'se-mail address is EDWJCOR@[removed]

    Dave  Siegel

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    Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:13:53 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-1 births/deaths

    June 1st births

    06-01-1870 - Frank Cooley - Natchez, MS - d. 7-6-1941
    actor: Reverend McArthur/Fred Thompson "One Man's Family"
    06-01-1878 - John Masefield - Ledbury, England - d. 5-12-1967
    writer: "Against the Storm"
    06-01-1887 - Clive Brook - London, England - d. 11-17-1974
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"
    06-01-1888 - Louis Mason - Danville, KY - d. 11-12-1959
    actor: Clem Betts "Moonshine and Honeysuckle"
    06-01-1890 - Frank Morgan - NYC - d. 9-18-1949
    actor: Thaddeus Q. Tweedy "Fabulous Dr. Tweedy"
    06-01-1898 - Edward "Cookie" Fairchild - NYC - d. 2-20-1975
    conductor: "Johnny Presents Ginny Simms"; "Eddie Cantor Show"
    06-01-1898 - Molly Picon - NYC - d. 4-5-1992
    actor: "I Give You My Life"; "Molly Picon's Parade"
    06-01-1900 - Werner Janssen - NYC - d. 9-19-1990
    music: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    06-01-1901 - John Van Druten - London, England - d. 12-19-1957
    writer: "Radio Guild"; "Chase and Sanborn Hour"; "Theatre Guild On the
    Air"
    06-01-1905 - Robert Newton - Shaftesbury, England - d. 3-25-1956
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-01-1908 - Percy Edwards - Suffolk, England - d. 6-7-1996
    animal impersonator: a chicken "Ray's a Laugh"; a dog "Life of Bliss"
    06-01-1909 - Ray Heatherton - Jersey City, NJ - d. 8-15-1997
    singer, host: "Old Gold Hour"; "Musical Cruise with Spearmint Crew"
    06-01-1911 - Erik Rolf - Chicago, IL - d. 5-28-1957
    actor: Hans Simon "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; Thor Nielsen "Prairie Folks"
    06-01-1915 - John Randolph - NYC - d. 2-24-2004
    actor: "New World A' Coming"; "A Date with Judy"
    06-01-1915 - Johnny Bond - Enville, OK - d. 6-12-1978
    singer, comedian: "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch"; "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    06-01-1917 - Donald Dame - Titusville, PA - d. 1-21-1952
    singer: "Music for an Hour"; "American Album of Familiar Music"
    06-01-1917 - Maggi McNellis - Chicago, IL - d. 5-24-1989
    hostess: "Maggi's Private Wire"; "Leave It to the Girls"
    06-01-1917 - Norb Beckers - d. 4-17-1996
    disk jockey: WDSG Dyersburg, Tennessee
    06-01-1919 - Kathleen Norris - Newark, OH - d. 6-15-2005
    writer, announcer: "By Kathleen Norris"; "Bright Horizon"
    06-01-1920 - Elaine Kent - NYC
    actor: Jo March "Little Women"; Iris Houston "Lora Lawton"
    06-01-1920 - Robert Clarke - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 6-11-2005
    actor: "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"; "Cavalcade of America"
    06-01-1921 - Nelson Riddle - Oradell, NJ - d. 10-7-1985
    composer, conductor: "On a Sunday Afternoon"; "Sears Radio Theatre"
    06-01-1922 - Joan Caulfield - East Orange, NJ - d. 6-18-1991
    actor: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Great Scenes from Great Plays"
    06-01-1922 - Joan Copeland - NYC
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Faces Of Love"; "CBS Radio Mystery
    Theatre"
    06-01-1925 - Richard Erdman - Enid, OK
    actor: "Empire of the Air"; "We Hold These Truths"
    06-01-1926 - Andy Griffith - Mount Airy, NC
    host comedy night: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    06-01-1926 - Marilyn Monroe - Los Angeles, CA - d. 8-5-1962
    actor: "Hollywood Star Playhouse"; "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    06-01-1930 - Edward Woodward - Croydon, Surrey, England - d. 11-16-2009
    actor: "Price of Fear"
    06-01-1934 - Pat Boone - Jacksonville, FL
    singer: "Arthur Godfrey Time"; "Special Delivery: Vietnam"
    06-01-1935 - Reverend Ike - Ridgeland, SC - d. 7-28-2009
    His weekly radio sermons were carried by hundreds of stations across
    the [removed]
    06-01-1940 - Rene Auberjonois - New York, NY
    actor: "Empire of the Air"

    June 1st deaths

    01-01-1897 - Walter Greaza - St. Paul, MN - d. 6-1-1973
    actor: "Columbia Workshop"; "Suspense"
    01-10-1911 - Don Lowe - Hartford, CT - d. 6-1-1991
    announcer, emcee: "David Harding, Counterspy"; "The Fat Man"
    01-17-1919 - Dallas Townsend - NYC - d. 6-1-1995
    newscaster: "CBS World News Roundup"; "World Tonight"
    02-15-1883 - Sax Rohmer - London, England - d. 6-1-1959
    writer: "Fu Manchu detective novels
    04-01-1922 - William Manchester - Attleboro, MA - d. 6-1-2004
    author, historian: "Meet the Press"; "Biography in Sound"
    04-03-1893 - Leslie Howard - London, England - d. 6-1-1943
    actor: "Leslie Howard Theatre"; "Streamlined Shakespeare"
    04-10-1910 - Peg La Centra - Boston, MA - d. 6-1-1996
    singer, actor: "Court of Human Relations"; "For Men Only"; "Gulden
    Melodies"
    04-18-1918 - Page Gilman - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-1-2006
    actor: Jack Barbour "One Man's Family"; "Memory Lane"
    06-27-1880 - Helen Keller - Tuscumbia, AL - d. 6-1-1968
    deaf and blind lecturer: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"; "Meet the Press"
    07-06-1894 - Shelly Lee Alley - Alleyton, Texas - d. 6-1-1964
    songwriter, musician, vocalist: WFAA Dallas, Texas
    08-25-1918 - Richard Greene - Plymouth, England - d. 6-1-1985
    actor: "Somerset Maugham Theatre"; "This Is Hollywood"; "Cavalcade of
    America"
    09-05-1897 - Arthur Nielsen - Chicago, IL - d. 6-1-1980
    Founder of the Nielsen Ratings
    09-20-1919 - Francis Heflin - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 6-1-1994
    actor: (Sister of Van Heflin) "Aunt Jenny"; "Big Sister"
    10-11-1902 - Leon Belasco - Odessa, Ukraine, Russia - d. 6-1-1988
    actor: Pagan Zeldschmidt "A Man Called X)
    10-23-1896 - Nathan Abas - Amsterdam, Netherlands - d. 6-1-1980
    orchestra director, violinist: "Northern California Symphony Orchestra"
    12-09-1915 - Bob Emerick - Tacoma, WA - d. 6-1-1973
    announcer: "Two Thousand Plus"; "Mr. Feathers"; "Special Agent"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:15:06 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  June Issue, RADIO RECALL

    The full-color PDF version of RADIO RECALL was just emailed to all
    subscribers who prefer this version; the B & W hard copy will be mailed to
    the remainder of subscribers on or about June 10th.

    This issue leads off with Part I of OTR historian Stewart Wright's detailed
    article on the history of the CBS crime show, "Pursuit." Stewart includes new
    details recently gleaned on his recent trip to Thousand Oaks Library in CA
    about this excellent 1949-52 series.

    John C. Abbott, author of the "Johnny Dollar" trilogy, has an article
    entitled "Ham on Wry" which is about "The Magnificent Montague," the
    delightful NBC comedy starring Monty Woolley.  Diligent Digester Irene
    Heinstein contributes an historical review of the first "radio guide
    sections" that appeared in newspapers in the early 1920s.

    The radio show that was later published as a short story which then became
    the basis of a screen play that resulted in a classic movie on TV which now
    is memorialized in a Cleveland museum is the subject of another fascinating
    article. Hint: Jean Shepherd is at the bottom of all [removed] the story
    revolves around a Red Ryder B-B gun for Christmas. Read all about it.

    Our roving correspondent, Jim Snyder, tells us about two OTR venues in
    Arizona, which will be of interest to those living nearby, those traveling
    through the state, and/or assorted snow birds. Jim discusses a radio museum
    in Scottsdale and the OTR club in Tucson.

    Details on the next Newark OTR convention, CATON, are set forth by its
    organizers: Sean Dougherty, Craig Wickman, and Steven M. Lewis. All this in
    June [removed] Letters to the Editor, radio program testing in 1934,
    how J. David Goldin trapped a Library of Congress former supervisor who stole
    nearly 1,000 audio recording, plus assorted vintage ads, including one for
    "Ned Jordan, Federal Ace" from 1942.

    To obtain information on subscribing or to view past articles, point your
    mouse at <[removed]>

    Jack French
    Editor

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    Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:15:17 -0400
    From: Archie <y_know_archie@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Lone Ranger - An Observation

    I was born in 1951 and thus missed most of the Golden Age. While I "think" I
    have some recollection of hearing The Lone Ranger on radio, most of my
    memories are from the TV series.

    I hadn't listened to many Lone Ranger radio episodes though I have a fairly
    large collection (mainly from Terry Salomonson's site) until the recent Radio
    Spirits set "Iron Horse". Once the weather warmed up here in southern
    Ontario, I hit my deck and listened to all 13 episodes of The Iron Spur
    series. That so interested me, I went back to before the beginning of the
    Legion of the Black Arrow story arc and listened to all episodes right
    through to the start of the Iron Spur. I am now hooked on the Lone Ranger and
    I am continuing my deck listening whenever the weather (and my schedule)
    align.

    What dawned on me as I was listening to these episodes is that I am as far
    removed in time from when Striker wrote these episodes as Striker was from
    the era he was portraying - about 70 years from me to Striker and 70 years
    from Striker to the building of the railway.

    If there are any Lone Ranger experts here, do you know if the Joan Barkley
    character appears in any more episodes after the Iron Spur series?

    Hi-Yo Silver, Awaaay.

    Archie

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