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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 427

Table Of Contents: 

	 War of the Worlds
	 Re: alternate WAR OF THE WORLDS, the musical KARLOFF
	 Sears Radio Theater
	 Twilight Zone "Static" episode
	 Stan Freberg meets Bugs Bunny
	       Various

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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 02:18:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Cheryl Williams <cherylaw@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: War of the Worlds
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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I was wondering if anyone else caught the interesting use of "War of the
Worlds" on this Sunday's episode of "Touched By an Angel."  Much of the
broadcast was played throughout the episode and it played an important
role in the story, actually being the central part of Brian Keith's
character's memories.  So the story flashed back to that year and showed
society's reation to the broadcast--the reaction of the boy, his family,
and the surrounding town in New Jersey.  An interesting use of OTR in
television! 

  Cheryl

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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 08:20:43 -0500
From: SanctumOTR@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: alternate WAR OF THE WORLDS, the musical KARLOFF
Message-ID: <961104082042_555265740@[removed]>

Jeff Fuller asks about other radio versions of H. G. Wells" THE WAR OF THE
WORLDS.  Of course, the Orson Welles program (written by Howard Koch, Paul
Stewart, John Houseman and others though copyrighted by Princeton U. in just
Koch's name) has been translated into other languages and caused even worse
panics elsewhere.  The H. G. Welles novel of course also begat the feature
film which in turn begat a radio adaptation of the film.  I don't recall at
the moment whether it was on LUX or some other show, but I'm sure Jim Widner
(co-author of the excellent new history of radio science fiction, will tell
us.  If I recall correctly, Les Tremayne and Paul Fries were in both the
radio and film versions.
     Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi may not have sung well together in a duet,
but Boris did alright on his own and did star in a Broadway musical.  Boris
demonstrated very fine singing abilities with two solos.  Today's QUESTION OF
THE DAY:  What was the musical?  Clues:  Leonard Bernstein wrote the score,
and one of the songs Boris sang was entitled "Drink Blood."  Of course, near
the end of his life Boris was delightful as the narrator/singer of "How the
Grinch Stole Christmas.  -- ANTHONY TOLLIN 

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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 8:23:37 -0500
From: "MACHARG, KEN" <kmacharg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Sears Radio Theater
Message-ID: <D1EA7D32017E1B00@[removed]>

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Show Description:

THE SEARS RADIO THEATER, sponsored by the Sears & Roebuck Company,
was a radio anthology that included Westerns, comedy, mystery,
romance and adventure.  In fact, it devoted a night of the week to
each catagory.  The show ran Monday through Friday from Febuary 5,
1979 to August 3, 1979 and then repeated the entire series in it's
origional order from August 6, 1979 to Febuary 1, 1980.

Monday was "Western Night" and was hosted by Lorne Greene.  Tuesday
was "Comedy Night", hosted by Andy Griffith.  Wednesday was "Mystery
Night" with Vincent Price as host.  Thursday was "Love And Hate Night"
with Cicely Tyson doing honors as host.  Finally, Friday brought
"Adventure Night", first hosted by Richard Widmark and later by Howard
Duff.

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I have asked this before, but this list prompts me to ask again. I have 
been trying to get a copy of a drama heard either on the Sears Radio 
Theater or the Mutual Radio Theater. It is the story of an airplane 
which lands in a strange place of tall grass, a strip of huge railroad 
track, etc. In the end, they have landed in someone's lawn (in some 
strange place) and the owner picks up the plane and track from the 
lawn. 
     Maybe the Sears drama listed as "miniature" is the one. Anyhow, if 
anyone has this drama and could make me a copy, I would appreciate it. 
--Ken MacHarg

Kenneth D. MacHarg  
Casilla 17-17-691  
Quito, Ecuador
Kmacharg@[removed]
FAX: 593-2-447-263                        
Phone: 593-2-466-808

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Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 11:21:23 -0500 (EST)
From: JROZGONYI <JROZGONYI@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Twilight Zone "Static" episode
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Here at Ithaca College we have the Rod Serling archives, which
included scripts  and material from the Twilight Zone and other
of his work.  According to what I could quickly look up, "Static"
is based on a short story called "Tune in Yesterday" by OLEE RITCH.
The first draft of the script for the episode was in fact called
"Tune in Yesterday", but the title appears to have changed as
soon as the second or third script draft.

Jay Rozgonyi
Multi-Media Services Librarian
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
JROZGONYI@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 10:00:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Charles Ulrich <culrich@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Stan Freberg meets Bugs Bunny
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Stan Freberg played Pete Puma in "Rabbit's Kin". That may have been his
only appearance in a Bugs Bunny cartoon per se, but he also played one of
the Goofy Gophers in several Warner Brothers cartoons. Mel Blanc played
the other gopher.

June Foray played a variety of female roles in Warner Brothers cartoons,
most notably Granny in Tweety & Sylvester cartoons--a role she's still
playing. Julie Bennett and, I think, Sara Berner had played female roles
in earlier WB cartoons.

--Charles

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Date:          Mon, 4 Nov 1996 15:17:35 DST
From: "Pat premo" <PPREMO@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:       Various
Message-Id: <E5FC7553A96@[removed]>

HELP!!  I recently posted the following questions and received some 
answers this morning only to have them disappear when I went to print 
them out!!  to those who took the time to answer, thank you and I am 
sorry that I somehow lost the messages!!  Would you be so kind as to 
send again?  many thanks.

Here are a couple questions that perhaps someone can answer:

1.  Who played Sgt. Preston on radio, on TV?

2.  Who played Straight Arrow and Packy on radio?

3.  Who else besides Brace Beemer and John Todd played the Lone 
Ranger and Tonto, respectively, on radio?

Many thanks.

Pat Premo



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