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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 363

Table Of Contents: 

	 Screwy Cassettes
	 Re: Superman and baseball
	 Jo Stafford/Paul Weston
	 OTR URL List
	 More BBC SF OTR: Orbit One Zero log (1961)
	 Radio Spirits
	 Favorite Shadow episodes
	 Re: Radio Spirits
	 the flutey whistle
	 Re: SHADOW favorites
	 Paul Weston
	 DR IQ, WHIZ KIDS, and ?
	 Same Title, Different Versions?
	 Re: Shadow favorites

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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 00:18:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Screwy Cassettes
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 15:09:02 -0400
> From: Platecap@[removed]
> To: otr@[removed]
> Subject: screw shells or not;  it really doesn't matter
> Message-ID: <960929150901_532945937@[removed]>
> 
> Sure, you can take it apart, but how often do you really take a cassette
> apart?  If you really do have to take it apart, that implies either the tape
> or your machine is defective to begin with (so the logic follows: why use
> that brand!).

Actually, more often than you'd think.  More and more frequently lately,
certain classical music tapes seem to get stuck and won't move.  I get the
cassette repair kits at Radio Shack and hope that helps.  FIrst I just
transfer the existing tape and hubs into the new housing.  If that doesn't
work, I replace the hub that seems to be binding.  Or sometimes I simply
replace the plastic lubrication strips.  

I don't know why it seems to happen so often lately, but it does.  And
it's much easier to do if the original cassette has screws, the job is a
lot easier.

======================================================================
A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 00:24:39 -0400
From: CardiacRx@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Superman and baseball
Message-ID: <961001002438_534179328@[removed]>

Granted, I digress slightly (??) from the main topic at hand, but this same
story theme was used not too long ago (Action Comics #663) when Supes was
hurtled thru time, left amnesiac, and joined a circus as a strong man (with
an "S" on his chest for circus strongman) in the 1930'[removed] ain't baseball,
but [removed]

New [removed] can't express how great I think it is that we are graced with
the continued presence of Mr. Anthony [removed] an avid, avid, avid, Shadow
fan you can't believe how thrilled I was to see so many subject topics swing
in the direction of the Dark Avenger.  More Shadow talk I [removed] character
protrayed in the radio shows only touches the surface of the first
"Super-hero".

Thanks for giving me my 2-cents worth.  Also, for those of you I haven't
met/traded with via e-mail yet, I'm always interested in expanding my Shadow
[removed] helping someone else add to theirs.  Drop a line.

Enough of me for now, eh?

Bob Simko (CardiacRx@[removed])

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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 00:55:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: lev@[removed] (S or A Levene)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jo Stafford/Paul Weston
Message-Id: <v01530500ae760d39b5d4@[[removed]]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

For fans of the above there was a lovely, warm, informative article about
Jo Stafford  that appeared in the Aug. 26/Sept. 2 double issue (entirely
about music) of  The New Yorker, published shortly before Mr. Weston's
death.  (There's a reference in the article to him not being well.)  It's
called "A Voice Like Home", writen by Nancy Franklin.
Earlier, Gene Lees wrote a thoughtful  piece about  both of them in his
Jazzletter, ("GI Jo") reprinted in his l987 book "Singers and the Song",
published by Oxford University Press.
Sam Levene

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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 00:00:04 -0700
From: "JACK MANN" <jmann@[removed]>
To: <otr@[removed]>
Subject: OTR URL List
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
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To the Digest: The following is a list of OTR pages that I've been
compiling for the last few days. Please see note at bottom.



             Jack's List of OTR Internet URL's

All URL's in this list begin with:   http://

Adventures in Cassettes - [removed]
Airwaves Media Page - [removed]
Atlanta Radio Theater Co. - [removed]
BBC World Service - [removed]
Becker Internet Group - [removed]
Bellingham Antique Radio Museum - antique-radio-[removed]
Broadcast History - [removed]~rfs/
Classic Old Time Radio - [removed]
FAQ: OTR - [removed]
Golden Days of Australian Radio - [removed]
Jerry Stearn's Radio Drama and Comedy - [removed]~[removed]
Lin Robertson's Old Time Radio Page - [removed]
Nazi Radio - [removed]
Old Radio (and TV) - [removed]
Old-Time Music on the Radio - [removed]
Old Time Radio Links - [removed]
Old Time Radio Show Logs - [removed]~daleb/
OTRWWW Page - [removed]
Phil's Old Radios - [removed]:80/~philn/
RadioActive Online Newsletter - [removed]
Radio Archive - [removed]~bensmanm/
Radio Days - [removed]
The Shadow - [removed]
Wayne's Old Time Radio Page - [removed]

This list is by no means complete. For additions and corrections please Email me
at jmann@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 01:40:28 PST
From: passage@[removed] (Frank M Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: More BBC SF OTR: Orbit One Zero log (1961)
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

                     O R B I T   O N E   Z E R O
                     ---------   -----   -------

                                1961

First Show: 04-21-61                             Last Show: 05-26-61
Number Shows: 6                                  Audition Show: none


Show Description:

ORBIT ONE ZERO was a science fiction radio drama, in six 30-minute
parts, presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation.  The plot
involves the search for a source of gamma radiation in space and the
discovery of a mysterious cylinder on a remote island.  The cylinder
quickly takes center stage but a connection to the radiation source
becomes important to the final resolution of the story.

Besides being a good listen, it's interesting to listen to a radio
drama produced outside the US, in a time when all US radio series
were disappearing from the airwaves.  With the exception of overly
dramatic music bridges and slightly predictable theme, it's well
acted and produced.


List Comments:

Gordon Payton's catalog listed the broadcast dates for the first
and last shows.  Dates in between are my "guesses".  Titles are
those announced at the start of each episode.


List:

           Date      Num  Title                    Src Key
           --------  ---  -----------------------  -------
           04-21-61   1   The Unseeing Eye         123
           04-28-61   2   The Cylinder             123
           05-05-61   3   The Power                123
           05-12-61   4   The Voices               123
           05-19-61   5   The Frozen World         123
           05-26-61   6   The Unseen (Conclusion)  123


Information Sources:

The information above was obtained from the following OTR vendor
and club catalogs.  Contact them directly for more information.

Key Source
--- -----------------------------------------------------------------
 1  Edward J. Carr, 216 Shaner Street, Boyertown, PA 19512
 2  Gordon R. Payton, 119 E. Cuthbert Blvd., Bldg. "O", #3, Westmont,
    NJ 08108-1829
 3  Vintage Broadcasts. 42 Bowling Green, Staten Island, NY 10314

To be fair to all, this is not an endorsement of the above vendors
and clubs.  I receive nothing by mentioning them.  They help keep
OTR alive.  Please support them.


Last Update: 09-30-96


I retain copyright, but this log may be freely copied provided that
the text is unchanged.  Please send error corrections or additional
information to:   Frank Passage, 109 Elmwood Road, Verona, NJ 07044
or via e-mail to passage@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 01 Oct 96 07:52:48 EDT
From: TBARNETT@[removed]
To:   otr@[removed]
Subject: Radio Spirits
Message-Id: <m0v83Na-000k02C@[removed]>

To: SMTP    --AHIPC2S  OTR Digest

From:    Tom Barnett
         EDS NAO/VDTO Finance and Personnel Systems Support
         (810)986-0389 (8-226) Internet:TBARNETT@[removed]

Subject: Radio Spirits

To offer my two cents worth on Radio Spirits. . . . I love their collections.
They are a reasonbly priced way to rapidly gather shows by a particular
performer or series. I highly recomend the Fibber McGee and Jack Benny
colllections (Vols 1-3).

But, as was mentioned before, they are expensive on their single cassettes.
All of their single cassettes do have s brief synopsis of the shows written
on the cover card. But not worth the price. . .

For collections I would go with Radio Spirits. . . for single cassettes
I would still say go to BRC Productions -- I have never had any problem
with them.

Tom Barnett
"There are no Ordinary moments." -Dan Millman

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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 08:41:42 -0400
From: DavidLHsl@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favorite Shadow episodes
Message-ID: <961001084141_115390501@[removed]>

  John Cunningham requested favorite episodes of The Shadow.
  My two favorite all-time episodes both put The Shadow in the greatest
danger.  "The Little Man Who Wasn't There" (04/08/45) pits our valiant hero
against an invisible force that even the Shadow cannot see.  I have never
heard an episode in which the Shadow was so scared.
  The other all-time favorite, "Touch of Death" (05/19/46), is the rare
episode in which I felt the villain was more cunning than the Shadow.  It's
about a man who could kill just by touching someone.  He even knows the true
identity of the Shadow.
  "The Gibbering Thing" (09/26/43) is one of the scariest episodes, complete
with some of the most spine-chilling sound effects you'll ever hear.  Be sure
to listen to this one on Halloween!
  "The Silent Avenger" (03/13/38) has a great scene where the Shadow is
locked inside a tomb that the villains are filling with water.
  "Traffic in Death" (09/24/38) has a great scene near the end where
Lamont/Shadow has to search through a sanitarium to find Margot Lane.

David Hassell
Mrs. Davis: (looking at a crossword puzzle)  Let's [removed] what's a
three-letter word for feline domestic animal?
Minerva (Mrs. Davis' cat):  Meooooow!
Mrs. Davis:  Quiet, Minerva, and finish your milk.  Now, a three-letter word
for feline domestic animal.
Minerva:  Meooooooow!
Connie Brooks:  It's no use, Minerva.
(Our Miss Brooks)

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Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 09:21:32 -0400
From: Charles Mazza <flash@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed], [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Radio Spirits
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Thanks for all the responses, personal and via the digest. I've ordered the
2 volumes (and yes indeed, it is 60 episodes per set, not 30 as i mistakenly
stated in my original post) and was offered 8 free tapes as a bonus! I used
these bonus tapes to pick the following episodes:

1.) Burning Court 6/17/42 + Wet Saterday 6/24/42
2.) The Great Horrell 8/22/46 + Hunting Trip 9/12/46
3.) Lazarus Walks 10/31/46 + Easy Money 11/7/46
4.) Donovan's Brain 5/18/44 + 5/24/44
5.) On a Country Road 11/16/50 + Zero Hour 5/18/58 + Three Skeleton Key 11/11/56
6.) Love's Lovely Counterfeit 1/17/48
7.) Ghost Hunt 6/23/49 + The Day I Died 6/30/49
8.) No Escape 12/16/48 + The 39 Steps 3/3/52

I chose these episodes based on Radio Spirts' listing these as all time
favorites. I remeber a thread some time ago in the digest about everyone's
favorite suspense episodes. Have the results ever been tabulated and placed
on a web page? (I should perhaps go and check the FAQ before i shoot my
mouth off <grin>).

Charles Mazza

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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 96 08:28 CDT
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: the flutey whistle
Message-Id: <m0v84rv-000k0YC@[removed]>

As David Hassel already said, in answer to Troy Burnham's question:
The Whistler begins with the whistled theme.  There is typically a little
teaser from the episode to follow; then a break, then the show proper
begins, and as the Whistler himself intones the "I know many things" spiel,
the theme is repeated by a small ensemble, with the melody taken by a flute
or flutes.

Troy, as to the reason an entire digest got sandwiched into another one: 
someone probably appended the digest to a response they wrote, either
accidentally or because of not understanding how to avoid that.
John Henley
jhenley@[removed]
ph  (512) 495-4112
fax (512) 495-4296

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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 07:42:16 -0600
From: Jerry Purvis <hqsouth@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: SHADOW favorites
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hello all!

Two of my favorites from The Shadow (definite "keepers"):

Carnival of Death (one of those train episodes)
The Creeper

I'm looking forward to reading about other favorites.

Good day---probably,

Jerry

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Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 08:58:59 -0500
From: "Marvin R. Bensman" <bensmanm@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Paul Weston
Message-id: <l03010501ae76d0b8dc45@[[removed]]>
Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT

Someone asked about the Grammy for "Sing Along with Jonathan and Darlene
Edwards" by Paul Weston and Jo Stafford (his wife). That was the only
Grammy Weston won.

I remember working at a radio station (callow youth that I was) and being
in a contest with the jocks to grab the latest recordings to feature
on-the-air.

I got hold of "Sing Along with Jonathan and Darlene Edwards" and without
reviewing it, featured it on my Saturday program.

Imagine my surprise when the songs began sort of [removed] but then got
increasingly off-key in the singing and the piano was less than inspired. I
then carefully read the liner notes and realized I had been had, along with
my audience. The album became one of my favorites and I still have it in my
vinyl collection.

Each song has elements of parody in it and a strong dose of satire
included. Only real talent could progressively destroy various types of
music. My favorite (among many) was a take-off of Mitch Miller's sing-along
style with an over enthusiastic chorus. Compare that to "Yellow Rose of
Texas" by Stan Freberg which was a less subtle send-up.

An interview I heard with the Weston's they said they were asked to perform
at cocktail parties of friends after great piano players of their day at
already entertained. So they went out on a limb and went after the style of
popular music they did not do. They were asked at recording sessions to
perform music that was not their style and so they would do the requested
number in "Edwards" style. Everyone who heard it laughed so hard they
produced the gag album.

************************************************************************
*Professor Marvin R. Bensman, [removed], [removed]                              *
*Department of Communication; Office Phone: (901) 678-3174 or 678-2565 *
*University of Memphis        Fax: (901) 678-4331                      *
*Memphis, TN 38152                                                     *
*E-mail: BensmanM@[removed]                                       *
* To see University of Memphis radio archive look at:                  *
*[removed]~[removed]                  *

************************************************************************

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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 08:18:44 -0800
From: wilson@[removed] (Wilson Gilinsky)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: DR IQ, WHIZ KIDS, and ?
Message-Id: <v01510100ae76f3b87185@[[removed]]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

I  remember having a grand time listening to three programs that I haven't
heard discussed (and can't remember the name of one of them).  Anyone have
any of the same remembrances?
        Dr IQ
       Whiz Kids
        ?  A music program which took (modern) tunes, and found classical
match-ups (or was it the other                way around?)

Thanks for your thoughts.

Wilson Gilinsky

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Date:Tue, 1 Oct 1996 12:04:39 -0400
From: rlawton@[removed] (Richard Lawton)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Same Title, Different Versions?
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Newbie question: are there really two, three and even four versions of the
same stories done by different shows out there, or are the same productions
floating around under different company names?  Some of my favourites
include Escape's 'Three Skeleton Quay,' X Minus One's 'Time and Time Again'
and 'Mars is Heaven'--and all three of these titles appear in the
catalogues as having been also done by Suspense, Dimension X, ABC Radio
Theatre, etc.  (I've noticed a  number of X Minus One titles in the
Dimension X list, actually; and the 'X' makes me wonder if maybe there's a
tax dodge happening.)
(If they are in fact different productions, anyone want to do some trading?)
rwl

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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 12:21:48 -0400
From: CardiacRx@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Shadow favorites
Message-ID: <961001122145_321870938@[removed]>

I gotta admit, one of my favorites is "The Nursery Rhyme Murders".  IMHO, the
story works better than a lot of others.  "The Man Who Stole Time" is also a
lot of fun, too.  Of course, I could go on and on and [removed] these 2 pop
into my head first.  I'm interested to see what other folks have to say.

Bob Simko (CardiacRx@[removed])




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