Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #177
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Date: 6/9/2005 6:12 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 177
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Scary Moments                     [ stevenl751@[removed] ]
      Scary shows                           [ "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed] ]
      OTR recreation script                 [ "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed] ]
      TV Land Salutes Warner Brothers       [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Re: Recreation ideas sought           [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
      Scariest Show                         [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      Jack Benny Implicated In Corrupt Ill  [ seandd@[removed] ]
      scariest program                      [ "Glen Schroeder" <gschroeder10@char ]
      Heritage Radio Theatre                [ "thomas heathwood" <HeritageRadio@m ]
      future of OTR                         [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]
      6-9 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      50th Anniversary of "Monitor"         [ RBB <oldradio@[removed]; ]
      Music Radio                           [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      WTIC's "The Golden Age of Radio"      [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]; ]
      "Radio Days" magazine?                [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]

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    Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 20:36:24 -0400
    From: stevenl751@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Scary Moments
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> >     Hands [removed] is the most frightening radio program you have ever heard?

    The one episode that stands out as really frightening me the first time I
    heard it was "Three Skeleton Key".  It was the version from ESCAPE with
    Vincent Price.

    Steve Lewis

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    Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 20:36:35 -0400
    From: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Scary shows

    In #176, Randy Story asked:

>     Hands [removed] is the most frightening radio
>     program you have ever heard? The one that makes
>     your blood run cold when you think of it. The
>     one that perhaps gave you nightmares.

    Two spring immediately to mind:

    1) Suspense - House in Cypress Canyon -- I know, I know, it's cliche.  But
    there was this one time I was listening to it while drifting off to sleep.  I
    was almost all the way to sleep when the creature's final really loud scream
    bounced me out of bed with a heart rate of about 180 BPM.  The memory of that
    first second and half of terrified confusion (when my sleepy brain wasn't
    processing what was going on around me) still haunts me a little when I hear
    it today.

    2) Suspense - Black Door -- Mysterious ancient temples, a dark cave, a
    terrified race to the surface, and really effective dog howl sound effects
    make this one still creepy.

    -chris holm

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    Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 20:37:08 -0400
    From: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR recreation script

    In #176, Steve Lewis asked:

>     I'm looking for an OTR recreation to do with the
>     Gotham Radio Players which will feature a
>     special guest star, actor Simon Jones [snip]

    Okay, this isn't a perfect suggestion, but it's one of my favorite shows, so
    I'll suggest it anyway.  Why not "A Gun for Dinosaur" from Dimension X/X
    minus 1?

    It's not a lost show, but it's not one of the common scifi shows that are put
    into every package.  Admittedly, it's not a comedy, but it would work great
    with a mature English accent and I think I remember around 7 roles.

    The first thing I thought of,
    -chris holm

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    Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 20:37:27 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  TV Land Salutes Warner Brothers

    TV Land is running a salute to Warner Brothers TV this weekend.

    For fans of the Friends of Old Time Radio Convention frequent ringer guest
    Will Hutchins, it's an opportunity to see episodes of his television show
    "Sugarfoot."

    Real OTR actor Dick Van Patten also appears in the "Eight is Enough" series.

    I'm sure there are many, many more OTR stars in some of these shows but those
    are two that jumped out at me.

    The full ist is in the following link.

    Sean Dougeherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 20:38:45 -0400
    From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Recreation ideas sought

>     - It doesn't necessarily have to be a lost show
>     - Simon has an English accent
>     - he's got a mature voice,

    He could play George Fotheringay in Escape's version of  H. G. Wells'
    "The Man Who Could Work Miracles." It's a science-fantasy comedy and
    ends with the world being destroyed, almost.

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    Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 20:39:36 -0400
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Scariest Show
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    One of the scariest at the moment was Arch Oboler's, "Gravestone" aka
    "Poltergeist."It was also on "The Devil And Mr. O" in the 1970's.

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    Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 20:40:04 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny Implicated In Corrupt Illinois
     Politics Again

    The statue of Jack Benny in Waukeegan continues to be an example of government pork used to illustrate bad government behavior there.

    If we could get our elected officials here in New Jersey to start building statues of famous entertainers and stop handing their boyfriends six-figure jobs for which they aren't qualified, I would take that trade-off.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed],1,[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 23:08:31 -0400
    From: "Glen Schroeder" <gschroeder10@[removed];
    To: "otr" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  scariest program
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    Hi listers.

    The scariest show I ever remember hearing on the radio was an episode of the
    Sleep No More program that was on WMAQ in Chicago in the late 50s.  The ep
    that made my skin crawl when I was ten or eleven years old concerned a man
    that was buried alive.  He came to in the coffin shortly after the show
    started and the rest was his reaction when he figured out what had happened,
    such as a lot of yelling and scratching.  Come to think of it, it still makes
    me shiver.
    Luv Dis List
    Glen Schroeder
    Madison WI

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    Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:45:22 -0400
    From: "thomas heathwood" <HeritageRadio@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Heritage Radio Theatre
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    We are featuring now thru Saturday:
    1. THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM   9/24/50   "The Gold Rush of '49"
    2. AMOS 'N' ANDY   11/17/44    "Marriage Proposal Mixup"
    3. BOB & RAY   Skjits from  8/10/59
    Hope you enjoy !  Tom Heathwood

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    Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:46:44 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  future of OTR

    Hi Everybody,

    those of you who enjoy this hobby should check out [removed] and look
    under there press release and read the 2004 year end report.  They are
    changing there business model they are going from selling hard items like
    tapes and CD to distribution of it through digital like down loading and
    broadcasting.  They are having a major drop of in sales and a major increase
    in losses.  I believe if you see any of there products in store especially
    at a discount you might want to start considering picking them up.  I know
    some of the small dealers have been going through a change in there business
    over the last few years too and if they have some thing you might like it
    might be a good idea to pick them up soon.  The broadcasting of OTR has been
    under a major change too on AM and FM radio over the last few years.  Los
    Angels for many years was a strong broadcasting market for OTR.  We enjoyed
    two hour a day on KNX plus a couple of weekly show on FM.  We are down to
    one show on FM once a month from midnight to 3 AM or or when the main host
    want to to continue to play some show until he goes off the air.  I think
    there is still one more FM station that play a hour of OTR on Sunday after
    noon but there station has a very weak signal that I can not pick up from my
    home.  We are bless to have the internet to hear other station around the
    country.   I understand that When Radio Was is on 200 station around the
    country, but they never have enjoy a long run in the Los Angeles market over
    the year on different station.  I was talking to a program director for a
    series of radio station up in Northern California and he plays the Twilight
    Zone on one of his station but he mainly chooses national talk shows and he
    receive a magazine called Talkers that list over 200 national talk show
    that can be pick up by local station.  I thought some of you might wanted to
    keep tab on what going on in the business side of OTR.  Take care,

    Walden Hughes

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    Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:46:57 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-9 births/deaths

    June 9th births

    06-09-1890 - Leslie Banks - West Derby, England - d. 4-21-1952
    actress: "Theatre of Romance"
    06-09-1900 - Fred Waring - Tyrone, PA - d. 7-29-1984
    conductor: "Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians"; "Pleasure Time/Victory Tunes"
    06-09-1903 - Marcia Davenport - NYC - d. 1-15-1996
    auther: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-09-1905 - Martha Boswell - Kansas City, MO - d. 7-2-1958
    singer: (The Boswell Sisters) "The Boswell Sisters"; "Woodbury Soap Show"
    06-09-1908 - Robert Cummings - Joplin, MO - d. 12-1-1990
    actor: David Adair "Those We Love"; "Cavalcade of America"
    06-09-1910 - George Bryan - NYC - d. 6-27-1969
    announcer: "Helen Hayes Theatre"; "Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts"
    06-09-1910 - Joseph Julian - St. Marys, PA - d. 3-11-1982
    actor: Sandy Matson "Lorenzo Jones"; Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"
    06-09-1915 - Les Paul - Waukesha, WI
    guitarist: "Fred Waring Show"; "Drene Show"; "Rhubarb Red"
    06-09-1922 - George Axelrod - NYC - d. 6-21-2003
    writer: "Midnight in Manhattan"; "Grand Ole Opry"
    06-09-1926 - Mona Freeman - Baltimore, MD
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"
    06-09-1933 - Dick Orkin - Williamsport, PA
    comedian: "Chickenman"; "Tooth Fairy"

    June 9th deaths

    01-11-1910 - Betty Miles - Santa Monica, CA - d. 6-9-1992
    actress: Millie Anderson "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day"
    02-06-1903 - Claudio Arrau - Chillans, Chile - d. 6-9-1991
    classical pianist: "New York Philharmonic"; "Music America Loves Best"
    02-07-1812 - Charles Dickens - Portsmouth, England - d. 6-9-1870
    author: "A Christmas Carol"
    03-18-1905 - Robert Donat - Manchester, England - d. 6-9-1958
    actor, poetry reader: "Justice"; "Monte Carlo"; "Reader of Poetry"; [removed]
    Steel Hour"
    05-31-1931 - Barbara Whiting - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-9-2004
    actress: Judy Graves "Junior Miss"; Mildred "Meet Corliss Archer"
    06-08-1921 - Alexis Smith - Penticton, British Columbia, Canada - d. 6-9-1993
    Actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Stars in the Air"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    07-16-1902 - Andrew Stone - Oakland, CA - d. 6-9-1999
    film writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-05-1918 - Allen Ludden - Mineral Point, WI - d. 6-9-1981
    host: "Mind Your Manners"; "College Bowl"
    12-12-1908 - Hank Ladd - Chicago, IL - d. 6-9-1982
    actor: Beetle "Phil Baker Show"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:48:45 -0400
    From: RBB <oldradio@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  50th Anniversary of "Monitor"

    National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition" on Sunday will air a segment
    that recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the debut of
    the NBC Radio Network's weekend "Monitor" program.  The live,
    magazine-type show was broadcast for 20 years on NBC.

    Dennis Hart, who wrote a book about the program, "Monitor: The Last
    Great Radio Show" will be on the NPR segment.

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    Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 14:33:41 -0400
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Music Radio

    Some of you have been anticipating the arrival of "Music Radio," my newest
    book.  So have I!  I've been informed by publisher McFarland & Co. that its
    release has been delayed and it should be available by the end of the month.
    No guarantees, of course.  It's about to become "the longest book ever
    published," at least for yours truly, now approaching 15 months since it
    left my hands.  Because it is chock full of so much information, I'd like to
    think it will be well worth the wait.  In case you've ordered it, join me in
    a heaping dose of patience for just a little longer.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 14:34:19 -0400
    From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  WTIC's "The Golden Age of Radio"

    The latest "WTIC's Golden Age of Radio" programs
    with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran, can be heard at
    [removed]

    We present three complete shows in MP3 format for
    your listening pleasure or for downloading, plus a bonus:
    the NBC newscast as broadcast by WTIC preceding the
    first Golden Age show in April, 1970.

    Program 17 - August, 1971 - Hans Conried
    (*The original program heard on that date; See "New:
    The Lost Shows!" at our website for a complete
    explanation.)

    (This program comes to us from the collection of
    David S. Siegel)

    Mr. Conried's radio career began in 1936, and as we'll
    hear, spanned two decades. He was also a prolific film,
    stage, and TV actor.

    Program 39 - June, 1973 - Tony Marvin
    (*The original program heard on that date;
    See "New: The Lost Shows!" at our website for a complete
    explanation.)

    (This program also comes to us from the collection of
    David S. Siegel)

    Marvin joined CBS in 1939 as an announcer and a newsman,
    but is perhaps best known as Arthur Godfrey's sidekick.

    Program 43
    October, 1973 - Jack Pearl, Peter Donald, Will Jordan

    This program spans three generations, with Jack "Baron
    Munchausen" Pearl, Peter "Ajax Cassidy" Donald, and Will
    "Ed Sullivan" Jordan.

    In the 1970's Dick Bertel created the program for WTIC in
    Hartford, CT. The idea came to Dick after he interviewed radio
    collector-historian Ed  Corcoran a few times on his radio and
    TV shows. "The Golden Age of Radio was first broadcast in
    April, 1970;  Ed was Dick's co-host.

    For the next seven years the program featured interviews with
    actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians from radio's
    early days. Each show featured excerpts from Ed's collection.

    "WTIC's Golden Age of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights
    on Walden Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.

    Bob Scherago
    Webmaster

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    Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 20:07:44 -0400
    From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "Radio Days" magazine?
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    Am posting this request in behalf of a fellow [removed]

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Has anyone heard of a British magazine called "Radio Days?"   I've been
    told that in the first issue (1999) they had a long article about a
    hoax broadcast on the BBC in 1926; the broadcast was masterminded by
    Ronald Knox, devised the grand game that Sherlockians play.

    Would like to find a copy of the [removed] the article.

    Peter Blau
    <blau7103@[removed];
    Bethesda, MD

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