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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 68


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Jerry-rigged
	 Ezra Stone
	 Fibber McGee and Gildersleeves movies
	 OTR on CD
	 Matinee House
	      Kato's nationality; another classical theme
	 Lone Ranger-Green Hornet; Film/OTR broadcasts, etc.
	 Administrivia: WWW Page Update
	 Orson Welles, "Touch of Evil"
	 DAT recording

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 02:19:09 -0500 (EST)
From: JACKBENNY@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Jerry-rigged
Message-id: <01I1F4HR3OX4988EY1@[removed]>

According to my husband, "jerry rigged" originated in WWI when British soldiers
would find/acquire German items (guns, etc.) and would use parts from them
to cobble their own items together on the battlefield.

--Laura Lee
International Jack Benny Fan Club

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 05:40:00 GMT
From: [removed]@[removed] (Marty Tabnik)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Ezra Stone
Message-Id: <9602192342152097@[removed]>

While watching an ep of LOST IN SPACE, I noticed that
the director was EZRA STONE.
        There couldn't be TWO of'em, could there?
---
 * SLMR [removed] * This is Biff Burns says this is Biff Burns [removed]

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 96 07:33:00 EST
From: filfeit@[removed] (Fil Feit)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Fibber McGee and Gildersleeves movies
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hey all,

Regular readers of the list probably remember that last 31 Jan, AMC
showed a full day of movies with old time radio stars.  Not what I
would call the greatest movies of all time, but a couple were OK.

Well, I had my vcr running for six hours, and taped the Fibber McGee
and Molly movie ("Heavenly Days" - absolutely horrid WW2 'patriotic'
film), and four Gildersleeves movies ("The Great Gildersleeves,"
"G. on Broadway," "G.' Bad Day," and "G. Ghost").  Since I finally
had the time to watch them all, I thought I'd offer them to a
member of the group.  E-mail me directly (filfeit@[removed])
if you're interested.

And how about Harold Peary's laugh as an otr soundbite?

--f2

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 08:35:34 -0600
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: OTR on CD
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

With due respect to those who enjoy their OTR on CD, I haven't had quite
the same experience.  So far I own two OTR CD sets - The Shadow, and Amos
'n' Andy.  Aside from the AnA set being made up entirely of excerpts and
heavily-edited shows, it seems to my ear that both sets were struck _not_
from master tapes, but from older LP copies of those sets.  You can hear
the light rhythmic "pops" that characterize scratches on vinyl, _not_
shellac.  Furthermore, the transfers are done sloppily, especially on the
Shadow set, where on a couple of the shows, the disc comes to an end before
the music has completely faded.

To top it off, the sound quality of these discs is pretty flat - in the
perjorative sense.

In my judgment, these CDs were thrown together just to give customers
something in that format, without any real care being taken.  This
certainly isn't what I buy CDs for.

I'd say that the best OTR in my collection, with respect to crisp sound
quality, remains the LP records on Murray Hill that I obtained in the
1970s.  I haven't  heard the recent Smithsonian sets, but if they are as
"alive" as those Murray Hill records, that would be a very good thing.

John Henley
jhenley@[removed]
ph  (512) 495-4112
fax (512) 495-4296

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Date: Tue Feb 20 08:45:51 1996
From: "Joe C. Foster" <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Otr <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Matinee House
Message-Id: <H0000b3f0211e782>

I need help in contacting Matinee (Play?) House. I sent in a tape order in
December and have not heard anything yet. (Does anyone know if this is normal?)

I realize that their contact information (phone number, e-mail, etc.,) is
located on the OTR homepage, but alas, I do not have this Internet capability.
I apologize for this type of post, but did not know of any other method in
locating this infor.

Thanks!
Carey


 

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Date:         Tue, 20 Feb 96 09:30:02 EST
From: Lee Maschmeyer <LMASCHM@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject:      Kato's nationality; another classical theme
Message-Id: <m0totcs-000Y4gC@[removed]>

Many people are under the impression that Kato was originally introduced
at the beginning of each Hornet broadcast with the pgrase: "With his
faitthful Japanese valet Kato, ...".  This is not the case.  He was
introduced: "With his faithful valet Kato".  He was understood to be
Japanese because he said "Missa Britt", but the nationality was never
specified until after Pearl Harbor.  I'm not that old, but I'm sure that
in people's minds the switch was no less real.

I've skipped several issues and didn't receive some so this may have
been mentioned, but Valse Triste by Sebelius was the theme of ILAM.  The
Liszt Les Preludes on LR was before and after the middle commercial.  I
don't know what people mean by "the story wrapup", but the music after
the end of the story was, of course, the William Tell Overture just like
at the beginning and end of the show.  There was a piece used on each
side of the middle commercial before they started using Les Preludes; I
think it was Schubert's Devil's Castle overture (I know that piece was
used, but am not familiar with it so I don't know whether it was around
the commercial).  Other classical pieces in LR included Weber's Der
Freischutz and Oberon overtures, another section of Les Preludes,
Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave overture, another Mendelssohn overture whose
name escapes me, Wagner's Rienzi overture, Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture,
Borodin's Polovitsian Dances from Prince Igor, and doubtless several
others as well as some things that were either written for them or taken
from movie music (the boook mentioned a couple issues ago doubtless
tells all, as advertised).

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 13:24:06 EST
From: VULM45A@[removed] ( ROBERT W PAINE)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Lone Ranger-Green Hornet; Film/OTR broadcasts, etc.
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

-- [ From: Robert Paine * [removed] #[removed] ] --

 For anything about the Lone Ranger, Green Hornet or Sgt. Preston, I'd
defer to Fran Striker, Jr., but will offer the following. 
 1. Although said to be John (Reid), according to "Who Was That Masked
Man" by David Rothel, the Lone Ranger's first name was not revealed. 
 2. The Green Hornet is "Britt Reid, daring young publisher" (radio);
"On police records a wanted criminal, the Green Hornet is really Britt
Reid, owner-publisher of the Daily Sentinel." (TV)
 3. The Green Hornet's father is Dan Reid.
 4. The relationship is that the Lone Ranger's older brother, Dan, was
the father of young Dan Reid. In later years, young Dan took the
proceeds of the silver mine his father and uncle (the Ranger) had found
and started the Daily Sentinel. Thus Reid is the family name of the
Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet, the Ranger's grand- or great- nephew.

 Addenda: In the 1979 edition of Fred L. Worth's "The Complete,
Unabriged Super Trivia Encyclopedia, the genealogy of the Reid family
is listed as follows:
 Brothers: Captain Dan Reid (Texas Ranger)  Wife: Linda Reid
                John Reid (The Lone Ranger)
                Daniel Reid 
	  Henry Reid (I don't know his origin)
                Britt Reid (The Green Hornet)

 I may in a future post go into the genealogy of the Reid family as it
appeared in a 1990/91 Green Hornet comic. Very interesting.

 Re: film clips of actual OTR broadcasts, someone could compile a list
or data-base of footage that's known to exist. I'm aware of a few,
probably one of the best known is Bob Hope hosting Command Performance.
I've seen a clip of Fibber McGee and Molly showing the hall closet
being "opened", and NBC had footage of Room 404, News and Special
Events in the D-Day episode of Victory at Sea. On the "staged" side,
there's one of Fibber and Molly's films with a scene from a "live
broadcast" of (I think) Bob Hope's show. 
 Re: Marlin Hurt turning around for his opening line. Hal Peary was
interviewed by Frank Bresee on AFRTS' The Golden Days of Radio, and
told of the time he played two parts in a show (he didn't mention the
name of the program). When the cast came back from dinner after the
East Coast show, Walter Tetley told Peary that ----- (he wouldn't
reveal the actor's name) had had too much to drink. Peary told him to
keep the man from going on, and he (Peary) would do the latter's part
as well as his own. 
 He said the audience didn't know what to think when they heard him
change voices between his own part and that of an old man. They were so
scared they didn't laugh for five minutes.
 They never did that again.           

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 12:29:04 -0600
From: lgenco@[removed] (Louis Genco)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Administrivia: WWW Page Update
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

I have added Dixon Chandler's OTR library, as well as Bob Burnham's Winter
Catalog update to the Humongous OTR Database.  This on-line, searchable
database now contains approximately 86,275 records, and is about 9 megabytes
in size (whew).

Lou
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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 96 14:24:36 EST
From: ekindred@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Orson Welles, "Touch of Evil"
Message-Id: <m0toxrP-000Y4nC@[removed]>

Agreed, it is a Touch of Genius. The opening one take sequence is one of the
most fascinating string of sequences I have ever seen. I have to admit to feel
ing scuzzy and helpless watching this movie unfold. "A Helluva alot of Evil" is
more appropriate.
Ed

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 96 18:39:36 EST
From: bspro@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: DAT recording
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I use DAT for storing the jingles and music beds that I produce and have
no problem with the sound quality. I dont think the hardware is as
solid as my analog machines, however. My half inch 8 track machine can
stand up to hours of use at a time and I have never had a problem with
it in 8 years. I have an old quarter inch 4 track machine that I have
had for 18 years as well that still works wonderfully. I have had my DAT
for 2 and 1/2 years and it looks like I'm going to have to replace the
heads on it soon. I have already put a lot of money in to the
drive system.
What's my point? I like the reel to reels better because they hold up
to more day to day use, but if you stored Otr on them at 7 and 1/2 IPS

Bill Scherer bspro@[removed]

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