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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 415

Table Of Contents: 

	 Norman Corwin
	 superman w/batman and robin
	 Museum of Broadcast Communications Radio Hall of Fame
	 The Night That Panicked America
	 Rochester Radio Theatre
	 Beyond Midnight
	 Peter Greco's sho
	 Radio Drama on the Web (fwd)
	 Why I won't play Amos & Andy; comedy hits and misses
	 Halloween Special Alert

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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 96 13:34:46 -0500
From: Richard Fish <fish@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Norman Corwin
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The programs included in the 13 By Corwin set are:

1.  The Odyssey of Runyon Jones (6/8/44)
2.  The Undecided Molecule (7/17/45)
3.  El Capitan And The Corporal (7/25/44)
4.  New York:  A Tapestry For Radio (5/16/44)
5.  Radio Primer (5/4/41)
6.  Descent Of The Gods (8/1/41)
7. My Client Curley (3/7/40)
8.  Mary And The Fairy (8/31/41)
9.  They Fly Through The Air (2/19/39)
10. Cromer (12/1/42)
11. The Long Name None Could Spell (3/14/44)
12. Untitled (3/18/41)
13.  Could Be (9/11/49)

These shows were selected by Mr. Corwin as his favorites from the shows still extant on recordings.  The set is the same, whether you get it from us or for Wireless.  You will pay more for the set from our catalog, but Norman will get a bigger check.

Norman Corwin is doing 6 new shows for NPR, and the first one has just been distributed via satellite.  It's called "No Love Lost," and stars Jack Lemmon, Martin Landau, Lloyd Bridges, and William Shatner.  Call your local NPR station for broadcast times; if anybody missed the satellite uplink and wants a broadcast master, they can get in touch with us here.

And Norman is delighted to get mail from listeners and broadcasters; anybody who wants to write to him can do so care of us:

	The LodesTone Catalog
	611 Empire Mill Road
	Bloomington IN 47401

Or send email to "mbk@[removed]" and it will be delivered.  Mary Beth Kirchner is his producer.

Thanks for the interest!

Richard Fish
The LodesTone Catalog
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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 12:35:09 -0700 (PPET)
From: Brian Copeland <copie@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
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Subject: superman w/batman and robin
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does anybody have any of the superman radio shows with batman and robin 
as guests?

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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 14:13:43 -0600
From: Pam Riesmeyer <pamrie16@[removed]>
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Subject: Museum of Broadcast Communications Radio Hall of Fame
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Hi, the dinner's tonight, October 27th and the induction of the new Radio
Hall of Fame Members will be broadcast live on the web using realaudio.
Check out the web page for the MBC dinner cybercast.
 
                         [removed]

Thanks
Pam Riesmeyer, WMAQ All News 670
Chicago

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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 17:38:19 -0500 (EST)
From: "Kathy O'Connell" <oconnell@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: The Night That Panicked America
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Thanks to whomever alerted the list to the Sci Fi channel's broadcast of 
"The Night That Panicked America," a TV-movie about Orson Welles' "/War 
of the Worlds" broadcast.  I was able to tape it yesterday.  Now, I have 
some questions I'm hoping someone out there can [removed]

Does anyone know where the radio scenes were shot?  I would imagine it 
was somewhere in LA.

Were there any otr voices involved in this broadcast?  It seemed so 
authentic that I thought perhaps the actors were lip-synching to the 
original broadcast.  The announcer especially sounded like the real thing.

I'd appreciate any information anyone can give me about this movie.

Re:  Amos & Andy:  I've never found it funny, and I think I finally 
understand why!  The only examples I've heard are the 30 minute shows. 
Thanks for pointing out that these aren't the best examples of what made 
this such a favorite.  And I echo those who are urging people to read the 
recent book about A&A.  It's an excellent reference point.
I shall now try to find some 15-minute shows (especially the Christmas 
shows I keep hearing about) to give this much-loved series another chance.

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Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 01:46:21 GMT
From: welsa@[removed] (Welsa)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Rochester Radio Theatre
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To: [removed]@[removed]

This past weekend I was privileged to attend a performance of the Rochester 
Radio Theatre Guild of Rochester, Minnesota.  What a delightful experience.  
These folks have been faithfully recreating OTR before a live audience for 9 
years.  This past weekend's shows were Dimension X, Gene Autry's Melody Ranch, 
a Witches Tale and a thoroughly enjoyable Fibber McGee and Molly.  Hat's off to 
a wonderful group of OTR enthusiasts!  A job very well done!
___
* UniQWK #5138* Tain't funny. McGee.

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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 21:47:11 -0600
From: Alecia <ramble@[removed]>
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Subject: Beyond Midnight
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Hello all,

I just recieved a couple of tapes of the series called Beyond Midnight.
I really enjoyed the shows, but am curious about the show in general.
Does anyone know when this show was aired or anything else of interest
about this series? The actors in the show sound like they are British.

I hope to get more shows from this series. 

Thanks for any good information that someone might remember.

Alecia

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Date: 27 Oct 1996 23:53:56 CST
From: [removed]@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Peter Greco's sho
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Hi all:
Peter Greco was wondering about a show where 2 guys are in a bar and the
one stays yong by always travelling west? I seem to remember a Theater 5
show with a plot line like that, although I can't remember the name of
the episode. I think at the end of it something happens and he can't
travel and he becomes very old incredibly fast. Like I said I don't know
the name of the episode but maybe this will help jar someone else's
memory.
One more thing to Steve Lewis. for those of us not in the New York area
are your shows available to purchase?
And on a final Halloween type note, one of my favorite Halloween shows
 is from the "Adventures by Morse", at least I think that's what the series
was called. The story was called the City of the Dead.
Did amos and Andy do any halloween shows? hahaha

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Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 00:06:30 -0500 (EST)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
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Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 16:34:59 -0400
From: Melina Brown <coco@[removed]>
To: Radiodrama@[removed]
Subject: Radio Drama on the Web

Beginning on Halloween afternoon CBS will begin broadcasting Himan Brown's
Mystery Theatre. The first presentation will be Moby Dick, with more to
follow!
To access this page go to [removed] (there should be a link there.)
Please be sure to EMail your feedback on this presentation to CBS as your
response will determine the future of Radio Drama on the web.

Feedback to Mr Brown can be addressed to coco@[removed]

Thanks

Melina Brown

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Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 00:38:45 -0500 (EST)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Why I won't play Amos & Andy; comedy hits and misses
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On Sun, 27 Oct 1996 John Rayburn wrote:

> And, yes, I play the program on my radio show as an important
> part of broadcasting history and have had no complaints.  As to someone's
> comment that it might not be fitting at the FOTR convention in Newark, a few
> seasons back, I portrayed Andy in a brief skit there and received nothing but
> favorable reaction.
> 
   It was me and I stand by my original comment: In this day and age 
it is highly inappropriate and offensive to many (who may not choose to 
tell you after a performance) for WHITE MEN to perform Amos & Andy. If 
people choose to listen to the programs or collect them, that is an entirely 
different matter.  
  	To me most sit-coms are terribly dated and repetitive, and
I don't enjoy them much except as curiosities.  This includes another 
favorite of many on the list, Fibber McGee and Molly, and I'll even toss 
in one more - Our Miss Brooks, the horny English teacher.  You've heard 
one, you've heard'em all.  The few exceptions to this are Jack Benny and 
Phil Harris/Alice Faye, which seem to hold up over the decades.  I also 
like the humor of Fred Allen, although his topical material leaves most 
people scratching their heads (unless they happen to have photographic 
memories for the news of the day). But his spontaneous ad-libs are often
priceless (and caused many a show to run over). Other comedy highlights 
of OTR - Vic and Sade (possibly the greatest show of OTR, at least my pick),
and Stoopnagle and Budd (both shows that exist, that is) -these guys were 
way ahead of their time; it's a shame there isn't more of them out there.
 	But back to the header:  I came to WBAI in 1978 to produce The 
Golden Age of Radio and a daily 15 minute serial. The radio station is 
part of the Pacifica Network of 5 radio stations dedicated to furthering
understanding and peace among all people of the world (at least this is 
the thrust of the charter - I'm sorry to say that in recent years that 
mission has been corrupted to further leftist causes at the expense of 
dialog, but I digress).  Needless to say that the mix of producers is
probably more diverse than most other workplaces.
	I used to make the same arguments vis a vis Amos and Andy that many
on this list have espoused.  I also get occassional requests for the 
program from older Black (and white) listeners.  I have aired the Christmas
show in both the 15" and half-hour versions. I recognize the historical 
significance of the program in selling radios and making them part of 
every household.  I know that in later years, many of the performers were
Afrogenic (to use a phrase coined by Robert Knight of this station).
	But how many times do you have to be told by African-Americans, 
and others, that a radio comedy with white men impersonating black characters
and putting words in dialect into their mouths, is offensive to them, before 
you listen to them and respect their opinion?  If there are those who feel 
that the mere broadcasting of such a program is an antagonistic act, then 
what is this one program out of all the choices that exist?  Were I doing 
a history of radio, certainly Amos & Andy would play an important role, 
but in the context of a show that is presented mostly as "light entertainment"
for our current generation, I feel that is not for me to determine whether 
or not it is offensive TO ME PERSONALLY, but to respect the opinions of 
others, whether I agree with them or not.  
	I should also say that at times I think people take some of these 
old shows way too seriously.  It took three attempts to get The Shadow of 
Fu Manchu aired in its entirety on the serial.  The first time it was 
removed from the air after a few days because of a letter signed by 3 
people on behalf of an Asian-American group.  At this time I was told that
each episode had to be preceded by a disclaimer, reminding listeners that
these were historical broadcasts, and in no way reflected the opinions blah,
blah, [removed] It turned into a great project involving most of the producers
trying to outdo each other with creative or funny disclaimers.  My favorite 
was from Michio Kaku, professor of Nuclear Physics.  It does sadden me to 
think that so little is thought of the intelligence of the average listener,
that such disclaimers are thought to be necessary, but that's what it took 
to get some of these shows on the air.  How anyone could take a series like 
MOON OVER AFRICA as a documentary is beyond me (with a talking shrunken
head and lost white tribe of Vikings in a volcanic crater, it is high camp) 
but my airing of that series caused rifts with some elements of the staff 
that will never been healed.
	
		El Diablo Blanco, producer
		Golden Age of Radio, WBAI-NY

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Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 04:22:18 -0500 (EST)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
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NYC area listeners take note:  Mass Backwards, the show where it's always
Halloween, will do a horror sandwich for the next two weeks around our 
favorite holiday.  Fear on Four will continue on at least one of the shows,
but other regular features will be put aside for 2 special presentations of
the works of H. P. Lovecraft - notably 2 productions from the Atlanta 
Radio Theatre Company.  They are "At the Mountains of Madness" and "Shadow
Over Innsmouth". We will also have our regular Jean Shepherd broadcasts -
"Transylvania" and "Monsters".  And the most horrible music I can find, just 
as you feared!  Tune in each week as actual scheduling has not yet been 
determined.  WBAI, [removed] FM, 3:30 to 6 AM, Monday night into Tuesday mornings.
	Your radio pal, Uncle Muck.




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