Subject: [removed] Digest V2002 #453
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 11/24/2002 9:03 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2002 : Issue 453
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Parley Baer obit                      [ Art Chimes <achimes@[removed]; ]
      good ol' Baer                         [ bloodbleeds@[removed] ]
      How To Determine Days Of The Week     [ TallPaulK@[removed] ]
      Parley Baer radio credits             [ Art Chimes <achimes@[removed]; ]
      Parley                                [ Harry Bartell <bartell@[removed] ]
      Parley                                [ Harry Bartell <bartell@[removed] ]
      Parley Baer                           [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Three Musketeers                      [ Richard Carpenter <sinatra@ragingbu ]
      Cataloging                            [ Backus2@[removed] ]
      Re: Parley Baer                       [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
      [removed] RELAX, ARCHIE! RE-LAXX! - A Re  [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
      Linda and Danny                       [ "[removed]" <ddunfee@[removed]; ]
      Parley Baer                           [ "AVPRO" <avpro@[removed]; ]
      A Date, With or Without Judy          [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
      Parley Baer Obit                      [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
      Old Car Antenna's                     [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
      Parley Baer                           [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
      Parley Baer                           [ "Don Frey" <alanladdsr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 12:50:26 -0500
    From: Art Chimes <achimes@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Parley Baer obit

    As was noted here earlier, veteran actor Parley Baer (Gunsmoke's Chester
    Proudfoot) died Friday at age 88.

    A nice AP obit is on the [removed] Daily News site at
    [removed],1413,200%257E20954%257E1010095,[removed]

    Other articles may be found via Google News at
    [removed];q=parley+baer

    Yahoo has two photos available: Baer as Ben Franklin in a 1958 publicity shot
    for the CBS-TV series "You Are There"
    ([removed];u=/021124/168[removed]) and a
    very different shot from the same year seen with Ozzie Nelson
    ([removed];u=/021124/168[removed])

    There are more than a dozen other photos indexed by Google at
    [removed]+baer&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en

    Some 140 of Parley Baer's TV and film appearances over five decades are listed
    on the Internet Movie Database here: [removed],+Parley

    Art Chimes

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 13:55:53 -0500
    From: bloodbleeds@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  good ol' Baer

    He was a good ol' Baer. I too am saddened by his loss. Though I never got to meet the
    man, I've heard nothing but wonderful things about him. I see him all the time on all the
    old Perry Mason shows I have on tape. He was always cast as the argumentative
    businessman who could shout with the best of them. I believe he was also The Addams
    Family's banker, wasn't he? He has more tv credits than just about anyone.

    A few months ago I began collecting up some info on Parley with plans to write a book
    on him, with the family's blessings, so if anyone here has comments they'd like to make
    about this great man, either on the list or in private, I'd love to hear from you. It will take
    me a year just to assemble all of his credits (if it can be done!), even with [removed]
    help!

    Ben

    The OTR fiction book:
    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 13:56:47 -0500
    From: TallPaulK@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  How To Determine Days Of The Week

    Joe Salerno asked about determing days of the week for OTR shows.

    I would be glad to supply a perpetual calendar to any list member.  The
    perpetual calendar includes calendars for every year between 1583-2100.

    Please e-mail your mailing address to:  tallpaulk@[removed]

    Happy turkey day to you and yours.

    -                      Paul Kattelman - Sharonville, Ohio

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 13:57:27 -0500
    From: Art Chimes <achimes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Parley Baer radio credits

    OTR collector J. David Goldin lists 897 Parley Baer performances on his
    [removed] site, beginning in 1947 with a Whistler episode, and ending
    more than 30 years later on Sears Radio Theater.

    Approximately 480 of these are Gunsmoke episodes. Others series featuring Mr.
    Baer include The First Nighter, Escape, Philip Marlowe, NBC University Theater,
    Rocky Jordan, Johnny Dollar, Richard Diamond, Texas Rangers, The Line-Up, Lux,
    Six-Shooter and many others.

    For Dave's list of Parley Baer's performances, see
    [removed],+Parley&ArtistNumber=22788
    --
    Art Chimes, News Editor
    [removed] (VOA/XC) Voice of America Washington, DC 20237

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 13:57:33 -0500
    From: Harry Bartell <bartell@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Parley

    Parley Baer was a hugger. That sometimes left me in a concave position
    because he was taller and a great deal   rounder than I am. He was also a
    smiler. That's the way I remember him. I met Parley when he first came to
    Los Angeles after a career with a circus more than fifty years ago. I can't
    verify that he was a lion tamer but I know he was an advance man and that it
    was in the circus that he met his wife Ernestine who was a high-wire or
    trapeze performer.

    Parley looked and frequently sounded like "Everyman" which gave him a
    tremendous advantage in casting for television and film as well as radio but
    he was capable of much more. He shared an acting trait with Jimmy Stewart:
    the ability to make it look easy and sound real. More than that, he carried
    that ability across a wide variety of performances from comedy to heavy.

    It was easy to underestimate Parley's jovial manner. He had a quick, sharp
    wit that took on all comers, even the redoubtable Bill Conrad. Bill took
    every opportunity to try to trip up Parley and inevitably got stung as a
    result. That, of course, was on Gunsmoke. I played with Parley hundreds of
    times over the years on I don't know how many different radio shows, but it
    is the Gunsmoke experience that sticks in my mind-the rehearsals, the story
    telling, the doughnuts, and Parley laughing at Howard Mc Near.

    There were many actors with whom I had more personal connections. The Baers
    and the Bartells were more studio and Christmas card friends than social
    buddies, but we have always kept in touch. Strangely enough, Parley's
    leaving makes a bigger hole than most of the recent departures. I'll miss
    him.

    Goodbye, Parle.

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 13:58:28 -0500
    From: Harry Bartell <bartell@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Parley

    Parley Baer was a hugger. That sometimes left me in a concave position
    because he was taller and a great deal   rounder than I am. He was also a
    smiler. That's the way I remember him. I met Parley when he first came to
    Los Angeles after a career with a circus more than fifty years ago. I can't
    verify that he was a lion tamer but I know he was an advance man and that it
    was in the circus that he met his wife Ernestine who was a high-wire or
    trapeze performer.

    Parley looked and frequently sounded like "Everyman" which gave him a
    tremendous advantage in casting for television and film as well as radio but
    he was capable of much more. He shared an acting trait with Jimmy Stewart:
    the ability to make it look easy and sound real. More than that, he carried
    that ability across a wide variety of performances from comedy to heavy.

    It was easy to underestimate Parley's jovial manner. He had a quick, sharp
    wit that took on all comers, even the redoubtable Bill Conrad. Bill took
    every opportunity to try to trip up Parley and inevitably got stung as a
    result. That, of course, was on Gunsmoke. I played with Parley hundreds of
    times over the years on I don't know how many different radio shows, but it
    is the Gunsmoke experience that sticks in my mind-the rehearsals, the story
    telling, the doughnuts, and Parley laughing at Howard Mc Near.

    There were many actors with whom I had more personal connections. The Baers
    and the Bartells were more studio and Christmas card friends than social
    buddies, but we have always kept in touch. Strangely enough, Parley's
    leaving makes a bigger hole than most of the recent departures. I'll miss
    him.

    Goodbye, Parle.

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 14:02:15 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Parley Baer

    This is a short article that I wrote for the Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts
    web page. Parley has always been a favorite of mine and I am very saddened to
    hear of his passing. I, along with many, many others will miss him.

    Parley Baer is a particular favorite of mine. At the 4th annual Cincinnati
    Old Time Radio Convention of April 20th and 21st of 1990, I had the distinct
    pleasure of having him all to myself for about 15 minutes. This was a rare
    opportunity, for you can imagine there were several people gathered around
    him at all times through out the convention.

    I was sitting in the front row watching a rehearsal for the recreation of an
    episode of ESCAPE, "The Second Class Passenger". Parley, bless his soul sat
    down right next to me. Because this was a rehearsal, no one could be
    disturbed, so there I was next to Parley and no one could bother him, except
    me of course for I was sitting right next to him.

    Because of my Mormon background I asked him about his name. Parley is a
    common Mormon name because of Parley P, Pratt, an early Mormon pioneer. This
    lead into a very nice conversation. It so happens that Parley is from Salt
    Lake City, but he is not a Mormon. He comes from six generations of
    performers, mostly in the circus. Parley himself worked in a circus for a
    short while as a barker.

    His first radio job was at KSL Salt Lake City. I have a radio series called
    'The Fullness of Times". It is about the history of the Church of Jesus
    Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) By the way, I got the series from the
    MARE library. Although no credits are given, I am certain that I can
    recognize Parley's voice. It was done about 1935 so he would have been about
    21 years of age.

    By his own admission, he had done several thousand radio shows. Some of
    Parley's radio roles are Eb from "Granby's Green Acres", Doc Clemmens from
    "Rogers of the Gazette", Rene Michon from "The Count of Monte Cristo", Peter
    from "Honest Harold", Grandpa Truitt from "The Truitts", and of course his
    most famous and lasting role, that of Chester Wesley Proudfoot on "Gunsmoke".
    Parley's characterization of Chester is one of the finest, if not the finest
    in all of radio.

    Parley was born in 1914 so he is getting along in years. He is not in the
    best of health. He was recently hospitalized with a heart ailment.

    Parley was one of the great radio actors who made radio what it was,
    something wonderful.

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Make your day just a little better, listen to Olde Tyme Radio!

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 14:37:01 -0500
    From: Richard Carpenter <sinatra@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Three Musketeers

    Ed Howell writes: "Most also won't believe that the
    Three Musketeers candy bar used to be three separate
    candy bars in one wrapper." I can go one better,
    although not from memory. Reliable sources report that
    initally those three segments of the candy bar were
    chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla!

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 14:39:03 -0500
    From: Backus2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cataloging

    In Digest 452 Ron Hopkins suggested at program from "otterbarn" to catalogue
    MP3 files. The URL was not available when I looked it up, but can anyone else
    suggest a  good, simple program for doing this? I have about 40 CDs of MP3
    programs which I would like to organize in some coherent manner, and be able
    to print out lists.
                                                  Thanks to all,
                                                  Dick Backus

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 14:39:11 -0500
    From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Parley Baer

            While I am saddened to hear the news about Parley, I do have a very
    fond, recent memory of Parley Baer that I would like to share.

            At the Friday dinner session of this year's SPERDVAC Convention,  I
    had the great good fortune to be seated at the same table as Parley.  His
    daughter, Kim, and his good friend, Herb Ellis had brought him.  When Parley
    was introduced as an honorary member of SPERDVAC, the Convention attendees
    applauded loudly.  The applause continued and grew and everyone rose to
    their feet to give him a standing ovation. Parley was visibly moved by this
    outpouring of affection; I saw a tear run down his cheek.

            I am so glad that I had a chance to meet this wonderful actor and
    person and that Parley had one last chance to be with so many people who
    admired his talents and loved him.

    Signing off for now,

    Stewart Wright

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 16:16:56 -0500
    From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  [removed] RELAX, ARCHIE! RE-LAXX! - A Review

    A Review by Stewart Wright

    [removed] RELAX, ARCHIE! RE-LAXX!
    By Hal (Harlan) Stone

             2002  has been a pretty good year for books about Old-Time Radio
    with several that have found favor with OTR fans.  Most have dealt with
    various specific aspects of Radio's Golden Age.  One book, however, is a
    personal reminiscence by a performer and it is a joy to read.  The book is
    [removed] RELAX, ARCHIE! RE-LAXX! by Hal (Harlan) Stone.  This book it far too
    much fun to call it an autobiography.  Have you ever heard of an
    autobiography with a sub-title like, "When radio was 'king,' I was once a
    'prince', But ended up a 'Jughead'"?

             Hal's book provides an always entertaining  look at his 20-year
    career as a child model, stage performer, and radio actor while growing up
    during the Golden Age of Radio.  He has written his book in a lively,
    conversational style that is both informative and entertaining.  It's the
    only book I have ever read that I hear the author reading the words to me.
    (Maybe, that's because I have met Hal.)  I haven't had so much fun reading a
    book in ages.

             The reader gets the opportunity to view Show Business through the
    eyes of a young man who grew up in it.  Interspersed throughout the book are
    numerous, wonderful vignettes about the people with whom Hal worked.  There
    are many humorous anecdotes and stories about his professional and personal
    life.  Hal gives the reader an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at a
    long-running radio series THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHIE ANDREWS as could only be
    told by his radio persona, Jughead Jones.

             Many books claim to be "profusely illustrated."  Hal's book
    definitely is; there are nearly 250 of them.  Well over half of the pages
    contain at least one photograph, cartoon, drawing or some other sort of
    illustration.  Several drawings were done by Hal, who is also an
    accomplished artist.  The pictures, drawings and other illustrations add so
    much to the book.  Many of them allow readers to associate faces with many
    familiar radio actors from the Golden Age.

             [removed] RELAX, ARCHIE! RE-LAXX! is a  wonderful recounting of a
    performer's early life and a valuable addition to the body of Old-Time Radio
    literature.  Thanks, Hal for sharing your experiences and memories with us.

    [removed] RELAX, ARCHIE! RE-LAXX!
    By Hal (Harlan) Stone
    ISBN 0-9720170-0-3
    336 pp.,  photographs
    Price $[removed] + $[removed] shipping
    Bygone Days Press
    [removed] Box 4418
    Sedona, AZ, 86340-4418
    [removed]

    Signing off for now,

    Stewart

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 17:05:48 -0500
    From: "[removed]" <ddunfee@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Linda and Danny

    My mother used to talk of a soap opera she listened to sometimes, probably
    in the mid 40's.  Linda and Danny were characters.  Does anyone perhaps
    know what show this was, if any shows survive and anything else about it?
    It is something of interest to my family now that she has passed and we
    have reason to have more information about it now.

    Thanks,

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:54:29 -0500
    From: "AVPRO" <avpro@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Parley Baer

    Its tough when you lose a friend.  To lose one by death is much tougher.
    Like many of us here on the Digest, I was shocked when I read Charlie's
    announcement of Parley Baer's passing.  I just saw "Grandpa" three weeks
    ago.  He recognoized Jeanie and I when he attended the SPERDVAC Dinner.
    Little did we all realize that this would be his last public appearance.

    Many years ago, I met Parley Baer and asked him if he would be the featured
    personality at the North American Radio Archives 15th Year Anniversary
    Convention.  He was very pleased and was delighted to accept.  Well, NARA's
    Convention did not come about, but as I was leaving for the FOTR Convention
    in Newark, I got a frantic phone call about 11:00 PM from Joe Webb.  Joe
    Webb was Jay Hickerson's partner in planning the east coast convention for
    many years.  Joe stated that Frank Nelson was not able to attend that year
    and asked if  I knew anyone from the west coast that might take his place.
    I sure did.  I gave him Parley Baer's phone number and left for the
    convention.  It wasn't until I arrived in Newark that I found out Parley was
    going to be the first radio personality from the west coast to attend FOTR.

    I remember the "Gunsmoke" Panal I chaired at FOTR.  Parley made it a super
    panal.   At the end he was given an award.  "He stood up and holding the
    trophy high, he shouted "eat your heart out Bill conrad."   You see,William
    Conrad always refused to attend any OTRconvention.

    I always kided Parley when I saw him and called him grandpa.  He liked it
    and kidded right back by calling me junior.

    I had asked him several times to be a luncheon speaker at The Royal Order of
    Jesters Court #84.  He was scheduled to attend just before he had his first
    stoke. He always apologized for that cancellation and continued to say he
    would make it as soon as he could.

    Parley is loved and will be greatly missed by all his friends and fans in
    OTR.

    Don and Jeanie Aston

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 19:54:58 -0500
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  A Date, With or Without Judy

    Joe Salerno asks,

> >     Is there a program or web site that will tell you the year if you in

    put the day/date?<<

    The easiest way to do this is to check the "perpetual calendar" in The
    World Almanac.  However, more than one year shares the same day/date.
    The same would be true with any computer program, so once one gets the
    candidate years, a little judicious reasoning might nail the correct year
    among the candidates.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 19:57:16 -0500
    From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Parley Baer Obit

    I have read any number of times complaints about the lack of information
    contained in obituaries of OTR celebrities.  In this morning's paper
    (the San Gabriel Valley Tribune) the Associated Press article about
    Parley. It was nearly a quarter of a page and contained info about his
    radio career as well as TV and the movies. The writer had done his or
    her homework. It even included the fact that he had just attended the
    Sperdvac convention days earlier and had received his last ovation
    there.
    Unlike many of you, I didn't know him and only got to meet him at the
    Sperdvac convention. I can still see his beeming face as if the few
    words that I spoke to him were the most important thing he'd ever heard.
    What I didn't report before was that as we were leaving at the end of
    the programs that day,while making our way through the standing crowd,
    we passed right in front of Parley in his wheel chair. I looked down and
    he looked up and almost simultaneously we waved at each other and I'll
    never forget that great smile and those shining eyes.

    George Aust

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 19:57:40 -0500
    From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Old Car Antenna's

    Ed  Howell is right many old cars had under the running board
    antenna's.  Our '37 Chevy ( the car I learn to drive in) had one.  I
    don't remember too clearly but it sort of seems as though it was just
    wire looped back and forth under the running board several times. I have
    a couple of friends with 37's so I'll get down and check next time I see
    them.
    I can't confirm that there were 3 candy bars in a Three Musketeers candy
    wrapper as I never ate those. But it might explain why they decided to
    give it that name/

    Not locking our doors is another matter.  I can confirm that and it
    wasn't just at night either. If we left home for the day or even a
    couple of days the house was left open.  Only if we were gone for
    several days or on vacation would the doors be locked. As a matter of
    fact it was sort of an event for me as a small boy.

    George Aust

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 19:58:12 -0500
    From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Parley Baer

    I never really got to know Parley as I've found some
    of the others on this digest did. But I did get to
    work with him on one of his last appearances as a
    radio actor. It was in an episode of the the Jim
    French series 'The Adventures of Harry Nile.' that was
    recorded in conjunction with The REPS convention here
    in Seattle. I was asked to step in for Peter Leeds who
    was unable to attend the session due to illness. The
    show was recorded in front of a live audience,and
    Parley played them like a fine violinist.
    By the time we started the actual recording I was
    willing to bet everyone in that audience was in love
    with him. For anyone keeping score, Parley recorded
    five shows Jim in the Nineties. Two Harry Niles "The
    Counter- Balance Case" "The "Exeter Audition". He also
    did free standing shows called " The Gate Keeper"
    "Rembrandt" and "A Person of Interest." I was lucky
    enough to recieve one of the "Baer" hugs from this
    gracious man. May he rest in peace.
                    Larry Albert

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    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 19:58:24 -0500
    From: "Don Frey" <alanladdsr@[removed];
    To: "otr message" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Parley Baer

    With the wonderful comments made about Parley Baer,  I keep looking for
    mention of one  of my favorite memories of him but have not yet seen it. It
    was not a radio performance but in a film: his scenes with Marlon Brando in
    "The Young Lions."

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