Subject: [removed] Digest V2001 #276
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 8/26/2001 9:03 PM

To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2001 : Issue 276
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Favorite radio actresses              [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
      My Favorite Husband- Bea Benaderet    [ AandG4jc@[removed] ]
      Re: Rexall Drugs                      [ Cnorth6311@[removed] ]
      Phil and Alice                        [ "Ryan Osentowski" <rosentowski@neb. ]
      Slogans                               [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
      TWO POPULAR SHOWS: DIFFERENT CASTS    [ "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]
      Adam Hats                             [ Grbmd@[removed] ]
      Copying MP3 discs                     [ Richard Carpenter <sinatra@ragingbu ]
      Obsolete products and Tom Mix         [ ralph314 <RWARD@[removed]; ]
      Radio Advertising                     [ Grbmd@[removed] ]
      Jim Morrison                          [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Re; Johnny, Franklyn, & Two-Ton       [ "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed] ]
      OTR advertising, products             [ "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed] ]
      Popular Cemetery in Europe            [ DRBILL821@[removed] ]
      Re: Product jingles                   [ Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]; ]
      Johnny steps through the window       [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      Good Health To All, From REXALL!      [ Eric Cooper <ejcooper2001@[removed]; ]
      Rexall Drug Stores - OTR Digest V200  [ Elmer Standish <elmer_standish@telu ]
      Votre Passport, s'il Vous plait       [ Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed] ]
      OXYDOL is back!                       [ Eric Cooper <ejcooper2001@[removed]; ]
      Oh, bury me [removed]                  [ Harry Bartell <bartell@[removed] ]
      Pere LaChaise Cemetery                [ " Dial" <epminney@[removed]; ]
      JOHNNIE'S "SPIEL/NBC CHIMES           [ "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:53:55 -0400
    From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Favorite radio actresses

        I think Harry will approve of my choices. I will mention two of my
    favorites:  Jeanette Nolan and Virginia Gregg. Both had incredible range.
    They were believable in any role they did and they could both usually fool
    me until the final credits were given.  The following are some samples of
    their work.

        Here is the opening from an Escape episode, Second-Class Passenger.
    "You are trapped in the native quarter of Mozambique, two dead men at your
    feet, the police are closing in on you. And beside you, a sultry girl with
    who offers you Escape!"

        The trapped man - Harry Bartell. The sultry girl was Jeanette Nolan.

        Also from Escape, Jeanette plays Mary, a young lady fleeing Nazi
    tyranny.

        In a Gunsmoke episode, "Hinka-Do," Jeanette plays rough, tough Mamie who
    takes over a Dodge saloon when the owner mysteriously disappears. A crack
    shot and battling brawler, she has Matt Dillon buffaloed until he resorts to
    trickery to disarm her.

        Virginia Gregg also had a fantastic range; also she frequently did
    children's voices.  I agree with Barbara's comments on the talents of this
    fine actress.

        In two episodes of the series Fort Laramie - Hattie Pelfrey and Return
    of Hattie Pelfrey, Virginia played a the rough, old frontier woman title
    character. (By the way, the same basic script was used on Gunsmoke episode
    Nettie Sitton with Virginia playing Nettie.) She also played [removed] Quince's
    love interest, Willa, in Fort Laramie.

       They were both fine actresses and even though they are both gone, we are
    so lucky that much of their work survives.

        I am currently working on biographical articles on the careers of
    Jeanette Nolan and Virginia Gregg for an Old-Time Radio club's newsletter.
    I face the same problem with both actresses:  so much fine work to write
    about and so little space to tell it in.

        I know Harry has many wonderful stories about these fine actresses; I've
    heard a few.  Perhaps, he could tell us a short story about working with
    each lady.

    Signing off for now,

    Stewart Wright

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:54:05 -0400
    From: AandG4jc@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  My Favorite Husband- Bea Benaderet

        One of the classic radio series that Miss Benaderet costarred on was My
    Favorite Husband, which starred Lucile Ball and Richard Denning. She played
    Liz Copper's (Lucy) best friend and coconspirator Iris Atterbury. Gale Gordon
    played her husband and George's boss, Rudolph Atterbury. She first appeared
    in the program on the episode entitled "Old Jokes And Stories" on March
    [removed] in the first season and last till the end of the show, March [removed]
    A VERY FUNNY SERIES THAT SHOW CASED LUCY'S AND BEA COMIC TIMING. ALSO BEA WAS
    UP FOR THE ROLE OF ETHEL MERTZ ON I LOVE LUCY, BUT DO TO PRIOR COMMITMENTS
    SHE HAD TO DECLINE.
        One of the other roles she played was the next door neighbor to the
    Burn's on the Burns & Allen Show but to be honest to you I do not remember
    the name nor when she appeared on the show.
    Allen

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:54:37 -0400
    From: Cnorth6311@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Rexall Drugs

    Rexall drugs are still very much with us. I have a bottle of Rexall
    chondroiton in my cabinet right now, and take them twice a day.

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:54:44 -0400
    From: "Ryan Osentowski" <rosentowski@[removed];
    To: "old time radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Phil and Alice

    Hi all:
    My collection of otr programs consists of all drama programs.  While I have
    appreciated otr comedy, I never usually purchase it.  However, I may have to
    make an exception.  The Phil Harris show is really quite funny.  I have
    heard four episodes of this show and I always end up laughing out loud.  In
    one episode, PHil and Remley try to make baby formula and wind up putting
    wine in it.  In another, Phil goes to the hospital to donate blood.  Very
    funny!  Elliott Lewis is a great addition to the cast.  The only show I have
    found that is as funny on a consistent basis, is the Bickersens.  If anyone
    hasn't heard either of these programs, please check them out.
    RyanO

    "Life is an unrelenting comedy.  Therein, lies the tragedy of it."
    Dean Koontz

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:55:50 -0400
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Slogans

    Bill Harris asks,

>     There is an OTR trivia question game going on over on another forum and
>     everyone seems to be really enjoying asking and answering trivia
>     questions. Such as:

>     twelve full ounces that's a lot, twice as much for a nickel too,
>     ___________ is the drink for you.

    [Pepsi Cola]

>     I'd walk a mile for a mild, mild, _______.

    [Camel]

>     You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with
>     __________.

    [Pepsodent]

>     Smoke dreams from smoke rings while a _______________ burns.

    [Chesterfield]

>     And what was "it's all vegetable, it's digestible"?

    [Don't remember that one; a WAG would be Wesson Oil]

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:54:21 -0400
    From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  TWO POPULAR SHOWS: DIFFERENT CASTS

    The mention of a Lone Ranger Series b/casting from Buffalo, brings to mind
    two other popular radio series with duifferent casts,  currently circulating
    in various OTR Libraries:   The Fat Man (from South Africa) and One Man's
    Family (from Australia.)  Does anyone have any knowledge of other poopular
    shows with different casts?

    Owens

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:56:21 -0400
    From: Grbmd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Adam Hats

    In a message dated 8/25/01 5:04:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     Subject:  Obsolete products correction

>      > Jay Ranellucci noted: "And what about Adam's Pepsin Chewing Gum?"

>      Sorry, Jay. It's BEEMAN's Pepsin gum (which I think is still around
>      somewhere" and ADAM's Blackjack gum.

    That reminds me, there was another Adam company that had a product -- Adam
    Hats -- that advertised in the Forties, at least in the New York area.

    Adam Hats put advertising on matchbook covers, and each cover had on it
    inside either an A or a D or an M.  The promotional gimmick was that, if you
    accumulated four matchbook covers that spelled out "A-D-A-M," then you won an
    Adam hat from the company.

    Both my parents smoked, and I reviewed quite a number of covers, but I never
    did collect the necessary letters.  I don't recall which of the three letters
    I lacked -- probably a D or an M -- but I'm pretty sure the company produced
    darn few covers with that letter.

    Incidentally, back in the Forties, men wore fedoras as a common practice, and
    that is the hat that Adam would have awarded you.  Today, most men wouldn't
    go out of their way to win a fedora.

    Spence

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:56:42 -0400
    From: Richard Carpenter <sinatra@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Copying MP3 discs

    I've been trying to copy some OTR MP3 CD-Rs for a couple of nice people I've
    met online through this forum. But the CD-Rs I try to make always come out
    with errors and I have had to junk the discs. Yet when I copy an audio disc
    everything is fine. Does anyone know why? Is my burner a dinosaur, perhaps?
    It's a Sony
    CRX 100E. My software is EZ CD Creator [removed]

    [removed] The cemetery in Paris a correspondent was asking about is Pere LaChaise.
    I've been there. A shame how Jim Morrison fans have graffiti-ed some of the
    headstones there.

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:57:08 -0400
    From: ralph314 <RWARD@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Obsolete products and Tom Mix

    Around eighteen Months ago,  I purchased a bar of Lifebuoy Soap on the Island
    Of Aruba. It was made in the Netherland Antillies under licence
    A few months ago a gentleman was rquesting any Tom Mix shows.  I recently
    aquired a four(4) part Tom Mix show dated August 1945, called The Vanishing
    Village. If he still rewquires this show
    please email me at my email address. Further If anyone else  desires this Tom
    Mix show contact me by email.

                           FRon Ward
    IF YOU DRINK-PLEASE DRIVE THE BACK SEAT

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:58:07 -0400
    From: Grbmd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio Advertising

    In a message dated 8/25/01 5:04:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

    Bill wrote:

>     here is an OTR trivia question game going on over on another forum and
>     everyone seems
>      to be really enjoying asking and answering trivia questions. Such as:

>      twelve full ounces that's a lot, twice as much for a nickel too,

    ___________

>     is the
>      drink for you.

    "Pepsi Cola."  The first line was "Pepsi Cola hits the spot."

>      I'd walk a mile for a mild, mild, _______.

    "Camel."  (From what I hear from smokers, Camel was not that mild.)

>      You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with

    __________

    "Pepsodent."  Bob Hope's sponsor.

>      Smoke dreams from smoke rings while a _______________ burns.

    "Chesterfield."  In New York there were alternating radio 15-minute
    after-supper musical shows that were sponsored by that cig company.  I sent
    off for publicity 8x10 glossies and received back photos of Harry James and
    also Johnny Mercer posed smoking cigarettes.

    Spence

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:58:25 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jim Morrison

    Martin Grams writes about an NY cemetery:

>       Jim Morrison and tons of actors and musicians are buried there now.  can't
>     recall the name of the cemetary,

    This is interesting - Morrison must have traveled there cosmically, since
    he actually buried in Paris France at the Pére Lachaise
    cemetery.

    Jim Widner
    jwidner@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:58:39 -0400
    From: "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re;  Johnny, Franklyn, & Two-Ton

    Hi All - Some additional information on the previous posts that caught my
    attention:

    Posters commenting on the Phillip Morris
    commercial:  The radio comic who said it was "Johnny, stepping out of
    thousands of store windows" was Fred Allen - and I think it was indeed
    Johnny Roventini who was the first to have his color photo enlarged and mass
    produced, cut-out on cardboard as as stand-up window display ad for the
    cigarette in his now-famous "Call for Phillip Morris" stance. Hence, the
    glass-breaking sfx of him as a display "stepping out of a store window"
    comedy line in the Fred Allen routine.

    Franklyn MacCormack  was a legendary Chicago radio host and companion on
    WGN. He was also the soothing voice of the Wayne King, "The Waltz King"
    remote national broadcasts from the Aarogon Ballroom in Chicago.  He
    narrated the lyrics of many love songs with Wayne King's musical background:
    "Song Of Love", "Why
    Do I Love You" - he also had a Liberty LP record of poetry readings "The
    Torch Is Burning"(1958). Franklyn died while on the air, July 12, 1971
    hosting "The All Night Showcase" - the Meisterbrau (beer) program.
    Incidentally, the Wayne King Orchestra was the first and last to perform at
    The Aarogon Ballroom with Franklyn MacCormack saying a final "Good by" on
    the last remote broadcast. (If anyone has recollections of listening to any
    Chicago radio stations and on-air personalities in the late-1950's,
    early-1960's, I'd welcome a personal e-mail offlist at
    oldradio@[removed] , thanks.)

    Two-Ton Baker and His Music Makers song "I'm A Lonely Little Petunia"
    recorded on a Polygram Special Markets label record, is included in the
    "Mairzy Doats, 44 Wacky Hits" double CD from The Good Music Record Company.

    Russ Butler  oldradio@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:57:25 -0400
    From: "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR advertising, products

       OTR advertising (obsolete products, slogans) is a current topic on the
    Digest.   I highly recommend:
            [removed]

       That's Danny Goodwin's "OTR Commercials" page, with soundbytes plus a
    link to "OTR Sponsors and Product Manufacturers".
       Danny's a serious researcher.  He hasn't answered my latest e-mails to
    him; I hope he's in good health and will continue to add more information to
    his fine web page.
       -- Phil Chavin

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    Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:44:00 -0400
    From: DRBILL821@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Popular Cemetery in Europe

    Hello:

    Regarding Martin Grams Jr. question about a popular cemetery in Europe
    where the owner made a "killing" (pardon the pun) in purchasing the
    property. The cemetery is the Le Pére Lachaise Cemetery in the east
    side of Paris. It is a very popular tourist attraction with about one
    million visitors per year.

    It is 118 acres and was opened in 1804 by the direct order of Napoleon.
    Pére Lachaise was the name of Napoleon's personal priest. The land was
    purchased by a Nicolas Frochot in 1795 at a real bargain price. He made
    a deal with the mayor of Paris and had several very famous dead
    Parisians moved to his new cemetery. Frochot even offered a plot to the
    original owner at a price higher than he paid for the entire 118 acres!

    Since then, it became the resting place for the rich and famous. The
    more than 100,000 monuments, ornate sculptures, tomb markers and
    mausoleums are very unique and make for a full morning or afternoon
    visit. There are monuments to the victims of several WWII Concentration
    Camps. There is a wall where many Parisian partisans of a civil war (The
    Paris Commune) in 1871 were executed.

    Upon entering the cemetery you must get a map to locate the final
    resting places of musicians, composers and writers. Among the famous are
    Isadora Duncan, Edith Piaf, Frederic Chopin, Maria Callas, Gertrude
    Stein, Sarah Bernhardt, Georges Bizet, Oscar Wilde and, of course, Jim
    Morrison.

    My favorite is a slab from which a sculptured, lifelike arm protrudes
    and in the hand is a sculptured rose.

    By the way, I understand that the real Pére Lachaise, upon his death,
    could not afford to be buried in his own cemetery and rests somewhere
    else. Location, location, location.

    Bill Robilliard
     .
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    Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:44:02 -0400
    From: Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Product jingles

    Some of my favorite jingles from OTR are (I hope I get these
    correct):

    Bromo Seltzer, Bromo Seltzer, Bromo Seltzer
    (The Bromo Seltzer train.  Sponsors of "Ellery Queen")

    Quaker Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice.  So big because
    it's shot from guns! (followed by a gun ricochet)

    Lucky Strike Cigarettes.  "You get more because we pay more
    for the lighter, milder, more flavorful tobaccos."

    Camel Cigarettes: "I'd walk a mile for a Camel."

    Phillip Morris Cigarettes: "Call for Phillip Morris."
    (BTW, what was the real name of the bellhop in those ads?)

    Kenneth Clarke
    kclarke5@[removed]

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    Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:44:50 -0400
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Johnny steps through the window

>     Once on one of those comedy shows of the era, the following occurred:

>     [Sound of a lot of glass breaking and splintering.]

>     Straight man: "What was that?"

>     Comic: "That was Johnny, stepping out of thousands of store windows
>     all across the nation."

>     (For latecomers, "Johnny," the bellhop who plugged Philip Morris,
>     indicated that he was "stepping out of store windows ..." as part of
>     the spiel.)

    I think I may remember that.  It'll help for our younger readers to
    understand that Johnny the Bellhop was displayed as a fairly life-sized
    cardboard cut-out in store windows everywhere.  At one point, the displays
    were changed so that part of Johnny's body (part of the head and a foot, I
    think) were glued to the outside of the store window.  The remainder of
    Johnny was glued to the inside of the window, so if you weren't paying much
    attention it did indeed look like ol' Johnny was stepping out of the store
    window.

    Stores did a lot of stunts with their windows then.  One of my favorites was
    when they'd paint the entire inside of the window with white paint, but
    leave a clear 'hole' in the middle of the paint with jagged edges.  Looked
    like the window had been broken out.  "Smashing values! [removed]

    M Kinsler

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    Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:44:58 -0400
    From: Eric Cooper <ejcooper2001@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Good Health To All, From REXALL!

    Good Evening, this is your Rexall Family Druggist taking a little time
    out from behind the prescription counter to tell you that I did a little
    research on Rexall via the net and found that there were a few drug
    stores out there using the old Rexall  name, such as Howards Rexall Drug
    in Farmington, Maine. Sadly, though, the company itself was merged with
    the Sundown Drug Company and in 2000, was bought by the Numico company
    in Holland.

    Rexall also sponsored The Jimmy Durante-Garry Moore Show and Amos 'N' Andy

    Thankfully I was able to visit a still functioning Rexall Drug Store in
    Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, in 1976. The malted milk and Ice Cream Sundae
    from their soda fountain was something I shall never forget.

    Eric Cooper

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    Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:45:56 -0400
    From: Elmer Standish <elmer_standish@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Rexall Drug Stores - OTR Digest V2001 #275

    Regarding Rexall Drug Stores, the original chain is probably totally
    dead but the name lives on in a number of stores in British Columbia
    and Alberta. Their circulars show 16 stores in Alberta and nine in BC,
    of which eight are on Vancouver Island) The Canadian chain purchased
    rights to the name (from whom, I can't say) and the stores have been
    open here (in Courtenay and Comox) for, I believe, somewhat over a
    year. Many of their products are sold under the Rexall name.

    The present chain Did Not bring back the famous " One Cent Sale"

    I hope this provides some worthwhile interest. If anyone is interested
    in actual store locations, I can provide them.

    ===> ELMER

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    Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:46:15 -0400
    From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Votre Passport, s'il Vous plait

    Door Pass at NBC comments at:

    [removed]

    CAB
    --
    conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
       From the Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms
         Encino, California.

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    Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:46:31 -0400
    From: Eric Cooper <ejcooper2001@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OXYDOL is back!

    Beginning about 4 months ago, here in California, I noticed the return
    of OXYDOL ("Ma Perkins") on the store shelves. A bit pricey though at
    $[removed] per box!

    Eric Cooper

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    Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:46:45 -0400
    From: Harry Bartell <bartell@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Oh, bury me [removed]

    The name of the cemetery Martin Grams inquires about is Pere Lachaise.

    It is in Paris and features a great cast of characters from Victor Hugo
    to Sarah Bernhardt.
     For a small donation at the gate you can get a complete cast list and
    and their abodes. The famous names are overwhelming and it is well worth
    the trip to the eastern part of the city.

    Harry Bartell

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    Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:47:07 -0400
    From: " Dial" <epminney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Pere LaChaise Cemetery

    Martin Grams wrote wondering about the name of the popular cemetery in
    Paris where Jim Morrison, among many other famous people, is buried.
    The cemetery is called Pere LaChaise and is located on Rest Street (Rue
    de Repos).  The following is a clip from one of the websites devoted to
    it:
    "In 1803, under NapolÈon, the Prefect of Paris bought it to built a
    cemetery. It was an incredibly successful piece of land speculation.
    Nicolas Frochot, the urban planner who bought the land, persuaded the
    civil authorities to reburied MoliËre, La Fontaine, AbÈlard and HÈloÔse
    in his new cemetery. Quickly the PËre-Lachaise became the ultimate
    symbol for the rich and successful. Ironically Frochot, even sold a
    plot to the original owner for considerably more money than the price
    he had paid for the entire site."

    Thanks to all who make this website ([removed]@[removed]) such
    a fascinating one!

    Elizabeth

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    Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:47:28 -0400
    From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  JOHNNIE'S "SPIEL/NBC CHIMES

    First, let me thank those of you who sent personal replys and on the Digest
    to solve tghe 'mystery" of the "Buffalo LR".

    Johnnie's "spiel" went something like this:

    JOHNNIE, OPENING:      "Greeting ladies & gentlemen, this is Johnnie,
    stepping out of thousands of cigar store windows all over America to bring
    you the Phillip Morris "Crime Doctor" program.

    JOHNNIE, CLOSING:      "This is Johnnie, once again, ladies and gentlemen,
    reminding you to hurry down to your favorite cigar store or cigatette
    counter, and pick up a pack or carton of Phillip Morris [removed]
    for me, I'll be waiting for you, so come in [removed]
    Morr-isssss!"
    * ********************************************************************

    Does anyobne know what the notes were for the NBC Chimes?  They were G-E-C,
    which were the initials of NBC's Parent Company, General Electric.

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