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Date: 3/3/2006 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 65
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      The Anderson Family                   [ Froggievilleus <froggievilleus@yaho ]
      re: OTR in OTR Era Films              [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      Ya gets what ya pays [removed]           [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Re: OTR in OTR Era Films              [ "karl tiedemann" <karltiedemann@hot ]
      Jack Benny Violin                     [ Rentingnow@[removed] ]
      Edward McHugh                         [ "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed] ]
      Romance                               [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed] ]
      I Love A Myster                       [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Eddie Dunstedter                      [ "tas richardson" <tasrichardson@spr ]
      OTR Symposium                         [ jjljackson@[removed] ]
      Jack Benny in the News                [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Exact date for Fibber Magic Radio?    [ "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@run ]
      V & P                                 [ "Roby McHone" <otr_alaska@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 09:33:53 -0500
    From: Froggievilleus <froggievilleus@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Anderson Family

    Hi All!

    I just obtained a few episodes of The Anderson Family
    and I was wondering if there is an online radio log
    for this program.  I have done a couple of searches,
    but came up empty.  Any info regarding this program
    would be greatly appreciated.  :)

    Elizabeth G.

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 12:06:07 -0500
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  re: OTR in OTR Era Films

    "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@[removed]; asked:

>     Can anyone think of other films from this era where fictional
>     characters listen to actual OTR programs?

    The most obvious example that comes to mind is the opening scene of
    "Woman of the Year," which features several characters in a bar
    (including Spencer Tracy, and William Bendix as the ex-pugilist
    bartender) listening to Kathryn Hepburn's character appear on
    "Information, Please." I'm pretty sure Clifton Fadiman is on the show,
    as well as at least one of the other regulars, maybe two. (Almost
    certainly Franklin P. Adams and John Kieran.) This wasn't an actual
    broadcast, of course, but was recorded especially for the film.

    Kermyt

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 12:07:04 -0500
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Ya gets what ya pays [removed]

    From: "George Tirebiter" tirebiter2@[removed]

>     It struck me how  unusual it was to see fictional characters in a 1940s
>     film listening to an  actual 1940s OTR personality

    Dear George-

    Most likely a rights issue.

    It's much easier and cheaper to get a poor unknown to vamp a fake news
    piece, than to negotiate for, and pay for, "second use" rights of a Big
    Name's
    work.

    Best,
    -Craig

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 12:07:36 -0500
    From: "karl tiedemann" <karltiedemann@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: OTR in OTR Era Films

>     Can anyone think of other films from this era where fictional characters
>     listen to actual OTR programs?

    At the top of the first Hepburn-Tracy film WOMAN OF THE YEAR, Spencer Tracy,
    playing a sportswriter, is in a bar listening to the INFORMATION PLEASE
    panel field some sports questions.

    In the Abbott and Costello picture, WHO DONE IT?, the boys win a radio on a
    quiz show and upon turning it on hear none other than Abbott and Costello
    performing their baseball routine.  They immediately snap it off in disgust,
    complaining that every time you hear "those guys" it's nothing but who's on
    first, what's on [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 12:07:45 -0500
    From: Rentingnow@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny Violin

    In George Burns book "All My Best Friends" he mentions that Benny had
    auctioned his violin for a benefit. Who has the violin now?  Do we have
    another
    "Red Violin" story here?

    Larry Moore

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:09:49 -0500
    From: "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Edward McHugh

    In my late teens I lived in Lakeville, Litchfield County, Connecticut. I
    remember that an Edward McHugh also lived in the area and that he was
    pointed out to me as a former network radio performer. This was between 1955
    and 1962. I think he was retired then and might have done a few appearances
    in the area.

    BILL KNOWLTON

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:58:48 -0500
    From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Romance
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    2 possible dates have surfaced for the episode of Romance titled Pride and
    Prejudice,

      44-06-06 or 44-06-13.

    I believe that the 44-06-06 is correct because 1. at the beginning they say
    they will interrupt the show for late breaking news (ala D-Day). 2. That is
    the date given in Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network
    Programs, 1932-1962 by Martin Grams. The book gives no title for 44-06-13

      Does anyone have any confirmation on this?

    Visit [removed] for OTR program title and date corrections

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:59:50 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  I Love A Myster

    Edmund asked:

>     Over the past few years I have managed to get a good sized collection of
>     scripts to the missing episodes and have always wondered what is stopping
>     the estate from publishing them for collectors. I know that one was out for
>     a very short time there and that is among my collection but what was the
>     reason for ending the publication of them?

    Actually, the Morse estate is working on that - I talked to Millie Morse
    (Carlton's widow) at the FOTR Convention and although no details can be
    given till it's official, there are plans to put the scripts (serials) into
    book form within the next year or two.  I can't give any other information
    cause until everything is worked out, there is no "official" word about it
    but I can say it's been in talks recently.  Allow a few months and as soon
    as I find out I'll post what is known on the Digest.
    Martin

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:56:27 -0500
    From: "tas richardson" <tasrichardson@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Eddie Dunstedter

    I was listening to some of my old LP's the other evening.  One was a Capital
    recording, 'Mister Pipe Organ! Eddie Dunstedter at the Morton Pipe Organ',
    which I bought in Carmel-by-the-Sea in the 1960's. On the back of the LP
    cover is an excerpt from an article in Kinura, an organ magazine.  It
    mentions Dunstedter's memorable "Fast Freight" broadcasts of the middle
    thirties.  A perusal of Dunning's book showed that Eddie provided the music
    on programs such as 'Let George Do It', 'The Lineup', 'Pursuit', and for two
    years on 'Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar', but no mention of this earlier
    program.  I wonder if any of them still exist?  Dunstedter also makes
    comments about each of the tunes on the record & he mentions that 'Open Your
    Eyes' "has been my theme song since my early CBS radio days in the
    twenties."  It also states on the cover that he is now writing and playing
    for many films as well as television & radio broadcasts, so he had a long
    and varied career.

    Tas in oil-rich Alberta, where we finally got some snow.

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:53:58 -0500
    From: jjljackson@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR Symposium

    The OTR Symposium is set for March 18, 10 am Pacific until 2 pm, with a
    general, free-flowing OTR discussion to follow that. The final schedule
    will be coming out real soon.

    It would seem to be a good time to gather together and listen to it,
    with a group of friends--what we used to call a listerning party.

    In fact, you could put a graphic of an old radio on the glowing screen
    of the monitor.

    In Seattle, ART (American Radio Theater) will be opening its studio, to
    use its equipment to allow people without a computer to listen in.
    We've been working with some of the Blind Community, so that they know
    about it, and a formal invitation was sent to REPS, in case any of
    their members wanted to listen in with us.

    I could just envision small groups of people, clustered around a
    glowing dial ([removed]) across the nation--GEE, that kinda sounds
    like radio, doesn't it?

    So if you're in Seattle, on March 18, and want to come by, drop me an
    email, and I'll give you some directions.

    Joy Jackson
    American Radio Theater
    JJLjackson@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 17:16:11 -0500
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny in the News

    Another review of the Dick Cavett classic comedian interview DVD collection (which also includes a review of the new Jean Shepherd CD collection) can be found here:

    [removed];c=MGArticle&cid=1137834445080

    Jack's hosting of the 1943 Oscars is mentioned here:

    [removed],1,[removed]

    Jay Leno speaks of his inspiration from Jack Benny and Bob Hope here:

    [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 19:50:29 -0500
    From: "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Exact date for Fibber Magic Radio?

    Hello, I only know that this was done in 1951, to celebrate the 25th
    Anniversary of NBC, but does anyone know the date on this hetrodine radio
    where Fibber sets the dial to tune in different years? Perhaps we could
    figure it out if we knew the anniversary date of NBC.
    Thanks a lot.
    Matthew

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    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 20:33:35 -0500
    From: "Roby McHone" <otr_alaska@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  V & P

    A few performers appear quite often in old time radio shows, especially
    those without fixed casts.  Many of these shows credits mention Harry
    Bartell, Parley Baer, Bob Conrad and others.  But it seems like almost any
    show with a female voice in it features Virginia Gregg.  She had to be one
    of the busiest performers in OTR, she played parts from teenager to
    spinster, from country girl to socialite  and played the parts well.  I
    would think that she was one of the most versatile and prolific performers
    in radio.  I would be interested to know what you other digesters think, who
    is the most versatile and prolific performer in OTR?

    Roby McHone
    Fairbanks, Alaska

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