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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2008 : Issue 162
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
jack benny TV show alternating with [ "W. Gary Wetstein" <wgaryw@[removed] ]
fred allen/superman [ "W. Gary Wetstein" <wgaryw@[removed] ]
Those OTR attorneys [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
6-28 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 29 June t [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Attorneys on OTR [ James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:10:24 -0400
From: "W. Gary Wetstein" <wgaryw@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: jack benny TV show alternating with others
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From: "Glen Schroeder":
I've been watching some Jack Benny Shows on DVD lately, and at the end of
the shows he talks about how he'll back back in three weeks. Then he says
to tune in next week for the Ann Suthern Show Private Secretary. Does
anyone know what6 show was on the third week. Thanks.
i'm not 100% sure, but i think it was the gary
moore show.
--wgw
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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:10:28 -0400
From: "W. Gary Wetstein" <wgaryw@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: fred allen/superman
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Well, they apparently did something similar involving that OTHER Superman.
<snip>
seven-minute version for the Mighty Allen Art Players of the 'BBC version of
Superman,' and it worked out pretty well. It was a parody.
late response, catching up on old digests.
. .
the show described above is not in circulation (at least not common
circulation). however, there is a circulating fred allen show where he
interviews the creator of superman, joe shuster. i don't have the date handy,
but i'll look it up if anyone is curious.
--wgw
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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:10:35 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Those OTR attorneys
Kenneth Clarke is concerned that "Perry Mason" spent too much time
investigating crime and not enough in the halls of justice. He wants
to know why this OTR attorney didn't devote more of his waking hours
to the courtroom.
Actually, nearly every OTR attorney, whether working for a law firm
or a judicial government office, had scripts that concerned solving
crime and bagging bad guys, not filing motions and badgering
witnesses in the stand. So that included not only Perry Mason, but
"The Amazing Mr. Malone," "Terry Regan, Attorney at Law." "Mr.
District Attorney," "Roger Kilgore, Public Defender," "Attorney for
the Defense" (Jonathan Brixton), and even the only female attorney,
Marty Ellis Bryan, played by Mercedes McCambrige in "Defense Attorney."
Why? No particular reason, other than mystery solving garnered more
listeners than courtroom interplay. And why not? How many OTR
newspaper crime reporters spent more time at their office typewriter
than they did in the street, getting to the bottom of fascinating
felonies?
To object to this strategy is to tell Ma Perkins to sell more
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Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:10:42 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 6-28 births/deaths
June 28th births
06-28-1895 - George R. Holmes - Tippecanoe County, IN - d. 2-12-1939
news commentator: "Back of the News in Washington"
06-28-1895 - Kelvin Keech - Punachou, Hawaii Territory - d. 5-xx-1977
announcer: "Popeye the Sailor"; "Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing"
06-28-1902 - Richard Rodgers - Long Island, NY - d. 12-30-1979
composer: "ASCAP On Parade"; "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and
Sanborn Hour"
06-28-1904 - Hector Chevigny - d. 4-20-1965
writer: "Portia Faces Life"; "The Second Mrs. Burton"
06-28-1906 - Ann Leaf - Omaha, NE - d. 4-3-1995
organist: (Little Organ Annie) "Ann Leaf at the Organ"; "Lorenzo Jones"
06-28-1908 - Alan Bunce - Westfield, NJ - d. 4-27-1965
actor: Albert Arbuckle "Ethel and Albert"; Jerry Malone "Young Dr.
Malone"
06-28-1908 - John W. Harrington - NYC - d. 9-17-1974
announcer: "Just Plain Bill"
06-28-1909 - Eric Ambler - London, England - d. 10-22-1998
author: "Escape"; "Hour of Mystery"
06-28-1913 - Harry Cool - d. 6-xx-1979
vocalist, bandleader: "Fibber McGee and Molly"s
06-28-1914 - Dan Seymour - NYC - d. 7-27-1982
actor, narrator: Danny "Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories"; "War of the
Worlds"
06-28-1914 - Lester Flatt - Overton County, TN - d. 5-10-1979
bluegrass guitarist: (Flatt and Scruggs) "Martha White Biscuit Time";
"Grand Ole Opry"
06-28-1914 - Zina Provendie - d. 5-15-2005
actor: Sylvia Bruno Wick "The Goldbergs"
06-28-1924 - Gene Thompson - San Francisco, CA - d. 4-14-2001
writer: "Duffy's Tavern"
06-28-1926 - Mel Brooks - NYC
comedian: "Jean Shepherd Show"
06-28-1933 - Maurice Cloutier - Manchester, NH - d. 11-21-2006
disk jockey: KOTA Rapid City, South Dakota
June 28th deaths
04-06-1903 - Mickey Cochrane - Bridgewater, MA - d. 6-28-1962
sportscaster: (Member Baseball Hall of Fame) "Mickey Cochrane"
04-21-1898 - King Calder - Maryland - d. 6-28-1964
actor: James Anderson "Second Mrs. Burton"; Will Stevenson "Barry
Cameron"
04-29-1935 - Lennie Weinrib - NYC - d. 6-28-2006
actor: "Suspense"
05-08-1905 - Red Nichols - Ogden, UT - d. 6-28-1965
music: (Red Nichols and His Five Pennies) "Bob Hope Show"; "Ipana
Troubadors"
05-09-1930 - Joan Sims - Laindon, Essex, England - d. 6-28-2001
actor: "Round the Horne"; "Stop Messing About"
06-02-1891 - Joe Schenck - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-28-1930
singer, comedian, dancer: (Gus Van and Joe Schenck) "The Eveready Hour"
07-03-1903 - John Lake - Leesburg, VA - d. 6-28-1960
actor: "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch"; "Twelve Players"
08-19-1913 - Harry F. Mills - Picqua, OH - d. 6-28-1982
singer: (The Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette"
10-05-1932 - Arthur Maimane - South Africa - d. 6-28-2005
author: "The Opportunity"; "Where the Sun Shines"
10-23-1923 - Frank Sutton - Clarksville, TN - d. 6-28-1974
actor: "Couple Next Door"
11-25-1900 - Helen Gahagan Douglas - Boonton, NJ - d. 6-28-1980
actor: (Wife of Melvin Douglas) "Hollywood Fights Back"; "A Report to
the Nation"
11-28-1895 - Jose Iturbi - Valencia, Spain - d. 6-28-1980
pianist, conductor: "Telephone hour"; "Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra"
12-25-1924 - Rod Serling - Syracuse, NY - d. 6-28-1975
writer, host: "Zero Hour"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:13:33 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 29 June to 5 July
From Those Were The Days --
6/29
1932 - Vic and Sade debuted on the NBC Blue network this day.
1947 - Radio's show with a heart made its debut. Strike It Rich became a
favorite on CBS. Todd Russell was the original host. Warren Hull took
over a few years later.
1951 - Bill Stern did his last 15-minute program of sports features for
NBC. Stern had been with NBC for 14 years. He later moved to the Mutual
Broadcasting System to finish out an illustrious sportscasting career.
6/30
1921 - Documents were signed forming the Radio Corporation of America,
better known as RCA. RCA soon rivaled its main competitor, General
Electric (GE).
7/1
1934 - The Federal Communications Commission, as mandated in the
Communications Act of 1934, replaced the Federal Radio Commission as the
regulator of broadcasting in the United States.
7/2
1939 - The Aldrich Family debuted on NBC.
1946 - CBS signed Arthur Godfrey to do a weekly nighttime show.
1951 - NBC presented Bob and Ray (Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding) on a
network show.
7/3
1939 - Chic Young's comic strip character, Blondie was first heard on CBS.
1940 - The legendary comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted
with their network show on NBC.
1945 - NBC gave the comedian/pianist Victor Borge his own the summer
replacement show for Fibber McGee and Molly. He had been heard a few
years earlier as a semi-regular on NBC's "Kraft Music Hall" with Bing
Crosby.
7/4
1943 - The Rhythm Boys, Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris, were
reunited for the first time since the 1930s on Paul Whiteman Presents on
NBC.
1951 - Jack Webb, along with Dragnet, also did a summer show -- that of
Pete Kelly. Pete Kelly's Blues, a crime drama, was the summer
replacement on NBC for Halls of Ivy (with Ronald Colman and Benita Hume).
7/5
1943 - The Adventures of Nero Wolfe debuted on the NBC Blue network.
Nero Wolfe was "the detective genius who rates the knife and fork the
greatest tools ever invented by man." The 'gargantuan gourmet' continued
on the air until 1951.
1948 - My Favorite Husband, with Lucille Ball, became the gifted
redhead's first regular radio program on CBS. Richard Denning
co-starred with Lucy as "two people who live together and like it."
1951 - The Silver Eagle debuted on ABC as a entry into radio's
action-adventure lineup. Jim Ameche starred as Jim West.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:11:15 -0400
From: James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Attorneys on OTR
06-28-08
My favorite attorneys on OTR were on the "Amos 'n' Andy" show -- Calhoun
(I forget his first name) and Gabby Gibson. The writers always gave them
some of their best lines.
Jim Arva
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