Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #213
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 7/15/2005 4:00 PM

To: [removed]@[removed]

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 213
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE                [ "thomas heathwood" <HeritageRadio@m ]
      BBC Cult                              [ "david rogers" <david_rogers@hotmai ]
      7-14 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Focus on the Andrews Family           [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
      Re: Cathy & Elliott Lewis             [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      Grand Ole Opry - NBC premiere         [ "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@ea ]
      Now Shipping                          [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
      Re: Kid Naming                        [ "[removed]" <donsplace@[removed]; ]
      disc cleaning                         [ "ed carr" <edcarr@[removed]; ]
      Box 13??                              [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Betty and Bob                         [ DanHaefele@[removed] ]
      The Cin Bear                          [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
      7-15 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Deaths in June                        [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 17-23 Jul  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:58:28 -0400
    From: "thomas heathwood" <HeritageRadio@[removed];
    To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE
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    RE: Recent posts about the "Terryscope" premium as heard on the 1942 TERRY &
    THE PIRATES show -  we will run two of the programs next week (week of 7/17)
    This week we have DIMENSION X "Mars Is Heaven" by Ray Bradbury;  ESCAPE
    "Country of the Blind" by H. G. Wells; and JACK ARMSTRONG -  24/7 in nice
    sounding
    streaming audio on Jerry Haendiges'  Olde Tyme Radio Network at:

    [removed]

    Tom Heathwood - Heritage Radio Theatre

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    Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:59:06 -0400
    From: "david rogers" <david_rogers@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  BBC Cult

    Sorry I have not replied to this sooner but I am on holiday in Thailand as I
    am writing this.

    Dr Biel wrote:

>     They would rather do away with their second most popular site than have to
>     explain its popularity to some of the stodgy members of the upper government
>     and society.

    I am not sure if this comment is the actual situation or the policy.
    However, there is a ring of truth.  For those who clicked onto the link and
    looked at the postings from site users, there seems to be genuine anger at
    the BBC for closing down the Cult site.  The BBC is and has remained
    somewhat of an enigma to me.  It produces and has produced some of the
    greatest radio and TV material.  Also the website is second to none.
    However, some of its decision making seems to be [removed] (sorry
    I am on holiday so I have to relax).

    Thanks Dr Beil for your comment.  It almost made things easier to accept!!

    Love as always, David Rogers

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    Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:00:00 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-14 births/deaths

    July 14th births

    07-14-1880 - Donald Meek - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 11-18-1946
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-14-1897 - Cornelia Osgood - d. 4-xx-1984
    actress: Dorothy Regent "Chandu the Magician"; Adella Winston "Stepmother"
    07-14-1898 - "Happy" Chandler - Corydon, KY - d. 6-15-1991
    governor, baseball commissioner: "University of Chicago Round Table"
    07-14-1898 - Pat C. Flick - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-1-1955
    actor: Pablo Ittheptiches "Fred Allen Show"
    07-14-1901 - George Tobias - New York City, NY - d. 2-27-1980
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    07-14-1903 - Irving Stone - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-26-1989
    author: "Cavalcade of America"; "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Arch Oboler's Plays"
    07-14-1903 - Ken Murray - Nyack, NY - d. 10-12-1988
    comedian: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Texaco Star Theatre"
    07-14-1904 - Annabella - La Varenne Hilaire, Val-de-Marne, France - d.
    9-18-1996
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-14-1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer - Radzymin, Poland - d. 7-24-1991
    yiddish storyteller: "Earplay"
    07-14-1904 - Nadia Reisenberg - Vilna, Lithuania - d. 6-10-1983
    pianist: "Benny Goodman Music Festival"
    07-14-1909 - Isabel Jewell - Shoshone, WY - d. 4-5-1972
    actress: "Dr. Kildare"; "NBC Presents: Short Story"
    07-14-1909 - Walter Gross - New York City, NY - d. xx-xx-1967
    composer, pianist: "Piano Playhouse"; "Carnation Contented Hour"
    07-14-1910 - Boris Aplon - Chicago, IL - d. 11-27-1995
    actor: Ivan Shark "Captain Midnight"
    07-14-1910 - Gloria Stuart - Santa Monica, CA
    actress: "Suspense"
    07-14-1911 - Terry-Thomas - London, England - d. 1-8-1990
    comedian: "Top of the Town"
    07-14-1912 - Woody Guthrie - Okemah, OK - d. 10-2-1967
    songwriter, singer: "Pursuit of Happiness"
    07-14-1914 - Billy Kyle - Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-23-1966
    pianist: "Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm"
    07-14-1914 - George Putnam - Breckenridge, MN
    announcer: "Joe and Mabel"; "Lorenzo Jones"; "Portia Faces Life"
    07-14-1914 - John Laing - New York City, NY - d. 5-15-1979
    announcer: "Great Gildersleeve"; "Sealtest Variety Theatre"
    07-14-1915 - Jerome Lawrence - Cleveland, OH - d. 2-29-2004
    cbs staff writer: "Frank Sinatra Show"; "Doris Day Show"; "Kate Smith Show"
    07-14-1917 - Douglas Edwards - Ada, OK - d. 10-13-1990
    newscaster: "Wendy Warren and the News"
    07-14-1923 - Dale Robertson - Harrah, OK
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-14-1926 - Harry Dean Stanton - West Irvine, KY
    vocalist: "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-14-1927 - John Chancellor - Chicago, IL - d. 7-12-1996
    newscaster: WMAQ Chicago, NBC; "Voice of America"
    07-14-1928 - Nancy Olson - Milwaukee, WI
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Dimension X"
    07-14-1930 - Polly Bergen - Knoxville, TN
    actress: "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
    07-14-1931 - Robert Stephens - Bristol, England - d. 11-12-1995
    actor: Aragorn "The Lord of the Rings"

    July 14th deaths

    05-14-1898 - Zutty Singleton - Bunkie, LA - d. 7-14-1975
    jazz drummer: "Radio Almanac";"Just Jazz"; "BBC Jazz Session"
    06-02-1901 - Lou Shoobe - d. 7-14-1989
    bassist: "The Saturday Night Swing Club"
    08-24-1900 - Preston Foster - Ocean City, NJ - d. 7-14-1970
    actor: "NBC University Theatre"
    09-05-1910 - Kenny Delmar - Boston, MA - d. 7-14-1984
    actor: Beauregard Claghorn "Fred Allen Show"; Commissioner Weston "The Shadow"
    11-11-1892 - Al Schacht - New York City, NY - d. 7-14-1984
    sportscaster: ( The Clown Prince of Baseball) "Al Schacht's Sports Show"
    12-29-1898 - Jules Bledsoe - d. 7-14-1943
    baritone: "Jubilee"; "Amalgamated Broadcasting System Inaugural Program"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Willfred Moore - d. 7-14-1939
    writer: "Air Advs. of Jimmy Allen"; "Howie Wing"; "Captain Midnight"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:00:26 -0400
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Focus on the Andrews Family
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    Irene asked of Hal Stone about a particular "Archie Andrews" episode:

>     Archie is played by James Dobson,
>     the only acting credit given, but Jughead sure sounds like Hal Stone.
>     Dunning says that the NBC period started on 6/2/45.  Can Hal provide more
>     information, and why wasn't Bob Hastings playing Archie?

    This might come off as a dumb question but here goes; Is this James Dobson
    the same dude who runs the Focus on the Family radio ministry?

    Yours in the ether,

    Derek Tague

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    Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:01:00 -0400
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Cathy & Elliott Lewis
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    In a message dated 7/13/05 11:18:22 PM Central Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     As I
>     remember, they divorced in the fifties or sixties, Cathy died soon after of
>     a heart attack, and Elliott went on to marry Mary Jane Croft (Our Miss
>     Brooks, Mel Blanc Show, etc.) whom he actually had known since 1939.

    According to the IMdB, Cathy Lewis lived another ten years after her 1958
    divorce from Elliott.  In that time her TV roles included Molly in the
    short-lived TV version of "Fibber McGee & Molly" and the role in which I
    remember seeing
    her, Diedre on "Hazel" in the 1960s.

    Elliott apparently married Mary Jane Croft in '59 and they stay married until
    his passing in 1990.

    Dixon

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    Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:01:35 -0400
    From: "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Grand Ole Opry - NBC premiere

    I just recently acquired Charles K. Wolfe's excellent book "A Good-Natured
    Riot," about the early years (1925-40) of WSM's "Grand Ole Opry."  Toward the
    end of the book, Wolfe writes that an air check of the first NBC network
    broadcast of "The Prince Albert Show" (the half-hour of the Opry sponsored by
    Prince Albert tobacco), which aired on October 14, 1939, was discovered in
    the basement of the ad agency (Wm. Esty).  Wolfe goes on to describe the
    broadcast in detail.

    I know the odds are long on this, but does anyone on the list know where I
    can obtain a copy of this show?  I have two reasons for seeking it.  One,
    I'll be giving a presentation about the Opry in honor of its 80th Anniversary
    at my home club (Metro Washington OTR) this November.  Two, my dad - a big
    country music fan - was born on that date.  I'd love to give him a copy as a
    birthday present.

    If anyone can help, please contact me off-list.

    Thank you.

    Sincerely,
    Michael J. Hayde

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    Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:02:08 -0400
    From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Now Shipping

    Just a note to let everyone know that I've been advised by the folks at
    McFarland & Co. that my book, "The Original Amos 'n' Andy -- Freeman
    Gosden, Charles Correll, and the 1928-1943 Radio Serial," is now
    shipping. This is a 7 x 10, 216-page, illustrated hardbound book
    presenting the most detailed study yet attempted of Correll and Gosden's
    most significant and most overlooked radio work, and explaining just how
    the original "Amos 'n' Andy" truly was the foundation stone for the
    entire OTR era.

    [removed] is suggesting delivery in two to three weeks, and you can
    order from there via a direct link from my website
    ([removed]~[removed]) while the McFarland website is
    promising "immediate shipment." Either place, the price is $45.

    Thanks to everyone who's inquired about the book -- and I hope you all
    enjoy!

    Elizabeth

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    Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:10:41 -0400
    From: "[removed]" <donsplace@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Kid Naming

    Sorry it took so long to respond to Hal's instructions for naming
    kids, but I've had problems with internet connections since Saturday
    -- someone cut my ISP's main fibre optic line!

    Anyway, Mr. Stone was decidedly against the idea of naming my next
    kid [removed]

    Hal, I thought Jughead would be a PERFECT name for a goat!

    -- [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:25:19 -0400
    From: "ed carr" <edcarr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  disc cleaning

    hi (standard greeting)
    my question is, (and i am always willing to learn new tricks)
    what are we trying to accomplish useing other means other than soap and
    water
    on our discs, i have mostly vinyl, i use ajax liquid, i smear it on and use
    a brush
    in circles to clean, then rinse with warm water, i ask this as i have a
    couple hundred
    16in yet to do.
    does static come from drying with a cloth, i air dry
    i also have for sale the book
    "in manors and alleys" a casebook on the american detective film by  john
    tuska
    $25 and postage
    ed carr

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    Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:25:43 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Box 13??

    I was browsing through the Vincent Terrace book "Radio Programs
    1924-1984, A Catalog of Over 1800 Shows" and I came across this entry
    under the "Let George Do It" program.

    "If the job is too tough for you to do, you've got a job for me. Box
    13."

    Now, what is wrong with that? And I have seen the same mistake
    repeated elsewhere. I have heard that if a mistake is repeated often
    enough it becomes fact, let's hope not. Box 13 has nothing to do with
    George Valentine, it is Dan Holiday's address.

    I will say that it seems as though Terrace has corrected his mistake,
    I have not seen it in later books that he has written.

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:19:28 -0400
    From: DanHaefele@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Betty and Bob
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    I've been transferring discs of the series Betty  and Bob for SPERDVAC and
    find it to be a nice, continuing story.  The  problem is we have discs of the
    first sixteen shows plus several numbered beyond  110.  Anyone out there have
    other broadcasts from the syndicated  series?

    Dan Haefele

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    Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:25:36 -0400
    From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Cin Bear

    Misty Osko, the Promotion Director at NewsTalk 860
    KPAM in Portland, OR. has asked me if I know who owns
    the rights to the Cinnamon Bear. The stattion is
    thinking of broadcxasting it during the holiday
    season. Can anyone help out on this?
    Larry Albert

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    Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:12:50 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-15 births/deaths

    July 15th births

    07-15-1889 - Marjorie Rambeau - San Francisco, CA - d. 7-6-1970
    actress: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-15-1893 - William Dieterle - Rhein-Palatinate, Germany - d. 12-8-1972
    movie director: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    07-15-1897 - Howard Lanin - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-26-1991
    bandleader: ((King of Society Dance Music) "Atwater Kent Hour"; "Campbell
    Soup Show"
    07-15-1900 - Helen Shields - Champaign, IL - d. 8-7-1963
    actress: Linda Dale "I Love Linda Dale"; Sylvia Meadows "Amanda of Honeymoon
    Hill"
    07-15-1905 - Dorothy Fields - Allenhurst, NJ - d. 3-28-1974
    lyricist: "Music for Millions"
    07-15-1905 - Shirley Povich - Bar Harborm ME - d. 6-4-1998
    sports columnist: "World Series Preview"; "Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay"
    07-15-1910 - Ken Lynch - Cleveland, OH - d. 2-13-1990
    actor: Lt. Matt King "Twenty-First Precinct"; Christopher Gard "Cafe Istanbul"
    07-15-1918 - Joan Roberts - New York City, NY
    singer: "The Texaco Star Theatre"
    07-15-1919 - Eve McVeagh - Ohio - d. 12-10-1997
    actress: Harriet Beatty "Clyde Beatty Show"

    July 15th deaths

    01-23-1923 - Florence Halop - Jamaica Estates, NY - d. 7-15-1986
    actress: Hotbreath Houlihan "Jimmy Durante Show"; Miss Duffy "Duffy's Tavern"
    02-02-1899 - Benny Rubin - Boston, MA - d. 7-15-1986
    comedian: Tout "Jack Benny Program"; "Benny Rubin Show"; "Benny Rubin's
    Whirligig Revue"
    02-04-1905 - Eddie Foy, Jr. - New Rochelle, NY - d. 7-15-1983
    vaudevillian: "Starlight Operetta"; "Mitch Miller Show"
    02-15-1893 - Walter Donaldson - New York City, NY - d. 7-15-1947
    songwriter: "Fitch Bandwagon"
    05-01-1906 - "Little" Jackie Heller - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 7-15-1988
    singer: "Ben Bernie, The Old Maestro"
    07-08-1913 - Bill Thompson - Terre Haute, IN - d. 7-15-1971
    actor: Wallace Wimple, Horatio K Boomer and others "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    07-26-1897 - Paul Gallico - New York City, NY - d. 7-15-1976
    writer: "Author's Playhouse"; "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "Radio City Playhouse"
    08-05-1914 - David Brian - New York City, NY - d. 7-15-1993
    actor: Mr. District Attorney "Mr. District Attorney"
    09-15-1916 - Margaret Lockwood - Karachi, British India - d. 7-15-1990
    actress: "A Christmas Carol"
    10-28-1906 - Lou Bring - d. 7-15-1951
    orchestra leader: "The Al Jolson Show"; "The Gracie Fields Show"
    11-16-1896 - Lawrence Tibbett - Bakersfield, CA - d. 7-15-1960
    singer: "Voice of Firestone"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Golden Voices"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:12:58 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Deaths in June

    03-10-1919 - Lorna Thayer - Boston, MA - d. 6-4-2005
    actress: "The Hallmark Hall of Fame"
    09-17-1931 - Anne Bancroft - The Bronx, NY - d. 6-6-2005
    actress: "Image Minorities"
    06-01-1920 - Robert Clarke - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 6-11-2005
    actor: "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"; "Cavalcade of America"
    04-17-1923 - Lon McCallister - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-11-2005
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Family Theatre"
    10-06-1925 - Shana Alexander - New York City, NY - d. 6-23-2005
    writer and commentary
    12-21-1922 - Paul Winchell - New York City, NY - d. 6-24-2005
    ventriloquist: "Paul Winchell-Jerry Mahoney Show"
    02-03-1925 - John Fielder - Platteville, WI - d. 6-25-2005
    actor: Homer Brown "The Aldrich Family"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:58:17 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 17-23 July

     From Those Were The Days --

    7/18

    1936 - The critically acclaimed, experimental theatre of the air, The
    Columbia Workshop, debuted on CBS.

    7/19

    1942 - The Seventh Symphony, by Shastakovich, was performed for the
    first time in the United States by Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony
    Orchestra.

    1948 -- Our Miss Brooks, starring Eve Arden and Gale Gordon, debuted on
    CBS this day.

    7/20

    1935 - NBC debuted G-men. The show was later renamed Gangbusters.

    Joe

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