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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 89
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  "Lt. Weston" on "The Shadow"          [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  Anyone know the answer?               [ "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed]; ]
  My Favorite Hot Cereal                [ Kenneth Schwartz <kschwar@[removed] ]
  Ovaltine Redux                        [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
  Fibber's Horse                        [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
  Norman Corwin Donation for Disk       [ "Jack Feldman" <qualitas@millenicom ]
  3-28 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Named after radio star                [ "WEH" <nbcblue@[removed]; ]
  page dropping, revisited              [ "Mike Leannah" <mleannah@[removed] ]
  Scoop!                                [ <whhsa@[removed]; ]
  More on OTR Books                     [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
  Radio Premiums As Useful Equipment    [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]

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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:51:02 -0500
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "Lt. Weston" on "The Shadow"
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       On "The Shadow" there was a character known as [removed], who was
representative of the NY Police Department.  Is it just me, or did his
character
and the relationship he had with the Shadow change over time?  In the
beginning,
their relationship seemed to be almost adversarial, even though they were on
the same side of the law.  Weston's goal then was not only to catch the
criminals
but the Shadow as well.  He always wanted to have all of the glory/credit for
himself, instead of just being content that their was one less criminal on the
streets.

       In the later eps of "The Shadow", things seemed to change.  The later
version
of this character seemed quite different.  He was more open to assisting the
Shadow
in the apprehension of the criminal(s) and was more content to share the
glory/
credit with the Shadow.  They seemed to be working together for the common
good,
and less intent on causing problems for each other. He (Lt. Weston) seemed to
resign himself to the fact that the Shadow was going to play an active role in
the
more interesting investigations and accepted his assistance freely, with
little concern
for who would be credited with the arrest.  He never became a close
confidante,
like Margo Lane, but was more of a willing participant in the process of
finding
and apprehending the criminals.  Weston seemed more accepting of his unseen
partner than anything.

       Was this a conscious decision by the writers to make the later
incarnation
of the Weston character more palatable to the listening public, I wonder.
Maybe
they wanted to eliminate the sruggle between the Shadow and Weston so the
focus would be more on the storyline and less on the relationship they shared
with each other.  Who knows?

Another OTR Fan,

Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:00:00 -0500
From: "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed];
To: ""old-time radio digest">" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Anyone know the answer?

Hi all,
In doing some reading on early Rhythm and Blues artists I've run across a
mention of the "first all black radio program for the Mutual Broadcasting
System in Los
Angeles."
Anyone know what this program was called and if there are any surviving
broadcasts of this?
Thanks.
Bill

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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:00:19 -0500
From: Kenneth Schwartz <kschwar@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  My Favorite Hot Cereal

If I may, I'd like to endorse Popeye's favorite energy booster second to
spinach: Wheatena. It's widely available and very tasty especially with
bananas or jam. But eat it while it's hot because it tends to get lumpy
as it cools off.

I'm just a satisfied customer and have no connection with the Wheatena
people.

Ken Schwartz

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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:08:21 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Ovaltine Redux

A. Joseph Ross, [removed], commenting on a TV demonstration I cited on how to
prepare cold Ovaltine, notes,

Yes, that involved adding a small amount of hot water, stirring that,
and then adding the milk.  There still seemed to be a lot of undissolved
Ovaltine granules.

To bring this discussion back to the OTR days, mixing cold Ovaltine
always resulted in undissolved granules.  Actually, I rather enjoyed
crunching down an Ovaltine drink.  Even using the Captain Midnight radio
Shake-Up Mug radio premium, I'd still get some granules, which were as
crunchy as the cracked ice suggested as an ingredient.

The basic commercial for the Shake-Up Mug in the radio show was extremely
long, possibly the longest Ovaltine commercial ever aired on the show.
As a child, the length of that commercial grated on me, no matter how
enthusiastic Don Gordon was in presenting it.

When I was gathering data for my Captain Midnight book, I visited
Ovaltine headquarters in Villa Park.  There, the Director of Marketing
presented me with an Ovaltine crunch bar, something like Nestles Crunch.
But instead of "crisped rice," the bar's crunchy components were granules
of Ovaltine.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:08:32 -0500
From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Fibber's Horse

Fibber Bought the horse on the 02/24/ 42 show. don't know how it came about.
Haven't go the show.

03/31/42  Fibber Want to win $5,[removed] by entering a soap contest."I like
Lathering soap because". The Mayor tell Fibber he's feed the horse to much,
and that is the only mention of the horse.

The show your asking about   (04/07/42) is all about cleaning the hall
closet for scrape metal for the war effort. After grooming the horse in the
garage.

04/14/42  Fibber is to be the grand marshal of the Spring Festival Parade.
The Marshal has to lead the Parade on a White horse. Lillian is the only
white horse in town. McGee'don't get  to the Parade became Lillian became a
Mother.

04/21/42  Lillian has had a colt, no big deal. Mrs. Uppington gives McGee's
tickets for opening day Baseball game.

That's as Far as I can go. sorry I don't have the shows and can't tell, from
the titles, what happened to the horse.

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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:09:11 -0500
From: "Jack Feldman" <qualitas@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Norman Corwin Donation for Disk
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The folks at NomaFilms are a bit off. The rule is that you have to deduct the
fair market value of what you receive for your donation. I would value a copy
of an Oscar winning documentary at more than $[removed] Wouldn't you?

Jack

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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:01:04 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  3-28 births/deaths

March 28th births

03-28-1871 - Willem Mengelberg - Utrecht, Netherlands - d. 3-21-1951
composer, conductor: "The New York Philharmonic Orchestra"
03-28-1888 - Jim Harkins - d. 10-24-1970
emcee: "Song Writing Machine Series"
03-28-1890 - Paul Whiteman - Denver, CO - d. 12-29-1967
conductor: "Kraft Music Hall"; "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
03-28-1892 - Philip Loeb - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-1-1955
actor: Jake Goldberg "The Goldbergs"
03-28-1896 - Virginia Rea - Louisville, KY - d. xx-xx-1941
singer: Olive Palmer "Palmolive Hour"; "Rubinoff and His Orchestra"
03-28-1897 - Frank Hawks - Marshalltown, IA - d. 8-23-1938
flying ace: "Roads of the Sky"; "Time Flies"
03-28-1903 - Rudolf Serkin - Eger, Bohemia - d. 5-8-1991
pianist: "Concert Hall"; "New York Philharmonic"
03-28-1904 - Day Keene - Illinois - d. 1-9-1969
writer: "Kitty Keene, Incorporated"; "Little Orphan Annie"
03-28-1907 - Jon Dodson - Richland, MO - d. xx-xx-1963
singer: (Member of the King's Men) "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "King's
Men"
03-28-1910 - Jimmy Dodd - Cincinnati, OH - d. 11-10-1964
singer, songwriter: "Lifebuoy Show"; "Command Performance"; "CBS
Radio Workshop"
03-28-1912 - Frank Lovejoy - The Bronx, NY - d. 10-2-1962
actor: Randy 'Lucky' Stone "Nightbeat"; Bill Weigand "Mr. and Mrs.
North"
03-28-1913 - Lucille Fletcher - NYC - d. 8-31-2000
dramatist: "Columbia Workshop"; "Suspense"; "Screen Guild Theatre";
"Inner Sanctum"
03-28-1915 - Jay Livingston - McDonald, PA - d. 10-17-2001
composer: "Hollywood Calling-George Fisher Interviews"
03-28-1915 - Joel Murcott - d. 2-26-1978
writer, director: "Tales of the Texas Rangers"; "Yours Truly, Johnny
Dollar"
03-28-1917 - Randy Brooks - Sandford, ME - d. 3-21-1967
bandleader: "One Night Stand"; "The Kate Smith Hour"
03-28-1918 - John Heath - Seattle, WA
actor: "Sherlock Holmes"; "Murder is My Hobby"
03-28-1921 - Dirk Bogarde - London, England - d. 5-8-1999
actor: "A Christmas Carol"
03-28-1924 - Freddie Bartholomew - London, England - d. 1-23-1992
guest: "Anchors Aweigh"
03-28-1925 - Jerry Walter - Illinois - d. 2-11-1979
actor: Gil Perry "Island Adventure"

March 28th deaths

01-25-1923 - Rusty Draper - d. 3-28-2003
country singer: "Dude Martin's Radio Ranch"
02-16-1902 - Leif Eid - Idaho - d. 3-28-1976
nbc bureau chief: Washington, Ottawa and Paris
04-16-1921 - Peter Ustinov - London, England - d. 3-28-2004
actor: "Freedom Forum"; "Mitch Miller Show"; "In Any Direction"
04-19-1913 - Sylvia Froos - New York - d. 3-28-2004
singer: "Sylvia Froos Show"; "Fred Allen Show"
05-05-1890 - Christopher Morley - Haverford, PA - d. 3-28-1957
author: "Information, Please"; "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Studio One"
05-28-1888 - Jim Thorpe - Prague, Indian Territory - d. 3-28-1953
all around athelete: "Shell Chateau"; "Bill Stern Colgate Sports
Newsreel"
06-08-1902 - Elliott Jacoby - NYC - d. 3-28-1977
composer, conductor: "Rudy Vallee Show"; "Maude's Diary"
07-04-1910 - Alec Templeton - Cardiff, South Wales - d. 3-28-1963
pianist, satirist: "You Shall Have Music"; "Universal Rhythm"; "Alec
Templeton Time"
07-15-1905 - Dorothy Fields - Allenhurst, NJ - d. 3-28-1974
lyricist: "Music for Millions"
07-26-1919 - Virginia Gilmore - El Monte, CA - d. 3-28-1986
actor: "The Ford Theatre"
07-28-1914 - Carman Dragon - Antioch, CA - d. 3-28-1987
conductor: "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "Baby Snooks Show"; "Railroad
Hour"
08-24-1898 - Malcolm Cowley - Belsano, PA - d. 3-28-1989
speaker: "NBC University Theatre"
09-13-1918 - Dick Haymes - Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. 3-28-1980
singer, actor: Dick Haymes Show"; "Tommy Dorsey Show"; Crane Dockery
"I Fly Anything"
09-18-1886 - Powel Crosley, Jr. - Cincinnati, OH - d. 3-28-1961
owner of WLW radio station in Cincinnati
10-14-1890 - Dwight David 'Ike' Eisenhower - Abilene, KS - d. 3-28-1969
general, president: "War Production Drive Program"; "Let's All Back
the Attack"
11-16-1873 - W. C. Handy - Florence, AL - d. 3-28-1958
jazz trumpeter, composer: "Cavalcade of Music";"Freedom's People"
12-08-1888 - Raymond Lawrence - Bedford Square, England - d. 3-28-1976
actor: "Escape"; "The Halls of Ivy"; "Pursuit"
12-29-1904 - Wendell Niles - Twin Valley, MN - d. 3-28-1994
announcer: "Bob Hope Show"; "Man Called X"; "Hollywood Star Playhouse"
xx-xx-1883 - Al Swenson - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 3-28-1941
actor: "Captain Diamond "Advs. of Captain Diamond"; Paul Hutchinson
"Hilltop House"
xx-xx-1930 - Art James - d. 3-28-2004
announcer: Armed Forces Radio

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:03:57 -0500
From: "WEH" <nbcblue@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Named after radio star

  Ronald Sayles wrote:

How many people can boast of being named after a radio star? I was
named after Ronald Colman and though more a movie star than a radio
star, he did do a lot of radio.

 I have a friend who's first name is Von Zell. His mother liked to hear
Harry Von Zell on the radio and thought the name Von Zell was classy.

Bill H.

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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:57:19 -0500
From: "Mike Leannah" <mleannah@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  page dropping, revisited

	A while ago a discussion took place here as to whether radio actors
dropped their script pages during the shows. A film clip of a Jack Benny
show seemed to verify that the actors on that show, at least, folded the
pages behind and did not discard them.
	In listening to the Benny broadcast of February 4, 1951, however,
the following dialog occurs in which Mary flubs a line. The audience laughs
throughout, as Benny makes more and more out of it.
	Mary: When Mama--when you came on, Mama threw a ketchup bottle on
the screen.
	Jack: Her first joke and look what happens. All the straight lines
she read fine. Read it again 'cause we've got something to follow it.
	Mary: I can't. I threw the page away.
	Jack: Well, I'll read it for you. 'When you came on, Mama threw a
ketchup bottle on the screen.' And I say no.
	Mary: Papa didn't wash it off 'til Faye Emerson came on.
	Jack: Well, congratulations!

	So there's proof that Mary, at least this one time, tossed her
script pages. Hope this doesn't start another endless discussion on the
subject. Just thought it was interesting.

Michael Leannah

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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:23:37 -0500
From: <whhsa@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Scoop!

Dear Folks;
Peace.
Currently available on the internet is "Scoop." Issue for Friday March 24,
2006 had an article titled: Old Time Radio Meets the Digital Age. A very
interesting article with illustrations. In fact there are many articles that
might interest Digest readers. You can subscribe and receive these news
Scoops. It was mostly about comics, but lately there have been Scoops about
other interests in the collectable field. Just paste the address below and
go:
[removed]
Now let me get back to my Cream of Wheat!
Manituwah,
Bill
PS Have you heard? The definitive book on radio's Straight Arrow will be on
the market soon!

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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:40:30 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  More on OTR Books

For those wishing to revisit (or visit) some of the OTR shows, there's a
source frequently overlooked.  Whitman Publishers apparently made deals
with some OTR shows, and did adaptations from radio scripts of various
programs.  There were some Jack Armstrong, and Captain Midnight sequences
captured in Big and Better Little Books.

In the case of Captain Midnight, though, in addition to the books based
on radio shows, a couple of the BLBs were adapted from the newspaper
comic strip.  "Captain Midnight and the Moon Woman," and "Captain
Midnight and Sheik Jomak Khan" were those two.  The newspaper strip was
very similar, though not identical, to the radio program.

The Jack Armstrong BLBs seem to have been adapted directly from the radio
shows.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:40:44 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Radio Premiums As Useful Equipment

When I was growing up, I sent away for the usual number of radio
premiums.  However, the thought occurred to me: some of the gadgets were
useful in their own right.  By this, I mean that these items could be
marketed in stores to the general public as useful items.

The Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters program offered some novelties that
were actually pretty good camping tools.  I got the 1946
Compass-Magnifier.  The compass was, well, a compass, and the magnifier
could be used to catch the sun's rays to start campfires.  It wasn't the
perfect camping tool, but it would have been useful for survival.  The
earlier compass-magnifiers had the same useful qualities, and their brass
cases were more durable, though I liked the way my 1946 model glowed in
the dark.

Any Ovaltine "decoder" is a cipher disk, which is a valid cryptological
tool.  As presented, they don't offer much security, but with simple
additions, they could have been made a lot more secure.  The worst of
them was the 1948 Mirro-Magic Code-O-Graph, which was plagued by
slippage.

The Frank Buck Explorer Sun watch was a pretty good timepiece for a
child.  The closest to "moving parts" was the gnomon (the thing that
casts the shadow), which was adjustable for latitude.  The built-in
compass made it easy to align.

I'm sure others can add to this list.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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