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Date: 3/28/2008 7:43 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 79
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      WQXR Commercials                      [ "Doug Douglass" <dougdouglass@[removed] ]
      RIP Richard Widmark                   [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Longtime WGN radio host Wally Philli  [ [removed]@[removed] ]
      Mythical newspaper?                   [ Michael Ogden <michaelo67@[removed] ]
      I'm also looking for info on an actr  [ <radioaz@[removed]; ]
      Preston Tucker and Drew Pearson       [ "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed]; ]
      Re: Richard Widmark Passes            [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Price of Silence                      [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      Re: Jack Benny                        [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
      2008 SPERDVAC OLD-TIME RADIO CONVENT  [ Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:07:19 -0400
    From: "Doug Douglass" <dougdouglass@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  WQXR Commercials
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    Adding to Larry Moore's comments on their "No-Singing Commercial" policy, when
    other stations were airing the "43 Beans In Every Cup of New Nescafe" jingle,
    the ad agency created a Baroque instrumental version especially for QXR, "The
    Sonata For Forty-Three Beans".

    Doug Douglass

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    Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:08:01 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RIP Richard Widmark
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    Richard Widmark died yesterday at age 93.  His obituary from the AP notes his
    early career in radio.

    [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:29:54 -0400
    From: [removed]@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Longtime WGN radio host Wally Phillips dead at 82

    This story was sent to you by: Frank McGurn

    Wally was a great radio personality. He was missed after he retired and still is missed.

    Frank McGurn

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    Longtime WGN radio host Wally Phillips dead at 82
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    Tribune report

    March 27 2008, 8:53 AM CDT

    Wally Phillips, whose wit and charm dominated the art of the on-air radio personality in Chicago for two decades, has died after battling Alzheimer's disease for the last five years, WGN Radio announced Thursday. He was 82.

    The complete article can be viewed at:
    [removed],0,[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:20:53 -0400
    From: Michael Ogden <michaelo67@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Mythical newspaper?

    Jim Cox wrote of Richard Widmark:

>     As David Farrell, the part he may be best tied to on the airwaves, he was an
>     ace reporter for the mythical Brooklyn Eagle.

    Are you sure it was mythical? I've done OTR research in the radio pages of
    the Brooklyn Eagle and it seemed pretty real to me :)

    Actually, the paper had a run of over a hundred years. The Brooklyn Daily
    Eagle was published from 1849 to 1938, then they dropped the Daily and
    continued (not always as a daily) to 1963.

    Mike Ogden

    Watch "Cause Effect," a show about real people making a real difference.
    Learn more.

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    Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:21:16 -0400
    From: <radioaz@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  I'm also looking for info on an actress

    As long as a few others mentioned radio personalities they were looking for,
    let me add mine.  For years a story has been told about a great-aunt of mine
    who was supposedly in radio.  I know she lived in the New York area. Her
    brother, Joesph Tebeau, was an editor for the New York Times (note:  AN
    editor, not THE editor.)  My great-aunt's name was Marguerite Tebeau.  Of
    course, she could have acted on radio under a different name.  Has anyone
    ever come across this person in their research?

    Ted Meland

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    Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:17:37 -0400
    From: "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Preston Tucker and Drew Pearson

    Well I hope I spelled the names right to begin with, but I'm sure folks on
    this list will figure them out even if I didn't.
    I was watching The movie about Preston Tucker, the ill fated car
    manufacturer, last night.
    At one point they mentioned and played a reenacted excerpt from a Drew
    Pearson news broadcast where he talked about Tucker and his problems.  Any
    chance anyone would know of this or have it? I'd love to hear it if it
    exists.
    Any other Tucker radio news blurbs would be great as well.
    If anyone would know, the folks on this list would.
    Thanks for any help.
    Bill

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    Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:03:51 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Richard Widmark Passes

    The eminent Jim Cox commented on Richard Widmark's role in Front Page
    Farrell:

>     As David Farrell, the part he may be best tied to on the airwaves, he
>     was an ace reporter for the mythical Brooklyn Eagle.

    Though I am sure his intentions referred only to the radio program, the
    Brooklyn Eagle was not "mythical." There was in fact a Brooklyn Eagle -
    a newspaper through which [removed] Kaltenborn among others cut their
    journalistic teeth.

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:04:09 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Price of Silence
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    Thanks to everyone who replied to me off-list about the BBC Radio drama ' The
    Price of Silence '. Lots of interesting leads to follow up !
      Cheers !  Graeme

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    Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:57:48 -0400
    From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Jack Benny

    Hello again --

    I missed several posts during February -- Jack Benny month -- and don't know
    if anyone has ever called OTRers attention to the number of clips with Jack
    that have shown up on YouTube: he appears there with Rochester, Mel Blanc,
    Frank Nelson, and others from his radio and television shows, but my
    favorite -- one of the funniest -- is the guest appearance of Groucho Marx.
    If you have high speed access, you can catch this clip at
    [removed];feature=related

    Enjoy!
    Jan Bach

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: If you have dialup, and a lot of patience, you can still see
    the clip by using Firefox and any of the download add-ons to download the
    clip to your computer. Once it's there, you can use FLV Player or VideoLan
    Player to play the clip. If you need help or pointers to the software, drop
    me a note off-list and I'll do whatever I can to help.  --cfs3]

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    Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:17:21 -0400
    From: Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  2008 SPERDVAC OLD-TIME RADIO CONVENTION NEWS
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    Here is the latest news about the SPERDVAC Old-Time Radio Convention,
    Friday May 2 through Sunday May 4 at the Sportsmen's Lodge, 12833
    Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA, 91604

    Our Stars: We are still booking more personalities and special
    features for the convention. Here are the panel guests and re-
    creation actors so far:

    Dick Beals
    Frank Bresee
    Ray Briem
    Eddie Carroll
    Ray Charles
    Ron Cocking
    Tommy Cook
    Ben Cooper
    Norman Corwin
    Ivan Cury
    Dena Dietrich
    Robert Easton
    June Foray
    Peter Ford
    Fred Foy
    Barbara Fuller
    Gogi Grant
    Colleen Gray
    John Harlan
    Tom Hatten
    Anne Jeffreys
    Casey Kasem
    Marilyn King
    Karen Sharp Kramer
    Chuck McCann
    Gloria McMillan
    Esther McVey
    Jan Merlin
    Bob Mills
    Shirley Mitchell
    Gary Owens
    Sy Prescott
    Lina Romay
    Susan Silo
    Stuffy Singer
    Chuck Southcott
    Kay Starr
    John Stephenson
    Gil Stratton
    Charlene Tilton
    Bea Wain
    Janet Waldo
    Beverly Washburn
    Jimmy Weldon

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    TENTATIVE CONVENTION SCHEDULE:

    Friday, May 2

    01:00 [removed] -- "Radio Goes to the Movies," hosted by Tom Hatten, with
    Colleen Gray, Anne Jeffreys, Gil Stratton, and others.
    02:10 [removed] -- "The Lone Ranger" Panel, with Fred Foy, Casey Kasem and
    Dick Beals
    03:00 [removed] -- "Sitting Around and Visiting  Panel of Old Time Radio
    Personalities;" hosted by Dick Beals.
    04:00 [removed]  Re-creation: "Ethel and Albert", starring Esther McVey
    and Jimmy Weldon; directed by Ron Cocking
    04:45 [removed]  Re-creation: "Tom Mix, starring Tommy Cook, Jim Harmon,
    Barbara Fuller, Frank Bresee, and Gloria McMillan; directed by
    Barbara Harmon
    06:30 [removed] -- Dinner Banquet  emceed by Jimmy Weldon.
    After-Dinner Re-creations:

        1. "The Great Gildersleeve," starring Shirley Mitchell, Chuck
    McCann, Gloria McMillan, Charlene Tilton, Eddie Carroll, Janet Waldo,
    Stuffy Singer, Dena Dietrich, Gil Stratton, and Ron Cocking; directed
    by Gregg Oppenheimer

        2.  "Suspense," starring Chuck McCann, Tom Hatten, June Foray,
    Dick Beals, Robert Easton, and Gloria McMillan; directed by Tim Knofler

    Saturday, May 3
    09:00 [removed] -- Frank Bresee presents "Great Entertainers on Radio"
    10:00 [removed]  Re-creation: "The Bickersons," starring Stuffy Singer
    and Gloria McMillan; directed by Ron Cocking.
    10:45 [removed] -- Bob Mills (who  wrote for Bob Hope) presents "Bob Hope:
    Thanks for the Memories (Part 2)"
    01:00 [removed] -- Peter Ford talks about his parents, Glenn Ford and
    Eleanor Powell.
    02:30 [removed] -- "Music on the Radio" Panel, hosted by Chuck Southcott,
    with Ray Briem, Marilyn King, Bea Wain, Ray Charles, Kay Starr, Lina
    Romay, and Gogi Grant.
    04:00 [removed] -- Easy Aces, directed by Barbara Watkins.
    04:40 [removed]  Re-creation: "The Fat Man," starring Jan Merlin, Tommy
    Cook, and Sy Prescott; directed by Barbara Watkins
    05:20 [removed]  Re-creation "Adventures of Captain Hudson," directed by
    Tim Knofler

    06:30 [removed] -- Dinner Banquet  emceed by Gary Owens
    After-Dinner Re-creations:

        1.  "The Jack Benny Program," starring Eddie Carroll, Chuck
    McCann, Beverly Washburn, Stuffy Singer, John Stephenson, and John
    Harlan; directed by Gregg Oppenheimer

         2. "The Lone Ranger," starring Fred Foy, Casey Kasem, Dick
    Beals, Ben Cooper, and Ivan Cury; directed by Frank Bresee.

    Sunday, May 4
    09:00 [removed] -- Norman Corwin's 98th Birthday Celebration Breakfast
    (with special guest Norman Corwin), hosted by Frank and Bobbi Bresee
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    Ticket Order Form: A print-out and mail-in order form (PDF) can be
    found on the web at
    [removed]

    Convention Flyer: View our flyer at
    [removed]

    Parking: SPERDVAC will validate hotel valet parking (near the
    convention rooms) for only $3 per car per day.  Bring your ticket to
    the SPERDVAC registration table to be stamped and pay for the valet
    service. There is also limited, first-come, first-served free parking
    on the east side of the hotel in the back two rows.

    Volunteers Needed: We need volunteers to help relieve some of our
    hard workers at the registration table on both Friday and Saturday
    during the day. Please contact Walden Hughes if you can help for part
    of either day.
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    [ADMINISTRIVIA: Both the flyer and the registration form are available at the
    Nostalgic RUmblings blog, [removed]  --cfs3]

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