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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2008 : Issue 158
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Tape recording clarification [ Vince Long <vlongbsh@[removed]; ]
Attorneys on OTR [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@cha ]
Bing and Taping [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
Ain't that a Knee-Slapper [ JayHick@[removed] ]
GBS and Radio [ Rentingnow@[removed] ]
Don McNeill's Breakfast Club [ Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@sbcglo ]
6-24 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
FW: Doc Williams newpaper article [ Bill Knowlton <udmacon1@[removed] ]
AFRS - Mosquito network? [ Chargous@[removed] ]
#OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig [ charlie@[removed] ]
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:31:00 -0400
From: Vince Long <vlongbsh@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Tape recording clarification
Ken Greenwald said,
The first commercial tape machines were released to the radio
profession (not the consumer) in late 1947.
According to "Magnetic Recording: The First 100 Years" by Eric D.
Daniel, C. Denis Mee, and Mark H. Clark, Brush sold 2,500 of their
Soundmirror reel to reel machines, the BK401, in 1946. While targeting
the professional, these machines were available to consumers as well. I
bought one from the widow of the original owner and the dates on the 200
reels of paper-based tape that came with the machine went back to 1947.
BTW, the content of those reels is available, free of charge, on my web
site:
[removed]
Vince
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:31:26 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Attorneys on OTR
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I an understand why some of the 30 minute and 60 minute OTR
programs which centered around attorneys as the protagonists only
referred to their cases and rarely, if ever, showed the attorneys in the
courtroom. Some of the OTR shows such as "Perry Mason" were
serials (right?), yet centered mostly around the investigation and
gathering of information/evidence, but rarely showed the attorneys in
the courtroom explaining and/or defending what they'd uncovered. Why?
Was this the standard or had we become so jaded by the advent of
courtroom dramas on TV that we expected more?
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:32:20 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
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A TRIBUTE TO THEIR MAJESTIES
6-8-39 Historic First American visit by King George IV and Queen
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MUSIC: Ray Noble and His Orchestra.
STARS: George Sanders, Leslie Howard, Anna Neagle, Basil Rathbone, Brian
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Episode 39 6-27-37 "Vacation On The Moon"
CBS Cocoa Malt Sundays 6:00 - 6:30
Announcer: Bill Goodwin
Stars: Joe Penner, Joy Hodges, Gene Austin
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THE BIG STORY
Episode 144 1-11-50 "Gambling And Divorce Can Mean Murder"
The story of Frank McCuiloch of the Reno Gazette
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER
CANDY MATSON
(NBC) 4/4/49 "The Donna Dunham Case"
AMOS AND ANDY MUSIC HALL
(CBS) 11/25/60 The last network radio show of this most famous duo of radio.
JERRY AT FAIR OAKS
(Synd) 1937-38 First episode of the 2nd series featuring an unbelievable
kid leaving circus life to attend military school
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Bob Hope Show - "Chico Marx"
originally aired November 8, 1938 on NBC
Starring: Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Six Hits and a Miss, Skinnay Ennis
and his Orchestra, Chico Marx, Bill Goodwin announcing.
Sponsor: Pepsodent
Bob Hope Show - "Basil Rathbone"
originally aired January 28, 1941 on NBC
Starring: Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Six Hits and a Miss, Skinnay Ennis
and his Orchestra, Art Baker announcing the commercials, Bill Goodwin
announcing the program.
Sponsor: Pepsodent
Bob Hope Show - "New Bandleader Desi Arnaz"
originally aired September 24, 1946 on NBC
(first show of 9th season for Pepsodent)
Starring: Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Carol Richards, The Starlighters,
Barbara Jo Allen as Vera Vague, Desi Arnaz and his Orchestra, Wendall
Niles announcing.
Sponsor: Pepsodent
Bob Hope Show - "Jack Benny"
originally aired November 9, 1948 on NBC
Starring: Bob Hope, Irene Ryan, Jack Kirkwood, Doris Day, Bill Farrell,
Four Hits and a Miss, Les Brown and his Band of Renown, Hy Averback
announcing.
Sponsor: Swan Soap
Bob Hope Show - "Jack Webb, Dragnet Parody"
originally aired February 4, 1953 on NBC
Starring: Bob Hope, Bill Johnstone, Jane Morgan, Margaret Whiting, Les
Brown and his Band of renown, Bill Goodwin announcing.
Sponsor: Jell-O
==================================
If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.
Jerry Haendiges
Jerry@[removed] 562-696-4387
The Vintage Radio Place [removed]
Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
the Net
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:32:32 -0400
From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Bing and Taping
I've read a lot about how and why Bing went to tape, and here is the
version I have [removed] Bing loved golf and want to be tied down to live
shows on Thursday. He could record several shows in on day with the the
same audience. As example on January 14, 1948 George Burns was Bing's
guest and the following show January 21, 1948 Gracie Allen & Georg Burns
were the guests.
From little remarks I assumed that Gracie was in the studio on the
14th and George never left the studio to be on the show with [removed]
the 21st.
Frank McGurn
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:33:03 -0400
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Ain't that a Knee-Slapper
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>From Univ. Press of Mississippi, Jackson MS 601-432-6205 <
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There was a time when rural comedians drew most of their humor from tales of
farmers' daughters, hogs, hens, and hill country high jinks. Lum and Abner and
Ma and Pa Kettle might not have toured happily under the "Redneck" marquee,
but they were its precursors.
In Ain't That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century, author
Tim Hollis traces the evolution of this classic American form of humor in the
mass media, beginning with the golden age of radio, when such comedians as Bob
Burns, Judy Canova, and Lum and Abner kept listeners laughing. The book then
moves into the motion pictures of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, when the
established radio stars enjoyed second careers on the silver screen and were
joined
by live-action renditions of the comic strip characters Li'l Abner and Snuffy
Smith, along with the much-loved Ma and Pa Kettle series of films. Hollis
explores such rural sitcoms as The Real McCoys in the late 1950s and from the
1960s, The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Hee Haw,
and
many others. Along the way, readers are taken on side trips into the world of
animated cartoons and television commercials that succeeded through a
distinctly rural sense of fun.
While rural comedy fell out of vogue and networks sacked shows in the early
1970s, the emergence of such hits as The Dukes of Hazzard brought the genre
whooping back to the mainstream. Hollis concludes with a brief look at the
current state of rural humor, which manifests itself in a more suburban,
redneck
brand of standup comedy.
Tim Hollis is the author of numerous books, including Hi There, Boys and
Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs and (with Greg Ehrbar) Mouse
Tracks:
The Story of Walt Disney Records.
Lobby card--Li'l Abner movie promotion, courtesy Tim Hollis
256 pages (approx.), 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 99 b&w illustrations, index,
bibliography. Cost: Paperback; $25; Cloth; $50
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:33:14 -0400
From: Rentingnow@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: GBS and Radio
There was a discussion some time ago about why Shaw's plays were not adapted
for radio. Theater Guild (TG) was the main producer of Shaw's plays in New
York. The biggest problem they had with him was that he would not allow
any, I mean ANY cuts or changing of the words. Most of his plays then could
not be produced on radio except "Don Juan in Hell" on which was part of "Man
and Superman" and is like a one act. That detail was discussed previously on
the group.
I have a book somewhere that details the whole problem with Shaw and cuts
and why sometimes TG couldn't produce his plays either because they were too
long or, in some cases, not particularly good unless they were cut or
modified.
Since TG couldn't tighten them up, they were unwilling to invest the money
in a production that had a high probability of failing commercially .
TG was proud of the large number of good radio programs they produced. But
I don't think that there was any Shaw.
The film "Anthony and Cleopatra" was written or under the supervision of
Shaw. That was the way the film was able to be made and cut and changed. But
this was the exception not the rule.
The book also details the granting of the rights to "Pygmalion" and its
conversion to "My Fair Lady". If my memory serves me correctly TG was
involved
at one point but dropped out of producing it much to their regret.
I can't find the book detailing this at this moment. But will provide more
definitive details later.
Larry
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:33:23 -0400
From: Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Don McNeill's Breakfast Club
Today is the 75th anniversary of the first broadcast of Don McNeill's
Breakfast Club.
[removed]
Don Shenbarger
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:33:30 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 6-24 births/deaths
June 24th births
06-24-1891 - Irving Pichel - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 7-13-1954
actor, film director: "Gulf Screen Theatre";"Screen Director's
Playhouse"
06-24-1893 - Arthur Hughes - Bloomington, IL - d. 12-28-1982
actor: Bill Davidson "Just Plain Bill"; Stephen Dallas "Stella Dallas"
06-24-1895 - Jack Dempsey - Manassa, CO - d. 5-31-1983
boxing champion: "Ben Bernie Show"; "Kemtone Hour"; "Saturday Night
Bandwagon"
06-24-1900 - Gene Austin - Gainesville, TX - d. 1-24-1972
singer: "Gene Austin"; "Joe Penner Show"; "[removed] Musical Showroom"
06-24-1904 - Phil Harris - Linton, IN - d. 8-11-1995
bandleader, singer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"
06-24-1909 - Milton Katims - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-27-2006
violist, conductor: "NBC Symphony"; "Eternal Light"
06-24-1910 - Cootie Williams - Mobile, AL - d. 9-14-1985
jazz trumpet player: "Jubilee"
06-24-1910 - Katherine Locke - Kalakenchu, Russia - d. 9-12-1995
actor: (Wife of Norman Corwin) "Columbia Presents Corwin"
06-24-1912 - Brian Johnston - Little Berkhamsted, England - d. 1-5-1994
entertainer-commentator: "In Town Tonight"; "Down Your Way"
06-24-1914 - Allan E. Sloane - d. 4-29-2001
writer: "Indictment"; "Bulldog Drummond"; "The Man Behind the Gun"
06-24-1915 - Jack Sterling - Baltimore, MD - d. 10-31-1991
announcer/emcee: "Make Up Your Mind"
06-24-1921 - Peggy DeCastro - On a Sugar Plantation, Dominican
Republic - d. 3-6-2004
singer: (The DeCastro Sisters) "Steve Lawrence Show"; "Here's to
Veterans"
06-24-1923 - Jack Carter - NYC
comedian: "Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway"
06-24-1924 - Mickey "Junior" O'Day - Newark, NJ
actor: Peter Pig "Children's Hour"; Neddie Evans "Big Sister"
06-24-1924 - Thelma Rogers - Coventry, England - d. 1-13-2000
actor: "The Archers"
06-24-1925 - Louis Jean Brunelli - NYC
assistant conductor: "Longines Symphonette"
June 24th deaths
01-28-1921 - Jerry Appy - d. 6-24-1990
sportscaster: KXXX Colby, Kansas
02-26-1916 - Jackie Gleason - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-24-1987
comedian: "Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne Show"
04-09-1883 - Frank King - Cashton, WI - d. 6-24-1969
cartoonist: Created Gasoline Alley comic strip
05-23-1911 - Dorothy Lee - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-24-1999
singer: "Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians"
05-26-1915 - Ray Austin - NYC - d. 6-24-1998
composer/arranger for many big bands
05-29-1937 - Misora Hibari - Yokohama, Japan - d. 6-24-1989
enka singer: "Kohaku Utagassen"
07-04-1913 - Barbara Weeks - Boston, MA - d. 6-24-2003
actor: "Pulitzer Prize Plays"; "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"; "Romance"
08-04-1889 - William Keighley - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-24-1984
host: Lux Radio Theatre
08-28-1898 - Artells Dickson - Oklahoma Territory - d. 6-24-1968
actor: Tom Mix "Tom Mix"; Slim "Pretty Kitty Kelly"
09-06-1908 - Paul Lavalle - Beacon, NY - d. 6-24-1997
conductor: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"; "Dinah
Shore Show"
09-13-1912 - Claude Casey - Enoree, SC - d. 6-24-1999
country, bluegrass: "Briarhoppers"
09-18-1894 - Willard Robison - Shelbina, MO - d. 6-24-1968
orchestra leader: (Evangelist of Rhythm) "Plantation Echoes"
10-09-1912 - John Tackaberry - Adelaide, Australia - d. 6-24-1969
writer: "Jack Benny Program"
10-21-1907 - Jack Holden - Alba, MI - d. 6-24-1971
announcer: "National Barn Dance"; "Uncle Ezra"
12-21-1922 - Paul Winchell - NYC - d. 6-24-2005
ventriloquist: "Paul Winchell-Jerry Mahoney Show"
12-28-1879 - Frank Blanchford - Toronto, Canada - d. 6-24-1957
violinist: WGY Schenectady, New York
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:33:48 -0400
From: Bill Knowlton <udmacon1@[removed];
To: "radio, oldtime" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: FW: Doc Williams newpaper article
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I'm passing along a new article on WWVA Jamboree pioneer Doc [removed]
to me by his daughter "Peeper" who often appeared with her sisters with their
parents on WWVA:
Bill, you might like to read the article about Dad from our Sunday
News-Register (our local paper) June 22, 2008, "Doc Williams Reflects on Life"
full story. It is on their home page for several days at
[removed] Comments after the article are gracious and
interesting. You helped save an historic theater in your area. Do you have
any suggestions on the non-profit versus private ownership comment (regarding
our Capitol Music Hall in Wheeling) from one of the readers? Dad will be 94
on June 26. We are blessed. Greetings from us all . We appreciate you.
Barbara (Peeper)
Bill Knowlton
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:34:02 -0400
From: Chargous@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: AFRS - Mosquito network?
I heard this one for the first time on a disc I just did - the Mosquito
network. Was that a subdivision of AFRS?
Travis
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:12:01 -0400
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!
A weekly [removed]
For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio. We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
real-time OTR talk!
Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
it's always a good time!
For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
week and every week!
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