Subject: [removed] Digest V2007 #125
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 4/24/2007 10:18 PM

To: [removed]@[removed]

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 125
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      "SIGH" I missed Cincy.                [ "randy story" <hopharrigan@centuryt ]
      4-24 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Major Bowes                           [ "Randall F. Miller Jr." <rfmillerjr ]
      Uncle Russ Addendum                   [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Walter Slezak                         [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      Help for New Cruise                   [ crow8164@[removed] (Dennis Crow) ]

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:50:00 -0400
    From: "randy story" <hopharrigan@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "SIGH" I missed Cincy.

    Hello, all.
    [removed]
    It happened.
    I missed the Cincy Con for the first time since 1999. :(
    A combination of no money, school scheduling, and personal matters caused me
    to miss what I now think of as the best time of the year for me.
    Sounds like the proverbial good time was had by all and I wish I could have
    been a part of it. However, I am planning on attending the FOTR again this
    year and I am hoping to to connect with some of you there, kids.
    I thought about you gys all weekend and sent you lots of positive, happy
    thoughts. I did really mis the warm, fuzzy feeling of getting hugged by the
    wonderful women in the Hughes family. I hope everyone is doing well.
    Until later: bye-bye and buy bonds!
    Randy Story
    West Plains, MO

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:16:54 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-24 births/deaths

    April 24th births

    04-24-1871 - Blanche Ring - Boston, MA - d. 1-13-1961
    actor/singer: "Fight Camp"; "Jumbo"
    04-24-1894 - Norman Sweetser - d. 8-xx-1980
    director: "Just Plain Bill"; "Stella Dallas"
    04-24-1897 - Alfred Brown - d. 1-28-1978
    actor: Og "Og, Son of Fire"
    04-24-1905 - Robert Penn Warren - Guthrie, KY - d. 9-15-1989
    author: (All the King's Men) "NBC University Theatre"
    04-24-1906 - William "Lord Haw Haw" Joyce - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-3-1946
    propagnadist for Nazi Germany during World War II: Hung for treason
    04-24-1907 - John Frank Anders - Upward, NC - d. 12-xx-1983
    composer, singer: live radio program in Knoxville, Tennessee
    04-24-1910 - Albert Zugsmith - Atlantic City, NJ - d. 10-26-1993
    film producer/director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    04-24-1926 - Marilyn Erskine - Rochester, NY
    actor: Gail Carver "Lora Lawton"; Janey Brown "Young Widder Brown"
    04-24-1928 - Ted McKay - Raised in North Avondale, OH - d. 12-22-2005
    talk show host: "Party Line"; Created first talk show on WKRC
    Cincinatti in 1955

    April 24th deaths

    02-03-1924 - Leslie Stevens - Washington, [removed] - d. 4-24-1998
    film director: "Stagestruck"
    02-13-1908 - Lennie Hayton - NYC - d. 4-24-1971
    conductor: "Your Hit Parade"; "Ipana Troubadors"
    03-06-1885 - Rosario Bourdon - Longuereil, Canada - d. 4-24-1961
    conductor: "Cities Service Concert"; "Great Personalities"
    06-17-1913 - Bob Allen - Allendale, OH - d. 4-24-1989
    singer: (Hal Kemp Band) "Phil Baker Show"; "Calling America"
    06-27-1914 - Noboru Kirishima - Iwaki City, Japan - d. 4-24-1984
    enka singer: "This Week's Star"
    07-17-1906 - John Carroll - New Orleans, LA - d. 4-24-1979
    actor: "Hello Mom"; "Suspense"
    08-03-1904 - Clifford Simak - Millville, WI - d. 4-24-1988
    writer: "Dimension X"
    08-21-1890 - Bill Henry - San Francisco, CA - d. 4-24-1970
    commentator: Chief CBS Correspondent
    10-02-1895 - Bud Abbott - Asbury Park, NJ - d. 4-24-1974
    comedian: "Abbott and Costello Show"
    10-29-1897 - Hope Emerson - Hawarden, IA - d. 4-24-1960
    actor: Henrietta Topper "Advs. of Topper"; Elsie the Cow "Happy Island"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:07:40 -0400
    From: "Randall F. Miller Jr." <rfmillerjr1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Major Bowes

    Does anyone know if any of the Major Bowes radio shows exist?
    At a recent program I gave on
    "Before they were famous - Radio stars you know from TV and the Movies"
    a person mentioned that her mother was a guest / performer on a Major Bowes
    show.
    The only info she could give me was her mothers maiden name Shirly Pesetzner
    and the date was somtime in the early 1930's
    I told her I would pass along the info, but did not offer much hope.

    --Randy Miller

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    Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:19:00 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Uncle Russ Addendum

    On Monday, April 23, 2007, at 10:00 PM, yours truly wrote:

>     "Uncle Russ"  now has his own web site, which features memorabilia
>     from that
>     radio series, including fan mail sent to him. You can view it at
>     <[removed]> For those of you who listened to
>     this show as a kid, Thompson would love to hear from you now. You can
>     email him at <russ@[removed];

    The web site of Russ works fine and I urge you to visit it soon. Not
    only can you view some delightful fan letters from kids of 50 years
    ago, you can also see pix of his celebrity guests: Frankie Laine,
    Lucille Ball, Chief Thundercloud, Dawes Butler etc. While Russ was
    doing the show in Hollywood for AFRS it was a little easier to get
    guest stars than it was after AFRS transferred him to Japan where he
    did the last two years of his Saturday morning show for the kids.

    Due to a small software glitch on his web site (built by a friend) the
    email address under "Contact us" does not work. It's the one I listed
    above in my first announcement. So I telephoned Russ and got his actual
    email address, <loveuncleruss@[removed]; and you can reach him at
    this address.

    Incidentally he told me that his show consisted of the original disks
    of "Let's Pretend" which AFRS then deleted all commercials,
    announcements, and anything prohibited by war-time regulations, leaving
    Russ with about 10 minutes to fill in this half hour show. He did it by
    creating his own kid-friendly characters and their voices.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    <[removed]>

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    Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:35:40 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Walter Slezak
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           I noticed the name of Walter Slezak on the birth/death list recently.
    That name sounded very familiar for some reason.  Was he a lead actor,
    or was he also known as a character actor as well?  BTW, is he any
    relation to soap opera actress, Erica Slezak?  If anyone knows of some
    memorable roles he portrayed on OTR, please let me know.  I believe
    he was in several movies playing older gentlemen during that time as well.

    Another OTR Fan ,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:54:18 -0400
    From: crow8164@[removed] (Dennis Crow)
    To: [removed]@[removed] (Old Time Radio Digest)
    Subject:  Help for New Cruise

    The Portland Spirit, one of Portland, Oregon's cruise ships, is preparing to
    establish a new cruise for Halloween.  The Cinnamon Bear Cruise in late
    November and December has proved highly popular and profitable.  Now, the
    ship's host wants a Halloween cruise based on an original radio show,
    preferably one designed for children. Old time radio is alive and well in
    Portland!

    Do any of you have suggestions?  The ship builds sets and designs costumes
    for its actors. Then children travel between the three decks to discover the
    story. Can you think of a radio show which could be the Halloween inspiration?

    Dennis Crow

    Any help would be much appreciated.

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