Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #123
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Date: 4/5/2004 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 123
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Mister Ed                             [ Randy Watts <rew1014@[removed]; ]
      Re: Lum and Abner finale              [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      Re: Blackhawk Radio Info              [ "Brian L Bedsworth" <az2pa@[removed]; ]
      Elevators and HDTV                    [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
      Me and the April Fools                [ "Austotr" <austotr@[removed]; ]
      Re: Mr. Ed                            [ Ga6string@[removed] ]
      April 1 obit                          [ "Alain Altounian" <[removed]@[removed] ]
      April's Fools                         [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Elevator Operators                    [ "RBB" <oldradio@[removed]; ]
      Jughead                               [ "Jody Davis" <baroygis@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 19:55:31 -0400
    From: Randy Watts <rew1014@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mister Ed

>     Incidentally, Jay Hickerson's ULTIMATE GUIDE book
>     lists a radio episode of Mister Ed.  Though I suspect
>     it's nothing more than an audio recording of a TV
>     episode, does anyone have this audio recording so I
>     can check it out?

>     Martin Grams, Jr.

    While MISTER ED was on the air, Colpix Records
    released an LP drawn from the soundtracks of a couple
    of episodes of the series, "Ed the Songwriter" and
    "Mister Ed's Blues."  That LP is very likely the
    source of the "radio episode" listed in Hickerson.

    Randy

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    Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:45:16 -0400
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Lum and Abner finale
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    In a message dated 4/4/04 11:18:48 AM Central Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     LUM AND ABNER
>     ABC    5-15-53    "The Last Show of the Series
>     Stars Norris Goff and Chet Lauk - their last show after 22 years on network
>     radio

    Since I don't get "Heritage Radio Theatre" where I live, can someone describe
    this one for me?  Was there a sponsor? A goodbye message at the end or other
    announcement?  What was the plot?

    Dixon

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    Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:46:59 -0400
    From: "Brian L Bedsworth" <az2pa@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Blackhawk Radio Info

    Here's a place to start: an interview with the man most associated with the
    Blackhawk characters in its Quality and early (pre-Chaykin) DC runs, Chuck
    Cuidera -- an article which appeared in Comic Book Marketplace (#66, May
    1999) and is summarized by one website (found via Googling "blackhawk radio
    series") thusly:

    "A side bar explores the interesting connection between Blackhawk and
    Superman. Most Blackhawk fans know that it was a very successful title in the
    early '40s, outselling every other comic book except Superman. It even
    outsold Batman. But this article reveals that the Blackhawk radio series
    (that premiered on ABC on September 20, 1950, and aired every Wednesday at
    5:30 until January 3, 1951) alternated with the Superman radio series, in its
    last season in 1950-51. The parts of Superman and Blackhawk were played by
    the same actor, a former Universal contract player named Michael Fizmaurice.
    Curiously, the next year Kirk Alyn, who had played Superman in two serials,
    was cast in the role of Blackhawk."

    (Source: [removed])

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    Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 00:42:16 -0400
    From: JackBenny@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Elevators and HDTV

    Mark Kinsler writes:

>     who, like every kid of his generation, always wanted to be an elevator
>     operator.  They got to wear cool uniforms and sit on that little stool that
>     folded down from the wall.

    This is totally off-topic, but that you've mentioned it, I did that once sans
    the uniform and with a regular chair.  I was volunteering for a senior
    citizen informational fair at the local library when I was in high school,
    and some
    bright bulb decided that a person needed to be an elevator operator to move
    the seniors between the first and second floor.  I think I was stationed there
    for four hours, just going back and forth between the first and second floor.
    I don't know what it was, but after about three hours, I started to get
    lightheaded.  Somehow I ended up outside with one of the women in charge.
    She saw
    me going green around the gills, turned me over the bushes, and let's just say
    that nature took its course.

    But a very memorable moment before that was when a small crowd of people came
    into the elevator around a senior lady who was crying and in hysterics.  They
    tried to get her to talk, and she sobbed that she had been at the booth to
    have her eyes checked, and the doctor had told her something.  After a great
    deal of coaxing, she finally wailed, "HE TOLD ME I WAS PREGNANT!"

    (How I caught her morning sickness, I have no idea.)

>     I wonder if there are stars who won't quite make it into HDTV?  Mr Hal

    Stone,

>     who knows radio, TV, and probably HDTV (TV commercials have used it for a
>     while) might wish to comment.

    I think you're right, Mark.  Hal Stone probably won't quite make it to HDTV.
    ;)

    --LL

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    Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:09:50 -0400
    From: "Austotr" <austotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Me and the April Fools

    In issue 122 Elizabeth revisited the fallout of her brilliantly executed
    April Fool joke of 2003.  Elizabeth I still smile when I think of that joke,
    there are those of us with a sense of humour who appreciated the style and
    delivery.

    I am sorry to hear about the health issues and wish you and yours a better
    2004.

>     Just be aware there's some real nut cases out there in The
>     Vast World-Wide Collecting Community, and you don't want to get on their
>     bad side.

    I guess people who deliberately paste incorrect intros on episodes and
    deliberately misname and misrepresent episodes for their own gratification,
    or to discredit mp3, are capable of anything.  Fortunately the thousands of
    honest and hardworking people involved in the hobby far outweigh them.

    I have learnt a lot from you and from the other knowledgeable people here
    who are generous with their time and information.

    On the other hand, I am worried about Hal who disappears from the list
    regularly and takes on another persona of Dorothy.  Not that I am judging
    him, I think as Dorothy he makes some great posts to the list.  But I am
    concerned he is spending more time as Dorothy.

    Ian Grieve

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    Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:10:30 -0400
    From: Ga6string@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Mr. Ed
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    In a message dated 4/4/2004 12:18:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     Jay Hickerson's ULTIMATE GUIDE book lists a radio episode of Mister Ed.
>     Though I suspect it's nothing more than an audio recording of a TV episode, does
>     anyone have this audio recording so I can check it out?

    Not here, but I do have a great old 45 of the Mr. Ed theme song, b/w "The
    Pretty Little Filly With the Pony Tail." Every time I heard it, I feel like I'm 8
    years old again!
    Bryan

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    Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 10:02:19 -0400
    From: "Alain Altounian" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "Old. Time. Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  April 1 obit

    A few years on the "net" has been a practical reminder to me that virtually
    everything is "IMHO" [removed]

    Still, i was surprised that someone read that post

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    Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 10:20:44 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  April's Fools

    From: "HARLAN ZINCK" <zharlan@[removed];

    Dixon wrote:

>     Could that be because it's April Fools???  Guess Elizabeth took this year
>     [removed] ;-)

>     Considering the almost complete and utter reaming Ms. McLeod suffered due
>     to last year's fairly innocuous prank, who the hell can blame her?!?

    I'd have to second Harlan here; the vicious over-reaction to Elizabeth's
    quite elegant jest was very disheartening. Of course, it was a direct result
    of the "mouth-watering"
    quotient of what she claimed had been unearthed (having once worn one of Wm.
    Gillette's "Holmes" dressing gowns for a moment, my own drool was [removed])

    I take this opportunity to mention the only prank that I know of in the same
    league, which happened just last week.

    On the Universal Monster Army weblist, someone posted a note that a "Photo of
    Bela Lugosi's FRANKENSTEIN Make-up Test Has Been Found!"(For those who don't
    know, Bela did indeed test for - then drop, in derision - the role that made
    Boris Karloff a star).

    When you raced to the site, what you saw was a beatifully faked pic of the
    actor sitting deep in thought at a schoolroom desk, before a blackboard
    covered with questions about Mary Shelley's [removed]

    Truly, Bela Lugosi, taking a make-up test, on the subject of Frankenstein!

    Best,
    Craig

    [removed] - Prayers & best wishes for your health battles, Elizabeth; & congrats
    on the publishing deal for what is sure to be a landmark A & A tome!

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    Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:48:16 -0400
    From: "RBB" <oldradio@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Elevator Operators

    <<Mark Kinsler posted reminisces about the elevator dispatcher>>>

    Growing up in Boston, every downtown department store (Jordan Marsh, [removed]
    White's, Filene's, Raymond's) had elevator operators who greeted you with
    "Step back, please, floors please" upon entering, and "Watch your step,
    please" when exiting the elevator.  They were very polite (men and women)
    who sat in the little drop-down seat from the elevator wall.  They wore
    white cotton gloves while turning the power handle from left to right of
    center, sometimes stopping with a quick up-and-down to level the elevator
    floor with the opening level floor (so ya don't trip!)

    The "dispatcher," however, was usually a tad brusque, quickly walking from
    elevator door to door with his white gloved hand directing the herding
    patrons into the next open chamber.

    I remember there was a "clicker" in his/her hand that went "[removed]" to
    signal the operator to close first the door, then the gate.  If there was
    not a fast enough response closing the door, you'd hear several "clicker"
    snaps as a hurry up alert to the operator.

    Tieing this post into a radio subject:  there was always soothing, elevator
    music to hum along from a broadcaster's music service, (...remember Musak?
    Well, they are still around [removed] )

    By the way, Filene's famous "Bargain Basement Store" (with Automatic
    Markdown tags) was always a madhouse of shoppers who boarded the
    Up-elevators with armfulls of packaged and bagged goods that literally took
    over the small elevator.

    Why is it that we all quietly watch the ascending and decending numbers
    light up as the elevator passes each floor?  Wouldn't that be a great place
    for advertising signage or crawling lighted letters selling us stuff?

    =Russ Butler  oldradio@[removed]
    Everything that is [removed] new again!

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    Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:48:24 -0400
    From: "Jody Davis" <baroygis@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jughead

    Just a quick note to offer a king-sized personal thank-you (and a lifetime
    supply of Swift's Premium Franks) to Hal Stone for his participation in the
    Elmira (NY) Little Theater's "Another Visit to the Golden Age of Radio" this
    past weekend. And a queen-sized thanks to producer/director Gary Yoggy.

    Our three performances of four OTR shows (that makes 12, I think) went over
    very well with our audiences. For those of you who haven't had the benefit
    of hearing Hal reprise the Jughead [removed] he's as squeaky at age 39+ as he
    was as a teenager. He also did a nice job stepping out of his comedy
    straitjacket and into the lead for an episode of "Escape" (and told me he
    enjoyed it thoroughly). Outside of the performances, Hal regaled this fellow
    veteran of the television wars with some great stories of life in the early
    days of TV news. If you have an opportunity to see Hal at a convention or
    [removed] And say hi to the delightful Dorothy Stone while you're at
    it.

    It was an honor to share the stage with you, Jug.

    Sincerely,

    Jody Davis
    TV News Director, OTR Collector, Thespian-For-A-Weekend

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: As far as I can tell, the "squeaky" voice is his natural one.
    Any others he uses are the result of his voice-acting abilities.  --cfs3]

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