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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 203
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      X Minus One                           [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      11-25 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      free OTR trivia, The Shadow           [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      11-26 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Rogue's Gallery                       [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      11-27 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Shadow sculpture                      [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      This week in radio history 28 Novemb  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:22:03 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  X Minus One

    Jim Widner commented:

>     The agreement with those two magazines was strictly a scratch-my-back
>     approach - an ad in the magazine for the radio series with a mention for
>     publications on the radio show. That was it. They did provide stories from
>     the publications for the staff at NBC to find potential stories to adapt as
>     part of that exchange.

    Jim is absolutely 100 percent correct. Almost every radio program I ever
    researched that involved adaptations of short stories from magazines had the
    same case scenario. The advertising potential of the magazine name being
    promoted every week was valueable. Whether the authors of the stories were
    paid extra or not was a case by case scenario, contracted between the
    publisher and the author. Some sponsors paid as much as $10,000 a week to
    have their product pitched on a radio show. And sales of the magazine as a
    result of the "scratch-my-back" arrangement was certainly worth more than a
    weekly fee.

    As for The Digital Deli, I agree with Jim. They, like some people who have
    extensive web-sites, are trying to make an effort to document old time radio
    and clean up the errors and myths -- but they have generated tons of
    mistakes. This is the result of two problems. One, many mysteries remain
    unsolved and their "theories" and "assumptions" keep getting mistaken as fact
    and carried over into other periodicals and web-sites (including Wikipedia).
    Second, The Digital Deli has made lots of errors by consulting the wrong
    sources (as Jim pointed out) and rather than consult good sources, they turn
    a blind cheek towards the past efforts of others, and speak negative about
    prior works. Heck, according to them, I'm probably the worst researcher out
    there.

    Case in point: They document a radio show called CASE DISMISSED and claim
    (and I'm quoting them from their site) that I "fabricated every title for his
    CASE DISMISSED article and log from whole [removed] we've seen this before in
    the vast majority of Grams' logs and articles." They could have saved
    themselves the embarrassment by contacting me before posting such a "rude"
    comment by asking what my source of information was, rather than state I made
    up the titles. I have two bound volumes of original radio scripts and I took
    the dates and titles from the front page of each script. I just dug up those
    scripts for a person in Canada who e-mailed me, asking why The Digital Deli
    was being rude. They were apparently researching the show because they had
    two recordings of the show that don't have the same titles and dates listed
    on The Digital Deli, but two of them had titles in my log. I copied the front
    page of each radio script for them to help assist them with their project and
    that's how I learned (from the person in Canada) that there were apparently
    two runs or batches of episodes.

    Just the other week, a friend of mine named Dan e-mailed and said he was
    doing a project about STAY TUNED FOR TERROR. He said he found The Digital
    Deli's web-site and read where they questioned the validity of the log I had
    in RADIO DRAMA (McFarland Publishers). He asked me where my source came from
    and I told him the scripts at the Library of Congress, which were registered
    for copyright. Dan agreed the info I consulted was better than The Digital
    Deli's "assumptions" (Deli consults newspaper listings and Radio Yesteryear's
    site and on the Digest a couple years ago we've already debunked why it's not
    smart to consult those venues when researching OTR) and Dan thanked me for
    taking a few minutes to answer his question. Kudos to Dan for consulting the
    source, and not a site that questions other people's published efforts.

    Everyone's efforts, no matter how small or large, are major contributions to
    the hobby. (Twice in the past two years at FOTR, on stage, I debunked a
    number of OTR myths in front of a crowd of people and not once did I ever
    state the names who started those myths and mistakes. I didn't see any point
    in that. But in debunking the myths, I did a slide show presentation with
    scans of proof and did not make "assumptions.")

    As for the "audition" recording for X MINUS ONE, I am surprised people are
    still commenting when I posted the answer some time ago on the Digest. In
    short, most auditions were NOT aired. Why some people keep posting the
    suggestion that audition recordings all have airdates is unknown to me. It is
    the recording dates which might keep getting mistaken for airdates. (Every
    time I listed the date of an audition recording, I consulted the vendor or
    dealer who had the original studio master and verified the recording date.)
    Audition recordings like the X MINUS ONE recording, never aired prior to the
    series premiere, but it was used as part of the series later. After all, if
    you were a producer and spent money on an audition, wouldn't you want to save
    money by using it even if it's not the first episode of the series?

    Martin Grams

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    Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:22:09 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-25 births/deaths

    November 25th births

    11-25-1871 - Kate McComb - Sacramento, CA - d. 4-15-1959
    actor: Mrs. Kerrigan "The Goldbergs"; Nannie "Lora Lawton"
    11-25-1886 - Rex Maupin - St. Joseph, MO - d. 7-28-1966
    orchestra leader: "Breakfast Club"; "National Farm and Home Hour"
    11-25-1887 - William Steinke - Slatinton, PA - d. 1-29-1958
    host: "Jolly Bill and Jane"; "No School Today"
    11-25-1893 - Jack Frost - Boston, MA - d. 10-21-1959
    producer: "The National Barn Dance"
    11-25-1894 - Laurence Stallings - Macon, GA - d. 2-28-1968
    writer: "Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt" based on his play "What
    Price Glory?"
    11-25-1896 - Virgil Thomson - Kansas City, MO - d. 9-30-1989
    composer: "Columbia Workshop"
    11-25-1897 - Willie 'The Lion' Smith - Goshen, NY - d. 4-18-1973
    jazz pianist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
    11-25-1899 - Kay Strozzi - Swan's Point Plantation, VA - d. 1-18-1996
    actor: Shelia Blade "I Love Linda Dale"; Victoria Lorring "Young
    Widder Brown"
    11-25-1899 - Pierre Andre - d. 7-21-1962
    announcer: "Little Orphan Annie"; "Captain Midnight"
    11-25-1900 - Helen Gahagan Douglas - Boonton, NJ - d. 6-28-1980
    actor: (Wife of Melvin Douglas) "Hollywood Fights Back"; "A Report to
    the Nation"
    11-25-1904 - Jessie Royce Landis - Chicago, IL - d. 2-2-1972
    actor: "We Are Always Young"
    11-25-1905 - Will Osborne - Toronto, Canada - d. 10-22-1981
    bandleader, singer: "Abbott and Costello"
    11-25-1908 - Ray Carter - Chicago, IL - d. 9-xx-1982
    composer, conductor: "The Goal Beyond"
    11-25-1909 - Verne Smith - NYC - d. 3-4-1978
    announcer: "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
    11-25-1912 - Francis Durbridge - Hull, Yorkshire, England - d. 4-11-1998
    writer: Creator of Paul Temple
    11-25-1912 - Henry Denker - NYC
    writer: "Cavalcade of America"; "Greatest Story Ever Told"
    11-25-1914 - Joe DiMaggio - Martinez, CA - d. 3-8-1999
    baseball superstar: "Joe DiMaggio Show"
    11-25-1919 - Norman Tokar - Newark, NJ - d. 4-6-1979
    actor: Henry Aldrich "The Aldrich Family"
    11-25-1920 - Ricardo Montalban - Mexico City, Mexico - d. 1-14-2009
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "As Easy as [removed]"
    11-25-1922 - Patricia Foy - London, England - d. 7-26-2006
    vocalist: "Shep Fields Orchestra"
    11-25-1925 - Jeffrey Hunter - New Orleans. LA - d. 5-27-1969
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-25-1926 - Poul Anderson - Bristol, PA - d. 4-1-2001
    scifi author: Works adapted for "X Minus One" "Exploring Tomorrow"

    November 25th deaths

    01-04-1927 - John Drury - Peoria, IL - d. 11-25-2007
    staff announcer: WTMJ Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    02-22-1879 - Philip F. Lord - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-25-1968
    actor: Pop Gunn "Great Gunns"; Frazier Mitchell "Mary Marlin"
    03-04-1909 - Harry Elders - d. 11-25-1993
    actor: Dr. Bill Evans "Road of Life"; David Houseman "Stepmother"
    04-04-1914 - Rosemary Lane - Indianola, IA - d. 11-25-1974
    singer: (The Lane Sisters) "Fred Waring Show"; "Your Hollywood Parade"
    04-13-1916 - Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner - Kansas City, MO - d.
    11-25-2006
    writer of radio soap operas
    04-29-1912 - Richard Carlson - Albert Lea, MN - d. 11-25-1977
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-16-1907 - Jack Albertson - Malden, MA - d. 11-25-1981
    actor: "Milton Berle Show"; "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"; "Cavalcade
    of America"
    07-13-1889 - Frank M. Thomas - St. Joseph, MO - d. 11-25-1989
    actor: Police Captain "Martin Kane, Private Eye"
    07-20-1908 - Fritz Littlejohn - Paculet, SC - d. 11-25-2005
    news writer/supervisor for NBC radio (1945-1952)
    07-30-1912 - Edward L. Bliss - Fizhou, China - d. 11-25-2002
    cbs news correspondent: (One of Morrow's Boys) CBS News Twentieth
    Century Roundup"
    08-01-1918 - Bill Shipley - Ottawa, KS - d. 11-25-1996
    announcer: "The Jimmy Dorsey Show"; "Look Your Best"
    08-28-1895 - H. Norman Schwarzkopf - Newark, NJ - d. 11-25-1958
    narrator: "Gangbusters"
    09-21-1930 - John Morgan - Aberdale, Wales - d. 11-25-2004
    writer: "It's All in the Mind of John Morgan"
    11-19-1905 - Eleanor Audley - NYC - d. 11-25-1991
    actor: Elizabeth Smith "Father Knows Best"
    11-30-1931 - Teddy Wilburn - Hardy, AR - d. 11-25-2003
    country singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Country Style [removed]"
    12-08-1933 - Flip Wilson - Jersey City, NJ - d. 11-25-1998
    comedian: "Voices of Vista"
    12-25-1907 - Matt Brooks - NYC - d. 11-25-1990
    writer: "The Eddie Cantor Show"
    12-31-1913 - Ted Meyers - d. 11-25-1996
    announcer: "People Are Funny"; "Yarns for Yanks"; "Calling All Cars"

    Ron

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    Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:24:30 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  free OTR trivia, The Shadow

    For anyone who has twenty minutes to spare, a brief history of the NBC
    series, BLUE COAL MYSTERY REVUE (1932-33), hosted by The Shadow (as a spooky
    narrator, not as a crime fighter), is now available. Scroll down to the
    bottom of this page and click the link
    where prompted. The sample will not be posted on the internet after New
    Year's. Enjoy!

    [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:24:39 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-26 births/deaths

    November 26th births

    11-26-1889 - H. I. Phillips - Connecticut - d. 3-15-1965
    writer, composer: "Information Please"
    11-26-1891 - Anne Nichols - Dales Mill, GA - d. 9-15-1966
    writer: "Abie's Irish Rose"
    11-26-1905 - Emlyn Williams - Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales - d. 9-25-1987
    actor: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
    11-26-1907 - Frances Dee - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-6-2004
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-26-1907 - Henry "Hot Lips" Levine - London, England - d. 5-6-1989
    trumpeter, conducter: "Chamber Music of Lower Basin Street"; "Strictly
    from Dixie"
    11-26-1908 - Lefty Gomez - Rodeo, CA - d. 2-17-1989
    baseball pitcher: "Information Please"
    11-26-1910 - Cyril Cusack - Durban, South Africa - d. 10-7-1993
    actor: "Great Expectations"
    11-26-1911 - Robert Donley - Carmichaels, PA - d. 1-20-2004
    actor: "Lieutenant Carpenter "Front Page Farrell"
    11-26-1912 - Eric Sevareid - Velva, ND - d. 7-9-1992
    correspondent: "Eric Sevaried and the News"; "CBS Radio Workshop"
    11-26-1913 - Bill Baldwin - Pueblo, CO - d. 11-17-1982
    announcer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Mario Lanza Show"
    11-26-1915 - Earl Wild - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 1-23-2010
    pianist: KDKA Pittsburgh; "NBC Symphony Orchestra"
    11-26-1917 - Adele Jergens - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-22-2002
    actor: Carol Curtis "Stand By For Crime"
    11-26-1919 - Frederick Pohl - NYC
    writer: "X-Minus One"
    11-26-1922 - Terry Ryan - Cleveland, OH - d. 5-5-2001
    comedy writer: "Fred Allen Show"
    11-26-1933 - Louis Turenne - Montreal, Canada
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    11-26-1933 - Robert Goulet - Lawrence, MA - d. 10-30-2007
    singer-actor: "Guard Session"; "Voices of Vista"

    November 26th deaths

    01-26-1922 - Michael Bentine - Watford, Hertfordshie, England - d.
    11-26-1996
    comedian: "Goon Show"
    02-04-1909 - Robert Coote - London, England - d. 11-26-1982
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"
    02-26-1915 - Eddie Gallaher - Washington, [removed] - d. 11-26-2003
    disc jockey: "Moon Dial"; "On a Sunday Afternoon"
    02-28-1879 - Julian Noa - d. 11-26-1958
    actor: Perry White "Advs. of Superman"; Judge Scott "The O'Neills"
    04-03-1913 - Mel Tolkin - Odessa, Russia - d. 11-26-2007
    comedy writer: wrote jokes for Bob Hope
    04-12-1902 - John White - d. 11-26-1992
    country/western singer: Lonesome Cowboy "Death Valley Days"
    05-06-1906 - Mathilde Ferror - d. 11-26-1990
    writer: "Lorenzo Jones"
    05-23-1910 - Benjamin "Scatman" Crothers - Terre Haute, IN - d.
    11-26-1986
    jazz musician: early radio into the 40s
    06-14-1913 - Stanley Black - London, England - d. 11-26-2002
    conductor: BBC Dance Orchestra
    06-18-1885 - Ernie Adams - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-26-1947
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-23-1883 - Albert Warner - Poland - d. 11-26-1967
    co-founder of warner brothers: "Warner Brothers Academy Theatre"
    09-23-1908 - Tiny Bradshaw - Youngstown, OH - d. 11-26-1958
    orchestra leader: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"
    10-15-1898 - Ransom Sherman - Appleton, WI - d. 11-26-1985
    actor: Uncle Dennis "Fibber McGee and Molly"; Hap Hazard "Hap Hazard"
    10-16-1903 - "Wild Bill" Elliott (Gordon Nance) - Pattonsburg, MO - d.
    11-26-1965
    actor: Wild Bill Elliott "Wild Bill Elliott"
    11-19-1905 - Tommy Dorsey - Shenandoah, PA - d. 11-26-1956
    bandleader: "Jack Pearl Program"; "Fame and Fortune"; "Tommy Dorsey
    Show"
    12-01-1904 - Jimmy Lytell - NYC - d. 11-26-1972
    bandleader, clarinetist: "Cavalcade of America"; "Songs by Morton
    Downey"
    12-09-1932 - Bill Hartack - Ebensburg, PA - d. 11-26-2007
    jockey: "Tops in Sports"

    Ron

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    Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:24:46 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Rogue's Gallery

    Kenneth Clarke asked: What can anyone tell me about an OTR series called
    "Rogues Gallery"?
    I've only just heard about it.  It sounds like it might be a detective
    series.  Who
    starred in it and was it very popular?  General information, specific facts,
    anything
    at all would be helpful.

    Yes, it was a detective program. In his best-known incarnation, Richard Rogue
    trailed lovely blondes and protected witnesses in the new tough-guy persona
    of Dick Powell. This was the transition series for Powell in his quest to be
    recognized as an actor rather than a singer. It had some of the same cute
    elements that would make RICHARD DIAMOND a high spot four years later. The
    gimmick on ROGUE'S GALLERY was the presence of an alter ego, "Eugor," (Rogue
    spelled backward), who arrived in the middle of the story to goad Rogue on
    his final deduction.

    The answer I typed above originates from John Dunning's ON THE AIR, which has
    been recommended by everyone Universally (and in past postings) as the one
    book any OTR fan should have. It's not anything definitive, but it's a great
    starting point for OTR in general.

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    Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:25:48 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-27 births/deaths

    November 27th births

    11-27-1881 - C. Mildred Thompson - Atlanta, GA - d. 2-17-1975
    historian, educator, feminist: "Information Please"
    11-27-1882 - Norman Baker - Muscatine, IL - d. 9-8-1958
    vaudevillian: "Mr. Baker Himself"
    11-27-1890 - Gladys Rice - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-7-1983
    singer: "Roxy's Gang"; "Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra"; "Voice of
    Firestone"
    11-27-1893 - Harry Foster Welch - Annapolis, MD - d. 8-16-1973
    actor: "Shell Show"
    11-27-1897 - Vera Allen - NYC - d. 8-10-1987
    actor: Grace Doblen "Hilltop House"; Mother Malone "Young Dr. Malone"
    11-27-1898 - Eddie Kay - NYC - d. 12-22-1973
    composer, conductor: "Those We Love"
    11-27-1899 - Silvio Coscia - Milan, Italy - d. 9-15-1977
    co-principal horn: "Metropolitan Opera Orchestra"
    11-27-1901 - Ted Husing - The Bronx, NY - d. 8-10-1962
    announcer, sportscaster: "Sportslants"; "March of Time"; "Radio
    Reader's Digest"
    11-27-1902 - J. Scott Smart - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-15-1960
    actor: Senator Bloat "Fred Allen Show"; Brad Runyon "Fat Man"
    11-27-1904 - Florence Lake - Charleston, SC - d. 4-11-1980
    actor: (Sister of Arthur Lake) Tess Terwilliger "David Harum"
    11-27-1907 - Betty Hopkins - d. 3-22-1996
    writer: "This Is My Best"; "Trouble Is My Business"
    11-27-1907 - Joe Bishop - Monticello, AR - d. 5-12-1976
    composer, arranger, tuba and flugehorn: "Comedy Capers"
    11-27-1909 - George Hogan - Kansas City, MO
    announcer: "Luncheon at Sardi's"; "Snow Village Sketches"
    11-27-1910 - Ray  Herbeck - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-17-1989
    bandleader: "Ray Herbeck and His Orchestra"
    11-27-1911 - Charles Wood - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 11-10-1997
    announcer: "The Green Hornet"; "The Lone Ranger"
    11-27-1912 - Maurice "Muzzy" Marcellino - California - d. 6-11-1997
    singer: "Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra"; "Lady Esther Serenade"
    11-27-1915 - Ralph Bell -NYC - d. 8-2-1998
    actor: Travis Rogers "Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator"; Alfred
    Drake "This Is Nora Drake"
    11-27-1916 - Chick Hearn - Buda, IL - d. 8-5-2002
    sportscaster: "Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts"; "Los Angeles Lakers play-by
    play"
    11-27-1917 - Buffalo Bob Smith - Buffalo, NY - d. 7-30-1998
    actor: Howdy Doody "Howdy Doody"
    11-27-1917 - Dick Hogan - d. 8-18-1995
    actor, singer: "Cavalcade of America"; "Favorite Story"; Voice of the
    Army"
    11-27-1925 - Ernie Wise - Leeds, England - d. 3-21-1999
    comedian: "The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Radio Show"; "Bandwagon"
    11-27-1925 - Marshall Thompson - Peoria, IL - d. 5-18-1992
    actor: "Free World Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-27-1925 - Michael Tolan - Detroit, MI
    actor: Kato "Green Hornet"

    November 27th deaths

    01-01-1889 - Alexander Smallens  - St. Petersburg, Russia - d.
    11-27-1972
    conductor: "Rising Musical Star"
    01-02-1892 - Artur Rodzinski - Dalmatia, Yugoslavia - d. 11-27-1958
    concuctor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "Cleveland Symphony Orchestra"
    01-08-1909 - George D. Crothers - Fort Morgan, CO - d. 11-27-1998
    moderator: "Invitation to Learning"
    01-10-1918 - Alan Woods - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-27-2008
    writer: "The Abbott and Costello Show"
    01-15-1906 - Sully Mason - Durham, NC - d. 11-27-1970
    singer: "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
    02-05-1906 - John Carradine - NYC - d. 11-27-1988
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-12-1928 - William Edward Olvis - Hollywood, CA - d. 11-27-1998
    opera singer: "Metropolitan Opera"
    04-15-1910 - Eddie Mayo - Holyoke, MA - d. 11-27-2006
    major league baseball player: "World Series Preview"
    06-02-1928 - Bob Amsberry - Boring, OR - d. 11-27-1957
    actor: KEX Portland, Oregon
    06-18-1938 - Don "Sugarcane" Harris - Pasadena, CA - d. 11-27-1999
    rock violinist: (Squires) "Stars for Defense"
    07-06-1927 - Alan "Fluff" Freeman - Melbourne, Australia - d. 11-27-2006
    announcer, singer: "Records Around Five"; "Pick of the Pops"
    07-14-1909 - Walter Gross - NYC - d. 11-27-1967
    composer, pianist: "Piano Playhouse"; "Carnation Contented Hour"
    07-14-1910 - Boris Aplon - Chicago, IL - d. 11-27-1995
    actor: Ivan Shark "Captain Midnight"
    07-19-1891 - Raymond Bramley - Independence, OH - d. 11-27-1977
    actor: Burton York "Howie Wing"; Silas Finke "David Harum"
    08-03-1925 - Billy James Hargis - Texarkana, TX - d. 11-27-2004
    preacher: Broadcast his ministry on more than 500 radio stations.
    08-09-1906 - Gunnar Back - Escanaba, MI - d. 11-27-1983
    newscaster: "CBS Morning News Roundup"; "Headline Addition"
    08-10-1878 - Louis Esson - Sydney, Australia - d. 11-27-1943
    writer: "Lola, the Lorelei"
    08-10-1922 - Al Alberts - Chester, PA - d. 11-27-2009
    singer: (Member of the Four Aces) "Horn and Hardart Children's Hour"
    09-04-1903 - Phillip Arkansas - d. 11-27-1969
    saxophonisst: WWNC Ashville, North Carolina
    09-06-1919 - John Mitchum - Bridgeport, CT - d. 11-27-2001
    actor: (Brother of Robert Mitchum) "This Is Your FBI"
    10-16-1888 - Eugene O'Neill - NYC - d. 11-27-1953
    playwright: "NBC Presents Eugene O'Neill"; "Pulitzer Prize Plays";
    "Best Plays"
    11-04-1910 - Abby Lewis - Mesilla Park, NM - d. 11-27-1997
    actor: Telephone Operator "House in the Country"
    12-16-1892 - Cameron Prud'homme - Auburn, CA - d. 11-27-1967
    actor: Governor Bradley "Little Herman"; David Harum "David Harum"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Spencer Bentley - d. 11-27-1963
    actor: Barry Cameron "Barry Cameron"; Bob "Betty and Bob"

    Ron

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    Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:25:59 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Shadow sculpture

    Ruben Procopio just sent me a link to his blog, featuring digital photos of a
    new Shadow sculpture. Ruben was responsible for the Green Hornet and Kato
    sculpture that came out a couple years ago (and which I have standing proudly
    on the bookshelf in the spare bedroom). Looks like another winner. Anyone who
    wants to see the sculpture from beginnings to the final production, check out
    the link.
    [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:26:11 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 28 November to 4
     December

     From Those Were The Days

    11/28

    1932   Groucho Marx performed on radio for the first time.

    11/29

    1950   "I Fly Anything", starring singer Dick Haymes in the role of
    cargo pilot Dockery Crane, premiered on ABC. With a title like that, is
    it any wonder the show only lasted one season? Haymes went back to
    singing and did very well, thank you.

    11/30

    1940   Lucille Ball and Cuban musician Desi Arnaz were married.

    12/2

    1932   The Adventures of Charlie Chan was first heard on the NBC Blue
    network.

    12/4

    1932   "Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the
    ships at sea. Let's go to press!" The Jergens Journal aka The Walter
    Winchell Show and later, Kaiser Frazer News was first heard on the NBC
    Blue network. Winchell kept that gossip show going on the radio for 23
    years. It was sponsored at first by Jergens lotion and, later, by Dryad
    deodorant, Kaiser Frazer cars and Richard Hudnut shampoo.

    1933   One of America's great radio shows made the leap to the big time.
    Ma Perkins moved from WLW in Cincinnati, OH to the NBC Red network. The
    show proved to be so popular that it was later carried on both CBS and NBC.

    Joe

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