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Date: 11/2/2005 9:46 AM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2005 : Issue 337
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Two new books about radio             [ "HOWARD BLUE" <khovard@[removed]; ]
  Smoking on Dragnet                    [ "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed] ]
  "Adventures of Superman" theme music  [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
  "Remember - an actor is the PIANO, n  [ Wich2@[removed] ]
  FOTR memories                         [ "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed]; ]
  WGN this Friday                       [ "Michael Leannah" <mleannah@charter ]
  Six-Two and Even                      [ "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed] ]
  FOTR memories                         [ "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed]; ]
  A tip of The Shadow's hat             [ Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@earthlin ]
  Fred Fox Dead @ 90                    [ seandd@[removed] ]
  Amalgamated Broadcasting System Inau  [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
  Night Beat - spelling                 [ "jljonz" <jljonz@[removed]; ]
  Night Beat                            [ Robert Cockrum <rmc44@[removed] ]
  Just Jazz - AFRS                      [ Ivan Watson <watsoni@[removed]; ]
  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
  11-2 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Skitch Henderson, RIP                 [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:14:31 -0500
From: "HOWARD BLUE" <khovard@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Two new books about radio
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I'm forwarding some brief news about two new books about radio that will be of
interest to at least some of the OTR crowd. The second one features some
content that will definitely be of concern to many of you-- re the Vox Pop
programs and FDR's Fireside Chats

Howard Blue

The impact of media conglomeration is examined in:

1. THE QUIETED VOICE: The Rise and Demise of Localism in American Radio
Hilliard/Keith
Southern Illinois University Press

For more information:
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2. Uncovers radio's role in the development of an imagined national
community.

In RADIO'S INTIMATE PUBLIC: Network Broadcasting and Mass-Mediated Democracy,
Jason Loviglio shows how early network radio produced a new type of community
marked by contradictions and tensions between public and private, mass media
and democracy, and nation and family. Examining a broad range of radio
programs, including Vox Pop, and FDR's Fireside Chats, Radio's Intimate Public
illustrates how media space promised listeners a fantasy of social mobility
and access.

RADIO'S INTIMATE PUBLIC: Network Broadcasting and Mass-Mediated Democracy
Jason Loviglio
University of Minnesota Press | 200 pages | 2005
ISBN 0-8166-4233-8 | hardcover | $[removed]
ISBN 0-8166-4234-6 | paperback | $[removed]

For more information, including the table of contents, visit the books
webpage:
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Sign up to receive news on the latest releases from University of Minnesota
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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:14:55 -0500
From: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Smoking on Dragnet

In #332, Herb Harrison writes:

As far as OTR is concerned, many of us in the early 60s
would have been listening to shows like Dragnet in our
civilian lives. Friday and the other cops and the
malefactors were always smoking up a storm!

I'm always a little amazed when I listen to Dragnet and they spend a few
moments lighting up.  With the excellent sound effects on Dragnet, you hear
each and every thing: the offer of the cigarette, the flare of the match, the
first drag, the contented exhale.  When there's three people, this whole
exchange can take up a lot of valuable seconds of the show.

I've always wondered why they did this.  It is merely because they were sound
perfectionists and were always striving for realism?  Or, because they were
sponsored by a cigarette manufacturer, did they include these segments as a
sub-conscious sponsor plug?

-chris holm

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:15:22 -0500
From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  "Adventures of Superman" theme music
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One the presentations I enjoyed the most at this year's FOTR was the
re0craetion of "Superman,"  starring Fred Foy and Noel Neill [with a brilliant
comic turn by Will "Sugarfoot" Hutchins golly-gee-whizzing his way through the
Kellogg's Pep commercial], and directed by Anthony Tollin. One thing that can
be said about Supes is that he always had great theme music: the theme used
contemporaneously for the radio show & the Fleischer cartoons, the George
Reeves TV show, the John Williams score for the Christopher Reeve movies, and
even the 1960s Filmation cartoon series. Currently, "You've Got
Possibilities," the show-stopper tune from the Broadway show "It's a Bird!
It's a Plane! It's Superman!"  is being used in some Pillsbury Doughboy ad on
TV.

I know this may sound like a dumb question, but did the "Superman" radio show
theme have lyrics?  A coupla years ago, I asked the same thing about whether
"The Life of Riley's" memorable instrumental had lyrics, and, boy!, did you
fellow Digest-ers not disappoint.

Up, up, and away in the ether!

Derek Tague

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:16:29 -0500
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "Remember - an actor is the PIANO, not the
 MUSIC."

From: Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@[removed];
Subject:   FOTR

Also, it was great putting faces to so many of my
fellow OTR  Digest posters like ...the enormously talented Craig
Wichman

Dear  Ken-

You're very kind.
But the main point for any actor, is "did the  author's point get across?"
(assuming he/she HAS one, which ain't always  the case, in OTR or out of it!)
And I know from your response to DR. CHRISTIAN,  that talented folks like
Larry
Robinson & Ted Reid succeeded at achieving  that goal.

My admiration also to the cast of Norman
Corwin's "The  Plot To Overthrow Christmas". Sheer
genius is all I can say about the script,  and the
amazingly talented cast who recreated it. What a
listening delight  that was!

(See [removed])
I can only say that we enjoyed it as much  on-stage, as you did off. You are
dead-on, about the quality of the text. So  much so, that the actors not at
mic reveled in the work of each one that  WAS at bat (and I can tell you,
that's
not an always thing, for some actors;  applauding the work of others!)

A good show is no secret, just smart,  hard, work. As I can testify that the
directors I had the pleasure to work for  this year know the drill:

1. Choose a good road map (solid script.)
2. Pick a good crew  (cast aptly.)
3. (And I can tell you after years in The Business of Show,  this one's a
rare [removed]) Trusting that crew, use a very light hand at the  tiller.

(Thanks, Arthur, Bill, Barbara, &  Gary.)

Best,
-Craig

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:17:51 -0500
From: "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  FOTR memories

First of all, kudos to Hal Stone for his many and varied turns at the mic
during the re-creations at FOTR.
Hal (NBC's Jughead) continues to amaze me!  Like Jim Cox, I enjoyed his
portrayaL of "Tonto".  He's not just another "pretty face"....although he
was, once.   And, too, mylady Barbara (Sunday) Watkins: TRIPLING on the "Mr.
& Mrs. North" re-creation!  Thanx, Don Ramlow, for casting her. She (and
I,too) was very busy during the weekend, rehearsing, etc. so that we,
regretably had to miss many panels.  The up-side was being asked to
"pretend" by another Wonder-Man, Arthur Anderson, with so many of our
heroes, along with such "young whipper-snappers" (tho no less talented) as
Craig Wichman and others.  I had some miss-givings about doing a parody of
any of my heroes (especially the Ranger) but decided that if Fred Foy could
do it, I could too.

It was wonderful to see all our friends (both pros and fans) again this
year.  A lot of memories are floating around my mind right now:
Meeting with (and the panel of) the very nice and talented Elizabeth McLeod.
And Jim Cox. And the award-winning Jack French. And Ben Ohmart and Martin
Grams,Jr.(keep those books comin', guys).   David & Susan Seigel continue to
make Barbara & me feel welcome in the "wilds of Newark". I am still in AWE
of Fred Foy.  Donald Buka just about knocked me out every time he stepped to
the [removed] pleasure just being in the same room. George Ansbro (another
hero) can stiil lift the words off the paper.  Me daring to give Dave (WXYZ)
Parker notes on doing Caligula in Corwin's"Plot To Overthrow Christmas"!
Arthur Anderson (aided by Alice) never seeming to run out of [removed] is
(and should be) deeply cherished by anyone with which he comes in contact.
And he's a pretty darn good director!  Thanx, Arthur for casting me as
Ivan,the [removed] as you said, I was.   "Tex"Tollin was his usual busy
self, directing any re-creations that  Arthur and others didn't do.  Great
casting: Fred Foy as Clark Kent/Superman and TV's Noel Neill as Lara,
Kal-el's mother.  And, yes, even Hal (NBC's Jughead) as the professor.  Hey
Tony, I would've loved to do the Pep commercials on Superman!  But of
course, I'd have missed even more of the convention, plus Will wouldn't have
gotten the chance to "be Will".   On that subject, "Sweet-toes" Will
Hutchins regaling us with Hollywood stories in the  bar 'til all hours.  Of
course, "Saccarin-foot" wasn't in radio, but he loves it just as much as
Derek (the Ether Bunny)Tague or Ken S. or any other "hearing the tapes" fan.
  And he's such a nice guy!  Will, that is.  OK, Derek's "pun-der-full",
too.
Charlie S. is still Charlie, which is more than OK.  It was nice to meet and
chat with so many fellow Digesters and just plain OTR fans. The memory of
Dave Warren and the players lives on.  Joe Webb made one of his
every-20-years visits.  I missed the Gotham Players' [removed] in
rehearsal.   I noticed,again, that a lot of TV & movie people continue to be
invited (I know they are sometimes a good "draw") and RADIO is slowly
creeping into the background .  IMHO we should make every effort to honor
and remember RADIO 'til the last possible [removed]'s still called
"Friends of Old Time RADIO".  Congratulations,Jay on reaching 30 years of
conventions!    Great news that Jay & company will carry on the get-together
next year.  We'll plan on being there.    Just three words, committee: KEEP
IT RADIO.
Old-Time Radio still lives!!!

Bobb

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:29:48 -0500
From: "Michael Leannah" <mleannah@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  WGN this Friday

      Hi--Those within listening range of Chicago's WGN (720 AM) might want
to tune in on Friday evening from 9:00 to 11:00 Central Time. Milt
Rosenberg's show is featuring another discussion on old time radio. Should
be interesting.
      FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH
      CLASSIC RADIO PLAYS
      Once again, Extension 720 welcomes members of the AFTRA/SAG Senior
Radio Players, who will delight us, as before, with their performances of
some classic radio and television scripts, including the ever-popular
western Gunsmoke and scenes from the Life with Luigi series. Performing
tonight will be TONY MOCKUS, BOB BARRON, DON STROUP, JOEL DALY, and MARY
BECKER.

      Mike Leannah
      Sheboygan, Wisconsin

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:30:08 -0500
From: "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Six-Two and Even
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Fellow OTR minds-
Reading about Captain Midnight in the digest reminded me that when I lived in
Boston, there was a Red Sox manager named Joe Morgan who was fond of the
saying, "Six, two and even, over and out".  I always associated this phrase
with Captain Midnight, but I have no recollection of whether that is correct,
or who might have said it, but I sure think I heard it first on the radio when
I was a lad.
Anybody?

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:46:28 -0500
From: "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  FOTR memories

Hi,

Sir Craig, you said it all so well in your recent posting here, and in doing
so, said many things I wanted to say.  You, Kevin Scullin and others of your
age are the future of, not only OTR but of what some refer to as ALL-TIME
radio.  I feel that it is in good hands.  Just make sure to pass the love
and passion of the art form to the ones following you.  I think you will.

We had a "ball", didn't we, getting the chance to "pretend" with our heroes.
  And, yes, they are heroes.  I grew up "pretending" with Arthur, Miriam,
Jack, Sybil  and the rest every Saturday Morning   for years (even into our
teens).  And I heard George Ansbro selling Milk of Magnesia daily (home from
school or on summer vacation).  And, for me, the only narrator of the Masked
Man of the plains,etc. is, and always will be:  Fred Foy.     These memories
will stay with me as long as I live.  It has been said often, but we are so
very fortunate to have lived at a time in which we have the opportunity to
meet and tell these people how much their work enriched our lives

Thank you again and we'll see you in "06,

Bobb

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 18:34:36 -0500
From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  A tip of The Shadow's hat

Bill Mize asks, anent The Shadow's hat,

What kind of hat does he wear?

Is there an official name for it?

and Stephen A, Kallis, Jr. replied:

I've read of it called a "slouch hat."  But if anyone asks me to describe
it, all I can say is, "check almost any cover of The Shadow magazine."

Where can you get one?  Only The Shadow knows ...

***It is indeed called a slouch hat and was already out of style when
artists George and Jerome Rozen searched thoughout Long Island to find the
one that Shadowy models wore on 200 pulp covers painted by George.

That original slouch hat has resided for the last 25 years in stately Tollin
manor.  It is quite happy to reside alongside Bret Morrison's cape.

A hat company did obtain the license to produce Shadow black slouch hats
back in 1994 when the Alec Baldwin SHADOW film was released.  I have one of
those too, but far prefer the original article.

--Anthony Tollin (who years ago in the Orient learned a strange and
mysterious secret ...)

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 18:36:48 -0500
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Fred Fox Dead @ 90

Fred Fox, radio comedy writer, is eulogized here.

[removed];STORY=/www/story/10-31-2005/0004204687&EDATE=

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 18:48:48 -0500
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Amalgamated Broadcasting System Inaugural
 Program

Received this request through the website; please copy the list on any
replies you might make.

- -----

    My husband's aunts,  Nina and Rosa, were a singing act during this
program.  Is there any way to  get a copy of the program?   Thanks for your
help,   Laura

lauracitrano@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 23:02:39 -0500
From: "jljonz" <jljonz@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Night Beat - spelling

Both the Washington Post and LA Times listed Night Beat as two words.

For general info , on the dates I looked up it ran:
    Los Angeles - KFI, Mon, 7:00pm
    Washington - WRC, Mon, 10:00pm

jj

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 23:03:09 -0500
From: Robert Cockrum <rmc44@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Night Beat
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I'll agree with Jim Widner's reasoning in favor of "Night Beat" vs.
"Nightbeat" ... whether it's correct or not, who knows these days? If the
Internet with its e-mail and eBay listings has made anything clear, most
people don't know diddly about spelling, punctuation or grammar. But I don't
think "night beat" it can be viewed in the same way as, say, "heartbeat."

It's Jim's approach that has kept me writing "video tape" instead of
"videotape" because I don't write "audiotape." I guess I could ... same
number of sylables, same vowel before "tape" ... but spelled together just
looks weird. Weird or not, I saw it that way (audiotape) in an article the
other day.

Bob C.

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 23:07:18 -0500
From: Ivan Watson <watsoni@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Just Jazz - AFRS
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Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for information on Andy and
Virginia Mansfield. I am constantly amazed by the wealth of knowledge on this
list!

I was wondering if anyone knew much about the AFRS Series "Just Jazz" hosted
by Gene Norman? Also, where could I find more info and where might I locate
some copies? Does anyone have a list of available episodes?

Cheers,

Ivan

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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 02:12:00 -0500
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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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 07:59:08 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  11-2 births/deaths

November 2nd births

11-02-1886 - Philip Merivale - Rehutia, Manickpur, India - d. 3-12-1946
actor: Reverend Spence "One Foot in Heaven"
11-02-1892 - Alice Brady - New York, NY - d. 10-28-1939
actress: "Hollywood Hotel"
11-02-1897 - Dennis King - Coventry, England - d. 5-21-1971
announcer: "When a Girl Marries"
11-02-1899 - Evelyn MacGregor - Pittsfield, MA - d. 7-xx-1967
singer: " American Melody Hour"; "American Album of Familiar Music"
11-02-1899 - Glenn Rowell - Pontiac, MI - d. 10-9-1965
singer, comedian: "Quaker Early Birds"; "Gene and Glenn"
11-02-1899 - Walter Woolf King - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-24-1984
emcee, host, actor: :Beatrice Lillie Show"; "Flying Red Horse Tavern"
11-02-1901 - James Dunn - New York, NY - d. 9-1-1967
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-02-1901 - Paul Ford - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-12-1976
actor: "Suspense"; "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"
11-02-1906 - Joseph Ruscoll - d. 1-xx-1956
writer: "The Molle Mystery Theatre"; "Murder at Midnight"
11-02-1906 - Peggy Conklin - Dobbs Ferry, NY - d. 3-18-2003
actress: Kitty Archer "McGarry and His Mouse"; Barbara 'Babs' Riley "Life of
Riley"
11-02-1908 - Bunny Berrigan - Near Fox Lake, WI - d. 6-2-1942
bandleader: "Saturday Night Swing Club"; "Tim and Irene"; "Norge Program"
11-02-1909 - Fred Lowrey - Palestine, TX - d. 12-xx-1984
whistler: (The Blind Whistler) "New Fred Lowrey Show"; "Horace Heidt Show"
11-02-1911 - Johnny Richards - Schenectady, NY - d. 11-xx-1968
orchestra leader: "The Jack Carson Show"
11-02-1913 - Burt Lancaster - New York, NY - d. 10-20-1994
actor: "Ford Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-02-1918 - Janette Davis - Memphis, TN
singer: "Arthur Godfrey Time"; "Avalon Time"; "RedSkelton Show"
11-02-1919 - Warren Stevens - Clark's Summit, PA
actor: "Quiet Please"
11-02-1920 - Ann Rutherford - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
actress: Blondie Bumstead "Blondie"; Connie Menihan "Eddie Bracken Show"
11-02-1920 - Kay Armen - Chicago, IL
singer: "Stop the Music!"; "Pet Milk Show"; "Bob Crosby Show"
11-02-1921 - Shep Menken - New York, NY - d. 1-2-1999
actor: "Six Shooter"; "NBC Presents: Short Story"; "Four-Star Playhouse"

November 2nd deaths

01-14-1892 - Hal Roach - Elmira, NY - d. 11-2-1992
film producer, actor: Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-01-1896 - Dimitri Mitropoulos - Athens, Greece - d. 11-2-1960
conductor: "The NBC Symphony Orchestra"
06-14-1906 - Gil Lamb - Minneapolis, MN - d. 11-2-1995
actor: Homer Clinker "The Rudy Vallee Show"
07-26-1856 - George Bernard Shaw - Dublin, Ireland - d. 11-2-1950
playwright: "Wisconsin College of the Air"; "George Bernard Shaw Speech"
10-01-1914 - Donald Wollheim - New York, NY - d. 11-2-1990
science fiction writer: "Dimension X"
12-08-1894 - James Thurber - Columbus, OH - d. 11-2-1961
writer: "This Is My Best"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 08:05:02 -0500
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Skitch Henderson, RIP

Steven Allen bandleader Skitch Henderson has died.

The Daily News obituary, which includes references to his radio work with
Bob Hope and others, is here.

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

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