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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2010 : Issue 96
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
39 Forever [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
The Mind's Eye, [removed] [ Wich2@[removed] ]
Art Linkletter [removed] [ "Riedstra, Daniel D (Dan)" <daniel. ]
Thoughts on Art Linkletter [ "otrbuff" <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
Art Linkletter [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
Thanks, Art Linkletter! [ Stuart Lubin <stuartlubin6686@sbcgl ]
5-27 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 19:58:51 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 39 Forever
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I just finished reading both volumes of "39 FOREVER," a superb reference guide
by Laura Leff. Took me months to read it all as it's more of an episode guide
with facts and figures and I digest those things in installments. It features
the titles of the skits, running gags, the titles of the songs, who performed
them, whether it was vocal or not, and the order they appear in EACH and EVERY
episode. The roles and actors who played them, whether they were cast members
or guest stars, a summary of each episode, date of broadcast, sponsor,
recording source, etc. What I like best is the first line of every episode so
you can easily identify your recordings and (hopefully) verify whether the
recording you have is a "lost" episode or not. I myself just recently
submitted an article for a magazine documenting lost radio episodes and
featured the first few lines of dialogue for each episode so if people think
they have a "lost" recording, the dialogue can help verify whether or not it
exists. If you want to know which episodes were cut off by the network due to
overrun time, which episodes originated from WXYZ (yep, there was one
broadcast), the youngest age Jack claimed to be (age 31), when Jack referred
to Joan as "Miss Benny," pencil notations on scripts, it's all here.
The books can be purchased at [removed] or on [removed] I recommend
you get both volumes. And I am so eagerly awaiting the third volume which will
be his TV shows, even if it will be a few years from now before the third
volume is available.
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 19:59:17 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Mind's Eye, [removed]
From: Dan Hughes danhughes@[removed]
For the last year, I have done a weekly half-hour old-time radio show on
a local (Champaign, IL) station for the blind<.
God bless you, Dan.
For years, I read for In Touch here in NYC; and several such stations have
been the biggest supporters of Quicksilver's syndication, from the very
beginning.
As anyone active in fandom knows, the sight-impaired are a very big, very
valuable part of our community.
Best,
-Craig W.
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 19:59:23 -0400
From: "Riedstra, Daniel D (Dan)" <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Art Linkletter [removed]
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All,
Just heard Art Linkletter passed away at his California home at age 97.
Dan
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 19:59:29 -0400
From: "otrbuff" <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Thoughts on Art Linkletter
Art Linkletter's passing removes one more key radio player from those days.
The initial press release I read failed to mention that House Party and
People Are Funny had appeared on radio. Actually, that's where they began,
but what journalistic twit born since the 1960s remembers (or researches)
that?
When I was in the sixth grade, Linkletter came to my city for three
afternoons of live broadcasts of House Party from our Armory Auditorium. My
mom got special permission from my teacher to let me out of school early all
three days so we could attend. I was fascinated by radio already, and when
Linkletter stepped before the microphone at 3:30:00 and inquired, "Ladies,
who sponsors the next program?" And all of us shouted on cue, "General
Electric!" I had an idea what I'd like to do in life. (It wasn't to work
for GE.)
In the 1980s, I was working a reportorial job and Art Linkletter came to a
nearby town to speak at the local college. He had the students eating out
of his hand. By prearrangement, I went to lunch with him following his
presentation. I found the man to be as personable, yet enthusiastic as I
had witnessed so many times over the airwaves. He possessed an energy and
drive and magnetic charm that made him a delight to spend time with. He had
an incredible personality and I never forgot how he lit up a room.
The last time I saw him, at a SPERDVAC convention a few years ago, he was
called on to say a few words and told about a young lad that had appeared on
his show. The child was obviously down the day Linkletter encountered him.
Inquiring what was wrong, the kid replied, "My dog just died." Trying to
comfort the distraught boy, Linkletter assured him he would probably be
reunited with his favored pet some day in Heaven for God probably needed him
there. The boy looked at the host perplexed and asked: "Mister, what would
God want with a dead dog?"
Kids said the darndest things. And Linkletter -- when he held up some
unmentionable garment or flask that he found in a lady's purse in the
audience for all to see -- said a darn thing too when he quizically
inquired: "What ever would you have one of those in there for?" He knew
how to bring down the house, and there was never one like him in the years
after he left the air.
Those of us fortunate to live through his era were blessed.
Jim Cox
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 20:02:45 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Art Linkletter
The Associated Press is reporting today that Art Linkletter passed away
at his home.
This icon of radio and television was 97.
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Jim Widner
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 20:03:07 -0400
From: Stuart Lubin <stuartlubin6686@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Thanks, Art Linkletter!
Mr. Linkletter passed away today at 97. Growing up in Southern California, I
often would attend Art Linkletter's House Party at 12:00 noon at Columbia
Square, Sunset and Gower, from where so many CBS coast-to-coast programs
would emanate. This was his RADIO show. I hope that I have the SPERDVAC
convention year correct, 2004, when Art entertained us on Sunday morning.
What a wonderful Sunday morning that was! The night before, I was privileged
to sit at his table. What a gentleman!
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 20:03:15 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 5-27 births/deaths
May 27th births
05-27-1880 - Joseph C. Grew - Boston, MA - d. 5-25-1965
[removed] ambassador to japan: "Report from Tokyo"; "Cavalcade of America"
05-27-1894 - Dashiell Hammett - St. Mary's County, MD - d. 1-10-1961
author: "Fat Man"; "Adventures of Sam Spade"
05-27-1902 - Cedric Adams - Magnolia, MN - d. 2-18-1961
commentator: In 1953 filled in for Arthur Godfrey for 13 weeks
05-27-1904 - Marlin Hurt - Du Quoin, IL - d. 3-21-1946
actor: Beulah "Fibber McGee and Molly"; Bill Jackson "Beulah"
05-27-1910 - Sidney Slon - Chicago, IL - d. 1-21-1995
actor: Solly "The Goldbergs"; Mr. Trent "Valiant Lady"
05-27-1911 - Evelyn Morin - Dunn, IN - d. 9-10-2000
singer: (Morin Sisters) "World of Music"; "Breakfast Club"
05-27-1911 - Herb Meadow - d. 3-1-1995
creator, writer: "Have Gun, Will Travel"
05-27-1911 - Hubert H. Humphrey - Wallace, SD - d. 1-13-1978
politician: "Meet the Press"; "University of Chicago Round Table"
05-27-1911 - Vincent Price - St. Louis, MO - d. 10-25-1993
actor: Simon Templar "The Saint"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-27-1912 - John Cheever - Quincy, MA - d. 6-18-1982
writer: "NBC Presents: Short Story"
05-27-1912 - Slammin' Sammy Snead - Ashwood, VA - d. 5-23-2002
golf legend: "Kraft Music Hall"
05-27-1915 - Frank Crane - d. 7-25-1992
one time president of the Southern California Broadcasters Association
05-27-1915 - Herman Wouk - NYC
writer: "Town Hall Tonight"; "Fred Allen Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-27-1916 - Analee Whitmore - Price, UT - d. 2-5-2002
panelist: (Wife of Clifton Fadiman) "Information Please"
05-27-1919 - Ray Montgomery - d. 6-4-1998
actor: Noel Chandler "Dear John"
05-27-1920 - Portia Nelson - Brigham City, UT - d. 3-6-2001
jazz singer: "Sunday in New York"
05-27-1921 - Franklin Adams, Jr. - Chicago, IL - 8-9-2006
actor: Skippy "Skippy"; Davy Jones "Davy Jones"
05-27-1921 - Redd Stewart - Ashland City, TN - d. 8-2-2003
lyricist: "Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys"
05-27-1924 - Eric Lauder - Rugby, England - d. 10-28-1999
actor: "Violent Shore"
05-27-1925 - Tony Hillerman - Sacred Heart, OK - 10-26-2008
writer: "The Zero Hour"
05-27-1926 - Peter Ling - Croydon, Surrey, England - d. 9-14-2006
adapter: "Casebook of Sherlock Holmes"; "Return of Sherlock Holmes"
05-27-1928 - Jack Baker - d. 4-26-2002
disk jockey: "Sunday Sound Stage"
05-27-1934 - Harlan Ellison - Cleveland, OH
writer: "[removed] 68"
May 27th deaths
02-05-1908 - Bob Dunn - Fort Gibson, OK - d. 5-27-1971
steel guitar: "The Musical Brownies"
02-16-1915 - Leah Ray - Norfolk, VA - d. 5-27-1999
vocalist: (The Phil Harris Band) "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
02-16-1932 - Gretchen Wyler - Bartlesville, OK - d. 5-27-2007
singer-actor: "Sounds of Freedom"
03-11-1930 - Lana Morris - Ruislip, England - d. 5-27-1998
actor: "The Forces Show"
04-14-1929 - Ray Mathew - Leichhardt, Australia - d. 5-27-2002
writer: "The Medea of Euripides"
05-29-1916 - Forrest Perrin - d. 5-27-2005
host: "Piano Playhouse"
07-03-1908 - Robert B. Meyner - Phillipsburg, NJ - d. 5-27-1990
governor new jersey: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
08-07-1904 - Herbert Colin Rice - Guilford, England - d. 5-27-1991
creator, writer, producer: "Bobby Benson"
08-12-1904 - Kay Campbell - d. 5-27-1985
actor: Evey Perkins Fitz "Ma Perkins"
08-14-1909 - Frank Papp - d. 5-27-1996
director: "The Bartons"; "Words at War"; "Right to Happiness";
"Eternal Light"
09-13-1895 - Ruth McDevitt - Coldwater, MI - d. 5-27-1976
actor: Jane Channing "This Life is Mine"; Mother "Keeping Up with
Rosemary"
09-13-1918 - Ernie Winstanley - England - d. 5-27-1992
actor, sound effects: Scrub Troy "Secretary Hawkins' Fair and Supper
Club"; "The Lone Ranger"
09-27-1927 - Red Rodney - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-27-1994
jazz trumpeter: "Saturday Night Swing Session"
10-10-1909 - Florida Friebus - Auburndale, MA - d. 5-27-1988
actor: "Great Plays"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
10-12-1900 - Ted Collins - NYC - d. 5-27-1964
announcer, host: (longtime manager of Kate Smith) "Kate Smith Speaks"
11-07-1902 - Ed Dodd - Lafayette, GA - d. 5-27-1991
comic creator: "Mark Trail"
11-25-1925 - Jeffrey Hunter - New Orleans. LA - d. 5-27-1969
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-28-1925 - Robert Readick - NYC - d. 5-27-1985
actor: (Son of Frank) Bill Roberts "Rosemary"; Don Cornwell "Second
Mrs. Burton"
11-29-1902 - Cecil (Charles) Madden - Mogador, Morocco - d. 5-27-1987
creator: "Variety Band Box"
12-02-1895 - Jesse Crawford - Woodland, CA - d. 5-27-1962
organist: "Paramount Publix Hour"; "Counterspy"
12-03-1889 - Ferdinand Munier - San Diego, CA - d. 5-27-1945
actor: Rene Michon "Count of Monte Cristo"
12-19-1910 - Thelma Bernstein - NYC - d. 5-27-2006
singer: (Wife of Harry Einstein) Sang on radio
12-25-1893 - Robert L. Ripley - Santa Rosa, CA - d. 5-27-1949
emcee: "Colonial Beacon Light"; "Baker's Broadcast"; "Believe It or Not"
Ron
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