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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 195
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Favorite Christmas program            [ "Cancilla, Dominick" <dcancilla@cal ]
      12-21 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Xmas shows                            [ RobEverest <erest@[removed]; ]
      My Favorite Christmas Show            [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      12-22 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Wisconsin old-time radio              [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      The Green Hornet newspaper strip      [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]

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    Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:50:42 -0500
    From: "Cancilla, Dominick" <dcancilla@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Favorite Christmas program

    My favorite Christmas program would be anything involving Jack Benny and
    shoelaces.

    --Dominick

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    Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:51:04 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-21 births/deaths

    December 21st births

    12-21-1872 - Albert Payson Terhune - Newark, NJ - d. 2-18-1942
    dog expert: "Dog Dramas"
    12-21-1902 - Bob Strong - Kansas City, MO - d. 3-xx-1976
    orchestra leader: "Avalon Time"; "Uncle Walter's Doghouse"
    12-21-1908 - Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-15-2002
    producer: "Fred Allen Show"
    12-21-1910 - Mary Orr - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-22-2006
    author: "Radio City Playhouse"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    12-21-1911 - Grant Richards - Raleigh, NC - d. 7-4-1963
    actor: Charles Dobbs "This Is Nora Drake"; Hal Thomas "Against the
    Storm"
    12-21-1913 - Louise King - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 8-14-1997
    singer (The King Sisters) "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"; "Al
    Pearce and His Gang"
    12-21-1915 - Werner Von Trapp - Zell am See, Austria - d. 10-11-2007
    singer: (Trapp Family Singers) "Christmas Seal Sale"
    12-21-1916 - St. John Terrell - Chicago, IL - d. 10-9-1998
    actor: Jack Armstrong "Jack Armstrong, the All-American boy"
    12-21-1917 - Rolly Bester - NYC - d. 1-12-1984
    actor: "Tales of Tomorrow"
    12-21-1922 - Paul Winchell - NYC - d. 6-24-2005
    ventriloquist: "Paul Winchell-Jerry Mahoney Show"
    12-21-1928 - Bryce Bond - Plainfield, NJ
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    12-21-1928 - Ed Nelson - New Orleans, LA
    actor: "Hollywood Theatre"
    12-21-1928 - Ross Barbour - Columbus, IN - d. 8-20-2011
    singer: (The Four Freshman) "Four Freshman"; "Here's to Veterans"
    12-21-1936 - Peter Tinniswood - Manchester, England - d. 1-9-2003
    comedy writer: "Tales from the Long Room"
    12-21-1946 - Carl Wilson - Hawthorne, CA - d. 2-7-1998
    singer: (Beach Boys) "Here's to Veterans"

    December 21st deaths

    02-10-1902 - Stella Adler - NYC - d. 12-21-1992
    acting teacher: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
    02-14-1902 - Stu Erwin - Squaw Valley, CA - d. 12-21-1967
    comedian: Fairchild Finnegan "Phone Again Finnegan"
    03-06-1905 - Adelaide Hawley - d. 12-21-1998
    consultant on women's issues: "Adelaide Hawley Show"
    03-21-1903 - Mark Hellinger - NYC - d. 12-21-1947
    broadway, hollywood producer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Post Toasties Time"
    03-25-1908 - Philip Reed - NYC - d. 12-21-1996
    actor: Ross Barrington "Society Girl"; Brian Wells "David Harum"
    03-27-1904 - Hal Kemp - Marion, AL - d. 12-21-1940
    bandleader: "Phil Baker Show"; "Lady Esther Serenade"; "Gulf Gas
    Program"
    05-19-1917 - John Arnett - Petrograd, Russia - d. 12-21-1999
    actor: "Trent's Last Case"
    07-02-1916 - Barry Gray - Red Lion, NJ - d. 12-21-1996
    talk show host: "Barry Gray on Broadway"; "Scout About Town"
    07-20-1883 - Mary Cecil - Louisville, KY - d. 12-21-1940
    actor: Miranda Chandler "The Life and Love of Dr. Susan"
    09-11-1936 - Roger Barkley - Minnesota - d. 12-21-1997
    actor: "Empire of the Air"
    09-24-1896 - F. Scott Fitzgerald - St. Paul, MN - d. 12-21-1940
    writer: several of his works adapted for radio
    09-27-1934 - Dick Schaap - NYC - d. 12-21-2001
    sportscaster: "Sports Answer Man: "Sports Week"
    10-26-1876 - [removed] Warner - London, England - d. 12-21-1958
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-04-1906 - Sterling North - Edgerton, WI - d. 12-21-1974
    writer, host, critic: "Of Men and Books"
    12-02-1910 - Robert Paige - Indianapolis, IN - d. 12-21-1987
    actor: "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Lux
    Radio Theatre"
    12-07-1910 - Rod Cameron - Calgary, Alberta, Canada - d. 12-21-1983
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"
    12-12-1898 - Noreen Gammill - Missouri - d. 12-21-1988
    actor: Sister Dinwiddie "Bill Goodwin Show"; Cathy "Opie Cates Show"
    12-13-1890 - Marc Connelly - McKeesport, PA - d. 12-21-1980
    writer: "Free Company"; "Security Workshop"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-17-1927 - Richard Long - Chicago, IL - d. 12-21-1974
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Proudly We Hail"
    12-31-1904 - Nathan Milstein - Odessa, Russia - d. 12-21-1992
    violinist: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "Concert Hall"

    Ron

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    Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:51:09 -0500
    From: RobEverest <erest@[removed];
    To: OldTimeRadio <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Xmas shows

    I always enjoy the Bing Crosby program with the "Small One" drama in
    it.  Lum & Abner have a great show that they did for many years.  Most
    other I listen to have been mentioned.

        Rob

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    Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:51:26 -0500
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  My Favorite Christmas Show
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            I'd have to say that my most favorite Christmas program was "It's a
    Wonderful Life"
    w/James Stewart. The radio version varies somewhat from the television
    version, but
    it's still a wonderful presentation and has a wonderful message.

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:51:33 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-22 births/deaths

    December 22nd births

    12-22-1862 - Connie Mack - East Brookfield, MA - d. 2-8-1956
    baseball manager: "The Shell Show"; "A Tribute to Lou Gehrig"
    12-22-1885 - Deems Taylor - NYC - d. 7-3-1966
    commentator: "Deems Taylor Music Series"; "Prudential Family Hour";
    "RCA Victor Show"
    12-22-1889 - Anthony Caruso - Italy - d. 7-29-1973
    composer, clarinetist: WCAU and WIP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    12-22-1891 - Mc Kay Morris - Fort Sam Houston, TX - d. 10-3-1955
    actor: Abe Lincoln "The Abe Lincoln Story"; Gregory Ivanoff "Ma Perkins"
    12-22-1901 - Andre Kostelanetz - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 1-13-1980
    conductor: "Chesterfield Hour"; "Light Up Time"; "Pause That Refreshes"
    12-22-1905 - Martha Bohlsen - Nebraska - d. 3-9-1984
    cooking show host: "Kitchen Club"
    12-22-1907 - Peggy Ashcroft - London, England - d. 6-14-1991
    actor: BBC "Queen Victoria"
    12-22-1908 - Elsa Buchanan - London, England - d. 1-17-2004
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-22-1909 - Patricia Hayes - London, England - d. 9-19-1998
    actor: Henry Bones, boy detective "Children's Hour"
    12-22-1909 - Robert Barr - Glasbow, Scotland - d. 1-30-1999
    radio writer: "To Tell You the Truth"
    12-22-1911 - Bob Guilbert - Wisconsin - d. 10-19-1990
    actor: Don Winslow "Don Winslow of the Navy"
    12-22-1911 - Milton E. Drentz - d. 1-8-2000
    seminary producer: "The Eternal Light"
    12-22-1912 - Lady Bird Johnson - Karnack, TX - d. 7-11-2007
    first lady: owner of radio station KTBC Austin, Texas
    12-22-1912 - Myron Barg - d. 1-11-1994
    disk jockey: WJBC Bloomington, Indiana
    12-22-1913 - Dudley Brooks - Los Angles, CA - d. 7-17-1989
    soloist: "On Target"
    12-22-1916 - David P. Kogan - d. 8-6-2009
    co-writer, producer, director: "Mysterious Traveler"
    12-22-1917 - Gene Rayburn - Christopher, IL - d. 11-29-1999
    announcer, comedian: "Rayburn and Finch"
    12-22-1918 - Frankie Darro - Chicago, IL - d. 12-25-1976
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-22-1921 - Hawkshaw Hawkins - Huntingdon, WV - d. 3-5-1963
    singer: "Country Style [removed]"; "Country Music Time"
    12-22-1933 - Ralph Titus - Winfield, KS
    one of educational broadcasters responsible for creation of "All
    Things Considered"
    12-22-1936 - Hector Elizondo - New York, NY
    actor: "We Hold These Truths"
    12-22-1937 - Ken Whitmore - Hanley, Staffordshire, England
    author: "Going Under"; "The Turn of the Screw"
    12-22-1944 - Meg Roberts - Adelaide, South Australia
    writer: "Frog's Paradise"
    12-22-1947 - Brian Daley - Rockleigh, NJ - d. 2-18-1996
    writer: "Star Wars"; "Empire Strikes Back"; "Return of the Jedi"
    12-22-1948 - Noel Edmonds - Ilford, England
    presenter: Weekday Breakfast Slot replacing Tony Blackburn
    12-22-1950 - Nick Enright - Maitland, Australia - d. 3-30-2003
    writer: "Watching Over Israel"

    December 22nd deaths

    01-08-1911 - Butterfly McQueen - Tampa, FL - d. 12-22-1995
    actor: Oriole "Beulah"; Butterfly "Jack Benny Program"
    01-14-1904 - George McCoy - d. 12-22-1976
    1930's broadcaster: (Pioneered the radio talk show)
    01-30-1862 - Walter Damrosch - Breslau, Silesia - d. 12-22-1950
    conductor, commentator: "Baulkite Hour"; "Music Appreciation Hour"
    02-15-1908 - William Janney - NYC - d. 12-22-1992
    actor: Gary Haven "We are Always Young"; Howie Wing "Howie Wing"
    02-17-1871 - Donald Brian - St. John's, Canada - d. 12-22-1948
    singer, actor: "The Philco Hour"
    03-07-1878 - Percy Hemus - Auckland, New Zealand - d. 12-22-1943
    actor: Dr. Winslow "Road of Life"; Old Wrangler "Tom Mix"
    03-21-1869 - Vivia Ogden - Ohio - d. 12-22-1952
    actor: Mrs. Manners "John's Other Wife"; Annie "Orphans of Divorce"
    03-25-1887 - Raymond Gram Swing - Cortland, NY - d. 12-22-1968
    commentator: "Voice of America"
    03-27-1921 - Fred Foy - Detroit, MI - d. 12-22-2010
    announcer, narrator: "The Lone Ranger"
    04-13-1906 - Samuel Beckett - Dublin, Ireland - d. 12-22-1989
    writer: "All That Fall"
    04-23-1931 - Tom Pettit - d. 12-22-1995
    nbc reporter: "Meet the Press"
    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
    04-30-1886 - Dick Elliott - Boston, MA - d. 12-22-1961
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-03-1921 - Joe Ames - Malden, MA - d. 12-22-2007
    singer: (Ames Brothers) "Sing It Again"; "Robert Q. Lewis Show"
    05-03-1928 - Dave Dudley - Spencer, WI - d. 12-22-2003
    country singer: "Dave Dudley Trio"
    05-10-1914- Frank Martin - Oklahoma - d. 12-22-1994
    actor: Hashknife Hartley "Hashknife Hartley"
    05-24-1902 - Wilbur Hatch - Mokena, IL - d. 12-22-1969
    conductor: "Our Miss Brooks"; "Gateway to Hollywood"; "Screen Guild
    Theatre"
    05-25-1913 - Richard Dimbleby - Richmond onThames, England - d.
    12-22-1965
    BBC's first-ever radio news reporter: "Down Your Way"; "Twenty
    Questions"
    06-19-1902 - Ed Thorgerson - Elizabeth, NJ - d. 12-22-1997
    announcer/sportscaster: "A&P Gypsies"; "The Elgin Football Revue"
    07-04-1912 - Virginia Graham - Chicago, IL - d. 12-22-1998
    talk show host: "Cancer Can Be Cured"; "Weekday Theatre"
    07-05-1898 - Richard P. Condie - d. 12-22-1985
    director mormon tabernacle choir: "Music and the Spoken Word"
    08-20-1906 - Floyd Neal - Iowa - d. 12-22-1985
    announcer: "Uncle Don"; "Vienese Night"
    08-27-1901 - Al Ritz - Newark, NJ - d. 12-22-1965
    comedian: (The Ritz Brothers) "Hollywood Hotel"
    09-02-1894 - Emil Birnbaum - d. 12-22-1983
    orchestra leader, violinist: KOMO Seattle, Washington
    09-05-1902 - Darryl Zanuck - Wahoo, NE - d. 12-22-1979
    film director: "Jack Benny Program"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Triburte to
    Irving Berlin"
    09-05-1907 - Jimmy Wallington - Rochester, NY - d. 12-22-1972
    announcer: "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "Texaco Town/Star Theatre"; "Alan
    Young Show"
    09-22-1881 - Joe Parsons - Indianapolis, IN - d. 12-22-1947
    singer: Edelweiss Joe "The Sinclair Minstrels"; "The Yeast Foamers"
    10-11-1913 - Sherman H. Dryer - d. 12-22-1989
    producer, director: "Two Thousand Plus"; "Heritage"; "Exploring the
    Unknown"
    10-24-1901 - Gilda Gray - Cracow, Poland - d. 12-22-1959
    ziegfeld follies singer/dancer: WOO Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    11-27-1898 - Eddie Kay - NYC - d. 12-22-1973
    composer, conductor: "Those We Love"
    12-17-1919 - Edward "Shrimp" Wragge - NYC - d. 12-22-1992
    actor: "Gold Spot Pal"

    Ron

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    Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:51:40 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Wisconsin old-time radio

    I was wondering if anyone in or near Madison, Wisconsin can make a trip to an
    archive and copy some old-time radio material on a photo copy machine. I
    would have no problem paying them for their time, and reimbursing expenses
    (parking, copy fees, etc.). The task would take a day (or two at most). I can
    fly out and copy the material myself but paying someone to do it for me would
    save me both time and money. And yes, they would get acknowledgement in the
    book and free copies of the book. Please contact me off-list.

    Martin Grams
    mmargrajr@[removed]

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    Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:51:45 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Green Hornet newspaper strip

    For anyone who doesn't check out my blog on a weekly basis, I recently posted
    scans of the newspaper comic strip for THE GREEN HORNET which was never
    published.

    [removed]

    Also a recent article about radio comedians and how they ganged up in their
    1947 battle against the NBC Vice President.

    The blog features a posting every Friday. The next two year's worth of blog
    posts are already done in advance so there will be other old-time radio
    goodies to check out in the coming weeks. (And you can browse the past two
    year's worth of posts as well.)
    Martin

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