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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2006 : Issue 322
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
shows for sleep land & MP 3's [ "Grant & Sally Shorten" <shorten@ro ]
Re: anyone have a [removed] Wodeh [ Steve Salaba <dangerdanger@sbcgloba ]
Norman Corwin [ "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed]; ]
11-19 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
OTR to go to sleep with. [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
otr under forty [ Grams46@[removed] ]
Thanks, everybody! [ Ljk2476@[removed] ]
mp3 players in autos [ <jer51473@[removed]; ]
First episode of [removed] [ "Mark Wuellner" <mwuellne@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:30:01 -0500
From: "Grant & Sally Shorten" <shorten@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: shows for sleep land & MP 3's
In response to John, Scott and Andrew's recent postings about going to sleep
listening to OTR on MP 3's, I do the same. I grew up in Cincinnati listening
to all the great shows on WLW and other stations in the 40's and 50's and
was so taken by the magic of radio I got a ham radio license in 1953. In the
60's, 70's and 80's I collected records and tapes of OTR, but sold them,
along with almost all my radio equipment, while downsizing our household
belongings for the move to a condo in California a few years ago. I still
enjoy both hobbies via the computer. While in Cincinnati last spring, I
attended the OTR convention. I have never been an autograph chaser, but I
met Fred Foy face to face as we walked toward each other in the hallway and
I thought, "that's Mr. Foy - it's now or never", so I asked him for his
autograph. He stopped and said "yes, that can be arranged" and moved over
to a nearby table, borrowed a pencil and signed my entrance stub. Thank you
Fred because "The Lone Ranger" was one of my favorites That was so gracious
of you and thanks to all those who post here on the net. I enjoy reading
them all and I am so glad to see all the younger folks helping keep it
alive.
Grant - K6PLR
Carlsbad, CA
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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:03:10 -0500
From: Steve Salaba <dangerdanger@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: anyone have a [removed] Wodehouse?
At 3:22 PM -0500 11/9/06, someone on the OTR list wrote:
During WWII he was interned in France and
Germany. After his release (right before his 60th
birthday) he made a series of recordings for the
Germans which were play over short and long wave to
America and to Great Britain.
I just finished reading a book called "Wodehouse at War" by Iain
Sproat (ISBN 0-89919-098-7) which delves into this story with great
detail and even has complete transcripts of all the broadcasts. Of
course, I'm sure you'd rather *hear* them :) I don't recall any
available sources of audio mentioned in the book, either. The book is
copyright 1981, so even if out of print, it may be locatable at
somewhere such as Amazon. Fascinating story, as Mr. Wodehouse was
nearly tried for High Treason and the full story was not released by
the British Government until the 1980's.
I just saw several used copies on Amazon, BTW.
[ADMINISTRIVIA: Also see the Wodehouse biography, "Wodehouse: A Life" by
Robert McCrum:
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--cfs3]
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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:06:28 -0500
From: "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Norman Corwin
Hi all,
Just catching up on Digests.
In # 318 I saw where my ol' pal Ken Greenwald rightly praised Norman Corwin
for his great contributions to OTR.
Ken said that both "We Hold These Truths" and "On A Note of Triumph" were
broadcast on all four networks simultaneously. I may have miss-read you,
Ken, but I believe "Triumph" was heard exclusively only on CBS (and
re-broadcast again, later on CBS). I agree, it SHOULD have been aired on
all networks; it is his masterpiece.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
BTW, I've got a couple of personal Corwin anecdotes I will share someday
(maybe in MY book, Hal).
He is a national [removed] "he'll do 'til one comes along".
Bobb
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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:07:35 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 11-19 births/deaths
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November 19th births
11-19-1863 - Billy Sunday - Ames, IA - d. 11-6-1935
preacher: "Back Home Hour"
11-19-1864 - Geroge Barbier - Philadelphia, PA - d. 7-19-1945
actor: "Song of the Islands"
11-19-1883 - Ned Sparks - Guelph, Canada - d. 4-3-1957
actor: "The Grouch Club"; "The Texaco Star Theatre"
11-19-1885 - Erskine Sanford - Trinidad, CO - d. 7-7-1969
actor: "The Free Company"; "Mercury Theatre on the Air"; "Orson
Welles Theatre"
11-19-1889 - Clifton Webb - Indianapolis, IN - d. 10-13-1966
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-19-1890 - Charme Allen - Dayton, OH - d. 10-4-1980
actor: Aunt Polly "David Harum"; Ma Owen "Into the Light"
11-19-1897 - Bud Green - Austria - d. 1-2-1981
lyricist: "Great Moments to Music"
11-19-1901 - Charles Webster - England - d. 2-xx-1965
actor: Dr. Kimball "Life Can Be Beautiful"; Tom Bryson "Backstage Wife"
11-19-1905 - Eleanor Audley - NYC - d. 11-25-1991
actor: Elizabeth Smith "Father Knows Best"
11-19-1905 - Tommy Dorsey - Shenandoah, PA - d. 11-26-1956
bandleader: "Jack Pearl Program"; "Fame and Fortune"; "Tommy Dorsey
Show"
11-19-1913 - Blue Barron - Cleveland, OH - d. 7-16-2005
bandleader: "Blue Barron and His Orchestra"; "One Night Stand"
11-19-1918 - Spiro Agnew - Towson, MD - d. 9-17-1996
[removed] vice president: "Meet the Press"
11-19-1919 - Alan Young - North Shields, England
comedian: "Alan Young Show"; "Tony Martin Show"; "Jimmy Durante Show"
11-19-1919 - George Fenneman - Peking, China - d. 5-29-1997
announcer, actor: "You Bet Your Life"; "Dragnet"; Buzz "I Fly Anything"
11-19-1921 - Roy Campenella - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-26-1993
sports news: "Campy's Corner"
11-19-1923 - Frank Reynolds - East Chicago, IN - d. 7-20-1983
newscaster: Chicago radio
11-19-1933 - Larry King - Brooklyn, NY
talk show host: "WOR Diamond Julilee"; "Rambling with Gambling"
11-19-1936 - Dick Cavett - Gibbon, NE
talk show host: "Jean Shepherd Show"
11-19-1939 - Garrick Utley - Chicago, IL
news correspondent: "Second Sunday"
11-19-1954 - Kathleen Quinlan - Pasadena, CA
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
11-19-1956 - Glynnis O'Connor - NYC
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
November 19th deaths
01-06-1903 - Francis L. Sullivan - London, England - d. 11-19-1956
actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"
03-01-1896 - George Frame Brown - d. 11-19-1979
actor: Gus "Tony and Gus"
05-01-1888 - Anna Appel - Bucharest, Romania - d. 11-19-1963
actor: Mrs. Cohen "Abie's Irish Rose"
05-30-1902 - Stepin Fetchit - Key West, FL - d. 11-19-1985
comedian: "Hollywood Hotel"
07-01-1907 - Bill Stern - Rochester, NY - d. 11-19-1971
sportscaster: "Carnival of Champions"; "Colgate Sports Newsreel"
07-02-1928 - John Timpson - Harrow, England - d. 11-19-2005
presenter: "Today"
Ron Sayles
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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:07:54 -0500
From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OTR to go to sleep with.
In 1971 I started collecting OTR using the latest state of the art cassette
tapes, and I still use cassette tape. I know how to burn CD's but at my
advance years I'm not [removed] In the 70's and 80's I traveled all over
the country, and hated it, but got well paid and liked my [removed] different
hotel and a different bed about twice a week. Sleep didn't come easy.
My trusty Sony tape player and a briefcase with lots of OTR cassettes of
Suspense, Inner Sanctum, Red Skelton, Fibber & Burns and Allen, and more
would lull me to dream land. At home local radio talk shows do the job.
For 14 years after I retired we had a condo in Florida. In October we would
travel 1440 miles with nothing on the radio, but we had a few hundred tapes
to listen to. Then in May another 1440 miles back to McHenry, Illinois an
lot of tapes to listen to. Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and
Southern Illinois are a radio waste land. Thank god for my OTR Tapes. We
sold the condo in [removed]
Frank McGurn
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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 00:41:31 -0500
From: Grams46@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: otr under forty
my almost 35 year old daughter is not a subscriber to this list but she is a
fan of old radio.
as a youngster, alli loved listening to bobb lynes when he played captain
midnight on his Sunday program at kcrw - a santa monica, ca. fm station.
today, alli is a member of the friends of vic and sade - her favorite otr.
peace from kathy
support our troops; end the war
john 3:16
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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:56:39 -0500
From: Ljk2476@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Thanks, everybody!
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To quote Jack Benny: 'Hello Again!":
Thanks to all who've given me offers of help on my CHANDU THE MAGICIAN
project! I really appreciate it! It's funny - or maybe I should say unusual
in
a good way - that my trip to the Chicago Public Library actually was a good
one, as I found an obituary notice for a radio producer from about 20 years
ago - a man who worked at WGN Chicago. If his widow is still alive, or if I
could contact any of his children, someone might be able to tell me about the
1935-1936 radio production of CHANDU that was done at WGN.
I also got a phone message - finally, after weeks of "telephone tag"
with Cyril "Ted" Armbrister, Jr., son of the man who directed the radio
shows. I
am not sure if Mr. A., Sr. directed the [removed] series, but he was a
"dialogue director" for the 1934 Bela Lugosi serial, so he may have done
those
shows, too. Ted Armbrister was born in 1940, so he only - naturally - has
memories of the later series, but he's hoping to find some things in the few
things his dad left behind.
I'll report more later. Thanks, Mrs. Culver ( Can I call you Lois?) for
the info. on your husband. Do you know any more about it? I'm particularly
interested in that. I assume - and I DO know what happens to those who
assume -
that your husband was doing those shows (the 1948 plus ... season) live on
air with the rest of the cast, because the commercials survive intact with
the
body of the show. It seems like the 1930s version had a musical "bed" so, I
would guess that local announcers would read their commercial messages over
the recordings of the show. I haven't heard a '30s CHANDU recording yet with
commercials in it, so I'm thinking that the recordings were sent to various
stations - ala THE CINNAMON BEAR, etc. with local station announcers
introducing the show and reading ads from local sponsors? Thanks, again! -
Lenny Kohl
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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:56:49 -0500
From: <jer51473@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: mp3 players in autos
Does anyone know if any of the new autos are fearturing mp3 players? Ive
heard the volvo has one, but im not interested in a volvo. Any others? I need
to buy soon and would sure like to have mp3 for otr. Thanks!
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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:53:57 -0500
From: "Mark Wuellner" <mwuellne@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: First episode of [removed]
So you're putting on a new show, to be called "Suspense". You need the
first episode of the series to make a good first impression, or you might
not be on the air for very long. To ensure your success, you've chosen
spooky theme music by Bernard Herrmann, Berry Kroeger announcing, a story by
one of the masters of suspense, John Dickson Carr, and for the
[removed] Ruggles?!?
Nothing against Charlie Ruggles, who was a very good comedian and who ended
up acquitting himself well in "The Burning Court", but isn't that a bit of a
risky pick for the very first show? Especially since every other choice
seems to be the "safe choice" (music, story, announcer, etc). Why not line
up an experienced dramatic actor for the first show? Not only was Ruggles
not a dramatic actor, but he had little experience at the mike. According
to Goldin's index, he had appeared in all of about 15 radio programs prior
to the premiere of Suspense (not counting film sound tracks and the like).
Can anyone provide any history or conjecture as to why Suspense chose
Ruggles? I love Suspense for showcasing comedians' versatility in later
years, but why risk the first show, and thus any future shows, on Charlie
Ruggles' ability to give a credible dramatic performance?
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