Subject: [removed] Digest V2003 #226
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Date: 6/5/2003 9:03 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2003 : Issue 226
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Morality Shows                    [ Christopher Werner <werner1@globalc ]
      Campana Balm's Home Town              [ "David H. Buswell" <dbuswell@rivnet ]
      Green Hornet                          [ "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@hotm ]
      Martian Death March                   [ "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed]; ]
      Morality shows                        [ Grams46@[removed] ]
      Cincinnati Radio                      [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Films starring Ernest Tubb            [ "Christian Blees" <christian-blees@ ]
      Straight Arrow's Packy                [ "William Harper" <whhsa@[removed] ]
      "false names"                         [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      June 6th birthdays                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 20:54:01 -0400
    From: Christopher Werner <werner1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Morality Shows

>     With regard to "morality" shows, the first one that comes to mind for me is
>     "Martian Death March" on either X-1 or Dimension X.

    My good friend Chris Holm responded with some Science Fiction examples like
    Martian Death March. That brings to mind one of my all time favorites -
    Nightfall. It contrasts the disappearance of two suns with the return of
    Christ/Armageddon/end of life on earth.

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 20:54:11 -0400
    From: "David H. Buswell" <dbuswell@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Campana Balm's Home Town

    Russ Butler dredged up memories of Campana's Italian Balm which were fondly
    received in that in my youth I often passed by the headquarters of the
    Campana Company.  However the venue assuredly was not Batavia, NY but rather
    Batavia, Illinois (a suburb west of Chicago).  The headquarters building was
    a tower structure and certainly would date to the 1930s.  It was (and I
    assume still is) quite an art deco landmark.

    Dave Buswell
    A youth in Illinois, a retiree on Virginia's Northern Neck

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 20:55:06 -0400
    From: "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Green Hornet

    Hello All:

    Rick Keating wrote:

>     I was too young to have
>     watched the show in first run airing, but I've never
>     even seen the Green Hornet series show up on any
>     station, network or cable, in any of the years since

    Well, Rick, the Green Hornet was only on for one season, 1966-67.  That
    means 39 episodes, tops. Stations and cable networks generally like 5 day a
    week runs of old shows and don't like things that only provide 8 weeks of
    programming before having to change programs or begin reruns.  So shows that
    only last one or two seasons usually don't make syndication.

    BTW, I was 9-10 years old during the GH TV series and I do remember it. It
    was hugely popular with 9 year old boys, I can testify to that, as I and all
    my friends watched it religoiusly.  Guess it didn't do too well in other
    demographics.

    George

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 20:55:18 -0400
    From: "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Martian Death March

    One of the best, most heartbreaking, most human stories to appear on that
    series, X Minus One, and if any aliens heard it, I don't think they would
    want this species as neighbors.  Note the jewish sound to the music, to
    me it sounds kind of like the soundtrack to The Eternal Light.  Kurt

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:13:23 -0400
    From: Grams46@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Morality shows
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    the greatest story ever told

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 22:59:09 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincinnati Radio

    Walden Hughes wonders where he can get the WVXU Documentary, Cincinnati:
    The War Years.

    Walden, that is a premium offered by station WVXU when you pledge as
    member. However, you can check with Mike Martini, one of the producers, who
    says contact him if interested:

    Here is the web page for the CD: [removed]

    And Mike is a member of this digest, but here is his email
    address:  mmartini@[removed]

    You would be doing the producers a great favor if you purchased a copy as
    it was not made on the cheap and is very well done.

    Who knows, maybe you can get him to interview. He has a lot of knowledge of
    Cincinnati radio.

    Jim Widner
    jwidner@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:02:36 -0400
    From: "Christian Blees" <christian-blees@[removed];
    To: "OTR digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Films starring Ernest Tubb

    Dear Folks,

    a friend of mine is looking for vintage films starring the musician
    Ernest Tubb. He named "Fighting Buckaroo" (1943), "Jamboree" (1944),
    "Riding West" (without year), and "Hollywood Barn Dance" (1947). Does
    anybody from this list know how to get hold of video tapes/copies of
    these movies?  Any help will be appreciated! Please contact me off list.
    Thank you very much.

    Christian

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    Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:21:10 -0400
    From: "William Harper" <whhsa@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Straight Arrow's Packy

    Dear OTR Lovers;
    Peace.
    I thought my research on the NABISCO promotion, Straight Arrow, had ended!
    Not so! I came across a song book for sale with music/words by the Happy
    Chappies, Fred Howard and Nat Vincent.  I believe Fred Howard of the
    Chappies is none other than the Fred Howard that played Packy on Straight
    Arrow!  I compared the photo on the book cover with photos of Fred during
    his Straight Arrow days and their is a similarity!  Can I get some input
    from anyone that knew or worked with Fred?  To see the cover click here:
    [removed]
    Thanks
    Manituwah,
    Bill

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    Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:41:39 -0400
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "false names"

    Elizabeth Minney posted:

>     I was listening to a "Frontier Gentleman" episode called "The Preacher"
>     broadcast October 19, 1958 and was stopped cold when the announcer, Bud
>     Sewell, stated that the actors were Waldo Epperson, Richard Perkins,
>     and Ray Wood.  WOW!  The voices I had been hearing were those of Ralph
>     Moody, Parley Baer and Vic Perrin.

    I know that Vic Perrin and Parley Baer used the aliases Richard Perkins and
    Waldo Epperson a number of times on various shows. William Conrad used
    "Julius Crowbine".  I used to kid Parley and call him Waldo. I did ask him
    why he used a fictious name but cannot remember his answer. Even Nelson
    Olmsted used an alias on a series. He had forgotten all about it until I
    gave him a tape of the show.

    I imagine the reason had something to do with their contracts. Someone I'm
    sure will shed more light on this. But it's always fun to discover these
    little gems.

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    Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 18:33:31 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  June 6th birthdays

    If you were born on the 6th of June, you share your birthday with:

    06-06-1898 - Walter Abel - St. Paul, MN - d. 3-26-1987
    actor: "Columbia Presents Shakespeare"; "Magic Key"; "Voice of the Army"
    06-06-1918 - Maria Montez - Barahona, Dominican Republic - d. 9-7-1951
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-06-1918 - Peter Donald - Bristol, England - d. 4-30-1979
    actor, emcee: Ajax Cassidy "Fred Allen Show"; "Can You Top This?"
    06-06-1944  Anniversary of the D-Day landings

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Hometown of [removed] Kaltenborn, Spencer Tracy and Alfred Lunt

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