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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2006 : Issue 145
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Researchers may be interested in thi [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
DOUBLE 'TRICK' QUESTION [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
horror show [ knight555@[removed] ]
Three Skeleton Key [ mikennancy2001@[removed] ]
response to Dave and WXYZ [ Joemartelle@[removed] ]
Favorite moments [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
Question about Superman, et al. [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
Byron Kane on Suspense [ "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed] ]
Re: WXYZ's radio heyday [ "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed] ]
Green Hornet exposed [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Re: Studio Orchestras [ "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed] ]
Favorite OTR moment [ Jodie Peeler <raisingirl@mindspring ]
5-26 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
HOUDINI movie on tv [ zbob@[removed] ]
Suspense Shows [ "Paul Thompson" <beachcrows@sbcglob ]
Jack Benny and Frankie Remley [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:03:40 -0400
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Researchers may be interested in this
There's a new book just released from McFarland & Co.
compiled by Jeanette M. Berard and Klaudia Englund titled
"Radio Series Scripts, 1930-2001." That's all I knew about
it as I awaited its release for possibly six months after
hearing it was in the pipeline. Imagine my surprise when it
arrived and it turned out not to be actual scripts but a
listing of those housed at the Thousand Oaks (California)
Library. It's then that I read the all-important subtitle
(which I could swear didn't accompany the initial
announcement): "A Catalog of the American Radio Archives
Collection." Even that isn't clear; you have to open the
book and flip through it (if no one has forewarned you, as
I'm doing) that the volume is nearly 400 pages of lists and
nothing more. So don't be expecting to find any scripts!
Despite that, and the fact the title isn't exactly on
target, the tome accomplishes very well what it sets out to
do: to tell OTR researchers what's available at the
repository named. Like most research libraries of which I'm
aware, Thousand Oaks doesn't let you carry stuff off the
premises. Unlike some of those in its league, you also
aren't permitted to photocopy scripts and other research
materials without presenting written permission in advance
from all copyright holders to allow you to do so. This
throws a damper on one's ability to gain a vast storehouse
of data on a visit, even a visit that extends over several
days.
Nonetheless, the book tells you what's there even though
it's complicated to get what you may really want -- if you
want to peruse let's say more than a handful of scripts.
The paperback volume sells for $55 plus $4 s/h and may be
ordered from [removed] or 800-253-2187. It could
be important to researchers, especially to any who can get
to Thousand Oaks and who have instant recall of the script
pages they may view, assuming they aren't able to acquire
the necessary permissions.
Jim Cox
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:04:07 -0400
From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: DOUBLE 'TRICK' QUESTION
Al Kopec caught me on both counts. George Aust was only partly correct.
Bob and Helen sang NO duets -- each sang their part as a solo! With all
the chatter re Houdini, I thought I'd pull a trick out of the ol' top
hat.
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:04:23 -0400
From: knight555@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: horror show
Hi there. What is, in anyone's opinion, the best overall horror show
on otr? not just episode, but the series that consistently had the
most scary, well written and acted horror shows?
I'm looking to expand my collection into horror and any opinions,
suggestions are welcome. you can answer directly if you like. :o)
mj
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:16:39 -0400
From: mikennancy2001@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Three Skeleton Key
The recording that I have for Three Skeleton Key didn't have Vincent Price,
but it was on "Escape" and William Conrad played Louis (Louie?). Were there
two separate versions?
Mike
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:17:01 -0400
From: Joemartelle@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: response to Dave and WXYZ
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Hi Dave
For my money, the deffinitive 'in depth' work on WXYZ is the book, 'WYXIE
WONDERLAND,' masterfully and candidly written by Dick Osgood, who worked at
the
station for 36 years. You'll find EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about
George W. Trendle, The Lone Ranger, Green Hornet, Sgt. Preston and a whole
lot
more about the 'behind the scenes' at WXYZ. Additionally, it's a wonderful
history of national and local radio.
The book is a little pricey but well worth it. I watched E-Bay for the book,
for many months, before winning a copy for around $[removed] You may find a
copy (somehat cheaper but doubtful) on [removed] Of course, you can always
check it out at your local library!
Good luck and I hope you enjoy the book, as much as I have!
Joe Martelle
Mesa, Colorado
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:56:10 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favorite moments
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Obviously, there are too many to mention. One of the ones which
sprang immediately to mind, however, was a Christmas episode of "Amos
and Andy" where Andy takes a job as a department store Santa Claus in
order to get Arbodella (Andy's daughter) a doll as a Christmas gift. Later
in the episode, Andy explains the Lord's Prayer to her before she goes to
bed. IMHO, it is an episode not to be missed and one which every child
should hear. It has an innnocence to it which all children can easily relate
to and doesn't talk down to them.
Another OTR Fan,
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:56:27 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Question about Superman, et al.
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I was told that the characters of Batman and Robin were introduced on
the Adventures of Superman. My simple questions about this fact is: Did
Superman know their real identities and vice versa? Or not? If not, did
they
just know of each other as Batman, Robin, and Superman and occasionally
have their paths cross when helping each other with solving crimes?
Another OTR Fan,
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:57:06 -0400
From: "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Byron Kane on Suspense
...someone mentioned the suspense show where frank lovejoy was talking down
a distressed [removed] believe the pilot was my friend byron kane.
chet norris
This is correct, Chet! The episode in question - Suspense's "The Lone Night
- aired on November 18, 1956.
Karen Lerner
Radio Spirits, Inc.
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:58:09 -0400
From: "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: WXYZ's radio heyday
I just Googled "WXYZ Radio" and came up with a ton of listings. It's all
piecemeal, and you have to pick and choose, but I think much information can
be gleaned from the various entries. There is a biography of George Trendle
in the El Lay Public Library that I read a couple of years ago, but it's
(ahem) an "authorized" biography. By that I mean that most of the Lone Ranger
books I've seen depicted him as a real SOB (and that's an understatement, but
I don't want to get really profane here), who appropriated others' work and
was more than miserly with his staff. The biography that I read really
sanitizes him way over the top. Mayhaps, after reading some of the Google
sources, someone will write the definitive history of the station.
Thanx,
B. Ray
Hug a malamute today! <
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:54:17 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Green Hornet exposed
Gordon Robson asks:
What is the date of the Green Hornet episode in which old Dan Reid
tells his
son Britt about the legacy of crime fighting handed down by his
great-uncle,
The Lone Ranger?
Ron Sayles answers:
THE GREEN HORNET
Episode 830 10-28-47 "Exposed"
THE GREEN HORNET
Episode 831 11-4-47 "Graft Crosses the Bridge"
THE GREEN HORNET
Episode 832 11-11-47 "Too Hot To Handle"
The Green Hornet found out about his relationship to the Lone Ranger
in a 3 part mini-series. "Exposed" #830 10-28-47, "Graft Crossed the
Bridge" #831 11-4-47 and "Too Hot To Handle" #832 11-11-47. It is the
last of the 3 where he actually learned the identity.
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:54:31 -0400
From: "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Studio Orchestras
Growing up in Chicago during the forties and fifties, I recall that at least
three of the network outlets had studio orchestras, and vocalists as well.
NBC owned WMAQ, and the orchestra was led by Caesar Petrillo, Jimmy's
brother. WBBM, the CBS outlet, had a pretty good sized band that I remember
appearing at an International Trade Fair in 1960, with a vocalist named
Connie Mitchell. WGN, the Mutual station had a band that featured vocalist
(ta-da) Helen O'Connell. I'm afraid I don't recall much about the ABC outlet,
which was either WENR or WLS, or maybe both. The two stations shared the same
frequency and I never was able to figure out the relationship between the
two, except I think I remember "Gangbusters" being on WENR and I know that
the "WLS National Barn Dance" was on, you guessed it, WLS, which kept telling
me that it was my "Prairie Farmer Station," while WLS stood for World's
Largest Store (Sears), who I guess was the original owner. BTW, in the
current age of radio stations being little cubby holes in some strip mall,
and farms being owned by large corporations, do any of the stations still
broadcast farm news?
Thanx,
B. Ray
W9KEE
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:07:10 -0400
From: Jodie Peeler <raisingirl@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favorite OTR moment
hello all --
I'm probably grandfathering this in because it comes close to the end of
the era of OTR, but for me the OTR moment that always gets me is the May
15, 1953 "Headline Edition" on ABC. This is the installment where
"technical difficulties" prevent the transcribed reports from Gunnar
Back in Washington and Tom Casey in Chicago from being played during the
broadcast, and "Headline Edition" host Taylor Grant reacts with some
droll ad-libbing about the problems they're having. At one point he
refers to it as "a memorable Headline [removed] least to me."
Once it becomes apparent there's some pretty serious problems, the staff
announcer fills by reading some stock copy about ABC's crack news staff.
When he reaches the line, "That kind of news coverage doesn't just
happen," the announcer cracks up. However, the super-cool way Taylor
Grant kept his head about him as things flew apart on the air never
ceases to amaze, or amuse, me every time I listen to that clip.
There's an MP3 of it out there on the Web somewhere, and an edited
version has been released on some of the Bloopers compilations.
Jodie Peeler
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 22:15:42 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 5-26 births/deaths
When trivia becomes common knowledge . . . is it still trivia?
May 26th births
05-26-1884 - Charles Winninger - Athens, WI - d. 1-19-1969
actor: Captain Henry "Show Boat"; Uncle Charlie "Uncle Charlie's Tent
Show"
05-26-1886 - Al Jolson - Srednick, Lithuania, Russia - d. 10-23-1950
singer: (The Jazz Singer) "Shell Chateau"; "Kraft Music Hall"
05-26-1887 - Paul Lukas - Budapest, Austria-Hungary - d. 8-15-1971
actor: Albert Einstein "Quick and the Dead"
05-26-1893 - Edward MacHugh - Dundee, Scotland - d. 2-3-1957
singer: "Gospel Singer"
05-26-1893 - Eugene Goosens - London, England - d. 6-13-1962
conductor: New York Philharmonic
05-26-1895 - Norma Talmadge - Jersey City, NJ - d. 12-24-1957
actor: "Thirty Minutes in Hollywood"
05-26-1904 - George Formby - Lancashire, England - d. 3-6-1961
singer, actor: "Manitoba Flood Relief Show"
05-26-1905 - Fred MacKaye - Hackettstown, NJ - d. 9-10-1980
actor, director: Monk Rice "Point Sublime"; "Lux Radio Theatre";
"Romance"
05-26-1905 - Margaret Fuller - Butler, PA - d. 1-6-1952
actor: "Attorney At Law"; "Today's Children"
05-26-1907 - John Wayne - Winterset, IA - d. 6-11-1979
actor: Dan O'Brien "Three Sheets to the Wind"
05-26-1908 - Robert Morley - Semley, England - d. 6-3-1992
actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"
05-26-1908 - Vera Van - Marion, OH - d. 4-16-1992
singer: "The George Jessel Show"; "The Vicks Open House"
05-26-1909 - Richard Maibaum - NYC - d. 1-4-1991
screen writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-26-1910 - Larry Rhine - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-27-2000
writer: "Duffy's Tavern"
05-26-1911 - Ben Alexander - Goldfield, NV - d. 7-5-1969
actor: Frank Smith "Dragnet"; Bashful Ben "Great Gildersleeve"
05-26-1912 - Barbara Lee - Denver, CO
actor: "Big Sister"; "Valiant Lady"; "Our Gal Sunday"
05-26-1914 - Ziggy Elman - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-25-1968
trumpet: "Benny Goodman Orchestra", "The Tommy Dorsey Show"
05-26-1915 - Martin Stone - d. 6-7-1998
producer: "Howdy Doody"; "Author Meets the Critic"
05-26-1915 - Sam Edwards - Macon, GA - d. 7-28-2004
actor: Tracy Baker "One Man's Family"; Dexter Franklin "Meet Corliss
Archer"
05-26-1918 - John Dall - NYC - d. 1-15-1971
actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Voice of the Army"
05-26-1920 - Peggy Lee - Jamestown, ND - d. 1-21-2002
singer: "Jimmy Durante Show"; "Chesterfield Supper Club"; "Peggy Lee
Show"
05-26-1923 - Roy Dotrice - Island of Guernsey, Channel Islands
actor: Sir Gregory Pitkin "Men from the Ministry"
05-26-1931 - Chet Norris - Manhattan Beach, NY
actor: "Tomnorrow Calling"; "Cisco Kid"; "ABC Radio Workshop"
May 26th deaths
02-28-1914 - Jim Boles - Lubbock, TX - d. 5-26-1977
actor: Doc Long "I Love A Mystery"; Fulmer Green "King's Row"
03-15-1904 - George Brent - Dublin, Ireland - d. 5-26-1979
actor, moderator: "Doctor Fights"; "Leave It to the Girls"; "Lux
Radio Theatre"
04-22-1906 - Eddie Albert - Rock Island, IL - d. 5-26-2005
actor: Walter Mitty "Secret Life of Walter Mitty"; "Eddie Albert Show"
05-31-1901 - Joe Kelly - Crawfordsville, IN - d. 5-26-1959
emcee, quizmaster: "National Barn Dance"; "Quiz Kids"
06-13-1912 - Sam Taylor - Chicago, IL - d. 5-26-2000
writer: "Tales ofWillie Piper"
07-24-1915 - Lloyd Marx - d. 5-26-1988
composer, conductor: "Capitol Family Hour"; "Original Amateur Hour"
08-15-1888 - Albert Spalding - Chicago, IL - d. 5-26-1952
violinist: "Forecast"; "Pause That Refreshes . . . On the Air"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Birthplace of Walter Blaufuss
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 22:57:59 -0400
From: zbob@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: HOUDINI movie on tv
The Tony Curtis movie is scheduled to show on MAX next month, on the 27th.
Cheers!
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 00:39:06 -0400
From: "Paul Thompson" <beachcrows@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Suspense Shows
Chet Norris inquired about the titles of two Suspense shows:
The program featuring Claude Rains as the sole performer was about a
reporter spending the night in a wax museum. It was called The Waxwork
and was broadcast March 20, 1947.
The other with Frank Lovejoy and Byron Kane in a story line about an
air traffic controller talking down a man inside an airplane who
doesn't know how to operate the controls was called The Long Night and
broadcast November 18, 1957.
Hope this info helps him locate copies of the shows.
Paul Thompson
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 10:52:54 -0400
From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Jack Benny and Frankie Remley
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I ran across info about an archive at the 'Boston Public Library, Rare Books
and Manuscripts' of correspondence between Jack Benny and Frank Remley
"Benny, Jack -- Correspondence; Remley, Frank -- Correspondence; Kupcinet,
Irv -- Correspondence; American wit and humor. A collection of 125 letters,
mostly written by Jack Benny to Frank Remley, the left-handed guitarist who
played on the Benny radio shows. For the most part, the letters are Jack's
comments on articles clipped from Ripley's "Believe It or Not!" Along with
the letters are some 16 stand-alone clippings with manuscript notes by
Benny."
-Irene
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