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	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 377


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 New subscriber introduction
	 Re: The GE Super Radio III
	 Re: Canadian charges from clubs
	 X-1/Dimension X Butchery
	 ESCAPE Question
	 Re: BITS AND PIECES
	 SPERDVAC & RHAL
	 Re: more rube
	 Reader for the Blind
	 Hopalong
	 The new catalogs are here!  I'm somebody now.

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 07:56:36 -0500
From: Charles Mazza <flash@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: New subscriber introduction
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hello everyone. I'm new to this mailing list so i thought i'd introduce
myself. I haven't been at the OTR thing very long, i got started via my
interest in vintage comic book collecting. I am actively looking for
episodes of The Shadow and Lux movie adaptions. I am mostly interested in
the Shadow and was hoping that all you OTR veterans out there could suggest
other programs in that vein that you think i'd enjoy. I am looking to trade
for and/or purchase programs i need so if anyone has some episodes to trade
or sell, drop me some email. Thanks.

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 08:33:17 -0800 (PST)
From: hcones@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
cc: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: The GE Super Radio III
Message-ID: <[removed]@[[removed]]>

The GE Super Radio  has been used by medium wave DXers* for a number of 
years.  It offers great selectivity and sensitivity, plus outstanding 
tone, in an inexpensive package.  The change from Super radio II to 
Super radio III came 2-3 years ago and seemed to be just a cabinet 
makeover, although some DXers claim the III is not as "hot" as the II. 
It has been a very popular radio and a number of modifications have 
been published in the hobby mags--a sure sign of popularity.  Most feel 
that the only thing that would make it better would be a digital 
readout. I use mine for night listening all the time and have found it 
fantastic at pulling in distant stations.  The Super radio III is 
generally available for $[removed] but I have seen them often at $[removed] and 
once saw them for $[removed] 

*[a dxer is a radio listener who trys to hear distant stations--a hobby 
in the world of radio]

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 10:18:10 -0500
From: aa993@[removed] (Christopher L. Tumber)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Canadian charges from clubs
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

JRayb71827 wrote:
 
>I understand to a certain extent the chagrin of some Canadian OTR fans about
>membership and postage costs from some clubs.  What I DON'T understand is the
>on-going furore.  
 
The reason for the ongoing furore is simply my own obstinate nature. I think 
SPERDVAC is misguided, unfair and shortsighted for charging a higher 
membership fee for non-Americans (not, I repeat, for the twelveth time, not 
for charging more for shipping. God I wish I'd never brought that up!) and 
I've never been shy about telling people how I feel.
 
>If the complainants will just check out what it would cost
>them to get the many thousands of shows available without the club bargain
>prices I think they'll find it's one of the best pricing set-ups you could
>possibly get.  As members, you simply rent the shows for a low fee, keep them
>for a month if desired and, as members, duplicate them for your own
>collection.  Can't beat it!  Some of the lesser clubs have smaller libraries
>and many of them are not always of the best quality.  
 
Yes, yes, yes, clubs cost a fraction of commercial vendors, which is why I am 
a member of RHAC and while I haven't been a member long enough to seriously 
recommend the club to anyone I would recommend that anyone considering 
joining a club, particularly if they don't live on US soil, consider RHAC 
first.
 
I've just been told that while NARA does accept foreign members, it won't 
ship materials outside the US. Can anyone confirm or deny? The membership 
application I received from the club made no mention of this policy so I 
suspect it may have been changed or the information may be incorrect. If 
it is true, it certainly does cast SPERDVAC in a better light, but I think 
the xenephobia then demonstrated by two of the larger clubs marks the hobby 
as dangerously backward.
 
>So, pick and choose and
>if the costs being debated are too rich for your blood, then don't join.
 
It certainly isn't a matter of cost. I'd be more than happy to pay double 
RHAC's or SPERDVAC's annual fees (assuming the money went to improving 
collections, etc.) but only if those fees are *fairly* applied to all 
members. At the moment, SPERDVAC is not treating it's global neighbors fairly.

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 10:18:59 -0500
From: aa993@[removed] (Christopher L. Tumber)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: X-1/Dimension X Butchery
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Ronhare@[removed] wrote:
 
>I think Radio Spirits was just taken in by the many bad intros that are  in
>wide circulation.  For example, "Competition" in their X Minus One (Volume 1)
>compilation is really a DimensionX.  It was never redone for  X-1. Volume 2
>does not seem to have an obvious mistake like this. Or, have you uncovered
>others with the wrong intros?
 
I have two such episodes "Competition" and "With Folded Hands". They came in 
a trade from someone who said they were part of a "commercial package" which 
probably means Radio Spirits but I can't really say for certain. If such 
spliced episodes pre-date Radio Spirits, then almost certainly they were 
fooled too. I'd never given it much thought except to assume they'd done it 
to homogenise the [removed]

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 11:19:28 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: ESCAPE Question
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi All,
 
I got a question on my Escape list that I can't answer. Anyone out
there know if ESCAPE show #22, "The 2nd Passenger", is the same as 
show #84, "Second Class Passenger"? I double-checked the titles, but
I don't have these shows, so can't verify the show content. Thanks.
 
Frank
 

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 11:23:37 -0500
From: celtic@[removed] (Stuart Joseph)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: BITS AND PIECES
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

>
>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 09:52:59 -0800 (PST)
>From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)

>The innocent rube is perhaps the most American humor
>figure. Look at how it has been used over the years.

>The list of films and TV shows of the rube comes
>to the big city and uses country ways to solve
>crimes is endless.

>Need we mention Homer and Jethro?  N
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The idea of the "Rube" goes back even further in American Show Biz history,
stretching all the way back to the 18th Century, but in those days the
character was known as a Yankee. The person I remember who developed the
character was Joseph Jefferson (correct me if I'm wrong) and his character
evolved into Uncle Sam.
The Rube was very popular in America since we were mostly rural and the
character became popular on the stage and vaudeville and in tent shows,
where there were male and female versions that were known as Toby (male and
I don't remember the female name) also carrying over into circuses.
They also didn't only solve crimes, basically they outwitted the city
slicker- either in the city or in the country.
Stuart
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>Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 13:42:06 -0700
>From: Jim Clark <jclark@[removed]>

>The baking powder frogmen, submarines and PT boats can still be found
There's a large-
>format newspaper style magazine called "Toy Shop" that usually has these
>listed.  Ah, the prices we pay trying to recapture our [removed]
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You can say that again! It's what keeps food on the tables of nostalgia dealers.
Could you give us a contact for "Toy Shop?"
Thanks.
Stuart
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>
>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 16:06:47 -0500
>From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
>
>The TV show on PBS that allegedly starred Matt Dillon was called 
>"THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN HEARTH" 
>I do have a videotape of "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN HEARTH"
>
>Jean Shepherd also had a PBS series called, "Jean Shepherd's America",
>
>If anybody has videotape of this series please contact me.  
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Include me in!
Thanks
Stuart
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>
>There were also other Shepherd Specials on PBS.  Some titles that come
>to mind are "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss", which (I think) also 
>included parts of "The Mole People Battle the Forces of Darkness" 
>(from PLAYBOY magazine July, 1968 and August, 1971 respectively);
>and "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories" from June, 1961.
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I would be interested in getting copies if anyone has any.
Thanks for all the information Ken.
Stuart
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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 13:17:03 -0600 (CST)
From: caldwell@[removed] (Wayne Caldwell)
To: oty@[removed]
Subject: SPERDVAC & RHAL
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Can someone post the membership cost, lending cost, anount of shows, and 
whatever else cost to the Old Time Radio clubs like SPERDVAC, RHAL (of 
Colorado) and any others.

It would be nice to see how they compare.

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 11:47:32 -0500
From: Joelsiegel@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: more rube
Message-ID: <951110114731_103116359@[removed]>

the rube is a constant figure in shakespeare (the gravediggers in hamlet, for
example). the country bumpkin getting the best of the city slicker is another
example of "rube" humor. My American Cousin, the play Lincoln was watching
when he was shot, was a that kind of comedy, the unsophisticated American
getting the best of his proper British cousin. 
As Will Rogers said (another practitioner of "rube" [removed] his
lariat, talking in a very slow drawl, and being smarter than anybody), "If
Adam came back, all he'd recognize would be the jokes."

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 11:57:17 -0500
From: ab065@[removed] (Ron Abrams)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Reader for the Blind
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Like Mike, I've been reading for the blind for a number of years.  Not
having been able to become a radio announcer due to conflicting career
ambitions, I sought an outlet at our local Sight Center.  I've been doing
it for about 15 years.  I enjoy it more, I think, than being on the radio,
because my work helps people get educations (I read a lot of textbooks).
Some of them have let me know how successful they've been due to my efforts
(in part).  Very rewarding!

--
Ron Abrams ab065@[removed]

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 09:21:52 -0800 (PST)
From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Hopalong
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I remember having a 78 rpm album of a Hopalong story with a
picture book built into it. Every time his horse would whinney,
you turned the page.
So many years later when we got to Skinner in Psych class, I
was ahead of the game.

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 12:40:36 -0500 (EST)
From: "W. John Weber" <wweber@[removed]>
To: Radio Drama <Radiodrama@[removed]>,
        Old Time Radio <otr@[removed]>
Subject: The new catalogs are here!  I'm somebody now.
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Greetings [removed]

(Congratulations to anyone who caught the pop-culture reference in the 
Subject header)

I just stopped by and visited the folks at The LodesTone Catalog, and 
they just got their new edition of their catalog in from the printers.  I 
must say, it's pretty.  Not only that, but its densely packed with radio 
drama (current stuff, and classic material, including Norman Corwin).  I'd 
advise anyone on this list to get their own copy by e-mailing 
lodeston@[removed] with your mailing address.

-- John Weber

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