Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #289
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Date: 9/4/2004 9:17 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 289
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Syndicated "Godfrey Contentment"?     [ damyankeeinva <damyankeeinva@earthl ]
      ILAM book                             [ "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed]; ]
      Amanda Randolph                       [ Udmacon@[removed] ]
      first radio/tv crossover              [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      I've got a [removed] for you               [ Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed] ]
      A 'TL'                                [ skallisjr@[removed] ]
      Skitch Henderson                      [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      "Script Dropping" and "Shoe Removal"  [ Elmer Standish <elmer_standish@telu ]
      Skitch Henderson & Gordon Jenkins     [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      conventions and radio                 [ Michael Berger <intercom1@attglobal ]
      Walden Hughes Yesterday USA program   [ BryanH362@[removed] ]
      TL again                              [ "Clifton Martin" <MARTBART@peoplepc ]

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    Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 11:52:18 -0400
    From: damyankeeinva <damyankeeinva@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Syndicated "Godfrey Contentment"?

    Thanks to my good and helpful friend Jay Hickerson, I've come across a
    reference to a 1940s radio series with Arthur Godfrey, which is entirely new
    to me.  I'll appreciate any additional information anyone can shed on this.

    An article in an issue of Radio Guide c. 1943 refers to Mr. Godfrey doing his
    daily ayem broadcasts over WJSV, Washington (now WTOP) and WABC, New York
    (now WCBS).  This we knew.  But then it adds the following intriguer:

    "In addition to broadcasts, he makes 'Quarter Hour of Contentment'
    transcriptions, which are carried by forty-two stations throughout the
    country."

    Help!  A not-too-educated guess on my part is that this was perhaps for the
    Carnation folk, with their "contented cows"?  I'm certain it does not refer
    to the "Singin' Sam" programs Mr. Godfrey made for Barbasol.

    Also, the writer of the "Movie-Radio Guide" article is identified only as
    "[removed]"  I didn't know the "TV Guide" predecessor used that name or was
    involved in movie news!   Can anyone fill in those initials with a full
    moniker?

    Please help!  Many thanks.  Lee Munsick

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    Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:08:59 -0400
    From: "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed];
    To: ""old-time radio digest">" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  ILAM book

    A while back someone posted something about an I Love a Mystery Book I think.
    Was I dreaming?
    Bill

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    Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:09:50 -0400
    From: Udmacon@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Amanda Randolph

    "09-02-1896 - Amanda Randolph - Louisville, KY - d. 8-24-1967
    actress: Madame Queen "Amos 'n' Andy"; Oriole "Beulah"

    My NYC family acquired its first TV--a 12 inch Muntz--in 1949 when I was
    eleven. At that time, WABD-TV (DuMont) was instituting weekday morning and
    afternoon TV, from 10:30 [removed] to 2 [removed]

    Every day at 10:45 [removed] a delightful blues singer and pianist did a fifteen
    minute show of songs and patter. It was Amanda Randolph.

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    Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:10:16 -0400
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  first radio/tv crossover

    Here's a question I've been meaning to ask for a
    while. Who was the first actor to play the same
    fictional character on both radio and television? (I
    say "fictional" to rule out people whose on air
    character shares the same name as [removed],
    Jack Benny, Milton Berle, etc.) I've got a suggestion
    for an early contender, but I thought I'd toss this
    question out to see if anybody has any good
    suggestions before throwing my own contender into the
    ring.

    Kermyt

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    Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:10:28 -0400
    From: Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  I've got a [removed] for you

    This was discussed on the digest a couple of years
    [removed]  As I recall,
    it meant "touch last". At the time the term was
    discussed, I noticed it
    was used not only on Fibber McGee and Molly, but
    on other series
    as well.  I guess I noticed it because it was
    being discussed at the time.

    Al Girard

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    Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:11:24 -0400
    From: skallisjr@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  A 'TL'

    W. Gary W., responding on C North's query on what a TL is,

> >     i've also wracked my brain to no avail trying to figure out what it

    means.  anyone?<<

    The essayist and author, [removed] Smith, indicated that one version of
    "TL" meant "tell last," used among children.  "I've got a TL for you," he
    indicated that the child saying it had a compliment for whomever he or
    she was talking to, but the addressee couldn't hear it  until he or she
    responded first with a compliment for the speaker.

    Smith speculated some child hearing that struggling with a response to an
    unpopular person; [removed],  "Well, I ..umm ... err ... hum ...."  The lack
    of a quick response might be fairly demoralizing to the person with the
    TL.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:13:30 -0400
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Skitch Henderson
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    Milton Delugg took Skitch Henderson's place, and he in turn was replaced by
    Doc Severenson up to the time Johnny Carson left the show. Remember Milton
    DeLugg playing the accordion on the show?

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    Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:14:00 -0400
    From: Elmer Standish <elmer_standish@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "Script Dropping" and "Shoe Removal"

    Greetings to all Digest members:

    Perhaps this is 'Off the Subject" a bit but there is
    certainly a valid connection so here goes.

    In recent issues of the Digest there has been some
    controversy concerning "Script Dropping" during performances
    of various radio shows.

    Although I have not seen the film myself, a friend who has,
    commented on the fact that in the TV Movie "The Night That
    Panicked America", the actors including Orson Welles removed
    their shoes just before the broadcast.

    So not having any first hand knowledge of the film, was this
    done for Dramatic Effect, or was it more or less common
    practice. Were studio floors carpeted or perhaps tiled? If
    it was common, the big question from my point of view would
    be "WHY".

    Mayhap Hal Stone or some of the other radio actors/actresses
    could come up with some information. If so, I hereby extend
    my thanks in advance.

    As an aside, I have recently be able to watch a number of
    Lone Ranger episodes, including the first three. The credits
    indicate the scripts for same were based on the ones from
    the earlier radio shows.

    So Thanks for all the good reading the Digest gives me. I'm
    not much of a "poster" but I do enjoy much of what is
    submitted by others.

    Sincere best wishes to all from ===> ELMER

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    Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 00:08:43 -0400
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Skitch Henderson & Gordon Jenkins

    FYI:  One of the radio programs Skitch Henderson wrote music for was 'I Deal
    in Crime' on ABC starring William Gargan, which I happened to be listening
    to when the Skitch discussion started.

    I have 3 episodes.  The two 1946 episodes I have 1/21/46 which was the first
    episode and 4/15/46 announce "original music composed and conducted by
    Skitch Henderson".  The third episode, in 1947 announces another musican as
    conductor.

    More trivia - regarding Gordon Jenkins, who was mentioned by Russ Butler
    with regard to a 9/11 tribute.   His son, Bruce Jenkins has been an
    award-winning sportswriter for the SF Chronicle and sports author as well,
    for over 25 years which makes him easy to contact.

    -Irene

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    Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 02:01:10 -0400
    From: Michael Berger <intercom1@[removed];
    To: otr <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  conventions and radio

    This link takes you to a story with lots of background
    on radio and the political conventions, going back to
    1924.

    [removed]

    Michael Berger

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    Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 02:49:58 -0400
    From: BryanH362@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Walden Hughes Yesterday USA program

    Saturday 9-4-04

     A.  3 1/2  hour  special on Frankie Laine .

     Sunday 9-5-04.

    A.  Classic Interview:    John Dunning interviews  Gale Gordon

    B.  Classic Interview #2   Richard Lamparski  interviews   Chet Lauck  of Lum
    of Lum and
         Abner fame.
    C.  Laura Leff  presents Jack Benny .  Benny's appearance on a 1937 Lux Radio
    Theater
         is the feature.
    D.  A mix of OTR like Fred Aleen, Fibber McGee and Molly, Great
         Gildersleeves, and One Man Family

    Sat and Sun  7:30 PM Pacific Time  on Yesterday USA .
    Heard live on the internet at [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 12:03:58 -0400
    From: "Clifton Martin" <MARTBART@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  TL again

    I'm sure I won't be the only old timer to tell the whippersnappers that  TL
    stands for "Trade Last." It's sort of a traded compliment.  You tell a
    person something good you heard about them if they will first trade you a
    compliment they heard about you.  It's one of those puzzling phrases from
    radio's golden age that are no longer a part of our language.  I dare say
    there are enough of those that somebody could write a book ... or at least
    an interesting article about it.

    Clif Martin

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