Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #246
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Date: 8/14/2005 9:24 AM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2005 : Issue 246
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Re: Spike Jones song                  [ Timothy Clough <timothy@[removed]; ]
  Dollar DVD's                          [ "Tim Lones" <tlones@[removed]; ]
  Feetlebaum                            [ Alan Chapman <[removed]@verizon. ]
  feitlebaum or whatever                [ "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@earthli ]
  Re: Professor Feetlebaum              [ Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed]; ]
  Re: Who's on First?                   [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
  Globe Theatre                         [ Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed]; ]
  Ma, is tha you?                       [ Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed] ]
  Feitlebaum                            [ Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed]; ]
  Jack Benny on Lawrence Welk           [ Steve Salaba <dangerdanger@sbcgloba ]
  8-14 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Gotham Radio Players at Lincoln Cent  [ StevenL751@[removed] ]

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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:51:52 -0400
From: Timothy Clough <timothy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Spike Jones song

From: Ed Kindred <kindred@[removed];

I think it was Beetle Bomb and the music was "The Dance of the Hours"
from La Giaconda.  Gia gio one of those condas
Ed Kindred

Actually, it was in both "Dance of the Hours" and "William Tell
Overture". In the latter, it (whatever it is, I've never been able to
tell) occurs repeatedly throughout the song; in the former, only at the
very end. My guess (someone else can verify) is that "William Tell" came
before "Dance", and that "Dance" was playing off the popularity of
"William Tell".

Timothy Clough

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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:53:01 -0400
From: "Tim Lones" <tlones@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Dollar DVD's

I've made it a hobby to pick  up varied ":Dollar" DVD TV Shows.  Shows I've
picked up include:
Burns And Allen
Jack Benny
Mr/Mrs. North
Gangbusters
Dick Tracy (Serial-Movie)
The Lone Wolf
You Bet Your Life
Life Of Riley
Lassie
Ozzie And Harriet
Dragnet
Cisco Kid
Sergeant Preston
Sherlock Holmes
Red Skelton

Others not Necessarily OTR related but have OTR actors as regulars or guest
stars
Make Room For Daddy
Petticoat Junction
Medic
Checkmate
Fury
Lucy Show
Dick Van Dyke
Alfred Hitchcock

One would be amazed at what is out there.  A store in my area, Family
Dollar, sells a 32 show/4 DVD collection of some of the above named shows,
plus some others for only $[removed] under the TV Guide name.  Family Dollar is
in most of the country .

Tim  Lones

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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:09:48 -0400
From: Alan Chapman <[removed]@[removed];
To: Old-Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Feetlebaum

 > A Spike Jones record album I have spells the name of the horse in the
 > "William Tell Overture" as Feitlebaum.

Jordan Young's excellent book on Spike Jones has it as "Feetlebaum."  In
any event, it appears my ears have been deceiving me lo these many
years.  I must have listen to my Spike Jones albums and tapes hundreds
of times over the years, and I always thought it was Beetlebaum.  Just
goes to show ya ... believe none of what you hear, and half of what you see.

-- Alan

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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:10:39 -0400
From: "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@[removed];
To: "OTR List" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  feitlebaum or whatever

Google listed 131 hits. Having the correct spelling really helps.

[removed]

[removed](Spike_Jones_version)

andon and [removed]

Joe Salerno

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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:09:23 -0400
From: Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Professor Feetlebaum

From: "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed];

Thanks to those of you weighing in on the horserace question raised by Spike
Jones' "William Tell Overture".  I think Michael Hayde and Philip Chavin
have nailed it with Doodles Weaver's alter ego, Professor
Feedlebaum/Feetlebaum.  But guys, which is it?

It's Professor Feetlebaum, and oddly enough, I don't think anyone has
pointed out that Doodles was introduced this way every week on Spike
Jones' 1947-1949 CBS radio show every week. Spike and Doodles were
inconsistent in the spelling of Feetlebaum but this is the
predominant spelling.

The reason a great number of people think it's "Beetlebaum" is
because that's what Weaver apparently said on Spike's 1947 RCA
recording of "William Tell Overture".  (For years we thought it was
just bad phony stereo).

And where did the name come from, you may wonder? In humorist Milt
Gross' 1925 book, "Nize Baby," there's a character called Mrs.
Feitlebaum (note spelling). I discovered this by accident but decided
this had to be the source. When Doodles' son loaned me Weaver's
diaries a few years ago, I found--to my delight--a jotting in which
Doodles confirmed my suspicion.

Actually, I didn't pick up the Gross book purely by accident--I
sought it out because Gross happened to be the guy who designed the
crazy cartoon curtain for Spike's madcap "Musical Depreciation
Revue," and this was his first published book.

And that, as they say, is the rest of the story.

Jordan R. Young
"Spike Jones Off the Record"
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:10:52 -0400
From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Who's on First?

Can't vouch for its accuracy but here's an interesting paragraph
lifted from a University of Chicago website -- the page is
[removed] -- about the origins of the famous
routine:

The origins of the "Who's on First?" routine are obscure and somewhat
controversial. According to Lou Costello's daughter, the routine
resulted from collaboration among Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and John
Grant, who later wrote most of the Abbott & Costello movies (Chris
Costello and Raymond Strait, Lou's on First [New York: Cooper Square
Press, 1981]). On the other hand, according to other sources and the
obituary of Irving Gordon (better known for writing Nat King Cole's
hit "Unforgettable"), Gordon wrote the routine while working as a
composer of parody numbers in the Catskills during the 1930s (Myrna
Oliver, "Irving Gordon, Composer of 'Unforgettable'," Los Angeles
Times, home edition, December 3, 1996, 26). Adding complication,
unprocessed manuscript documents in the Samuel L. Goldman Papers at
the University of Chicago Library include a pencil-on-foolscap version
of the routine apparently dated before 1928. Peter B. Howard, a
Berkeley bookseller, takes this version as evidence that Goldman, a
vaudevillian and author of comedy bits in the 1920s and 1930s, wrote
the routine or a precursor to it, since Abbott and Costello apparently
did not work together until around 1937 (administrative files for the
Samuel L. Goldman Papers, Department of Special Collections,
University of Chicago Library). Then again, Goldman may simply have
heard the routine on stage and transcribed it, reinforcing arguments
by others that the Abbott & Costello routine was simply a compilation
and synthesis from routines widely used by many performers in
vaudeville during the 1930s. The routine was first performed by Abbott
and Costello on radio in 1938, although they had apparently performed
it on stage for some years before that.

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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:40:07 -0400
From: Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Globe Theatre

I am trying to determine the original source (if any) of an episode I
have of the Globe Theatre. This was the AFRS production hosted by
Herbert Marshall between 1944-45.

The episode I have is based on the Ken Thurston character A MAN CALLED
X.  I know that there is an episode like this from September 30, 1944
which revolves around India, but mine is not that episode.

My episode is more bland - and involves the Hollywood
restauranteer/actor - Prince Michael Romanoff. Some of the other actors
mentioned include Gigi Pearson, Bea Benadaret, Leon Belasco, Frank
Graham, Ted von Eltz. The episode involves X traveling to Hollywood with
a foreign director to shoot background locations. It turns out these are
being shot for Nazi purposes for possible future bombing.  The play
references the year 1945, so I am not sure if it really was that year,
or just a mechanic of the play.

In the opening introduction, Herbert Marshall says a curious thing;
talking about the character of the Man called X he says "it's a part
which I portray regularly on the radio in the United States and Armed
Forces Radio thought perhaps you listeners overseas would enjoy it too."

This implies that the series is already on the air, yet Hickerson's
guide says Globe Theatre was only on until 1945 - long before Man Called
X was broadcast.

My copy is titled (though I am sure it is wrong) - Hollywood Adventure
and claims a partial date of January 1945. None of this is probably correct.

Any help in clearing up this mystery would be greatly appreciated. You
can email me directly so as not to clog up the digest.

Thanks in advance.

Jim Widner

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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:41:20 -0400
From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Ma, is tha you?

From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];

1933 - WLW in Cincinnati, OH premiered Ma Perkins. Just four months
later, Ma moved to WMAQ in Chicago and was heard over the entire NBC
network. Virginia Payne was 23 years old when she started in the title
role.

Here's a picture of Virginia shown at least eight
years into her stint.  It might have been taken
earlier than that, but Virginia submitted it
to Lew Lauria's Radio Artists Directory in Issue 6  of
1941.

[removed]

CAB

---
conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
Encino, CA
Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms

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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:42:44 -0400
From: Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Feitlebaum
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The origin of "Feitlebaum" as a comedic name goes back earlier than  
Doodles Weaver and THE SPIKE JONES SHOW. Here's an extract from Milt  
Gross' NIZE BABY book, published by Doran in 1926:

SECOND FLOOR - Sotch a callousness wot it's by mine Looy, Mrs.  
Feitlebaum. You'll wouldn't find in de whole America sotch a callous  
poison, wot on account from him I tutt wott de baby'll gonna be  
scalded yat!!

FIRST FLOOR - So why you should peeck on de baby?

SECOND FLOOR - Hm! Was so - Was stending on de stuff a cattle from  
wodder wot it was ulmost boiling so he geeves it a knock witt de  
helbow wot if I deedn't geeve queeck de baby a push away, he would be  
witt all de hot wodder [removed]

A year after NIZE BABY was published, Gross launched his LOOY DOT  
DOPE comic strip (1927-29), continued by other artists until 1936.  
This strip had an alternate title, THE FEITLEBAUM FAMILY.

Video clip of Peter Kingsley's NIZE BABY performance in 2004:

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"A P-38? How'd that get in the race?":

[removed]

Doodles Weaver did his Feitlebaum character in at least one movie,  
THE ROAD TO NASHVILLE (1967) -- as "Colonel Feitlebaum." Some sources  
suggest Weaver borrowed his Spoonerism-spouting character from 1930s  
comedian Joe Twerp. True?

Bhob @ VINTAGE NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS @ [removed]

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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:43:47 -0400
From: Steve Salaba <dangerdanger@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Jack Benny on Lawrence Welk

Mostly, I Iurk here on this list (and enjoy reading your comments)  but I
had to tell you this.

Just now I'm watching a Lawrence Welk rerun on PBS (GAD! I feel old now)
and they show a black & white clip of Jack Benny as a guest violinist - and
the band plays "When You Say "I Beg Your Pardon', I'll Come Back to You"!!
It's the song that Jack supposedly wrote and was featured several times on
Jack's radio show where (IIRC) he tries to get it published, etc. I do
recall hearing a JB show where Jack gets George Burns to sing it. As if
that will help :):) Lawrence and the entire band go along with the joke.
--
Steve Salaba

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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:59:43 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  8-14 births/deaths

August 14th births

08-14-1863 - Ernest Lawrence Thayer - Lawrence, MA - d. 8-21-1940
author: "Favorite Story"
08-14-1867 - John Galsworthy - Kingston Hill, Surrey, England - d. 1-31-1933
author: "Columbia Workshop"; "Great Plays"; "Theatre Guil On the Air"
08-14-1879 - Edna Fisher - NB - d. 4-23-1978
actress: "The Al Pearce Show"
08-14-1889 - Robert Woolsey - Oakland, CA - d. 10-31-1938
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
08-14-1893 - Carl Benton Reid - Lansing, MI - d. 3-16-1973
actor: Roger Allen "Big Sister"
08-14-1897 - Lal Chand Mehra - Amritsar, India - d. 10-21-1980
actor: "I Love A Mystery"; "I Love Adventure"
08-14-1903 - Millard Mitchell - Havana, Cuba - d. 10-13-1953
actor: Casey "Mighty Casey"
08-14-1909 - Ed Herlihy - Dorchester, MA - d. 1-30-1999
announcer: "Advs. of the Thin Man"; "Just Plain Bill"; "Vic and Sade"
08-14-1909 - Frank Papp - d. 5-27-1996
director: "The Bartons"; "Words at War"; "Right to Happiness"; "Eternal Light"
08-14-1911 - Ken Nordine - d. 9-15-1993
announcer: "Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy"; "The Breakfast Club"
08-14-1914 - Alyce King - Payson, UT - d. 8-21-1996
singer: (The King Sisters) "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"; "Al Pearce and
His Gang"
08-14-1914 - Bill Downs - Kansas City, MO - d. 5-3-1978
newscaster: CBS Moscow 1942
08-14-1917 - Marty Glickman - New York City, NY - d. 1-3-2001
sprorts broadcaster: "Saturday Night Bandwagon"; "Play Ball"; "Box Score
Review"
08-14-1920 - Nehemiah Persoff - Jerusalem, Palestine
actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre
08-14-1921 - Cobina Wright, Jr. - New York, NY
actress: "Your Blind Date"
08-14-1926 - Alice Ghostly - Eve, MO
actress: "Theatre Five"

August 14th deaths

01-07-1930 - Douglas Kiker - Griffin, KS - d. 8-14-1991
nbc newsman: "Meet the Press"
01-11-1910 - Gene Baker - Oregon - d. 8-14-1981
announcer: "Lum and Abner"; "Queen for a Day"
02-15-1899 - Gale Sondergaard - Litchfield, MN - d. 8-14-1985
actress: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
03-04-1888 - David Frederick Smith - Clarksburg, IN - d. 8-14-1976
early radio broadcaster: Creator of "March of Time"
03-18-1911 - Deane Kincaide - Houston, TX - d. 8-14-1992
saxophonist: "The Bob Crosby Show"
06-25-1895 - Donald Gallagher - Quincy, IL - d. 8-14-1961
actor: P. Wallace Carver "Houseboat Hannah"; Humble Dickinson "Joan and Kermit"
07-07-1917 - Doris Dudley - New York City, NY - d. 8-14-1985
actress: Peggy Meek "Meet Mr. Meek"
07-23-1918 - Pee Wee Reese - Ekron, KY - d. 8-14-1999
baseball great: "Play Ball"; "Box Score Review"; "Feature Project: This Game
of Baseball"
08-24-1900 - Ralph Kirbery - Patterson, NJ - d. 8-14-1993
singer: (The Dream Singer) "Mohawk Treasure Chest"; "Musical Moments Revue"
09-13-1894 - J. B. Priestly - Bradford, Yorkshire, England - d. 8-14-1984
dramatist: "London After Dark"; "Studio One"; "NBC University Theatre"
09-16-1903 - Joe Venuti - d. 8-14-1978
jazz violinist: "Friendly Five Footnotes";"Paul Whiteman Show"; "Jubilee"
12-01-1920 - Mary Wells - Omaha, NE - d. 8-14-2000
actress: "John Steele, Adventurer"
12-21-1913 - Louise King - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 8-14-1997
singer (The King Sisters) "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"; "Al Pearce and
His Gang"
12-27-1906 - Oscar Levant - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-14-1972
panelist, pianist: "Information, Please"; "Kraft Music Hall"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:20:27 -0400
From: StevenL751@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Gotham Radio Players at Lincoln Center

I am very pleased and excited to announce that  my Gotham Radio Players have
been invited to perform on-stage at Lincoln Center  on Saturday, August 20.

We will be presenting two old-time radio  recreations as part of Lincoln
Center's annual summer "Out-of-Doors"  festival.  The first is a wonderful
fantasy
piece from the COLUMBIA  WORKSHOP series called "Inside a Kid's Head,"
written by Pulitzer Prize winners  Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee ("Inherit
the
Wind," "Auntie Mame").   The other is an action-packed adventure story from
the
long-running series JACK  ARMSTRONG, THE ALL-AMERICAN BOY.  Both shows will
feature a cast of 12,  plus live sound effects and music.

Our performance will begin at 3:30 in  the afternoon and will last about 90
minutes.  We'll be on an outdoor stage  in Lincoln Center's North Plaza, which
is the area to the right of the  Metropolitan Opera House and in front of the
library.  Admission is free,  and I'm told that they usually get a crowd of
about 1500 people for these  outdoor programs.

I've been working with Gotham for more than 10 years  now and the recognition
the group has received in recent years has been very  gratifying.  It would
be great to have all our local friends from the  Digest there in the audience
to see us perform at this world famous center for  the performing arts.

We also have several other exciting projects planned  for the remainder of
2005. On October 22 we will be making our annual on-stage  appearance at the
Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention.  This year we will  be performing with
special guest Simon Jones, star of both the radio and TV  incarnations of "The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."  Also coming up on  the radio (and web)
will
be our long-delayed world premiere of Darren Callahan's  wonderful new black
comedy, "The Tokyo Tourist Bureau."

I hope you'll all  be able to come see us perform at Lincoln Center on August
20!

Steve  Lewis
director, Gotham Radio Players

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