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Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 10:11:38 +0000
From: catfish
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To:
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Subject: House of Fantasy
Syndicated late-night radio host Art Bell recently played the opening 6
minutes of an episode from a series called House of Fantasy. The episode
was Shadow People. This was relevent for Art Bell, since people are
always calling his show about mysterious and hard to pin down Shadow
People. Generally described as appearing at the edges of your vision and
with elusive shadow-like properties.
The HOF episode described the Shadow People and they were just like the
beings that people call Art Bell about. Art was glad to find this OTR
show, since he's sometimes accused of inventing the Shadow People. Art
also had a nothing but very positive things to say about OTR in general,
you've gotta like that even if you're not an Art Bell fan.
Art mentioned that he intends to play the entire episode soon, but
didn't say when. The show seemed OK, nothing really special. Hard to
judge by just a 6-minute clip, though.
Catfish
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:29:52 +0000
From:
StevenL751@[removed]
To:
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Subject: Gotham Radio Players tonight!
I've just been told that Max Schmid will be playing on TONIGHT's "Golden Age
of Radio" a recording of the Gotham Radio Players' performance at last year's
Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention. This will be the first time this
performance will be heard on the air.
The show is a recreation of a SUSPENSE broadcast, "Heaven's to Betsy". What
made this production really exciting is that it featured special guest star
DICK BEALS playing the same role with us that he played in the original 1955
broadcast. Dick was a well-known voice during the golden age of radio, but
probably his best known role is that of the voice of "Speedy Alka-Seltzer",
which he created in the 1950's and is still playing today.
"Heavens to Betsy" is a delightful fantasy about an average, unremarkable
family whose is suddenly turned upside down when a flying saucer lands in
their backyard. It was written by the very talented Antony Ellis.
"The Golden Age of Radio" will be heard tonight, 7:00-9:00 PM (eastern) on
WBAI, [removed] FM in the NYC area. For those of you in other locations, you can
tune in on the web at
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[removed] coming up in less than three weeks is our performance at the 2002
Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention. This year the Gotham Radio Players
will be appearing Friday afternoon, October 25, in a recreation of the lost
LIGHTS OUT program "Chicken Heart". I hope you will all come out to the
Holiday Inn North at Newark to see us recreate this classic tale of horror.
For more information you can visit the web at
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Steve Lewis
director, Gotham Radio Players
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:31:34 +0000
From: hal stone
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To:
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Subject: Re:Actors appelations
Matthew posted;
> Hello, just wanted to clarify my use of the word common in reference to my
> statement of "common radio actors." What I mean here is the most popular
> radio actors like Barney Philips, John Dehner, William Conrad, Virginia
> [removed] Those actors who showed up frequently on radio shows like Suspense,
> Gunsmoke, Escape, and others.
I think I knew what you meant Matthew. I hope you didn't mind my
tongue-in-cheek response.
Among the acting fraternity, we called those folks "busy actors", "the more
popular actors", "Director's pets", "The old standby's", or even "The
industry elite". :)
Hal(Harlan)Stone
Jughead
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:32:10 +0000
From: hal stone
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To:
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Subject: Re: Who abandoned who?
In the thread about who killed network radio, I don't think you can blame
the DJ's. It wasn't their fault. If you want to talk about the ability of
current radio fare to keep you entertained, that's something entirely
different. Maybe it just "killed" your interest in listening. :)
But my friend Dano Hughes said something in a recent posting that I think
should be qualified. (So, I'll do it for him.) In discussing the issue with
Jim Cox, ol' Dano said;
> Wait a minute now, Jim! Don't you agree that network radio was killed
> off by TV? When all the stars abandoned radio for television, the
> stations scrambled to fill their airtime the least expensive way--with
> disc jockeys.
Ooops. You didn't mean to say "When all the stars abandoned radio for
television" did you?
I betcha meant to say "When all the Advertisers abandoned radio for
television". Isn't that right Dan? (Say [removed]'m getting you off the hook.)
It's very simple folks. Actors, in any art form, have an annoying problem.
They like to eat. (well, maybe not so much as "like to", as it [removed] "Need
to".
They are not always purists, and if things are slow, they will take jobs
wherever they can get them. Back in the OTR years, NY actors would try their
hand at Summer Stock, Off Broadway, Legit Theatre, Radio, and eventually,
that upstart, Television. Like Migrant orchard workers, they went where the
pickin's were good. Plain and simple, they had to. Radio was not abandoned
by them. It was the other way around. Plain and simple, it was an economic
necessity for everyone concerned. The Performers, the Networks, the
Sponsors.
But it didn't happen overnight as you all know. It wasn't until more and
more homes bought TV sets, and kept buying them, with a frenzy. Once the
cost of TV sets kept dropping in price, a new, vital, and incredibly popular
"Entertainment medium" surfaced, and created a new mass market for
advertising dollars. It was impractical for networks to continue to
subsidize Radio programs, while incurring the far greater expense involved
with TV production equipment and manpower. When advertisers could not
justify putting money into a radio show that was not delivering adequate
numbers of listeners, the medium atrophied.
But Radio broadcasting still had value by then. Particularly for News
bulletins, and what became known as "drive time" programming. Car radios and
portable radios were practically indispensable by then. That gave rise to
the plethora of Disc Jockeys playing music. A relatively inexpensive way to
fill air time.
But nobody said it was esthetically the best way. It's was simply a means to
an end, and driven by economic necessity.
And when FM opened up, more and more listeners were served. (I didn't say
how well). Listening to music to pass the time has it's place, and in most
markets, one can usually find something that suits their tastes. For
diversity, and to attract listeners, (and improve ratings) talk radio and
shock jocks emerged. And when the offerings were limited, or disliked, and
whole new market opened up for cassettes, CD's, and audio books.
But to close on an up note. That old "Theatre of the Mind" style of radio
has not been abandoned, and lives on, thanks to all you OTR fans. As the
Great Red Skelton used to say at the end of his TV [removed]"God Bless"
(Hmmm. I wonder if he was alive and still closing his show that way, if some
idiot would bring suit against the network for permitting him to utter that
insensitive politically incorrect salutation). :)
Hal(Harlan)Stone
Jughead
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:32:38 +0000
From: "Philip Chavin"
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To:
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Subject: Elizabeth and the Preston Bradley Papers
Back in August (issue #323) Elizabeth McLeod asked if any collection
of Preston Bradley's papers was available for research.
I'm now able to answer her question: Yes. After some digging, I've
learned that the Special Collections Dept. at the University Library (M/C
234) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (phone [removed]) has a
Preston Bradley Papers collection which includes scripts (but no sound
recordings) of Bradley's radio broadcasts. Possibly his speech on the Amos
'n' Andy broadcast of 12/24/36 is included in this collection. For more
details, one can contact the Library (or me).
-- Phil Chavin
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:35:56 +0000
From:
danhughes@[removed]
To:
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Subject: Hour of Mystery w/ Sinatra
An Erle Stanley Gardner newsgroup is curious about the Hour of Mystery
adaptation of one of Gardner's books, TURN ON THE HEAT. It was broadcast
6-23-46 and starred Frank Sinatra.
Does anyone have the show? Or the rest of the cast list? Or know where
we might find it?
Thanks a ton!
---Dan
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:36:15 +0000
From: "rcg"
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To:
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Subject: Last Godfrey Radio show
I'm wondering if anyone on the Digest knows of a web site where the very
last Arthur Godfrey radio show can be heard. In the latter days of the show
I, occasionally would pick up a station that broadcast the show in an early
afternoon time slot. But, I never got to hear the final program.
Of course, by the time the program went off the air it was a very low keyed
half hour in length with no studio audience or big national sponsors, a far
cry from it's hey day. Still, I would enjoy hearing Godfrey's final radio
words.
I love OTR and do a lot of listening to the genre on the Internet. However,
I'm not a collector so I'm not seeking a tape or CD of the show. I'm simply
looking for a web site that contains the program, if such a site exists.
I've done a good deal of searching via Google but, so far, have come up
empty. Thanks [removed]
Gunner
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:36:59 +0000
From: Peter & Ilene Osroff
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To:
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Subject: OTR & MP3 Quality at Different Speeds
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I've been converting .wav files to MP3 with dBpower. I notice that most
traders/dealers use MP3 at 32 to 64 kbps bit speed. I have been converting
the files (CDs off first generation ET disks) at 320 kbps. This, of
course, takes much more DVD recorder space (not an issue for me) but, I'm
wondering if it's overkill. ANy ideas?
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:37:33 +0000
From: "Doug Leary"
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To:
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Subject: Supes on TVLand
They may have snubbed the man of steel as far as tributes go, but TVLand
does broadcast nightly episodes of Superman at 3:30 am. For insomniacs and
the VCR-enabled.
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:35:44 +0000
From: Rick Keating
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To:
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Subject: Say goodnight, Graice
Starting Thursday (Oct. 10), Frank Gorshin is
performing as George Burns in the play "Say Goodnight,
Gracie" at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York.
Gorshin was interviewed on NPR's weekend edition this
morning about the show. Known to many for his role as
the Riddler on the 1960s Batman TV show, Gorshin began
his career (and continues to perform) as a well
renowned impressionist. In fact, a blooper reel from a
Star Trek episode he did (Let This Be Your Last
Battlefield) shows him stepping onto the transproter
pad, back to the camera and suddenly pivoting around
as James Cagney.
The NPR interview talked about both Burns' career and
Gorshin's. Gorshin compared his current situation to
Burns at the time of the release of "The Sunshine
Boys." To wit: Just as Jack Benny's death gave Burns a
new lease on life (Benny, too ill is appear in the
movie, suggested Burns be cast. Burns subsequently won
an Oscar); so, too did Burns' death give Gorshin a new
lease via this play.
Gorshin has performed the play elsewhere, but I didn't
catch where. One interesting observation both he and
the interviewer made was that people seemed to forget
he wasn't someone impersonating Burns. When he, as
Burns, talked about winning the Oscar at age 80,
audience members gave a standing ovation, as if he
actually were George Burns.
Gracie Allen is also in the play via audio clips. The
segment ended with Gracie saying, "I think you should
say goodnight, George." Gorshin, as Burns, says,
"goodnight."
Rick
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:36:33 +0000
From:
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To:
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Subject: Re: MP3 player for the car
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To Ms. Herstein and the others:
The elaborate solutions that were posted here (attaching Rio to dash via
velcro, using cigarette lighter for power) are halfway solutions--they
don't go all the way. After several sudden slowdowns, I've found that the
velcro does separate, or the heat from the sun causes the glue holding the
velcro strip to lose its stickiness, etc.
I gave up and purchased a Kenwood in-dash [removed] radio. It plays
everything I throw at it, regardless of the bit rate AND it remembers
where I left off when I shut off the engine.
I have it two years now and other models have replaced it in the two
hundred dollar (f not less by new) range
At the time, the only problem was that I couldn't find a model that also
had a cassette deck--so I had to give it up. I still have a sizeable
collection of unlistened to OTR on tape.
Good luck!
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:37:15 +0000
From: "Doug Leary"
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To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Replacement Turntable Belts
A slightly off-topic question for the audio hardware experts [removed]
My wife and I are the owners of two 1970's consumer model turntables. When
we pulled them out of their basement boxes to make CD copies of our
long-neglected LP collection, we found that the drive belts on both
turntables had pretty much turned to dust. As a hardcore do-it-yourselfer,
my first thought is to find some sort of elastic material, cut it cleanly,
butt the ends together with super-glue and see what happens. But I was
wondering what people would do who actually know what they are doing. Are
there special supply houses that sell old drive belts, or is my intended DIY
method probably as good as any? If the latter, any suggestions on a good
material to use would be welcome!
Please feel free to reply directly to
doug@[removed] if this seems too
off-topic for the list.
Thanks,
Doug Leary
Seattle
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