Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #182
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 6/15/2005 9:10 AM
To: [removed]@[removed]

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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2005 : Issue 182
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Rochester show                        [ "Jim Murtaugh" <jayeffemm@[removed] ]
  Re: Johnny Dollar                     [ Thomas Butts <trbutts@[removed] ]
  Kate Smith Speaks                     [ "Bill, KA2EMZ" <ka2emz@[removed]; ]
  OTRish Book                           [ skallisjr@[removed] ]
  Origins of Johnny Dollar              [ "John Abbott" <mraastro@[removed] ]
  Attention: OTR Boxing Fans            [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
  Sundays at Nine                       [ benohmart@[removed] ]
  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
  The Cold Equations                    [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
  6-15 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Deaths in May 2005                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Memories of Nana Clute                [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
  Yankee Network, Mutual Network Varie  [ "Tom Knowles" <[removed]@veriz ]

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:47:58 -0400
From: "Jim Murtaugh" <jayeffemm@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Rochester show

I recently heard a few episodes of a show called "The Rochester Show" and
also referred to as "The Private Life of Rochester", starring Eddie
Anderson.  A couple of the shows were sponsored by Franco-American
spaghetti.  The show was funny and, of course, made frequent references to
his cheap boss.

I can't find any reference in Dunning's book about this show.  Does anyone
know how long it lasted, and what year(s) it was on?

Thanks for any information you can provide.

Jim Murtaugh

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:20:24 -0400
From: Thomas Butts <trbutts@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Johnny Dollar

Subject:  Origin of Johnny Dollar?

I'd always thought he was the first,
unless of course they're counting a pilot show that have featured
someone else. (Or IMDB is [removed])

I think they are counting the pilot show with Dick Powell as the first.  It
is my understanding that the character was to be named Lloyd London but was
changed "at the last minute".

Tom Butts
Dallas, TX

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:20:41 -0400
From: "Bill, KA2EMZ" <ka2emz@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Kate Smith Speaks

I'm on a search- does anyone have any audio files of 'Kate Smith
Speaks'? If so I am willing to trade Sherock Holmes shows (which I have
quite a few of.(
Please email me at ka2emz@[removed] if you can be of any help.
Thanks!
Bill

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:37:38 -0400
From: skallisjr@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  OTRish Book

About a week ago, I ran across a recently published book, /Summer of the
Secret Squadron/, by Michael P. ball  The basic story concerns three
modern day boys who stumble on an radio premium, a Captain Midnight
Code-O-Graph, and some enciphered messages.  These lead to a treasure
hunt around the town of Batesville, Arkansas.  Through the treasure hunt,
more and more is found out about the boy who hid the caches of stuff
during World War II.

To an OTR audience, particularly those of us who grew up during those
days, there are anachronisms.  To those very familiar with the Captain
Midnight mileau, some of these are glaring.  However, the story is still
pretty good, and despite its errata, it flows well.  The perspective of
today's youngsters being impacted by old radio premiums rings true.

The book would be an interesting gift to young folk, and might pique
their curiosities about the OTR era.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:39:01 -0400
From: "John Abbott" <mraastro@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Origins of Johnny Dollar

Alan and Linda Bell asked:

I recently watched the old B&W version of The Killers starring Burt
Lancaster and Ava Gardner, and noticed an interesting thing. Edmond
O'Brien played an insurance investigator trying to figure out why
"the Swede" got knocked off. Just a coincidence that not too much
later he played an insurance investigator on the radio? Could that
have been the germ of an idea that developed into YTJD?

Technically, Edmond O'Brien was the third Johnny Dollar.  Dick Powell did
the first audition, and Charles Russell did the show for a year until
O'Brien took over.

Maybe the movie got the idea from Johny Dollar??

- ------------------------------------------
John C. Abbott

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:39:27 -0400
From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Attention:  OTR Boxing Fans

The Washington, DC chapter of the Association for Recorded Sound
Collections is hosting a "Boxing Championship" broadcast program,
featuring famous recordings of heavyweight title fights from the 1930s.
Excerpts of broadcasts featuring the bouts of Joe Louis, Max Baer,
James J. Braddock, Primo Canera, etc. will be played in this historic
presentation in the Mary Pickford Theater at the James Madison Library
of Congress at First & Independence, [removed], Washington, DC beginning at
6:30 PM on Wednesday, June 29, 2005.

All of these championship fights were announced by the great Clem
McCarthy, whose voice brought the excitement of both the boxing ring
and horse racing to millions of American ears in the era before
television. This program is free to the public.  For more information,
telephone Karen Fishman at (202) 707-5856.

Jack French
Edtior: RADIO RECALL
<[removed]>

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 22:24:26 -0400
From: benohmart@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Sundays at Nine

The Pacific Northwest's newest radio station, KMRE-FM [removed] in
Bellingham, WA, will be running a series on feminine radio sleuths this
summer. Every Sunday night at 9 PM for the months of June, July, and
August this station will be playing original shows starring the OTR lady
detectives chronicled in Jack French's Agatha Award winning book, "Private
Eyelashes; Radio's Lady Detectives." The series will be co-hosted by Stan
Claussen and Rae Chambers who will introduce each program by reading a
relevant portion from Jack's book.  Bear Manor Media has given the station
full authority to read any selections from this non-fiction work. This
series will include both the well-known network programs with a lady crime
solver in the lead ie. Candy Matson, as well as the more obscure ones:
Time For Love (Marlene Dietrich), Sara's Private Caper (Sara Berner),
Meet Miss Sherlock (Sondra Gair) and Sandra Martin (Janet Waldo.)

Ben Ohmart
Bear Manor Media

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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 02:12:00 -0400
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

A weekly [removed]

For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
real-time OTR talk!

Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
it's always a good time!

For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
week and every week!

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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:39:19 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  The Cold Equations

Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:56:18 -0400
From: LBohall@[removed]

I'm not sure it qualifies as "scary," but wasn't there an X-1 episode 
called "Cold Equation" or something similar about a woman who stows
away on a  space ship which depletes the crew's oxygen, and in the end
the captain has to dump her out into space? If I'm remembering that
right, I found it pretty scary.
 
"The Cold Equations," based on a story by Tom Godwin, which appeared in Astounding 
Science Fiction in 1954.  According to my list, it aired 8/12/55.  It wasn't that she depleted 
the oxygen, it was that this was an emergency dispatch vehicle, with very tight tolerances.  
It was bringing much needed medical supplies to a colony world, where the girl's brother (in 
the original story; in the radio version, I believe it was her husband) was.  The girl's additional 
mass meant that the ship didn't have enough fuel to land.  It would crash, the pilot would die, 
and the colony wouldn't get the medical supplies that it needed.

The story was done just a few years ago as a TV movie on the Sci Fi Channel.  The half-hour 
radio version was far superior to the two-hour TV version.

-- A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed] 15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@[removed] Boston, MA 02108-2503 [removed] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:39:27 -0400 From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: 6-15 births/deaths June 15th births 06-15-1861 - Ernestine Schumann-Heink - Prague, Czechoslovkia - d. 11-17-1936 singer: "Enna Jettick Melodies"; "Hoover Sentinels Serenade" 06-15-1894 - Leo Cleary - Massachusetts - d. 4-11-1955 actor: Bailiff "His Honor, the Barber" 06-15-1894 - Robert Russell Bennett - Kansas City, MO - d. 8-19-1981 compser: "Symphony in D for the Dodgers"; "Project Twenty" 06-15-1905 - James Robertson Justice - Wigtown, Scotland - d. 7-2-1975 actor: "Star Bill" 06-15-1909 - Joe DeSantis - NYC - d. 8-30-1989 actor: Jim Scott "Under Arrest"; "This Is Nora Drake" 06-15-1909 - Mickey Katz - Cleveland, OH - d. 4-30-1985 clarinetist: (Father of Joel Grey) "The Spike Jones Show" 06-15-1910 - David Rose - London, England - d. 8-23-1990 conductor: "Red Skelton Show"; "David Rose Show"; "Bold Venture" 06-15-1918 - Richard Derr - Norristown, PA - d. 5-8-1992 actor: "Crime Does Not Pay" 06-15-1921 - Erroll Garner - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 1-2-1977 jazz muscian: "Jubilee"; "Command Performance"; "Arthur Godfrey Show" 06-15-1929 - Lucille Norman - Lincoln, NE singer: "Time, the Place and the Tune"; "Railroad Hour" June 15th deaths 04-25-1918 - Ella Fitzgerald - Newport News, VA - d. 6-15-1996 singer: "Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm"; "Jubilee" 05-18-1902 - Meredith Willson - Mason City, IA - d. 6-15-1984 conductor, composer: "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "Meredith Willson/Music Room" 05-25-1917 - Steve Cochran - Eureka, CA - d. 6-15-1965 actor: "Voice of the Army"; "Unexpected"; "Screen Director's Playhouse" 06-12-1884 - William Austin - Georgetown, British Guiana - d. 6-15-1975 actor: Professor of the English Department "Jack Oakie's College" 07-14-1898 - "Happy" Chandler - Corydon, KY - d. 6-15-1991 governor, baseball commissioner: "University of Chicago Round Table" 07-18-1911 - Hume Cronyn - London, Ontario, Canada - d. 6-15-2003 actor: Ben Marriott "Marriage" 09-01-1925 - Art Pepper - Gardena, CA - d. 6-15-1982 jazz artist: "Jazz Alive" -- Ron Sayles Milwaukee, Wisconsin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:39:37 -0400 From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Deaths in May 2005 06-02-1909 - June MacCloy - Sturgis, MI - d. 5-5-2005 vocalist: "Griff Williams and Jimmy Walsh and Their Orchestra" 05-17-1908 - Joe Grant - NYC - d. 5-6-2005 writer: "Lux Radio Theatre" 02-06-1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft - Norfolk, NB - d. 5-22-2005 singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) "Jack Benny Program" 04-22-1906 - Eddie Albert - Rock Island, IL - d. 5-26-2005 actor: Walter Mitty "Secret Life of Walter Mitty"; "Eddie Albert Show" 10-10-1926 - Oscar Brown, Jr. - Chicago, IL - d. 5-31-2005 singer: "Destination Freedom" -- Ron Sayles Milwaukee, Wisconsin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:41:11 -0400 From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Memories of Nana Clute X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain It's very difficult for me to write this, but I considered Nana Clute to be an integral part of the Old-Time Radio scene. For the record and for the benefits of those who never saw Ed and Nana Clute in action as they provided music for many an OTR convemntion, Nana pronounced her name "NAY-nuh" (rhymes w/ "Dana") rather than the traditional way based on the way it looks, [removed] "NAH-nuh." Nana was Ed's eyes and was the one who prompted Ed as she looked out for music cues during OTR re-creations. As testament to her importance, one year at the FOTR planning meeting, Arthur Anderson posited a gentle reminder that re-creation directors prepare their scripts so that the credit would read "Music by Ed and Nana Clute," and pointed out that the music not be solely attributedto Ed, because as Arthur mentioned "Ed can't do it alone." At this juncture at the meeting, "that Godfrey Guy" Lee Munsick (Lee was still living in NJ at the time) nominated Nana on-the-spot for the FOTR "Alan Rockford Award," which Ed had previously won [The Rockford award is presented to OTR hobbyists, particularly those involved with the FOTR convention, who help further the hobby]. Ed was happy to present this award to his beloved wife that autumn. It always amazed me what a dynamo Nana was. She was short-statured woman who dedicated herself to her husband, whom she usually referred to as "Edward," and his art. She tirelessly drove the mini-van and unloaded Ed's keyboards, speakers, & other musical accoutrements. It was an after-hours tradition at FOTR conventions for several of us to hang ouit in the bar at the Holiday Inn's bar/lounge. I often found myself in with the crowd that included Ed & Nana Clute, Will & Babs Hutchins, Maggie & Valerie Thompson, Gary Yoggy & his contingent of central New York state OTR fans including the Boogie-Woogie Girls, Anthony Tollin, and several others. It was at these ad hoc gatherings where Ed and I would trade awful puns (the less said about them, the better). One time, Nana got a good one in: Q: Did ya hear about the guy who went to sleep and dreamed he was the tail-pipe of a 1952 Studebaker? A: He woke up exhausted. I'm sure I'm not alone in applauding the love and warmth that emanated from Nana Clute not only for the furtherance of this hobby, but also for her imcomparably talented husband Edwatd Clute. We'll all miss you Nana. Derek Tague *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear *** *** as the sender intended. *** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:11:04 -0400 From: "Tom Knowles" <[removed]@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Yankee Network, Mutual Network Variety Show from 1950's X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Greetings: I have been researching the life of a bluegrass musician, Buzz Busby, who relates in his diary of he and Jack Clement, his partner, playing on the Hayloft Jamboree on WCOP in Boston in 1953 and 1954. He also states that every Sunday they went to a small station, WARE, in Ware, MA near Worcester, and taped 6 variety shows. The tapes were sent to WOR in New York and 5 of the shows were broadcast daily on the Yankee Network. On Saturday night, the 6th tape was broadcast over the entire Mutual Network which he states had 422 stations. He can't recall who else was on the variety show except for someone named Panhandle Polly. The show was produced by a man named Billy? who seemed to be of French Canadian background. Does anyone have memories of these shows? And if so, is there any possibility that any of these shows have survived? Station archives, private tapings of the shows? I would be so grateful if any of you out there can relate their memories of these shows or help me on this research in any way. Thanks Tom Knowles Silver Spring MD *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear *** *** as the sender intended. *** -------------------------------- End of [removed] Digest V2005 Issue #182 ********************************************* Copyright [removed] Communications, York, PA; All Rights Reserved, including republication in any form. 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