Subject: [removed] Digest V2002 #316
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Date: 8/13/2002 9:24 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2002 : Issue 316
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Declaration of War                    [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Twas Alice Not Tallulah               [ John Leasure <jleasure@[removed]; ]
      ILLUSIONS                             [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
      Was the Lone Ranger gay?              [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
      THE TRUTH                             [ "Ian Grieve" <austotr@[removed]. ]
      AMOS AND ANDY                         [ "Ian Grieve" <austotr@[removed]. ]
      AUSTRALIAN OTR                        [ "Ian Grieve" <austotr@[removed]. ]
      Today in OTR history                  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Declaration of War, Dec. 11           [ Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed] ]
      War of the Worlds/Nelson Eddy         [ "Kirby, Tom" <Kirby@[removed]; ]
      Max Schmid/Stan Freberg               [ Derek Tague <derek@[removed]; ]
      Godfrey in 2002                       [ Eric J Cooper <ejcooper2002@[removed] ]
      Godfrey and a Sponsor                 [ "Cope Robinson" <coplandr@bellsouth ]
      Elizabeth's perfect entertainer       [ Jer51473@[removed] ]
      Re: Converting Cassette Tapes to CDs  [ Shenbarger@[removed] ]
      re: Candy Candido                     [ Bob Fells <rfells@[removed]; ]
      Re: The Homefront                     [ Jer51473@[removed] ]

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    Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 23:19:03 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Declaration of War

    Eric Cooper wondered if there was a copy of the 12/11/41 declaration of war
    on Germany and Italy in existence. I checked my files and do have a copy
    from that date from CBS which begins with Albert Warner speaking from the
    House chambers while the Congress waited for the letter of declaration from
    the White House.

    As he talks his way through he later sends the broadcast back to New York.
    At this point what I have sounds like an engineer or some one with a very
    east coast accent saying "Naw kid I don't see any reason to return to
    [removed] I'll just give our closing commercial and then we'll sign
    off"  after which it returns an announcer who says they are now back at the
    House in Washington DC.

    The letter is read from the house floor, a vote is taken and it fades to
    Eric Sevareid summarizing things.

    Jim Widner
    jwidner@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:02:01 -0400
    From: John Leasure <jleasure@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Twas Alice Not Tallulah

    Doug wrote:

>     I think it was Tallulah Bankhead who [removed]

    Actually it was Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Teddy Roosevelt's daughter and
    long-time Washington, DC hostess.  I have the quote as: "If you have nothing
    good to say about someone, come and sit by me." When I worked the
    entertaniment industry (some years ago)I had this quote cross-stitched on a
    pillow in my office.

    It fit [removed] fits now.

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:02:31 -0400
    From: PURKASZ@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  ILLUSIONS

        Once again the timeless Elizabeth has touched my @#%^^#$$%^ heart and
    consoled the devil that lurks under my search for nuance of character when I
    read a script and try to sleep the night before my 6AM call to the set.
        It is her insight that pleases.
        It is that calm and eloquent pen she wields.
        If I had her %^&&$^&&** sang froid. I would have my own show, but then
    again what would that be?
        Sit-Com?
        HBO Special?
        Co-star with Bruce Willis?
        Had that.
        Happiness?
        Ah, There's that 'rub' the Bard spake.
        Thank you dahlin'
        My illusions have never been shattered which is why I have, so far,
    survived many decades of inordinate whiskey intake and not a few illegal
    drugs in the pursuit of perfection of 'moment.'
        But then that was so 'long' ago and so far away.
        I feel a rhapsody coming on.
                    Anonymous - 1882 - 2002

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:02:43 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Was the Lone Ranger gay?

>     Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:33:47 -0400
>     From: "Thomas Mason" <batz34@[removed];

>     Batman and Robin have already been accused by Frederick Wertham in his
>     Seduction of the Innocent of being the perfect gay couple.

    I always thought the Lone Ranger and Tonto were the perfect gay couple.
    ;>

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     15 Court Square, Suite 210                 lawyer@[removed]
    Boston, MA 02108-2503           	         [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:03:40 -0400
    From: "Ian Grieve" <austotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  THE TRUTH

    G'Day Hal,  speaking for myself, I want the TRUTH, the WHOLE TRUTH and
    nothing but the TRUTH.  I enjoy Bob Hope and will continue to enjoy his
    humour, but I prefer to hear things the way they really are, rather than how
    I would like it to be.  Keep up the good work.  I don't know if they still
    use tar and feathers there, but you can hang out here 'til they cool down.

    Ian Grieve

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:04:08 -0400
    From: "Ian Grieve" <austotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  AMOS AND ANDY

    Elizabeth, the following is for you.  I imagine you collect such pieces of
    Amos and Andy trivia but for the life of me it doesn't make much sense to
    me.  It is a small paragraph in the Australian WIRELESS WEEKLY Friday,
    November 27, 1931.

    "Andy," of the American radio team, "Amos and Andy," complained about the
    way his feet hurt him, and received by post a pair of brogues, thirteen and
    a quarter inches long by four and a quarter inches - size 15.  The shoes
    were forwarded at "Andy's" request to Mr Paul Whiteman, the tremendous King
    of jazz, to be broken in.

    I guess it was either a VERY slow news day, or it meant something to the
    people of the time.

    Ian Grieve

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:04:51 -0400
    From: "Ian Grieve" <austotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  AUSTRALIAN OTR

    In issue 295, Bill Harker asked:

>     Does anyone have any information on these three radio programs that were
>     broadcast in Australia in the 1930s and/or 1940s?

>     Chatterbox Corner (a children's program);
>     One Man's Family (evidently taking place in San Francisco but an Aussie
>     production);
>     Nicky and Tuppy (a morning show, I believe).

    Bill further to my previous reply, I have in my possession a book called
    "BEING A CHUM WAS FUN" by Nancy Lee (Nicky's wife and on air partner) ISBN 0
    9596136 1 7   The book tells about Chatterbox Corner and Nicky and Tuppy.  A
    quick check on [removed] shows a few available even one in a Boston
    bookstore.  Mind you, with our dollar worth half yours, you are better off
    buying them from Australia via the net.  It is a great read and again I
    thank you for your original question which started me looking.

    Ian Grieve

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:04:57 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Today in OTR history

      From Those Were The Days --

    1912 - St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia, PA was granted the first
    experimental radio license by the [removed] Department of Commerce.

      Joe

    --
    Visit my home page:
    [removed]~[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:05:05 -0400
    From: Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Declaration of War, Dec. 11

    I seem to remember that Hitler's Germany declared war against the United
    States first, after the US declared war on Japan. Some historians say that
    Hitler's action, in support of his Japanese allies, gave Roosevelt the
    reason he needed to go to war against the whole Axis - and allowed our
    military to focus its power on the destruction of Germany and Italy
    *before* that of [removed] thereby shortening the war by months, if not years.

    Herb Harrison

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:05:26 -0400
    From: "Kirby, Tom" <Kirby@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  War of the Worlds/Nelson Eddy

    I was watching a show about the 10 greatest hoaxes of all time, and they
    discussed what happened to cause the "War of the Worlds" panic. Apparently,
    everyone tuned into the Charlie McCarthy show for the opening monologue,
    then switched to something else when the singer came on, and the ones who
    tuned into Mercury Theater missed the opening intro. I had heard before
    that it was a singer that nobody really cared for, but this program named
    the singer as Nelson Eddy, who I thought was popular.

    Have I overestimated Nelson Eddy's popularity, or did it come later? Or,
    perhaps he did something to offend everyone in 1938?

    Just curious,

    -- Tom Kirby <kirby@[removed];

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:05:49 -0400
    From: Derek Tague <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Max Schmid/Stan Freberg

    Jell-O Again:

           I missed this past Sunday's (8/11) edition of Max Schmid's "The Golden
    Age of Radio" on New York's WBAI-FM. Could some NYC-area reader fill me in on
    what programs Max featured?

           VCR ALERT:
    Tonight (Tues. 8/13 into Wed. 8/14) at midnight, Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
    will be showing the 1951 MGM comedy "Callaway Went Thataway," which features a
    rare cinematic appearance by Stan Freberg. The film is a spoof on the then
    popular "Hopalong Cassidy" craze.  I've never seen this film before;
    hopefully, Stan's dialogue wasn't cut out as it was  when he played Andy
    Devine's deputy in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World."

    Yours in the ether,

    Derek Tague.

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:05:59 -0400
    From: Eric J Cooper <ejcooper2002@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Godfrey in 2002

    I have a slight disagreement with Professor Biel on comparing Arthur
    Godfrey to anyone now. I believe the closest comparison is Don Imus. But
    at any rate, there really is no comparison. Each is unique

    Eric Cooper

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:07:24 -0400
    From: "Cope Robinson" <coplandr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Godfrey and a Sponsor

    On Monday August 12,  Michael Biel make the following excellent observation:

>     I and some of the other researchers on this list have occasionally been
>     accused of intimidating people from posting items from their memories
>     when we follow up with a little research and correct their errors from
>     authoritative sources.  "Isn't this supposed to be just a fun hobby?"
>     it's been asked.  Sure, but being correct does not have to be very
>     difficult.  All it would have taken was a quick question.

    I will quickly admit my memory isn't what it used to be but I do have some
    fond recollections of my professional and personal relationship with Arthur
    Godfrey.   In the "late 50's", I was advertising manager for Liggett & Myers
    and I frankly do not recall Godfrey "publicly" dumping Chesterfield as
    [removed] Biel reported later on August 12 confirming Lee Munsick's similar
    reference. As follows:.

>     Remember, he prided himself on using and investigating any of the products
>     he would sell on his programs. Lee already told how he publicly dumped
>     Chesterfield cigarettes in the late 50s when he developed lung cancer.

    I do remember the severance of our contract with CBS but I want to suggest
    that it was a mutual business decision and I have no recollection of the
    kind of response attributed to Godfrey. I would greatly appreciate a source
    for it from Prof. Biel.

    Cope Robinson

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:07:45 -0400
    From: Jer51473@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Elizabeth's perfect entertainer

     As far as character of course. She hit the nail on the head by indicating
    that he or she most likely doesnt exist. And i would like to go one further
    and say if they do exist its not likely most of the public has ever heard of
    them. They would probably be found to be too boring to enjoy. The exception,
    if you could classify as entertaining, might be a preacher of the gospel and
    even they are not perfect. As far as fred allen drinking a quart of bootleg
    whiskey a day, ill bet there werent TOO many of those days as he would have
    been gone even earlier than he was.

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:08:29 -0400
    From: Shenbarger@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Converting Cassette Tapes to CDs

    In a message dated 8/12/2002 10:19:25 PM Central Daylight Time, Jim Kitchen
    writes:

>     I use MusicMatch to create audio and MP3 CDs. What is the best way to get
>     cassette tapes into the computer?

    MusicMatch Jukebox is a good program to use for converting any audio input to
    MP3 or WAV as an intermediate to making audio CD's or as a final MP3 file
    format. In the recorder options you will find a category for INPUT, choose
    the Line Input and connect your tape player or audio system to the input of
    your audio card.

    The signals I am talking about are "line level" signals. You may be able to
    get away with connecting a speaker jack to the Line Input of your audio card,
    but "line level" is better. Typical "line level" connections are to and from
    a component audio system and are typically marked Aux, Monitor, Tape Out, etc.

    You need to experiment with the volume controls on your tape player or use
    the volume controls built into your computer. The PC computer "recorder"
    volume controls are found on the volume control panel - open the small
    speaker (or other icon) on the taskbar and get the pulldown "Options". Select
    "Properties" and then put a dot in the "Recorder" line and click on OK. The
    volume window will change to a "Recording Control" and you can set the volume
    slider for the Line Input there if you need to. This window reverts to a
    regular volume control when it is closed, so I generally keep it minimized
    when I use it.

    Avoid high volumes that cause clipping, a harsh rattle you will hear on loud
    portions. You need to deliberately make a clipped recording to recognize the
    effect and know the limits for your equipment. I recommend you make setup
    notes when you have it the way you want it.

    If you are saving your tapes as MP3 files, you will need to experiment with
    bit rates to find an acceptable quality. If you are going to be making audio
    CDs, you need to use 44,100 samples per second and stereo for your
    intermediate WAV or MP3 files. The MP3 bit rate for these intermediates can
    be 96 or 128 kbps (FM or CD quality on MusicMatch Jukebox).

    WAV files are large. At [removed] samples/sec CD rate, they are about 600 MB per
    hour. An equivalent MP3 at 128 kbps is about 1/10 of that. When you are
    burning an audio CD from an MP3, you need enough computer power to ensure a
    continuous stream from the decoder to the CD burner. Mine works OK using a
    P-II 450. This is only a consideration if you are wanting to make audio CDs
    for use on the stereo. Putting MP3 files on a CD is a standard file burn
    operation and the decoder is not used.

    There are many other encoding programs you can use to convert an audio stream
    to MP3, some are easier to use and free. But MusicMatch Jukebox comes with
    the Fraunhofer Institute MP3 encoder, and there is none better.

    Sorry for the long winded answer, but the truth is your question could be the
    subject of a large book. This post deals only with the getting started level.
    There is a learning curve to reach an acceptable quality level if any
    restoration is needed. However, if your tapes are good quality to begin with,
    you should be able to convert them to equal quality CDs or MP3 files with a
    little practice.

    Don Shenbarger

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:08:47 -0400
    From: Bob Fells <rfells@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  re: Candy Candido

    In response to Richard Pratz's inquiry on Candy Candido, I remember his
    unusual name in connection with Bud Abbott of Abbott and Costello fame.
    After Lou Costello's death in 1959, Mr. Abbott decided to become active
    again.  He was apparently all but retired following the team's breakup
    in 1956.  He teamed up with Candy Candido for a number of appearances in
    night clubs, I believe.  At any rate, the teaming was not successful and
    came to end rather quickly.  Abbott and Candido?  Nah.

    Bob Fells

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    Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:09:07 -0400
    From: Jer51473@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: The Homefront

    jim, glad you reminded me. Ive had mine since, i believe the mid-eighties. I
    just pulled it out and will listen again for the first time in a few years.
    You said it was a four cassette program and i  know you meant a four hour
    program with eight cassettes. Anyway, mine is from The Mines Eye out of san
    francisco, i guess they moved at one time. An excellent program narrarated by
    Eward Brown, Frank Gorin, and William B. Williams. Broadcast Daily said
    "...metticulously researched and brilliantly [removed] masterpiece of
    blending sound tracts of history-making events with the music of big bands
    and the lighter side of [removed]".  Btw, somewhere i have a series of 1 hour
    tapes, i think, also by The Mines Eye narrated by Garry Moore and one other.
    There is a tape for each year from the twenties(or maybe further back) to the
    sixties or seventies. I only bought the mid-thirties to the mid-fifties.  Ill
    have to look these up too. Thanks again Jim.

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