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                          Last Updated 10-28-96

[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 477

Table Of Contents: 

	 Finding out if a book is in print
	 Al Jolson in Korea
	 Spare me the junk email, please
	 Radio Days - itinerary
	 Clocking the Bus
	 OTR Links
	 Turning Blue
	 Need help
	       Messages
	 P-47 fighter pilots
	 earliest airchecks
	 Re: SHADOW SPLIT NETWORKS

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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 08:50:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Elizabeth Thomsen <et@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Finding out if a book is in print
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

A couple of questions have come up recently about whether or not a 
certain book is in print.  If you have World Wide Web access (even 
text-based Lynx access) you can connect to Amazon, an online bookseller 
at [removed] and check their catalog.  Although this isn't as 
comprehensive as Books in Print, it's a huge catalog and you'll probably 
find what you're looking for if it's in print.  You can order books 
online from Amazon, but you can also just take the information and use it 
to find or order the book from your local bookseller.  Since the catalog 
allows keyword searching, you may be able to find what you need even if 
you don't know the exact title or the author's name.

And, of course, I must point out that any public library should also be 
willing to check Books in Print for you.  Just call and ask for 
Reference.  Public libraries can also borrow just about any book you need 
from another library through Interlibrary Loan.

Hope this helps--


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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 96 08:34 CST
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed], Bigkids@[removed]
Subject: Al Jolson in Korea
Message-Id: <m0vX6mm-000k91C@[removed]>

>So . . . Jolson goes to Korea. Jolson comes home from Korea. Jolson suffers
>heart attack. Tragic, yes, but this does *not* prove that his going to Korea
>caused the heart attack or in fact had anything to do with it.
>Max Lupoff (Dick and Bob's arrogant triplet)

Dear Max, Dick, Bob, et Al:

Logically, you're almost certainly right that no one can say for sure that
Jolson's trip to Korea caused his heart attack.
But I guess you have never seen that newsreel film footage of Jolson
disembarking from the airplane after he has returned to the USA from his
Korean tour.  The man is so weak he can barely walk, he has to lean against
the plane to catch his breath, people are holding on to him tightly, and
even in black-and-white his face looks ashen.  So I think it's probably
fair to say that the trip did not do him any good, healthwise.
Gee, this is a delightful little topic.  That's my two cents, and I hope no
one's giving change. ;^)

John



John Henley
jhenley@[removed]
ph  (512) 495-4112
fax (512) 495-4296

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Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 08:55:45 -0600
From: "Andrew C. Green" <acg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Spare me the junk email, please
Message-Id: <[removed]@dlogics>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Please excuse this minor rant; I will try to be brief.

When my email address appears in this digest, it's because I'm
participating in a discussion, not because I'm soliciting dimwitted
junk email advertising. To date, I've been fortunate, but I assume
I am not the only one who was hit this morning with an ad for a web
page which was clearly aimed at me by skimming my address from the 
OTR Digest. Even more annoying was the fact that the freeloader in 
question was using an .EDU account to spew this junk (since his AOL
web page host would yank his account if he pulled his little stunt
from there), and I think it's safe to say he probably has not paid 
William Pfeiffer's suggested annual subscription donation while
skimming our email addresses from this digest, either.

Appropriate complaints sent to the EDU site in question; hopefully
this is not a trend, since we've been doing pretty well up to now.

Andrew C. Green                   (312) 853-8331
Datalogics, Inc.
101 N. Wacker Drive, Ste. 1800    Internet: acg@[removed]
Chicago, IL  60606-7301           FAX: (312) 853-8282

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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 10:31:44 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Radio Days - itinerary
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

>Can the Radio Days itenerary be posted on this list?
>

Joe, I will email you a more detailed list and post a general list when I am
at home. 

For now, essentially, the show consists of many songs from the forties,
including both Big Band, show tunes from the period, etc. Some of the
material that comes to mind is a take-off on the Mail Call radio program,
redoing of advertisements from the period, the Buy Bonds theme. They do a
dramatic spoof of a very brief Inner Sanctum complete with great and
originally produced sound effects.

The show evolves. I spoke to Alton Accola, who I have had contact with a
number of times and he says the show is not completely the same each time.
This show included Christmas themes too.

The show is primarily musical as the group have very tight harmonies ala the
Manhattan Transfer, but is built around Radio related themes.
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Jim Widner
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jwidner@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 08:16:54 -0700
From: Chet Cox <CHCOX@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Clocking the Bus
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Max Lupoff (One in an alarmingly growing number of Lupoff siblings) tells about his alarm clock going off and then the bus roars by his joint.  He continues, "A naive interpretation might suggest that my alarm clock causes the bus to roar past my house, but in fact it just ain't so.

"How do I know it just ain't so? Easy. One night recently I forgot to set the alarm. Next morning I was awakened by the sound of the #51 bus roaring past my house. I turned to look at my alarm clock and there it was, 6:32 AM!"

Chet sez not to be to sure of co-inkadinks.  Have noticed several times when I didn't set me alarm clock, woke up in time (most of the time, I'll wake up at 5:35 without wanting to), and the #2 bus *didn't* go by at 6:33 am.  (I guess my bus is just one minute behind yours due to the difference between Mountain Time and Western Time.  Yeah, that's it.)

I guess it just has to do with the amount of power one's alarm clock has.  Mine has been souped-up with a 1958 Chevy V-8 and a Binford 5000 compressor.  Realizing my alarm clock is responsible for the timeliness of the #2 bus, I've made sure it's set Every Day.

With great power comes great responsibility.


*jeep!
~~~~Chet
Quote of the day:  "Banker:  a person who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining."
  --Mark Twain

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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 14:29:20 -0500
From: RBotti@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR Links
Message-ID: <961209142919_2084475015@[removed]>

I am currently working on a web page of links devoted to Old Time Radio and 
Music of the Roaring 20's. If anyone knows of a good OTR web page or two
please pass them on to me. My web page is located at:
[removed]
My goal  is to have one place where you can link to just about every good OTR
link on the WEB.

Rick

Rbotti@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 14:04:07 -0600 (CST)
From: Rhiman Rotz--IU Northwest <rrotz@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: toews@[removed]
Subject: Turning Blue
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

	No offense to anyone, including Mr. Toews, but is anyone
else experiencing the following:?  After reading a message from
Mr. Toews, my screen turns blue.  That is, my text is ordinarily
white, but at about the second or third line of his message the
text turns blue, and after leaving that number of the digest, even
the bar above and the command lines below the text turn blue.  It
doesn't seem to do any harm, but it's eerie ...

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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 14:32:02 -0600 (CST)
From: caldwell@[removed] (Wayne Caldwell)
To: otr@[removed] (otr mailing list)
Subject: Need help
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Length:        899

I am in need of some software to allow me to input from a tape to my sound card
and the increase or decrease chosen frequencies and out put it to a tape deck.
Has anyone tried this? If so what is working for you.

Thanks
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Date:          Mon, 9 Dec 1996 15:36:05 DST
From: "Pat premo" <PPREMO@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:       Messages
Message-ID: <19DA132A42@[removed]>

Hello,
I decided to subscribe (again) this morning and I immediately 
received a message that I was subscribed.
However, I have yet to received a message.  So, I am sending this one 
as a test to see if I received it!!
Pat Premo

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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 16:52:57 -0500
From: ALanset@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: P-47 fighter pilots
Message-ID: <961209165250_1153436456@[removed]>

I am looking for any program material about WWII era P-47 fighter pilots in
the European Theater of operations from 1944-1945.  Also -  are there AFRS
programs aimed at US troops in Europe for this period available anywhere
outside of the National Archives?  Thanks everyone for your help.   Andy
Lanset  (alanset@[removed]) 

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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 15:46:56 -0600
From: Joe Salerno <jsalerno@[removed]>
To: "'OTR LIST'" <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: earliest airchecks
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Here'san interesting tidbit. The ARSC Journal Fall 1996 mentioned the 
recent discovery of some 1932 vintage home recordings of early radio 
broadcasts, fragments I assume. Artists include: Mills Brothers, Ed Wynn, 
Ben Bernie, Paul Whiteman, Russ Columbo. If  I find more out I'll post it 
here.

Joe Salerno
jsalerno@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 21:59:26 -0500
From: SanctumOTR@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: SHADOW SPLIT NETWORKS
Message-ID: <961209215923_2017441141@[removed]>

As I previously mentioned, the split network hookup for THE SHADOW consisted
of narrator/announcers Don Hancock (and later Andre Baruch) sharing an
announcer's booth with Paul Huber (aka the ficticious Blue Coal heating
consultant "John Barclay") while Dick Willard and Ford Bond worked in
separate NYC announcer's booths providing the Balm Barr and Carey Salt
commercials that were routed via phone lines to the South and midwest.  The
Blue Coal announcer's story narration was carried throughout the network
(minus commercials).  (Thus the Blue Coal announcer was announcer/narrator
while the other announcers only did regional commercials.)  THE SHADOW was
fed minus commercials to California where Pierre Andre added the Don Lee
announcements.  It might seem more natural for the commercials to be inserted
locally but remember ... the advertising agency and account executives
handling all the sponsor accounts were based in New York City as were the top
network announcers.  Also, it was probably easier to work with the
split-second timing of the commercial break-ins when it all originated from
the same set of studios as the master control boards.  Actually, during the
1939-40 Bill Johnstone SHADOW season, separate Blue Coal commercials were
inserted into THE SHADOW broadcasts for the individual Blue Coal dealers in
New England, Pennsylvania, NYC, New Jersey, etc. -- the no-longer-missing
ANTHONY TOLLIN  



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