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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 309

Table Of Contents: 

	 need digests
	 Trains
	 John Garfield
	 YUSA
	 Stale radio
	 Train themes
	  "Tarzan on the Radio" by Robert Jennings
	 Jack Benny Log - Source
	 I'm back in town
	 Candy Matson, ETC
	 Candy Matson, ETC
	 The Shadow Chronicles
	 The Medium or the Messengers?

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Date: 30 Aug 96 15:23:00 -0400
From: amo@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: need digests
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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I am missing Digests 268 through 277 (inclusive).  Can someone
please send me a copy of each??

My address is amosborne@[removed]

Thanks
Arlene Osborne
amosborne@[removed]

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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:51:51 +0000
From: "George S. Cole" <gscole@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Trains
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In the "Radio City Playhouse" episode LEVEL CROSSING (8/8/49) one of 
the characters is run over by a train at a crossing.

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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 96 15:33:24 PST
From: "Robert Bates" <rbates@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: John Garfield
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

There was just a really good John Garfield festival at the Walter Reade theater 
here in New York. He was quite an actor Did he make any radio appearances? 
Anyone know?

Rob

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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 16:23:58 +0000
From: "George S. Cole" <gscole@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: YUSA
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Bob Scherago wanted to know the web address of YUSA. It is:

[removed] 

George S. Cole

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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 16:20:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nicholas Kierniesky <kiernies@[removed]>
To: OldTimeRadio <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Stale radio
Message-ID: <[removed]@alpha>
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Bruce Toor (v96,#307) and others have nicely clarified for me  how radio
became stale in the 1950s. What was confusing me was whether the limp
radio programming was a result of attention turned to TV?  In other words,
had TV not been on the rise, would staleness set in on radio anyway? Has
TV become stale in the past 50 years, or does a visual/auditory medium
prevent this more easily than just an auditory medium?

.....Perhaps I better [removed] is becoming a stale topic!

-Nik      
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Nicholas C. Kierniesky (Nik)             kiernies@[removed]
Department of Psychology                 (301)447-5394 (office)
Mount Saint Mary's College               (301)447-5755 (fax)
Emmitsburg, MD 21727			 (717)334-7771 (home)
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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 17:31:35 -0400
From: Alan Chapman <[removed]@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Cc: Marty Dzik <marty_dzik@[removed]>
Subject: Train themes
Message-ID: <199608301731_MC1-918-BB2F@[removed]>

>I'm wanting to start collecting OTR with a "train" theme to the story
>(episodes that take place on trains).

Marty -- Check out THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER series.  Each episode begins
with the narrator boarding a train -- the stories, while they do not take
place on the train, often begin with one of more of the characters taking
the train somewhere which leads to the storyline.

Alan Chapman

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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 96 14:39:18 -0500
From: "Treasure Mountain" <[removed]@[removed]>
To: "[removed]@[removed]" <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject:  "Tarzan on the Radio" by Robert Jennings
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Fans of OTR serials might be interested in reading "Tarzan on the Radio" by
Robert Jennings.  This appears in the new issue of ERBANIA (#75), available
from its publisher, D. Peter Ogden, 8001 Fernview Lane, Tampa FL 33615.  It's
an excellent overview with information new to me (and I'm pretty familiar
with the subject).  I'd quibble over a few details, but I found it
interesting and informative.

Pat Adkins

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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 18:13:12 -0400
From: OTRadio2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jack Benny Log - Source
Message-ID: <960830181312_273481570@[removed]>

In Digest #306, Kevin Eastwood asked about sources for a Jack Benny log.  I'd
suggest that you contact Laura Lee, President of the International Jack Benny
Fan Club.  She's on-line at JACKBENNY@[removed]  Alternatively, her address is
4749 Wilkie, Oakland, CA. 94619.

She has a great log for Jack Benny, both radio and TV and more.

Hope this helps.

Darrell Boomgaarden

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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 14:22:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: I'm back in town
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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To all those trying to reach me these last few weeks, now you can. On July
24th we left for a business trip that took up to San Diego via car. The
entire trip lasted just about three weeks and I ended up putting 6500 miles
on the car.

While driving through Colorado, I found three antique stores that carry old
radios. I ended up buying a Zenith that I have been trying to find for the
last few years. Not the exact model, but close enough.

If anyone is interested in old radios, TVs or tape recorders, let me know
and I'll post the name and phone numbers of these stores. It is like taking
a trip back in time when you walk into one of these places.

                        Fred

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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 04:25:24 -0700
From: Jack Mann <jmann@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Candy Matson, ETC
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Hello All: Dick Lupoff writes about Candy Matson:

"I have a feeling that this was the first ever female PI show on radio.
I'm not counting female sidekicks or partners of male PI's like Pam
North or Nora Charles.  Nuh-uh! Candy was strictly her own boss, took
her own risks and solved her own cases."
There was a lady detective that preceded Candy, Dick. Her name was
Phyl Cole or Phyl Coe, and she had a show in the late 30's or early
40's, I believe. I have one of her shows, but the quality of the tape
is not very good. The show was sponsored by Philco, hence the monicker.
Also, a few issues back someone asked about TV actors on radio, and I
believe one was Gale Gordon. Mr. Gordon was a very prolific radio
actor, and some of the shows he acted on were Fibber McGee and Molly
(Mayor LaTrivia), The Casebook of Gregory Hood (Gregory), Big Town
([removed] Miller), The Cinnamon Bear (various roles), Flash Gordon (Flash),
Burns and Allen (regular), Granby's Green Acres (John Granby), The
Great Gildersleeve (Rumson Bullard), Jonathan Trimble, Esquire
(Trimble), The Judy Canova Show (Harry Graves, her father), Miss
Pinkerton, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Blandings (the lawyer), Our Miss Brooks
(Osgood Conklin), The Penny Singleton Show (Judge Grundell), The Phil
Harris-Alice Faye Show (Mr. Scott) and bunches of others. As I said,
very prolific!

Regards to all,
Jack

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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 08:52:40 -0700
From: Jack Mann <jmann@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Candy Matson, ETC
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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Hello All: Dick Lupoff writes about Candy Matson:

"I have a feeling that this was the first ever female PI show on radio.
I'm not counting female sidekicks or partners of male PI's like Pam
North or Nora Charles.  Nuh-uh! Candy was strictly her own boss, took
her own risks and solved her own cases."
There was a lady detective that preceded Candy, Dick. Her name was
Phyl Cole or Phyl Coe, and she had a show in the late 30's or early
40's, I believe. I have one of her shows, but the quality of the tape
is not very good. The show was sponsored by Philco, hence the monicker.
Also, a few issues back someone asked about TV actors on radio, and I
believe one was Gale Gordon. Mr. Gordon was a very prolific radio
actor, and some of the shows he acted on were Fibber McGee and Molly
(Mayor LaTrivia), The Casebook of Gregory Hood (Gregory), Big Town
([removed] Miller), The Cinnamon Bear (various roles), Flash Gordon (Flash),
Burns and Allen (regular), Granby's Green Acres (John Granby), The
Great Gildersleeve (Rumson Bullard), Jonathan Trimble, Esquire
(Trimble), The Judy Canova Show (Harry Graves, her father), Miss
Pinkerton, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Blandings (the lawyer), Our Miss Brooks
(Osgood Conklin), The Penny Singleton Show (Judge Grundell), The Phil
Harris-Alice Faye Show (Mr. Scott) and bunches of others. As I said,
very prolific!

Regards to all,
Jack

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Date: 30 Aug 96 19:29:07 -0600
From: [removed]@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Shadow Chronicles
Message-Id: <3C4EC8F*@MHS>

  Hi Folks,

      I've been lurking out here quite some time.  I remember OTR from
when it was NTR, and I finally have something to contribute.

      I have "THE SHADOW CHRONICLES" CD set from Wireless, and here's
MHO.  (I have no financial interest in any of these people, I'm just
a Shadow nut)

      It's a Great American Audio product, and as usual, they have
managed to transfer to CD with full fidelity, all the pops, clicks
and surface noise of their old tapes, along with the program.
(I'm sorry, but it makes me angry that the people who control the
"Star Trek" of radio programs treat it so shabbily) If you are expecting
the same wonderful sound qualtiy that Ken Greenwald managed to coax out
of the Sherlock Holmes ET's, you'll be disappointed.

       I most enjoyed the 56 page book, and the hourlong audio history
of The Shadow by Anthony Tollin.  The information contents of the book
and the CD are about the same, but the book has some wonderful old
photographs (including the standard publicity stills of Orson Welles,
Frank Readick, and Bret Morrison as The Shadow), and the CD has some
nice sound clips, including some from interviews with Walter Gibson
and Orson Welles, and some clips from the shows themselves.

       The box states that the set "Contains  never before released
original Shadow broadcasts".  The magic word is "contains".  Radio
Spirits and GAA themselves have previously released some of the shows,
but four of the eight shows are new to the two official purveyors of
Shadow broadcasts.  Here's a list of what's in the set:

       THE SHADOW CHRONICLES                      (also found on)

  "The Isle of Fear"              10/30/38     (Radio Spirits  # 1215)
  "Message from the Hills"         5/22/38
  "The Blind Beggar Dies"          4/17/38
  "The Vengeance of Angela Nolan"  4/17/38
  "The Face"                       9/21/47
  "Death Rides a Broomstick"       3/02/41      (Radio Spirits  # 1878)
  "The Chessclub Murders"          2/23/41      (Radio Spirits  # 1353)
  "The Destroyer"                  3/25/45  (GAA has this out both as a
                                             single and as part of their
                                             LAST Shadow collection!)

     I'm interested in finding a list of existing Shadow shows.
I know there is between 189 & 250 of them around.  If anybody has a
list I'd appreciate it.  I'm also interested in sources for new shows
and sound upgrades.  (It amazes me that the more pedestrian crime
episodes seem to get released commercially, and the wilder, more
interesting ones like "The Mystery of Madman's Deep", and "The Valley of
Living Terror" are available only from collectors)

      "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"
   (It sure wasn't the guy that directed the Shadow movie!) ;^)

        Til next time,
                     Keith

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Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 05:28:43 -0400
From: Kubelski@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Medium or the Messengers?
Message-ID: <960831052840_398222096@[removed]>

A recent post asked those of us too young to remember OTR whether we missed
the medium or the performers involved.

I'm 29, and the only radio show I ever heard as it aired was Alien Worlds on
CBS radio in 1979 or so.

I wasn't an enthusiastic radio fan at the time, but my casual contact with
Jack Benny's television specials had made me aware of his program, Fred
Allen's, Burns and Allen's, and Fibber McGee and Molly, which was sold in the
same Metacom racks at the local bookstore.

Upon hearing Alien Worlds again in 1995 after a 16-year hiatus, I was amazed
at how primitive and uninspired it was compared to the 50s shows I've since
discovered.  The astronauts in the show had footsteps (!) and these were just
about the only sound effects they bothered to drop in (!).  Sure liked it
when I was 12, tho'.

Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater is kind of flat compared to Sam Spade, Philip
Marlowe and the Saint.  Garrison Keilior makes me drowsy and I could never
remember to listen to Harry ("Stevie the Beaver") Shearer's Le Show on NPR.

So based on this evidence, I conclude that I miss the performers and the
attention to craft more than the medium itself.  When Radio Was, it was the
only game to play.  The biggest stars and the best writers and most
well-financed networks backed it to the hilt.  You can't expect an
afterthought like New Time Radio to match all of that.

As I've actively entered the hobby through the FOTR Newark Shows and this
list, I've come to appreciate the great diversity of programs available and
the great talent that went into making them entertaining.  It isn't just fun
because there aren't any pictures (although that's part of it, particularly
when you are playing a video game or something while listening), its that
they are great shows.   If they aren't great shows, then it isn't any fun.
 And that why I think the messengers are more important than the medium.

Sean "Bandwith Bandit" Dougherty
Kubelski@[removed]




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