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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2015 : Issue 78
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  This week in radio history 13-19 Sep  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
  Update on my film documentary on rad  [ Michael Kacey <mike_kacey@[removed]; ]

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:44:46 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 13-19 September

9/13

1931   Vaudeville star Eddie Cantor was heard for the first time on NBC.
The Chase and Sanborn Hour became one of the most popular radio shows of
the 1930s.

1937   The first broadcast of Kitty Keene, Inc. was heard on the NBC Red
network.

9/14

1936   NBC presented John's Other Wife for the first time. Actually,
John's other wife was not his wife at all. She was his secretary.

9/15

1934   NBC presented The Gibson Family to American audiences. The
program was the first musical comedy drama to be broadcast. Ernest
Whitman and Eddie Green were featured members of the cast and were
billed as "network radio's only colored comedians." The show originated
from the studios of WEAF in New York City.

9/18

1927   The Columbia Broadcasting System was born on this day in 1927.
CBS broadcast an opera, The King's Henchman, as its first program.

1948   The Original Amateur Hour returned to radio on ABC, two years
after the passing of the program's originator and host, Major Bowes.
Bowes brought new star talent into living rooms for 13 years.

9/19

It was just an average day this day in 1932, when Just Plain Bill was
first heard on CBS. It was "The real life story of people just like
people we all know." The 15 minute show (Monday through Friday at 7:15
[removed]) was all about (just plain) Bill Davidson and his daughter, Nancy,
who lived in (just plain) Hartville. Since Bill was the town barber,
everybody came to him with their problems and Bill helped them
straighten things out.

Instead of playing the usual organ, as a first, Hal Brown played
harmonica and whistled the Just Plain Bill introduction music (Darling
Nellie Gray). Hal also handled the closing theme (Polly Wolly Doodle) in
the same manner.

The show, created by Frank and Anne Hummert, who also came up with Mr.
Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, Little Orphan Annie, Amanda of Honeymoon
Hill, Front Page Farrell, John's Other Wife, Mr. Chameleon, Our Gal
Sunday and many other radio dramas, later moved to NBC. Just Plain Bill
chalked up 23 years on the air, until 30 September, 1955. A few of the
Just Plain Bill sponsors over the years were Kolynos toothpaste and
Clapp's baby [removed]

Joe

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:45:01 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

Hi Friends,

Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
Radio Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Big John and Steve's "Glowing Dial"
and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in high-quality audio, on
demand, 24/7 at: [removed]
Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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Check out our Transcription Disc scans at:
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Transcription Disc Restoration example at:
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

THE JACK BENNY SHOW
"The Jell-O Program"
Episode 33 5-14-39 "Gunga Din"
Announcer: Don Wilson
Orchestra Leader: Phil Harris
Cast: Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson
NBC RED - 92 Stations JELL-O Sundays 7:00 - 7:30pm

THE HALL OF FANTASY
Episode 33 7-6-53 "The Man In Black"
Writer/Producer: Richard Thorne
Director: Leroy Olliger
Music: Harold Turner
Mutual

THE JACK BENNY SHOW
"The Jell-O Program"
Episode 34 5-21-39 "More Gunga Din"
Announcer: Don Wilson
Orchestra Leader: Phil Harris
Cast: Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson
NBC RED - 92 Stations JELL-O Sundays 7:00 - 7:30pm

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA
Episode 535 9-29-47 "Big Boy" (Babe Ruth Story)
Stars: Brian Donlevy
NBC Du Pont
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

WHAT'S DOIN' LADIES?
(ABC) 10/30/47 Daytime Audience participation with Jay Stewart.

WELCOME TRAVELERS
(NBC) 1949 Rare Tommy Bartlett broadcast from the Hotel Sherman in
Chicago. Real-life daytime guests with unusual [removed]

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT
(MBS) 1/20/44 2nd chapter of WW II action, "Suicide Squadron"
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION

This week we look again at the Dorsey Brothers.

JACK PEARL
11/23/1936 Ep003 World Wide Information Bureau.

ALL STAR PARADE OF BANDS
06/19/1953 Epxxx Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey.

Walden Larry and John with Perry Huntoon Part 4 of The Dorsey Brothers.
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This Week's Classics & Curios Show:

"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

Episode 186

EDDIE HUBBARD & THE GREAT SONGWRITERS: JOHNNY MERCER

Presenting one of the best Eddie Hubbard DJ shows and the first in a
series highlighting great songwriters. This show features Johnny Mercer
while future shows will follow with Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, and
George Gerschwin. Mercer, as Eddie points out, was one of the most loved
and greatest lyricists of American music, and his songs remain among the
best in the Great American Songbook.

Songs with Mercer's lyrics that Eddie chose to feature on this show from
June 18, 1989, are among his best and include "You Must Have Been a
Beautiful Baby," "In the Cool, Cool ,Cool of the Evening," "Moon River,"
"Charade," "Days of Wine and Roses," "The Aitchison, Topeka, and the
Santa Fe," "GI Jive," and "I'm Old Fashioned." Five of the songs are
among my favorite songs by any composer, namely, "Accentuate the
Positive," "Dream," "Blues in the Night," "And the Angels Sing," and
"Glow Worm." Johnny's new lyrics to "Glow Worm" are simply the work of a
wordplay genius, and the lyrics of these favorites and others rank among
the most brilliant ever written and enhance the brilliance of the music
by composers like Jerome Kern, Henry Mancini, Harry Warren, Barry
Manilow, Harold Arlen, and Ziggy Elman,

Artists who perform the songs include Hoagy Carmichael, Rosemary
Clooney, Andy Williams, Dinah Shore, the Mills Brothers, Bing Crosby and
Jane Wyman, and Woody Herman.

Eddie had less than an hour to focus on Johnny's songs, so countless
tunes had to be left out, like "Lazybones," "I'm an Old Cowhand from the
Rio Grande," "That Old Black Magic," "Wings Over the Navy," "Satin
Doll," "The Summer Wind," "My Shining Hour," "Jeepers Creepers," "Goody
Goody," "Autumn Leaves," "Come Rain or Come Shine," "Something's Gotta
Give," "Hooray for Hollywood," and "[removed] I Love You."

 From Wikipedia: "Mercer wrote the lyrics to more than fifteen hundred
songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received
nineteen Academy Award nominations, and won [removed] regarded also as a
singer, with a folksy quality, Mercer was a natural for his own songs
such as "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", "On the Atchison, Topeka and
the Santa Fe", "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)", and
"Lazybones". He was considered a first-rate performer of his own work.
[Concerning] When October Goes," a melancholy remembrance of lost love.
[Barry] Manilow applied his own melody to the lyric and issued it as a
single in 1984, when it became a top 10 Adult Contemporary hit in the
United States. The song has since become a jazz standard, with notable
recordings by Rosemary Clooney, Nancy Wilson, and Megon McDonough, among
other performers. For the occasion of Mercer's 100th birthday in 2009
Clint Eastwood produced a documentary film on Johnny Mercer's life and
work called The Dream's on Me (Turner Classic Movies)."

Mercer's own lyrics found in the title of a song composed by Richard
Whiting best describe the man himself and the work of this gifted
performer, producer, and lyricist: "Too Marvelous for Words."

Johnny opened his "Johnny Mercer Music Shop" on the Armed Forces Radio
Service in 1944 with these words -- words fitting to start Eddie's
tribute to Johnny who still makes listeners "feel tip-top:"
"Hi there fellows, won't you feel tip-top?
This is Johnny Mercer and his Music Shop
All you soldiers, sailors, and Marines out there
All you gals in the service, we're on the air."
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THE GLOWING DIAL

The Lux Radio Theatre - "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
originally aired Monday, January 4, 1954 on CBS
Starring: Michael Rennie, Jean Peters, Billy Gray, Herb Butterfield,
Lamont Johnston, Tudor Owen,
Edith Evanson, William Conrad, Alastair Duncan, Tyler McVey, Ottola
Nesmith, Tom Brown,
Shep Menken, Paul Frees.
Irving Cummings (host).
Ken Carpenter announcing.
Sponsor: Lux Soap

The Lux Radio Theatre - "War Of The Worlds"
originally aired Tuesday, February 8, 1955 on CBS
Starring: Dana Andrews, Pat Crowley, Les Tremayne, Herb Butterfield,
Parley Baer, Bill Bouchey,
Ken Peters, Howard McNear, William Conrad, Herb Ellis, Irene Tedrow, Don
Diamond,
Jack Kruschen, Truda Marson, Paul Frees.
Irving Cummings (host).
Ken Carpenter announcing.
Sponsor: Lux Soap

Audio restoration on some shows in this episode was done by Jerry Haendiges.
Click here for information on his Audio Restoration Services.
=======================================================If you have any
questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

      Jerry Haendiges

      Jerry@[removed] -  [removed] - 562-696-4387
      The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
      Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
the Net

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:19:03 -0500
From: Michael Kacey <mike_kacey@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Update on my film documentary on radio

(Ibd like to mention this in the OTR Digest, unless you feel this is not
appropriate.)

I wanted to updated everyone on my project. I run the NormanCorwin,com site
and have been a subscriber for years. I also direct recreations at SPERDVAC
and REPS.

I am a filmmaker working on a documentary feature film about the history and
importance of radio in our society and its relevance to the future of the
Internet.  Think bRadiobs Evolution meets the Internetbs Revolutionb
and you have a good idea of the thrust of the film.

Early on I was able to sit with many of the old-time radio veterans such as
Art Linkletter, Dick Van Patten, John Astin, and radio playwright Norman
Corwin.  Recently I was able to shoot new interviews with Wink Martindale,
Norman Lloyd, Marsha Hunt, Marc Fisher of the Washington Post, and Larry King.

Please have a look at the Indiegogo project page and please share it with
anyone that you think might be interested in helping!

The link to the Indiegogo page is: [removed]
<[removed];

More information about HEARING VOICES and a link to the campaign is available
at: [removed] <[removed];
Gratefully yours,

Michael James Kacey

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