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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2013 : Issue 91
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Elliott Lewis mystery novels          [ ajhubin@[removed] ]
      Elliott Lewis Dectective novels       [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      contact info                          [ "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@yeste ]
      Olde Tyme Radio Network               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
      Re: Those Were the Days               [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      Lone Ranger farce                     [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Radio Special Collections, UMD        [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]

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    Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:46:10 -0400
    From: ajhubin@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Elliott Lewis mystery novels
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    Dick Backus asks about these, and I assume the reference is to the 7 novels
    featuring Fred Bennett that were published by Pinnacle (paperbacks)
    1980-1983.

    Al Hubin

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    Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:46:24 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Elliott Lewis Dectective novels

    Did Backus asks if Elliott Lewis ever wrote any detective novels per his
    interview with John Dunning.

    Elliott Lewis wrote eight detective novels under his own name about a
    detective called Bennett.  You can find them in used book situations,
    but there are, to my knowledge, no new published versions of them.  The
    books generally run under titles such as "Bennett1"

    The sub-titles include:

    "Two Heads Are Better"
    "Dirty Linen"
    "Double Trouble"

    etc.  You can see a list of most at Amazon:
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    Barnes & Noble also lists them, but all are through used dealers.

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:46:56 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  contact info
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    Hello,

    Does any one know how I can get in touch with Bruce Jenkins to interview him
    about his book on his Dad and John Readick to interview him about his grand
    father  and father for our radio show.  I am allways looking for guest on
    our radio shows, thus if you know some one who has a relationship tie to the
    Golden Days of Radio, TV and Films please drop me a note.  We just tape
    interview this week with Jill Corey, Ed Ames and Sue Raney to be run on the
    Yesterday USA Radio Networks.  Thank you for any help or ideas,

    Walden Hughes

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    Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:47:13 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Olde Tyme Radio Network

    Hi Friends,

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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    THE ALDRICH FAMILY
    Episode 222 1-27-44 "Generous Gentleman"
    CBS Postum

    THE DIME-A-MONTH CLUB
    Episode 1 11-16-38 "Should The Law Forbid Ransom Payments To Kidnappers"
    Moderator: John W. Gregory
    Debaters: Frank Lovejoy, Art Carney and Frederic March

    SUSPENSE
    Episode 63 10-26-43 "After Dinner Story
    Stars Otto Kruger
    CBS Sustained

    WITH BOOK AND PIPE
    1945 "The Graveyard Rats"
    Host: Francis Phlanter
    WPEN Philadelphia Sustained Monday-Wednesday-Friday
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE

    BIG TOWN
    (NBC) 4/5/49 "The Deadly Gimmick of the Squeaking Rat"

    THE STORY OF DR. KILDARE
    (MGM Synd) 1950 "Vernon Pendleton - Hypocondriac" stars Lionel Barrymore
    and Lew Ayres.

    I LOVE A MYSTERY
    (Audition/undated for CBS) Chapter 1 of "The Million-Dollar Curse" also
    known as "The Richards Curse" CBS cast w/Russell Thorsen.
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    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    BIG TOWN
    Episode 1  9-14-48 "Blind Justice"

    DR. CHRISTIAN Episode
    5  12-6-37 "Blind Boy Story"

    LUX RADIO THEATER
    Episode 509  12-31-45 "Pride Of The Marines"
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    This Week's Classics & Curios Show:

    "Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

    Episode 86

    THE SPIKE JONES SHOW Spike Jones' "Musical Depreciation" remains a
    delight and provides refreshing times to smile especially when we might
    take aspects of our culture or even self importance too seriously. Pure
    musical silliness from Spike's "City Slickers" simply brings innocent
    fun and often brings us back to proper perspectives to appreciate life's
    lighter moments. The irony is that in order to do what Spike and the
    band accomplished, the level of competence of musicians must be high
    enough to do "serious" musical styles as well. Spike was a good
    percussionist and was part of Bing Crosby's first recording of "White
    Christmas" with the John Scott Trotter orchestra, and Spike's later
    recording of "Laura" clearly demonstrated both the serious musicianship
    of the orchestra and its "wild side."

    "The Spike Jones Show" was a nice warm-up for "The Jack Benny Program"
    each Sunday night on CBS in 1949, this one from January 9. The zany
    musical arrangements were much better than the show's zany comedy
    repartee, but both were enough to get our smile muscles working. The
    band's recordings of tunes like "Cocktails for Two" with "melodious"
    voice gurgling, hiccuping, horn honking, cowbells, gunshots, anvils,
    whistles, and vocal "raspberries" will forever bring smiles to me and to
    my grandson who laughed right along with me the first time he heard the
    "City Slickers" when he was 12. Among other hits were "Hawaiian War
    Chant," "Chloe," "In Der Fuehrer's Face," "Holliday for Strings," and
    "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth."

    "The Spike Jones Show" for this episode of "Classics & Curios" opens
    with the curio "By Jingo" followed by guest "Dixie Diva" Dinah Shore who
    sings "Buttons and Bows." Doodles Weaver as Professor Feetlebaum does
    his comedy "thing" with "You Were Only Fooling," followed by a rousing
    rendition of "The Funnies Aren't Funny Anymore" with "examples" from
    "Superman," Little Orphan Annie," "The Lone Ranger," and "Dick Tracy,"
    reminding us of "The Happiness Boys'" satires. Listen carefully for a
    friendly "dig" at Sammy Kaye's orchestra. A portion of "William Tell
    Overture" leads into a conversation with guest Fred Astaire about horse
    racing. Fred briefly mentions his current picture with Ginger Rogers,
    "The Barkleys of Broadway," and then, in a rare radio moment, Dinah
    joins Fred to sing "Cheek to Cheek," one of the film's great songs.
    Finally, Fred "competes" with Spike's "musical" washboard instrument in
    a tap (dancing) "contest."

    The announcer is Dick Joyce who promotes the soft drink associated with
    "the pause that refreshes" and at the end of the broadcast announces the
    "City Slickers'" upcoming "Musical Depreciation Revue" tour of places
    like El Paso, Amarillo, Oklahoma City, and Phoenix.

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    If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

          Jerry Haendiges

          Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
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    Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:47:32 -0400
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Those Were the Days

>     1949   NBC debuted Father Knows Best. The Thursday night program aired
>     for five years. Robert Young played the role of Jim Anderson, the ever
>     patient father.

    That would mean that the show ended on radio in 1954.  It returned a
    year or two later, still with Robert Young in the lead role as the
    father who knew best, on Wednesdays on NBC television and ran for many
    more years.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]| 92 State Street| Suite 700 | Boston, MA 02109-2004
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    Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:47:38 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Lone Ranger farce

    Thought you would all get a kick out of this. A newspaper article about a
    real-life African American lawman being the inspiration for THE LONE RANGER.
    Regardless
    of all the paperwork and historical documents that verify the complete
    formation and creation of The Lone Ranger, step-by-step mind you, someone has
    to attempt to
    ride the coat tails of the new LONE RANGER movie by publicizing their
    book about a real-life cowboy and "claiming" he was the inspiration of
    The Lone Ranger. His theory of the inspiration (among other bullet points) is
    that the real-life lawman was black and The Lone Ranger wore a black mask and
    therefore, a similarity.

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    We all know many fiction writers are inspired or influenced by some sort of
    prior book or [removed] but in most cases "inspired" is the best word for it.
    In MOST cases, it's also theory and romantic notions from folks who believe
    they found a connection and jump too quick to take claim for such a
    discovery. Unless there is a direct connection, with verified statements from
    the authors and creators, or documents supporting it, they remain nothing
    more than romantic notions. I just found this one to be a loooooong stretch.

    Martin

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    Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:50:07 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Radio Special Collections, UMD

    The University of Maryland's library re-designed their website to look more
    spiffy. Link provided below. Their old-time radio holdings are also listed.
    (One of these days I'm going to get down there and read a few SKY KING radio
    scripts for [removed])

    [removed]

    Also, my web master is re-designing the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention
    website and we are looking for articles to post on the site, especially
    old-time radio articles. If you have one or two you'd like to see on the
    site, send them to me.

    best,
    Martin

    mmargrajr@[removed]

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