Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #256
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Date: 8/2/2004 7:05 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 256
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      a Jackson Beck "rarity"               [ "International Man Of Mystery" <bar ]
      Re: commercials                       [ Mike Thompson <mthomp86@[removed]; ]
      Dropping scripts                      [ "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed]; ]
      Crystal Radio Resources               [ "Lou Giliberto" <kd7hcw@[removed]; ]
      DRAGNET                               [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      George Marshall and Marshall Dillon   [ seandd@[removed] ]
      8-3 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Gwen Delano                           [ <whhsa@[removed]; ]
      Can you name this show?               [ "Doug Leary" <doug@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 22:48:46 -0400
    From: "International Man Of Mystery" <baroygis@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  a Jackson Beck "rarity"

    We've read extensively about Jackson Beck's (may he rest in peace) truly
    remarkable radio career. That career also included a non-radio nugget that
    has me in stitches every time I listen to it. Mr. Beck was one of many
    talented artists who appeared on the "National Lampoon's Radio Dinner" LP
    which came out in 1972. He played the announcer of a radio game show called
    "Catch It and You Keep It." The premise--the show producers throw objects
    out of the studio window (high above the street). If the contestant catches
    it, he keeps it. Needless to say, they throw out bulkier and bulkier items
    [removed]

    It's hysterical, and Mr. Beck plays it to the hilt. Look for the album in
    your library or at a flea market.

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    Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 23:37:08 -0400
    From: Mike Thompson <mthomp86@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: commercials

    Dixon wrote:

>     But you know what [listeners] liked?  Harlow Wilcox dropping in
>     on Fibber & Molly to casually tell them about Johnson's Glo-Coat.
>     I presume they felt the same way about Don, Jack and whatever
>     they were selling at the time of the survey (Jell-O, Grape Nuts
>     or Lucky Strikes).

    I don't know why, but this makes me think of the
    following, and I just have to type it. I'm sure I'm
    not the only one who remembers this:

    Don: If you're feeling mighty lucky
    Jack: [removed]
    Don: Bugs Bunny-ish and Daffy Duck-y
    Jack: [removed]
    Don: Or tawt you taw a putty tat
    Jack: [removed]
    Don: There's just one thing to do for that.
    Jack: DON!

    :-)

    Mike

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    Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 23:52:56 -0400
    From: "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Dropping scripts

    All this talk (re-hashed before years ago) regarding radio actors dropping
    scripts after they're read during broadcast is reminding me of my (hopefuly)
    one and only run-in with this kind of mis-information.  In the 1980s The
    Sherlock Holmes Society performed, on stage, 2 re-creations of Holmes radio
    shows.  The director (a listener to my OTR show on KCRW) asked me to
    participate, doing the role of  Mycroft in "The Bruce Partington Plans".
    Free dinners for Barbara Watkins and myself were involved.   Having received
    my script weeks before the show, the cast got together and rehearsed the
    afternoon of the show.  A little rushed, but we did a good read-thru.  Came
    show-time:  EVERYONE in the cast proceeded to drop their just-read script
    pages all around the stage, under the [removed]!  EVERYONE, that is,
    except me, who silently slipped each page under the entire script which I
    held in my hand.   I had heard rumors that some current "performers" did
    this during re-creations, thinking this is the way it was done in the "old
    days".  I couldn't believe [removed] stage was littered with paper at the end
    of the shows.  I just went ahead and did my part and then (since I still had
    my complete script) got some cast members' and the director's autographs on
    my script and left.
    My theory is as follows: perhaps a fan/writer back in the early days of the
    OTR/ Nostalgia craze asked an actor or actress if they kept(collected) any
    of their scripts from the shows and was told, "No we just threw them away
    after we were done with them".  Over the years, in re-telling, "we threw
    them away" may have turned into "we threw them on the floor after we were
    done with them". Good ole' common sense tells you that at the very least,
    paper of any kind on the floor is messy and too slippery (and noisy) to walk
    on.  Please, let's put an end to this stupid practice by telling the
    "new-comers" that it wasn't the [removed] that in the face of it, it is
    just plain wrong!
    Thanx, Jug.  I agree with you.

    Bobb

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    Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 02:50:31 -0400
    From: "Lou Giliberto" <kd7hcw@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Crystal Radio Resources

    A good source for stuff on crystal radios - books, parts, etc. is the Xtal
    Set Society.

    [removed]

    I bought a book, a var air cap, and some xtals from them and built a
    tuned-loop antenna radio with my son.  It was a lot of fun, and I plan to do
    more.  They have plans for multi-tuned radios as well.

    The loop antenna worked OK, but the radio worked much better when I attached
    it to my shortwave antenna (30 ft. inverted-L).  However, the loop does
    allow some selectivity because it's more directional.

    -Lou

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    Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 13:57:05 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  DRAGNET

    Michael Hayde commented: A complete description of the first radio DRAGNET's
    storyline - a case that takes place in Robbery Division - may be found in my
    book, "My Name's Friday," on pages 24-25.  John Crosby's review of the
    episode appears on page 26.

    Book comes recommended.
    MG

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    Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 13:57:33 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  George Marshall and Marshall Dillon

    I stumbled across an OTR reference in this Toronto Star column decrying
    knee-jerk anti-Americanism among Canadians.

    Marshall Dillon was listed as one of the things to be thankfull to America for!

    A rightly so, I might add.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 13:57:43 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-3 births/deaths

    August 3rd births

    08-03-1885 - Arthur Sinclair - Dublin, Ireland - d. 12-14-1951
    actor: John A. Considine "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
    08-03-1894 - Harry Heilmann - San Francisco, CA - d. 7-9-1951
    sportscaster: WXYZ Detroit
    08-03-1896 - Wendell Hall - St. George, KS  - d. 4-4-1969
    singer: (The Red Headed Music Maker) "Eveready Hour"; "Red Headed Music Maker"
    08-03-1903 - John S. Young - Springfield, MA - d. 1-12-1976
    announcer: Foreign news for NBC in Nyw York
    08-03-1905 - Dolores Del Rio - Durango, Mexico - d. 4-11-1983
    actress: "Hollywood on the Air"
    08-03-1905 - Gaylord Carter - Wiesbaden, Germany - d. 11-20-2000
    organist: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Breakfast in Hollywood"
    08-03-1907 - Irene Tedrow - Denver, CO - d. 3-10-1995
    actress: Janet Archer "Meet Corliss Archer"; Dorothy Regent "Chandu, the
    Magacian"
    08-03-1917 - Larry Haines - Mt. Vernon, NY
    actor: Carl Ward "Young Dr. Malone"; Fred Molina "This is Nora Drake"
    08-03-1920 - Marilyn Maxwell - Clarinda, IA - d. 3-20-1972
    singer, actress: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Abbott and Costello Show"; "Bob Hope
    Show"
    08-03-1923 - Jean Hagen - Chicago, IL - d. 8-29-1977
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Stars in the Air"
    08-03-1926 - Tony Bennett - NYC
    singer: "[removed] Woolworth Hour"; "Songs for Sale"; "Stepping Out"

    August 3rd deaths

    02-04-1918 - Ida Lupino - London, England - d. 8-3-1995
    panelist, actress: "Hollywood Byline"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    04-28-1929 - Carolyn Jones - Amarillo, TX - d. 8-3-1983
    actress: "Dragnet"; "Survivors"
    08-06-1923 - William B. Williams - Babylon, NY - d. 8-3-1986
    disc jockey: WNEW New York City
    08-12-1892 - Alfred Lunt - Milwaukee, WI - d. 8-3-1977
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Theatre Guild on the Air"; "Treasury Star
    Parade"
    12-29-1894 - Harry Lang - NYC - d. 8-3-1953
    actor: Mr. Fuddle "Blondie"; Pan Pancho "Cisco Kid"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:24:49 -0400
    From: <whhsa@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Gwen Delano

    Dear OTR people;
    Peace be with you.
    Today, thanks to an OTR Digest "watcher" I have received a major break
    through in information of Gwen Delano. The information convinces me that she
    is the Gwen Delany of Detroit, that Dick Osgood wrote about in WYXIE, a
    founder of the AFRA in Detroit. According to the info furnished by Natalie,
    she died in 1954. I thank her and I continue to plea with you to share any
    information on Fred Howard (Wright), Ted Robertson, Gwen.
    Manituwah,
    Bill

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    Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 22:04:43 -0400
    From: "Doug Leary" <doug@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Can you name this show?

    I just read a review of a 2003 movie called Paycheck, about a genius who
    works on high-tech projects, then has his memory erased after each one so he
    won't be a security risk. After one job he is told he isn't getting a
    paycheck but instead receives a mysterious envelope.

    Not having seen the movie, I don't know how the rest goes, but it sounds
    like an OTR show I barely remember. A guy has just finished some kind of
    secret job and his memory has been erased. He receives an envelope left by
    his pre-erasure self, containing several seemingly worthless objects which
    he hoped would help him regain his memories and take over the company. One
    of the objects might be a fountain pen. I believe his employers tell him
    that he decided to send himself the envelope instead of getting paid. That's
    all I can remember. Maybe somebody erased my memory too!

    Searching through my OTR collection turned up no episode called Paycheck.
    I'm looking through titles to see if one rings a bell, but so far nothing
    does. It might be an X Minus One. Does anybody recognize this plot?

    Doug Leary
    Seattle

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