Subject: [removed] Digest V2002 #103
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 3/17/2002 4:38 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2002 : Issue 103
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Betty Johnson                     [ "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed] ]
      Yiddish Radio Project on NPR          [ Max Schmid <mschmid@[removed]; ]
      Voices matching bodies                [ "Lois Culver" <lois@[removed]; ]
      The Story Lady                        [ Richard Fisher <w9fjl@[removed]; ]
      Metropolitan Radio                    [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Radio reviews                         [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Live365 and OTR                       [ Roger Lorette <roger@[removed]; ]
      Re:Betty Johnson                      [ "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <bratcher@ ]
      Glow in the dark premium              [ "James B. Wood, [removed]" <woodjim@ ]
      Betty Johnson                         [ otrbuff@[removed] ]
      Salaries                              [ otrbuff@[removed] ]
      Haunting Hour                         [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
      Premiums                              [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
      Re: Dragnet                           [ "Michael Hayde" <mmeajv@[removed]; ]
      Leiningen vs The Ants                 [ Rfmalone@[removed] ]
      THE SHADOW DO!                        [ "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@hotmail ]
      Olde Tyme Radio Schedule              [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
      Little Blue Man/Betty Johnson         [ John <glowingdial1@[removed]; ]
      Getting copies of Dragnet etc         [ "david rogers" <david_rogers@hotmai ]
      Dave Warren                           [ leemunsick@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:18:38 -0500
    From: "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Re: Betty Johnson

       I didn't spot any Digest postings on singer Betty Johnson mentioning the
    following site:

       [removed]

    --Phil C.

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:18:48 -0500
    From: Max Schmid <mschmid@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Yiddish Radio Project on NPR
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    This series premieres on Tuesday March 19 on "All Things Considered".  They
    have a fascinating website: [removed]  featuring
    the Yid-O-Matic, which pops up in RealAudio to translate the Yiddish sound
    clips on the site.  There is also a section on mainstream OTR Jewish
    characters.

    The producers are looking for examples of "Life Can Be Beautiful" featuring
    the character of Papa David. You can contact me if you have any.

    Max Schmid - Producer - WBAI, NYC [removed] FM NOW WEBCASTING!
    [removed]
    Home Page: [removed]  GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO Sunday 7:30 PM
    MASS BACKWARDS Tuesday 3:30 AM Featuring Jean Shepherd at 5:10

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:20:12 -0500
    From: "Lois Culver" <lois@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: Voices matching bodies

    Michael C. Gwynne's contribution reminds me of another [removed]
    looking for a commanding person to match the voice of Howard Culver.  He had
    offered to squire a young lady to a business dinner  in Hollywood and she
    was to meet him at the radio station.  She appeared at the door of the
    studio and asked for him.  Howard said. "I'm Howard Culver"....and she,
    trying to look past him, around his 5' 8"....said,  "No, he's much taller!"

    Lois Culver
    KWLK Radio (Mutual) Longview, WA 1941-44
    KFI Radio (NBC) Los Angeles CA 1945-47, 50-53
    Widow of Howard Culver, actor

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:20:35 -0500
    From: Richard Fisher <w9fjl@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: The Story Lady

    Recently I received a disc of "fractured fairy tales".  There are about
    215 shows on the disc and the "The Story Lady" tells twisted to very
    twisted versions of fairy tales. Each show lasts 1 to [removed] minutes.

    They seem to be from at least the Vietnam war era as reference is made
    to "burning draft cards" in one story.

    Can anyone tell me if these were ever broadcast or where they might have
    been used.

    If you have a somewhat twisted sense of humor many of these are
    extremely funny.  Sort of like watching Monty Python in the 60's on PBS.

    Dick W8AM

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:20:44 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Metropolitan Radio

    For anyone interested in opera radio programs (primarily the Metropolitan
    Opera Radio shows), the MO actually posted on their site, a detailed
    broadcast log worth checking out.

    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:20:50 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Radio reviews

    Does anyone know of any reference guides that list reviews of radio
    broadcasts during the thirties and forties?  I know Daily Variety reviewed
    many radio programs, but I've been having difficulty finding the issues on
    [removed] There are some program/broadcasts I'd like to know what Daily
    Variety thought [removed]
    Martin

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:23:53 -0500
    From: Roger Lorette <roger@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Live365 and OTR

    Just to clarify some information about [removed] will find more Old Time
    Radio channels by doing a manual search using "otr" as the search text.  By
    searching on the "Spoken Word" genre you will only get a display of a small
    number of OTR channels.  The reason for this is that in the genre searches
    Live365 now only displays the streams that are being paid for by the people
    who create and maintain the channels.  By searching with "otr" you will get a
    list of all the channels (now the shameless plug) including the 12 channels
    that I have created including the "Sam Spade" [removed] "Life of Riley"
    channel and the "Our Miss Brooks" channel among others.  By searching on
    "otrmp3" you will get list of all my channels.

    (If the shameless plug is not appreciated by the digest host please feel free
    to remove [removed] won't mind.)

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:24:22 -0500
    From: "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <bratcher@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Re:Betty Johnson

    At 06:52 PM 3/16/2002 -0500, you wrote:

> >     The hit song that I remember by Betty Johnson that was out in 1956 or
> >     so, when I was nine years old I think, is Little Blue Man.

    Never heard of this song.  The only Betty Johnson record I've ever found (2
    78's & 1 45) was Is It Wrong To Love You/ I Dreamed on the Bally label.

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:24:33 -0500
    From: "James B. Wood, [removed]" <woodjim@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Glow in the dark premium

    I, too, had one of the Lone Ranger glow-in-the-dark belts.  It was white
    in daylight, with cowboy scenes in red, and glowed a whitish green for
    about an hour after the lights were turned off.

    This is not to be confused with the Tom Mix "Glowing Cat's Eye Ring," a
    gold plastic ring with a simulated cat's eye as the jewel.  Unlike the
    belt (or most any other glow-in-the-dark item, for that matter), the ring
    did not require any exposure to light; it glowed constantly.  For years
    after the novelty wore off I kept it in a junk box in the basement, and
    could see it glowing at me every time I went down there.  I recall that
    the word 'plutonium' was used in the advertising for this ring, and now
    wonder if perhaps the long-term health of us kiddies who ordered these
    was somehow compromised.  I'm 60 now and still have a full head of hair,
    [removed] and, no, I don't glow in the dark.

    Jim Wood
    Brea, CA

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:24:46 -0500
    From: otrbuff@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Betty Johnson

    Russ Butler tells us Betty Johnson had two daughters whose surnames were
    Gray.  Then Sandy Singer comes along reporting that Betty's "then"
    husband Charles Grean (sic) wrote her recorded song "Little Blue Man" and
    Jim Lowe's "Green Door."  Now my colors are all mixed up.  Can somebody
    tell me who she married, whether she stayed married to him, and if she's
    married now?  I'm not interested, just curious . . . I grew up listening
    to her on WBT.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:25:10 -0500
    From: otrbuff@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Salaries

    Kenneth Clarke asks which stars had the highest salaries.  I can't speak
    knowledgeably about primetime stars (I would think people like Jack
    Benny, Bing Crosby, Fred Allen and Tallulah Bankhead commanded tidy sums)
    but I can report my discovery in regard to daytime personalities.  Arthur
    Godfrey kept more than $1 million annually and his shows earned more than
    $12 million per year for his network (including two nighttime shows, plus
    90 minutes daily), if I'm recalling correctly.  And By 1957 Virginia
    Payne (Ma Perkins) reached $50,000 annually, surpassing every other
    actress in daytime radio, for her quarter-hour daily stint.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:25:18 -0500
    From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: Haunting Hour

    Steve Kostelecky asked for dates on some "Haunting Hour " shows. I have
    just one of those episodes. Metacom just shows 1948 for "Bird Of Death".

    George Aust

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:25:28 -0500
    From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: Premiums

    I never thought I'd be posting about radio premiums because I didn't
    think that I ever had any.(even though I really wanted one of those
    pedometers).

    When I was a kid (back in prehistoric times) I had a Lone Ranger holster
    with the [removed] Silver who was rearing back, and chaps and a cowboy hat.
    I also had a cap pistol(to shoot dinosaurs with) that came with the
    hoster. But I also had a belt. It was off white plastic with different
    colors sort of swirling inbedded in the belt. I believe the belt glowed
    in the dark. I don't know if the belt came with the Lone Ranger items or
    not, but it may have. This would have been somewhere around 1940[removed]
    also don't remember where these items came from, but I doubt that they
    were radio premiums.

    George Aust

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:26:38 -0500
    From: "Michael Hayde" <mmeajv@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Re: Dragnet

    After reading my post about the scarcity of the 1950's "Dragnet" on TV, Joe
    Mackey wrote:

>     There are four free episodes on [removed] .
>     You need to register (free)...  There are a couple available on the plus
>     (non free) side as well, all are streaming programs.

    LikeTelevision also has a number of episodes, and is a register/pay site.
    Unfortunately, just like the Movieflix ones, they're selected from the same
    batch of about twenty-four shows that have been released on VHS over and
    over again from different small companies since about 1984.  Some of them
    are now making their way onto DVD.  They all originate from 16mm TV prints,
    and some of the transfers are pretty poor.

    There were 276 TV episodes of "Dragnet" between 1951-59, and about 42 of
    these can be found on home video (including the only two made with Bart
    Yarborough as Ben Romero).  The rest are reposing (or slowly decomposing) in
    a limestone mine somewhere.  Fortunately, since so many of those shows are
    based on radio scripts, we OTR fans can enjoy the radio [removed] it
    doesn't take much to picture the "big head" of Webb, Yarborough, Alexander,
    or any of the guest actors (Perrin, Gregg, Bartell, Webber, etc.), since
    that's what we would have seen on TV anyway.

    Anyway, for anyone who's interested, I did a write-up on the video releases
    of 1950's episodes for [removed]  This tells which shows are available
    and by whom, with links to the distributors.  It's at
    [removed]

    Michael

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:28:41 -0500
    From: Rfmalone@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Leiningen vs The Ants

    This should solve the Leiningen vs The Ants issue.
    Log on to [removed]
    Click on cyber49er image
    click OTR archive
    click Drama
    click Escape
    scroll down to 1948  Jan 14, Leiningen vs The Ants  ( east coast )
    LISTEN !!!

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:29:41 -0500
    From: "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: THE SHADOW DO!

    hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; writes:

>     But who knows what larceny lurks in the hearts of men?  (THE SHADOW DO!)

>     I know! I know! the line is supposed to be "does"...But I'm quoting from an
>     old "Politically Incorrect" show Biz joke.

    But if it's that joke you're actually quoting, wouldn't the first word be
    "DE" rather than "THE"?

    Also interesting that the gag in question is somehow ethnically impolitic
    when Hal Stone uses it, but it lives on to this day without causing ruffled
    feathers when old albums by Redd Foxx are played.

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: Ok, we've drifted far enough off-topic with this.  --cfs3]

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:29:46 -0500
    From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Olde Tyme Radio Schedule

    Here's the Olde Tyme Radio Network schedule for the week starting Sunday
    3/17/02
    at  [removed]:

    SAME TIME, SAME STATION with Jerry Handiges
    1. Screen Guild Theater - 3/11/46  "Irish Eyes Are Smiling"
    2. Favorite Story - 7/10/48  "Jamie Freed"  Barry Fitzgerald's favorite.
    3. The New Adv. of Sherlock Holmes - 3/18/46  "The Adventure of the Blarney
    Stone"
    4. Have Gun, Will Travel - 4/24/60  "Irish Luck"

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood
    1. THE SHADOW - 1/29/39  "Prelude To Terror"  with Bill Johnstone
    2. SALUTE To The VOICE OF AMERICA - on it's 60th Anniversary - 1942-2002.
    3. THE AVENGER - (Synd. 1945)  a blatant copy of THE SHADOW by the same
        originator of THE SHADOW, Walter Gibson. "The Tunnel of Disaster" - (sort
    of
        like what the show was)  with James Monks.
    4. FIVE-MINUTE MYSTERIES  "Accident at Echo Cavern"

                                Hope you enjoy --  Tom & Jerry

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:31:14 -0500
    From: John <glowingdial1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Little Blue Man/Betty Johnson

    Hi folks, just thought I'd drop by with a little trivia on the Betty Johnson
    song, "The Little Blue Man".  You know, where the little alien says, "I wuv
    you, I wuv you to bits".  Does anyone know who that voice is??  He was
    rather unknown at that time but became a trusted anchor person on the ABC
    newsmagazine 20/20.  Yes it was none other than Hugh Downs.  If you ever see
    a 20/20 show or Hugh on anything else, just think of him saying "I wuv you,
    I wuv you"!
    Keep a positive thought.
    Keep looking up.
    I'll see you on the radio.
    John Matthews
    The Glowing Dial Page (where a Betty Johnson interview can be heard by pure
    chance;-)
    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:31:33 -0500
    From: "david rogers" <david_rogers@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Getting copies of Dragnet etc

>     The true "old episodes" from the 1950's continue to be scarcer than hen's
>     teeth.

      There are four free episodes on [removed] .  You need
    to register (free) and click "classic tv" then "C-D" and they are on the
    bottom of page two.  There are a couple available on the plus (non free)
    side as well, all are streaming programs.  Movie Flix also has a variety
    of old movies as well.

    I am sure that many of you reading this are also aware that there is
    software (VCR, Hinet etc.) which will enable you to convert these files
    (usually as .asf or .rm files) into data which you can burn and keep for
    yourself.
    Love as always, David Rogers

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    Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:34:12 -0500
    From: leemunsick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Dave Warren

    Many readers are friends of Dave Warren of Cincinnati.  Dave is a
    co-founder of the Cincinnati radio convention which will be held in a few
    weeks.  He also organized the Dave Warren Players, the group which has
    performed at a number of OTR conventions over many years.  He's a marvelous
    talent, a great guy, and a good friend to many of us.

    I am hoping to attend the Cincinnati convention in a few weeks, and wanted
    to visit Dave in the hospital at that time.  I am told that may be too
    late.  Dave is mortally ill.

    Readers will cheer Dave and his wife Lois greatly by sending
    greetings.  Here are both Email and snail addresses.  I would urge everyone
    to send to both, and quickly.  Lois will see that he gets the messages.

    lowie52@[removed]

    Dave Warren
    5463 Edalbert Dr.
    Cincinnati OH 45239

    I'm sorry to bring such news.  Thanks so much.  Lee Munsick

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