Subject: [removed] Digest V2002 #391
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Date: 10/6/2002 10:58 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2002 : Issue 391
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  House of Fantasy                      [ catfish <glasspar@[removed]; ]
  Gotham Radio Players tonight!         [ StevenL751@[removed] ]
  Re:Actors appelations                 [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
  Re: Who abandoned who?                [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
  Elizabeth and the Preston Bradley Pa  [ "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed] ]
  Hour of Mystery w/ Sinatra            [ danhughes@[removed] ]
  Last Godfrey Radio show               [ "rcg" <revrcg@[removed]; ]
  OTR & MP3 Quality at Different Speed  [ Peter & Ilene Osroff <posroff@opton ]
  Supes on TVLand                       [ "Doug Leary" <doug@[removed]; ]
  Say goodnight, Graice                 [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
  Re: MP3 player for the car            [ [removed]@[removed] ]
  Replacement Turntable Belts           [ "Doug Leary" <doug@[removed]; ]

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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:29:28 +0000
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Today in radio history

 >From Those Were The Days --

1937 - Hobby Lobby debuted on CBS. The host was the dean of American
hobbyists, Dave Elman. The show's theme was The Best Things in Life are
Free. Sponsors included Fels Naptha soap, Hudson paper products and
Colgate Dental Creme.

   Joe

-- Visit my home page: [removed]~[removed] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 10:11:38 +0000 From: catfish <glasspar@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: House of Fantasy Syndicated late-night radio host Art Bell recently played the opening 6 minutes of an episode from a series called House of Fantasy. The episode was Shadow People. This was relevent for Art Bell, since people are always calling his show about mysterious and hard to pin down Shadow People. Generally described as appearing at the edges of your vision and with elusive shadow-like properties. The HOF episode described the Shadow People and they were just like the beings that people call Art Bell about. Art was glad to find this OTR show, since he's sometimes accused of inventing the Shadow People. Art also had a nothing but very positive things to say about OTR in general, you've gotta like that even if you're not an Art Bell fan. Art mentioned that he intends to play the entire episode soon, but didn't say when. The show seemed OK, nothing really special. Hard to judge by just a 6-minute clip, though. Catfish ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:29:52 +0000 From: StevenL751@[removed] To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Gotham Radio Players tonight! I've just been told that Max Schmid will be playing on TONIGHT's "Golden Age of Radio" a recording of the Gotham Radio Players' performance at last year's Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention. This will be the first time this performance will be heard on the air. The show is a recreation of a SUSPENSE broadcast, "Heaven's to Betsy". What made this production really exciting is that it featured special guest star DICK BEALS playing the same role with us that he played in the original 1955 broadcast. Dick was a well-known voice during the golden age of radio, but probably his best known role is that of the voice of "Speedy Alka-Seltzer", which he created in the 1950's and is still playing today. "Heavens to Betsy" is a delightful fantasy about an average, unremarkable family whose is suddenly turned upside down when a flying saucer lands in their backyard. It was written by the very talented Antony Ellis. "The Golden Age of Radio" will be heard tonight, 7:00-9:00 PM (eastern) on WBAI, [removed] FM in the NYC area. For those of you in other locations, you can tune in on the web at [removed] . [removed] coming up in less than three weeks is our performance at the 2002 Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention. This year the Gotham Radio Players will be appearing Friday afternoon, October 25, in a recreation of the lost LIGHTS OUT program "Chicken Heart". I hope you will all come out to the Holiday Inn North at Newark to see us recreate this classic tale of horror. For more information you can visit the web at [removed] Steve Lewis director, Gotham Radio Players ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:31:34 +0000 From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Re:Actors appelations Matthew posted; > Hello, just wanted to clarify my use of the word common in reference to my > statement of "common radio actors." What I mean here is the most popular > radio actors like Barney Philips, John Dehner, William Conrad, Virginia > [removed] Those actors who showed up frequently on radio shows like Suspense, > Gunsmoke, Escape, and others. I think I knew what you meant Matthew. I hope you didn't mind my tongue-in-cheek response. Among the acting fraternity, we called those folks "busy actors", "the more popular actors", "Director's pets", "The old standby's", or even "The industry elite". :) Hal(Harlan)Stone Jughead ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:32:10 +0000 From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Re: Who abandoned who? In the thread about who killed network radio, I don't think you can blame the DJ's. It wasn't their fault. If you want to talk about the ability of current radio fare to keep you entertained, that's something entirely different. Maybe it just "killed" your interest in listening. :) But my friend Dano Hughes said something in a recent posting that I think should be qualified. (So, I'll do it for him.) In discussing the issue with Jim Cox, ol' Dano said; > Wait a minute now, Jim! Don't you agree that network radio was killed > off by TV? When all the stars abandoned radio for television, the > stations scrambled to fill their airtime the least expensive way--with > disc jockeys. Ooops. You didn't mean to say "When all the stars abandoned radio for television" did you? I betcha meant to say "When all the Advertisers abandoned radio for television". Isn't that right Dan? (Say [removed]'m getting you off the hook.) It's very simple folks. Actors, in any art form, have an annoying problem. They like to eat. (well, maybe not so much as "like to", as it [removed] "Need to". They are not always purists, and if things are slow, they will take jobs wherever they can get them. Back in the OTR years, NY actors would try their hand at Summer Stock, Off Broadway, Legit Theatre, Radio, and eventually, that upstart, Television. Like Migrant orchard workers, they went where the pickin's were good. Plain and simple, they had to. Radio was not abandoned by them. It was the other way around. Plain and simple, it was an economic necessity for everyone concerned. The Performers, the Networks, the Sponsors. But it didn't happen overnight as you all know. It wasn't until more and more homes bought TV sets, and kept buying them, with a frenzy. Once the cost of TV sets kept dropping in price, a new, vital, and incredibly popular "Entertainment medium" surfaced, and created a new mass market for advertising dollars. It was impractical for networks to continue to subsidize Radio programs, while incurring the far greater expense involved with TV production equipment and manpower. When advertisers could not justify putting money into a radio show that was not delivering adequate numbers of listeners, the medium atrophied. But Radio broadcasting still had value by then. Particularly for News bulletins, and what became known as "drive time" programming. Car radios and portable radios were practically indispensable by then. That gave rise to the plethora of Disc Jockeys playing music. A relatively inexpensive way to fill air time. But nobody said it was esthetically the best way. It's was simply a means to an end, and driven by economic necessity. And when FM opened up, more and more listeners were served. (I didn't say how well). Listening to music to pass the time has it's place, and in most markets, one can usually find something that suits their tastes. For diversity, and to attract listeners, (and improve ratings) talk radio and shock jocks emerged. And when the offerings were limited, or disliked, and whole new market opened up for cassettes, CD's, and audio books. But to close on an up note. That old "Theatre of the Mind" style of radio has not been abandoned, and lives on, thanks to all you OTR fans. As the Great Red Skelton used to say at the end of his TV [removed]"God Bless" (Hmmm. I wonder if he was alive and still closing his show that way, if some idiot would bring suit against the network for permitting him to utter that insensitive politically incorrect salutation). :) Hal(Harlan)Stone Jughead ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:32:38 +0000 From: "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Elizabeth and the Preston Bradley Papers Back in August (issue #323) Elizabeth McLeod asked if any collection of Preston Bradley's papers was available for research. I'm now able to answer her question: Yes. After some digging, I've learned that the Special Collections Dept. at the University Library (M/C 234) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (phone [removed]) has a Preston Bradley Papers collection which includes scripts (but no sound recordings) of Bradley's radio broadcasts. Possibly his speech on the Amos 'n' Andy broadcast of 12/24/36 is included in this collection. For more details, one can contact the Library (or me). -- Phil Chavin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:35:56 +0000 From: danhughes@[removed] To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Hour of Mystery w/ Sinatra An Erle Stanley Gardner newsgroup is curious about the Hour of Mystery adaptation of one of Gardner's books, TURN ON THE HEAT. It was broadcast 6-23-46 and starred Frank Sinatra. Does anyone have the show? Or the rest of the cast list? Or know where we might find it? Thanks a ton! ---Dan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:36:15 +0000 From: "rcg" <revrcg@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Last Godfrey Radio show I'm wondering if anyone on the Digest knows of a web site where the very last Arthur Godfrey radio show can be heard. In the latter days of the show I, occasionally would pick up a station that broadcast the show in an early afternoon time slot. But, I never got to hear the final program. Of course, by the time the program went off the air it was a very low keyed half hour in length with no studio audience or big national sponsors, a far cry from it's hey day. Still, I would enjoy hearing Godfrey's final radio words. I love OTR and do a lot of listening to the genre on the Internet. However, I'm not a collector so I'm not seeking a tape or CD of the show. I'm simply looking for a web site that contains the program, if such a site exists. I've done a good deal of searching via Google but, so far, have come up empty. Thanks [removed] Gunner ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:36:59 +0000 From: Peter & Ilene Osroff <posroff@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: OTR & MP3 Quality at Different Speeds X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain I've been converting .wav files to MP3 with dBpower. I notice that most traders/dealers use MP3 at 32 to 64 kbps bit speed. I have been converting the files (CDs off first generation ET disks) at 320 kbps. This, of course, takes much more DVD recorder space (not an issue for me) but, I'm wondering if it's overkill. ANy ideas? *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear *** *** as the sender intended. *** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:37:33 +0000 From: "Doug Leary" <doug@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Supes on TVLand They may have snubbed the man of steel as far as tributes go, but TVLand does broadcast nightly episodes of Superman at 3:30 am. For insomniacs and the VCR-enabled. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:35:44 +0000 From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Say goodnight, Graice Starting Thursday (Oct. 10), Frank Gorshin is performing as George Burns in the play "Say Goodnight, Gracie" at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York. Gorshin was interviewed on NPR's weekend edition this morning about the show. Known to many for his role as the Riddler on the 1960s Batman TV show, Gorshin began his career (and continues to perform) as a well renowned impressionist. In fact, a blooper reel from a Star Trek episode he did (Let This Be Your Last Battlefield) shows him stepping onto the transproter pad, back to the camera and suddenly pivoting around as James Cagney. The NPR interview talked about both Burns' career and Gorshin's. Gorshin compared his current situation to Burns at the time of the release of "The Sunshine Boys." To wit: Just as Jack Benny's death gave Burns a new lease on life (Benny, too ill is appear in the movie, suggested Burns be cast. Burns subsequently won an Oscar); so, too did Burns' death give Gorshin a new lease via this play. Gorshin has performed the play elsewhere, but I didn't catch where. One interesting observation both he and the interviewer made was that people seemed to forget he wasn't someone impersonating Burns. When he, as Burns, talked about winning the Oscar at age 80, audience members gave a standing ovation, as if he actually were George Burns. Gracie Allen is also in the play via audio clips. The segment ended with Gracie saying, "I think you should say goodnight, George." Gorshin, as Burns, says, "goodnight." Rick ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:36:33 +0000 From: [removed]@[removed] To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Re: MP3 player for the car X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain To Ms. Herstein and the others: The elaborate solutions that were posted here (attaching Rio to dash via velcro, using cigarette lighter for power) are halfway solutions--they don't go all the way. After several sudden slowdowns, I've found that the velcro does separate, or the heat from the sun causes the glue holding the velcro strip to lose its stickiness, etc. I gave up and purchased a Kenwood in-dash [removed] radio. It plays everything I throw at it, regardless of the bit rate AND it remembers where I left off when I shut off the engine. I have it two years now and other models have replaced it in the two hundred dollar (f not less by new) range At the time, the only problem was that I couldn't find a model that also had a cassette deck--so I had to give it up. I still have a sizeable collection of unlistened to OTR on tape. Good luck! *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear *** *** as the sender intended. *** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:37:15 +0000 From: "Doug Leary" <doug@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Replacement Turntable Belts A slightly off-topic question for the audio hardware experts [removed] My wife and I are the owners of two 1970's consumer model turntables. When we pulled them out of their basement boxes to make CD copies of our long-neglected LP collection, we found that the drive belts on both turntables had pretty much turned to dust. As a hardcore do-it-yourselfer, my first thought is to find some sort of elastic material, cut it cleanly, butt the ends together with super-glue and see what happens. But I was wondering what people would do who actually know what they are doing. Are there special supply houses that sell old drive belts, or is my intended DIY method probably as good as any? If the latter, any suggestions on a good material to use would be welcome! Please feel free to reply directly to doug@[removed] if this seems too off-topic for the list. Thanks, Doug Leary Seattle -------------------------------- End of [removed] Digest V2002 Issue #391 ********************************************* Copyright [removed] Communications, York, PA; All Rights Reserved, including republication in any form. If you enjoy this list, please consider financially supporting it: [removed] For Help: [removed]@[removed] To Unsubscribe: [removed]@[removed] To Subscribe: [removed]@[removed] or see [removed] For Help with the Archive Server, send the command ARCHIVE HELP in the SUBJECT of a message to [removed]@[removed] To contact the listmaster, mail to listmaster@[removed] To Send Mail to the list, simply send to [removed]@[removed]