Subject: [removed] Digest V2003 #222
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 6/1/2003 11:30 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2003 : Issue 222
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Edward Fairchild                      [ "laurie platt" <laurie1125@hotmail. ]
      Bob Hope and also Jinny Janis         [ Larry Gassman <lgsinger@[removed] ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK - Schedule f  [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
      Theme Music                           [ "Don Frey" <alanladdsr@[removed] ]
      Ken Christy, Arthur Q Bryan, Richard  [ "laurie platt" <laurie1125@hotmail. ]
      Fwd: George Wilson                    [ JayHick@[removed] ]
      Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      recording from LP to CD               [ Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed]; ]
      June 2nd birthdays                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Russel Thorson                        [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      the green hornet                      [ "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed]; ]
      quiet please                          [ "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed]; ]
      Vox Pop                               [ BH <radioguy@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 01:58:13 -0400
    From: "laurie platt" <laurie1125@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Edward Fairchild

    Would like to know more about Edward "Cookie" Fairchild 06-01-1898 - d.
    2-20-1975 conductor: "Johnny Presents Ginny Simms"; "Eddie Cantor Show"
    Could anyone please tell me where he is buried. This is for a project that I
    am working on.

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 01:59:15 -0400
    From: Larry Gassman <lgsinger@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Bob Hope and also Jinny Janis

             Hi,
    I am collecting stories about Bob Hope which can be found on line.  I
    haven't had the chance to check [removed] but will shortly.  If anyone
    has seen articles about Bob hope other than those already mentioned in this
    Digest, I would love to hear about them and also obtain them.

    A long time, friend  Jinny Janis passed away on the 18th of May.  Jinny was
    the tenor of the Chordettes.  I first met her in my barbershop life many
    hears ago.
    In a recent e-mail concerning Jinny, Marjorie Latzko said:

    I just learned, with great sadness, that Jinny Janis, founder and
    original tenor of the Chordettes, passed away last night from lung
    cancer.  Jinny's father was King Cole, once President of SPEBSQSA.
    When Jinny left in June 1953 to have a baby, she allowed me to take
    her place, and let me have all the perks that went with it including
    recording with the Chordettes.  I got to sing "Mr. Sandman" instead
    of her.

    When I retired in 1956, Jinny came back and sang with the gals until
    they retired in the early '60's.  Jinny loved to sing and especially
    [removed] the Pioneers group will confirm.  A little anecdote
    about our friendship:  in 1992, when I broke my hip while playing
    tennis, and Walter was already handicapped with a stroke from the
    year before, we needed help.  First Lynn, the lead of the Chordettes,
    came to take care of us (for two weeks), and when Jinny found out
    about it, she flew from Palm Springs to take over.  She stayed for
    ten days, and went back home on Christmas Day, and she wouldn't even
    let us pay for her airfare!  Jinny was a beautiful gal with a
    beautiful voice and a dry sense of humor.  We will miss her so much.

    In 1998, we had a radio convention at SPERDVAC which concerned female
    singers of the forties and fifties, I asked her to come and talk about her
    career with the Chordettes.  The quartet appeared with Arthur Godfrey, and
    in fact one the segment for most talented on an Arthur Godfrey's Tallent
    Scouts program which is in wide circulation.

    Jinny has had emphysema for several years, and according to her daughter
    Kaye, was diagnosed with lung and also bone cancer in April.
    Those of us who knew her and sang with her and her daughter Kaye over the
    years will miss her.
       Larry Gassman

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 10:30:13 -0400
    From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK  -  Schedule for
     week of June 1st

    Here's the offerings for the week of 6/1 in high -end streaming audio at:
    [removed]      Tune in anytime 24/7

    SAME TIME,  SAME STATION with Jerry Haendiges
    Green Hornet Episodes trace the history of the title character.
    1. THE GREEN HORNET   10/28/47 - "Exposed"
    2. THE GREEN HORNET   11/04/47 - "Graft Crosses The Bridge"
    3. THE GREEN HORNET   11/11/47 - "Too Hot to Handle"
    4. THE LONE RANGER      11/7/47   -  "Union Pacific"  Part One.

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood
    1. THE BOB HOPE SHOW - NBC - 5/19/54   from Louisville, KY
    Bob is joined by guest, Victor Mature.  Bob Tells about his new movie.
    2. THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES  - NBC - 1/2/55
    1st show of the "new" series starring (Sir) John Geilgud  and
    (Sir) Ralph Richardson  in "The Blackmailer"
    3. THE COLGATE SPORTS NEWSREEL with BILL STERN  - NBC -
    Pgrm. #306    Guest: "The Lone Ranger" - Brace Beemer.

    Enjoy!     Tom & Jerry

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 10:30:21 -0400
    From: "Don Frey" <alanladdsr@[removed];
    To: "otr message" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Theme Music

    I believe the "Mean Widdle Kid" theme music was "Hall of the Mountain King"
    by
    Grieg.

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 10:30:34 -0400
    From: "laurie platt" <laurie1125@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Ken Christy, Arthur Q Bryan, Richard
     Legrand, Earle Ross

    These men were on the radio show "The Great Gildersleeve", I have the dates
    of when they passed away, but I need to know where they are buried. Any
    information would be greatly [removed] Thank you

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 10:33:15 -0400
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Fwd: George Wilson
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    Can any one help Sandra?  Please respond to her directly

    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 09:38:30 EDT
    Subject: George Wilson
    To: JayHick@[removed]
    MIME-Version: [removed]
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    Do I have to subscribe to your newsletter in order to find out if you have
    information on George Wilson who ended up at KIVA in Albuquerque?  I lost
    track
    after that and have been trying to find out what happened . George is pretty
    well known in radio and I met him on the east coast back in the 60's.  He was
    in Fla., NY, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, LA, etc.  He also worked with
    Bartel Media in NY at one time.  Please advise since I hope death is not an
    option, but it's been so long without hearing from him and George would be in
    his
    mid 70's as far as I remember. I last talked with him when he was with KISS
    and/or KIQQ in LA in the mid-80's.

    Thank you,
    Sandra Chandler

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 10:33:24 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Today in radio history

       From These Were The Days --

    1936 - The Lux Radio Theater moved from New York City to Hollywood.
    Cecil B. DeMille, the program's host on the NBC Blue network, introduced
    Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich in The Legionnaire and the Lady.

       Joe

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 12:12:26 -0400
    From: Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed];
    To: submit item <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  recording from LP to CD

    I have several LP's of The Lone Ranger, Tarzan, Amos n
    Andy etc and would like to put them onto a CD. I have
    a burner that came with the new computer I purchased
    but there are no instructions on how to burn an LP to
    the CD player. Can anyone help
    pappleyard_ca@[removed]
    Pete

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 23:44:30 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  June 2nd birthdays

    If you were born on the 2nd of June, you share your birthday with:

    06-02-1890 - Hedda Hopper - Hollidaysburg, PA - d. 2-1-1966
    actress, columnist: Portia Brent "Brenthouse"; "Hedda Hopper Show"
    06-02-1902 - Jimmie Lunceford - Fulton, MO - d. 7-12-1947
    bandleader: Big Band Remotes
    06-02-1908 - Ben Grauer - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-31-1977
    announcer, emcee: "Walter Winchell"; "Information Please"; "Boston Symphony"
    06-02-1915 - Walter Tetley - NYC - d. 9-4-1975
    actor: Julius Abbruzio "Phil Harris/Alice Faye"; LeRoy Forrester "Great
    Gildersleeve"

    On another subject. Several postings ago someone asked about the exchange
    between Jack Benny and Mel Blanc when they do there Si Cy routine. I came
    across this while browsing Luther Sies' Encyclopedia of American Radio. I know
    that there are various versions of the repartee, but for what it is worth here
    it is:

    Benny - Excuse me, are you waiting for the train?
    Blanc - Si.
    Benny - You're meeting someone on the train?
    Blanc - Si.
    Benny - A relative?
    Blanc - Si.
    Benny - What's your name?
    Blanc - Cy.
    Benny - Cy?
    Blanc - Si.
    Benny - This relative you're waiting for -- is it a woman?
    Blanc - Si.
    Benny - Your sister?
    Blanc - Si.
    Benny - What's her name?
    Blanc - Sue.
    Benny - Sue?
    Blanc - Si.
    Benny - Does she work?
    Blanc - Si.
    Benny - She has a regular job?
    Blanc - Si.
    Benny - What does she do?
    Blanc - Sew.
    Benny - Sew?
    Blanc - Si.

    It does not get better than that.

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Hometown of [removed] Kaltenborn and Spencer Tracy

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 23:44:37 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Russel Thorson

    Although I'm sure it's somewhere among an encyclopedia I have somewhere, I'm
    in the midst of completeing a piece about Russel Thorson and was wondering
    if anyone knew who his wife was.  Was she a radio actress?  Anyone know her
    name?
    Martin
    mmargrajr@[removed]

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 23:44:51 -0400
    From: "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  the green hornet

    Well, sometimes in OTR you get lucky.  Please note Same Time, Same
    Station, where Jerry H is playing the three green hornet shows about his
    identity.  Since this question came up on the list a couple of weeks ago,
    you all now have a golden opportunity to hear those shows.  Don't miss
    it.  Kurt

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 23:44:59 -0400
    From: "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  quiet please

    I received a disk a couple of days ago with 86 quiet please.  Are there
    more of those?  Kurt

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    Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 01:31:13 -0400
    From: BH <radioguy@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Vox Pop

    "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; posted:

>     Art Linkletter was given a Lifetime Achievement Award tonight on the
>     Daytime Emmys on ABC-TV and he STOLE the show!  I hope you folks had a
>     chance to see it.

    Sorry I missed that, don't care about the Emmys but would like to
    have seen Art getting the award.

>     He mentioned his start in radio, and I think the length
>     of years that he gave for "People Are Funny" and "House Party" included the
>     pre-TV years.  He mentioned that near the beginning of his career in 1933
>     there was a man in Texas who changed everything by taking a microphone out
>     to the streets to just talk to people.  Was that "Vox Populai" that was
>     discussed here a short while ago? He didn't mention the name of the person

     > or the program.

    That would have been most likely either Parks Johnson or Jerry
    Belcher, who working for a Houston radio station took a microphone
    out on the streets of Houston for spontaneous interviews with
    passerbys. I have a Vox Pop game by Milton Bradley (copyright
    1938) patterned after the show. You get points for answering
    questions like, "How many lives were lost in the Hindenburg
    disaster?", "What inscription is engraved on the tomb of the
    unknown soilder?", "Are a cow's horns in front or back of her ears?"
    For any interested I placed a picture of the front of the
    instruction book that has a picture of Parks Johnson and Wallace
    Butterworth (who replaced Belcher when he left the show), at:
    [removed]

    Bill H.

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