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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2006 : Issue 32
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Texas Rangers and Stacy Keach ? [ K & J Hammel <haml@[removed]; ]
Re: All Caps in Scripts to Improve L [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
Favorite Poems Narrated By Wendell P [ "Don and Kathy Dean" <dxk@ezlinknet ]
Superman's Birth Planer [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
1-30 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
"Golden Age of Radio" and "One Night [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]; ]
old copies of SPERDVAC's newsletter [ <vzeo0hfk@[removed]; ]
Gracie and "Information Please" [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
Mr. Paley and OTR [ Jmeals@[removed] ]
Richard Klaus RIP [ seandd@[removed] ]
Rochester's script IN CAPS [ Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed]; ]
1-31 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:28:14 -0500
From: K & J Hammel <haml@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Texas Rangers and Stacy Keach ?
Hello fellow digesters: A friend of mine mentioned he was
a big fan of "Texas Rangers in the 1950s. I believe he
meant, "Tales of the Texas Rangers".. Stacy Keach, Sr,
produced the show, I think. My friend was acquainted with
the family (he went to high school with Stacy, Jr), and was
curious to know if there were any other radio shows that
Stacy, Sr. was involved with.
Thanks,
Kathy Hammel
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:29:34 -0500
From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: All Caps in Scripts to Improve Legibility?
"Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed]; wrote:
Yes, solid caps are very difficult to read. Whenever I see someone on the
internet using block caps, I write telling them that as a vision limited
person, I find it very hard to read solid caps.
As a former advertising person - please don't hate me; I had to eat -
I can affirm that all caps is a bad idea if you want someone to
actually be able to read something. Of course, sometimes we didn't.
When writing disclaimers on car ads we printed them in the smallest
legal size, all caps, italics and, if possible, reversed, [removed], white
on black. A hawk couldn't have read it. Assuming you could find a
literate hawk. You may notice a similar strategy when you try to read
the list of ingredients on your processed foods.
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:16:07 -0500
From: "Don and Kathy Dean" <dxk@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Favorite Poems Narrated By Wendell P. Loveless
Greetings from the Shores of Knox Lake
in Central Ohio.
Came across something interesting in second hand
store, yesterday, in Milford, Ohio. Money was right
so brought my find home. Even OTR buff hubby
Don had never heard of Wendell P. Loveless. It's
a three record album {one missing}78's in very nice
condition: "OUOTE" Favorite Poems Narratted By
WENDELL P. LOVELESS With Herman Voss at
the Organ. With a picture of Loveless and a cute
drawing of "Uncle Ben".
Written on the inside cover:
Wendell P. Loveless, for over twenty years director of
radio station, WMBI, Chicago, is known to multitudes
of people as Bible teacher, muscian, and composer of
sacred music.
Outstanding among his many abilities are his "Poemings"
and Charaterizations. This album contains some of the
poems which have been most frequently requested, as
well as a visit with "Uncle Ben", A lovable old charater,
and one of Mr Loveless' best.
Herman Voss, at the Organ, adds a most attractive
musical background for these poems and dialogues.
Included in the album are:
No. [removed] Ben On Contentment
..................Wits-End Coner
No [removed] It Was The Blessing
..................At The Place By The Sea
{Missing}
No [removed] Don't Just Happen
.................The Touch Of The Master's Hand
See inside Back cover for other available Singsiration
albums and records.
Okay, there you are folks. Any background on this
find would be helpful. Hope to see many of you at
the Cinc'y get together this spring.
Hugs,
Kathleen Dean
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:16:41 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Superman's Birth Planer
Rick Keating, speaking of the radio origin story of Superman, notes,
in the first episode, Jor-El describes the
Earth as a planet, "on the other side of the
sun." That's, [removed] interesting. "Other
side of the sun" you say? As in Krypton is on
the exact same orbital plane as Earth,
but 180 degrees away (if we assume a 360 degree
circular orbit to make the math simple)? That's the
only way Krypton could be said to be on the "other
side of the sun",
He then asks,
By the way, for those versed in astronomy and physics,
if two planets were on the same orbital plane, but 180
degrees away, how, if at all, would people on either
planet know the other was there?
Actually, they would know by the effects that the "hidden" planet would
have on other planets in the Solar System. The planet Neptune was
predicted before it was located because its mass affected the orbit of
its neighbor, Uranus. The hunt for Pluto started on the same premise.
Two planets 180 degrees apart are a solution to the Lagrangian
"three-body problem," where one is trying to determine the dynamics of a
primary body (in this case, the Sun) and two smaller orbiting bodies.
However, the joke is on the writers: a 180-degree offset in the
Lagrangian solution is what's called "metastable." That means that over
time, the hidden body will drift away from its point of stability, so it
wouldn't remain hidden long. (Also, for a stable Lagrangian position,
the masses of the smaller bodies would have to be significantly
different. One would have to have at least 80 times the mass of the
other. I guess Krypton would have been the larger body, what with its
greater mass.) After Krypton would have exploded, in time, there would
have developed an asteroid belt -- but in the Earth's orbit.
But then, it's a lot to expect radio scriptwriters to be versed in
orbital dynamics.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:16:51 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 1-30 births/deaths
January 30th births
Happy birthday fellow digester Conrad Binyon
01-30-1862 - Walter Damrosch - Breslau, Germany - d. 12-23-1950
conductor, commentator: "Baulkite Hour"; "Music Appreciation Hour"
01-30-1882 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Hyde Park, NY - d. 4-12-1945
[removed] president: "Fireside Chats"
01-30-1885 - Ida Bailey Allen - Danielson, CT - d. 7-16-1973
homemaker: Told listeners her favorite recipies and household hints
on CBS
01-30-1907 - Lois Wilson - Iowa - d. 1-8-1983
actress: "Jack Benny Program"
01-30-1911 - Hugh Marlowe - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-2-1982
actor: Ellery Queen "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; Jim Curtis "Brenda Curtis"
01-30-1914 - David Wayne - Traverse City, MI - d. 2-9-1995
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre" ;" Eternal Light"; "Stars in the Air"
01-30-1914 - John Ireland - Vancouver, Canada - d. 3-21-1992
actor: "MGM Theatre of the Air"; "[removed] Steel Hour"
01-30-1915 - Dorothy Dell - Hattiesburg, MS - d. 6-8-1934
actress: "Stars of Tomorrow"
01-30-1925 - Dorothy Malone, Chicago, IL
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
01-30-1931 - Conrad Binyon - Hollywood, CA
actor: Roscoe 'Butch' Gardiner "Mayor of the Town"; Henry Herbert
Murray "One Man's Family"
01-30-1934 - Tammy Grimes - Lynn, MA
hostess, actress: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"
January 30th deaths
01-05-1911 - Jean-Pierre Aumont - Paris, France - d. 1-30-2001
actor: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Philip Morris Playhouse"
03-02-1904 - Leonard Levinson - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 1-30-1974
writer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Great Gildersleeve"; "Jack Carson
Show"
03-07-1923 - Arthur Julian - Memphis, TN - d. 1-30-1995
writer: "The Beulah Show"
03-19-1919 - Alfred Apaka - Honolulu, HI - d. 1-30-1960
vocalist: "Hawaii Calls"
04-23-1901 - George Harmon Coxe - Olean, NY - d. 1-30-1984
novelist: "Casey, Crime Photographer" based on his novels
06-25-1918 - Ken Mayer - California - d. 1-30-1985
actor: Robbie Robertson "Space Patrol"
06-27-1907 - John McIntire - Spokane, WA - d. 1-30-1991
actor: Benjamin Ordway "Crime Doctor"; Lt. Dundy "Advs. of Sam Spade"
07-03-1890 - Herbert A. Bell - Rock Valley, IA - d. 1-30-1970
radio manufacturer: Co-founder of Packard-Bell in 1945
07-09-1894 - Dorothy Thompson - Lancaster, NY - d. 1-30-1961
commentator: "Commentary"
08-08-1887 - Malcom Keen - Bristol, England - d. 1-30-1970
actor: "Cavalcade of America"
08-14-1909 - Ed Herlihy - Dorchester, MA - d. 1-30-1999
announcer: "Advs. of the Thin Man"; "Just Plain Bill"; "Vic and Sade"
08-15-1919 - Huntz Hall - New York, NY - d. 1-30-1999
comedian: (The Dead End Kids) "Texaco Star Playhouse"
10-01-1890 - Stanley Holloway - London, England - d. 1-30-1982
actor, singer: "Music As You Like It"
11-09-1895 - Lou Lubin - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 1-30-1973
actor: Shorty "Amos 'n' Andy"
11-24-1910 - Pegeen Fitzgerald - Norcatur, KS - d. 1-30-1989
host: "Fitzgeralds"
xx-xx-1898 - Jane Seymour - Hamilton, Canada - d. 1-30-1956
actress: Mrs. Brown "Claudia and David"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:42:42 -0500
From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: "Golden Age of Radio" and "One Night Stand"
The latest "Golden Age of Radio" programs with Dick Bertel
and Ed Corcoran, and "A One Night Stand with the Big Bands"
with Arnold Dean can be heard at [removed].
In the coming weeks we will feature three complete shows
in MP3 format for your listening pleasure or for downloading;
two "Golden Age of Radios" and one "One Night Stand." We
present new shows every week or so. The current three
programs will be available on line at least until the morning
of February 6, 2006.
Program 16 - July, 1971 - Mary Jane Higby, Network
Radio Soap Actress, star of "When a Girl Marries" and
author of "Tune in Tomorrow."
In her delightful treatise, "Tune In Tomorrow," which gives
outsiders an introspective look at the performers on radio's
daytime serials, soap queen Mary Jane Higby recalls a
geographical patchwork that offered opportunity for scores
of artists to do their thing in several places throughout the
day.
Substantial numbers of actors, actresses, and announcers
added up to $30,000 annually to their bottom lines via
freelance radio assignments, a tidy sum in the 1940's.
Dashing from one broadcast center to another, often on
the thinnest of time margins; they paid stand-ins to work
rehearsals, hold doors and elevators and reserved taxis in
advance. On their way to the good life, they were often
living on a narrow edge as their voices boomed out of
Atwater-Kents at myriad hours during the first half of
the 20th century. Mary Jane Higby (When A Girl Marries),
was one of the busiest of these actors.
Program 17 - August, 1971 - Hans Conreid, a character
actor who had successful careers in radio, television,
movies, and the theater. One of his most popular roles
was narrating the original TV production of Dr. Seuss's
"Horton Hears a Who."
But his career in radio is our focus in this program, and
he appeared in countless dramas and comedies. He was
a regular on "My Friend Irma" in 1947 with Marie Wilson;
Hans Conreid was Professor Kropotkin.
Mr. Conreid was appearing in summer stock in
Connecticut when we recorded this 1971 interview -
right on the theater's stage.
"A One Night Stand with the Big Bands" With Arnold Dean
Larry Elgart - March, 1973
Larry Elgart was born in Connecticut in 1922. He and
brother Les started as journeymen instrumentalists who
spent years playing night after night with some of the
best ensembles at the height of the big band era. Les
never sought out the solo spotlight, but Larry earned a
reputation as a master of technique on the alto sax.
"A One Night Stand with the Big Bands" With Arnold Dean
In the 1970's WTIC decided that there was a market in
the evening for long-form shows that could be packaged
and sold to sponsors. Two of those shows were "The
Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with the
Big Bands."
Dick Bertel had interviewed radio collector-historian
Ed Corcoran several times on his radio and TV shows,
and thought a regular monthly show featuring interviews
with actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians
from radio's early days might be interesting. "The Golden
Age of Radio" was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was
Dick's co-host. It lasted seven years. "The Golden Age
of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights on Walden
Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.
Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band
era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study
the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.
When he joined WTIC in 1965 he hosted a daily program
of big band music. In 1972, encouraged by the success
of his daily program and "The Golden Age of Radio"
series, he began monthly shows featuring interviews
with the band leaders, sidemen, agents, jazz reporters,
etc. who made major contributions to one of the great
eras of music history.
Bob Scherago
Webmaster
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:51:20 -0500
From: <vzeo0hfk@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: old copies of SPERDVAC's newsletter
20 copies of Spervac's "Radiogram" news letter (dates: between March
2000-April 2003)
Anybody want them?
RSVP Howard Blue
Khovard@[removed]
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:51:36 -0500
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Gracie and "Information Please"
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I've heard several people tell me that Gracie Allen made several
appearances on "Information Please" and did very well. I believe the
words they used were 'surprisingly knowledgeable' and 'quite different
from the "Dumb Dora" type persona she presented on the "Burns and
Allen" radio show.
If anyone knows where I might find some of these programs with
Gracie on them (either in cassette or audio CD format, but not MP3) please
contact me off list. I'd like to hear for myself how she did.
Another OTR Fan,
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:52:07 -0500
From: Jmeals@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mr. Paley and OTR
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Here is another voice in praise of Elizabeth McLeod's book, The Original
Amos 'n' Andy. Elizabeth has given us a fascinating and joyful read.
I was intrigued by a reference in the book to William Paley. In 1960, Mr.
Paley wrote to Freman Gosden and Charles Correll expressing regret, not only
that their show was leaving the air but that the Golden Age of Radio was
over.
Mr. Paley told the pair that it depressed him to have to face the fact that
the curtain was coming down on radio's golden years.
I have read a fair amount about William Paley, much of it contradictory.
That is not surprising. A man like Bill Paley will, inevitably, have a large
number of admirers and harsh critics. But I think both camps would agree that
Bill Paley rarely allowed sentiment to rule his business decisions.
Could OTR have been an exception? After all, CBS was the last network to
abandon radio drama. Should boomers give some credit to William Paley for the
fact that they could listen to a radio drama until September 30, 1962?
Jim Meals
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:09:45 -0500
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Richard Klaus RIP
The writer of the "Ice Cream Song" as sung by Kenny Baker on the Jack Benny
program has died.
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
[removed]
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:07:38 -0500
From: Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Rochester's script IN CAPS
A comment about The Jack Benny Program:
> I didn't look at everything there, but I noticed that Rochester's lines
> are in ALL CAPS, but the lines of everyone else were in lower case.
> Anybody know why?
There have been some good responses to this question. May I take a guess?
It's been pointed out that Eddie Anderson played Rochester at a higher
volume than the other actors, and Don Wilson had to punch his
announcements a little louder. Since those guys certainly knew how to
read their lines, a section of the script IN CAPS may have been to alert
the engineer to ride the gain a little and "keep the neeedle out of the
red".
Hm?
--Bill Jaker
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:46:02 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 1-31 births/deaths
January 31st births
01-31-1872 - Rupert Hughes - Lancaster, MO - d. 9-9-1956
writer: (Uncle to Howard Hughes) "The Story of Holly Sloan"
01-31-1872 - Zane Grey - Zanesville, OH - d. 10-23-1939
writer: "Rudy Vallee Hour"
01-31-1892 - Eddie Cantor - New York, NY - d. 10-10-1964
singer, comedian: (Banjo Eyes) "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Chase & Sanborn
Hour"
01-31-1894 - Isham Jones - Coalton, OH - d. 10-19-1956
bandleader: "Isham Jones and His Orchestra"
01-31-1902 - Tullulah Bankhead - Huntsville, AL - d. 12-12-1968
actress, hostess: "Johnny Presents"; "Big Show"
01-31-1905 - John O'Hara - Pottsville, PA - d. 4-11-1970
author: "Information, Please"; "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"
01-31-1906 - Edith Adams - West Union, IA
actress: Mrs. Gilman "Those Happy Gilmans"; "Jenny Peabody"
01-31-1909 - Walter Coy - Great Falls, MT - d. 12-11-1974
actor: Michael Lanyard/Lone Wolf "Lone Wolf"
01-31-1913 - Maurice Manson - d. 9-25-2002
actor: Reverend McArthur "One Man's Family"
01-31-1915 - Bobby Hackett - Providence, RI - d. 6-7-1976
cornetist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"; "Chamber Music Society of
Lower Basin Street"
01-31-1915 - Garry Moore - Baltimore, MD - d. 11-28-1993
host, comedian: "Garry Moore Show"; "Camel Caravan"; "Take It or
Leave It"
01-31-1917 - Fay Baker - New York, NY - d. 12-8-1987
actress: "Words at War"
01-31-1919 - Jackie Robinson - Cairo, GA - d. 10-24-1972
sportscaster: (Baseball Hall of Fame) "Jackie Robinson Show"
01-31-1921 - John Agar - Chicago, IL - d. 4-7-2002
actor: "Big Show"
01-31-1921 - Mario Lanza - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-7-1959
singer: "Mario Lanza Show"
01-31-1923 - Carol Channing - Seattle, WA
actress-singer: "Stagestruck"; "Arthur Godfrey Show"
01-31-1923 - Joanne Dru - Logan, WV - d. 9-10-1996
actress: (Sister of Peter Marshall) "Lux Radio Theatre"
01-31-1929 - Jean Simmons - London, England
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "A Christmas Carol"
January 31st deaths
01-07-1889 - Robert Hilmar ([removed]) Baukhage - La Salle, IL - d. 1-31-1976
commentator: "Four Star News"; "News and Comments"
01-18-1882 - A. A. Milne - London, England - d. 1-31-1956
author: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
02-02-1882 - Geoffrey O'Hara - Chatham, Canada - d. 1-31-1967
tenor: "Roxy and His Gang"
02-10-1868 - William Allen White - Emporia, KS - d. 1-31-1944
writer: "American Forum of the Air"; "University of Chicago Round Table"
04-01-1893 - Linton Wells - d. 1-31-1976
writer: "The Magic Key"
05-01-1892 - Howard Barlow - Plain City, OH - d. 1-31-1972
conductor: "March of Time"; "Voice of Firestone"
05-14-1910 - Paul Sutton - Albuquerque, NM - d. 1-31-1970
actor: Sergeant William Preston "Challenge of the Yukon"
06-25-1887 - George Abbott - Forestville, NY - d. 1-31-1995
broadway producer: "Stagestruck"
08-14-1867 - John Galsworthy - Kingston Hill, Surrey, England - d.
1-31-1933
author: "Columbia Workshop"; "Great Plays"; "Theatre Guil On the Air"
08-23-1897 - Ray Perkins - Boston, MA - d. 1-31-1969
emcee, singer: "National Amateur Night"; "Show of the Week"; "Nickel
Man"
08-27-1882 - Samuel Goldwyn - Warsaw, Poland - d. 1-31-1974
panelist: "People's Platform"
08-27-1901 - Roger Pryor - New York, NY - d. 1-31-1974
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Summer
Symphony"
09-26-1904 - Richard Thorne - New York, NY - d. 1-31-1957
writer, creator, producer, director: "The Hall of Fantasy"
11-01-1923 - Gordon R. Dickson - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - d.
1-31-2001
science fiction writer: "X-Minus One"; "Exploring Tomorrow"
11-08-1909 - Scotty Wiseman - Ingalls, NC - d. 1-31-1981
singer: (Lulu Belle and Scotty) "National Barn Dance"; "Boone County
Jamboree"
11-22-1875 - Elizabeth Patterson - Savannah, TN - d. 1-31-1966
actress: Maid "Halls of Ivy"
12-18-1890 - Edwin H. Armstrong - New York, NY - d. 1-31-1954
inventor: FM radio
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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