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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 171


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Cloak & Dagger
	 A Swedish radio legend, passed
	 Godfrey & Mugs
	 Re: Cereal box storage,self-intro,comedy CDs,& Buck Rogers question
	 Gunsmoke
	 SPERDVAC Convention
	 KDKA Recording
	 Canticle for Liebowitz
	 The Shadow
	 Kryptonian  Kharacterizations
	 Kal-El & Bud Collier
	 Olan Soule Credit

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Date: Sun, 12 May 96 10:20:08 -0500
From: Marty_Dzik@[removed] (Marty Dzik)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Cloak & Dagger
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hello,

A few months ago I posted a message about Cloak & Dagger and did get a good
response.   Since then, I've only been able to come-up with about 6 shows or
so.  Does anybody have information on how many shows there were, dates the
series ran, titles of shows, [removed]

Since my provider does not have anything but E-mail, I cannot get to any web
pages for this information (soon to change [removed] much out there to
pass-up!).

Thanks inadvance for all of your help and information.

Marty Dzik
marty_dzik@[removed]



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Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 17:38:37 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Marcus Antonsson <marc-a@[removed]>
To: Old time radio digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: A Swedish radio legend, passed
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Pekka Langer one of the Swedish radio's most popular and beloved
entertainers died last Monday at the age of 76. He's full name was
Per-Olov Langer, but he was known as Pekka from the start of his
career. Langer came to the radio in the early fifties and his first
great success was a program called "Nattuppen" (the night cock). It
was a so called "gramophone causerie" and Langer's manuscripts was
always packed with fun. He also introduced new music to the Swedish
public in that program. His wife Bibi had a friend who was an air
hostess and she brought foreign records that Langer played in his
show. One night he played Stan Freberg's John & Marsha, the day after
the papers had headlines saying:
"Sven Lidman's son-in-law plays pornophony on the radio". (Sven Lidman
was bibi's father and a well-known Swedish preacher).
Later on, Langer did great shows with lots of artists and
entertainment. He was also a popular host of "det ska vi fira" (that
shall be celebrated) for many years. His quiz shows was also very
popular. During his last years he wrote many causeries for the evening
papers as well.
Many people thought Langer was an excellent improviser, in fact each
word was carefully written in tthe manuscript, nevertheless he was an
excellent radio host and though he retired from radio long ago, it's a
great loss for us.

There are many anecdotes about Pekka Langer and one of the best tells
how he got his first job as a journalist after his graduation.
He came up to the editor and asked for a job as a journalist. The
editor looked at him and said:
Young man, you're no journalist, A good journalist isn't anything you
can be, you're born to it, I was born with the pencil in my hand.
Langer replied:
That must have been a terrible delivery.
He got the job!



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Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 12:52:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: <rjones@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Godfrey & Mugs
Message-Id: <[removed]@mail>

In reply to Michael Berger's query: Mugs Richardson was Godfrey's longtime
secretary whom he mentioned frequently on the air to the extent that she
became an unheard and later on TV unseen character.
                                                     Bob Jones

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Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 10:04:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Tristan D. Lapoussiere" <lapousst@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: Cereal box storage,self-intro,comedy CDs,& Buck Rogers question
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

<From: wmackey@[removed]
<To: otr <otr@[removed]>
<Subject: Cereal box storage & intro
<
<I want to thank whom ever it was that mentioned using cereal boxes as a
<easy way to store tapes.  I had a couple that I re-enforced with packing
<tape and seem to work very well.  I can get two layers per shelf.

You're welcome ! I had to resort to that as a means, among others, of 
protecting my tapes against any hardship which may await them during the 
long trip they're soon going to make (I'm going back to France after a 
nine-month stay in the [removed] as an assistant in French at Pacific 
University, in Oregon, and I'm taking with me all the tapes I purchased 
here - some 350, and some 10 CDs) When they're back home, I'll use my 
shelves, though (I'm primarily a book collector, and you can conveniently 
put audio or video tapes in front of the books on my shelves, so that I 
hit two birds with the same stone) If you want your display of boxes to 
be more homogeneous, you can also revert them and retape them (just 
unglue the glued side inside, and fold everything inside out).

Since I've been mostly lurking up to now, maybe I should introduce myself.

I'm a Frenchman of 23, collector and student of American Popular Culture, 
and have found my stay here really useful concerning vintage American radio 
programs, which are not marketed in France since they require an 
understanding of English (unlike movies which can be subtitled without 
losing their original flavor). The only attempts I know of in France are 
releases on [removed] of Orson Welle's Mercury Theater productions of The War 
of the Worlds, Dracula, and Treasure Island, but with so much work behind 
it (a thick booklet for each, with an introduction, a transcript of the 
original script, and a translation in French of the original script) that 
it seems justified only for such master geniuses as Welles (Oboler and Morse 
would be great too, but maybe judged too light for such work) 

Anyway, it all began here with the Shadow CDs, which I bought because I 
knew of his Pulp, Movie Serial, and Comic Book appearances. At that 
point, I didn't have a clue at all about Radio (my background should be 
interesting to some of you, since I'm both a young man and a foreigner), 
and I began to search the Internet for information. I've saved every 
issue of the Digest I could (some are missing) from the archives, and 
then subscribed when they ceased to be archived (around vol. 96, issue 99 
- could somebody explain that to me ?). The reason I didn't subscribe 
before is because I felt I hadn't yet anything to offer.

With time, I began to amass shows, mostly anthologies and collections 
(Suspense, Johnny Dollar, Escape, the Smithsonian releases,
Gunsmoke, Shadow, Green Hornet, Lone Ranger, Sherlock Holmes, etc), 
mostly adventure or mystery-oriented, and then I began to explore 
comedies (Burns & Allen, Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Fibber McGee & Molly, 
Red Skelton, Bergen & McCarthy, [removed]) To this point, I immensely loved, 
and still do, everything I discovered. So, when I discovered Modern Radio 
(ZBS - excellent -, Star Wars, Midnight, Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater, 
etc), my interest for Old Time Radio didn't dwindle. I still amassed 
other shows (Dick Tracy, Hopalong Cassidy, Big Town, Nightbeat, ILAM, 
Chandu the Magician, Tom Corbett, X Minus One / Dimension X, Tom Mix, 
Gangbusters, Lights Out, etc etc etc) Most of the time, I'd buy directly 
(at shopping malls near Portland, but also in New York, Vancouver [removed] 
(where I found an LP of Gasoline Alley and Moon Mullins) and Seattle), 
but also from catalogues (Wireless, and Adventures in Cassettes). Also, I 
dubbed a lot from the local library (As Junior/Red Skelton would say, 
what they don't know can't hurt them, eh). I also wanted to order from 
the University of Mississippi, but always postponed due to fluctuating 
funds, and now their temporary ceasing of activities will force me to order 
from France, with the extra cost and delay included - oh well, I wouldn't 
have the money [removed] What I still want is radio impersonations of 
comic strip characters (Terry and the Pirates, Alley Oop, Blue Beetle, 
Mandrake, Flash Gordon, Superman, etc)

I also collected information. Aside from the Digest, I was lucky to be 
able to purchase Tune In Yesterday, the Hickerson book, the Lackman book, 
a book on Radio Comedies, another an account of what happened after the 
broadcast of The War of the Worlds (Invaders from Mars, I think), another 
called Drama On the Air, and some others I may omit (everything's packed 
and shipped now - I had like 200 pounds of books, comics and magazines in 
all, which adds not a little to the expenses, but thanks to the [removed] 
Post Office for having such interesting rates) Also, a booklet entitled 
20 Years of Corn, about the Don McNeil Show (a very thorough presentation 
of the then past 20 years of the show - cast, announcers, directors, 
writers, [removed] a must for fans of the show)
I'm not so much interested in the technical side of radio, so that leaves 
out that much to buy books about. 

Now, I'm a little sad to leave the [removed] When I'm back in France, I'll be 
cutt off the Internet (I don't have an account) and won't be able to have 
my daily dose of radio-related info - but even if things go slower, I'll 
still enjoy the shows I have, probably buy some more from the catalogues, 
investigate French vintage radio programs, listen to BBC Channel 4, read 
the books, and remember these halcyon days when I had to be here to be 
able to discover that wonderful world of radio, amplifier of the 
mind-eye and theater of the mind, my love for which every one of you 
helped me foster and grow.
  
------------------------- Another topic -----------------------------

Somebody recently posted a question about the Greatest Radio Comedians 
collection of 5 CDs. I have them. Each is devoted to a particular 
comedian or comedy team (Fred Allen, Red Skelton, Bergen & McCarthy, Jack 
Benny, and Burns & Allen) They are very good, in the sense that they 
present the best and truly hilarious routines of every of them (the Red 
Skelton ones, which I discovered through this, are pure delight), but 
they have some flaws : first, they don't include dates for the excerpts, 
and second, they are exactly that - excerpts, which means they don't 
include commercials. But you can keep it as a good sample of comedy 
routines (every Red Skelton impersonation of different characters is 
presented, for example, and for Bergen and McCarthy there's a "Mortimer, 
how can you be so stupid ?" routine), even if you have to buy the 
complete shows besides. I guess the second is inevitable (it's really a 
compilation of radio's greatest comedians), but I don't quite see why 
they couldn't include the dates.

Also, in the same collection  there exists the Best of Radio Sitcoms, and 
the Best Radio Westerns, at least, but I don't have them.

----------------------- Another topic ---------------------------------

A friend of mine used to listen to Buck Rogers in his youth, and after 
all these 
years there's still a riddle which bugs him because it was a serial, and 
he missed the show where the answer is given. If I can remember his 
letter, it went like this : Buck Rogers and friends land on a planet of 
robots, on which a revolution is underway. They help one party (I think), 
which emerges victorious but wants to force them to stay on the planet 
unless they answer a riddle which, I think (I HAVE to read that letter 
again !) deals with the question why men would be superior to robots. And 
there my friend is left without the answer. At the time, he had to supply 
his own, which was like - men are superior to robots because, even if 
both have to toil, men still have the liberty of choosing their work.

Could anybody tell me for him what was the actual answer given on the 
show ? I doubt there are many Buck Rogers shows available, but one never 
knows.

That'll be all for now.

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Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 19:01:46 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Marcus Antonsson <marc-a@[removed]>
To: Old time radio digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Gunsmoke
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi friends,
I've got an episode of a series called gunsmoke, but it's not the
gunsmoke we all know and love so well. This program is from 1949,
three years before the other gunsmoke started. The head character's
name is Mark dillon not Matt, and it Stars howard Culver instead of
William Conrad. Does anyone know anything about this program? Was
there two gunsmokes and is more programs with Mark Dillon available,
it's quite good if not in the same class as the later gunsmoke.

Regards:

Marc Antonsson

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Date: Sun, 12 May 96 10:59 PDT
From: lois@[removed] (Lois Culver)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: SPERDVAC Convention
Message-Id: <m0uIfQM-0003JUC@[removed]>

The SPERDVAC Radiogram for May mentions their tentative plans for their Nov
8-10 convention in the Los Angeles area.  They include Parley Baer and Peg
Lynch's recreation of the Ethel and Albert radio series, Alan Young's
production of his Alan Young Show, and a production of "I Remember Mama"
starring Rosemary Rice.  East Coast sound effects man Barney Beck will
present a demonstration of his craft.

Lois Culver

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Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 16:41:55 -0700
From: "Edward P. Young" <edyoung@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: KDKA Recording
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

The recording representing the election broadcast of the 
Harding-Cox Election of 1920 is a recreation. It was produced by KDKA in 
the early 1940's for the Westinghouse Educational Program: "Adventures In 
Research". The voice representing Rosenberg was Lionel Poulton. I am 
certain of the above since I was sound effects man for the recording. It 
was made shortly after I joined KDKA in 1942.
-- 
---------------------------
Ed Young
edyoung@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 17:54:12 -0700
From: banzai-1@[removed] (Alex Pissalidis )
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Canticle for Liebowitz
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi everyone:

It's been a while since I posted a question or two here but I've been 
following the posts :)

I'm wondering if anyone knows where a body can be a copy of the 
excellent sci-fi radio drama called A Canticle for Liebowitz?  I 
originally heard it on NPR long ago and have been unable to find it 
anywhere.

Any info would be most appreicated.

Also, have any of you wonderful folks discovered radio stories on the 
net yet?  You'll need a RealAudio player (that's free) and you can 
listen to all kinds of wonderful stories with good audio quality.

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Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 19:16:39 -0700
From: dunivenh@[removed] (Herbert Duniven )
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Shadow
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

   If you can be in the Denver area Thursday, May 16, you are invited
   to attend the OTR club meeting.  Two of radio's famous shows will
   be re-created during the meeting.  

   Mr. John Archer played The Shadow during season 11, from 9/24/44
   to 4/8/45. He will star in "The Spider Boy" with John Rayburn
   playing the villain.   John and Carol Rayburn will then recreate
   "Ethel and Albert" show.

   This is Thursday, May 16 at the Windsor Gardens Auditorium.
    Located at 9500 E Clinton Street.  Alameda at Clinton at 7:00PM.

    Everyone is invited, members or just OTR fans.

    Hope you can make it.


                       herb  duniven     RHAC       denver

 

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Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 00:34:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Kryptonian  Kharacterizations
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 11:37:54 -0600
> From: CHCOX@[removed] (Chet Cox)
> To: [removed]@[removed]
> Subject: Kryptonian Kharacterizations
> Message-ID: <[removed]@fromGW>
> 
> In sequence, the actors following Bud played Superman in the following:

And there was Bob Holliday, who played the role in the Broadway musical 
"It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman" in the 1960s.

======================================================================
A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
======================================================================

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Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 00:45:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Kal-El & Bud Collier
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Fri, 10 May 96 22:26:16 -0500
> From: welsa@[removed]
> To: [removed]@[removed]
> Subject: Super dad / telling the
> Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
> 
>     In a recent message, two things caught my attention.  Not to be nit-picky, 
> but who is Kal-El in Superman?  Was someone actually referring to Superman's 
> Krypton father, Jor-El?

Kal-El is Superman's Kryptonian name (used quite a bit in tonight's 
season finale of "Lois & Clark."
     
>     Also, I may have come to TV later than some, but I don't recall Bud Collier 
> ever hosting "To Tell the Truth".  I thought this was Gary Moore's show.  Was 
> Collier before or after Moore?

Bud Collier hosted "To Tell the Truth" for quite some time on CBS in the 
1950s.  I think Gary Moore may have hosted it later, in the 1960s, when 
it was in syndication.  He also hosted a game show called "Beat the Clock."

======================================================================
A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
======================================================================

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Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 23:46:51 -0700
From: joseph@[removed] (joseph)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Olan Soule Credit
Message-Id: <v01530500adbc8b38a964@[[removed]]>

Hello Everybody!

Here is an interesting sidenote on Superfriends. According to the Encyc. of
Animated Series Olan Soule was the voice of Batman in Superfriends.

Even though it's about tv cartoons leafing through the above book I once
found a show where radio personality (and the voice of Shaggy) played all
four of the voices.

scaR-R-Y
Joseph

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