Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #248
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Date: 7/28/2004 9:29 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 248
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Allen's Alley                     [ Jerry Shnay <jshnay1@[removed]; ]
      Re: Allen on Main Street              [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
      Re:Irritating Commercials             [ Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@sbcglo ]
      Ann DeMarco                           [ dougdouglass@[removed] (doug dougla ]
      RE: Sam Edwards                       [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:34:12 -0400
    From: Jerry Shnay <jshnay1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Allen's Alley
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    I'm just speculating, but perhaps the changefrom "Allen's Alley" to "Main
    Street" came with the new sponsor, Ford, for the final year of the program.

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    Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:25:34 -0400
    From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Allen on Main Street

    On 7/28/04 10:04 AM [removed]@[removed] wrote:

>     as always, i would defer any of my ramblings above to
>     elizabeth's info if she has time to chime in.

    Well, you summed it up pretty well, actually. I'd just add that another
    factor was the change in sponsorship from Standard Brands to the Ford
    Dealers of America advertising cooperative, which was probably the most
    specific motivation for the replacement of Allen's Alley with the "Walk
    Down Main Street."

    Such a format made it possible to emphasize that your local Ford dealer
    was an integral part of your community -- a fixture on your own Main
    Street. They took this even further by having Allen "arrive" at the start
    of each show, "driving up in his new Ford." The irony of this, of course,
    is that Allen in real life *despised* cars, refused to ever own a car,
    and in fact as long as he lived he never even had a driver's license.
    Given that most of his life was pretty closely compartmentalized between
    Radio City and his apartment on West 58th Street, most anyplace he needed
    to be was within a few blocks' walk and he never had any good reason to
    learn to drive.

    Elizabeth

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    Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:26:16 -0400
    From: Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:Irritating Commercials

    On 7/28/2004, Philip Railsback wrote:

>     What are the most irritating commercials?  I'd have to
>     say right now for me LS/MFT probably tops the list.

    The worst overall for me was the Anacin hammer that seemed designed to give
    one a headache.

    Advertisers are exiting TV for print advertising at a high rate as the data
    confirm key target audiences are spending less time watching their ads
    either by changing channels, using time shifting methods, watching DVDs,
    PPV or commercial-free channels or using their computers. TV advertising is
    especially irritating and time consuming. I switch channels myself.

    But not so radio I think. In general I do not change stations when ads come
    on. Also, radio advertising seems less intrusive, with a few notable
    exceptions. The un-ad has always bugged me, "Now could be the best time to
    buy xxx." And the un-fact ads, "Save up to 50% and more." What does that
    mean? The hair on the back of my neck still stands up when I hear "over"
    used to mean "more than".

    But as for LSMFT, I always liked "More doctors smoke Camel cigarettes than
    any other cigarette in the world." So when I last smoked cigarettes, I
    smoked [removed]

    Don Shenbarger

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    Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:26:51 -0400
    From: dougdouglass@[removed] (doug douglass)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Ann DeMarco

>     >From "The Starr Report" in today's New York Post.

    Condolences to singer Arlene DeMarco whose sister, Ann, died yesterday.
    Ann, Arlene, and three sisters, The DeMarco Sisters,  were TV/radio
    stars in simpler days.

    Doug Douglass

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    Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:27:36 -0400
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RE: Sam Edwards

    Received the following message from Bill Edwards.

    --- begin forwarded text

    Greetings all.

    Sam managed to hold on through part of Monday, and even had moments of
    lucidiity. His brother Jack was present, and when Sam was awake enough to
    say simple words, he actually asked about Jack's wife Jane. So he did get to
    hear all the final farewells from family members and many friends who
    attended his bedside in Durango.

    Late Monday night the heart seized and he suddenly opened his eyes and
    stared up briefly. We believe that he may also have been responding to a
    call. After a second seizure the body quit. We were told there was likely no
    higher brain function from that time. However, the heart that had beat so
    long and now had a hole in it refused to quit. With no life support other
    than the love of my mother and a morphine drip to insulate from pain, his
    heart and breathing held on through all of Tuesday.

    Sam finally passed from this world around 9:20 mdt this morning, Tuesday,
    July 28 2004 at the age of 89. Now it is all of us who will have a hole in
    our hearts for a long time.

    My mother has asked that any show of support or sympathy would best be
    expressed by a donation to support REPS and their continuing efforts to
    sustain legacies of such entertainers as Sam Edwards. Joy will send details
    out as to how to do this.

    Notes of sympathy will also be welcomed either through this email
    (perfessorbill@[removed]) so I can pass them on, or directly to Beverly
    Edwards, 457 Highland Hill Drive, Durango, CO  81301.

    She is strong and will be OK. Much of the grief was processed over the last
    few days. We are glad there was no further lingering beyond that extra day
    when he stubbornly refused to take his card down. It is now removed, but we
    have the programs to remember him by.

    Obits will be sent to the LA Times, Variety and through Joy to a Seattle
    paper.

    Thank you for your love and support to him over the years, especially during
    his last visit to Seatlle a month ago, where I had the privelege to
    accompany him in his final public performance.

    With sadness, Bill Edwards

    --- end forwarded text

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