Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #212
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Date: 7/13/2005 10:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 212
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      Art Linikletter                       [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      7-13 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Terryscope Radio Premium              [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
      Frances Langord                       [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Elliott and Cathy Lewis               [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
      "...90% of EVERYTHING is garbage!...  [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      "The Man in Black"                    [ Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed] ]
      cleaning your discs                   [ "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@earthli ]
      re:discwasher woes                    [ norman flagg <magicbeard@earthlink. ]

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    Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:12:00 -0400
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:23:14 -0400
    From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Art Linikletter

    Art Linkletter is scheduled to appear on Larry King Live on CNN Friday.  9
    PM Eastern and repeats at midnight and 3AM.

    Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:23:21 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-13 births/deaths

    July 13th births

    07-13-1886 - Father Flanagan - Roscommon, Ireland - d. 5-15-1948
    founder of boys town: "Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel"; "Good New of 1939"
    07-13-1889 - Frank M. Thomas - St. Joseph, MO - d. 11-25-1989
    actor: Police Captain "Martin Kane, Private Eye"
    07-13-1895 - Sidney Blackmer - Salisbury, NC - d. 10-5-1973
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-13-1902 - Phillips H. Lord - Hartford, CT - d. 10-19-1975
    actor: Seth Parker "Seth Parker"; Mitchell Frazier "Story of Mary Marlin"
    07-13-1903 - Milo Boulton - Ohio - d. 2-2-1989
    host: "We, the People"
    07-13-1906 - Harry Sosnick - Chicago, IL - d. 3-22-1996
    conductor: "Pennzoil Parade"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Beat the Band"
    07-13-1908 - Tim Spencer - Webb City, MO - d. 4-26-1974
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show"
    07-13-1913 - Dave Garroway - Schenectady, NY - d. 7-21-1982
    emcee, announcer: "World's Great Novels"; "Dave Garroway Show"; "Dial Dave
    Garroway"
    07-13-1923 - Norma Zimmer - Larsen, ID
    singer: "Meredith Willson"
    07-13-1928 - Bob Crane - Waterbury, CT - d. 6-29-1978
    actor: "Bob Crane Show"
    07-13-1934 - Dennis Crosby - California - d. 5-7-1991
    actor: "Bing Crosby Show"
    07-13-1934 - Philip Crosby - California - d. 1-13-2004
    actor: "Bing Crosby Show"

    July 13th deaths

    01-12-1904 - Eddie De Lange - Long Island City, NY - d. 7-13-1949
    musical director: "Honolulu Bound"; "Phil Baker Show"
    05-11-1922 - Joseph Stopak - d. 7-13-1992
    music: "Creeps by Night"; "The Fat Man"
    05-18-1908 - Tommy Tucker - Souris, ND - d. 7-13-1989
    bandleader: "Lucky Strike Show with Walter Winchell"; "George Jessel Show"
    05-22-1879 - Alla Nazimova - Yalta  in the Crimea - d. 7-13-1945
    actress: " I'm An American"; "Towards the Century of the Comman Man"
    06-24-1891 - Irving Pichel - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 7-13-1954
    actor, film director: "Gulf Screen Theatre";"Screen Director's Playhouse"
    09-21-1903 - Westbrook Van Voorhis - New Milford, CT - d. 7-13-1968
    announcer, narrator: "March of Time"
    11-01-1880 - Grantland Rice - Murfreesboro, TN  - d. 7-13-1954
    sportscaster: "Sports Stories"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:24:29 -0400
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Terryscope Radio Premium

    Philip Chavin , speaking of radio premiums, notes,

>     a good example is the Terryscope used on the 1941-42 Libby's version of
>     Terry and the Pirates. In several episodes in Feb.'42 the Terryscope
>     was used very often by the good guys -- sometimes saving a life or
>     two -- and "Terryscope" was mentioned over and over again by the
>     actors on those radio broadcasts.

    FWIW, the Terryscope wasn't a telescope.  It was a toy periscope -- two
    flat mirrors and a square tube.  Such periscopes were at their best for a
    short child trying to watch a parade and not in the front row.  They were
    also fun for hiding behind wide trees and looking at one's friends and
    classmates.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:29:33 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Frances Langord

    All of the recent postings on Frances Langford concentrated on her
    work in "The Bickersons." Lest we forget, she had her own show. She
    was the summer replacement for Burns and Allen in 1947. It was on
    Thursdays from 8:30 PM to 9:00 PM with Maxwell House Coffee as the
    sponsor. Her announcer was Toby Reed and it was written by Jean
    Holloway. The Music was by Carmen Dragon with the Dick Davis Chorus,
    which on the show was called "Eloise and the Maxwell House Coffee
    Chorus." Earle Ross and Sam Edwards were also featured. I have
    listened to some of these and though not great, very pleasant to
    listen to.

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:30:13 -0400
    From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Elliott and Cathy Lewis

    Hello again --

    Kenneth Clarke questioned the relationship of Elliott and Cathy Lewis. Yes,
    they were definitely married, and worked singly and together on many
    projects now called, somewhat unfairly, Old Time Radio -- because their work
    was timeless and as actors they knew just the right amount of dramatic skill
    to use in portraying the characters they played; no "over-the-top" acting
    here, as so often heard on the old shows. They worked together by chance on
    some old "Suspense" episodes, and worked together "intentionally" on one of
    Elliott's projects, "On Stage," a fine dramatic series, somewhat
    experimental in nature, which lasted far too short a time on radio. As I
    remember, they divorced in the fifties or sixties, Cathy died soon after of
    a heart attack, and Elliott went on to marry Mary Jane Croft (Our Miss
    Brooks, Mel Blanc Show, etc.) whom he actually had known since 1939.

    Jan Bach

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    Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:59:03 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "...90% of EVERYTHING is garbage!..." -
     Theodore Sturgeon

    Dear Lee, & gang-

    From: Lee Munsick  damyankeeinva@[removed]

>     "My Dream Is Yours" ... I watched the  whole
>     tortuous thing, constantly hoping it would improve.  Sound like  today's TV
>     programs?

    Many, yep! But not DEADWOOD, HOUSE, THE DAILY  SHOW, THE SIMPSONS, etc.
    Sounds like a lot of OTR, too: anything by the  Hummerts, most Horror shows
    other than QUIET PLEASE and LIGHTS OUT, many Kid's  shows, etc.

>     ... they undoubtedly played nice recordings ... back then  there were such to
>     play!  I don't think there's anyone left in the music  business today that
>     even knows what good music is, or was.

    'Cept  maybe Paul McCartney, Danny Elfman, Zubin Mehta, etc.

    All the best, from  another (though perhaps not quite as) Grumpy (nor quite
    as) Old  Man!
    -Craig Wichman

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    Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:59:13 -0400
    From: Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "The Man in Black"

    Arvo Ojala, the poor soul who was gunned down by Marshal Dillon  in the
    opening of television's "Gunsmoke,"  has passed away. Ojala was the "Man in
    Black" for the first five years  after "Gunsmoke" premiered.  The producers
    then used someone from their own production staff so they didn't have to
    pay Ojala for each episode.  All this  information is contained in SuzAnne
    and Gabor Barabas' seminal work on "Gunsmoke," published in 1990 by
    McFarland.  Much of their 836 page  book is devoted to the show's radio
    history with dozens of profiles of OTR performers.

    They referred to Ojala as "the fastest gun in Hollywood" and also  noted
    "it was claimed that Arvo Ojala could draw, fire, and hit his target in
    six-tenths of a second."  Ojala taught James Arness to shoot and worked
    with dozens of high profile Hollywood stars.  He also owned a successful
    business connected with the fast-draw hobby.  I was quite surprised when an
    obituary appeared in The Oregonian which stated that he  lived in my
    hometown of Gresham.  When I read about him in the Barabas book years ago,
    I always wanted to meet him.  Turns out that he lived right down the
    street.

    Dennis Crow

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    Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:06:40 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@[removed];
    To: "OTR List" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  cleaning your discs

    Continuing the discussion - First the disclaimer. I'm not a chemist. I can
    only report what those smarter than me have stated.

    Isopropyl alcohol can also leave a residue, which can be audible, so it does
    not clean your records that effectively. Imagine washing your dishes and
    they come out of the dishwasher spotted. I once asked Sony about using iso
    alc to clean tape heads and they responded to discontinue using it for that
    purpose. No one seems to like the stuff for anything involving electronics.

    If you want your records and radio transcriptions clean, use the Doctor's
    Miracle Record Cleaner. I don't have any connections to it other than being
    a satisfied customer.

    joe salerno

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    Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:09:40 -0400
    From: norman flagg <magicbeard@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  re:discwasher woes

    I too ran out of the original discwasher solution and someone familiar
    with things vinyl recommended I try Kodak Lens Cleaner (distilled water
    and ammonium carbonate). I've used it for a number of years and seems
    to do the job. Just apply a few drops on the brush that came with the
    original product. Works for me!

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