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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 142
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      8-11 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Phil Harris                           [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      Vintage wireless collectors           [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      Scott Bishop (Dark Fantasy)           [ "Matthew Killmeier" <mkillmeier@usm ]
      Jack Benny's violin [removed]        [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
      8-12 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Green Hornet cast                     [ Allen Wilcox <aawjca@[removed]; ]
      Dark Fantasy                          [ Karl Schadow <bluecar91@[removed] ]
      8-13 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      RADIO VARIETIES magazine request - J  [ Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@earthlin ]
      Earliest canned laugh-track?          [ rand@[removed] ]

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    Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:47:43 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-11 births/deaths

    August 11th births

    08-11-1867 - Joe Weber - NYC - d. 5-10-1940
    comedian: (Weber and Fields) "The Eveready Hour"; "George Jessel Show"
    08-11-1868 - Edgar Norton - London, England - d. 2-6-1953
    actor: "I Love A Mystery"
    08-11-1891 - Helen Broderick - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-25-1959
    actor: (Mother of Broderick Crawford) "Shell Chateau"
    08-11-1900 - Norma Shearer - Montreal, Canada - d. 6-12-1983
    actor: "Everyman's Theatre"; "Louella Parsons"
    08-11-1902 - Lloyd Nolan - San Francisco, CA - d. 9-27-1985
    actor: Johnny Strange "Results Inc."; Martin Kane "Martin Kane,
    Private Eye"
    08-11-1904 - Jess Stacy - Bird's Point, MO - d. 1-5-1994
    jazz piano player: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
    08-11-1907 - Andrew Allan - Arbroath, Scotland - d. 1-15-1974
    writer of radio plays: "Mistress Nell"
    08-11-1908 - Russell Procope - d. 1-21-1981
    clarinetist, saxophonist: "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra";
    "Ellington at Newport"
    08-11-1910 - Perfecto Barbosa - d. 8-17-1989
    newscaster: KMAC San Antonio, Texas
    08-11-1911 - Jerome Chodorow - NYC - d. 9-12-2004
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-11-1912 - Raphael David Blau - d. 3-31-1996
    writer: "Theatre Five"
    08-11-1913 - Edith Oliver - NYC - d. 2-23-1998
    actor: "Crime Doctor"; "Philip Morris Playhouse"
    08-11-1915 - Bernard "Buddy" Arnold - NYC - d. 3-30-2004
    writer: "Your Hit Parade"
    08-11-1915 - Berne Surrey - d. 8-25-1992
    sound effects: "Suspense (Sorry, Wrong Number)"; "Whistler"; "Sam Spade"
    08-11-1915 - Jean Parker - Deer Lodge, MT - d. 11-30-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-11-1923 - Tommy Hanlon - Parkersburg, WV - d. 10-10-2003
    actor: "Orson Welles Mercury Theatre"
    08-11-1925 - Mike Douglas - Chicago, IL - d. 8-11-2006
    singer: "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
    08-11-1928 - Arlene Dahl - Minneapolis, MN
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre". Hollywood Stars on Stage"; "Philip Morris
    Playhouse"
    08-11-1939 - Jack Hobbs - Shawneetown, IL
    disk jockey, news director, announcer: "Time Out"

    August 11th deaths

    01-24-1862 - Edith Wharton - NYC - d. 8-11-1937
    author: Many of her stories were adapted for radio.
    04-01-1917 - "Wee" Bonnie Baker - Orange, TX - d. 8-11-1990
    singer: "Your Hit Parade"
    05-26-1913 - Peter Chushing - Kenley, England - d. 8-11-1994
    actor: "Aliens in the Mind"
    06-24-1904 - Phil Harris - Linton, IN - d. 8-11-1995
    bandleader, singer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"
    06-29-1914 - Rafael Kubelik - Bychory, Czech Republic - d. 8-11-1996
    conductor: "Musicians Off Stage"
    07-14-1898 - Louise Lorimer - d. 8-11-1995
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Short Story"
    08-05-1918 - Tom Drake - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-11-1982
    actor: "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Proudly We
    Hail"
    08-10-1912 - Wilbur Stark - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-11-1995
    producer: "Movie Matinee"; "Teen Canteen"
    08-11-1925 - Mike Douglas - Chicago, IL - d. 8-11-2006
    singer: "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
    09-08-1913 - Patricia 'Honeychile' Wilder - Macon, GA - d. 8-11-1995
    actor: "Maxwell House Showboat"; "Atlantic Family"; [removed] Jive"
    12-05-1907 - Reid Kilpatrick - Michigan - d. 8-11-1983
    host: "Quiz of Two Cities"
    12-14-1932 - George Furth - Chicago, IL - d. 8-11-2008
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    12-19-1924 - Rex Barney - Omaha, NE - d. 8-11-1997
    baseball color man: "Game of the Day"

    Ron

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    Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:47:58 -0400
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Phil Harris

>     Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:20:44 -0400
>     From: Derek Tague<thatderek@[removed];

>     I just wanted to mention that this coming August 11th will mark the 15th
>     anniversary of the  passing of the great Phil Harris.

    Sheesh!  Fifteen years already?  I remember seeing it in the newspaper
    and telling my mother about it.  It was mentioned that he died at age
    91.  when I mentioned that to my mother, she was surprised he had lived
    so long because he "was a boozer."  I had to remind her that Jack Benny
    wasn't a cheapskate, either.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                     [removed]
    92 State Street, Suite 700          Fax: [removed]
    Boston, MA 02109-2004     [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:48:07 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Vintage wireless collectors
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    Hi Folks.

    For those of you who collect vintage wireless sets, you might be interested in
    a documentary coming up on the BBC World Service on Friday 20th August. Its
    called 'The Wireless World of Gerry Wells' and features the British collector
    who has over 1200 old sets in his house. UK times that it is on are 0905,
    1205, 1505 + 2005. To find out US equivalents the best way is probably just to
    check out the BBC World Service website where there are details available on
    the programme.

    Cheers !  Graeme ( ORCA / UK )

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    Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:48:14 -0400
    From: "Matthew Killmeier" <mkillmeier@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Scott Bishop (Dark Fantasy)
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    Hi, I'm trying to find documentation (papers, archival documents) on Scott
    Bishop the writer of NBC's "Dark Fantasy." I've seen logs listing him as
    likewise writing of "Mysterious Traveler," and "Strange Dr. Karnac." I'm also
    interested in any information about his alleged pulp writing. Thanks, Matthew
    Killmeier

    Matthew A. Killmeier
    Assistant Professor
    Dept. of Communication & Media Studies
    University of Southern Maine
    19 Chamberlain Ave.
    Portland, ME  04104 [removed]
    [removed]
    [removed] fax
    mkillmeier@[removed]

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    Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:48:24 -0400
    From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jack Benny's violin [removed]

    Ken asked about some proof that Jack Benny really played the violin. I
    recall seeing him play with Isaac Stern.  It was a video, probably from his
    TV show.  They played Bach's Double Violin Concerto, and Jack did a good
    job.  No goofs, no comedy, just good music!

    Ted Kneebone. 1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401. Phone: 605-226-3344.
    Old Time Radio: [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:48:36 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-12 births/deaths

    August 12th births

    08-12-1881 - Cecil B. DeMille - Ashfield, MA - d. 1-21-1959
    host: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-12-1887 - Gus Van - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-12-1968
    comedian: (Van and Schenck) "Eveready Hour"; "Sinclair Wiener Minstrels"
    08-12-1888 - Eric Snowden - England - d. 6-27-1979
    actor: John H. Watson "Sherlock Holmes"; Alvin "Parties at Pickfair"
    08-12-1892 - Alfred Lunt - Milwaukee, WI - d. 8-3-1977
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Treasury
    Star Parade"
    08-12-1893 - Howard Smith - Attleboro, MA - d. 1-10-1968
    actor: Will Brown "Aldrich Family"; Jack Galloway "Jane Arden"
    08-12-1895 - Carol DeAngelo - Rome, Italy - d. 1-3-1962
    actor, director: "We Love and Learn"; "The Jack Benny Program"
    08-12-1897 - Bob Emery - Abington, MA - d. 7-18-1982
    host: "The Small Fry Club"; "This Wonderful World"
    08-12-1898 - Oscar Homolka - Vienna, Austria - d. 1-27-1978
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-12-1904 - Kay Campbell - d. 5-27-1985
    actor: Evey Perkins Fitz "Ma Perkins"
    08-12-1907 - Joe Besser - St. Louis, MO - d. 3-1-1988
    comedian: ("No so faaaast! . . . oh, you craaaaze you!) "Jack Benny
    Program"
    08-12-1909 - Nat Asherton - NYC - d. 1-4-1987
    composer/pianist: Leo Reisman Orchestra, Lester Lanin Orchestra
    08-12-1911 - Dr. Olan Downes - West Roxbury, MA - d. 12-26-2001
    musicologist: "Texaco Metropolitan Opera"; "New York Philharmonic"
    08-12-1911 - Jane Wyatt - Campgaw, NJ - d. 10-20-2006
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Great Plays"; "[removed] Steel Hour"
    08-12-1912 - Sam Fuller - Worcester, MA - d. 10-30-1997
    producer, director: "The Aldrich Family"; "The Jack Carson Show"
    08-12-1914 - Guy Sorel - d. 4-5-1994
    actor: Larry Noble "Backstage Wife"
    08-12-1916 - Dorothy Allen - Oakland, CA - d. 4-25-1996
    singer: "Bob Crosby Show"; "Shep Fields Orchestra"
    08-12-1917 - Ebba Haslund - Seattle, WA - d. 7-10-2009
    writer: "Himmelsk Dilemma"
    08-12-1919 - Peter Luke - St. Albans, England - d. 1-23-1995
    writer: "The Other Side of the Hill"
    08-12-1921 - Marjorie Reynolds - Buhl, ID - d. 2-1-1997
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Silver Theatre"
    08-12-1926 - John Derek - Hollywood, CA - d. 5-22-1998
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-12-1927 - Porter Wagoner - West Plains, MO - d. 10-28-2007
    singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    08-12-1929 - Buck Owens - Sherman, TX - d. 3-25-2006
    singer: "Here's to Veterans"
    08-12-1929 - Nancy Flannery - Bawler, South Australia
    writer: "Martina's Guinea Pigs"

    August 12th deaths

    01-06-1913 - Loretta Young - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 8-12-2000
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Four Star Playhouse"
    01-26-1919 - Jan Bart - Poland - d. 8-12-1971
    traveled with Major Bowes for 7 years, had his own radio show
    02-08-1904 - Charles Sears - Hoopeston, IL - d. 8-12-1987
    tenor: "National Barn Dance"; "Musical Memories"
    03-13-1873 - Nellie Revell - Springfield, IL - d. 8-12-1958
    commentator: "Neighbor Nell"; "Meet the Artist"
    04-13-1932 - Jack Danon - St. Louis, MO - d. 8-12-1996
    singer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    04-20-1900 - Reed Kennedy - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-12-1952
    vocalist: "Gulf Headliners"; "The Song Shop"
    05-16-1905 - Henry Fonda - Grand Island, NE - d. 8-12-1982
    actor: "Eyes Aloft"; "Romance"; "Suspense"
    05-28-1912 - Tom Scott - d. 8-12-1961
    folk singer, writer: "American School of the Air"; "Golden Gate
    Quartet Sings"
    06-06-1875 - Thomas Mann - Lubeck, Germany - d. 8-12-1955
    writer: Had works adapted for "Treasury Star Parade"
    06-18-1917 - Ross Elliott - The Bronx, NY - d. 8-12-1999
    actor: "Mercury Theatre"
    07-06-1925 - Merv Griffin - San Mateo, CA - d. 8-12-2007
    singer: "San Francisco Sketchbook/Merv Griffin Show"
    07-07-1911 - Ruth Ford - Hazelhurst, MS - d. 8-12-2009
    actor: "Mercury Theatre"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    08-20-1918 - Henry Leff - NYC - d. 8-12-2007
    actor: Ray Mallard "Candy Matson, YU2-8209"
    08-25-1896 - Dick Ryan - Connecticut - d. 8-12-1969
    actor: "The Nebbs"
    09-05-1912 - John Cage - Los Angeles, CA - d. 8-12-1992
    composer: "The Columbia Workshop"
    09-09-1927 - "Mary" Olive Major - Santa Barbara County, CA - d.
    8-12-1998
    vocalist: "The Eddie Cantor Show"
    09-25-1894 - John Howard Lawson - NYC - d. 8-12-1977
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-01-1905 - Wallace Magill - d. 8-12-1973
    producer, director: "The Telephone Hour"
    10-27-1896 - Eric Dressler - NYC - d. 8-12-1978
    actor: "Scattergood Baines"; "Young Widdr Brown"

    Ron

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    Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:48:43 -0400
    From: Allen Wilcox <aawjca@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Green Hornet cast
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    Just a quick question. Who played Casey ( miss case ) in The Green [removed]
    Who were some of the other female actors who might appear from time to time on
    the program plus Sargent Preston and The Lone Ranger? How would George W.
    Trendle treat these females compared to their male counter parts?

    Allen

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    Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:48:51 -0400
    From: Karl Schadow <bluecar91@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Dark Fantasy

    Does anyone know who originally unearthed the Dark Fantasy episode, Seance
    (06-19-1942)? It has been in circulation for some time. Only a portion of the
    episode is extant. Thanks.
    Karl Schadow

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    Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:48:58 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-13 births/deaths

    August 13th births

    08-13-1878 - Harry A. Earnshaw - d. 4-14-1953
    Along with Raymond R. Morgan created "Chandu the Magician
    08-13-1886 - Aurania Rouverol - Utah - d. 6-23-1955
    author: "Andy Hardy"
    08-13-1895 - Bert Lahr - NYC - d. 12-4-1967
    comedian: "Hildegarde's Raleigh Room"; "Manhattan at Midnight"; "Royal
    Vagabonds"
    08-13-1898 - Regis Toomey - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-12-1991
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    08-13-1899 - Alfred Hitchcock - London, England - d. 4-29-1980
    host: "Murder by Experts"; "Once Upon a Midnight"
    08-13-1904 - Charles "Buddy" Rogers - Olathe, KS - d. 4-21-1999
    bandleader, actor: (America's Boyfriend) "Twin Stars"; "Pick-A-Date"
    08-13-1904 - Jonathan Hole - Eldora, IA - d. 2-11-1998
    actor: Paul Henderson "Ma Perkins"; Dr. Clifford "Bachelor's Children"
    08-13-1905 - Olga Albani - Barcelona, Spain - d. 6-3-1940
    singer: "Coca-Cola Hour"; "Silken String"
    08-13-1907 - Mabel Todd - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-2-1977
    vocalist: "The Al Pearce Show"; "Your Hollywood Parade"
    08-13-1908 - Gene Raymond - NYC - d. 5-3-1998
    actor: John J. Malone "Amazing Mr. Malone"; "Witness"; "Hollywood Hotel"
    08-13-1909 - Dave Willock - Chicago, IL - d. 11-12-1990
    actor: Tugwell "Jack Carson Show, Sealtest Village Store"
    08-13-1909 - John Beal - Joplin, MO - d. 4-26-1997
    actor: Bonnie Doon "Amazing Mr. Tutt"; "Box 13"; "Favorite Story"
    08-13-1909 - Tristram Coffin - Mammoth, UT - d. 3-26-1990
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-13-1910 - Gwen Pharis Ringwood - Anatone, WA - d. 5-24-1984
    writer: "New Lamps for Old"
    08-13-1910 - Skinnay Ennis - Salisbury, NC - d. 6-3-1963
    bandleader, singer: "Bob Hope Show"; "Abbott and Costello Show"
    08-13-1911 - Allan Aldous - Leederville, Western Australia - d.
    3-17-2000
    author: "Game as Ned Kelly"
    08-13-1913 - Melvin Frank - Chicago, IL - d. 10-14-1988
    film writer, producer, director: "Pepsodent Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-13-1913 - Rita Johnson - Worcester, MA - d. 10-31-1965
    actor: Martha Curtis "John's Other Wife"; Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan,
    [removed]"
    08-13-1916 - Gloria Dickson - Pocatello, ID - d. 4-10-1945
    actor: "Warner Bros. Academy Theatre"; "Federal Theatre Special"; "Lux
    Radio Theatre"
    08-13-1917 - Jay Bechtel - d. 12-30-2004
    sportscaster: WHOL, Allenton, Pennsylvania
    08-13-1918 - Bobb Carroll, Jr. - d. 1-27-2007
    writer: "It's A Great Life"; "My Favorite Husband"
    08-13-1919 - George Shearing - London, England
    sideman:  The Bert Ambrose Band
    08-13-1925 - Jane Webb - Chicago, IL
    actor: Peggy Mead "Aunt Mary"; Belinda Boyd "Those Websters"
    08-13-1929 - Pat Harrington - NYC
    actor: "Hollywood's Open House"
    08-13-1930 - Don Ho - Honolulu, HI - d. 4-14-2007
    singer: Interview on KINE
    08-13-1930 - John Cacavas - Aberdeen, SD
    orchestra leader: "Voices of Vista"

    August 13th deaths

    02-21-1916 - Norman Jolley - Adel, IA - d. 8-13-2002
    actor: Dr. Milingro "Space Patrol"
    03-12-1893 - Gene Morgan - Racine, WI - d. 8-13-1940
    actor: Rex Marvin "Myrt and Marge"; Bill Taylor "All My Children"
    04-08-1888 - Thornton Fisher - Cincinnati, OH - d. 8-13-1975
    sports reporter: "The Briggs Sports Review"
    04-17-1928 - Don West - Fredonia, KS - d. 8-13-2004
    announcer, writer, newsman: Clifton, Arizona
    05-23-1908 - Frederick Thwaites - Balmain, Australia - d. 8-13-1979
    writer: "Beyond the Rainbow"
    06-09-1915 - Les Paul - Waukesha, WI - d. 8-13-2009
    guitarist: "Les Paul and Mary Ford Show"; "Rhubarb Red"
    06-13-1913 - Bob Bailey - Toeldo, OH - d. 8-13-1983
    actor: Johnny Dollar "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; George Valentine
    "Let George Do It"
    09-05-1895 - Craig Earl - Great Barrington, MA - d. 8-13-1985
    quizmaster: "Professor Quiz"
    09-08-1910 - Joe Bolton - Flushing, NY - d. 8-13-1986
    announcer: "The 1937 Radio Show"
    09-21-1866 - H. G. Wells - Bromley, England - d. 8-13-1946
    science fiction author: "A Discussion Between H. G. Wells and Orson
    Welles"
    09-25-1917 - Phil Rizzuto - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-13-2007
    sportscaster: "Phil Rizzuto's Sports Caravan"; "Image Minorities"
    09-30-1917 - Tom Reddy - d. 8-13-1961
    announcer: "Chesterfield Supper Club"; "Fitch Bandwagon"
    10-15-1879 - Jane Darwell - Palmyra, MO - d. 8-13-1967
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-20-1931 - Mickey Mantle - Spavinaw, OK - d. 8-13-1995
    baseball great: "Hear It Now"; "Feature Project"
    10-25-1884 - Florence Easton - Middlesborough, England - d. 8-13-1955
    soprano: "Metropolitan Opera"
    11-13-1913 - Helen Mack - Rock Island, IL - d. 8-13-1986
    producer, director: "Beulah Show"; "Affairs of Ann Scotland"
    11-24-1891 - Ben Gross - Birmingham, AL - d. 8-13-1979
    wrote newspaper column critiquing radio
    12-02-1916 - John Bentley - Birmingham, England - d. 8-13-2009
    singer, announcer: Radio Luxembourg

    Ron

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    Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:49:04 -0400
    From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RADIO VARIETIES magazine request - January 1941
     issue

    Does anyone have a copy of the January 1941 issue of RADIO VARIETIES that
    they could either sell me or scan a single image from? --Anthony Tollin

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    Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:49:11 -0400
    From: rand@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Earliest canned laugh-track?

    I recently had someone donate a disc to my collection containing "Guest
    Start" episodes number 11 and 12, dating from 1947.

    Number 12 in the series, featuring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, really
    surprised me - they obviously recorded their segment separately from the
    Guest Star announcer and orchestra segments.  Also, it contained a very
    badly done canned laugh-track.

    That got me wondering what the earliest instance of canned laughs in a
    radio show might be.

    According to the Paley Center's blog, the first one they know of was done
    on a filmed 1948 local television series in Los Angeles and filmed shows
    were including pre-recorded guffaws in the early fifties:

    [removed]

    The "Guest Star" show's canned laughter was probably done with disc
    dubbing techniques, so it's rather primitive and doesn't come off very
    well.  Did AFRS ever try this during the War or early post-War period?
    Any syndicated shows from the 30s or 40s you can think of that tried this
    technique?

    rand

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