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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2001 : Issue 292
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Favorite OTR shows??? [ Walt Baker <waltbaker@[removed]; ]
Re: Favorite Shows [ sfx-meow@[removed] (Ray Erlenborn) ]
Whiz Candy [ Bhob <bhob2@[removed]; ]
WLS in Chicago [ Huckenterprises@[removed] ]
scrapple [ Jim Murtaugh <JimM@[removed]; ]
My 5 favorite otr shows [ Mike Ray <MRay@[removed]; ]
#OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig [ lois@[removed] ]
brief Copyright note [ "J. Alec West" <Alec@[removed]; ]
Whizzzzz & Cod Liver Oil [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
Top 5 OTR faves [ "igsjr@[removed]" <igsjr@[removed]; ]
Scopes Trial On Radio [ Udmacon@[removed] ]
WHATEVER BECAME [removed] [ "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]
Re: Cereals [ Cnorth6311@[removed] ]
Bob Bailey photo [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
Luster Cream and Sinatra [ "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed] ]
Five favorite shows and castor oil [ "glen" <gschroeder10@[removed]; ]
Re: oldest [ RadioCM25@[removed] ]
Re: 16" record sleeves [ Fred Berney <berney@[removed]; ]
Re: "Beulah" [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
Stations Broadcasting OTR [ Harlan Zinck <buster@[removed]; ]
Re: Jubilee Singers [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
Moylan Sisters [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
Commercials [ "jay ranellucci" <jayran33@hotmail. ]
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ADMINISTRIVIA:
I made a little "oops" and accidentally dropped a few postings
from the last issue. They are included [removed] duplicates
are my fault, and not the posters'.
My apologies to those posters - it's been one of those [removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 15:02:31 -0400
From: Walt Baker <waltbaker@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favorite OTR shows???
I read the OTR mailing list regularly. However, I seldom write.
This "favorite five shows" thing is tremendously difficult! I am 66 years young
and I enjoyed many shows "then" and STILL enjoy many of the same.
My 1940s list, when I was in my "formative years" would be: (like most everyone
else no order)
1. The Lone Ranger
2. Box 13 with Alan Ladd
3. Captain Midnight
4. Lorenzo Jones
5. The Shadow
My present day list is:
1. Box 13
2. The Shadow
3. Lights Out with Arch Obeler
4. Suspense
5. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
NOW, let me qualify some of this. Johnny Dollar came along at the time of the
Korean Conflict(Police Action). Therefore, I was not in the [removed] to hear it
first run. I only heard it in the seventies when OTR made a minor and too short
comeback. And, of course, I listen to it avidly now.
Obviously, my tastes have changed somewhat. However, my heroes remain the same.
I still enjoy John Wayne movies and Howard Duff as Sam Spade and I miss almost
everything Arch Obeler wrote and Gerald Mohr did.
=====
It is not the years in your life But the life in your years that counts.
--- Adlai Stevenson Yours Truly, WALT BAKER
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:40:09 -0400
From: sfx-meow@[removed] (Ray Erlenborn)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Favorite Shows
1. The Bickersons
2. Jack Benny
3. Burns and Allen
4, Fibber and Molly
5. Fred Allen
( I mostly salute the writers who could
continuously create satirical situations
for the adept actors above. The above choices also run the
gamut of character types from sohphisticated Fred to the
folksy Fibber, proving that humor is a
prolific medium.) Ray
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:27:32 -0400
From: Bhob <bhob2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Whiz Candy
One of the links I gave in #268 shows another variation on the Whiz
Candy slogan: [removed]
Look close at the top photo of the Paul F. Beich Company. It's tiny,
blurred and not easy to read, but three stories up and stretching the
entire length of the building is the phrase "WHIZ -- BEST CANDY BAR
THERE IS."
Bhob
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:28:08 -0400
From: Huckenterprises@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WLS in Chicago
Broadcasting in Chicago from 1921-89 ([removed]) is very
interesting. I am searching for information, including dates, etc., for a WLS
Chicago program featuring Laurel and Hardy reading the comics along with
Uncle Charlie Eggelston and Aunt Rita Ascot (Boyd). I recently saw a copy of
a photo in the Sons of the Desert "Intra Tent Journal," which shows Laurel
and Hardy sitting on opossite sides of a microphone. As you know, the Boys'
participation in radio was rare. I am interested in any photos, copies of
articles, the radio show on tape or CD for the Sons' Laurel and Hardy archive
housed at the University of Southern California Doheny Library. Any
contributions would receive personal credit in the archive. Please contact
Chuck Huck via email at huckenterprises@[removed].
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:28:22 -0400
From: Jim Murtaugh <JimM@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: scrapple
A can attest to the fact that scrapple still exists.
I'm a Philadelphia native son, and can't stand the thought of scrapple.
This is a breakfast meat product, and I use the term meat loosely. In
general, it is made from the scraps they can't make into sausage. Enough
said.
Jim
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:28:42 -0400
From: Mike Ray <MRay@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: My 5 favorite otr shows
Hi Gang:
It is so hard to be able say this show is
number one and this one is number 5 and
so one. In any event all of the shows I've
listed are testimony to this thing we all
love so much. Here goes:
1. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Bob Bailey).
This show has it all. Great writing, great stock
bridge music from the CBS Library, and great
direction from Jack Johnstone. However, the
most important ingredient IS Bob Bailey. He
is the greatest multi dimensional detective in
Radio history. There are no words to describe
just how great he was in this genre.
2. Gunsmoke. Radios greatest western. No one
aspect of the show dominates. However all
aspects of the show are so far above nearly
every radio show during the 1950's. It is a very
cohesive program. Rex Kory's music stands as
one of the great icons of Radio scoring for all time.
John Meston's writing is unmatched. Very gritty and
life like. Great direction and an outstanding team
of character actors to pull from, like John Dehner,
Lawrence Dobkin, Sam Edwards, and our dear
friend Harry Bartell just to name a few. Georgia
Ellis and Howard McNair were terrific in their roles
as Miss Kitty, and Doc Adams. However William
Conrad, and Parley Baer were perhaps the greatest
Matt Dillon and Chester ever. Far surpassing what
was done on TV with James Arness and Dennis Weaver.
3. The Mercury Theatre. May we never tire of writing
and discussing about this outstanding program. The
team of players that Orson Welles assembled was
magical. Many years later, several of those wonderful
stars were more than happy to tell friends and the
press, that at one time "I was a member of the Mercury
Theatre." These programs were a beautiful art form.
Taking existing literature [removed] novels, short stories,
and essays and turning them into a delightful treat
that we are still enjoying. Let us never tire of describing
the incredible genius of Orson Welles, as good as he
was in directing movies, I really believe he was at
his best in radio. As I write this, I think of some of
those wonderful broadcast that have become good
friends to me as I visit them from time to time:
Around the World in 80 Days, The Hitchhiker, The
Count of Monte Cristo, Treasure Island and I still
get a big kick out of the War of the Worlds. My children
have grown to appreciate this great man, and I dare
say so will my grandchildren.
4. The Six Shooter. Jimmy Stewart once told director
Jack Jonstone that the Six Shooter was his most favorite
project. That is a huge statement to make since this man
did so many memorable projects. Many of us who have
enjoyed this wonderful program, understand completely
what Mr. Stewart is saying. Stewart is Magical. Even
when the script is not first rate all the way (which
happened only a few times) Stewart still makes it hum.
It's been said that Jimmy Stewart must be seen to fully
enjoy his range. Let me testify that Stewart is outstanding
behind the microphone. You might check him out also on
several of his performances with the Screen Directors
Playhouse. It's a great shame that a non agreement on
advertising kept this program from going into a 2nd
season. The 41 programs of the Six Shooter are a great
treasure for all of us.
5. Jack Benny. It's hard to be funny and entertaining
week after week but somehow, Jack Benny was always
able to pull it off. Of course one of the most important
ingredients to any successful program is the supporting
cast. Benny had one of the best. He team reads like a
who's who in radio broadcasting: Phil Harris, Dennis Day,
Eddie Robinson, Mary Livingston, Mel Blanc, Don Wilson,
and many others. Jack always paid them well, and kept
them happy, so when Sunday rolled around they were
always ready to give an outstanding performance. Just a
word about Mr. Benny. When one thinks of Radio Comedy
he is #1. When one thinks about good, caring, and
decent human beings, Mr. Benny must be close to the
top of that list. We are all blessed that there was such
a man as Jack Benny.
THE 2ND 5
1. Have Gun Will Travel. John Dehner is outstanding.
Stories are good, and the CBS bridge music is terrific.
2. Phil Harris/Alice Faye. Funny stuff every week. The
team of Harris and Elliott Lewis (Frankie Remley)
might just be the funniest team ever on Radio.
3. Frontier Gentleman. John Dehner was an outstanding
choice to play [removed] Kendal. The writing and direction of
Anthony Ellis is flawless. Almost inspired.
4. Mr. Keen Tracer of Lost Persons. I'm not putting this
on my list to irritate those who never got into this program.
I love Mr. Keen because he IS somewhat campy, and is
a lot of fun. He epitomizes for me what radio drama was
in the 1940's.
5. Amos 'n' Andy. I never concerned myself with the
concept of being politically correct. I don't care what
other my say, But this show is a masterpiece for radio.
Gosden & Correll are champions in my book. They were
not only brilliant, but also very caring people. The helped
many an individual get into show business. And besides
this show is knee slapping funny.
HONORABLE MENTION
Screen Directors Playhouse, Casey Crime Photographer,
Richard Diamond, Box 13, Tales of the Texas Rangers.
Best regards,
Mike Ray
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:41:30 -0400
From: lois@[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 four years, same time, same channel!
Our numerous "regulars" include one of the busiest "golden years" actors in
Hollywood; a sound man from the same era who worked many of the top
Hollywood shows; a New York actor famed for his roles in "Let's Pretend" and
"Archie Andrews;" owners of some of the best OTR sites on the Web;
maintainer of the best-known OTR Digest (we all know who he is)..........
and Me
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KWLK Longview Washington (Mutual) 1941-1944)
KFI Los Angeles (NBC) 1944 - 1950
and widow of actor Howard Culver
(For more info, contact lois@[removed])
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:41:34 -0400
From: "J. Alec West" <Alec@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: brief Copyright note
I just read a scholarly article written on the purpose of Copyright by the
Assistant Professor of Law at Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern School of
Law). If Copyright concerns are in your interest, it's well worth the read:
[removed]
Regards,
J. Alec West
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:41:39 -0400
From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Whizzzzz & Cod Liver Oil
Hi Gang - Wednesday, September 5. It was cool in [removed]
I was reading issue 289 of the otrdigest when I saw the posting by
Jer51473. Whizzz.
... this as I remember it: Whizzz, best nickle candy
bar there izzz! Im not sure if they said "best candy bar"
or "best nickle candy bar"...
As I recall, they said it both ways. They started with "best candy
bar", then later changed it to "best nickle candy bar". Apparently
there must have been a more expensive candy bar that was better.
--- New Topic -- Cod Liver Oil ---
When I was in grade school in the 1940's I questioned the benefits
of Cod Liver Oil. I was told that the cod fish ate a certain leaf that
grows under water. This leaf contained healthful nutrients that
somehow wound up in the liver of the fish. When the fish was
caught, the oil from the liver was extracted, bottled and sold at
pharmacies. We kids were forced to drink a teaspoon full of this
stuff now and then. True? Beneficial ? I don't know.
I always wondered why someone didn't simply harvest these
leaves and sell them. I'm sure the leaves would have tasted
better than oil from the fish's liver. Yik !
See you in Newark.
Ken Piletic
kenpiletic@[removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:41:46 -0400
From: "igsjr@[removed]" <igsjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Top 5 OTR faves
In no particular [removed]
1) Fred Allen
2) Gunsmoke
3) Jack Benny
4) Dragnet
5) Phil Harris & Alice Faye
Ivan
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:41:50 -0400
From: Udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Scopes Trial On Radio
I" was reading that the Scopes "Monkey" trial was the first court case
broadcast live on radio. Do any recordings exist"?
The Scopes Trial was recorded in sound by newsreel cameras and you can spot
the ever-present WGN microphone in front of the testifiers.
I't's interesting that a station from so far away, rather than Nashville's
WSM, broadcast the trial.
Bill Knowlton, "BLUEGRASS RAMBLE," WCNY-FM: Syracuse, Utica, Watertown NY
(since Jan. 1973). Sundays, 9 pm est: [removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:41:55 -0400
From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WHATEVER BECAME [removed]
What ever became of. . .
Olivio Santorio, who had a 15 minute program of songs and played the Guitar.
His sponsor was Philadelphia Scrapple, and he opened the program with:
"SCRAPPLE ODOL-LAY-DE-AY-, COMES FROM PHIL-A-DEL-PHI-AY,
IT'S PHIL-I-DELPHIA SCRA-PPLE FRIENDS, WITH THAT ADVISE MY STORY ENDS!"
And The Moylan Sisters, whose sponsor was Thrivo Dog Food, and also had a
15-minute program of songs, and they opened the program with: "WE FEED OUR
DOG-GIE THR-IVO, HE'S VERY MUCH A-LIVE-0, FULL OF PEP AND VIM. IF YOU WANT
A PEP-PY PUP, YOU'D BET-TER HURRY UP, BUY THR-IVO FOR HIM!" (These were 2
sister who sang in 3-part harmony)
Both shows were broadcast from Philidelphia, and I heard them on Sunday
afternoon over our Mutual outlet in Baltimore, WCBM. Are they still living
- and - are the products (Philidelphia Scrapple, and Thrivo Dog Food) still
around? Could any of our rearchers fill us in on these OTR performers. Does
any one in the PA area remember hearing them?
Owens
<br><br><br>"Old-Time Radio is like vintage wine. . . it grows better with
age!"
"nostalgia is like a grammar lesson:. . . you find the PRESENT TENSE. . .
but the PAST PERFECT!"
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:41:58 -0400
From: Cnorth6311@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Cereals
A while back we were talking about products which we were not sure if they
were still manufactured or not. Well, that got me to thinking. Does any one
remember when cereal did not taste like a vitamin tablet you put milk and
sugar on? It totally changed, for me at least, my love for cereals. I still
eat cereals today, but strictly for the convenience. And, while on this
subject, when did the cereal manufacturers start loading up their products
with vitamins and why did they do it? It seems I recall the Feds getting
involved saying our children were being malnourished by not getting enough
vitamins. Is this what happened? I truly wish I could find a cereal today
that did not taste like a vitamin tablet. In the same vein, is this when
cereal manufacturers started making sugar coated cereals, to cover up the
taste of the added vitamins?
Charlie Northway
PS: I suppose that is why I prefer hot cereals over cold cereals.
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:42:04 -0400
From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bob Bailey photo
If you'd like to see a photo of Bob Bailey, go to KNX's website,
[removed]
There are other photos, too, and a detailed schedule of radio shows
broadcast on the KNX Drama Hour.
Barbara
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:46:52 -0400
From: "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Luster Cream and Sinatra
Adding to Jim Stokes post about Luster Cream
Shampoo - an early Frank Sinatra sang the jingle
"Dream girl, dream [removed]" ending with "...you owe
your crowning glory to Luster Cream Shampoo."
The melody was, as Jim noted, from "Babes In
Toyland."
I understand that this was the *only* paid radio
commercial that Frank ever recorded in his career,
long before he was featured on Your Hit Parade and
Songs By Sinatra.(......maybe Sandy Singer can reply
with any corrections.)
Other hair preparations come to mind? I remember:
- The Fitch Bandwagon (Fitch Dandruff Remover Shampoo)
"Laugh awhile, let a song be your smile, use Fitch Shampoo."
- Bryllcream "A little dab will do ya, you'll look
so debonaire, the gals will all pursue ya, they love
to get their fingers in your hair!" (er, that'[removed]"greasy" hair??)
And, the ever-popular barbershop quartet [removed]
"Get Wildroot Cream Oil, Charlie, it keeps your hair in trim.
You see it's non-alcoholic, Charlie, it's made with soothing
lanolin. Start using it today. You'll' find that you will have a
tough time, Charlie, keepin' all those gals [removed] ya Baldy!
Get a bottle right away,your druggist has it. A little goes a
long, long way. You'll hear it screamin', keeps you looking neat
all day."
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:47:12 -0400
From: "glen" <gschroeder10@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Five favorite shows and castor oil
Hi all.
My five favorite otr shows in order of preferrence are Fibber McGee, Jack
Benny, Suspense, Gunsmoke and the Whistler. Is anyone keeping track of
these. Too bad theyn can't. It would be interesting.
When I was small. under ten, almost every night my mother gave me something
called Fletcher's Castoria. I presume it was a castor oil based product but
I don't know. I remember it didn't taste too bad though so it must have
been than castor oil.
Glen Schroeder
Madison Wisconsin, , y
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:47:21 -0400
From: RadioCM25@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: oldest
Sorry, Owen, but I am 75 and a full-fledged OTR nut and member of your club.
Do I get the golden cane?
Chick Meyerson
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:47:26 -0400
From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: 16" record sleeves
Does anyone have a source for 16" record sleeves?
Thanks.
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:29:18 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: "Beulah"
Joe Salerno wonders,
How many players from Amos 'n Andy contributed to Beulah?
Both Lillian (Madam Queen) Randolph and Amanda (Ramona "Mama" Smith)
Randolph filled the title role on "Beulah" for brief runs in the early
fifties after Hattie McDaniel (who had a recurring role on A&A as "Sadie
Simpson" in 1944-46) left the part.
Two major supporting roles were filled by A&A veterans during the 1947-54
run of the program, with Ernest Whitman -- a deep-voiced actor who was
heard in many supporting roles on A&A during 1943-45 -- filling the part
of Beulah's boyfriend Bill Jackson (and yes, Ernest Whitman is better
known as Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman of the AFRS jazz show "Jubilee"), and
Ruby Dandridge -- who played many generic female roles on A&A during the
forties and fifties -- as Beulah's screechy best friend Oriole.
A number of minor supporting players from A&A turned up on "Beulah" as
well in background roles, including Roy Glenn and the Dandridge sisters,
Vivian and Dorothy. Nick Stewart, who played Lightning in the TV A&A (as
well as in at least one radio episode) also made occasional appearances
on "Beulah."
I don't know much about this show, could someone fill me in on its history?
There were two different versions -- the first was basically a novelty
show, playing off the oddity of having the title role of a black
housemaid being played by a white man, Marlin Hurt. Hurt had created the
character as a gag on the "Avalon Show Boat" program in 1940, basing the
voice on that of his childhood nursemaid, and brought her to "Fibber
McGee and Molly" during the war years. "Beulah" quickly gained a spinoff
of "her" own, in which Hurt played three roles -- himself, Beulah, and
Bill Jackson. When Hurt died suddenly in 1946, the show ended, only to
return the following year. The novelty format continued, with female
impersonator Bob Corley cast in the title role. This version ran just a
few months before disappearing.
In 1947, the second version appeared, a 15 minute nightly serial with
Hattie McDaniel in the lead, supported by Whitman and Dandridge. In this
series, Beulah was employed by the middle-class Henderson family, and the
storylines revolved around her efforts to keep all their activities under
control. These same characters were adapted for the shortlived "Beulah"
television series in 1950, but contractural obligations originally
prevented McDaniel from starring in the TV version. Ethel Waters took
over the part for the first two seasons of the TV series, but McDaniel
was scheduled to take over the role during the program's third year.
However, after filming one episode, she was diagnosed with breast cancer
-- and died later that year. Louise Beavers ended up filling the part for
the final TV season, while first Lillian and then Amanda Randloph carried
the role thru the end of the radio series in 1954.
Whitman and Dandridge were constant in their roles on radio, but were
replaced for most of the TV run by Dooley Wilson (Sam from "Casablanca")
and Butterfly McQueen.
The Hurt version of Beulah, racial stereotyping aside, is pretty much a
typical brassy wartime sitcom character -- heavy on wisecracking but
light on substance. The McDaniel version is said to have been quite well
developed, with the serial format giving plenty of room for solid
characterization -- but I can't really confirm that from first-hand
listening, since I've only heard one episode from this run.
Interestingly, one of the writers for the radio "Beulah" was Hal Kanter
-- who would go on to create Diahann Carroll's 1960s TV sitcom "Julia."
Elizabeth
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:30:04 -0400
From: Harlan Zinck <buster@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Stations Broadcasting OTR
Bryant <cncwhite@[removed]; writes:
I have gotten no replies to my past list-posting regarding OTR rebroadcast
stations. Has no
one heard of any, or what?
Go here, young man:
[removed]
Harlan Zinck
First Generation Radio Archives
[removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:30:26 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Jubilee Singers
On 9/5/01 3:11 PM OldRadio Mailing Lists wrote:
Reminds me of a question that popped into my mind the other day. We have
recordings of the Ink Spots on NBC in Aug. '35. (Two of those tunes are
included on the Country Routes CD _Man That's Groovy_.) How many recordings
survive of radio jubilee-style singing (secular and/or religious material,
ETs or not) from before then?
This 1935 Ink Spots broadcast (released in its entirety on LP in the
1970s) *may* be the earliest surviving broadcast example of jubilee
singing. There are supposedly a few Victor Home Recording fragments
extant of Mills Brothers performances dating to about 1932, but I don't
know of any documentation for these.
There are three examples extant from a bit later in 1935 -- three
programs from an NBC series called "Magnolia Blossoms," featuring the
Fisk University Jubilee Singers, exist in the NBC Collection at the LOC.
LOC also has a broadcast from 9/21/36 celebrating "Three Generations of
Negro Progress," featuring a group called "The Negro Melody Singers"
which sounds like it may fall within this classification. "The Negro
Melody Singers" also made transcriptions for the WPA Federal Music
Project around 1936-37.
Also, the Four Vagabonds, a jubilee-influenced Chicago-based black
quartet which specialized in secular/pop material, can be heard in the
two "Amos 'n' Andy Friday Night Minstrel Shows" from December 1936. This
group was regularly featured on the Breakfast Club into the early forties.
Elizabeth
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:31:04 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Moylan Sisters
Owens Pomeroy says about The Moylan Sisters show:
Both shows were broadcast from Philidelphia, and I heard them on Sunday
afternoon over our Mutual outlet in Baltimore, WCBM.
That is curious. Their national broadcast was via the Blue Network. The one
copy I have is from that network. I may be wrong, but I don't think they
appeared over Mutual, at least during their Thrivo Dog Food sponsorship.
Jim Widner
jwidner@[removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:29:53 -0400
From: "jay ranellucci" <jayran33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Commercials
Hi again,
Do you remember this product that's no longer with us
that used this phrase: "It's delightful, It's delovely, It'[removed] XXXXXX?
Also their companion which is soon to disappear too.
I remember listening to my mother's soap operas in the '40s
and a product called Hailey's M-O. I don't know what it was
but, I think it was from the same company as Phillips Milk of
Magnesia.
BTW, I'm 68 and my favorites during the '40s were:
Superman.
Captain Midnight
Tom Mix
Hop Harrigan
Jack Armstrong
And now:
Phil Harris & Alice Faye
Jack Benny (After 1945)
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Bob Bailey)
Have Gun Will Travel
Gunsmoke
The only good radio is Old Time Radio
til next time, Jay
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