Subject: [removed] Digest V2010 #219
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Date: 12/20/2010 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 219
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      RE: Blake Edwards and WOTW            [ Michael Ogden <michaelo67@[removed] ]
      Clay Cole, Legendary New York TV Hos  [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
      Best voices in OTR                    [ Osborneam@[removed] ]
      Mary Livingston                       [ mchone@[removed] ]
      12-20 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      RADIO VOICES                          [ CHET <snakebite@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:07:01 -0500
    From: Michael Ogden <michaelo67@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: Blake Edwards and WOTW
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    Andrew Steinberg wrote:

>     Recently obituaries of Blake Edwards say he helped write the 1938 radio
>     script for the Mercury Theatre broadcast of The War of the Worlds. I am
>     skeptical of this. Can anyone provide any information confirming or denying
>     this claim?

    Richard Corliss wrote in TIME magazine: "At 16, if you believe the legend (I
    don't), he was befriended in New York by the 23-year-old theater prodigy Orson
    Welles, who allowed the boy to drop a few lines into Howard Koch's script for
    the notorious War of the Worlds radio broadcast."
    Wait a minute, what is this? ME AND ORSON WELLES, Part 2?
    In the first place he was, after all, only 16. In the second place, his family
    lived in Los Angeles, and the "War of the Worlds" broadcast originated from
    New York. In the third place, Corliss, in mentioning the "legend," states that
    he himself does not believe it. In the fourth place, everyone knows that it
    was really a young J. D. Salinger who helped Howard Koch with the Martian
    script. :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
    Mike Ogden

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    Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:07:07 -0500
    From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Clay Cole, Legendary New York TV Host, Passes

    At about six o'clock Saturday night, I was stunned to learn that Cole
    had passed., at only [removed]

    When I was a toddler, in the late '60s, he was a big part of my nascent
    love for rock, and I wrote the following, for one of the Broadway web
    sites.

    Cole also spent time in radio, and someone reminded me later this
    evening, that he was just a guest at the Newark FOTR soiree, this or
    last [removed]

    Jim Burns

    Clay Cole, Legendary New York TV Host, Passes

    I was just stunned to receive this news, that Cole passed this
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    His brother saying, with the juice on the breakfast table, and the
    coffee [removed]

    Clay Who?

    It's amazing how transitory fame can be, even when it's for over almost
    a decade.

    >From 1959 to 1968, Clay Cole was kind of like New York's Dick Clark,
    with a terrific rock, and dance show, on, I believe, WPIX.

    It was the place where the Rolling Stones, and others debuted--Clay
    always seemed to be a bit ahead of the curve.

    And he just had this entirely pleasant, and endearing, demeanor.

    He also hosted a whole bunch of those long ago, wonderful, LIVE rock and
    roll shows, back when they still had the benefit of innocence, at places
    like the equally legendary Palisades Amusement Park.

    But what does all this have to do with Broadway?

    The '60s, of course, was when Broadway songs still charted.

    And there was crossover with dance programs--even, in some cases, some
    of the singing stars, making personal appearances.

    For folks of my, my gene-ra-tion who grew up in this area THE CLAY COLE
    SHOW had more of an immediacy than the national shows. It was, of
    course, of our neighborhoods, and the first place we encountered many
    stars of rock, and the Rialto.

    The last time I saw Cole was when he was one of the early hosts of AM
    NEW YORK, on ABC in the early 1970s, the program that a decade later
    would ultimately metamorphose into LIVE WITH REGIS [removed]

    The past year must have been a good one for Cole, as he published his
    autobiography, SH-BOOM THE EXPLOSION OF ROCK AND ROLL, and he got to
    encounter many of his long time fans.

    His legacy can also be caught in at least one rock feature film from the
    era.

    James H. Burns

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    Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:07:17 -0500
    From: Osborneam@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Best voices in OTR
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    Add Mason Adams, Paul Frees and William Conrad to the list.

    Arlene Osborne

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    Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:08:12 -0500
    From: mchone@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mary Livingston

    Since my wife and I have been hibernating (we old people don't go out much in
    -50
    weather) we have been re-listening to Jack Benny's Christmas and New Year's
    programs.  On a few of these programs Mary will sing, sometimes by herself,
    sometimes with Phil Harris.  I think she has a terrific singing voice and
    delivery.
     Does any one know if she ever did any recording or made any records?  If so,
    how
    could I get copies, or tapes, of them?  I guess Joyce and I have way too much
    time
    on our hands this time of year.
    Thanks in advance;

    Roby McHone
    Fairbanks, Alaska

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    Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:08:19 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-20 births/deaths

    December 20th births

    12-20-1889 - Ernest LaPrade - Memphis, TN - d. 4-20-1969
    conductor: "Collier's Hour"; "Orchestra of the Nation"
    12-20-1897 - Felix Holt - Calloway County, KY - d. 6-2-1954
    writer: "Challenge of the Yukon"; "Cimarron Tavern"; "The One Ranger"
    12-20-1898 - Irene Dunne - Louisville, KY - d. 9-4-1990
    actor: Susan Armstrong "Bright Star"; "Family Theatre"; "Hallmark Hall
    of Fame"
    12-20-1900 - Ted Fio Rito - Newark, NJ - d. 7-22-1971
    bandleader: "Presenting Al Jolson"; "Wonder Show"; "Jack Haley Show"
    12-20-1902 - Max Lerner - Ivenitz, Minsk, Russia - d. 6-5-1992
    editorial director, commentator: "PM"
    12-20-1905 - Albert Dekker - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-5-1968
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-20-1906 - Marion Talley - Nevada, MO - d. 1-3-1983
    singer: "Ry-Krisp Presents Marion Talley"
    12-20-1907 - Al Rinker - Tekoa, WA - d. 6-11-1982
    singer (member of The Rhythm Boys) "Paul Whiteman Presents"
    12-20-1912 - Ken Lane - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-22-1996
    singer: (Ken Lane Singers) "Frank Sinatra Show"; "Carnation Contented
    Hour"
    12-20-1914 - Patti Pickens - Macon, GA - d. 11-16-1995
    singer: (Pickens Sisters) "The Pickens Sisters"; "The Magic Key"
    12-20-1918 - Audrey Totter - Joliet, IL
    actor: Millie Bronson "Meet Millie"; Bonnie "Bright Horizon"
    12-20-1919 - Everett Greenbaum - Buffalo, NY - d. 7-11-1999
    writer: "Greenbaum's Gallery"
    12-20-1920 - Dennis Morgan - Prentice, WI - d. 9-7-1994
    actor, singer: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Screen Guild
    Theatre"
    12-20-1923 - Charita Bauer - Newark, NJ - d. 2-28-1985
    actor: Mary Aldrich, "Aldrich Family"; Bert Bauer, "The Guiding Light"
    12-20-1928 - Donald Adams - Bristol, England - d. 4-8-1996
    opera singer: BBC Repertory Company
    12-20-1931 - Mala Powers - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-11-2007
    actor: "Stars Over Hollywood"
    12-20-1952 - Jenny Agutter - Tounton, Somerset, England
    actor: Alex Price "An American Werewolf in London"

    December 20th deaths

    01-28-1887 - Artur Rubinstein - Lodz, Poland, Russian Empire - d.
    12-20-1982
    pianist: "Information Please"
    02-27-1902 - John Steinbeck - Salinas, CA - d. 12-20-1968
    novelist: "Radio Hall of Fame"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen
    Director's Playhouse"
    03-03-1906 - Kenny Sargent - Centralia, IL - d. 12-20-1969
    vocalist/saxophonist: "The Camel Caravan"
    03-12-1919 - Frank Campanella - NYC - d. 12-20-2006
    actor: "21st Precinct"; "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
    04-02-1864 - Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly - d. 12-20-1938
    etymologist: Education talks on words; coach for CBS announcers
    04-02-1915 - Frederick Cole - Hingham, MA - d. 12-20-1964
    announcer: "Double or Nothing"; "Ethel and Albert"
    05-09-1914 - Hank Snow - Liverpool, Novia Scotia, Canada - d. 12-20-1999
    country singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    05-11-1912 - Foster Brooks - Louisville, KY - d. 12-20-2001
    disc jockey: "Foster Brooks Show"; "Melody, Inc."; "Million Dollar
    Ballroom"
    05-14-1936 - Bobby Darin - NYC - d. 12-20-1973
    singer: "The Bobby Darin Show"; "Cancer Crusade"; "Vocies of Vista"
    06-12-1914 - William Lundigan - Syracuse, NY - d. 12-20-1975
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; announcer in early radio
    07-11-1897 - Johnny Marvin - Butler, Oklahoma Territory - d. 12-20-1944
    country singer: Had his own show on NBC
    07-11-1909 - Irene Hervey - Venice, CA - d. 12-20-1998
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-21-1863 - C. Aubrey Smith - London, England - d. 12-20-1948
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-15-1901 - Ned Washington - Scranton, PA - d. 12-20-1976
    songwriter: "Dick Aurandt Show"
    08-21-1895 - Benny Davis - NYC - d. 12-20-1979
    lyricist: "Benny Davis Stardust"
    09-09-1900 - James Hilton - Leigh, Lancashire, England - d. 12-20-1954
    host: "Hallmark Hall of Fame/Hallmark Playhouse"; "Ceiling Unlimited"
    09-28-1918 - Arnold Stang - Manhattan, NY - d. 12-20-2009
    actor: Joey Brewster "That Brewster Boy"; Seymour Fingerhood "Goldbergs"
    10-24-1904 - Moss Hart - The Bronx, NY - d. 12-20-1961
    panelist: "Who Said That?"
    11-09-1934 - Carl Sagan - NYC - d. 12-20-1996
    scientist: "Space Story"; "Is Anybody There?"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:11:08 -0500
    From: CHET <snakebite@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RADIO VOICES

    i would like to add Westbrook Van Voorhees to the
    list; The MARCH OF
    TIME narrator who looked the least likely to have that voice.
    Have the day
    YOU want.

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