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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 328
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      11-20 births/deaths                   [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Ronnie Burns dies                     [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      Jingles running thru our brain        [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      Sputnik's Beeping (In MP3/WAV/MP4)..  [ "Glenn P.," <C128User@[removed]; ]
      RE: Robert Hall                       [ Default <swl2010@[removed]; ]
      Robert Hall: Thanx!!! :)              [ "Glenn P.," <C128User@[removed]; ]
      Radio Commercials in MP3, WAV, etc.   [ herbop@[removed] ]
      Robert Hall Jingle                    [ "Lawrence Santoro" <SS01002@cityofc ]
      More on The Great Gildersleeve        [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      The Great Gildersleeve                [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      A woman named Sue                     [ "Marcus Antonsson" <[removed] ]
      11-21 births/deaths                   [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:29:54 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-20 births/deaths

    November 20th births

    11-20-1883 - Edwin August - d. 3-4-1964
    drama critic on KFI Los Angeles, California
    11-20-1890 - Otto Tolischus - d. 2-xx-1967
    correspondent: "Information Please"
    11-20-1890 - Robert Armstrong - Saginaw, MI - d. 4-20-1973
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-20-1891 - Reginald Denny - Richmond, Surrey, England - d. 6-16-1967
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Texaco Star
    Theatre"
    11-20-1900 - Chester Gould - Pawnee,  Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-11-1985
    comic strip artist: "Dick Tracy"
    11-20-1907 - Fran Allison - La Porte City, IA - d. 6-13-1989
    actor, singer: Aunt Fanny, "Breakfast Club"; "National Barn Dance";
    "Uncle Ezra"
    11-20-1908 - Alistair Cooke - Manchester, England - d. 3-30-2004
    host: "Transatlantic Quiz"; "Letter to America"; "Stage and Screen"
    11-20-1910 - Frank Goss - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-7-1962
    announcer: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Escape"; "Stars Over Hollywood"
    11-20-1910 - Ralph Muzzillo - d. 12-xx-1985
    trombone: (Benny Goodman's Orchestra) "Let's Dance"
    11-20-1912 - Harold Ensley - d. 8-24-2005
    produced over 5,000 radio shows
    11-20-1916 - Judy Canova - Stark, FL - d. 8-5-1983
    comedienne: "Paul Whiteman's Musical; Varieties"; "Charlie McCarthy
    Show"; "Judy Canova Show"
    11-20-1916 - Virginia Verrill - Santa Monica, CA - d. 1-18-1999
    blues singer: "The Jack Haley Show"; "Show Boat"; "Uncle Walter's
    Doghouse"
    11-20-1917 - Jim Hawthorne - Victor, CO - d. 11-6-2007
    disk jockey: "The Hawthorne Thing"; "Hawthorne's Adventures"
    11-20-1919 - Evelyn Keyes - Port Arthur, TX
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-20-1920 - Gene Tierney - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-6-1991
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Great Scenes from Great Plays"; "[removed]
    Steel Hour"
    11-20-1921 - Phyllis Thaxter - Portland, ME
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-20-1925 - Bobby Kennedy - Brookline, MA
    [removed] senator: "Meet the Press"
    11-20-1926 - Kay Ballard - Cleveland, OH
    actor: "Stagestruck"; "Stars for Defense"; "Bud's Bandwagon"
    11-20-1929 - Kenneth Schermerhorn - Schenactady, NY - d. 4-18-2005
    conductor: "Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra"
    11-20-1948 - Richard Masur - New York, NY
    actor: "We Hold These Truths"

    November 20th deaths

    01-xx-1874 - James R. Waters - Hungary - d. 11-20-1945
    actor/comedian: Jake Goldberg "The Goldbergs"; "The House of Glass"
    02-20-1925 - Robert Altman - Kansas City, MO - d. 11-20-2006
    writer: "A Man Called X"
    03-01-1906 - Lester Grffith - Illinois - d. 11-20-1991
    announcer: "Dan Harding's Wife"; "Candid Microphone"
    03-22-1946 - Jonathan James-Moore - d. 11-20-2005
    produced comedy series for BBC radio
    04-22-1907 - Elmer H. Wavering - Quincy, IL - d. 11-20-1998
    inventor: With Bill Lear, invented first commerial car radio (Motorola)
    05-22-1925 - James King - d. 11-20-2005
    operatic tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"
    07-09-1894 - Alan Lipscott - d. 11-20-1961
    writer: "The Life of Riley"
    08-03-1905 - Gaylord Carter - Wiesbaden, Germany - d. 11-20-2000
    organist: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Breakfast in Hollywood"
    09-09-1828 - Leo Tolstoy - Yasnaya, Polyana, Russia - d. 11-20-1910
    author: "Great Plays"; "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Hour of St. Francis"
    09-10-1900 - Francis Craig - Dickson, IN - d. 11-20-1966
    bandleader: "Spotlight Revue"
    12-18-1913 - Lynn Bari - Roanoke,  VA - d. 11-20-1989
    actor: "Dan Carson"
    12-27-1916 - Cathy Lewis - Spokane, WA - d. 11-20-1968
    actor: Jane Stacy "My Friend Irma"; Kathryn Milford "Great Gildersleeve"
    xx-xx-1889 - Maude Davis - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-20-1946
    vaudevillian: (Clark Sisters) "Eddie Cantor"; "Kate Smith"
    xx-xx-1893 - Mal Hallett - Boston, MA - d. 11-20-1952
    bandleader: "Spotlight Bands"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Buddy Pearson - d. 11-20-1959
    writer: "The Eddie Cantor Show"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:29:59 -0500
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Ronnie Burns dies

    The NY Times reported a couple of days ago that Ronnie Burns, adopted
    son of George and Gracie, died at age 72. He appeared on the TV show. I
    don't know of any appearances on their radio show -- can anybody
    confirm that?

    Kermyt

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    Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:27:34 -0500
    From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jingles running thru our brain

    Isn't it disgusting that while we might not be able to remember what we ate
    for lunch yesterday or where we parked the car, we can remember these
    blasted Robert Hall jingles after 50 years.  What I always wondered as a kid
    was why people would shop at a place where they had to hunch over because
    the ceilings were too low.

    Now that all the native New Yawkers on the digest have those dern fool
    jingles running thru our heads, I'll spoil your Thanksgiving by asking you
    to post the words to the two Palisades Amusement Park jingles.

    One starts:
    Palisades has the rides, Palisades has the fun . . .

    The other is a talk-sing that has as one of its middle lines:
    Skip the bother and skip the fuss (Honk Honk)
    Take a Public Service bus.

    Jean Shepherd listeners will remember these.  and remember these.  and
    remember these  and remember these.

    As Ralph Edwards used to say, Ain't I a devil!!!  Happy Turkey Day.

    Michael Biel   mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:27:50 -0500
    From: "Glenn P.," <C128User@[removed];
    To: "[The Old-Time Radio Mailing List]" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Sputnik's Beeping (In MP3/WAV/MP4)...???

    I was just watching "Nova: Sputnik Declassified" on PBS.

    Just for the historic value of it, does anyone know where I might
    get an MP3 of Sputnik's beeping? I'm sure SOMEONE must have it
    [removed]!

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    Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:28:35 -0500
    From: Default <swl2010@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RE: Robert Hall

    I remember the yearly shopping trek to Robert Hall - those awful stores
    - low-end clothing hanging on pipe racks.  The salesman always sold my
    mom pants too big because "he'll grow into it."

    It was bad enough those comercials all over TV but they were on radio
    every five minutes as well.

    There were two versions of Rober Hall stores - one from the 50s:

    [removed]

    The other from the 60s:

    [removed]

    There is still an old Rober Hall store from the 60s era in these parts.

    Before Robert Hall went to Caldor heaven they tried to upscale their
    image and product link which ultimately was responsible for their
    demise.  The final version of the Robert Hall commercials used a male
    and female chorus.  The words "low overhead, low overhead," were
    replaced with: "High qual-i-ty, e-con-o-my."

    The Les Paul and Mary Ford Robert Hall TV commercial is easily located
    on YouTube.

    Trans-O

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    Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:36:41 -0500
    From: "Glenn P.," <C128User@[removed];
    To: "[The Old-Time Radio Mailing List]" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Robert Hall: Thanx!!!   :)

    I wish to thank everyone -- there were several people -- who replied in
    response to my query about the "Robert Hall" radio commercials, including
    "D. Fisher", who went so far as to send me two MP3's of the commercials
    themselves! Thanks!!!

    A couple of quickie replies to some of the posts:

    To DurangoKid: You wouldn't happen to have an Amazon link to "The Legend
    Of Les Paul" 4-CD set, would [removed]

    To John Abbott, who wrote: "It is amazing what comes to mind when you just
    let it idle for a while -- now I hope I can get it OUT!"

    Ha! That's nothing -- absolutely NOTHING! Here you go: Try recalling the
    old "Marshmallow Fluff" TV commercial --

      "Oh you need Fluff, Fluff, Fluff,
       To make a Fluffernutter[tm];
       Marshmallow Fluff[tm],
       And lots of peanut butter!

      "First you spread, spread, spread,
       Your bread with peanut butter;
       Add Marshmallow Fluff[tm],
       And have a Fluffernutter[tm]!

      "When you enjoy, -joy, -joy,
       Your Fluff and peanut butter,
       You are glad to have enough,
       For another Fluffernutter[tm]!!!"

    -- and then just TRY to get THAT out of your head! (Good LUCK!!!)   :)

    On a trip to the supermarket recently I actually chanced to spy some
    Marshmallow Fluff on the shelf! Yes, it's still being made, and it still
    has the same old label (!)... and I could NOT resist getting some, with
    that jingle running endlessly through my head!  :)   ("Good 'N Plenty"
    does the same thing!)    :)

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: Always the salesman; Les Paul/Mary Ford recordings can be found at:

    [removed];WRD=les+paul+mary+ford&z=y&lkid=J12871747&pubid=K118267

    ...a small percentage of your purchase at Barnes and Nobel through that link will help support the mailing lists, podcasts, and other stuff around here, so feel free to do some other Holiday shopping while you're there. ;)  --cfs3]

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    Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:37:10 -0500
    From: herbop@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio Commercials in MP3, WAV, etc.

    Can't find 'Robert Hall' jingles, but I offer these sites for your
    [removed]

    "Listen To Retro Old Radio Commercials" on this site (also downloadable):
    [removed]

    "Samples from the Radio Advertising Bureau Collection":
    [removed]

    "Selling Stuff During the Golden Age of Radio" [my favorite]:
    [removed]

    "Old time vintage radio commercials --- Listen to Yesterday.":
    [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:01:47 -0500
    From: "Lawrence Santoro" <SS01002@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Robert Hall Jingle

>     1. Can anyone provide the complete words? All I happen to remember
>        of them is:
>                  "Oh the values go up, up, up;
>                   And the prices go down, down [removed]"

    "Oh the values go up, up, up
    And the prices come down, down, down.
    Robert Hall this season
    Will show you the reason:
    Low overhead.
    Low overHEAD!"

    That's from memory, but I think it's correct.

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    Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:33:32 -0500
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  More on The Great Gildersleeve

    Gildy's last full network half  hour prime time show was #551  on
    06-02-54 :30:00 mi .Final show of the main series.
    On 9/27/54 until 6/3055 Gildy was on 4 nights a week ( Monday through
    Thursday) with multi sponsors for 15 minutes
    Then Gildy was back on 10/20/55 until 3/21/57 on Thursdays for 25
    minutes with multi sponsors.

    My sources are John Dunning's "On The Air" : Jay Hickerson's  "The
    Ultimate History of Network Programing & etc" and
    Old Time Radio Researchers " OTR db" and "Jerry Heaendiges Vintage Radio
    Logs"

    In John Dunnings article, on Great [removed] States "weeknights 15
    mi strip-show format at !0:15". I don't really know what he means by
    "Strip-show"  In my youth I may have attended a strip show, but what did
    Dunning mean? An old episode that had been edited to fit the 15 or 25
    minute formats?
    Frank McGurn.

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    Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:34:05 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Great Gildersleeve

    Since there has been discussion about the Gildersleeve program, it might be
    prudent to note that Terry Salomonson of Audio Classics has been working on a
    book and episode guide for THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE which may get released in
    about a year.  It should clear up all the errors and mis-information about
    the radio program.  He's tracked down who was the announcer for each episode,
    director, producer, script writer, plots (even for the "lost" episodes
    courtesy of the scripts), and tons of trivia and inside information.  Most of
    the logs on-line have their errors, but when the book comes out, I recommend
    it.

    Rarely do I recommend a reference book before it goes to print, but I've seen
    the material and know the sources first-hand and can state that it's going to
    be a winner - and may just be the final word on the subject.  It's under
    contract so the book is guarenteed to go to print next year.

    Martin Grams Jr.

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    Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:49:20 -0500
    From: "Marcus Antonsson" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  A woman named Sue

    Hi All,
    Forgive me for sending in a few words off topic.
    Several years ago, I was a regular customer of an otr Company called
    "Adventures in cassettes". They were terrific, The service was great and so
    were the staff. The one I liked moste was Sue Hamilton. Does any one know how
    I can get in touch whith her?

    Best to you all:

    Marcus Antonsson
    Sweden

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    Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:13:31 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-21 births/deaths

    November 21st births

    11-21-1882 - Alfred White - d. 8-22-1972
    actor: Soloman Levy "Abie's Irish Rose"
    11-21-1891 - Edward Ellsberg - New Haven, CT - d. 1-24-1983
    writer: "The Mercury Theatre on the Air"
    11-21-1894 - Max Miller - Brighton, England - d. 5-7-1963
    stand-up comic: "Cheeky Chappie" Spotty BBC career due to blue material
    11-21-1895 - Seth T. Bailey - d. 7-7-1966
    announcer: KLX Oakland, California
    11-21-1902 - Arthur Schutt - Reading, CA - d. 1-18-1965
    pianist: "The Ipana Troubadors"
    11-21-1902 - Frank Hursley - d. 2-3-1989
    writer: "American Women"; "Cousin Willie"; "Those Websters"; "The
    Truitts"
    11-21-1904 - Coleman Hawkins - St. Josephs, MO - d. 5-19-1969
    tenor sax: (Father of the tenor sax) "Saturday Night Swing Club"
    11-21-1905 - Ted Ray - Wigan, Lanchashire, England - d. 11-8-1977
    comedian: "Ray's a Laugh"
    11-21-1907 - Charles Korvin - Postyen, Hungary - d. 6-18-1998
    actor: "Voice of the Army"
    11-21-1908 - Mary Young Taylor - Star Lake, NY - d. 12-9-1973
    commentator: (The First Lady of Radio) "Martha Deane Show";
    11-21-1912 - Eleanor Powell - Springfield, MA - d. 2-11-1982
    singing tap dancer: "Flying Red Horse Tavern"
    11-21-1912 - Ralph Butler - d. 4-6-1987
    director: "Bright Horizon"; "Perry Mason"; "Rosemary"
    11-21-1913 - Ted Straeter - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-2-1963
    orchestra leader: "Jerry Wayne's Regent Show"; "Kate Smith Show"
    11-21-1919 - Steve Brodie - El Dorado, KS - d. 1-9-1992
    actor: Mike Mallory "Mike Mallory"
    11-21-1920 - Ralph Meeker - Minneapolis, MN - d. 8-5-1988
    actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"
    11-21-1920 - Stan Musial - Donora, PA
    baseball great: "Image Minorities"; "Feature Project: The Game of
    Baseball"
    11-21-1921 - Vivian Blaine - Newark, NJ - d. 12-9-1995
    actor, singer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-21-1933 - Joseph Campanella - NYC
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"; "The Zero Hour"
    11-21-1934 - Laurence Lukinbill - Fort Smith, AR
    actor: (Son-in-law of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball) "Earplay"

    November 21st deaths

    01-22-1934 - Bill Bixby - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-21-1993
    actor: "We Hold These Truths"
    02-11-1909 - Max Baer - Omaha, NE - d. 11-21-1959
    heavyweight boxing champion, actor: Lucky Smith "Lucky Smith"
    03-02-1909 - Mel Ott - Gretna, LA - d. 11-21-1958
    sportscaster: Play-by-Play Detroit Tigers; "Babe Ruth Show"
    03-27-1915 - Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Turkey Scratch, AR - d. 11-21-2006
    guiatrist: "KFFA King Biscuit Time"
    04-09-1897 - John B. Gambling - Norwich, England - d. 11-21-1974
    host: "Your Personal Program"; "John B. Gambling Club"; "Rambling
    with Gambling"
    05-07-1884 - Gloria Gordon - d. 11-21-1962
    actor: (Mother of Gale Gordon) Mrs. O'Reilly "My Friend Irma"
    05-12-1892 - John Barclay - Blethingly, Surrey, England - d. 11-21-1978
    singer, actor: "Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"; "Richard Gaylord "The
    Guiding Light"
    05-25-1912 - Eddie Maxwell - Detroit. MI - d. 11-21-1999
    writer: "The Spike Jones Show"
    06-06-1903 - Bert Lown - d. 11-21-1962
    CBS Network executive, also a songwriter
    07-11-1906 - Harry Von Zell - Indianapolis, IN - d. 11-21-1981
    actor, announcer: Bill Smith "Smiths of Hollywood"; "George Burns and
    Gracie Allen Show"
    07-29-1888 - Niles Welch - Hartford, CT - d. 11-21-1976
    announcer: "The Campbell Playhouse"
    09-15-1889 - Robert Benchley - Worcester, MA - d. 11-21-1945
    comedian: "Buick Program"; "Melody and Madness"
    09-17-1904 - Jerry Colonna - Boston, MA - d. 11-21-1986
    comedian: "Bob Hope Show"
    10-22-1905 - Edward Byron - Newport, KY - d. 11-21-1964
    writer, producer: "Moon River"; "Mr. District Attorney"
    10-29-1916 - Hadda Brooks - Los Angeles, CA - d. 11-21-2002
    pianist: "Jubilee"
    11-05-1905 - John Whedon - d. 11-21-1991
    writer: "The Great Gildersleeve"
    11-11-1885 - George S. Patton - San Gabriel, CA - d. 11-21-1945
    maverick general: "These Are Our Men"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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