Subject: [removed] Digest V2002 #217
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 6/14/2002 9:03 AM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2002 : Issue 217
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Baseball Announcers                   [ ericandsusie@[removed] ]
  Stan Lee [removed]                 [ Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed] ]
  the word is "distinctive", i think    [ Jer51473@[removed] ]
  Just Joined                           [ "Albert Landry" <aelandry@[removed] ]
  Tape Players                          [ Alan Chapman <[removed]@verizon. ]
  Joseph Cotten not really dead. . .    [ "W. Gary Wetstein" <wgaryw@pacbell. ]
  opera plots from Dallas               [ Larry Groebe <lgroebe@genericradio. ]
  I Love to Singa - I have an MPG. . .  [ "W. Gary Wetstein" <wgaryw@pacbell. ]
  Re: Joseph Cotten and a single tear.  [ Gerry Wright <gdwright@[removed]; ]
  re Re: The Future of Tape             [ John Henley <jhenley@[removed] ]
  Re: 50 years of collecting            [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  Joseph Cotton on Suspense             [ Bob Fells <rfells@[removed]; ]
  bob bailey                            [ JIMWMQT@[removed] ]
  RE: AFRA Magazine-1943                [ Michael Henry <mlhenry@[removed]; ]
  Library of American Broadcasting wil  [ Michael Henry <mlhenry@[removed]; ]
  I Love to Singa                       [ jlawrence@[removed] ]
  opera plots from Dallas               [ "Ed Kindred" <kindred@[removed]; ]
  Joseph Cotten                         [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Re: Suspense                          [ Fred Berney <berney@[removed]; ]
  Old Time Radio Siblings               [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 12:11:52 -0400
From: ericandsusie@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Baseball Announcers

Hi all,
As a true blue Mariner fan, I would be remiss if I did'nt mention Dave
Niehaus as one of the great baseball play-by play men. And to tie it in
to OTR, Dave will be at this years REPS convention in Seattle.
To quote Dave: GET OUT THE RYE BREAD AND MUSTARD GRANDMA, IT'S GRAND
SALAMI TIME!!!
Long live OTR,
Eric Hardy

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 12:12:08 -0400
From: Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Stan Lee [removed]

Rick <sixshooter27us@[removed] asks:
"A memory that stuck him as odd was that
his entire family would sit in the living room facing
the radio. He's not sure why they did it. Anyone else
have a memory of this?"

[removed]
. Early on, we only had one radio in the house, in the living room.
. Without today's home entertainment choices, there weren't lots of options
other than reading (which we could also do in front of the radio).
. You can hear better when you face the source of the sound. (Two ears are
better than one.)

Herb Harrison

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 12:14:10 -0400
From: Jer51473@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  the word is "distinctive", i think

 Excuse my recent misspelling. At the time it seems right and then when i
read it later i see its wrong. Believe it or not, i was an excellent speller
way back, but it seems that age has its way with most things. Now im looking
at "distinctive" and it seems wrong again. Oh well, you know what i mean and
i feel silly looking up what should be a simple word. Bear with me, please.

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 12:14:23 -0400
From: "Albert Landry" <aelandry@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Just Joined
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Hi, just wanted to say I have just joined the digest and look forward to
learning much more about Old Time Radio. I only recently became interested in
it and find it fascinating. I so enjoy getting lost in another era as I become
immersed in whatever show I may be listening to. Thanks for letting me become
a part of it.

Al

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:00:27 -0400
From: Alan Chapman <[removed]@[removed];
To: Old-Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Tape Players

I don't know what the future is for tape, but there is still a wide
variety of tape equipment being manufactured.  Don't judge the market
for tape players by Circuit City or other retail catch-all chains ...
they only stock what they can move in quantity.  And their salespeople
know very little about what is available (or, from my experience, even
what they do stock).

There are several specialty retailers who offer excellent selections of
tape players and systems.  My favorite is J&R Music and Computer. They
have 2 or 3 stores in the New York City area, but they have an extensive
website -- [removed] -- from which I do my buying.  They
offer an excellent selection at good prices.  I have no vested interest;
I am just a very satisfied customer.

Alan Chapman
alan@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:19:30 -0400
From: "W. Gary Wetstein" <wgaryw@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Joseph Cotten not really dead. . .

lawrence albert asked the following:

I'm hoping someone can help me out. I recently
recieved a letter from a man who remembers listening
to OTR on Seattle Station KVI (When it was worth
listening to) back in the 70's. He remembers a show he
thinks starred Joseph Cotton and was from Suspense.
The plot had something to do with a man in a hospital
morgue lying on a slab. Everyone thinks he's dead, but
of course he isn't. He just can't move. An autopsy is
about to be performed on the guy. However, he saves
his life by the shedding of a single tear.

this is not only not an episode of suspense, it's not even  from radio!
this was one of the episodes of the *TV* series "alfred hitchcock presents";
one of the better-remembered installments, too.

i can't swear that this was never done on radio, but i'm pretty certain it
wasn't.  the fact that this friend specifically remembers joseph cotten as
the star confirms my feeling even more.

i don't know where to find a copy, but i have seen commercial videotapes of
the hitchcock series here and there.  Nick at Nite/TV Land sometimes reruns
the series. too.

--w. gary w.

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:20:26 -0400
From: Larry Groebe <lgroebe@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  opera plots from Dallas

on 6/13/02 11:21 AM, OldRadio Mailing Lists at
[removed]@[removed] wrote:

I've tried for this information on the list once before with no responses,
but
I'm hoping that this time there's an old-timer from the Dallas, Tex. area who
can help me.  In the early 1950s, one of the Texas clear-channel stations---I
think in Dallas---had a DJ who played classical music late in the evening.
His shtick was opera, and during the program he'd do a plot summary of a
popular opera in a down-at-the-old-corral drawl which was hilarious.  At some
point, the station offered reprints of these, for which I mailed in.  The
booklet, when it arrived, was mimeographed and stapled.  Can anybody help me
identify the station, the program, the performer?  Are any of these
monologues
preserved either aurally or on paper?

Oh boy- a question I can answer for once!

The program in question was "Opera Once Over Lightly".

I want to say the host's name was Reuben Bradford (Branford?), if memory
serves, but I also am coming up with the name "Al Jones" for some reason.
Anyway, one of those two people.

The beigish-pink covered booklets do survive -- s'matter of fact I saw one
for sale for $20 just last month at Dallas' Fair Park flea market.

About 15-20 years ago, the host's widow donated her remaining stock of
brochures (and perhaps a transcription?) to the National Museum of
Communications in Dallas. Sadly, I doubt they can lay their hands them any
more.

It would have been broadcast over KRLD, WFAA, or perhaps WRR, the city-owned
station.

--Larry Groebe

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:19:48 -0400
From: "W. Gary Wetstein" <wgaryw@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  I Love to Singa - I have an MPG. . .

hi all,

for those who have mentioned that they'd like to see this classic WB
cartoon--  i downloaded an MPG version (playable in windows) from one of the
cartoon newsgroups a few years ago.

if you're interested, e-mail off the group and i'll try to arrange getting
it out.  posting to a newsgroup would be easiest for me. . .

regards,

w. gary w.

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:37:40 -0400
From: Gerry Wright <gdwright@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Joseph Cotten and a single tear.

Larry Albert asked about
... a show starred Joseph Cotten and was from Suspense. ... a man in a
hospital morgue lying on a slab. Everyone thinks he's dead, but of
course he isn't. He just can't move. An autopsy is about to be performed
on the guy. However, he saves his life by the shedding of a single tear.

The episode was "The Day I Died" story by Louis Pollock, with  Joseph
Cotten and Betty Lou Gerson and was broadcast on Suspense 30 June 1949.
Alfred Hitchcock heard and enjoyed the story and had Cotten reprise the
role on the Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV show in the episode "Breakdown"
broadcast 13 Nov 1955.

Gerry Wright
ZoneZebra Productions
San Francisco

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:38:05 -0400
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  re Re: The Future of Tape

Steve Thoburn predicted,
 within a few years one will go into their local stereo
store and find one or two tape players displayed next to the overpriced
turntable they still carry.  You will still find high-end players at a few
specialty shops, but you will have to take them home on the bus, as you will
have sold your car to buy them.

When it came time to replace my nifty Yamaha dubbing deck,
about 3-4 years ago, I had to move on into the "professional" line
of tape decks to get the kind of features I wanted.  Because there
were and are no midline cassette decks to be had any more -
it's either pro level, or junk for the tin-eared.  I ended up with
a Tascam, and last time I checked a catalog even that model seemed
to have been eliminated.  Maybe you can't even find the junk now.
John Henley

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:38:23 -0400
From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: 50 years of collecting

From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
Gads, it is hard to believe. I got my first tape recorder in June
of 1952,  . . .  I still have that first tape recorder. A Pentron,
model 9T3C. And it still runs. (Keep things away from your children
and they will last forever) :-)  Fred

Which will last forever?  The things or your children??  (Sorry Fred, I
couldn't resist!)

By the way, I mentioned to Fred when I saw him in Cinc. that I recently
found several lacquer discs with his recording studio's labels on them.
(The labels don't identify the contents, which I think is a studio
recording of some amateur singer.)

Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:38:41 -0400
From: Bob Fells <rfells@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Joseph Cotton on Suspense

In response to Larry Albert's inquiry describing a Joseph Cotton episode
on Suspense, I think he's referring to a story called Dead Ernest. I'm
hoping somebody can provide a more definitive answer here, but if I'm
correct, the story was actually performed by Mr. Cotton on television on
Alfred Hitchcock Presents.  I believe that Hitch personally directed
this particular episode.  The Suspense version of Dead Ernest was
performed several times over the years but I don't think that Mr. Cotton
- a frequent guest on Suspense - ever played the role on that show.

Is there a Suspense expert in the crowd?

Bob Fells

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:38:55 -0400
From: JIMWMQT@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  bob bailey

If I remember a college research project correctly, Bob Bailey left "Johnny
Dollar" when the program moved to New York in CBS's Great Program Axing of
1960.  Only "Gunsmoke" was left being produced in Hollywood; that left the
air the next summer when the network closed up shop on the Left Coast.

Jim Koski

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:28:14 -0400
From: Michael Henry <mlhenry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  RE: AFRA Magazine-1943

The Library of American Broadcasting does have the AFRA publication "Stand By" from November
1942-October 1948.

Unfortunately, we do  not have any of the other AFRA publications such as "AFRA Bulletin"
(1937-1939), "AFRA Antics", or "On the Air" (1945-1952).

Good luck with your search.

-Michael Henry
Library of American Broadcasting

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:28:07 -0400
From: Michael Henry <mlhenry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Library of American Broadcasting will be
 closed for month of July.

Exciting things are happening at the Library of American Broadcasting. After years of planning
and renovation, we will finally be moving to our new location on the third floor of the
Hornbake Library at the University of Maryland. We will be doubling in size  from 10,000
square feet to 20,000 square feet. In addition to more storage space, we will have new
facilities and a larger reading room.

The physical move of our material will begin in July. As a result, the Library will be closed
for on-site research from July 1-August 1. We will still be able to answer research questions
but on a more limited basis. We will post regular updates on our website: [removed]

I apologize for any inconvenience this temporary closure may cause.

-Michael Henry

Library of American Broadcasting
Hornbake Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
bp50@[removed]
(301) 405-9160
[removed]

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 15:02:19 -0400
From: jlawrence@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  I Love to Singa

I'd like to see that Owl Jolson Warner Bros cartoon myself that I last
viewed about 45 years ago on TV.

For anyone interested, my kids watch cartoons on TV all the time, usually
Cartoon Network.  I have seen this cartoon more than once in the last year.

Jim

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 15:10:41 -0400
From: "Ed Kindred" <kindred@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  opera plots from Dallas

I used to listen to the dude as a teenager and loved it. There was no opera
on the radio in little ol Phoenix in the 50's other than the Texaco
Saturday Met broadcasts.  This guy was a scream. I think his name was
Reuben. The station, quien sabe? We could pick up several Dallas
stations in Phoenix WBAP-WFAA, KLIF and I think an occasional 1kw station.
A few brain cells have passed in the intervening 50 years and
I can really only confirm that I heard him.
Ed Kindred

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 15:18:19 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Joseph Cotten

In response to Larry Albert. I have an "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" with Joseph
Cotten with the exact story he describes.  A man is in a car accident and
everyone involved thinks that he is dead. The problem is, he is not dead. Just
before they do an autopsy on him he sheds a tear proving that indeed he is
still alive.  The only problem is that this is a television show. Maybe Larry
is mixed up or maybe it is another case of television copying radio.
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Make your day just a little better,
Listen to an Old Time Radio Program.

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 17:02:44 -0400
From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Suspense

CASSETTE 82
Escape The Time Machine Very Good
Suspense The Earth is Made of Glass with Joseph Cotten Good
Suspense Love's Lovely Counterfeit with Humphrey Bogart Good
Suspense Backseat Driver with Fibber McGee and Molly Very Good

The above is from my catalog. I believe the show about the man in the
hospital is The Earth is Made of Glass. I'll play it later and double
check, but if my memory serves me correctly, I think this is the show.

Fred
For the best in Old Time Radio Shows [removed]

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 18:26:51 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Old Time Radio Siblings

Maybe this subject has been approached before, but are there any siblings of
old time radio stars who are entertainers today? Two come immediately to mind,
Candace Bergen, whose father of course is the great Edgar Bergen and Albert
Brooks, whose father is Parkyakarkus. Can this list come up with more than
those two?
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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