Subject: [removed] Digest V2002 #174
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 5/13/2002 9:03 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2002 : Issue 174
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Costumed Casts (Digest #169)          [ Elmer Standish <elmer_standish@telu ]
      Don Rickles                           [ "Arte" <arte@[removed]; ]
      guest on Sunday                       [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK SCHEDULE      [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
      Terry Salomonson                      [ Osborneam@[removed] ]
      OTR theme for computers               [ "Richard Carpenter" <sinatra@raging ]
      Re: Benny                             [ "Robert Paine" <macandrew@[removed] ]
      Re: A Serious Answer                  [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
      Assorted New Radio Sites              [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Arnold Stang                          [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
      "Calvin" reruns                       [ "Ian Grieve" <ian@[removed] ]
      NBC Anniversaries                     [ FKELLY <fkelly@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 11:50:31 -0400
    From: Elmer Standish <elmer_standish@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Costumed Casts (Digest #169)

    With regard to the subject of Radio Casts being in costumed,
    somewhere I have picked up this bit of information. I can't
    for the life of me recall Where, When, or from Whence.

    However, it just may stir a memory or two and more
    information might ensue.

    Here it is in quotes as I remember it:

    "A series from the 1930's about the Civil War called *Roses & Drums*
    was performed before a live audience and the performers were
    in full period costumes."

    Anybody got anything to add??

    ===> ELMER

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    Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 11:50:47 -0400
    From: "Arte" <arte@[removed];
    To: "OldRadio Mailing List" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Don Rickles

    Just a little off topic, but Don Rickles was recently
    interviewed on WGN in Chicago. When Steve Cochrine asked
    him, "What's the smallest audience you ever played for?" He
    responded, "This show."

    Arte
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    Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 11:51:02 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  guest on Sunday

    Our very own OTR digest Laura Leff who is the president of the international
    Jack Benny Fan Club will be on Yesterday USA sharing information about the
    big event of Jack Benny statue dedication that will happen in June, at 4-30
    PM California time, then two tape interview with Janet Leigh talking about
    her memories in working on radio, and Bill Marx Harpo son sharing his
    memories of the Marx brothers.  Both wore recorded earlier this year.  Happy
    Mother day

    Walden Hughes,

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    Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 11:51:20 -0400
    From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK SCHEDULE

    Here's the schedule for the OTRN for the next two weeks. Programs normally
    change
    every Sunday. We are extending this weeks shows for an extra week, as Jerry
    Haendiges and his wife are taking a well-deserved week in Hawaii.
    So our shows will run 5/12 through 5/25. The normal weekly schedule will
    resume on Sunday, May 26th

    SAME TIME, SAME STATION with Jerry Haendiges

    1. The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show - 5/8/49  "Mother's Day Present"
    2. The Life of Riley - 5/8/48   "Riley's Mother's Day Gift is Explained"
    3. Life With Luigi - 5/9/50 - "Orchids for Mother's Day"
    4. The Red Skelton Show - 5/6/49  "Mother's Day"

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood

    1. Screen Guild Players - 1/20/49  "The Fuller Brush Man"  with Red Skelton
        and Janet Blair.
    2. SPECIAL GUEST:  Jim Cox -  OTR author and historian talks with Tom about
    his
        new book, "Say Goodnight, Gracie" and the last 10 years of network
        broadcasting.
    3. Five-Minute Mysteries  - "High School. Principal Murdered"

    Enjoy and Aloha !!       Tom & Jerry

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    Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 12:27:12 -0400
    From: Osborneam@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Terry Salomonson

    Rick Keating says:

>     Finally, Lone Ranger researcher Terry Salomonson might
>     be of help. I don't know how to contact him, but
>     someone else here might.

    On the card I got from Terry, it says his email is terryotr@[removed]

    Hope that helps.
    Arlene Osborne

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: Terry is also a subscriber to this list.  --cfs3]

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    Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 12:19:49 -0400
    From: "Richard  Carpenter" <sinatra@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR  theme for computers

      Those who have the Desktop Themes porgram on their computers might want
    to consider dowloading a free OTR theme package, found at:
    [removed]
    [removed]

       This sets up some very nice OTR wallpaper, plus a few icons and a
    special arrow and cursor. And instead of Windows music at shutdown and
    startup, you hear a brief montage of old-time-radio shows. As with all
    Themes programs, you can choose the whole set or just the componets you
    want. The included screensaver didn't work, not for me anyway, but there is
    a fine OTR screensaver in The Golden Area, which is also part of Desktop
    Themes.

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: This is for Windows OS only, and will not function on
    Macintosh or unix boxes. Let's remember that we have a higher percentage of
    non-Windows subscribers here than most other lists and note which OS software
    mentioned is [removed] have, after all, more discriminating subscribers.
    --cfs3]

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    Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 12:50:49 -0400
    From: "Robert Paine" <macandrew@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Benny

    About Kenneth Clarke's post saying he had received flack regarding the actor
    who voiced Benny the Ball, I truly hope my little blurb didn't come across
    as critical. On the contrary, I tried to be quite the opposite. (OK - as
    much as a New Englander with all the tact of Titus Moody can be.)

    Seriously, I in no way meant to criticize or minimize your remarks. As I get
    older I find I don't know as much as I thought I did. In this case, I was
    interested that there might have been another actor. It's difficult to know
    what goes on or has gone on in Hollywood and we hear about one person doing
    such-and-such when in reality it was another person or persons who was/were
    involved.

    I apologize if my remarks came across as critical or negative; the intent
    was just the opposite. I don't dismiss the possibility that, as Mr. Clarke
    alluded, another actor could at some time or other voiced the part as well
    as Maurice Gosfield.

     Macandrew

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    Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 16:17:50 -0400
    From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: A Serious Answer

    On 5/12/02 11:10 AM OldRadio Mailing Lists wrote:

>     You must live in a library.

    I think anyone who is serious about OTR research should make a point of
    accumulating as much in the way of raw materials as possible. Once you
    make the decision to move beyond "just listening," it becomes quite
    difficult to stop -- bibilomania sets in quickly -- and if you're going
    to seriously research radio, or any other subject, you'd better count on
    having plenty of shelf space available.

    I think it's important not to confine yourself *just* to studying OTR.
    Radio didn't exist in a vacuum -- it was influenced by every form of
    popular entertainment that came before it, and every form of popular
    entertainment that existed alongside of it. The story of radio comedy,
    for example, is inextricably linked to the story of movies, Broadway,
    vaudeville, minstrelsy, burlesque, humorous literary essays, comedy
    records, popular fiction, and comic strips -- among other subjects.  One
    door ends up opening another, and before you know it, the insurance
    company declares your garage a fire hazard from all the papers piled up
    in it.

>     Did you see The Time Machine from 1960? I'm curious what 3 books YOU would
>     take, at the end of that film?

    Well, if I remember right, the question was "if you were going to return
    to the future to start a new society, which 3 books would you take?" If
    that's the question, I have no idea -- social engineering isn't my line.

    But if I had to choose three books to preserve the history of radio for
    the future, I'd see to it that complete runs of "Broadcasting/Broadcast
    Advertising," "Variety," and "Radio Guide" were preserved. They aren't
    really "books," but they're far more valuable than books -- they're
    firsthand historical source materials. And if I had any room left, I'd
    throw in "The Billboard", "Zit's Theatrical Weekly," and "Radio Digest."
    (This assumes that someone else has already taken responsibility for
    preserving the original files of the various [removed])

    Elizabeth

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    Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 16:32:57 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Assorted New Radio Sites

    For the curious minded, here are some OTR newbies worth checking out:

    [removed]
    Exclusively offers some new radio dramas, being made, if you are into new
    radio.

    Mystery magazine SCARLET STREET are discounting their back issues for as
    little as $[removed] a piece.  The issues listed below offer short and sometimes
    lengthy articles about OTR.
    Issue # 39 ñ informative Fu Manchu article
    Issue # 9 ñ I Love a Mystery
    Issue # 10 ñ The Adventures of Sam Spade
    Issue # 12 ñ Lights Out!
    [removed]

    A full-cast Sherlockian stage play professionally produced and recorded by
    the famous New York State Theater Institute is now available on two audio
    cassettes.  Cleverly written so the audio is also a radio drama.

    I recently bought and listened to an audio documentary, about Sherlock
    Holmes on radio, from the first actor to portray Holmes on [removed] radio; (the
    legendary William Gillette in 1930), to the others there-after; viz.,
    Gordon, Rathbone, Conway, Wright to name a few. This hour-long cassette
    includes actual excerpts from many rare original radio broadcasts as well as
    in-depth examinations of the men & women involved in the great detective's
    exploits. Both of these Sherlock Holmes audios are available at
    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 18:50:42 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Arnold Stang

>     Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 17:50:49 -0400
>     From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];

>     Arnold Stang was also a regular on The Milton Berle Show on radio.

    And on television, where he played Francis, the stagehand, who gave Berle a
    lot of lip.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     15 Court Square, Suite 210                 lawyer@[removed]
    Boston, MA 02108-2503           	         [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 06:33:16 -0400
    From: "Ian Grieve" <ian@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "Calvin" reruns

    In issue 173 Elizabeth wrote:

    "While ABC only showed the program in black and white -- and most of the
    unlicensed bootleg videos floating around come from B&W 16mm prints --
    the series was actually filmed in color, and the animation was actually
    quite striking in an early-sixties kind of way. "Calvin" is a long long
    way from Correll and Gosden's best work -- but for what it was, it was
    well done, and an authorized video or DVD release of the series, in
    color, would be worth seeing."

    Elizabeth, I am certain that the cartoon of Calvin and the Colonel appearing
    from time to time in Australia is the same as the one you are discussing.  I
    am also sure it is in colour but maybe I am wrong there, certainly I can
    picture it in colour in my mind.  Whilst I am not really a cartoon watcher
    as such (though the old ones rather than the modern ones do attract my
    attention) I will keep an eye out for which network it appears on so I can
    make enquiries.  I had an inkling it was appearing on cable, but maybe not.

    I would also have to vote for Top Cat as a favourite when growing up, I was
    also a Bilko fan as well.

    Ian Grieve (still waiting for Hal's book to be finished)

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    Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 06:33:21 -0400
    From: FKELLY <fkelly@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  NBC Anniversaries

    Coincidentally, I just picked up at a used book store "The Golden Years
    of Broadcasting--A Celebration of the First 50 Years of Radio and TV on
    NBC".  Published in 1976, it devotes only 47 pages of a 256 page book to
    radio.  Although the pictures in this section are interesting, the text
    is very superficial, repeating every cliche and tired tale about radio
    ever heard.  And it implies that radio flipped off its switch completely
    in 1947, once TV got started.  Considering that at that time by their
    chronology radio was roughly half of the history of broadcasting, the
    bias in favor of the recent is obvious.

    Frank Kelly
    Pittsburgh PA
    Email: fkelly@[removed]

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