Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #23
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Date: 1/22/2006 8:33 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 23
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      blooper repair                        [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      Ralston Hot Cereal                    [ "Phil Stallings" <redrydertexas@sbc ]
      Hard to find products from the past   [ "Phil Stallings" <redrydertexas@sbc ]
      Re: bloopers                          [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      Collyer ("brothers," not "Bud")       [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 22-28 Jan  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Gotham Players in New York Daily New  [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      Lone Ranger reruns                    [ [removed]@[removed] ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@c ]

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    Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:01:54 -0500
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  blooper repair

>     Was there a tape delay
>     back in those days?...like if someone would accidentally use profanity in
>     middle of live show would there be a way of keeping it from getting on the
>     air?

    Nope.

    Garrison Keillor discussed this at some length in his novel _WLT: A Radio
    Romance_, and I've dealt with it myself.  What you do is just go on like it
    didn't happen.

    It's a true test of professionalism, but it works quite well: if you don't
    acknowledge that you just said something truly raw into the microphone and
    thence into the ears of millions of the sponsor's potential customers,
    there's a very good chance that they won't really believe that they actually
    heard it.

    If you laugh, or even pause, then the game is up, so you don't.  The
    technique is presumably familiar to stage actors and others who perform
    live.

    How I know this:

    Did you know that there are pre-recorded Civil Defense tapes that are meant
    to be played only in the event of a real attack?  Did you know that there is
    a switch on the tape machine that changes its output from 'line' to
    'audition?'  Did you know that it's a good idea to look at the setting of
    that switch before you fool around with the forbidden tapes?

    M Kinsler

    Nobody ever said anything.

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    Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:02:22 -0500
    From: "Phil Stallings" <redrydertexas@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Ralston Hot Cereal

    Mark Kinsler wrote that the Ralston Corp still was in business making "Fruit
    Loops".
    They must also still be making Ralston Hot Wheat Cereal ... you can buy it
    on the
    internet from The Vermont Country Store ... [removed]
    ....
    below is a copy of the ad which accompanies the order page for Hot Ralston.
    Notice
    they associate Tom Mix with the cereal.

    "Ralston Hot Cereal Is Nutritious 100% Whole Grain Wheat
    Rediscover the wholesome goodness and taste of Ralston Hot Cereal. Endorsed
    by that straight-shooting Hollywood cowboy Tom Mix in the 1930s and '40s,
    this
    100% whole grain wheat cereal has been treating generations of Americans to
    a
    nutritious, high-fiber breakfast for over a century. Each box contains 20
    oz."

    Phil Stallings
    Brace Beemer Committee
    Mt. Carmel, IL
    redrydertexas@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:02:40 -0500
    From: "Phil Stallings" <redrydertexas@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Hard to find products from the past

    An added note on "old time" products that are obsolete or hard
    to find .... The Cracker Barrel restaurants have many of the "old time"
    candies and such ..... I have, on my desk, a pack of "Beemans" gum and
    a pack of "Black Jack" gum ... both of which I got at The Cracker Barrel.
    I have also purchased Walnettos there ..

    And, I'll close by saying ... "Good health to all - from Rexall" ... how
    many
    remember that sign-off of the Jimmy Durante Show?

    Phil Stallings
    Brace Beemer Committee
    Mt. Carmel, IL
    redrydertexas@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:03:13 -0500
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: bloopers
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    In a message dated 1/20/06 9:17:13 PM Central Standard Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     This has probably been brought up on the Digest before but still would like
>     to know some of the worst bloopers in old time radio. And was wondering what
>     old time radio shows which were live would handle a situation where someone
>     made a mistake that couldn't be sent over the air.

    I don't think the technology existed back then for the delays we have now, so
    when it went out, it went out.

    Many of the Kermit Shafer bloopers are urban legends (like Uncle Don, for
    instance) but I've heard a few real ones that were hilarious.  Open that
    comes to
    mind was the time the announcer at the end of "Pat Novak for Hire" messed up
    an actress' name, then in his frustration said "This is ABC, the National
    Broadcasting Company" while someone in the background can be heard laughing
    their
    butt off.

    A favorite of mine was the misplaced sound effect during "Allen's Alley."
    You heard Senator Claghorn say "So long," then a door slam, then in the same,
    unobstructed voice he says "So long that is."  The audience picked up on it
    and
    went wild (it sounded like there wasn't a door there), then laughed even
    harder when Fred ad-libbed "I heard you through the keyhole, Senator!"

    Dixon

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    Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:04:08 -0500
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Collyer ("brothers," not "Bud")

    From: "R. R. King" _kingrr@[removed]_ (mailto:kingrr@[removed])

>     Actually, I  believe recent scholarship has unearthed
>     the possiblity of a one-time production well before
>     the ones we  treat with here?<<

>     I'm not sure "readin' old newspapers"  qualifies as
>     "scholarship."

    Dear [removed]

    Don't let anyone kid you - it most CERTAINLY does!
    (With due diligence & follow-up, of [removed])

    Yours was exactly the citation I referenced. Thanks!

    -Craig

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    Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 14:34:35 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 22-28 January

     From Those Were The Days -

    1/22

    1956 - Raymond Burr starred as Captain Lee Quince in the Fort Laramie
    debut on CBS. The program was said to be in "the Gunsmoke tradition."

    1/23

    1937 - In an article published in Literary Digest, Edgar Bergen
    mentioned that he made his dummy pal, Charlie McCarthy, the beneficiary
    of a $10,000 trust fund to keep him in serviceable condition and repair.

    1/24

    1930 - Ben Bernie (Benjamin Anzelwitz) began a weekly remote broadcast
    from the lovely Roosevelt Hotel in NYC.

    1942 - Abie's Irish Rose was first heard on NBC this day replacing
    Knickerbocker Playhouse. The program was based on the smash play from
    Broadway that ran for nearly 2,000 performances. Sydney Smith played the
    part of Abie. Rosemary Murphy was played by Betty Winkler.

    1/25

    1937 - NBC presented the first broadcast of The Guiding Light.

    1944 - The character, a black maid named Beulah and played by a white
    man, Marlin Hunt, aired for the first time on Fibber McGee and Molly.
    The spinoff, Beulah, became a radio series in 1945.

    1/26

    1947 - The Greatest Story Ever Told was first heard on ABC.

    1/27

    1931 - NBC introduced listeners to Clara, Lu 'n' Em on its Blue network.
    The show became the first daytime radio serial when it was moved from
    its original nighttime slot.

    1948 - Wire Recording Corporation of America announced the first
    magnetic tape recorder. The 'Wireway' machine with a built-in oscillator
    sold for $[removed]

    1956 - The CBS Radio Workshop was heard for the first time. This first
    broadcast featured Aldous Huxley narrating his classic, Brave New World.

    1/28

    1940 - Beat the Band made its debut on NBC, with the Ted Weems band.
    Beat the Band was where listeners' questions were selected in the hopes
    of stumping the band. If a listener's question was chosen, he or she
    received $10.  The questions were posed as riddles: What song title
    tells you what Cinderella might have said if she awoke one morning and
    found that her foot had grown too large for her glass slipper? If the
    band played the correct musical answer, Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog
    Gone?, the listener lost.

    When Raleigh cigarettes sponsored Beat the Band, the listener who beat
    the band won $50 and two cartons of cigarettes ... Raleighs, of course.
    When the sponsor changed to General Mill's Kix cereal, if the listener
    beat the band, he/she won twenty bucks and a case of Kix cereal.

    1934 - As a result of a compliment paid on this day, by Walter Winchell,
    in his newspaper column; a local disc jockey began receiving several
    offers from talent scouts and producers. The DJ became known as the
    Redhead, adored by thousands in Washington, DC and, later, by millions
    across the country on CBS radio and TV. His trademark (strumming a
    ukulele and delivering down-home patter) endeared him to fans for many
    years. We remember the broadcasting legend, Arthur Godfrey. "I wanna go
    back to my little grass [removed]"

    Joe

    --
    Visit my home page:  [removed]~[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 14:34:44 -0500
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Gotham Players in New York Daily News

    David Hinckley of The New York Daily News plugs the Gotham Radio Player's
    live performance of an original script, "Tokyo Tourist Bureau" in today's
    edition.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:16:10 -0500
    From: [removed]@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Lone Ranger reruns

    Jim Taylor wrote:

>     For example the episode
>     "A Land to Be Saved" aired on January 21, 1953 the rebroadcast aired on
>     September 29, 1954.  Which program am I listening to?

    Can't answer that question, but I was talking to a local guy who worked at one
    of our local stations in the 50s and he said in the late 50s they were running
    Lone Ranger re-runs. So the Lone Ranger was apparently in re-release for years
    even before the 1960s Special Recordings and Charles Michaelson reissues.

    Paul Urbahns
    Radcliff, KY

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    Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 10:14:28 -0500
    From: "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

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    THE FOLKS ON 4TH STREET
    5-14-46    Audition Show
    CBS SUSTAINED

    ON BROADWAY
    Episode 8    11-28-37    "White Carnations"
    Stars: Alice Frost, Carleton Young, Charles Webster, John Brewster
    NARRATOR: James Van Dyke
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    SAY IT WITH WORDS
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    Guest: Rene Carroll
    MUTUAL SUSTAINING
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    AFRS    1/1/50   "The Bride and Groom Murder Case" Bennett Kilpack.

    THE COLGATE SPORTS NEWSREEL WITH BILL STERN
    NBC    4/27/45    Guest: Henny Youngman. Includes FDR Tribute.
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    THE GLOWING DIAL

    The Ruggles - Audition Show # 1 "The Driver's Test"
    recorded December 18, 1957
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    Evans, Cathy Garver, Roy Rowan announcing.
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    recorded December 19, 1957
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    The Smiths of San Fernando  - Audition Show
    recorded September 20, 1946 for NBC
    Starring: William Holden, Brenda Marshall, Arthur Treacher, Sara Berner,
    Ruth Parrot, Barbara Jean Wong, Bill Roy, Ty (Tyler) McVey announcing.
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    Mulligan's Travels - Audition Show
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    Starring: Diana Lynn, Jay Stewart announcing.
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