Subject: [removed] Digest V01 #227
From: <[removed]@[removed]>
Date: 7/14/2001 3:10 PM

To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                          The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                             Volume 01 : Issue 227
                       A Part of the [removed]!
                               ISSN: 1533-9289

                               Today's Topics:

     Re:  Chicago Radio                   ["Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed]]
     Dennis Day, Archie & Doyle           [dabac@[removed]                    ]
     Aldrich Family                       [JayHick@[removed]                    ]
     Calling All Cars                     [Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed]]
     "Just Plastic"                       ["Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@]
     200 years old                        ["Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed]]
     Cavalcade of America                 ["Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm]
     Archie Andrews                       ["laurie1125" <lauriep@[removed]; ]
     What a Thrill                        ["ArtFunk" <ArtFunk@[removed];     ]
     Sudden changes in programming        [Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed];   ]
     Today in Radio History               [Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed];   ]
     LADIES IN BROADCASTING               ["Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]
     Re: trademarks and copyrights        [Fred Berney <berney@[removed];      ]
     Re: Funniest OTR Episode/Dennis Day  [GEORGE WAGNER <gwagneroldtimeradio@]
     More "Calling All Cars" Artists      [Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed]]
     Frankie Remley                       ["jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];    ]
     Not Every Memory Is Sharp, Parky     ["Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@]
     Broadcasting Record?                 [ArtsMilitaria@[removed] (Arthur Fun]
     william Bendix "Two Hundred Year Old [Jer51473@[removed]                   ]
     Captain Midnight Decoder             ["Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];    ]
     Re:Damon Runyon Theatre              [Kenneth L Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]]
     Granby's Green Acres                 [Chad Palmer <chadpalmer@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 17:49:36 -0400
    From: "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:  Chicago Radio

      In #215, Walden Hughes brought up an interesting topic: the decline of
    Chicago radio at about the end of WWII (with many actors and network shows
    moving to LA and NYC).  He asked for memories or research info on this
    subject (including what dates (after WWII) network shows left Chicago or
    went off the air).

      I haven't noticed any responses on the Digest.

      I offer this very meager response at this time:

      In his article in the New York Times of Feb. 3, 1946, titled "In Defense
    of Chicago Radio",  Larry Wolters wrote that, sure, Chicago radio had lost
    shows to LA and NY (including the then-recently- departed Contented Hour)
    but some shows stubbornly were remaining -- most without big-name stars. One
    example he gave was "Those Websters", which had decided to switch to Mutual
    in order to remain in Chicago.  (My note: That show moved to LA later that
    year.) Another remaining show he mentioned was the Quiz Kids. And, he wrote,
    sure, top talent was being "skimmed off every year", defecting east or west,
      but new blood was "constantly being infused". (A rather optimistic
    article.)

      -- Phil C.

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    Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 19:29:51 -0400
    From: dabac@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Dennis Day, Archie & Doyle

    I agree with the poster about Dennis Days comedic talents & also agree
    that his better bits would be the equals of Remley`s (imo), as for
    Archie vs Henry Aldrich, many people seem to try to compare "adult"
    shows and "childrens" shows without, it seems to me, appreciating the
    essential differences in the two, rather then enjoying each "in
    context". To perhaps get slightly off topic for a moment - I suspect
    that Conan Doyles famous mixup with Watson`s name was probably only a
    temporary mental lapse that got overlooked by some proof-reader.  Dan

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    Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 20:04:46 -0400
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Aldrich Family

    A friend of mine sent me this question.  Please respond to him directly.  I
    edited the letter.  Jay

    Hello [removed] my question today is  ......Where can I get some information
    on the Henry Aldrich radio show (Ezra Stone [removed])  And also the
    characters on the TV [removed] you direct me to the [removed] all
    is [removed] [removed] Canosa  <Anitapat7@[removed];

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    Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:07:19 -0400
    From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Calling All Cars

    A recent "Calling All Cars" thread appeared about the origin of
    the show, the stations broadcasting it and other general
    information.  My contribution to that thread takes the following
    form:

    	I've perused my directories and have come up with the credit
    entries of all the radio artists in Lew's directory
    who've listed as a credit their appearance on "Calling All Cars.
    Most of the artists I've worked with during my career.  (Although
    I never did a CAC show, as these folks have.)  Some of them you
    may remember having already linked to pages about them through my
    postings on the OTR Digest.

    Now if only anybody knew who "Rosencrans" was. *Grin*

    "Calling All Cars" players:

    [removed]

    [removed]

    [removed]

    [removed]

    More Artists to follow.

    CAB
    --
    conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
       From the Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms
         Encino, California.

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    Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:07:16 -0400
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "Just Plastic"

    The other day, I happened to notice a couple of items on eBay.  The
    seller was offering a few radio premiums as a unit, and it was obvious
    that the person selling them had no idea about the items.  I sent a short
    note, describing in detail what the offering actually consisted of.

    The seller, a nice lady, indicated that the items were from a friend of
    hers, "who was going to throw this stuff away," and that she thought the
    items were perfect for eBay.  After I told her just what she had, she
    asked whether her price was too high, noting, "It seems an awful lot for
    just plastic."

    There, in a nutshell, are lessons.  Time passes, and it's easy for things
    to lose value to those uninformed about items.  Like radio premiums.  Or,
    for that matter, OTR programs.  What  many of us used to enjoy,
    appreciate, or even revere has little or no value to many, if not most
    folk.  As it happens, some of the younger generation are discovering the
    joys of OTR, but it's still a very small minority. It's a noble
    undertaking to preserve what has been found.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:07:14 -0400
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  200 years old

>     Episode 736 of Cavalcade of America broadcast March 18, 1952 was The
>     Marine Who Was 200 Years Old - Marine Corps legend, starring William
>     Bendix, sorry I don't have a synopsis.
>     The same story was broadcast on the Cavalcade of America television show
>     January 4, 1955, starring Ward Bond. [Source: Television Drama Series
>     Programming: A Comprehensive Chronicle, 1947-1959. By Larry James
>     Gianakos.]

    Well, that clears up one mystery of my childhood.  All I recall about it is
    a conversation with my mother:

    Me: Mommy, there was a show on about a Marine.
    Mother: (Distracted, as usual) Mmmm?
    Me: Yeah! He lived to be two hundred!
    Mother: A marine turtle, maybe.

    I am not making this up.  I would have been eight years old in 1955.

    M Kinsler
    whose mother still thinks there's something seriously wrong with him.

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    Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:44:26 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cavalcade of America

    Randy asked:

>     I am looking for an episode of CAVALCADE OF AMERICA entitled:"A Marine 200
>     Years Old" starring William Bendix. And I would also like to read a synopsis
>     of the show to see if it is the one I have been looking for 2 years now on
>     behalf of a WW2 veteran pal of mine who is no longer able to see. He
>     remembers seeing this story(as he remembers it) starring Ward Bond as either
>     a movie or TV(ugh!!) show. I have checked movie databases and have not been
>     able to find CAVALCADE OF AMERICA or DUPONT THEATRE.

    Here's some info for Randy (taken directly from my book THE HISTORY OF THE
    CAVALCADE OF AMERICA):

    Episode #736 "The Marine Who Was 200 Years Old"  Broadcast 3/18/52
    Starring William Bendix as Sergeant Lou Diamond
    Staats Cotsworth as Major Oliver
    Chester Stratton as the Army Corporal
    Ann Tobin as the nurse
    Chester Stratton as the Aussie
    Jeff Bryant as Savitt
    Bill Quinn as Sgt. Pete Chambers
    Don Briggs as Lieutenant Powell
    Danny Ocko as voice one
    Don Briggs as voice two
    Danny Ocko as the Army Sergeant
    Bill Quinn as voice three
    Bob Hastings as Anderson
    Written for the Cavalcade radio series by Robert Mason Pollock.
    Produced by [removed] Blackburn and directed by Jack Zoller.
    Bill Hamilton was the commercial announcer and Cy Harrice was announcer.
    Music composed by Ardon Cornwell and conducted by Donald Voorhees.
    Story:  The true dramatization of Lou Diamond, a sixty-year old combat
    marine, and an indestructable leatherneck.  The events in the life of this
    M/Sgt. proved that age did not matter, when he couldn't be stopped.

    Randy, your friend has a very good memory, as this was one of a large
    handful of Cavalcade radio episodes that was later dramatized on the Tv
    series of the same name.  "The Marine Who Was 200 Years Old" was initially
    dramatized on The Cavalcade of America on January 4, 1955.
    Ward Bond played the role of Sgt. Lou Diamond, John Cuff was a medical
    officer, John McGovern was Pfc. Bob Wardelle, Mary Alan Hokanson was a
    nurse, Larry Winter was an [removed] and Gregg Palmer was Captain Collins.

    If I am not mistaken (this is off the top of my head), that very TV episode
    does exist, but the collector I'm thinking of is holding on to it (along
    with 20+ other TV episodes of Cavalcade of America) for a large ransom.
    ($[removed] per half-hour episode to transfer from mm reel to VHS.)  So I doubt
    your friend will be able to enjoy the TV version again, but the radio
    version has been floating about in collectors' hands for years, shouldn't be
    too hard to get a hold of.

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    Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:44:24 -0400
    From: "laurie1125" <lauriep@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Archie Andrews

    Didn't Doc from Fibber McGee +ACY- Molly once placed Mr. Andrews on
    Archie Andrews?

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    Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:44:22 -0400
    From: "ArtFunk" <ArtFunk@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  What a Thrill

    Dear OTR Friends,

    As I read through Digest #226 I got a real kick out of  Hal Stone's comments
    about the post from our young newcomer Jeff and about the post from Conrad
    Binyon about publicity stills.  This digest gets better all the time.  What
    a thrill it is to be able to have contributions from people whose voices I
    listen to on transcriptions made so long ago many of which I heard as a kid.
    We are very lucky to have contributors such as Hal and Conrad and Harry
    Bartell and also Mrs. Howard Culver and Bill Murtough and others who
    actually participated in the golden age of broadcasting.  And I can't forget
    the seemingly omniscient Elizabeth and our own Professor Biel.  I know I'm
    leaving out some names but I'll blame it on CRS.  What a great hobby we have
    and it's really terrific to know that it is appreciated by youngsters like
    Jeff.

    Best regards to all.

    Art Funk

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    Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 22:00:39 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed];
    To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Sudden changes in programming

      I've been adding to my Jack Benny collection lately and trying to go
    in chronological order and noticed a sudden shift in the style of his
    show.
      Prior to his show in NYC with Fred Allen on 3/27/38 the show seemed a
    bit slow moving, Phil Harris was tame, and stilted.  On this show Abe
    Lyman filled in for Phil and played the brash, smart alecky, girl crazy
    band leader who had a bunch of drunks and gamblers and other
    questionable characters in his band, the characters Phil and his band
    played later on.  The show also moved much quicker, Benny seemed
    wittier, faster with a come back, more of the classic character he
    played in the '40s.  The whole tone of the program seemed to change
    after that and continued with Jack back in Hollywood later.  Or was it
    just my imagination?
      We know many shows evolved over time with secondary characters coming
    and going, but did any continuing shows change rapidly as I perceived
    with the Benny show?  (Other than during the war when some cast members
    were off in the military).
      Joe

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

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    Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 23:34:52 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed];
    To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Today in Radio History

      From Today's Almanac for 7/13

      >In 1898, Guglielmo Marconi was awarded a patent for wireless
    telegraphy, the radio.

      Joe

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

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    Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 11:29:26 -0400
    From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  LADIES IN BROADCASTING

    I just read the posting in the Digest about the women pioneers of radio
    broadcasting. How could you overlook Ora Nichols, head of the CBS SFX
    department in the 1930's and the one who did such a marvelous job with SFX
    for WOTW. And how about Gladys Beck, the blind vocalist for NBC for many
    years, who got her start in Baltimore, along with Mary Small. And don't
    fotget the woman who gave Auther Godfrey his start in Baltimore, Helen Meeks
    Wyer. I hope these ladies are listed in the book.

    Owens Pomeroy

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    Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 11:29:24 -0400
    From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: trademarks and copyrights

    A Trademark and Copyright attorney told me this the other day. If a show is
    in public domain and the trademark is still in use, you could sell the show
    using the name. The trademark would only protect the name being used in
    some other way.

    For example, if the Shadow radio shows are in public domain, but someone
    still owns the Shadow name as a trade mark, then you could sell the shows
    and advertise them using the name The Shadow. But you could not make a
    shirt with the name The Shadow on it.

    Fred
    For the best in Old Time Radio Shows [removed]
    New e-commerce page [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 11:29:23 -0400
    From: GEORGE WAGNER <gwagneroldtimeradio@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Funniest OTR Episode/Dennis Day

         I agree that Dennis Day was one of the finest of
    all of the great radio comedians.
         Jack Benny himself told the story of Day's
    audition:
         "Mr. Benny," Dennis said to Jack before he sang,
    "my mother really hopes I'll get this job."
         "Is that so?" Benny said more-or-less
    rhetorically.
         "Yeah," Dennis replied. "She says that way she'll
    have TWO reasons not to listen."
         By the time they got Jack revived, he'd decided
    that he had a place for Dennis somewhere in his
    organization whether he could sing or not.

         One of the funniest broadcast bits was a remark
    by Benny TO Dennis in a program broadcast just the
    week after Pearl Harbor (to the best of my memory).
    "Dennis, take off that stupid 'I am NOT Japanese!'
    sign."

         George Wagner
         GWAGNEROLDTIMERADIO@YAHOO.,COM

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    Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 11:29:45 -0400
    From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  More "Calling All Cars" Artists

    As promised more "Calling All Cars" Artists:

    [removed]

    [removed]

    --
    conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
       From the Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms
         Encino, California.

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    Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 11:51:41 -0400
    From: "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Frankie Remley

    The Frankie Remley character was played by Elliot Lewis.   If you want to
    see what he looks like in real life, go rent the video, "Ma & Pa Kettle in
    New York."   Lewis, in comic mobster zoot suit and wide brimed hat,  plays a
    comic mobster.   "Mr. Magoo" Jim Backus is in there, too, as a comic
    mobster.

    Jim Stokes
    jstokes@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 11:51:47 -0400
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Not Every Memory Is Sharp, Parky

    Phil Railsback mentions Parkyakarkus.

    I vaguely recall a show, Meet Me At Parky's, starring Parkyakarkus (aka
    Harry Einstein).  It's a funny thing: I remember almost nothing about it,
    other than hearing it as a kid, but I recall that I enjoyed it.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 12:07:14 -0400
    From: ArtsMilitaria@[removed] (Arthur Funk)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Broadcasting Record?

    Thought I'd share this with the list.  Driving to work this morning I
    heard Susan Stamburg on NPR interview a lady from Yankton, SD, who is
    celebrating the 60th anniversary of her program which is broadcast over
    a station (WNAX or KNAX, I can't remember which).  It's a talk program
    with recipes and interviews; probably sort of a small town Mary Margaret
    McBride.  At any rate I thought I'd share this with other OTR Digesters.
    Maybe someone else can supply her name which I didn't catch.  Does her
    60 year tenure beat out Paul Harvey?

    Regards,
    Art Funk

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: The woman's name is Wynn Hubler Speece, who celebrates
    SIXTY YEARS on the air on WNAX in Yankton, South Dakota. You can listen
    to the interview by following this URL into the NPR website archives:

    [removed];PrgID=7

    Note that later in the week there will be a direct link on the site;
    right now, the best you can do is listen to the "entire program," and
    then move the time-index in your RealPlayer to 38:07:0 (or thereabouts).
    --cfs3]

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    Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 12:07:11 -0400
    From: Jer51473@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  william Bendix "Two Hundred Year Old Marine"?

     In response to Randy. I have never searched for this, but some time in the
    fifties I saw William Bendix in a show that I have never forgotten and have
    always wished I could see  again. I never remembered the show name or the
    title, but it was about a guy, Bendix, at Pearl Harbor in early December,
    1941 and he "knew" about the soon to be attack because he had experienced it
    before or was from the past or something like that. He was trying to warn
    everyone and nobody would believe him. Does this sound like the same show? If
    so, please let me know if you find it and I will do likewise. Until now I
    have never found anyone that remembered such a show as I have just described.
    I hope its the same one, if not I still recommend it. Boy, this digest does a
    lot of things doesnt it?

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    Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 14:09:35 -0400
    From: "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Captain Midnight Decoder

    Who was it who some time ago posted a link to a picture of the Captain
    Midnight decoder on the web? (I know it's not a decoder ring). I would like
    to show it to someone but I lost the link.

    Doug Leary

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    Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 14:56:53 -0400
    From: Kenneth L Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:Damon Runyon Theatre

    Does anyone out there happen to know some examples
    of some stories which were broadcast on OTR on the
    "Damon Runyon Theatre"?  I remember one from my
    childhood called "A Piece of Pie" which was one of his
    stories.  If anyone could assist with this, I'd appreciate it.

    I've also heard about several game shows which were on
    OTR.  Any details about them (or any others which are available)
    would be appreciated as well.  The ones I heard about were:
    "Juvenile Jury", "Quiz Kids", "Twenty Questions" (of which I have a
    vague recollection), and "It Pays To Be Ignorant".

    I have some game shows already in  my own collection which
    include "Double or Nothing", "Guess Who", "Kay Kyser's Kollege
    of Musical Knowledge", "Which Is Which", "Information Please",
    "Can You Top This?" and   "One For The Money".  I'd like to get some
    more game shows, but I'm not sure which ones are in circulation.

    Question:

    When did game shows begin on OTR?

    How long did they last?

    Some OTR game shows were also broadcast on  early TV.  Can anyone
    think of any of them?   (The only ones which come to mind are "Candid
    Microphone"--which became "Candid Camera", "People are Funny"--which
    became "Art Linkletter's House Party", I think, and "Queen For  A Day".
    I'm sure there were some others. Right?)

    I may be opening a Pandora's Box, of sorts, but would be interested in
    everyone's response.  Please e-mail  me with your responses.

    Kenneth Clarke
    kclarke5@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 15:27:46 -0400
    From: Chad Palmer <chadpalmer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Granby's Green Acres

    I've always been a big fan of the "Green Acres" TV series and was surprised
    to learn recently that it was preceeded by a radio program, "Granby's Green
    Acres".  Since that time I've been searching all over the web and haven't
    been able to find this show on any of the OTR dealer sites.  Can anybody
    out there tell me how many episodes of the radio show were produced, and
    where I might could find them?  Also if you have any please e-mail me.

    Thanks!
    Chad Palmer

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