Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #342
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Date: 12/6/2006 6:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 342
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      RE: Fibber's closet                   [ "Bill Harris" <nbcblue@[removed]; ]
      Re: Blackhawks                        [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      On stage everyone!                    [ Ken Greenwald <radio@[removed]; ]
      TV to Radio - Three, Maybe More?      [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
      Sid Raymond                           [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
      imagination                           [ Grams46@[removed] ]
      Broadcasting OTR From Your Computer   [ Tom Barnett <[removed]@earthlink. ]
      Hearing Loss                          [ "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed] ]
      lets go to town                       [ "EDWARD J. CARR" <edcarr@[removed] ]
      12-6 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      Re: Old records with radio shows on   [ Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@rocketmai ]

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    Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:15:13 -0500
    From: "Bill Harris" <nbcblue@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: Fibber's closet

    Ted said:

>     I hope I'm not dreaming.  I recall several years back seeing a list on a
>     website of the things the NBC sound effects department used in making
>     Fibber's closet.  I also thought I read that they were quite fussy about
>     what they used.

    I can't remember what video I saw this on as it was some time ago, but it
    was about radio sound effects and it showed the sound effects man doing
    Fibber's closet. He had an assortment of pots, pans, and other items stacked
    on the steps of a ladder that looked to be about six feet tall. When the cue
    came for Fibber to open the closet, the sound guy started knocking stuff off
    the ladder, kicking them around a bit, saving one item for the final item
    that always hit the floor after a short pause. Seeing the guy do this was
    more funny than hearing the closet.

    Bill H.

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    Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:15:44 -0500
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re:  Blackhawks

    >From Wikipeda:
    The Blackhawk radio series was broadcast Wednesdays at 5:30pm on ABC from
    September 1950 to January 1951. Michael Fitzmaurice portrayed Blackhawk.

    Link to all info about the Blackhawks which is better known as a Comic Book
    series.

    [removed](comics)

    Irene

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    Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:17:27 -0500
    From: Ken Greenwald <radio@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  On stage everyone!

    Talking about that performance of South Pacific on stage holding
    scripts, it reminded me that in the early
    1950s, while radio was still alive, there was a complete presentation
    of DON JUAN IN HELL, from G. B. Shaw's
    Man and Superman. This was presented in Los Angeles at the LA
    Philharmonic Auditorium (torn down a long
    time ago). What made this presentation different was the entire play
    was READ off of scripts. Just like a radio play.
    The man who put this play on as a spoken radio presentation was
    Charles Laughton. That presentation is etched
    in my memory. Just look at who performed on stage reading their
    scripts from their lecterns:  CHARLES LAUGHTON,
    CHARLES BOYER, DAME JUDITH ANDERSON AND TYRONE POWER.
    What a great radio presentation that would have made. To my
    knowledge, sadly, no recordings were made of that presentation. It
    lasted for
    many weeks as a special event.  What a cast, and what performances.
    Ken Greenwald

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    Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:18:34 -0500
    From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  TV to Radio - Three, Maybe More?

    Hi Gang -

    Reading past issues of the digest, I learned in issue 339 (available from the archives)
    in a posting by Joe Mackey, that "My Little Margie" debuted on radio in December
    of 1952.  'Margie' started on TV in June of that same year.

    This means that there are at least THREE radio programs that started on TV and then
    went to radio.  Just backwards of many programs that went from Radio  to TV. Previously
    I thought there were only two.  There may be more - anybody aware of  any besides:
    HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL; TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET; and MY LITTLE MARGIE

    Happy Taping -  Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois (and Alma, Arkansas  in
    the winter)

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    Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:19:06 -0500
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Sid Raymond
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    I just read on Mark Evanier's pop-culture blog  [removed]
    about the recent death at age 97 of cartoon voiceman Sid Raymond, who gave
    voices to Baby Huey, Katnip the cat, and other characters--usually dumb guy
    voices--for the NYC-based Paramount/Famous cartoon studio in the 1940s and
    1950s. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I had read somewhere that there were
    occasions where he subbed for Charlie Cantor as the voice of Clifton Finnegan
    on "Duffy's Tavern." Could somebody set this straight?

    If so, it's ironic that he died so close to Cantor's daughter Marla Cantor
    Schlossberg. I liked her. It was always fun seeing her at FOTR conventions.

    Greetings from "where the elite meet to ether."

    Derek Tague

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    Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 13:25:52 -0500
    From: Grams46@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  imagination

    this morning on knx-am, i heard part of an  ad for a product - cd's i think -
    that compared itself to "classic old radio  shows".   it is aimed at parents
    of children who are concerned their  kiddos have no imagination.  anyone know
    the name of the  company?
    thanks and peace from kathy
    support our troops; end the  war
    john 3:16

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    Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 13:26:09 -0500
    From: Tom Barnett <[removed]@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Broadcasting OTR From Your Computer

    Anybody have expereience broadcasting audio from a computer to a regular
    radio across FM or AM? I would like to stream 247 OTR from computer for me
    and my neighbor but don't know products or techniques.

    Please send me any guidance you can offline.

    Tom Barnett

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    Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:57:26 -0500
    From: "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest (E-mail)" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Hearing Loss

    In a recent Digest, David Rogers asked, "Is anyone else going a little bit
    deaf?"

    According to the Mayo Clinic (and a bunch of other health research
    institutions) the answer is "Yes!"

    Like David, I also listen to my OTR on headphones.  I like it because it adds
    to the feeling of the program (especially mysteries) being plugged directly
    in to your brain (read: imagination).  Check out the attached link from the
    Mayo Clinic that talks about this issue and recommends a few ways to
    safeguard your hearing:

    [removed]

    Karen Lerner
    Radio Spirits

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    Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 23:28:31 -0500
    From: "EDWARD J. CARR" <edcarr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  lets go to town

    hi
    lets go to town was a mixture of big band and singers on it for the national
    guard,
    i've had many of the 16in transcriptions for years and find i really like
    it, however
    i can't seem to find a log on it, can any one point me in the right
    direction.
    you can email me at edcarr@[removed]
    thanks, ed

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    Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 23:28:12 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-6 births/deaths
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    December 6th births

    12-06-1887 - Lynn Fontanne - Waterford, England - d. 7-30-1983
    actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Biography In Sound"
    12-06-1888 - Will Hay - Stockton-on-Tees, England - d. 4-18-1949
    comedian: British Radio
    12-06-1893 - Alma Platts - d. 7-xx-1970
    actor: "The World's Great Novels"
    12-06-1895 - Lou Little - Boston, MA - d. 5-28-1979
    football coach: "Football Forecasts"; "Friday Night Quarterback"
    12-06-1896 - Ira Gershwin - NYC - d. 8-17-1983
    songwriter: "Lady in the Dark"; "Jolson Story"; "Barkleys of Broadway"
    12-06-1898 - Gunnar Myrdal - Gustafs, Sweden - d. 5-17-1987
    1974 nobel prize winner in economics: "United Nations Today"
    12-06-1900 - Agnes Moorehead - Clinton, MA - d. 4-30-1974
    actor: Margo Lane "The Shadow";  Marilly "Mayor of the Town"
    12-06-1903 - Hugh Farr - Llano, TX - d. 3-17-1980
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show"
    12-06-1904 - Elissa Landi - Venice, Italy - d. 10-21-1948
    actor: "I'm An American"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-06-1904 - Eve Curie Lubouisse - Paris, France
    writer: (Daughter of Marie Curie) "This I Believe"
    12-06-1909 - Lyn Murray - London, England - d. 5-20-1989
    conductor: "Chesterfield Presents"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Ford Theatre"
    12-06-1913 - Karl Haas - Speyer-on-the-Rhine, Germany - d. 2-6-2005
    musician, broadcaster: "Adventures in Good Music"
    12-06-1913 - Oswald Hoffman - Nebraska - d. 9-8-2005
    preacher: "The Lutheran Hour"
    12-06-1920 - Dave Brubeck - Concord, CA
    jazz musician: "Dave Brubeck with the Paul Desmond Quartet"
    12-06-1924 - Wally Cox - Detroit, MI - d. 2-15-1973
    comedian: "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Wally Cox Show"

    December 6th deaths

    01-07-1908 - Eliot Daniel - Massachusetts - d. 12-6-1997
    music: "Fabulous Dr. Tweddy"; "The King's Men"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
    01-29-1885 - Leadbelly (Huddie Leadbetter) - Louisiana - d. 12-6-1949
    jazz musician: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin street"
    02-02-1893 - Len Doyle - Toledo, OH - d. 12-6-1959
    actor: Harrington "Mr, Distric Attorney"
    05-23-1912 - John Payne - Roanoke, VA - d. 12-6-1989
    actor: "Hollywood Star Preview"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-31-1908 - Don Ameche - Kenosha, WI - d. 12-6-1993
    actor, singer: John Bickerson "Bickersons"; Captain Hughes "Jack
    Armstrong"
    08-01-1910 - Jerry Mann - NYC - d. 12-6-1987
    singer: (The Jerry Mann Voices) "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round"
    09-12-1897 - Walter B. Gibson - Germantown, PA - d. 12-6-1985
    creater of "The Shadow"; writer for "The Avenger"
    09-24-1921 - Edward Bryce - Allenport, PA - d. 12-6-1999
    actor: Captain Strong "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"
    10-13-1917 - Burr Tillstrom - Chicago, IL - d. 12-6-1985
    actor, puppeteer: "The Northerners"; "Kukla, Fran and Ollie"
    11-01-1942 - Michael Zaslow - Inglewood, CA - d. 12-6-1998
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    11-03-1909 - James Reston - Clyde Bank, Scotland - d. 12-6-1995
    new york times columnist: "University of Chicago Round Table"; "Meet
    the Press"
    11-23-1915 - Ellen Drew - Kansas City, MO - d. 12-6-2003
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Suspense"
    12-26-1874 - Leon Rothier - Rheims, France - d. 12-6-1951
    opera singer: "The Metropolitan Opera"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 02:12:01 -0500
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 08:08:28 -0500
    From: Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Old records with radio shows on them?

    I've recently come across a box of old records that appear to be radio related.
    One in front of me now is called "The Record Disc. 395 Broadway NY". Then hand written on the
    label it says "Bing Crosby Barry Fitzgerald" Then there is a line labled "Title" and hand written
    next to this it says "Welcome Stranger". Below that is a line labled "Recorder" and after that it
    is hand written "Screen Guild". Below that it says it was recorded on 10/14/48 at 33 and a third.

    Anyone know what this is. There are a lot of these types of records in the box.

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