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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 17


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Last JAck Benny Episode
	 The Official Adventures of the Shadow
	 George Wagners article

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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:04:26 -0600 (CST)
From: Bruce Toews <bruce@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Last JAck Benny Episode
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Thanks to whoever it was (I'm sorry I forgot your name) who provided my 
answer regarding the discrepancies between my two copies of the last Jack 
Benny episode. It was interesting going through both of them and 
discovering what editing had been done - and how well it had been done. 
Anyone not knowing would never have guessed that Mary's lines were being 
dubbed in in the edit. I guess tape technology in the fifties was better 
than I had realized. But why would they have changed Dennis's song, and 
left a later allusion to the original one in the show?

Bruce

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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 17:37:16 -0500
From: DennisD700@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Official Adventures of the Shadow
Message-ID: <960113173713_60882539@[removed]>

I just read in "The Shadow Scrapbook," (a great book by the way), that the
last actor to portray the Shadow reunited with the last actress who played
Margo in a record album called "The Official Adventures of the Shadow." This
supposedly happened in the late '60s.

Has anyone ever heard these shows? Are they still available?

Thanks,

Dennis

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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 96 02:12:46 EST
From: platecap@[removed] (Bob B)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: George Wagners article
Message-Id: <m0tbKsp-000XzjC@[removed]>

In the new issue of the printed version of Old Time Radio Digest (no
connection to this group) Cincinnati collector George Wagner is
re-introducing the discussion of whether the Lone Ranger is a good show
or not.  In an earlier article I remarked that the show in my opinion is
not as good as Gunsmoke, and that the Ranger was actually a kids show.
I suggested that perhaps it remains so famous because people actually
grew up listening to it, and not necessarily because it was a good show.

George's article is directed mostly at me personally, (and to a lesser
extent, Jim Snyder who had written a later piece basically in support of
my comments).  I find his comments pretty interesting and reflective.

As usual, my earlier article was mis-interepreted.  I wasn't attempting
a scholarly report, just making general comments directed toward the
"average" old time radio fan.

Later he makes a comment that translates into the thought that
everything on audio should be saved and treasured regardless of whether
or not it's garbage.  Sorry, I'm not that much of a pack-rat; I know
there are collectors who do have that tendency and I applaud their
nature, but most of us aren't.

Anyway, to make a long story short, I'm actually happy to see this kind
of article in one of the OTR hobby's printed pubs because it has some
real meat.  Even if it just amounts to a pointless rambling over an
issue that really doesn't go anywhere.

Other features in this issue of Old Time Radio Digest:  Carlton E. Morse
[removed](another in a series of excellent columns by Jim Maclise)
; We Interrupt This Program to Bring You a Blooper; and a reprint
article on OTR from 1939; there's also a classified ad section.
I'm referring to issue #72 of Old Time Radio Digest, a publication that
comes out every other month to your [removed] Mail box.  If you send 'em
three bucks, they'll send you a copy of whatever issue you want.
Subscriptions are $15/year from Royal Promotions 4114 Montgomery Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45212  (513) 841-1267.

Although I've known the editor, Bob Burchett for over 20 years and
contribute articles occassionally, I receive no compensation for my
comments.  Just thought you'd like an update.

Bob Burnham; BRC Productions; [removed] Box 2645; Livonia, MI 48151
voice (313) 277-3798;  fax (313) 277-3095; internet platecap@[removed]

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