Subject: [removed] Digest V01 #125
From: <[removed]@[removed]>
Date: 4/24/2001 6:59 AM

To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                          The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                             Volume 01 : Issue 125
                       A Part of the [removed]!
                               ISSN: 1533-9289

                               Today's Topics:

     cincinnatti convention               ["Harold Zeigler" <hzeigler@charter-]
     More Shadow                          ["Steven Murphy" <smurphy4@[removed]]
     Belated radio history                [Joe Mackey <wmackey@[removed]]
     Battery life                         [danhughes@[removed]                 ]
     Re: Black Vocal Groups on A&A        [Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed]]
     Re: Walter B. Gibson & SPACE WESTERN [SanctumOTR@[removed]                 ]
     Halls of Ivy                         [Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed]]
     Re: My OTR Collection                [Fred Berney <berney@[removed];      ]
     Eggs you don't dare boil?            ["Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];    ]
     Lawrence Dobkin                      [luckycowboy@[removed] (Gregory Robe]
     Re: Science Fiction on Radio         [Fred Berney <berney@[removed];      ]
     Live Interview with ZuZu             [Duane Keilstrup <duanek9@[removed]; ]
     Scifi, Space Opera, and the Cincy OT [Gordon R Payton <thescifiguy@[removed]]
     Over the TCS VOR                     [Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed]]
     Mayor of the Town                    [Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed]]
     Halls of Ivy                         ["Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@]
     Old Time Stations                    ["Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@]
     bob and ray thread                   ["Ed Carr" <edcarr@[removed];       ]
     bon ton                              ["Ed Carr" <edcarr@[removed];       ]
     Space Opera                          ["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed].]
     Radio reception during the OTR era   [George Aust <austhaus1@[removed]]

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 09:31:39 -0400
    From: "Harold Zeigler" <hzeigler@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  cincinnatti convention

    	hi any body,
    we just got back from bob's and robert's convention and we had a great time
    there. even though we missed peg lynch and real husband od and don hastings
    we enjoyed tyler mcvey,his wife,esther geddes and rosemary rice we really
    also enjoyed the people running the convention,bob and robert, the dealers,
    and the people who attended the week end. we thought it was one of the best!
    thanks everyone!
    				till next time,
    				kathleen and harold
    	[removed]                                               zeigler
    a special thanks to nana and punny guy , ed clute  and steve hiss for putting
    up with us. (also the williams).

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 09:31:41 -0400
    From: "Steven Murphy" <smurphy4@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  More Shadow

    Last month or so David (Hutch) Saul was being interviewed on BBC radio. He
    described how he enjoyed The Shadow as a youngster and stated that he was
    interested in producing updated versions. He suggested that he was in talks
    with the BBC about this project. Mr Saul did not indicate that he would be
    acting in this project.

    Needless to say the interviewer had no idea what Mr Saul was talking about
    and was as 'blank-faced' as it is possible to appear on radio.

    Has anyone else heard about this project?

    Steven.

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 09:48:13 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <wmackey@[removed];
    To: otr-otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Belated radio history

       From the AP --
       On 21 April 1940, ``Take It of Leave It,'' the quiz show that asked
    ``the $64 question,'' premiered on CBS Radio.
       Joe

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

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:59:03 -0400
    From: danhughes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Battery life

    Jason Carr sez:
    "The deal-killer for cassettes in my experience was the greatly extended
    battery life on the newer spin-down MP3 units - 10 hour playtimes on 2aa
    NIMH are real."

    Panasonic makes a cassette player (Walkman-type) that gets over 20 hours
    on one AA battery.  I have one, and they are not exaggerating.

    ---Dan

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:53:34 -0400
    From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Black Vocal Groups on A&A

    Jer51473 wrote:

>     was recently listening to an A&A broadcast of the late forties and the
>     quartet came on and did a popular song of the era, and they were very good.
>     Were they a "real group" or just or just an occasional "get together" for the
>     show? Did they record, etc., were they black singers? Any info on them?

    The "Mystic Knights of the Sea Quartet" was a studio pickup group,
    assembed from various members of the very active LA rhythm-quartet scene
    of the mid-forties. They left the program after one season because none
    of the members of the group could read music -- they performed strictly
    by ear -- and this made rehearsal a catch-as-catch-can proposition, to
    say nothing of the problems it created in cutting the songs down for
    timing. I've never been able to find documentation of exactly who they
    were.

    Freeman Gosden was very interested in black vocal group music, and took
    an active interest in bringing it to a wider audience. As far back as
    1935, A&A had featured a guest appearance by the Chicago-based concert
    quartet "The Dixie Melody Masters" --  Marion Kay, Harry Mickle, George
    Buzzelle, and Raymond Lowe --  who performed "I Love You Truly" at Amos
    and Ruby's wedding. An as-yet-unidentified black rhythm group with a very
    Mills Brothers/Basin Street Boys sound appeared on the two "Friday Night
    Minstrel Shows" in December 1936.

    When the "Mystic Knights of the Sea Quartet" was dropped after the
    1944-45 season, Correll and Gosden spent a lot of time that summer
    looking for a replacement -- and found the "Delta Rhythm Boys" -- Carl
    Jones, Kelsey Pharr, Lee Gaines, and Traverse Crawford -- performing in a
    nightclub in Las Vegas. Gosden was very impressed with their work, and
    invited them to come to LA for an audition -- and they were signed to a
    one-year contract. On the strength of the exposure they received from
    their weekly appearance on the A&A show, the group began to receive many
    offers for tours and nightclub dates -- but Gosden didn't want to lose
    them. In order to ensure that they didn't lose the money they would have
    made from accepting the tour offers, he got the group a second network
    job, on the Joan Davis Show. This required a bit of contractural juggling
    -- A&A were at that time an NBC feature and Davis was on CBS -- but the
    deal was made, and as a result the Delta Rhythm Boys became one of the
    few musical groups ever to be under contract to two networks at the same
    time.

    The Deltas left after the 1946-47 season when they got a tour offer that
    was too good to refuse -- they also recorded extensively for Decca and
    RCA Victor, and continued performing well into the 1970s. They were a
    very successful touring act for many years, performed extensively in
    Europe -- and were notable for refusing under any circumstances to
    perform in the South during the era of segregation.

    The Deltas were replaced in the fall of 1947 by the Jubilaires -- Ted
    Brooks, John Jennings, J. Caleb Ginyard and George McFadden -- who had
    been singing together on radio since the early 1940s. They were much more
    of a gospel-oriented group than the Deltas had been, and are considered
    to be among the pioneers of so-called "juke-box gospel" music. They
    remained with the series until 1949, and the members of the group went on
    to various other activities -- Ginyard became an important figure in
    black doo-wop with "The Du-Droppers," while McFadden and Brooks wrote a
    couple of gospel-oriented songs that were recorded by Elvis.

    Elizabeth

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:56:13 -0400
    From: SanctumOTR@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Walter B. Gibson & SPACE WESTERN

    In a message dated 4/23/01 8:35:30 AM, [removed]@[removed]
    writes:

>     Terry Carr once unearthed a publication genommen SPACE WESTERN COMICS, in
>     which a character named Spurs Jackson adventured in a futuristic Western
>     setting with his "space vigilantes," and the old prewar PLANET COMICS
>     intermittently ran a strip about the Fifth Martian Lancers and their
>     struggles with rebel tribesmen.

    On an OTR note, Charlton's SPACE WESTERN comic book was created and scripted
    by Walter B. Gibson, creator and writer of THE SHADOW novels and a
    scriptwriter and plotter of THE RETURN OF NICK CARTER, CHICK CARTER, FRANK
    MERRIWELL, THE AVENGER and BLACKSTONE-MAGIC DETECTIVE radio series.
    --Anthony Tollin

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 12:43:57 -0400
    From: Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Halls of Ivy

    I enjoyed Randy Cox's note about "Halls of Ivy."  It came along late in the
    life of OTR but it is one of the best remembered shows.  I know the folks
    attending local Elderhostels, with whom I interact frequently, regard this
    show highly.  It had a sparkle about it, and great. great wit.

    The late Willard Waterman appeared occasionally on "Halls of Ivy," and he
    noted at a REPS Convention that he loved doing the show.

    One of my favorite episodes utilized  the theme of cultural-racial
    prejudice in a student body election.  It starred Barbara Jean Wong, [ who
    played Judy Barton on "The Cinnamon Bear." ] President Hall used the issue
    to teach some important lessons to Ivy students.

    Another great story had as its theme, "D Day."  This had been marked on
    Hall's calendar, but he and his wife couldn't remember what it meant.  It
    was finally disclosed it was the day he planted his dahlias.

    Dennis Crow

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:04:31 -0400
    From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: My OTR Collection

    Those of you that didn't make Cincinnati missed a great time.

    Several people asked me about what I'm doing with my collection. Seems I
    may have given out information that made people believe that I'm converting
    it to MP3.

    Here is the actual scoop. First off, let me tell you how my collection was
    built. In 1952, I started recording radio shows off of the air with a reel
    to reel tape recorder. In 1970, I discovered other collectors and started
    trading reel to reel tapes.

    I also started selling tapes. I created a master set of reel to reel tapes
    from both the tapes I had recorded off the air as well as the tapes I
    received in trade. From this master set of reel to reel tapes I then
    created a master set of audio cassettes. It is from these master audio
    cassettes that I make up copies for sale.

    Whenever I trade with someone, the tapes I make for trade come from my reel
    to reel masters.

    I still have all of the original tapes that I recorded off of the air. And
    I still have about 3,000 shows on the original tapes that I received in trade.

    I'm now going back to all of these original tapes and recording them into
    my computer and creating WAV files. I'm then burning CDs of these WAV
    files. It is from these wave files that I'm also making audio CDs.

    So far, except for some experimenting and a few programs, I haven't done
    much with MP3 files. I would prefer NOT to trade in MP3. I like to trade
    with reel to reel tapes or WAV files, or audio CDs.

    I'm also trying to find 16" transcription disks. I just bought a set of 2
    disks in an auction on Ebay. I have a 16" turntable that runs at speeds
    between 15 rpm and 80 rpm. It is variable, so I can adjust it to allow for
    the weight of the larger records.

    I also have 1 mil and 3 mil needles as well as a very good magnetic
    cartridge. So, if anyone needs 16" disks transferred, let me know.
    Fred
    For the best in Old Time Radio Shows [removed]
    New e-commerce page [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:04:32 -0400
    From: "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Eggs you don't dare boil?

    The comments about Bon Ton are very interesting, and not at all out of place
    as far as I'm concerned. Putting OTR in a historical context just enriches
    the enjoyment of it. Here's an even stranger puzzler:

    In a show I don't remember, except that it definitely took place during
    WWII, a woman named Miss Tinkham, who was always low on money, was served
    hard-boiled eggs at a friend's house. There was a line about how "she didn't
    dare boil the kind of eggs she could afford." I'm sure this was the exact
    phrase. I don't think it refers to powdered eggs, because boiling them would
    make no sense at all. The idea seems to be that there was a certain cheap
    type of egg that it would be conceivable to boil, but risky in some way.
    What kind of eggs could they have been talking about?

    Doug Leary

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:04:34 -0400
    From: luckycowboy@[removed] (Gregory Robert Jackson, Jr.)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Lawrence Dobkin

    I saw a commercial for the JUDGING AMY television series. Great old-time
    radio veteran Larry Dobkin will guest star on the show Tuesday night on
    CBS.

    Greg (who with his lovely wife, Kim, are now living in Vegas and loving
    it)

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:22:13 -0400
    From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Science Fiction on Radio

    ""The 60 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows from Science Fiction Selected
    by Ray Bradbury"

    About 15 years ago, I produced a set of audio cassettes called RADIO'S
    GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION. I don't have any big names behind it, like
    Ray Bradbury, but I did my own narration and went into my vast library of
    science fiction books to find the original stories that the radio programs
    were based on and gave little background info between the cuts.

    It is now available on both audio cassette and audio CD. 4 audio cassettes
    or 4 CDs. Running time is just under 5 hours. It got a very nice review in
    one of the science fiction magazines a number of years ago and won an award
    in a contest dealing with audio.

    Gordon (the SCI FI Guy), gave it a nice write up in one of his newsletters
    and James Widner had a nice mention of it on his web site.

    I've only produced two anthologies, the other being THE HISTORY OF RADIO,
    but they took a lot of time and research and with all modesty, I'm very
    proud of the results. Complete information is on my web site.

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

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:22:15 -0400
    From: Duane Keilstrup <duanek9@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Live Interview with ZuZu

    The Yesterday USA Radio Networks will interview Karolyn Grimes live on
    Tuesday, April 24, at 10:30 [removed] at [removed] where OTR plays
    around the clock.  Karolyn is most famous for her role as ZuZu Bailey in
    "It's a Wonderful Life," with Jimmy Stewart.   Details may not be available
    on our web site while current changes are in progress.  If not, please bear
    with us.
    Thank you.
    Duane Keilstrup

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:39:59 -0400
    From: Gordon R Payton <thescifiguy@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Scifi, Space Opera, and the Cincy OTR Convention

    Thanks for everyone's comments on the subject of science fiction/scifi
    and the general agreement of most folks on the definition of Space Opera.

    In general, the disdain for "scifi" has mostly evaporated. The advent of
    the computer age, and the fact that the Scifi Channel uses the term
    everywhere, has brought it into the mainstream. It's a hell of a lot
    simpler to type scifi than the much longer science fiction or the awkward
    Sci-Fi. Thank God that the Gernsbach tongue-twister: "Scientifiction"
    never caught on!

    When I first started the The Scifi Guy Company I did get a few comments
    querying whether I'm the "Siffy" or "Skiffy" Guy, but most of those were
    in jest.

    The Cincinnati convention was a gas! Boy, this hobby has the nicest
    people. It's really evident at the conventions. Most of you out there
    have never attended, especially you newer mp3 folks, but I've go to tell
    you that you don't know what you're missing. I met an exceptionally
    entertaining brother and sister team there, Laura and Steve Jansen(Steve
    makes postings on the Digest), and we had a ball. I totally fell in love
    with his sister, who isn't really a big OTR fan, but sort of came along
    for the ride. She and I landed roles in a first-time-at-Cincy redo of the
    first Sam Spade episode, she as a talent agent and me as Sam. The look in
    her brother's eyes, who had only been collecting mp3's for about 2 years
    was like a kid in a candy store.
    Business was bustling and lots of new faces, many due to this here
    Digest, showed up. The weather was beyond perfect, the hotel was a dream,
    the informal parties in the rooms afterwards were jammin', and everybody
    walked around with a dopey smile!
    It's looking as though amateur auditions to acquire casts for the
    re-enactments are going to be the trend of the future at the conventions.
    With so few actors remaining alive and so many others in ill health it's
    going to fall to us, the lovers of radio drama, to carry the torch. I
    urge all of you who have ever had the dream of performing in a radio play
    to attend future conventions and take your best shot. At Cincy we had to
    choose casts for THREE redo's featuring all amateurs, and one play that
    had stars AND amateurs in it. Many of the scripts were rewritten to
    include more women in them than the old radio plays had in them and the
    end result was a fairly even 50/50 mix.
    The Boogie Woogie girls sang their renditions of Andrews Sisters' and
    others' songs and wowed the crowd with their good looks and WAC outfits.

    Overall it was one big vacation for me, even though I was mostly stuck
    behind my table doing the dealer thing, and I urge ALL OF YOU to quit
    your jobs, leave your wives, and rob the local convenience store in order
    to find a way to attend the upcoming Newark, NJ, OTR convention, which
    has about twice as many dealers, three times the number of re-enactments,
    and every bit of the fun of the Cincy convention!!!! It's easy to get to
    driving, since it's on the outskirts of the major metropolis', and if you
    can fly into Newark Airport, there's a shuttle bus that takes you right
    to the hotel. You can also turn it into a larger vacation, for those of
    you who have never seen New York(2 miles away) or who might want to drive
    an hour and a half south to Atlantic City. There's also the legendary
    "changing of the tree color" in New York State at that time, which many
    people rent cars to experience and Philadelphia is an hour and a half
    away also.

    I expect each and every one of you to be there!

    Gordon "Sam Spade" Payton
    The Scifi Guy

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 16:33:56 -0400
    From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Over the TCS VOR

    [removed]@[removed] wrote:

    On Truth or Consequences

    Although I can't recall the exact date Ralph Edwards got the town
    of Hot Springs, New Mexico to change its name to Truth or
    Consequences, no small deal (think of the expense to change all
    the signs of the city, its county offices, city stationery,
    forms, [removed]) I always thought it was a pretty brash thing for the
    city fathers to do. And often times later in my Air Force career
    whenever I'd fly over the Truth or Consequences Visual Omni
    Range, TCS, [removed] MHz, I couldn't help but remember the event and
    go over what a coup Ralph pulled to accomplish the change.  Who'd
    these days would want to change the name of their town to
    say,.... "Weakest Link?"

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

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 19:24:57 -0400
    From: Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Mayor of the Town

    Another program with  the same sentimental flavor as "The Halls of Ivy" is
    "Mayor of the Town," with Lionel Barrymore.  He lives in a big old house on
    Elm Street  (maybe it's Main Street).  He has a carping housekeeper [ Agnes
    Moorehead],  and a bratty nephew [Conrad Binyon]. They're both delightful
    to listen to.  The good mayor  intervenes in the lives of his constituents
    and dispenses good, old-fashioned wisdom.  He is very much against
    convention.

     Many of these programs are available.

    Dennis Crow

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:31:22 -0400
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Halls of Ivy

    Randy Cox, notes,

> >     Recently I've been listening to the early episodes of "The Halls of

    Ivy" with Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Colman ... a delightful series which seems
    like a snapshot of the early 1950s. <<

    i suspect the program was developed to be "classy" enough for the Colmans
    (who were guests from time to time on the Jack Benny show).  The show
    also allowed William Toddhunter Hall to drop some bon mots early in the
    show, usually over the breakfast table.  It's interesting that in one
    show, he indicated that his favorite newspaper comic strip was Little
    Orphan Annie, which also had an OTR connection.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:31:24 -0400
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Old Time Stations

    Troy Burnham asks,

> >     I'm not old enough to know, I was just wondering how bad the quality of

    some of the stations were that some of you listened to.  Was there just a
    lot of static?  Did the show fade in and out?  Was there audio from other
    stations bleeding over the station that you were listening to?<<

    Well, speaking from personal experience, it depended on where I was,
    where the station was, what the weather conditions were, and what radio I
    was listening to.  The two clearest radios in our home were the
    living-room console and the car radio.  When living in suburban areas,
    the radios were usually fairly clear (although a thunderstorm could mess
    them up).  When traveling between cities, the car radio would get weaker
    as we left the vicinity of a city.

    In the country, many of the weak-signal characteristics manifested
    themselves.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:18:55 -0400
    From: "Ed Carr" <edcarr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  bob and ray thread

    hi
     awhile ago people were asking about bob and ray
    i just picked up a video with them doing all sorts of skits
    also with jane curtain, gilda radnor, willie nelson guest
    this video more than likely is out of print, from 1990
    also don't forget the, new improved bob and ray book, this was put out in
    1985, this is audio not a book.
     ed

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    Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:18:57 -0400
    From: "Ed Carr" <edcarr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  bon ton

    hi
     wow 2 posts the same day
    i just walked past a bon ton store today, and i live in
    boyertown pa, it's in a mall, in fact i believe it was in before
    than penny's than bon ton again, and the prices are rediculous
    whoa, my wife just said don't forget the one in reading and there
    may be one in allentown all pa.
     ed

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    Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:37:34 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Space Opera

>     Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 11:57:48 -0400
>     From: Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed];

    Of course, some space operas are more crass about their

>     nature than others; early CAPTAIN VIDEO TVcasts were a hybrid of
>     original space scenes and footage from old Western movies

    Bringing it back to otr, this reminds me of the Captain Jupiter serials in
    the old Big Jon and Sparkie show.  Every so often, Captain Jupiter would
    take leave from the Universe Patrol and become a cowboy, calling himself
    "Strumalong."  I even thought "Strumalong" was Captain Jupiter's first
    name (though in another episode, it was revealed to be "Clyde.").

>     "Jets blasting, Bat Durston came screeching down through the atmosphere
>     of Bbllzznaj, a tiny planet 1000 light years the other side of
>     [removed]"

    Actually, it was "a tiny planet seven billion light years from Sol."  I've
    got the magazine right in front of me.

    ... and at that point ,a tall, lean spaceman stepped out of the tail
    aseembly, proton gun-blaster in a space-tanned hand.

    	"Get back from those controls, Bat Durston," the tall stranger lipped
    thinly.  "You don't know it, but this is your last space trip."

>     "Hoofs drumming, Bat Durston came galloping down through the narrow pass
>     at Eagle Gulch, a tiny town 1000 miles north of [removed]"

    You must have done this from memory.  It's "Eagle Gulch, a tiny gold
    colony 400 miles north of Tombstone."  (The memory is the second thing to
    go.  I forget what the first is.)

    ...and at that point a tall, lean wrangler stepped out from behind a high
    boulder, six-shooter in a sun-tanned hand.

    	"Rear back and dismount, Bat Durston," the tall stranger lipped
    thinly.
    "You don't know it, but this is your last saddle-jaunt through these here
    parts."

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

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    Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 08:40:43 -0400
    From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio reception during the OTR era

    Troy Burnham asked about the quality of radio  reception during the
    heyday of OTR.
    I can speak only about the reception that we had in the Los Angeles area
    (Pasadena) from 1943 on thru the 1950's. Our broadcasts came thru loud
    and clear with little or no static or fading on all the major stations
    at [removed] Silvertone consul
    in the living room had a built in antenna and gave superb performance.
    My Philco catheral in my room had an outside antenna and I don't
    remember any problems.
        The same cannot be said for listening in the car. That was a
    frustrating experience with overhead telephone/electric lines causing
    terrible buzzing which completely drown out the program you were trying
    to listen to. And going into a tunnel or under a  bridge ( which we have
    alot of here ) completely stopped all reception.
      I do remember driving on trips and having stations fade in and out but
    that is the same today. I imagine people living in rural settings have
    very different memories.

    George Aust

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