Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #339
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Date: 10/21/2004 10:19 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2004 : Issue 339
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Bob Dylan's radio memories            [ "Philip Railsback" <philiprailsback ]
  10-21 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Good radio website                    [ Arthur Moore <arthuradio@[removed]; ]
  Female Superheroes                    [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
  Renfrew of the Mounted                [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
  See It Now Covered in Hollywood Repo  [ seandd@[removed] ]
  What the heck is HD radio????         [ "Bob Watson" <crw934@[removed]; ]
  Portable Radios                       [ "barry" <barry@[removed]; ]
  Re: Are We Certain They Were Black?   [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]

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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:17:06 +0000
From: "Philip Railsback" <philiprailsback@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Bob Dylan's radio memories

Bob Dylan's radio memories

 > I'm listening to Bob Dylan's recently published autobiographical book
 > 'Chronicles' which I purchased and downloaded from [removed] I thought
 > you all might enjoy this particular passage. It's my transcription from
 > the audio, one disadvantage to not having a real book at hand.

Thanks for transcribing [removed];nbsp; By conincidence, I just saw him perform 
the night before last in Davis CA. He was great. as usual. I doubt if I 
ever would have associted Bob Dylan with OTR.

- Philip

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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:17:17 +0000
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  10-21 births/deaths

October 21st births

10-21-1905 - Carleton Young - NYC - d. 11-7-1994
actor: Dick Grosvenor "Stella Dallas"; Ellery Queen "Advs of Ellery Queen"
10-21-1908 - Tommy Riggs - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 5-21-1967
comedian: "Fleischmann Hour"; "Quaker Party with Tommy Riggs"; "Tommy Riggs
and Betty Lou"
10-21-1917 - Dizzy Gillespie - Cherow, SC - d. 1-6-1993
musician: "This Is Jazz"
10-21-1920 - Hy Averback - Minneapolis, MN - d. 10-14-1997
announcer, actor: "Sealtest Village Store"; "Bob Hope Show"; "Take It or 
Leave It"
10-21-1923 - Jean Gillespie - Boston, MA
01-03-1918 - Maxene Andrews - Minneapolis, MN - d. 10-21-1995

October 21st deaths
singer: (Andrews Sisters) "Glenn Miller Orchestra"; "Andrews Sisters Revue"
05-03-1910 - Curt Massey - Midland, TX - d. 10-21-1991
singer: "Show Boat"; "Curt Massey Show"
06-18-1906 - Jeanette MacDonald - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-21-1965
singer: "Nobody's Children"; "Vicks Open House"; "Campbell Playhouse"
07-04-1888 - Henry Armetta - Palermo, Italy - d. 10-21-1945
actor: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
07-06-1923 - Marie McDonald - Westchester, NY - d. 10-21-1965
actress: "Duffy's Tavern"; "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "Proudly We Hail"
07-07-1887 - Raymond Hatton - Red Oak, IA - d. 10-21-1971
actor: Football Coach "Jack Oakie's College"
actress: Martha Piper "Tales of Willie Piper"; Inza Burrage "Advs. of Frank 
Merriwell"
12-06-1904 - Elissa Landi - Venice, Italy - d. 10-21-1948
actress: "I'm An American"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
-- Ron Sayles Milwaukee, Wisconsin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:17:44 +0000 From: Arthur Moore <arthuradio@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Good radio website X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Hello, I found this website for old radio programs, I thought it would be of intrest. [removed] Arthur Moore Announcer WWWJ 1360 AM WBRF [removed] FM *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear *** *** as the sender intended. *** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:17:55 +0000 From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Female Superheroes On Tuesday, October 19, 2004, at 06:47 PM, Kenneth Clarke wrote: > Were there any female superheroes or females with > secret identities who played the role of a hero on OTR?</blockquote> I am aware of no women superheroes (well, superheroines) in radio but there was at least one with a secret identity. In my book, "Private Eyelashes: Radio's Lady Detectives," I discuss the two audio copies of "The Lady in Blue." Apparently based upon an earlier heroine from the comic books, "Lady Luck," this radio crimefighter had a secret identity, elaborate costume, and a female sidekick, Harriet Higgins. It appears that both episodes were from a series that never aired. Recent script reviews at the Library of Congress have determined that another show with the same name, "The Lady in Blue" which aired in the early 50s had no connection with the radio heroine. Jack French <a href="[removed]" eudora="autourl">[removed]</a> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:18:03 +0000 From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Renfrew of the Mounted On Tuesday, October 19, 2004, at 06:47 PM, Tony Wellman wrote: > The show was based on books by my friend's uncle, Laurie York Erskine: > Renfrew of the Mounted. Broadcast during the 1930s, I believe. Did Erskine > narrate these, at all I imagine air checks of these might be a little > easier to come by. The radio series "Renfrew of the Mounted" while based upon Erskine's novel of the RCMP hero, had no scripts or narration by the author. Erskine made a bundle on not only his books, but the movie and radio rights to Renfrew. The radio shows of this Mountie hero aired from 1936 to 1938, usually sponsored by Wonder Bread. Then it was a sustaining show from 1938 to 1940. There are about seven audio copies of "Renfrew" in circulation today; some are the 15 minute version and others are a half hour. Several OTR dealers have some of them in stock. Jack French Editor: Radio Recall <a href="[removed]" eudora="autourl">[removed]</a><br> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:18:12 +0000 From: seandd@[removed] To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: See It Now Covered in Hollywood Reporter The Hollywood Reporter covers Edward R. Murrow's decent into television in today's issue. A similar show, "You Are There," is part of the schedule for Friends of Old Time Radio Convention starting TOMORROW so you should go.* Sean Dougherty SeanDD@[removed] [removed] * maybe not that similar, but I had to get the plug in. [removed]. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:18:26 +0000 From: "Bob Watson" <crw934@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: What the heck is HD radio???? Hey All, I was just doing some browsing on HDTV and came across a link for HD radio. I went ahead and checked out the link. While it touted HD radios whistles and bells and all, I couldn't help but wonder if it would help not only AM, but FM as well?? We already have a newstalk FM station in Central Ga, I believe. I suspect that this means that radio in general, both AM and FM, is in trouble. The lack of original local material may be beginning to erode into radio's audience. I know our local radio station here in Cochran went dark sometime at the beginning of the summer. I hope this isn't the beginning of a trend for small town stations. The closest small town stations that have truly local programming are about 20-30 miles away. So, I guess my question is [removed] Is anyone else here aware of HD radio?? How does it affect AM radio reception and/or signal strength? Will it affect local radio stations positively?? And, finally, will it have a positive affect on OTR listening?? Is it possible that radio stations will start playing OTR again to help offer a variety to listens curious about the new service?? Thanks, Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:18:37 +0000 From: "barry" <barry@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Portable Radios > The "portable" radios of the period were "larger than a breadbox" ad > rather cumbersome. When I was bout 10, my father gave me Zenith > Wavemagnet portable, and the only time I paid it while walking was just > for the novelty of it. It was just too awkward to walk around with. But > it also used house current: I used it to listen to most of the Captain > Midnight episodes I heard. This is probably later than you're describing but when I was about 10, about 1950, I got a portable radio for my birthday. I can't remember why. They were very expensive and we were pretty poor. But get it I did. I don't remember the brand. It had a number of tubes but I don't remember how many. This was long before transistors came along. At night it lit up my room a bit. The glow was the same, batteries or plugged in. The radio was a big green thing with a handle, kind of like the squarish portables Radio Shack used to sell, only larger. From memory I'd say it was 14" long, 12" high and 6" deep. Maybe not quite that deep but I'm not sure. It probably weighed over 5 pounds. The batteries were half the size of the radio. Two big squarish things and one long rectangular one along the bottom. They probably weighed 2 pounds by themselves. Unfortunately I didn't know how to care for it and in a few months of using it only plugged in the batteries failed and it ceased to be portable. I have no idea what replaceement batteries cost. That wasn't going to happen so it never got looked into. I don't know what ever happened to it. I remember still having it when I was about 14 but I don't remember it after that. Barry ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:18:46 +0000 From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Re: Are We Certain They Were Black? Stuart Lubin wrote: > What made us so sure that Amos and Andy, Beulah, etc., were black > characters, except for their dialect? In the early 40s, there were frequent subtle (and not-so-subtle) references to Rochester's skin color on the Jack Benny program. One that comes to mind is when the cast puts on a minstrel show, and Rochester tries to get money from Jack for burnt cork (to no avail). Rochester didn't do black dialect, of course, but in the earlier days he did engage in stereotypical "coloured" behaviors, such as a love of gin, shooting craps, and loose women, and in his spare time he could be found on Central Avenue (or in Harlem whenever he was in New York). Jokes about these traits only made sense because everybody knew Rochester was black. Incidentally, Jack mentioned in his autobiography that he was glad when these traits disappeared from Rochester's character after the war. I recall some similar references to Hattie McDaniel's skin color in some of the Eddie Cantor shows I've heard with her in them--but like Rochester, her appearance would have been well-known to audiences from pictures. On the Great Gildersleeve, Birdy's race is rarely mentioned. Sometimes when she goes to church, such as at Christmas, it's clear that she goes to a different church than Gildy and the kids. I recall, during the war, one particular episode about war bonds or some sort of war drive, when Birdy made it clear that her people were as committed to helping win the war as anyway. Everybody listening clearly knew who her people were. Kermyt -------------------------------- End of [removed] Digest V2004 Issue #339 ********************************************* Copyright [removed] Communications, York, PA; All Rights Reserved, including republication in any form. If you enjoy this list, please consider financially supporting it: [removed] For Help: [removed]@[removed] To Unsubscribe: [removed]@[removed] To Subscribe: [removed]@[removed] or see [removed] For Help with the Archive Server, send the command ARCHIVE HELP in the SUBJECT of a message to [removed]@[removed] To contact the listmaster, mail to listmaster@[removed] To Send Mail to the list, simply send to [removed]@[removed]