Subject: [removed] Digest V2003 #128
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Date: 3/27/2003 10:03 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2003 : Issue 128
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Truth or Consequences blooper         [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      questions for Mr. Know it All         [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Rio Volt manufacturer                 [ "Nemesis@[removed]" <nemesis@[removed] ]
      Who Wears the Trousers                [ Jandpgardner@[removed] ]
      Anthology                             [ JayHick@[removed] ]
      Al Jolson                             [ JayHick@[removed] ]
      jack benny tv show date               [ rodney-selfhelpbikeco@[removed] ]
      Re: Miking the audience               [ "rcg" <revrcg@[removed]; ]
      OTR Place names                       [ "Welsa" <welsa@[removed]; ]
      OTR Street Names                      [ Alan Chapman <[removed]@verizon. ]
      Boston's "Allen Alley"                [ Derek Tague <derek@[removed]; ]
      Re: Lois Lane                         [ John Henley <jhenley@[removed] ]
      OTR Street Names                      [ Art Chimes <achimes@[removed]; ]
      Big name OTR survivors                [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      OTR Encyclopedia On Sale              [ Arthur Gaer <gaer@[removed]; ]
      Street Names                          [ clifengr3@[removed] ]
      Inner Sanctum Boo Boo                 [ clifengr3@[removed] ]
      Mercedes McCambridge                  [ oldpdb@[removed] (Paul Barringer) ]
      Place Names                           [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
      March 27th Birthdays                  [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      An anecdote and a question            [ "david rogers" <david_rogers@hotmai ]
      Strother Martin                       [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      another OTR place name                [ Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:13:14 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Truth or Consequences blooper

    George Aust's remarks about TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES reminded me of an
    Associated Press clipping I came across a few years ago dated somewhere
    around 1946.  Seems one night the winner of Ralph Edwards' show answered a
    series of questions correctly and as a prize, she was given a particular
    address of a vacant lot in the middle of a suburban residential area.  The
    producers had apparently hired a two-man crew to bury a bag full of silver
    dollars at which the contestant was allowed to now go off and dig up her
    winnings.

    Problem was, apparently people in that same neighborhood recognized the
    address, having heard the program, and dozens of people armed with spoons,
    frying pans and shovels (according to the [removed]) began digging in the field.
    By the time the contestant got to the site, it had been completely dug up
    and some lucky person beat her to it.  By law, the person who dug it up got
    to keep it (as if the person came would come forward anyway) so the
    producers gave her a consulation prize out of respect.  Very funny incident.

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:13:49 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  questions for Mr. Know it All

    For any Mr. Know-it-Alls out there (that's Rocky and Bullwinkle humor
    there)...

    1.  I have failed to find any information about a Mayan archaeologist named
    Keltner Williamson.  Apparently Mr. Williamson was credited for supplying
    information about the Mayan civilization for a horror serial broadcast over
    radio in 1930.  I am starting to suspect that there was no such person -
    purely fictional to add a little realism to the serial.  Does anyone know if
    there really was any Kelter Williamson and if he existed, have any info
    about him?

    2.  A radio actor named Bob Mentz apparently supplied animal sounds for
    radio programs including monkeys.  Is there any info about Bob Mentz
    documented anywhere?  I have struck all dead ends.

    If anyone can supply any info about the two people, I'd be extremely
    grateful.  I figure it never hurts to ask - never know what experts are
    lurking out there . . . great bunch of readers of this digest.

    Martin Grams, Jr.
    mmargrajr@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:14:18 -0500
    From: "Nemesis@[removed]" <nemesis@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Rio Volt manufacturer

    SonicBlue Files For Bankruptcy.  The company that makes Rio Volt looks like
    it has problems.  This article came from our local ABC affiliate.
    Linda T.
    [removed];tid=2653325022813&tml=bak_digs&tmi=bak_digs_1_03150103252003&ts=H

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:14:37 -0500
    From: Jandpgardner@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Who Wears the Trousers

    If anyone missed this very interesting programme on Fred Allen and Portland
    Hoffa on BBC Radio4 on Tuesday 25 March, you can hear it online at any time
    until next Tuesday by going to  <[removed];  scrolling down
    to the title of the programme and clicking on "Listen". Next Tuesday, the
    second in the series is on Jim and Marian Jordan and we are also promised
    episodes dealing with George and Gracie, Lucy and Desi and, as already
    mentioned by Laura, Jack and Mary. If these are as good as the first, they
    will be essential listening for anyone interested in OTR.
    John

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:52:26 -0500
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Anthology

    Can anyone help Scott?

    I'm looking for the complete program.  Here's the info:

        Program:    Anthology - Poetry Series
        Title:      "Poetry From The Dance"
        Air Date:   11-28-54
        Starring:   Walter Sorell, Sidney Smith

    Thank you: Scott RinK;  <DANCE RINK@[removed]>

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:13:50 -0500
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Al Jolson

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    Entertainer.  Studio recordings, broadcasts, movie out-takes - many rarities
    never before on disc.  Over 100CDs (60 minutes per disc, plus bonus tracks
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    postage) - even less in bulk.  No retail distribution - available only by
    mail.
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    POBox 394, Caulfield East, Victoria 3145, Australia  (03) 9571 3577

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:29:31 -0500
    From: rodney-selfhelpbikeco@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  jack benny tv show date

    The Raymond Burr episode is from 10/16/62.  I offer a video with this episode
    on it for $7, along with episodes featuring Romi Yamada, Louis Nye and Max
    Bygraves.

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:15:54 -0500
    From: "rcg" <revrcg@[removed];
    To: "Otr Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Miking the audience

    Excellent question from Bob Fells concerning the placement of microphones to
    get audience laughter and applause. I don't have the answer but I suspect
    the distance between the audience and the mikes was determined by the type
    of program and whether or not strong reaction was desired.

    I was a regular listener to the wonderful "Voice of Firestone" program for
    many years during it's long Monday night run on NBC (before it left for ABC
    after NBC shamefully tried to give it a Sunday afternoon slot). The program
    had a live studio audience. Although there were several musical selections
    played and sung during each show, there was no audience applause until after
    the headline performer of the week sang the final number. A second round of
    applause followed at the completion of the show's closing theme. I assume
    that Hugh James, the show's fine announcer, indoctrinated the audience
    beforehand as to the protocol of the production. Both of the applause
    segments were sustained and sounded as if they were originating in a concert
    hall.

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:15:18 -0500
    From: "Welsa" <welsa@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR Place names

    Well, mine contribution is not the name of a street or place associated with
    OTR.  But I have a friend (well, [removed], acquaintance, actually) who lives on
    the ocean in Massachusetts.  A few years ago she and her partner acquired a
    puppy.  One of them wanted to give the dog a people name (George, Mary,
    etc.)  The other thought that since they lived on the ocean the dog's name
    should have something to do with that environment.  In the end, they killed
    two birds with one stone.  They named the dog Dinah Shore.  True story.
    They still have the dog.

    Ted

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:55:47 -0500
    From: Alan Chapman <[removed]@[removed];
    To: Old-Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR Street Names

    ...And, in Boston we have an "Allen's Alley" named after guess who.
    Also, even though it's not exactly radio, Sudbury, MA has a "Babe Ruth
    Drive," in a subdivision that was once The Babe's farm.

    -- Alan

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:56:08 -0500
    From: Derek Tague <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Boston's "Allen Alley"

    Hi Gang!

       Thanks everybody who picked up on my thread about OTR-inspired street
    names. When I first posited this query, I totally forgot that Boston named a
    street "Allen's Alley" in honour of you-know-who, one of its favourite sons. I
    remember now that it's off Tremont Avenue, & this I remember because here at
    Talking Books, we always have to remember that in Boston, it's pronounced
    TREH-mont, & not TREE-mont as it is in the Bronx.

    Yours/ether--

    DT

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:56:39 -0500
    From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Lois Lane

>     From: Richard Carpenter <sinatra@[removed];

>     To the posting telling us that "There is a Lois Lane
>     just down the street from me in Grants Pass, Oregon,"
>     I would add that there is also a Lois Lane in Skagway,
>     Alaska.

    And also one in Austin, Texas.

    John Henley

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:56:55 -0500
    From: Art Chimes <achimes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR Street Names

    Let's not forget that in 1950, the small town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, voted
    to change its name to Truth or Consequences.

    One version of how this happened is on the local chamber of commerce web site,
    which also includes photos of Ralph Edwards and Bob Barker:
    [removed]

    Regards
    Art Chimes

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:57:27 -0500
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Big name OTR survivors

    Ron Sayles wrote of Bob Hope:

>     As far as I know he is the one big time name in Olde Tyme Radio that still
>     survives.

    Norman Corwin is not a SMALL name.

    Barbara

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:57:45 -0500
    From: Arthur Gaer <gaer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR Encyclopedia On Sale

    It may interest the members of this list, who don't already own it, that
    John Dunning's book "On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio" is
    currently on-sale direct from Oxford University Press for $25 (marked down
    from the $60 list price).

    It looks like this sale price may only be available via the Web.  You can
    find Dunning's book listed on this page, from where it can also be
    ordered:

        [removed]

    Hope a few find this useful.

    Arthur Gaer
    gaer@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:58:01 -0500
    From: clifengr3@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Street Names

    The recent talk of streets named after OTR stars reminds me of an article I
    read probably 30 years ago.
    It concerned Rudy Valle who was lobbying to have the town that he lived in, I
    don't remember what it was, rename the street that he lived on in his honor.
    He wanted it named "Rue de Valle."
    The town fathers refused, but offered to rename a street in a trailer park
    for him. He declined the honor.

    Jim Yellen

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:58:14 -0500
    From: clifengr3@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Inner Sanctum Boo Boo

    I apologize that my fingers got confused in my last posting and typed the
    incorrect web address for my site, THE WISTFUL RADIO CHRONICLES. Here's the
    correct address:

    [removed]

    You can still go there and read about my misadventure as a young fan of Inner
    Sanctum.

    Thanks to those who wrote to point out the typo.

    Jim Yellen

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:58:22 -0500
    From: oldpdb@[removed] (Paul Barringer)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mercedes McCambridge

    A very talented actress was she, appearing in many movies and television
    shows, as well as radio, but how many people know that she was the voice
    of the demon in The Exorcist?

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:36:59 -0500
    From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Place Names

    Don Frey mentioned Andy Devine Blvd. in Kingman Arizona.  Like him I
    have visited the Andy Devine Museum only I found it interesting enough
    to spend some time there.
    Also there is Roy Rogers Rd. and Dale Evans Dr. in Victorville Ca where
    we recently visited the Roy Rogers Museum one last time as it is going
    to be moving to Branford Mo. soon.  Doesn't seem right not to be located
    in the west.
    While there I felt compelled to buy something in the gift shop (it's
    usually my wife that has those kinds of compulsions) so I found a CD of
    four Sons of the Pioneers radio shows from the 40's. To my surprise I
    found the shows to be really nice with the group performing more than
    just the usual 'around the campfire' fare. The sound was impeccable and
    I'd like to find more of their broadcasts.

    Also in Clarinda Iowa there is a Glenn Miller Blvd.(the main street), a
    Glenn Miller Ave.(they intersect),  a Glenn Miller VFW Armory and soon a
    Glenn Miller Big Band Museum and Performing Arts Cetner. He was born in
    the town.
    Duarte Ca. has a Glenn Miller Park.  His home, Tuxedo Junction, was
    located there.
    George Aust

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:37:07 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  March 27th Birthdays

    If you were born on March 27th, you share your birthday with:

    1899 - Gloria Swanson - Chicago, Illinois - d. 4-4-1983
    1904 - Hal Kemp - Marion, Alabama
    1914 - Snooky Lanson - Memphis, Tennessee - d. 7-2-1990
    1924 - Sarah Vaughn - Birthplace Unknown - d. 4-3-1990
    1931 - David Janssen - Naponee, Nebraska - d. 2-13-1980

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Make your day, listen to an Olde Tyme Radio Program

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 19:11:36 -0500
    From: "david rogers" <david_rogers@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  An anecdote and a question

    Things have been a bit strange here in Korea lately. We are on a heightened
    state of alert, which last Friday meant that we had army helicopters and
    jets flying over the university.  In an effort to try and put things out of
    my mind I decided to listen to some "Mr. Keene" files I have and finally
    sort out my ISIRTA files.
    Maybe it was the mood I was in but I heard something really funny in one of
    the Mr. Keene episodes. While in the museum in the Egyptology section there
    is a voice heard,  Mr. Keene's assistant asks if it is the mummy and Mr.
    Keene replies that it cannot be the mummy because they do not speak English.
      I could not stop laughing as it is just so absurd.
    Anyway, while I was sorting out my ISIRTA files I noticed that some of the
    same files had different names.  My question is are the titles of the ISIRTA
    files official titles from the original series or are they names that were
    later given to each episode with reference to the main sketch that was
    performed in each show?

    Love as always, David Rogers

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 19:11:45 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Strother Martin

    On the March 26th birthdays I inadvertently listed Strother Martin as Martin
    Strother, please forgive such a stupid error on my part.

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Make your day, listen to an Olde Tyme Radio Program

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    Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:07:25 -0500
    From: Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  another OTR place name

    My former hometown of Morgantown, W Va recently honored a native son and
    renamed a major thoroughfare Don Knotts Boulevard.  (They shoulda called
    it Windy Wales Way).

    Is there a real Allen's Alley anywhere?

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