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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2011 : Issue 169
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      OTR on Wi-Fi                          [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
      Conrad Binyon's memories              [ Philip Chavin <pchavin@[removed]; ]
      10-25 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Some nostalgia from The Onion:        [ "Bob Scherago - Verizon" <scherago@ ]
      Re: Norman Corwin dead at age 101     [ Jordan Young <jordanyoung50@sbcglob ]
      3 SHEETS TO THE WIND                  [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      10-26 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:55:32 -0400
    From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR on Wi-Fi

    My brother recently bought me a Wi-Fi Radio.
    Now I am enjoying otr from all over the world.
    Mostly US, but I am listening to the BBC 4 Extra
    and hearing British radio drama and comedy.
    The sound is excellent.  All I could ask for is more
    presets.  There are only 6 on my radio.

    If you have the chance to hear one, go for it!

    Ted Kneebone

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    Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:55:49 -0400
    From: Philip Chavin <pchavin@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Conrad Binyon's memories

    That an OTR actor such as Conrad Binyon has shared some of his personal
    memories with us on the Digest rather recently is something I'm sure many of
    us appreciate.  I certainly do. I hope he'll post more.

    -- Phil C.

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    Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:55:56 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-25 births/deaths

    October 25th births

    10-25-1825 - Johann Strauss, Jr. - Vienna, Austria - d. 7-21-1899
    composer: Many of his works used as themes
    10-25-1875 - Harry Overstreet - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-17-1970
    author and lecturer: "Information Please"
    10-25-1882 - Richard Gordon - Bridgeport, CT - d. 12-xx-1967
    actor: Sherlock Holmes, "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"; Jim Barrett,
    "Valiant Lady"
    10-25-1884 - Florence Easton - Middlesborough, England - d. 8-13-1955
    soprano: "Metropolitan Opera"
    10-25-1888 - Richard E. Byrd - Winchester, VA - d. 3-11-1957
    explorer: "Admiral Byrd Broadcasts"
    10-25-1891 - Father Charles Coughlin - Hamilton, Canada - d. 10-27-1979
    commentator, preacher: (The Radio Priest)
    10-25-1897 - Marek Weber - Vienna, Austria - d. 2-8-1964
    conductor/violinist: "Carnation Contented Hour"
    10-25-1901 - Daniel Landt - Scranton, PA - d. 2-24-1961
    singer: Landt Trio, "Doc Pearson's Drug Store"; "Bob Hawk Show"
    10-25-1902 - Eddie Lang - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-26-1933
    jazz guitarest: "Music That Satisfies"
    10-25-1908 - Polly Ann Young - Denver, CO - d. 1-21-1997
    actor: (Sister of Loretta) "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-25-1909 - True Boardman - Seattle, WA - d. 8-4-2003
    writer, narrator: "Silver Theatre"; "Favorite Story"
    10-25-1912 - Constance Cox - Sutton, England - d. 7-8-1998
    playwright: "Northanger Abbey"
    10-25-1912 - Minnie Pearl - Centerville, TN - d. 3-4-1996
    comedian: (Queen of Country Comedy) "Grand Ole Opry"
    10-25-1912 - Sherman Marks - d. 4-4-1975
    actor, director: Ichabod 'Ichy' Mudd "Captain Midnight"; "Cloak and
    Dagger"
    10-25-1914 - John Reed King - Wilmington, DE - d. 7-8-1979
    announcer, actor:"Columbia Workshop"; Schuyler 'Sky' King " "Sky King"
    10-25-1918 - Chubby Jackson - NYC - d. 10-1-2003
    bassist: (Woody Herman Band) "The Woody Herman Show"
    10-25-1924 - Billy Barty - Millsboro, PA - d. 12-23-2000
    comedian: "Spike Jones Band", "James Melton Show"
    10-25-1926 - William E. Greene - Iron City, GA - d. 3-12-1970
    actor: Dr. Fred Thompson "One Man's Family"
    10-25-1927 - Barbara Cook - Atlanta, GA
    actor: Julie Boyd "Great Merlini"
    10-25-1928 - Marion Ross - Albert Lea, MN
    actor: Lux Radio Theatre
    10-25-1933 - Peter Dennis - Dorking, England - d. 4-18-2009
    actor: "Winnie-the-Pooh"

    October 25th deaths

    01-07-1903 - Betty Hanna - d. 10-25-1976
    actor: Deborah Matthews "Ma Perkins"; Luella Hayworth "Step Mother"
    02-12-1919 - Forrest Tucker - Plainfield, IN - d. 10-25-1986
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-25-1918 - Bobby Riggs - Los Angeles, CA - d. 10-25-1995
    overbearing tennis player: "National Guard Show"
    03-05-1882 - Eustace Wyatt - Bath, Somerset, England - d. 10-25-1944
    actor: Lord Percy "Our Gal Sunday"
    03-07-1890 - George H. Shackley - Quincy, MA - d. 10-25-1959
    conductor/composer: "Ava Maria Hour"; "Homemaker's Exchange"
    05-06-1917 - Bob Murphy - Bismarck, ND - d. 10-25-1959
    announcer: "The Breakfast Club"
    05-12-1902 - Philip Wylie - Beverly, MA - d. 10-25-1971
    writer: "This Is War"; "Sportsman's Club"; "Tomorrow"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    05-15-1929 - David Healy - NYC - d. 10-25-1995
    actor: "Kismet"; "Finian's Rainbow"; "The Music Man"
    05-27-1911 - Vincent Price - St. Louis, MO - d. 10-25-1993
    actor: Simon Templar "The Saint"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-19-1908 - Mildred Natwick - Baltimore, MD - d. 10-25-1994
    actor: "Starring Boris Karloff"; "Best Plays"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    06-21-1912 - Mary McCarthy - Seattle, WA - d. 10-25-1989
    novelist: "Guest Star Time"
    07-03-1926 - Anne Gerety - NYC - d. 10-25-2003
    actor: Aunt Bery "Star Wars"
    07-24-1878 - Lord Dunsany - London, England - d. 10-25-1957
    writer: "The Columbia Workshop"
    08-22-1904 - Don Prindle - d. 10-25-1968
    writer: "The Abbott and Costello Show"; "Niles and Prindle"
    08-30-1939 - John Peel - Heswall, England - d. 10-25-2004
    disc jockey: "The Perfumed Garden"; "Top Gear"
    09-14-1907 - Cecil Brown - New Brighton, PA - d. 10-25-1987
    newscaster: "CBS European News"; "Sizing Up the News"
    10-31-1928 - Cleo Moore - Baton Rouge, LA - d. 10-25-1973
    actor: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    11-14-1901 - Morton Downey - Wallingford, CT  - d. 10-25-1985
    singer: (The Irish Thrush), "Morton Downey Show"; "Songs by Morton
    Downey"
    12-29-1920 - Viveca Lindfors - Uppsala, Sweden - d. 10-25-1995
    actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:57:03 -0400
    From: "Bob Scherago - Verizon" <scherago@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Some nostalgia from The Onion:

    Some nostalgia from The Onion:

    WASHINGTON-After the little ones had finished up the last of their supper,
    moms had dashed out to get the last of the wash off the line before the sun
    set, and dads had quietly finished smoking their pipes behind the evening
    newspaper, eager citizens from coast-to-coast gathered around the radio set
    to listen to the big ball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas
    Rangers, sources in America's living rooms, dens, and parlors confirmed
    Wednesday.

    The laughing, chattering families gaily congregated around the
    floor-standing oak-and-Bakelite Philcos, Bendixes, and Zeniths to enjoy the
    warm orange glow while the vacuum tubes properly warmed up, and were gently
    but firmly urged to hush by the nation's fathers, who were concentrating on
    carefully adjusting the radio dials to the correct broadcast station.
    Americans of all ages let loose a small, spontaneous cheer of delight when
    the devices finally crackled to life and the authoritative yet soothing
    voice of the play-by-play announcer could be heard pronouncing the names of
    the teams over the familiar and highly anticipated sounds of the World
    Series.

    Read the article at [removed]

    Bob Scherago
    [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:57:34 -0400
    From: Jordan Young <jordanyoung50@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Norman Corwin dead at age 101

    Norman's passing didn't make the front page of most publications but
    it was widely reported by the media. While he joked with Leonard
    Maltin about hoping to die "on an unimportant day so people would
    take notice" I never saw much ego. It was always "never mind about
    me, tell me what you've been up to."

    Norman told me once he didn't want to live to be 90 or 100, and
    quoted Ecclesiastes on the seasons. He was lucid to the end (as was
    his father at 110) and was in fact working on a book, which sadly now
    we'll never see.

    RIP, dear friend.

    Jordan Young

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    Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:58:32 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  3 SHEETS TO THE WIND

>     Does anyone know of the existence of any copies of this John Wayne
>     radio show?

    I do have one "Three Sheets to the Wind," but it stars Brian Donlevy,
    not John Wayne.

    ron

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    Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:58:39 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-26 births/deaths

    October 26th births

    10-26-1876 - [removed] Warner - London, England - d. 12-21-1958
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-26-1877 - Dr. Max Mason - Madison, WI - d. 3-22-1961
    president university of chicago: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    10-26-1888 - Pat Barnes - Sharon, PA - d. 6-9-1969
    emcee: "The Pat Barnes and Barbara Show"
    10-26-1897 - Louis Castellucci - Italy - d. 4-21-1988
    trombonist, composer: "Dragnet"
    10-26-1899 - Rudolph Wickel - d. 3-14-1971
    contestant: "Truth or Consequences"
    10-26-1904 - Igor Gorin - Ukraine, Russia - d. 3-24-1982
    singer: "The Voice of Firestone"
    10-26-1907 - Tony Pastor - Middletown, CT - d. 10-31-1969
    bandleader: "Tony Pastor and His Orchestra"
    10-26-1910 - Clarence Hartzell - Huntington, WV - d. 3-5-1988
    actor: Uncle Fletcher "Vic and Sade"; Pappy Yokum "Li'l AAbner"; "Ben
    Withers "Lum and Abner"
    10-26-1911 - Mahalia Jackson - New Orleans, LA - d. 1-27-1972
    gospel singer: (The Angel of Peace) "Mahalia Jackson Show"
    10-26-1912 - Donald Siegel - Chicago, IL - d. 4-20-1991
    film director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    10-26-1912 - Ed Reimers - Moline, IL - d. 8-16-2009
    announcer/actor: "Dr. [removed]"; "This Changing World"
    10-26-1913 - Charlie Barnet - NYC - d. 9-4-1991
    bandleader: "Fitch Bandwagon"; "Saturday Night Swing Session"
    10-26-1914 - Jackie Coogan - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-1-1984
    actor: Ernest Botch "Forever Ernest"
    10-26-1917 - Buddy Christian - Nyack, NY - d. 4-5-2009
    drummer" "Dizzy Gillespie Band"
    10-26-1918 - Ivor Francis - Toronto, Canada - d. 10-22-1986
    actor: "Secret Missions"; "The Chase"
    10-26-1920 - Eleanor Rella - d. 6-19-2003
    actor: Billie Devere "Myrt and Marge"
    10-26-1923 - Jean Bartel(l) - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-6-2011
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "The Kemtone Hour"; "Stars AboutTown"
    10-26-1929 - Neal Matthews - Nashville, TN - d. 4-21-2000
    singer: (Jordonaires) "Grand Ole Opry"; "Jim Reeves Show"
    10-26-1930 - John Arden - Bransley, Yorkshire, England
    writer: "The Life of Man"

    October 26th deaths

    01-24-1903 - Johnny Anz - d. 10-26-1987
    orchestra leader: WESG Elmira, New York
    02-18-1922 - Ruth Dean Rickaby - d. 10-26-1973
    actor: "The Lone Ranger"
    02-23-1909 - Anthony Ross - NYC - d. 10-26-1955
    actor: Danny Clover "Broadway Is My Beat"; Broadway Columnist "Mr.
    Broadway"
    03-08-1902 - Louise Beavers - Cincinnati, OH - d. 10-26-1962
    actor: Beulah "Beulah"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    04-24-1910 - Albert Zugsmith - Atlantic City, NJ - d. 10-26-1993
    film producer/director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    04-28-1905 - Paul Rhymer - Fulton, IL - d. 10-26-1964
    writer: "Vic and Sade"
    05-03-1897 - Larry Puck - d. 10-26-1969
    producer: "Arthur Godfrey Time" Was one of Godfrey's many firings
    05-27-1925 - Tony Hillerman - Sacred Heart, OK - 10-26-2008
    writer: "The Zero Hour"
    06-10-1895 - Hattie McDaniel - Wichita, KS - d. 10-26-1952
    actor: Beulah "Beulah"; Mammy "Maxwell House Showboat"
    06-19-1899 - Francis Drake "Pat" Ballard - d. 10-26-1960
    writer of radio scripts in Troy, Pennsylvania
    07-20-1910 - Muriel Evans - Minneapolis, MN - d. 10-26-2000
    four radio shows of her own in Washington [removed]
    09-01-1897 - Lucille Fenton - d. 10-26-1966
    actor: Paula Kirby "Myrt and Marge"
    09-01-1909 - Charles Bickford - d. 10-26-1988
    disk jockey: WOHS Shelby, North Carolina

    Ron

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    Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:12:02 -0400
    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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