Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #155
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 5/19/2005 2:01 PM

To: [removed]@[removed]

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 155
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Spike Jones Coverage                  [ seandd@[removed] ]
      RIP Frank Gorscin                     [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Arizona Personalities                 [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      You forgot the jingle!                [ "Gary Dixon" <argy@[removed]; ]
      Sealtest Ice Cream                    [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      Re: Frank Gorshin                     [ Larry Eischen <leisch5063@sbcglobal ]
      Frank Gorshin                         [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      OTR from Carthage, Texas              [ Bhob <bhob2@[removed]; ]
      Sealtest                              [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
      Mary Margaret McBride                 [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
      John Brown Photo                      [ Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed] ]
      Sealtest                              [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
      Sealtest Ice Cream                    [ James Meadows <walthamus@[removed]; ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@VintageRad ]
      5-19 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Arizona OTR connection                [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed] ]
      Ed Murrow Movie                       [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Re: Sound effects film                [ Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@rocketmai ]

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    Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 17:29:08 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Spike Jones Coverage

    A great article about Spike Jones and his City Slickers from today's Contra Costa (CA) Times.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 17:29:11 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RIP Frank Gorscin

    The star of "Say Goodnight Gracie," Frank Gorshin, has died at age 72.

    It's gets pretty sad when we aren't just eulogizing OTR actors but their
    impersonators as well.

    As a person who made significant contributions toward keeping the memories of
    those great OTR stars alive past their time, he will be missed.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 18:04:45 -0400
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Arizona Personalities
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    How about Marty Robbins fron Glendale, Arizona.

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    Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 18:11:14 -0400
    From: "Gary Dixon" <argy@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  You forgot the jingle!
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    It amazes me that everybody who has posted his (or her) opinion about Sealtest
    products has completely ignored the one line slug jingle that usually came at
    the conclusion of every Sealtest radio or television ad:

    "GET THE BEST---GET SEALTEST!"

    I think this was on the billboards too?

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    Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 18:27:34 -0400
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Sealtest Ice Cream
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    I have old World War II "Life" magazines that have old Sealtest Ice Cream ads
    in them. So, it had to be sold on a national basis, too. Yes, there was an
    old radio show, called "Sealtest Variety Theatre." Most dealers have at least
    4 or 5 of these shows on CD's.

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    Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:02:30 -0400
    From: Larry Eischen <leisch5063@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Frank Gorshin
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    The late Frank Gorshin can be seen in robably on of his final performances in
    the May 19 episode of CSI on CBS.  Hope they do a little dedication on it.

    Larry

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    Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:22:55 -0400
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Frank Gorshin
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    Wasn't Frank Gorshin just great doing the best Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas,
    and Richard Widmark impersonations? I cracked up every time he did them on
    "Johnny Carson's Tonight Show '"and "Ed  Sullivan's" [removed] always thought he
    looked a little bit like Richard [removed] the late 1950's he played the
    part of Lynn Osborn's pal in the zany Sci-Fi flick, "Invasion Of The
    Saucermen." If you remember, the little Saucermen injected alcohol into their
    victims with needles in their fingertips. They also couldn't stand bright
    lights which caused them to burn up and [removed] Osborn as you recall,
    was "Cadet Happy' on radio and TV, on "Space Patrol."He always wore a flattop
    and had a turned up pixiest [removed] bless Frank Gorshin wherever he [removed]
    was one of the best! And Don't forget Jackie Vernon! His "A Wet Bird Doesen't
    Fly At Night" will always remain with us as a true comedy classic. They all
    have left us too soon!

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    Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:24:03 -0400
    From: Bhob <bhob2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR from Carthage, Texas

    Passing along this item as requested:

    From: Donald Pitchford <donniepitchford@[removed];
    To: Donnie Pitchford <chstv@[removed];,  CHSTV CHSTV
    <chstv@[removed];
    Subject: AN INVITATION
    Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 11:14:31 -0700 (PDT)

    If you're a history teacher, a history buff, or a fan of older "popular"
    music, you may like this series we produce.  If you know of someone who
    enjoys this, please pass the information along.  Thanks!

    D. Pitchford / CHS-TV
    =======================

    CHS-TV will offer their 17th eight-hour "Golden Age of Radio Marathon"
    program on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  The collection of vintage
    sounds will be broadcast five times.  Listeners are invited to tune in
    Charter Cable Channel 22 at 7:30 [removed] and 4:00 [removed] on Thursday and
    Friday, and again at noon on Saturday.  The broadcast will also be
    streamed over the Internet at [removed] for those who have
    access.

    The Carthage High School video technology and broadcast journalism
    students will be announcing music from the 1920s through 50s, and every
    half hour or so a vintage radio program will be heard.  The audience can
    expect to hear "Hop Harrigan," "Fred Allen" (with guest Frank Sinatra),
    "Tarzan of the Apes," "Suspense" ("Donovan's Brain" starring Orson
    Welles), "The Life of Riley" (starring Jackie Gleason, substituting for
    an ailing William Bendix), "Dick Tracy," "Father Knows Best" and "The
    Shadow" (another Orson Welles show).  All these shows originated during
    the 1930s through 1950s.

    A schedule will be posted soon at the following address:
    [removed]

    These broadcasts are part of the classes' study of the history of
    broadcasting, and additionally offer the students experience in
    research, script writing, announcing and audio editing.  The program
    collects eight of the most recent weekly broadcast being aired by KZQX
    Radio in Chalk Hill, Lake Cherokee, Longview, Kilgore and Hallsville.
    For more infor mation, readers may check the KZQX website at
    [removed] and "tune in" via the Internet every Sunday at 8:30 [removed] to
    hear the new one-hour editions of "The Golden Age of Radio."  KZQX also
    airs an old time radio episode at 8:00 [removed], immediately prior to the
    CHS-TV show.

    Donnie Pitchford
    CARTHAGE INDEP SCHOOL DISTRICT
    mailto:chstv@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 20:06:48 -0400
    From: JackBenny@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Sealtest

    I grew up with Sealtest ice cream (among other  brands), so it at least USED
    to be available in Michigan.

    --Laura  Leff
    President, IJBFC
    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 23:18:30 -0400
    From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mary Margaret McBride

    On Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at 08:08 AM, Walden Hughes wrote:

>     I interviewed Susan Ware today about her new book on Mary Margaret
>     McBride,

    Yesterday I heard an interview of Susan Ware on NPR by a lady
    broadcaster who shall remain nameless. This interviewer, who claimed to
    have over 25 years of broadcast experience, repeatedly told Ware that
    she had never heard of Mary Margaret McBride.

    Sometimes the people outside this hobby have some blank spaces on OTR
    stars.  One of the reviewers of my book, PRIVATE EYELASHES, who is a 60
    year old successful mystery writer of novels and short stories,
    displayed the same blank spaces. In one part of her review, she writes:

    "Most of the lady [removed] he describes are unfamiliar today--both the
    shows and the actors. Even French's nominee for the all-time best
    series, Candy Matson, YU 2-8209 is probably unknown to most people."

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL

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    Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 23:28:44 -0400
    From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  John Brown Photo

>     <[removed]@[removed]; commented:

>     John Brown was one of my very favorites in the many
>     supporting roles he filled.

    So click here for a photo of John during his heyday.

    [removed]

    CAB

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

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    Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 23:29:18 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Sealtest

>     Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 23:10:48 -0400
>     From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];

>     Of course, I could do a search on Alta Vista, but then I'd miss
>     some of the fun of reminiscing.

    So I think I'll have some of that fun right now.  What I remember is the "Sealtest Big Top"  at
    noontime on Saturday on CBS-TV.  It began with a clown who looked vaguely like Howdy
    Doody's Clarabell, with a flashing light on his nose which read "CBS Presents."  Then he put
    his head down, and on the top of his head, it said, "Sealtest Big Top."  The ringmaster was
    Jack Sterling, and the show originated from WCAU-TV in Philadelphia.  Yes, there WAS
    another Philadelphia origination to the network before American Bandstand.

    Later in the show, that clown participated in "Clown Corner" with other clowns.  And I seem
    to recall reading somewhere that the clown in question was Ed McMahon.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     15 Court Square, Suite 210                 lawyer@[removed]
    Boston, MA 02108-2503           	         [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 07:46:05 -0400
    From: James Meadows <walthamus@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Sealtest Ice Cream

      Peoria Illinois, where I lived for several years,
    had a  Sealtest ice cream plant until the 1980s. After
    it closed, there were plans to use the building for a
    disco named "The Ice Cream Factory". As I remember it,
    they even put the new signs on the building, but the
    deal fell through at the last minute, in a dispute
    with the city over parking.

      I haven't noticed Sealtest in stores here in central
    Illinois recently, but then, I haven't looked.

    Jim Meadows

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    Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 07:46:17 -0400
    From: "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi friends,

    	Here is this week's line-up for the week of 5-15-05 on my Olde Tyme
    Radio
    [removed] Featuring Tom Heathwood's "Heritage Radio Theatre," Big John
    Matthews and Steve Urbaniak's "The Glowing Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same
    Station" broadcasts, being broadcast on demand 24/7 in high quality
    streaming RealAudio at [removed]

    Past archived broadcasts are also available there.

    We look forward to having you join us!

    	Jerry

    Here's this week's lineup:

    SAME TIME, SAME STATION with Jerry Haendiges

    MR. FEATHERS
    Episode 3  11-23-49  "The Woman In The Case"
    Stars Parker Fennelly

    SECOND CHANCE
    7-26-55  "Mrs. Black"
    Host: Johnny Olson

    HINDENBURG ARRIVAL
    5-9-36  "The Hindenburg Arrival In The United States"
    Live coverage of the first transcontinental flight of The Zepplin Airship
    Hindenburg"
    =======================================

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood

    THE CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE
    CBS    5/26/39
    Orson Welles stars with guest, Cornelia Otis Skinner in "The Things We Have"

    FRONT PAGE FARRELL
    NBC    6/20/49
    David and Sally are on the job in this episode of "The Case of the Fatal
    Smile"
    ========================================

    THE GLOWING DIAL with Big John Matthews and Steve Urbaniak

     Red Ryder - "The Range War"
    originally aired February 26, 1942 on the Blue Network West
    Starring: Reed Hadley, Franklin Bresee, Art Gilmore announcing.
    Possible Sponsor: Langendorf Bread (no commercials or sponsorship heard)

    Gunsmoke - "The Buffalo Hunter"
    originally aired October 24, 1953 on CBS
    Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Richard Beals, Tom Tulley, John
    Dehner, Jack Edwards, Ken Peters announcing.
    Sponsors: Sugar Krinkles and Post Toasties

    The Six Shooter - "Red Lawson's Revenge"
    originally aired October 25, 1953 on NBC
    Starring: James Stewart, Shirley Mitchell, Leoni Ledoux, Paul Richards,
    Barney Phillips, Hal Gibney announcing.
    Sustained

    Frontier Gentleman - "The Cat Man"
    originally aired August 10, 1958 on CBS
    Starring: John Dehner, Martha Wentworth, Charlotte Lawrence, Joseph Kearns,
    Barney Phillips, Harry Bartell, Bud Seawell announcing.
    Sustained

    Have Gun, Will Travel - "The Monster Of Moon Ridge"
    originally aired March 8, 1959 on CBS
    Starring: John Dehner, Ben Wright, Lawrence Dobkin, Virginia Christine, Jess
    Kirkpatrick, Jeanne Bates, Hugh Douglas announcing.
    Sponsors: Fitch Dandruff Remover Shampoo and the Rambler Ambassador V-8
    ====================================

    Please feel free to contact me with any questions or requests for upcoming
    shows.

                Jerry Haendiges CET <Jerry@[removed]; 562-696-4387

      [removed]  The Vintage Radio Place
      Largest source of OTR Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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    Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 07:46:33 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-19 births/deaths

    May 19th births

    Happy 99th birthday Bruce Bennett (Herman Brix)

    05-19-1870 - Wright Kramer - Somerville, MA - d. 11-14-1941
    actor: Walter Jamison "Showboat"
    05-19-1894 - Henry Busse - Magdeburg, Germany - d. 4-23-1953
    orchestra leader: "Fitch Bandwagon"; "Spotlight Bands"
    05-19-1906 - Bruce Bennett - Tacoma, WA
    actor: "Proudly We Hail"

    May 19th deaths

    02-09-1891 - Ronald Colman - Richmond, Surrey, England - d. 5-19-1958
    actor: William Todhunter Hall "Halls of Ivy"; "Jack Benny Program"
    02-12-1867 - Joe E. Howard - NYC - d. 5-19-1961
    singer, composer: "Gay Nineties Revue"
    03-14-1913 - Jay Barney - Chicago, IL - d. 5-19-1985
    actor: Bugsy O'Toole "The Romance of Helen Trent"
    03-31-1915 - Henry Morgan - NYC - d. 5-19-1994
    comedian: "Here's Morgan"; "Henry Morgan Show"
    06-14-1907 - Nappy Lamare - New Orleans, LA - d. 5-19-1988
    jazz guitarist: "The Bob Crosby Show"
    07-29-1869 - Booth Tarkington - Indianapolis, IN - d. 5-19-1946
    writer: "Maude and Cousin Bill"
    08-19-1902 - Ogden Nash - Rye, NY - d. 5-19-1971
    poet: "Three Ring Time"; "Kaleidoscope"
    11-16-1916 - Daws Butler - Toledo, OH - d. 5-19-1988
    actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"; "Stan Freberg Show"; "That's Rich"
    11-21-1904 - Coleman Hawkins - St. Josephs, MO - d. 5-19-1969
    tenor sax: (Father of the tenor sax) "Saturday Night Swing Club"
    12-12-1913 - Winston Burdette - Buffalo, NY - d. 5-19-1993
    newscaster: (protege of Edward R. Murrow) "CBS World News Round Up"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 10:59:32 -0400
    From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Arizona OTR connection
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    Tom Mix died in a car accident near Florence Arizona in October 1940.

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    Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 12:23:12 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Ed Murrow Movie

    A movie is being made about Edward R. Murrow.

    Details can be found at the website of New York NPR affiliate WNYC.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 16:00:36 -0400
    From: Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Sound effects film

    There is a movie demonstration of sound effects for a western
    at this website. It's called Behind the Mike. It looks like
    it is from the 1930's.
    [removed]

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