Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #80
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Date: 3/5/2004 10:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 80
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Alistair Cooke                    [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
      Another CD storage solution           [ "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@run ]
      jake and the kid                      [ "Robert Angus" <rangus02@[removed]; ]
      Re: Oldest Radio Show                 [ Howard Bonner <howard_bonner@yahoo. ]
      Jack Benny Triple Header              [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Dear Abby                             [ rfmillerjr1@[removed] ]
      "Ask President Carter" on CBS Radio   [ Mark J Cuccia <mcuccia@[removed]; ]
      Another OTR Death                     [ Richard Pratz <[removed]@[removed]; ]
      Stations for OTR                      [ kclarke5@[removed] ]
      Radio Comedy as Propaganda in WW II   [ Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed] ]
      3-6 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Technology And Nostalgia              [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
      More on Chicago Museum Tag Sale       [ seandd@[removed] ]
      OTR in Maine                          [ louie johnson <coolbreeze@thevoiceo ]

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 01:02:05 -0500
    From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:  Alistair Cooke

>     I always enjoyed watching Omnibus hosted by  Alistair Cooke. That show was
>     my first introduction to him. It was an intellegent, educational program.
>     I wonder of any of those old kines are flooting around. I'd love to see
>     some of those shows again.

    As much as I enjoyed radio as a kid, there were some great TV shows back in
    the 50's that made owning a set worthwhile. I don't think I could say that
    today.

    Did anybody get around to inventing that time machine that keeps getting
    talked about on the digest. I'd go back for a day or two even without a
    tape recorder just to get a chance to hear and see some programs that
    aren't available any more.

    Fred
    [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 02:16:09 -0500
    From: "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Another CD storage solution

    Hello, someone posted about the slim jewel cases. What I also recommend are
    those CD envelopes with the clear window in the front. It has a flap to
    close it, and that is on the bottom, and they're also thinner than the
    plastic slim cases. They are also good for mailing cd's, being of less
    weight. You probably won't be able to find them in stores, so you may have
    to order online, but I don't know what they're called. It took me forever to
    find mine from CompUSA, and I believe that I had to call them.
    Thanks a lot.
    Matthew

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:00:27 -0500
    From: "Robert Angus" <rangus02@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  jake and the kid
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    If [removed] will contact me offlist, he may learn something to his
    advantage about this fine Canadian series (Jake & the Kid).

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:01:34 -0500
    From: Howard Bonner <howard_bonner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Oldest Radio Show

    Letter from America.

>     This series of talks, which began in 1946 and ran for 2,869 programs,
>     holds the English language record, I believe, for longest-running radio
>     broadcast. (Meet the Press, in overlapping radio and TV versions, is a
>     year older.)

    The oldest continuously broadcast radio show is the
    GRAND OLE OPRY first broadcast in November of 1925 on
    WSM AM out of Nashville. It continues every Saturday
    evening right up to the midnight hour heading into its
    79th year!!

    HB

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:02:12 -0500
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny Triple Header

    There is a film presentation including Jack Benny coming up in Bloomington,
    Minn.  A profile of Harry Shearer in today's Hartford Courant mentions his
    work on the Jack Benny program as a youngster and some Jack memorabilia is
    involved in the Chicago Museum of Broadcasting sale on which some comment has
    passed on this list.

    Links below - enjoy.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    FILM program features Jack Benny March 8
    Minnesota Sun Publications - Bloomington,MN,USA
    Jack Benny is featured in a 90-minute program, ìForever Young,î starting
    at 7:30 pm Monday, March 8. The program begins with ...
    <[removed];story=130934>

    HARRY Shearer Hears Voices
    Hartford Courant (subscription) - Hartford,CT,USA
    ... voice behind a dozen characters on "The Simpsons" was able to learn
    comedy at the feet of one of the best when he won an audition to appear
    on "The Jack Benny ...
    <[removed],1,[removed]
    oll=hc-ent-headlines-breaking>

    MUSEUM of Broadcast holds garage sale
    WLS - Chicago,IL,USA
    ... Jack Benny and Rochester, Don McNeil and his Breakfast Club, and some
    classic old radio scripts, thousands of them, like the Abbott and Costello
    who's on first ...
    <[removed];

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:09:40 -0500
    From: rfmillerjr1@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Dear Abby

    I too, am mourning the passing of Harry Bartel, one of the things I really
    wanted to do was to meet Harry, but never did.  We have exchanged emails, and
    thankfully I was able to tell him how much I enjoyed his various portayals.  I
    will certainly miss his comments.
    Now for the slighly off OTR question.  Among Harry's credits were, I believe,
    the announcer of the Dear Abby segments which I believe aired in the late 50's
    or early 60's.
    Although this is slightly out of the OTR timeframe, I was wondering if any of
    these programs exist?
    Does anyone know if any of these shows exist?
    Thanks
    Randy Miller
    Senior Engineer WITF-TV/FM/Radio PA

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 10:45:46 -0500
    From: Mark J Cuccia <mcuccia@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "Ask President Carter" on CBS Radio

    It was 27 years ago today, on Saturday 5 March 1977, that CBS News and
    President Jimmy Carter had a two hour special radio broadcast (I think
    it ran from 3-5pm EST), called "Ask President Carter" carried over
    the CBS RAD))|((O NETWORK. CBS Newsman Walter Cronkite was the anchor/
    moderator for the broadcast.

    This was a live "call-in" (talk show) radio program where the general
    public could call up, and those who were successful in getting past busy
    signals, re-orders, and All Ccts Busy recordings, etc., were able to have
    a chance to chat "on-air" with Carter to ask questions and make some
    comments.

    Mark J. Cuccia
    mcuccia@[removed]
    New Orleans LA CSA

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 11:14:47 -0500
    From: Richard Pratz <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "OTR (Plain Text Only)" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Another OTR Death

    For the record, writer Jerome Lawrence passed away Feb. 29th in Malibu,
    California. Although best known as the co-author (with Robert E. Lee) of
    Broadway's "Inherit The Wind" and "Auntie Mame," Lawrence cut his teeth on
    radio. His radio credits include The Hallmark Hall of Fame, Hallmark
    Playhouse, The Halls of Ivy, The Railroad Hour, Presenting Charles Boyer,
    Favorite Story, Request Performance, Free World Theater, Young Love, Call
    For Music and Everything For the Boys. Lawrence is quoted by Leonard Maltin
    as saying, "When it came to putting biographies in their Playbill's, they
    didn't do it for years and years, because it said if you were a radio
    writer, people thought you wrote soap operas." Maltin says Lawrence never
    felt embarrassed about his radio work; he was proud of the medium and his
    work in it. Lawrence wrote, "Radio has wings. It has no stage to keep it
    within the limits of a proscenium arch, no camera to confine to things that
    may be seen. The imagination of the listener is our most ardent and helpful
    collaborator. It was a theater of endless possibilities. When we did "Lost
    Horizon" on radio, you actually heard high, thin winds. Some flute music,
    and you're there! You don't have to have all that heavy scenery."

    So with his passing, perhaps we should tip our hats to all the writers of
    old time radio; the men and women who wrote the words for countless actors
    to say and interpret, and thus entertained us all.

    Rich

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 11:40:48 -0500
    From: kclarke5@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Stations for OTR

    I'm moving my home here to the Olathe KS/Kansas City KS area,
    and was wondering if there are any stations here which broadcast
    OTR and when.  Programs similar to those which we often discuss
    on this mailing list.

    BTW, was the character of Lestrade in very many of the "Adventures
    of Sherlock Holmes"?  I've recognized him in several of the movies
    and the PBS series.  What about OTR?  And, is it just me, or do
    some of the sidekicks for OTR detectives seem to be a little dim?
    More muscle than gray matter?  Why? is it so they won't overshadow
    the title character/crime solver?

    As always,

    Kenneth Clarke
    Continuing OTR Fan

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:42:20 -0500
    From: Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio Comedy as Propaganda in WW II

    I received the following email  message and I
    thought it would make
    an interesting topic for discussion on this
    newsletter.

> >     At the moment i am writting a dissertation for

    my degree (Leeds University, England) on radio
    comedy as a propaganda tool in America
    during WWII.  I was wondering if you could think
    of anything that might be useful to me, as i am
    refering to Fibber McGee and Molly.  I have found
    that it is fairly difficult to find information,
    scripts and such like. I
    would be very greatful for any sugestions or added
    information.

    My e-mail is millyskene@[removed].  Look forward
    to hearing from you,<<

    I do know that Fibber McGee and Molly did quite a
    few episodes to bolster morale on the home front.

    Al Girard

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:56:43 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-6 births/deaths

    In my research, just found this one, but too late to make it on time.

    07-09-1907 - Eddie Dean - Posey, TX - d. 3-4-1999
    actor: Larry Burton "Modern Cinderella"

    March 6th births

    03-06-1882 - Guy Kibbee - El Paso, TX - d. 5-24-1956
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-06-1885 - Rosario Bourdon - Longuereil, Quebec, Canada - d. 4-24-1961
    conductor: "Cities Service Concert"; "Great Personalities"
    03-06-1900 - Jay C. Flippen - Little Rock, AR - d. 2-3-1971
    actor: Sergeant "Rookies"
    03-06-1906 - Lou Costello - Paterson, NJ - d. 3-3-1959
    comedian: "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "Abbott and Costello Show"
    03-06-1916 - Rochelle Hudson - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 1-17-1972
    actress: "Hollywood Hotel"
    03-06-1916 - Virginia Gregg - Harrisburg, IL - d. 9-15-1986
    actress: Helen Asher "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"
    03-06-1923 - Ed McMahon - Detroit, MI
    actor-announcer: Monitor"
    03-06-1930 - Lorin Maazel - Paris, France
    conductor: "NBC Summer Symphony"

    March 6th deaths

    06-29-1901 - Nelson Eddy - Providence, RI - d. 3-6-1967
    singer: "Voice of Firestone"; "Vicks Open House"; "Chase & Sanborn Hour"
    09-06-1904 - Maxie Rosenbloom - NYC - d. 3-6-1976
    light heavyweight boxing champion, actor: "Slapsie Maxie Show"
    09-08-1905 - Henry Wilcoxon - Dominica, West Indies - d. 3-6-1984
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-19-1904 - Elvia Allman - Concord, NC - d. 3-6-1992
    comedienne: Tootsie Sagwell "Burns and Allen"; Cora Dithers "Blondie"
    10-20-1889 - Margaret Dumont - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-6-1965
    actress: "Paramount Movie Parade"
    11-23-1888 - Al Bernard - New Orleans, LA - d. 3-6-1949
    singer: "Dutch Masters Minstrels"; "Molle Merry Minstrels"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:57:51 -0500
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Technology And Nostalgia

    My next-door neighbor is some years my senior.  When I once mentioned
    listening to OTR as a child, she mentioned that she used to listen to
    Little Orphan Annie (LOA) program.  So I found for her a George
    Garabedian LOA LP record, and presented it to her.

    She has no turntable.  (Neither do I, FWIW.)

    Fortunately, one of her sons does, and will transfer the show to
    cassette.

    She lamented that there weren't more such shows.  I mentioned to her that
    there are more than one program floating about, and asked her whether she
    had an MP3 player.  The blank stare she gave me indicated that she had no
    idea what I was talking about.  I explained about MP3, and mentioned that
    such disks could be played on some computer configurations.

    She has no computer.  Not interested in them.

    Finally, I discovered that she has a DVD player.  Most of these will play
    MP3s.

    Problem solved, though a bit strangely.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:57:49 -0500
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  More on Chicago Museum Tag Sale

    Provided they last, there are four links to articles about the Chicago Broadcast Museum memorabilia sale in the links below.

    Enjoy,

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    GOING once - - Broadcast Museum memorabilia is for sale
    Chicago Sun Times - Chicago,IL,USA
    ... A vault doorway on display is from an exhibit about a place where the
    miserly radio character played by comedian Jack Benny might have squirreled
    away his ...
    <[removed];
    See all stories on this topic:
    <[removed];lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=google&num=30&newsclusterurl=[removed];

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    Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 18:05:30 -0500
    From: louie johnson <coolbreeze@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR in Maine

    For anyone living in southern or central Maine:
    we are very fortunate to have a Sunday evening of unsponsored classic OTR
    running on news/talk WLOB, 1310 AM AND [removed] FM. I stumbled across it
    accidentally a few weeks ago.
    At five pm they run the current "Twilight Zone", and that's followed at six
    pm by four uninterrupted (so far) hours of OTR, including, but not limited
    to, Suspense, Jack Benny, Gildersleeve, Inner Sanctum, Gunsmoke,
    Richard Diamond, and more.
    I have worked in radio here in Bangor, and I can tell you unequivocally that
    OTR is the hardest sell in the business (especially trying to convince the
    station owner to give it a shot), so we need to support WLOB in this effort.
    At the very least, if you enjoy the shows, thank them for what they're doing.
    Louie Johnson

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