Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #237
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Date: 7/20/2004 10:19 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 237
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Hooper Ratings and Crossley ratings   [ Mike Thomas <calvetrecept@[removed] ]
      To drop or not to drop                [ "George M. Kelly" <gkelly1@[removed] ]
      Radar (from M*A*S*H) and Jack Benny   [ "Garry Lewis" <glewis@[removed] ]
      OTR in contemporary newspapers        [ "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed] ]
      7-21 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Optical Record Playing                [ Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@sbcglo ]

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    Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 02:30:43 -0400
    From: Mike Thomas <calvetrecept@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Hooper Ratings and Crossley ratings
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    I ran across two terms I am looking to have clarified. The Hooper ratings and
    The Crossley ratings. How were these systems used and are there any records
    of these ratings documented somewhere like a book or library. I found the
    Crossley ratings term in G. Nachmans book (excellent) and the Hoopers in a
    couple of [removed]

    Mike And Ernestine Thomas

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    Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:18:44 -0400
    From: "George M. Kelly" <gkelly1@[removed];
    To: OldRadio Mailing Lists <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  To drop or not to drop
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    I was away during the most recent discussion of script dropping.  I bow to
    the professionals and scholars on this issue; however, as to why whether an
    actor dropped or didn9t drop a script is a big issue, I am puzzled.  I can
    see that in a large cast dropping the script on the floor would create
    problems or at least a mess, but  for a cast of one or two, I don9t know why
    it would matter.

    Here, however, is one man9s story.  In the 1970s I did a series of
    broadcasts on American Literature for the local campus radio station. My
    script usually consisted of six or seven pages.  For the first few
    broadcasts, I sat at a desk and placed the pages underneath the pile as I
    completed them; however, on one occasion I accidentally placed page one
    between pages six and  seven and almost read it again.  Also, my engineer
    complained about the pages rustling when I was trying to place them. Since
    the floor was carpeted, we solved both problems by dropping the pages on the
    floor; seemed like a reasonable solution.  I didn9t realize I was breaking
    some sacred code.

    George Kelly

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    Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:22:25 -0400
    From: "Garry Lewis" <glewis@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Radar (from M*A*S*H) and Jack Benny

    I find several references to the fact that Benny did do USO shows in Korea
    (a la Bob Hope). Maybe Radar caught one of his performances during R&R.

    I find several references that Benny did USO shows in Korea (a la Bob
    Hope). Maybe Radar caught one of them on R&R.

    Garry

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    Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:22:47 -0400
    From: "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR in contemporary newspapers

       The radio pages that appeared daily in major [removed] newspapers from about
    1925 to the early 1950s are of course useful sources of OTR information.  To
    my knowledge, extensive collections of complete issues of such newspapers
    are only available to the public in major libraries (usually on microfilm,
    as far as I know).

       Does the technology exist for getting such newspaper issues on the
    Internet, page by page?

       If it does, do any of you have any knowledge of the availability -- or of
    the future availability -- of any such newspaper issues online?

       Thanks,
       -- Phil C.

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    Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:54:54 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-21 births/deaths

    July 21st births

    07-21-1863 - C. Aubrey Smith - London, England - d. 12-20-1948
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-21-1895 - Ken Maynard - Vevey, IN - d. 3-13-1973
    cowboy actor: Ken Maynard Show"
    07-21-1901 - Allyn Joslyn - Milford, PA - d. 1-22-1981
    actor: "Island Boat Club"; "Page of Romance"; "Show Boat"
    07-21-1902 - Elsie Hitz - Cleveland, OH
    actress: Ellen Randolph "Story of Ellen Randolph"; Gail Brewster "Dangerous
    Paradise"
    07-21-1910 - Himan Brown
    actor, producer: Papa Marino "Little Italy"; "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"
    07-21-1921 - Barbara Fuller - Nahant, MA
    actress: Claudia Barbour "One Man's Family"; Peggy Fairchild "Step Mother"
    07-21-1924 - Don Knotts - Morgantown, WV
    actor: Windy Wales "Bobby Benson's Adventures"

    July 21st deaths

    02-03-1932 - Peggy Ann Garner - Canton, OH - d. 7-21-1982
    actress: Esther Smith "Meet Me in St. Louis"
    02-22-1907 - Robert Young - Chicago, IL - d. 7-21-1998
    actor: Jim Anderson "Father Knows Best"; Doug Adams "Passport for Adams"
    06-13-1892 - Basil Rathbone - Johannesburg, South Africa - d. 7-21-1967
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"; Inspector Burke "Scotland Yard's
    Inspector Burke"
    07-13-1913 - Dave Garroway - Schenectady, NY - d. 7-21-1982
    emcee, announcer: "World's Great Novels"; "Dave Garroway Show"; "Dial Dave
    Garroway"
    08-27-1916 - Vicki Vola - Denver, CO - d. 7-21-1985
    actress: Shanghai L'il DeVries "Jungle Jim"; Edith Miller "Mr. District
    Attorney"
    11-18-1926 - Dorothy Collins - Windsor, Ontario, Canada - d. 7-21-1994
    singer: "Your Hit Parade"
    11-28-1925 - Virginia Hewitt - Shreveport, LA - d. 7-21-1986
    actress: Coral Karlyle "Space Patrol"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:28:10 -0400
    From: Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Optical Record Playing

    This article deals with an optical record player and provides some
    discussion about it's possible use.

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    The page includes samples of clean and unclean sound using the method.

    Don Shenbarger

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