Subject: [removed] Digest V2003 #225
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Date: 6/4/2003 4:30 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2003 : Issue 225
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Morality shows                        [ "jay ranellucci" <otrfan@[removed]; ]
      Yet Another Bob Hope Article          [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      Rochester revisited                   [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
      Rochester in Gone With the Wind       [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
      Gunsmoke                              [ "Katja and Tom" <kattom@[removed] ]
      Re: Batman guest                      [ "Jody Davis" <baroygis@[removed]; ]
      Re: Radio Show with Moral Messages    [ Christopher Werner <werner1@globalc ]
      Batman's OTR guest star               [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
      Old Time Radio-Batman TV series       [ "Tim Lones" <timl2002@[removed] ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ lois@[removed] ]
      Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Guest Stars                           [ "John Eccles, Jr." <jeccles@earthli ]
      thank you                             [ Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed]; ]
      Morality shows                        [ "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed] ]
      Guest star on TV Batman               [ Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]; ]
      Italian Balm                          [ "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed] ]
      June 5th birthday                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Whose voices?                         [ "Elizabeth Minney" <epminney@wcsonl ]
      find                                  [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 19:55:55 -0400
    From: "jay ranellucci" <otrfan@[removed];
    To: "Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Morality shows

    How about "Heartbeat Theater" by the Salvation Army?  Or maybe a
    more recent  production of a series called "Unshackled"

                 Jay

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    Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 21:06:20 -0400
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Yet Another Bob Hope Article

    This one focuses on Hope's movie career.  Again, one would think he had
    starred in "To Be or Not To Be" or something classic like that.  I prefer
    the opinion of Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.  "Historians dispute whether
    Bob Hope made 15 mediocre movies, or rather that he made the same mediocre
    movie 15 times."

    Anyway, here's the link, from the Wall Street Journal's webpage,
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    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 21:09:13 -0400
    From: JackBenny@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Rochester revisited
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    Bill H. wrote:

>     I was watching an old movie on video from the Library a few weeks
>     ago, in which Eddie Anderson had a minor roll. I have been
>     diagnosed with CRS (Can't Remember Stuff) so the title escapes me,
>     but it was from the 1930's. When he spoke I did not recognize him
>     at first as his voice did not have any gravel sound to it at all.
>     This made me wonder if the gravel voice came later due to some
>     medical condition or accident.

    The story goes that Eddie Anderson was a lad selling papers on the
    streetcorners of Oakland, California.  Whichever newsboy shouted the loudest
    usually got
    the most business, so Eddie tried ably to outdo his competitors.  So ably, in
    fact, that he permanently damaged his vocal chords.

    Now that's the *story* that everyone quotes.  There's always the possibility
    that it's not true.  But I do recall hearing him speak briefly at the time of
    Jack's death, and although he seemed almost overcome with emotion, you could
    still hear the gravel affectation.  Based on his emotional state at the time,
    I
    doubt that he would have been in a position to "put on" a character voice.

    --Laura Leff
    President, IJBFC
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    Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 21:09:32 -0400
    From: JackBenny@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Rochester in Gone With the Wind
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    Ed Ginsburg wrote:

>     I do not remember Eddie Anderson in GWTW tell me a bit about his role
>     thanks

    (Sorry for the multiple [removed] should read the whole Digest before
    responding.)

    Eddie Anderson plays Uncle Peter, one of the servants, in Gone With the Wind.
     It's a very minor role, but you may recall him slowly pursuing a rooster in
    a rainstorm, verbally encouraging it to surrender.

    --Laura Leff
    President, IJBFC
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    Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 21:18:29 -0400
    From: "Katja and Tom" <kattom@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Gunsmoke

    Hi:

    I'm listening to the entire run of "Gunsmoke." While doing so ---and
    enjoying it tremendously-- I have heard several episodes where it sounds to
    me like Parley Baer plays another, minor character along with Chester.
    Usually it's a crotchety older fellow.

    Am I hearing things, or was this done on occasion?

    Thanks,

    Tom Z.

    "C'mon, Chester, let's ride!"

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    Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 22:16:13 -0400
    From: "Jody Davis" <baroygis@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Batman guest

>     Here is a Television/Old Time Radio trivia question. As you know Batman was a
>     guest Super Hero on Superman's radio show from time to time. Do you know what
>     Old Time Radio Super Hero was a guest on the Adam West Batman television
>     series? I know the answer but do you? Lets see how many know out there.

    That one's a cinch, Allen. It's the Green Hornet (and Kato). They appeared
    in the 1967 episodes "A Piece of the Action" and "Batman's Satisfaction,"
    though they were not the "principal" bad guys. Each was billed as, if I
    remember, "Guest Super Hero." They also made a cameo appearance on Batman
    the year before.

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    Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 23:22:32 -0400
    From: Christopher Werner <werner1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Radio Show with Moral Messages

>     I'm looking for episodes of old-time radio programs that send clear moral
>     messages that I can share with church groups and such.

    Bill Wilson requested stories with a moral. Well - Family Theater and Let's
    Pretend were full of stories with morals. Family Theater was targeted to a
    Christian audience and later programs 'doctored up' classic story lines
    just so a moral could be established.
    Dragnet and Gangbusters (and I suppose Calling All Cars, 21st Precinct, and
    Tales of the Texas Rangers) certainly emphasized "crime does not pay" (ok,
    the Shadow too) .22 for Christmas on Dragnet comes to mind

    One can learn a lot from many of the [removed]

    How to loose a job - Fibber McGee
    How to save money - Jack Benny
    The importance of learning all the meanings of a word and of homonyms - Lum
    & Abner, Baby Snooks, Teeney(fibber)
    Many of the 'teen' comedies from the 50's tried to teach honesty,
    truthfulness, and responsibility.

    There are many others, as I'm sure others will point out.
    Almost all the programs are available for rent from you local OTR club -
    see their catalog listing.

    chris

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    Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 23:35:27 -0400
    From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Batman's OTR guest star

    Britt Reid, daring young publisher, matches wits with
    the underworld-- and in one episode of the Batman TV
    series (well, two, but except for the last season all
    Batman episodes were two-part stories centering on one
    adventure), he and Kato faced off against the dynamic
    duo.

    That appearance in "Batman" is the ONLY time-- to this
    day-- that I have ever seen the Green Hornet on "live"
    TV (as opposed to watching a videotape or DVD). Yes, I
    do have the video released a few years ago that
    promotes Brue Lee as Kato and contains three Green
    Hornet episodes, but that's not the same as having it
    broadcast on network or cable. I was too young to have
    watched the show in first run airing, but I've never
    even seen the Green Hornet series show up on any
    station, network or cable, in any of the years since.

    And the character was created in Detroit. How's that
    for irony?

    Rick

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 01:45:04 -0400
    From: "Tim Lones" <timl2002@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Old Time Radio-Batman TV series

    I believe that would be the Green Hornet.  Batman premiered on ABC in
    January 1966 and was an instant sensation. "Batmania" swept the nation then,
    and I was into it as an 8 year old as anyone.(Had the Batman cape, Mask,
    etc.) ABC, trying to cash in on a trend, Premiered the "Green Hornet" in the
    1966-67 season with B-Movie actor Van Williams in the Title role and Martial
    Arts expert/actor Bruce Lee as Kato.
    While Batman's style was Deliberately "campy" The "Green Hornet" played it
    much more straight. The Green Hornet and Kato  guested on "Batman" September
    28-29, 1966 and March 1-2 1967 (Both 2 part adventures shown on consecutive
    nights).

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 04:52:03 -0400
    From: lois@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:09:57 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Today in radio history

       From Those Were The Days --

    1944 - Leonidas Witherall was first broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting
    System. Witherall was a detective who looked just like William Shakespeare.

       Joe

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:10:19 -0400
    From: "John Eccles, Jr." <jeccles@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Guest Stars

    In answer to Allen's question about which OTR Superhero appeared on the
    Batman TV show, the answer is John Archer, who played The Shadow on radio.

    John Eccles, Jr.

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:11:18 -0400
    From: Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed];
    To: submit item <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  thank you

    What a group. I asked for help and did I ever get it.
    I sent a thankyou note to each person that took the
    time to lend a [removed] BUT just in case I missed
    someone THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
    Peter Appleyard

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:56:14 -0400
    From: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Morality shows

    With regard to "morality" shows, the first one that comes to mind for me is
    "Martian Death March" on either X-1 or Dimension X.  Sorry, I'm here at work,
    so I can't give you more exact info than that, but it is a pretty famous show
    and easy to find.  I think this is a great show, one of my favorites.  It
    might work for you because it does have a very strong anti-prejudice message,
    and lots of Biblical allusions with an old Moses-type character leading the
    Martians across the desert to their 'promised land' in the mountains.  Might
    make for interesting discussion.

    -chris holm

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:42:37 -0400
    From: Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Guest star on TV Batman

              I believe that was the Green Hornet and his sidekick Kato.
    The episode I recall dealt with the Green Hornet and Kato being
    thrust into a machine and being turned into stamps.  The crook
    was Colonel Gumm.  Fortunately, the Dynamic Duo came to the
    rescue!

              Besides  the occasional pairing of Batman and Robin with
    Superman, can anyone think of any other OTR heroes who
    assisted each other?

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 13:15:22 -0400
    From: "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Italian Balm

    Just thinking about the hand lotion product called "Italian Balm" as I was
    moisterizing my hands with Corn Huskers
    Lotion last night.  A computer search revealed that The Campana Company made
    "Italian Balm" in Batavia, NY
    beginning in 1927.  During WWII, Ernest Oswalt, the company's founder,
    changed the name to "Campana Balm"
    after the Canadian doctor from whom he had purchased the formula for the
    hand lotion.

    Oswalt was also one of the first entrepreneurs to see the value of media
    advertising.  He hired Florence Ward, a fiction writer in Batavia, to write
    radio scripts for "The First Nighter" radio programs.  Italiam Blam was
    introduced on the show, a popular program on the air for 22 years.

    Campana became a member of the Purex Corporation in 1962, a subsidiary of
    Allied Laboratories which merged with Dow Chemical.  Campana products were
    made in Batavia until operations were moved out-of-state.  I remember that
    "Italian Balm" had a pleasant fragrance,
    and it really worked on chapped hands very well.

    Russ Butler  oldradio@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 16:03:32 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  June 5th birthday

    If you were born on the 5th of June, you share your birthday with, of all
    people, Hoppy!

    06-05-1898 - William Boyd - Hendrysburg, OH - d. 9-12-1972
    actor: Hopalong Cassidy "Hopalong Cassidy"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Hometown of [removed] Kaltenborn and Spencer Tracy

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 16:04:09 -0400
    From: "Elizabeth Minney" <epminney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Whose voices?

    I was listening to a "Frontier Gentleman" episode called "The Preacher"
    broadcast October 19, 1958 and was stopped cold when the announcer, Bud
    Sewell, stated that the actors were Waldo Epperson, Richard Perkins,
    and Ray Wood.  WOW!  The voices I had been hearing were those of Ralph
    Moody, Parley Baer and Vic Perrin.  Whoever heard of this other
    threesome?  Why would Sewell have given false names?  He had been
    announcing for numerous episodes, so he must have known the actors.
    Can anyone explain, please?

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 18:25:30 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  find

    Hi Everybody,

    I am trying to find a copy of a documentary called Cincinnati Radio The War
    Years from 1941-1945.  A song by Doris Day is use with a local band.  I hope
    some one can help me out,

    Walden Hughes

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