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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2001 : Issue 291
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Gershwin Radio Show [ "Robert Fells" <rfells@[removed]; ]
Gershwin broadcasts [ "rich" <rich@[removed]; ]
Luster Cream Shampoo [ "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed]; ]
A&C followup [ John Henley <jhenley@[removed] ]
Re: BOLD VENTURE television shows [ SanctumOTR@[removed] ]
Internet hogging and retirement home [ "David L. Easter" <david-easter@hom ]
Re: The Coca-Cola Theme Song [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
Scopes Trial [ "Bernd Wichert" <b_wichert@[removed]; ]
WHATEVER BECAME [removed] [ "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]
5 favorite OTR shows [ "John and Reuel" <drevesrj@[removed]; ]
Re: Whiz candy bar [ Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed]; ]
Favorite OTR Shows [ Michael Henry <mlhenry@[removed]; ]
Re: Cereals [ Cnorth6311@[removed] ]
5 FAV SHOWS [ "JOSEPH ANDOLINA, JR." <nostalgic@p ]
your photos of OTR actors & director [ khovard@[removed] ]
TOTAL RECORDER [ "JOSEPH ANDOLINA, JR." <nostalgic@p ]
Surviving jubilee-style radio singin [ "Joseph Scott" <jnscott@[removed] ]
Top 5 Shows [ "[removed]" <swells@[removed]; ]
Beulah [ Joe Salerno <salernoj@[removed]; ]
No Replies [ Christopher Lowell White <cncwhite@ ]
That Whiz candy commercial [ "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed] ]
Re: Jack Kirkwood [ "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed] ]
Age and Favorites [ Jerry Bechtel <[removed]@[removed] ]
Re: Cod Liver Oil [ Garry Lewis <glewis@[removed] ]
Favorite Shows/demographics [ JJLjackson@[removed] ]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 09:20:42 -0400
From: "Robert Fells" <rfells@[removed];
To: "old time radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Gershwin Radio Show
Frank Kelly inquired about George Gershwin's radio show and whether any
recordings exist. Fortunately, there are some that are in circulation and
these days you can even find them on CD. If memory serves, Mr. Gershwin's
show was 15 minutes in length and I believe it was on the air twice a week
in 1934. The sponsor was - get this - Feen-A-MInt! Again from memory, the
show was called "Music by Gershwin."
A few acetates were found in Ira Gershwin's belongings in the 1970s and
that's how they came into circulation. The sound quality isn't hi-fi but
the fascinating thing about the broadcasts is that George narrates the
various selections and accompanies himself on the piano. His remarks were
obviously scripted and at times it's obvious that he's reading his lines.
But George Gershwin has become such an elusive figure due to his premature
death in 1937 that these few surviving broadcasts provide an unexpectedly
upclose encounter with him.
Incidently, based on my research I doubt that an earlier post claiming that
Rhapsody in Blue's opening clarinet glissando was improvised is correct.
Gershwin provided Ferde Grofe with a piano score and it was Grofe's job to
orchestrate it. The glissando could have been assigned to a piano without
too much difficulty but Grofe knew the unique talents of the various
musicians in the Whiteman orchrestra. In particular, Ross Gorman was
something of a Paginini of the clarinet so it was Grofe's idea to assign the
glissando to him.
Bob Fells
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 09:19:30 -0400
From: "rich" <rich@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Gershwin broadcasts
Two of the Gershwin broadcasts (on NBC from New York) are available on CD
coupled with a recording of a runthrough of "Porgy and Bess" Gershwin made
prior to its opening. Wish I could give the label and catalog number---but
my copy is on constant loan to friends who, like myself, are Gershwin
fanatics.
These broadcasts are gems. Not only because you hear Gershwin read from a
script (in the wake of consultation with a diction coach, perhaps) and
play---but because the announcer on the show was Don Wilson. Moreover, the
sponsor was Feen-a-Mint---and the commercials include dramatizations to the
effect that a good laxative will, in many cases, save the day. (The nation's
apparent preoccupation with laxatives in the '30's and '40's is worthy of
investigation).
Another good Gershwin reissue on CD (again, I can't give the label and
release # data) is the Paul Whiteman 1928 recording of the Concerto in F.
Roy Bargy is the pianist. And the cornet soloist in the second movement is,
I believe, Bix Beiderbecke. The orchestration is slimmed down---for example,
Whiteman used only violins in his string section, so reeds assume many of
lower string parts familiar in the 'common' orchestration. If you listen to
this recording in particular and then listen to Paul Whiteman's 1925
recording of "Charleston" (which you can find at [removed]) you'll
see how effectively Gershwin assimilated current pop ephemera into works
that became classics.
Rich Samuels/WTTW television
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 09:18:59 -0400
From: "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Luster Cream Shampoo
Here's a reply to Lynn Wager on the Luster Cream Shampoo commercial. My
mother got some of that. As I recall, it was a very thick, greasy
substance. Of even greater interest to me were the lyrics to the
commercial you posted.
The original words and music were from Victor Herbert's "Babes In Toyland."
It's disputedly called an opera and a musical by musicologists. Anyway,
here is an attempt at the original words. I may be a bit off. Comes from
the title song of the show.
"Toyland. Toyland. Dear little girl and boy land. Once you leave it's
gates, you can ne'er return again."
Comedians Laurel and Hardy starred in a movie version of "Babes In Toyland."
And another song from it is heard every Christmastime -- "The March of the
Toys."
Best,
Jim Stokes
jstokes@[removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:18:35 -0400
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: A&C followup
Kenneth Clark got a response to his Abbott&Costello question
only from Joe Mackey, to start with. Joe's answer to the question
about their IRS troubles was accurate enough, except for this
bit:
Bud lived until the early '70s and died nearly penniless, I
believe in the Motion Picture Home (a sort of nursing home for needy
actors).
Actually, Bud was able to maintain his own home in later years,
though it was always described as "modest." I cannot remember where
I read this nor who wrote it, but several years after Abbott died (in
1974, age 78), a younger man, a neighbor I think, who had befriended
him and become a frequent visitor, wrote a short piece describing
those years and debunking some of the more dire myths. He said
that "modest" gave people the impression that Bud was living in
near-poverty, but in fact it was a standard middle-class house
of several rooms. Bud often received fan mail right up to the end
and with the help of others, answered as much as he could. He
and the young writer often watched TV together; on one memorable
occasion, they had a look at "A&C Go to Mars" and about halfway
through, Abbott turned to him and said "You know, this isn't even
funny." He had that right.
I believe their IRS troubles were settled before Bud died, so that
whatever income he had in his latest years, he was able to keep.
One source was residuals for the A&C cartoons of the mid-60s,
for which he voiced his own character.
There is one thing about A&C where the information is so conflicting
that I can never be certain who's accurate and who's not, and that's
Bud and Lou's relations with each other. Some say they hated each
other, some that they just didn't have much in common offstage;
some say Costello belittled Abbott every chance he got, others say
Lou knew he'd never have been a success without Bud; some say
they never spoke again after their breakup and others say they
most certainly did, but not frequently.
An interesting duo. I _do_ prefer their earlier films, as a rule,
to their radio work. It's kind of painful to hear Bud struggle
with his lines sometimes, though I don't know whether that was
due to his having difficulty reading them or whether Costello
kept him constantly distracted.
John Henley
jhenley@[removed]
ph (512) 495-4112
fax (512) 495-4296
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:19:42 -0400
From: SanctumOTR@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: BOLD VENTURE television shows
In a message dated 9/5/01 9:04:07 AM, Jimidene Murphey asks:
Can anybody tell me anything about Bogie and Bacall's Bold Venture being on
TV? A friend of mine says he remembers it. I have several of the radio
tapes, but never heard of it being on TV.
***BOLD VENTURE was revived as a syndicated TV series in 1959, with Dane
Clark starred as Slate Shannon with Joan Marshall as Sailor Duval. -- ANTHONY
TOLLIN
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:21:37 -0400
From: "David L. Easter" <david-easter@[removed];
To: "Old-Time Radio Digest (E-mail)" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Internet hogging and retirement homes for radio
In response to :
...OTR people are non-tekkie piggies who are ruining
things for everyone.
Mark Kinsler wrote:
It's true that many OTR listeners are of a decidedly
non-Trekkie persuasion. Science fiction went from a largely optimistic and
thoughtful genre to an anti-intellectual pursuit of fantasy after Star Trek
became popular.
Mary Anne Morel used the term "non-tekkie" referring to "non technical"
individuals; not "Trekkie", one of several terms referring to fans of STAR
TREK, be they technically oriented or not.
I am about to cross the 57 year line. I have been a S-F fan since the early
1950's. That interest was part of the reason I became interested in OTR in
the early 70's. My first choice in OTR programs has always been S-F. I
discovered and embraced STAR TREK (premiered in 1966) when I returned to the
"world" in late 1967 after serving as an Army Combat Field Medic. I found
STAR TREK (the original series) to combine some of the best aspects of the
Golden Age of Science Fiction and space opera. Many top-notch S-F writers
were responsible for the original stories. The same writers who contributed
to X MINUS ONE and DIMENSION X.
As things occur, I guess I am also a "tekkie", having been an IT
professional, before this non-recession started (thank you George II).
David L. Easter
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:19:17 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: The Coca-Cola Theme Song
Jay Ranellucci wonders about the Coke theme:
Gee, that's a really
great theme. Is it an original composition for Coke? Does it have a
title and was it ever recorded commercially? IMO it's every bit as
enduring as Rhapsody In Blue which I also think is great. If anybody
has any information I'd love to hear about it.
The piece was simply called "The Coca-Cola Theme Song," and it was
composed in 1930 by Leonard Joy, the orchestra leader for the "Coca-Cola
Top Notchers" program which began over NBC in March of that year. The
gimmick of that program was that Joy led an all-string orchestra, with a
"sparkling" quality that was supposed to remind one of the beverage
itself. The orchestra also played a lot of tango music, and the theme
song was in fact originally written as a tango -- but Coca-Cola president
Robert Woodruff hated it, and before the first broadcast ordered it
replaced. Joy complied by rearranging the identical piece of music as a
waltz, and in that form Woodruff loved it -- and required that it be used
as theme music for every series Coke would sponsor over the next two
decades. Joy was no doubt happy to collect twenty-plus years worth of
ASCAP checks for a composition that was essentially a throwaway work.
Elizabeth
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:22:39 -0400
From: "Bernd Wichert" <b_wichert@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Scopes Trial
Hi all:
[removed] Scopes Trial: I do have an entry in my archive listing:
[removed] 25 2'05 "The Scopes Trial on Evolution: William [removed] and
Clarence Darrow (S.'s [removed] Defense)" [authenticity is not verified;
words may be uttered by professional actors] .
There is also a recording by country singer Vernon Dalhart on it.
I do not know if any of the newsreel recordings ever left the archives
(which would not be the first time).
Bernard Wichert, Germany
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:26:23 -0400
From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WHATEVER BECAME [removed]
What ever became of. . .
Olivio Santorio, who had a 15 minute program of songs and played the Guitar.
His sponsor was Philadelphia Scrapple, and he opened the program with:
"SCRAPPLE ODOL-LAY-DE-AY-, COMES FROM PHIL-A-DEL-PHI-AY,
IT'S PHIL-I-DELPHIA SCRA-PPLE FRIENDS, WITH THAT ADVISE MY STORY ENDS!"
And The Moylan Sisters, whose sponsor was Thrivo Dog Food, and also had a
15-minute program of songs, and they opened the program with: "WE FEED OUR
DOG-GIE THR-IVO, HE'S VERY MUCH A-LIVE-0, FULL OF PEP AND VIM. IF YOU WANT
A PEP-PY PUP, YOU'D BET-TER HURRY UP, BUY THR-IVO FOR HIM!" (These were 2
sister who sang in 3-part harmony)
Both shows were broadcast from Philidelphia, and I heard them on Sunday
afternoon over our Mutual outlet in Baltimore, WCBM. Are they still living
- and - are the products (Philidelphia Scrapple, and Thrivo Dog Food) still
around? Could any of our rearchers fill us in on these OTR performers. Does
any one in the PA area remember hearing them?
Owens
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:20:13 -0400
From: "John and Reuel" <drevesrj@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 5 favorite OTR shows
Subject: 5 favorite OTR shows
Iím 64 and still love OTR. Can anyone tell me what time ëThe Lone Rangerí
was on in the Central time zone (Chicago) and what days of the week? I was
thinking it was 6:30 pm, Tuesday and Thursday after I got through with my
paper route. Also, does anyone know what time Jack Benny, Fred Allen and
Duffyís Tavern was on? Iím thinking it was Sunday, starting at 6:00 pm.
My five favorites were:
1. 'The Lone Ranger'
2. 'The Jack Benny Program'
3. 'Fred Allen'
4. 'Duffyís Tavern'
5. 'The Shadow'
John
drevesrj@[removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:21:48 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Whiz candy bar
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 17:46:11 -0400
From: Jer51473@[removed]
Subject: Whiz candy bar and cod liver oil!
I dont know whether the poster had a typo or not, but the slogan went like
this as I remember it: Whizzz, best nickle candy bar there izzz!
Here in Huntington, WV in the '50s was a early discount store called
"Whiz" and their slogan, "Whiz-- the best store there is" still sticks
in my mind, though the store went out of business in the mid-60'[removed]
Joe
--
Visit my home page:
[removed]~[removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:21:59 -0400
From: Michael Henry <mlhenry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favorite OTR Shows
My top 5 favorite shows:
1. Jack Benny
2. Burns and Allen
3. The Shadow
4. The Green Hornet
5. Command Performance
I'm 32 years old and began collecting and studying OTR in
1981. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I listened
to KSFO, which played OTR three hours a night, seven days a
week. They played everything and every night was different
(I still have several of the schedules they sent me). I've
always had an active imagination and have always been
fascinated by the history of the 1930's and 1940's, so I
quickly got hooked. I began collecting shows and books and
joining clubs (RHAC, SPERDVAC, MWOTRC). I even dressed up
as the Shadow for Halloween in Junior High one year. Not
knowing the pop culture reference, everyone around me
thought I was some sort of transvestite witch ;-)
-Mike Henry
Metropolitan Washington Old Time Radio Club
and
Library of American Broadcasting
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:26:53 -0400
From: Cnorth6311@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Cereals
A while back we were talking about products which we were not sure if they
were still manufactured or not. Well, that got me to thinking. Does any one
remember when cereal did not taste like a vitamin tablet you put milk and
sugar on? It totally changed, for me at least, my love for cereals. I still
eat cereals today, but strictly for the convenience. And, while on this
subject, when did the cereal manufacturers start loading up their products
with vitamins and why did they do it? It seems I recall the Feds getting
involved saying our children were being malnourished by not getting enough
vitamins. Is this what happened? I truly wish I could find a cereal today
that did not taste like a vitamin tablet. In the same vein, is this when
cereal manufacturers started making sugar coated cereals, to cover up the
taste of the added vitamins?
Charlie Northway
PS: I suppose that is why I prefer hot cereals over cold cereals.
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:22:07 -0400
From: "JOSEPH ANDOLINA, JR." <nostalgic@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 5 FAV SHOWS
1- Jack Benny
2- Fred Allen
3- Escape
4- Lux Radio Theater
5- Aldrich Family
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:23:05 -0400
From: khovard@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: your photos of OTR actors & directors
I have assembled a collection of photos for inclusion in Words at War, my
history of WW II era radio drama. However, I
would appreciate hearing from anyone who has a photo (which you took) of
the following:
High Priority
Art Carney John Garfield Will Geer
McCambridge
Lou Merrill Burgess Meredith Bud Collyer
Irving Reis
Jimmy Stewart Jackson Beck
Lower priority
Stephen Vincent Benet Bernard Herrman Archibald MacLeish
Arnold Perl Orson Welles Arch Oboler
Thanks,
Howard
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:36:43 -0400
From: "JOSEPH ANDOLINA, JR." <nostalgic@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: TOTAL RECORDER
While reloading my computer with software and such after the wonderful
virus, I was wondering how many people on this list was aware of Total
Recorder. I've used it to record live streams off the net as well as from a
other sources such as radio or cassette machine, [removed] Great way to get your
audio to your pc such as
OTR before converting it to mp3, and I've had great sucess with it. And
it's cheap!!! The web page is [removed] Oh, by the
way, just to let you know, I am in no way associated with the product with
the exception of being a very happy user of it. :)
Joe
[ADMINISTRIVIA: Please, folks, if you absolutely must mention computer
software, make sure you note which computer system the software is designed
to run on. Not everyone on this list runs Microsoft's operating system
software, thankfully, and mentioning what OS the software runs on will save
those on other systems the trouble of reading up on it. As for this software,
TotalRecorder is for Windows machines only, and does not run under linux,
MacOS, or other OSs. --cfs3]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:50:51 -0400
From: "Joseph Scott" <jnscott@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Surviving jubilee-style radio singing pre-Ink
Spots
Elizabeth wrote:
Speaking in general terms, it's safe to say that if an event was broadcast
before about 1932, the odds of a recording of that broadcast having been
made are very slim, and the odds of such a recording *surviving* are even
slimmer.
Reminds me of a question that popped into my mind the other day. We have
recordings of the Ink Spots on NBC in Aug. '35. (Two of those tunes are
included on the Country Routes CD _Man That's Groovy_.) How many recordings
survive of radio jubilee-style singing (secular and/or religious material,
ETs or not) from before then?
Joseph Scott
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:50:53 -0400
From: "[removed]" <swells@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Top 5 Shows
Greetings All:
Well, my top 5 favorite shows would look like this:
1. Lum & Abner (Grandpappy Spears is my fav.)
2. Inner Sanctum
3. Lights Out
4. Jack Benny
5. Anything with Bing Crosby,or Bogart
Actually, it's really hard to just pick 5 shows. These are the ones I
generally listen when I am sitting in the office or that I take with me in
the car, etc.
Interesting enough, I am currently working on piecing togeher the
entire surviving series of the Lum & Abner Shows. I believe I have tracked
them all down, and now is the process of fixing them and re-recording them.
Alot fo work, but well worth it.
Shawn
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:13:43 -0400
From: Joe Salerno <salernoj@[removed];
To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Beulah
How many players from Amos 'n Andy contributed to Beulah?
I don't know much about this show, could someone fill me in on its history?
Joe Salerno
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:13:47 -0400
From: Christopher Lowell White <cncwhite@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: No Replies
Hi, it's me again: Bryant, the 12 year old OTR collector. I have gotten no
replies to my past list-posting regarding OTR rebroadcast stations. Has no
one heard of any, or what? By the way, here are my 5 favorite shows in
order of preference: Phil Harris-Alice Faye, Our Miss Brooks, Life of
Riley, Jack Benny, and last but not least, Dragnet. Please reply, somebody.
Thanks,
Bryant
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:21:47 -0400
From: "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: That Whiz candy commercial
This is how I recall the Whiz candy bar commercial I heard on the radio
in the 1940s:
Whizzz! Best nickel candy there izzz!
(2nd Voice:) You can say that again!
All right, I will: Whizzz! Best nickel candy there izzz!
My recall doesn't include "(candy) bar". Buxton & Owen's book helped me
remember the second two lines.
Would any of you know if there is any recording which includes that Whiz
commercial???
-- Phil Chavin
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:20:05 -0400
From: "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Jack Kirkwood
According to RadioGOLDINdex, recordings of the Jack Kirkwood Shows of May
30, 1945 and June 6, 1945 exist and both are complete(!), CBS net, with
Oxydol and Ivory commercials, 15 min. each. ( Not AFRS-edited!!) (On the
May show the skit (Madhouse Players) was about Darkest Africa; on the June
show it was "The Buried Electric Bulb, or Mazda's in de Cold Cold Ground".)
I used to listen (and laugh) to that '45 evening run of JK. My searches
for available recordings of either of these two broadcasts have been
unsuccessful.
If any Digester knows who has one or both of these broadcasts, I'd be
grateful if you could tell me how to contact that person or organization.
Many thanks.
-- Phil Chavin philchav@[removed]
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:20:03 -0400
From: Jerry Bechtel <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Age and Favorites
I suspect one's age may be correlated with their favorites. Since I'm 64
years old and remember the old radio shows live, in the '40's my slant
may be a little different. Some might say "hey, otr is otr no matter
when you heard it or or listening to it". Putting Suspense on you car
radio via cassette while traveling to work in a long line of traffic is
just not the same as listening to it when you were 7 years old, during a
storm, with no lights and scared half to death! There was just something
about listening to Captain Midnight and all the rest of the kids serials
from 5 -6 every day that cannot be duplicated 60 years later. Thus I
submit that favorites are a factor of age. My favorites back then were:
1. Captain Midnight - Superman - Tom Mix - Terry and the Pirates
2. The Lone Ranger
3. The Aldrich Family
4. The Life of Riley
5. The Shadow
Now they are:
1. The Aldrich Family
2. Suspense
3. Lights Out
4. Amos and Andy
5. Lux Radio Theater
I appreciate all the comments made in this forum! Although I am not as
knowledgeable on many of the topics as some, I DO remember well all the
nights spent listening to the radio with my mom, dad, and little sister.
That's all there was to do in rural USA in the '40's! Talk about the
good old [removed]
Jerry Bechtel
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:24:12 -0400
From: Garry Lewis <glewis@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Cod Liver Oil
This craze(?) had a minor revival in the 70's when I was into health
foods. Cod oil is rich in natural Vit. B and B-12. It was suppose to
be taken straight to get the most and fastest affects. By the time I
was taking it, they had come up with capsules and cheery flavored
varieties. Though
they still hadn't solve the smell problem. I still recall the Cod Live
Oil lecture delivered by old" Toasty Toes".
yours I don't smell like fish no more,
Garry D. Lewis
--
Remember: for every silver lining, there is a cloud!
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:25:47 -0400
From: JJLjackson@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Favorite Shows/demographics
Hi, guys. I’ve been lurking out here in Seattle for some time, enjoying
all the interchanges.
I’m Joy Jackson, one of the not-so-faceless people attached to the
Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound, and their annual June OTR convention, the
Showcase. I’m …(gads)… 51.
I came into OTR from a slightly different angle than most. I was on the Board
of the Bathhouse Theatre, a local professional theatre in Seattle, in 1991,
when REPS started. I attended their first meeting, with John Archer (the
Shadow and movies) as the guest. I joined the club thinking that it would
provide the Bathhouse with source material for a production they annually
did, called the Big Broadcast. That show was always a linear compilation of
OTR shows, ending with shows in the 50s.
But once I got started, I was hooked. I’m not a collector per se,
having avoided the collection fever, but I have an assortment of shows that
have come my way over the years. I store my tapes in old card-catalog
drawers, in card catalogs discarded from the public library. I haven't
figured out yet how to store the mp3 CDs that I'm acquiring--they won't fit
in the same drawers. I’m always curious how other people store their
tapes—boxes? And how they catalog what they’ve got. I’m
glad I didn’t get into this hobby pre computers and database management.
I’ve also gotten involved with writing “new” radio shows,
and we perform them using the old radio techniques. Once you’re hooked
on the “theatre of the mind” stuff, there’s no going back.
The REPS Radio Readers have had several of our performed scripts broadcast
locally. I find it an incredible feeling when I hear words that I wrote being
performed. And I owe it all to an organization that lives and breathes OTR.
Please check out our website at [removed].
My favorite shows? Vic and Sade (which we regularly perform in Seattle); Bold
Venture; Gunsmoke; Nightbeat; Our Miss Brooks.
Joy Jackson—Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound
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