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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 122


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Coolidge and Lindburgh
	 Shadow Collection
	 Request for comments
	 Thanks for the help -- I got an A!
	 Ovaltine, YES!
	 Ovaltine and "Nipper"
	 vertical recording
	 War of the World, the concept
	 Re: Norman Corwin
	 Mcarthism on Radio Comedy
	 Cincy convention!
	 Henry Burbig 30s radio
	 NIGHTWATCH log

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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 07:03:52 -0500 (EST)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: airwavesOTR <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Coolidge and Lindburgh
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

	Several mentions have been made here recently about the 1927 aircheck
of President Coolidge presenting the Distinguished Fliers' Cross to Charles
Lindburgh.   Whether or not it was the first aircheck, it is stated by the 
announcer that it is the first coast-to-coast broadcast of the National 
Broadcasting Company.
	
	And enough of the other hot topic lately - forget Ovaltine, use
Flava-Straws!  No stirring.  No Lumps.
		

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Date: Tue, 02 Apr 96 08:19:18 EST
From: TBARNETT@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Shadow Collection
Message-Id: <m0u45zY-000Y9sC@[removed]>

To: SMTP    --AHIPC2S

From:    Tom Barnett

Subject: Shadow Collection

Hello to all,

Several years ago I saw a 4 LP collection of Shadow broadcasts and it included
interviews with some of the cast members.  I believe it was called simply
The Shadow Collection from Radiola/Radio Yesteryear

Does ANYONE have this set that they would like to sell, or have the collection
at all. I am REALLY interested in acquiring or seeing this collection.

If you have any info please Email me privately.


I am also on the search for Green Hornet Broadcasts.

Tom Barnett
EDS/VDTO Finance and Personnel Systems Support
(810)986-0389 (8-226) Internet:TBARNETT@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 96 18:37:03 UT
From: "MARY MCKEE" <MARYMCKEE@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Request for comments
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I'm in the market research phase of the newly formed non-profit, The Atlantic 
City Radio Theatre.  There is no such animal in this neck of the woods, and 
I'm concerned with giving our first program as wide an audience as possible.  
I'd dearly welcome any and all (helpful) comments.  Here are some concerns:

1. How to get access to rights for re-creations and their legal ramifications.
2. How to get rights for re-broadcasts of existing product, both OTR and new.
3. What scripts or pre-recorded programs are completely in the public domain?
4. If you are a producer, what types of programs have you aired, and what are 
their ratings, time periods,
   and demographics?
5. Tips on production, attracting sponsors, syndication, new distribution, 
funding, and survival.
6. Success stories.

I'll keep you all abreast of new developments.  Here are ways to respond: 
	1) through this forum
	2) e-mail:  marymckee@[removed]
	3) fax:	(609) 345-6377
	4) mail: Mary McKee, Atlantic City Radio Theatre, Main Level, 55 S. Dover 
Ave., Atlantic City, NJ 08401

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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 10:03:20 -0500 (EST)
From: "W. John Weber" <wweber@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Thanks for the help -- I got an A!
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

I just wanted to thank everyone who responded to my question about OTR's 
reactions to the red scare and the bomb.  It was for a presentation for a 
class in my fourteenth (gulp) and hopefully final year of college (that 
number includes a few diversions, here and there).  Well I just got my 
grade back, and its an 'A'.  I was also told it was the best presentation 
yet for the class.  Best of all, of course, was the chance to introduce a 
class full of young and uninitiated listeners to radio drama.

Thanks again, everyone!

-- John Weber

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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 11:08:36 -0600
From: bechtell@[removed] (Jerry Bechtel)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Ovaltine, YES!
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Count me in Chet and Jim! I really did like Ovaltine! Still do! I've created 
my own shaker (Tupperware actually) and have one several times a week. Three 
heaping tablespoons of Ovaltine, about 8 oz. of milk and don't forget the 
ice cubes. Of course the amount of Ovaltine varies with your individual 
taste. Shake well and YUM! I can buy it from the local Kroger store. They 
must sell a lot of it 'cause they continue to stock it. I too was started on 
it in the mid '40's as a youngster listening to my favorite show "Captain 
Midnight". I guess thousands of us went through the exact thing with our 
mothers. "OK, I'll buy it this once, but you better drink it all!". 

Jerry in Illinois

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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 12:17:10 -0500
From: JRayb71827@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Ovaltine and "Nipper"
Message-ID: <960402121706_183243661@[removed]>

      Obviously, taste buds differ but I'm one of those who liked Ovaltine
back then, and still do (drink it regularly).  Here are some notes about it.
 The concoction originated in Switzerland and is still available there under
the name Ovamaltine.  Therein lies some of the change.  The original had more
malt and less sugar but that didn't satisfy American tastes, so gradually the
malt amount was cut back and more sweetening added.  True, the first, and I'm
talking about Little Orphan Annie days and not Captain Midnight, didn't mix
very well unless you used a shaker.  There was a good quality shaker for
family use but with the premium shaker you had to be sure it was seated
properly and be sure to hold on tight or you'd have Ovaltine all over your
mother's kitchen.  Believe me, that is said as the voice of experience.  At
any rate, the current Ovaltime mixes very well with no flecks to amount to
anything.  Incidentally, I have an original shakeup mug (the cream colored
one with orange lid) and it answers Lou Genco's query as to what substance
was used to make it.  It was called "Beetleware," an early plastic.  By the
way, someone mentioned the Sandoz company.  That's who distributes it now.
 But, originally it was "The Wander Company," out of Chicago.  I also have an
"Annie & Sandy" cup, as well as a couple of decoder badges, including a 1937
Starburst decoder.
*****
    Different subject:  One of the most famous trademarks in the
[removed]"Nipper."
     There really was a "Nipper," who lived in Bristol, England, and was
owned by a landscape painter named Francis Barraud.
Barraud had one of the cylinder-type phonographs, and whenever it was played,
Nipper was fascinated by where the sound originated.  Barraud painted the dog
listening to the horn sometime around 1895.  The painter liked the result so
well that he tried to sell it to one of the embryonic phonograph companies
--- without success until he reached the Gramophone Company, which thought it
was splendid.  Unfortunately, the company used flat records, not cylinders.
 The painter promptly repainted the machine and created the classic.  It
first appeared in the United States in 1902 and "Nipper" is now closing in on
his first century.
                      John Rayburn

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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 09:36:22 -0800 (PST)
From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: vertical recording
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

A topic I haven't seen on OTR is vertical cut transcriptions.
I was reminded of this by the post on cylinder recordings.
Vertical cuts were hill and dale recordings rather than side
to side. They had a good reputation but I don't believe the
technique would work with microgroves. 
Stereo actually combines both types of recordings in order to
encode L+R and L-R. I'm sure someone else could give a bit
of history on vertical recording.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 11:06:14
From: "Chester L. Cox" <ChetEL@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: War of the World, the concept
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Dave MacMurray writes:
Besides being a co-writer with the Epsteins of the screenplay of
Casablanca, Mr. Koch is credited with writing the radio play, War 
Of the
Worlds for Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater. Like Hermann 
Mankiewiez in
Citizen Kane, this poses the interesting question of whose concept 
it was,
that of Mr. Koch or Mr. Welles. Both stories had a journalistic 
narrative
that makes for a fascinating parallel. 

So I writes:

In his book THE PANIC BROADCAST, Koch himself tells us that the 
concept of modernizing it and using broadcast simulation was 
Welles.  And he also gives Welles credit for _taking_ credit, in 
that -- when Orson indicated the show was his concept (and implying 
that he wrote it), it was to shield the rest of his cast and crew.  
He may have (and seems he did) begun to think he actually wrote 
this (as he later seemed to think he actually wrote CITIZEN KANE -- 
though it's obvious from reading some of the original script 
transcripts that Orson added and changed on the set) later, but 
Welles' original motivations were awfully altruistic.


*jeep!

~~Chet-EL

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Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 13:35:00 EST
From: BWWG42A@[removed] (MR JACK L PALMER)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: Norman Corwin
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

-- [ From: Jack Palmer * [removed] #[removed] ] --

Although I grew up with radio, I was never that impressed with Norman
Corwin.  I liked his light shows, but IMHO he was much too pretentious
in many of his heavier dramas.  I have discussed this with others at
OTR conventions, and while we are in the minority, there are others who
agree with me.  In fact there are others I enjoy much more than Corwin.
Perhaps I'm a slob, but as a listener of radio since 1930, (I probably
listened earlier, but I don't remember it.) I ignore Corwin and
concentrate on others.    Jack

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 14:20:05 +0000
From: sam <blklist@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Mcarthism on Radio Comedy
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

>   "W. John Weber" <wweber@[removed]> wrote:
> 
>   >Is anyone aware of any radio drama dealing with McCarthyism,
>   either
>   >directly or by allegory?


You may want to check out BLACKLISTED by Tony Kahn, a three hour drama 
on the Hollywood blacklist, starring Stockard Channing, Ron Leibman, 
and Carrol O'Connor, which aired on NPR last Fall.  Our web site is 
[removed]~blklist

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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 14:28:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Randy Minnehan <rminneha@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Cincy convention!
Message-ID: <[removed]@acme>

Hi [removed]

   Well, it's almost time for the Cincinnati otr convention again!  I was
there last year, but misplaced my directions on how to get [removed] can
someone help me out?  I need directions to the Mariott from I-71, coming
down from columbus.  I'm staying at the Econo [removed] it was by far the
least expensive at $34 a night!  It's right there [removed] opinions by the
locals?

  Last year we had a YUSA/Internet "party" in Charlie's room, but had too
many people for everyone to sit down.  Any suggestions were we might be
able to meet again, say on Friday night?  Can we get a hand count of who
from YUSA or the digest here is planning to attend?  If you're planning to
attend, post a note here on the digest!  We had a good turn out last year.

  So, I need directions, and let's see who's attending from here?

--------------------------------------------------
|Randy Minnehan - rminneha@[removed]|
--------------------------------------------------

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Date: 02 Apr 96 16:19:13 EST
From: Martin Aaronson <[removed]@[removed]>
To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Henry Burbig 30s radio
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Martin Aaronson
67-50 164th St. 						718-591-7953
Flushing, New York 11365		   [removed]@[removed]

TO: [removed]@[removed]  (OTR DIGEST ?)

					    April 2, 1996

		   REMEMBERING HENRY BURBIG
			  (1897-1980)

    I was born in 1920 and in the early days of radio there was
a humorist, HENRY BURBIG, whom I enjoyed so much he remains in
my memory to this very day.  In recent months I felt compelled
to find out what happened to him and started a search of the
library catalogues but came up with an absolute blank - not a
word at the Museum of Broadcasting or the New York public lib-
rary.  And strangely, not a word either in the vast resources
of the World Wide Web.	Finally, scouring through the many
catalogues devoted to Olde Tyme Radio Nostalgia, I found a one
word entry, "Henry Burbig - humorist." Is this all there exists,
I asked myself, to memorialize for posterity this most popular
early entertainer - "humorist?" I was sure there must be more.

    So my next next step was to search for his obituary and sure
enough there it was in the New York Times of December 15, 1980,
and reading it the fond memories I had of this wonderful humorist
since I was a child was justified.  To quote from the obit, "he
was one of the medium's most popular performers in the 20s and 30s."

    The sad part is that mention is made in the records of
thousands of very forgettable characters but not a word of one
of its most memorable pioneers.  So it is my mission to try to
get him into the records.  I WANT HENRY BURBIG REMEMBERED.  I
enclose a copy of his obituary, and in it we find that he pub-
lished a book called "Laughing Gas."  With this additional clue
I again searched the library catalogues but again, no record.

    But, and here is the good news, the Library of Congress does
have a copy of the book and I am currently in the process of
trying to borrow it through my local library.  The name of the
book is not Laughing Gas but "Leffing Ges" and this is the entry
sent to my local library by the Library of Congress:

       29-10324 ITEM 1 OF 1 IN SET 1 (PREM)
       Burbig, Henry (1897-
       Leffing Ges (sturries, pomes and ferry tails)  New York,
       Ray D. Henkle co., Inc. (c1929)	143 {1} p.  illus. 20cm.
       LC CALL NUMBER:	PN6161 .B83	     LCCN 29-10324

    I was only 10 in 1930 and used to send away for transcripts
of Burbig's hysterical versions of fairy tales and historical
events.  In those days there was no Xerox and would you believe
the transcripts were hand-typed carbon copies!	I used to take
them to school to read to my friends and we all had a good laugh.

    So, this important entertainer must be entered into the
archives and accorded the long overdue recognition he much
desrves. He must not pass into oblivion, so I hope that you
will let me know that you were able to rectify this glaring,
unexplainable oversight.

Sincerely yours,

Martin Aaronson
----------------------------------------------------------------
   OBITUARY, HENRY BURBIG, NEW YORK TIMES, DECEMBER 15, 1980

HENRY BURBIG, DIALECT COMEDIAN IN EARLY DAYS OF RADIO, DIES AT 83.

   Henry Burbig, a dialect comedian in the early days of radio
who was later seen on television as "Tinker the Toymaker," died
yesterday. He was 83 years old and lived in the Bronx.
   Mr. Burbig, who began his radio career on 1924 on station WMCA,
was one of the medium's most popular performers in the 20s and 30s.
His forte was the reading of his own version of fairy tales in a
dialect of undeterminable origin. He later joined CBS as a pro-
ducer, director and actor.
   He was the author of "Laughing Gas," a burlesque of famous
fairy tales.
   In 1955, Mr. Burbig replaced Bob Keeshan on the WABC-TV morn-
ing show, "Tinker's Work Shop," which later was named "Tinker the
Toymaker." Mr. Keeshan then went on to create Captain Kangaroo
on CBS.
   There are no immediate survivors.
-------------------------------------------------------------


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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 23:30:03 PST
From: passage@[removed] (Frank M Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: NIGHTWATCH log
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

                          T H E   N I G H T W A T C H
                          -----   -------------------

                                  1954 - 1955

     First Show: 04-02-54                              Last Show: 03-31-55
     Number Shows: 49                              Audition Show: 01-07-54


     Show Description:

     CBS brought THE NIGHTWATCH to the air for its short run on April 2, 
     1954.  NIGHTWATCH was a police drama with a difference in that Don 
     Reed, a reporter armed with his tape recorder, accompanied police 
     officers to document what really happened on patrol.  


     List Comments:

     BRC Production's catalog had a short show description which I've 
     included here, indented below the title.  Titles describe the cases 
     covered by the episode.  Not all catalogs showed full titles, opting
     for one case.  There was a note in the McCoy catalog that the dates 
     ARE correct; the broadcasts were erratic.  A five minute "uncensored" 
     exerpt from rehersal of show 49 was listed in a number of catalogs.


     List:

         Date      Num  Title                                 Src Key
         --------  ---  ------------------------------------  ---------
         01-07-54       Police Recorder (Audition)            12 45
         04-02-54    1  Nude Prowler                          123 5
                           Suspect is caught completely nude
         04-12-54    2  311 Southgate                         123 5
                           A man is suspected of "flashing"
         05-03-54    3  Glass Breaker                         123 5
                           Break-in at service station        
         05-10-54    4  Peanut Butter, part 1                 12345
                           First call is traffic accident
         05-17-54    5  Shoplifter, Sidewinder, Peanut        12345
                        Butter, part 2
         05-24-54    6  Santa Baby, Lover                     12345
                           First call is an abandoned child
         06-04-54    7  Kid Explosives                        12345
                           Teenagers involved in robbery of 
                           movie studios.
         06-11-54    8  Paper Hanger                          123 5
                           Man passes a bad check, next a 
                           suicide attempt.
         06-18-54    9  Kenny Narco & Headplate               123 5
                           Narcotics investigation
         06-25-54   10  Big Search, Musical Psycho            123 5
                           8 year old boy is missing
         07-02-54   11  Slugger, Baby 211                     12345
                           A woman is beating her husband's 
                           brains out.
         07-10-54   12  Hammer 211, Junk Tree                 12345
                           Hold-up by a man with a hammer
         07-17-54   13  Car Winos & Floor Sleepers            12 45
         07-24-54   14  Old Bat & Crowbar                     12 45
         07-31-54   15  Boy Go Home, Flower Pot & Glow Worm   12 45
         08-07-54   16  Three Time Loser & Shotgun Boy        12 45
         08-14-54   17  Old Fashioned Suicide, Talk Jack &    12 45
                        Santa Baby (repeat)
         08-21-54   18  Shock                                 12 45
         08-28-54   19  Weeper, Silly Sal & Hot Pants         12 45
         09-04-54   20  Fence 447 & Western Union Raid        12 45
         09-11-54   21  Inhalator & Jawbreaker                12 45
         09-18-54   22  Strippers & Pix Stash                 12 45
         09-25-54   23  Motel sheets & Lock-Out               12 45
         10-07-54   24  Pick-Up and "Who's Crazy?"            12 45
         10-14-54   25  Triangle & Peacemaker                 12  5
                           Starts with [removed], blonde male,     
                           possible gun involved.
         10-21-54   26  Orange Balls & Bridge Jumper          12  5
                           An alcoholic is questioned
         10-28-54   27  Mississippi, Psycho 288 & Kingston    12  5
                           Drunk tries to turn in a drug 
                           dealer
         11-04-54   28  Grandma, Shoe Shine & Wife Beater     12  5
                           Elderly woman thinks her family 
                           wants to kill her.
         11-11-54   29  Kidnap                                12  5
                           Woman claims someone has stolen 
                           her child.
         11-18-54   30  Child Desertion, Cabby & Kicker       12  5
                           Woman menacing people on street 
                           with a knife.
         11-25-54   31  Bleeder Safe                          12  5
                           A drunken hemophiliac.
         12-02-54   32  Rolling Pin & Lugar                   12  5
                           A woman has beat up her boyfriend
         12-09-54   33  ?????
         12-16-54   34  Scum, Breastwork & Phone Burglar      12  5
                           A drunken brawl involves two
                           neighbors.
         12-23-54   35  Goldie 211                            12  5
                           Robbery in progress at liquor 
                           store.
         12-30-54   36  Beer Can                              12  5
         01-13-55   38  Aunt Suicide                          12 45
                           A family dispute
         01-20-55   39  Smash, Turkey & Larry                 12 45
                           Unit 56 responds to a hit & run
         01-27-55   40  Polio & Fog                           12 45
                           Young girl with polio is in 
                           urgent need of oxygen.
         02-03-55   41  CARE & Jug                            12 45
                           Perkins & Reed bust a robbery 
                           suspect.
         02-10-55   42  Ma & Pa Heinz & Chase                 12 45
                           80 yr. old couple are having a 
                           lover's quarrel.
         02-17-55   43  Bra                                   12 45
                           Perkins & Reed on narcotics 
                           stake-out.
         02-24-55   44  Knife, Dead boy & Get-away            12 45
                           A woman has stabbed her husband.
         01-06-55   45  ?????
         03-10-55   46  Bubble Gum & Baby                     12 45
                           Be on the look-out for man with 
                           explosives.
         03-17-55   47  Crazy & Buy                           12 45
                           Woman thinks her husband is crazy.
         03-24-55   48  Whiskers & Black Eye                  12 45
                           A cat is caught in a washing 
                           machine.
         03-31-55   49  Goddamn Lady & Mr. Peepers            12 45
                           Man & woman involved in brawl on 
                           the street.
                        Bike Swipe                            12 45
                           Recorded but never broadcast


     Information Sources:

     The information above was obtained from the following OTR vendor
     and club catalogs.  Contact them directly for more information.

         Key  Source
         ---  ----------------------------------------------------------
          1   BRC Productions (Bob Burnham), PO Box 2645, Livonia, MI 
              48151-0645
          2   McCoy's Recordings, PO Box 1069, Richland, Wash. 99352
          3   Vintage Broadcasts. 42 Bowling Green, Staten Island, NY 
              10314
          4   Great American Radio, PO Box 504 Genesee, MI 48437
          5   AVPRO, [removed] Box 1392, Lake Elsinore, CA 92531-1392

     I have dealt with some of the above, but to be fair to all, this is 
     not an endorsement of them.  I receive nothing by mentioning them.  
     These vendors and clubs have helped keep OTR alive.  Please support 
     them.   


     Last Update: 03-31-96


     This log may be freely copied provided that the text is unchanged.
     Please share it with fellow OTR lovers.
 
     I would greatly appreciate any error corrections or additional
     information. Please send them to: Frank Passage, 109 Elmwood Road, 
     Verona, NJ 07044 or via e-mail to passage@[removed]

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