Subject: [removed] Digest V2008 #74
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Date: 3/22/2008 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 74
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      National Lampoon Radio Hour and SNL   [ George Tirebiter <tirebiter2@hotmai ]
      Re: Old Time Radio on the Web         [ Andrew Godfrey <niteowl049@[removed]; ]
      Arthur C. Clarke story on the BBC     [ "Alan R. Betz" <arbetz@[removed]; ]
      Favorite Internet OTR sites           [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
      3-22 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Norman Corwin at the SPERDVAC conven  [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]

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    Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:09:19 -0400
    From: George Tirebiter <tirebiter2@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  National Lampoon Radio Hour and SNL

    The Nat Lamp Radio Hour in 1973-74 was definately the predecessor of SNL
    which began in 1975. It isn't just a question of the same talent, either. At
    least two Nat Lamp sketches were reused on SNL. One was of Chevy Chase
    delivering a long, repititive, rambling monologue about how the show was fast
    paced and well put together.  Another was of a child sitting on a department
    store Santa's lap and  asking for various presents for Christmas and being
    repeatedly told "no" by the Santa, who seems to delight in frustrating the
    child's requests.

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    Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:09:50 -0400
    From: Andrew Godfrey <niteowl049@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Old Time Radio on the Web

    [removed] has 12,369 free radio shows to listen to including:

    Amos and Andy 219
    Boston Blackie 192
    Escape 201
    Family Theater 384
    Fibber McGee and Molly 442
    Great Gildersleeve 468
    Jack Benny 610
    Long Ranger 973
    Lum N' Abner 813
    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar 486

    I have no connection with this [removed] a great place to listen to free
    OTR shows.

    Andrew Godfrey

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    Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:16:56 -0400
    From: "Alan R. Betz" <arbetz@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Arthur C. Clarke story on the BBC

       There is currently a two part dramatization of Arthur C.
    Clarke's story, "Childhood's End," on the Usenet newsgroup
    [removed]
       Each part is one hour and takes up about 52 MB.  I don't
    know when it was recorded, but it is in stereo.
       Regards to all, Alan

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    Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:11:30 -0400
    From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Favorite Internet OTR sites

    Hello again --

    In response to David Amaral's request for favorite internet OTR sites, I
    very much like [removed], so named because you need to download the
    free Real Player to enjoy the large variety of programming available from
    this site. I had attempted to share this site with other OTRers through this
    digest earlier, but at that time you had to pay one dollar to validate your
    membership -- and it's understandable that this digest isn't to be used to
    "sell" anything.
    Now the site is free, and all you have to do is give yourself a screen name
    and a password to enter the site and choose any selection from the wide
    choices available.
    The webmaster of this site also offers collections of mp3 recordings on disc
    for a price, but visiting, and listening to the programs on this site are
    now free.

    Later,
    Jan Bach

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    Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:11:35 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-22 births/deaths

    March 22nd births

    03-22-1886 - Chico Marx - NYC - d. 10-11-1961
    comedian: Emmanuel Revelli "Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel"
    03-22-1886 - Thomas J. Cowan - Newark, NJ - d. 11-11-1969
    announcer: First voice heard over WJZ
    03-22-1887 - William Royale - Rochester, NY - d. 8-9-1940
    actor: "Jack Benny Show"; "Eddie Cantor Show"
    03-22-1892 - Charlie Poole - Randolph County, NC - d. 5-21-1931
    country music: "Charlie Poole and his North Carolina Ramblers"
    03-22-1893 - Tito Vuolo - Italy - d. 9-14-1962
    actor: Uncle Carlo "The Goldbergs"
    03-22-1895 - Joseph Schildkraut - Vienna, Austria - d. 1-21-1964
    actor: "Intrigue"; "Best Plays"; "Columbia Workshop"; "Hollywood Hotel"
    03-22-1899 - Douglas Stanbury - Canada - d. 12-6-1980
    baritone: "Roxy's Gang"; "Kraft Music Hall"
    03-22-1904 - Bob Elson - Chicago, IL - d. 3-10-1981
    sportscaster, interviewer: White Sox, "Bob Elson Aboard the 20th
    Century"
    03-22-1905 - Don Dowd - Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-21-1977
    annoouncer: "Moon River"; "Don McNeill's Breakfast Club"
    03-22-1907 - Bernice Claire - Oakland, CA - d. 1-17-2003
    vocalist: "Waltz Time"
    03-22-1912 - Karl Malden - Chicago, IL
    actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Our Gal Sunday"; "Aldrich Family"
    03-22-1913 - James Westerfield - Nashville, TN - d. 9-20-1971
    actor: "Mystery Theatre"; "Gunsmoke", "Have Gun,Will Travel"
    03-22-1914 - Antonio Alfonso - d. 1-xx-1987
    sportscaster: WIAC San Jose, Puerto Rico
    03-22-1916 - George Wyle - NYC - d. 5-3-2003
    songwriter: "Alan Young"
    03-22-1917 - Virginia Grey - Los Angeles, CA - d. 7-31-2004
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-22-1920 - Ross Martin - Grodek, Poland - d. 7-3-1981
    actor: Soap Opera "Janice Grey"
    03-22-1924 - Bill Wendell - NYC - d. 4-14-1999
    announcer: "Ten Troubled Years"; "Biography In Sound"
    03-22-1927 - Karl Hardman - Pittsuburgh, PA - d. 9-22-2007
    actor: Louie the Garbage Man, Roquefort O. Lafarge "Cordie and Company"
    03-22-1931 - William Shatner - Montreal, Canada
    actor: "The Curse"; "No Love Lost"; "The Secretariat"
    03-22-1933 - [removed] McCarthy - NYC - d. 8-16-1995
    One of the Great Voices of the Great Lakes at WJR Detroit
    03-22-1937 - Andy Badale - Brooklyn, NY
    composer of radio commercials
    03-22-1946 - Jonathan James-Moore - d. 11-20-2005
    produced comedy series for BBC radio
    03-22-1955 - Veleka Gray - New Orleans, LA
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    03-22-1962 - Trish Cooke - Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
    writer: "We Expect Respect"

    March 22nd deaths

    02-07-1918 - Eugene Cines - NYC - d. 3-22-2004
    manager of CBS Music Library
    02-08-1893 - Ed Fitzgerald - Troy, NY - d. 3-22-1982
    host: "The Fitzgeralds"
    02-15-1912 - Howard Harris - d. 3-22-1986
    writer: "Abbott and Costello Show"; "Amazing Mr. Smith"; "Mr. and
    Mrs. North"
    03-08-1918 - Sam Donahue - Detroit, MI - d. 3-22-1974
    saxaphonist, bandleader: dance band remotes
    06-22-1907 - Mike Todd - Minneapolis, MN - d. 3-22-1958
    film producer: "Closing the New York World's Fair"
    07-13-1906 - Harry Sosnick - Chicago, IL - d. 3-22-1996
    conductor: "Pennzoil Parade"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Beat the Band"
    07-17-1915 - Cass Daley - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-22-1975
    comedienne: "New Fitch Bandwagon"; "Cass Daley Show"; "Maxwell House
    Coffee Time"
    07-23-1891 - Everett Glass - Bangor, ME - d. 3-22-1966
    actor: spokesman for "the 21 old men of 10 grammercy park: "I Love
    Adventure"
    09-05-1908 - Gloria Holden - London, England - d. 3-22-1991
    actor: Janet Archer "Meet Corliss Archer"
    09-11-1912 - Charles Stark - Reading, PA - d. 3-22-1992
    announcer: "Gene Autry's Melody Rance"; "Our Gal Sunday"
    10-01-1910 - Paul Baron - Baltimore, MD - d. 3-22-1985
    bandleader: "Hildegard's Campbell Room"; "Frank Parker Show"
    10-04-1878 - Arthur Hopkins - Cleveland, OH - d. 3-22-1950
    producer: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"
    10-07-1870 - "Uncle Dave" Macon - Smart Station, TN - d. 3-22-1952
    banjo player: "Grand Ole Opry"
    10-11-1918 - Olive Deering - NYC - d. 3-22-1986
    actor: Nita Bennett "Lone Journey"
    10-26-1877 - Dr. Max Mason - Madison, WI - d. 3-22-1961
    president university of chicago: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    11-27-1907 - Betty Hopkins - d. 3-22-1996
    writer: "This Is My Best"; "Trouble Is My Business"
    12-16-1900 - Jesse Block - NYC - d. 3-22-1983
    comedian: appeared with wife Eve Sully on radio

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:41:13 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Norman Corwin at the SPERDVAC convention

    Hi Everybody,

    Norman Corwin will be the special guest at the SPERDVAC Convention on Sunday
    morning May 4 at the Sportmen,s Lodge in Studio City.  We will be
    celebrating Norman 98th birthday that week end.  Norman birthday is the day
    before on Saturday May 3.  Norman will also celebrate his 70s year of
    joining CBS Radio.  Please come   and have a piece of Norman,s birthday
    cake, and sign his birthday card that week end from Friday May 2 through
    Friday May 4.  Take care,

    Walden

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