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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 165
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      9-20 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Those Were the Days-past and present  [ Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed] ]
      Why not the soaps on radio?           [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
      ROMA WINE                             [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
      9-21 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Zeroing in                            [ Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed]; ]
      9-22 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Transitions to TV from radio          [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]

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    Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:12:02 -0400
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:29:59 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-20 births/deaths
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    September 20th births

    09-20-1869 - George Robey - London, England - d. 11-29-1954
    music hall singer: "Music Hall"
    09-20-1885 - Jelly Roll Morton - Gulfport, MS - d. 7-10-1941
    jazz musician, songwriter: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin
    Street"; "Americana"
    09-20-1896 - Si Wills - Pennsylvania - d. 10-3-1977
    writer: (Husband of Joan Davis) "Joan Davis Time"
    09-20-1898 - Charlie Dressen - Decatur, IL - d. 8-10-1966
    baseball manager: "Tops in Sports"; "Brooklyn Dodgers Locker Room
    Interviews"
    09-20-1899 - Elliot Nugent - Dover, OH - d. 8-9-1980
    actor: "Best Plays"; "United States Steel Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-20-1908 - Lowell Hawley - Lynden, WA - d. 5-6-2003
    screenwriter: "Art Baker's Notebook"
    09-20-1911 - Frank De Vol - Moundsville, WV - d. 10-27-1999
    conductor: "Rudy Vallee Drene Show"; "Sealtest Village Store"; "Dinah
    Shore Show"
    09-20-1912 - John W. Loveton - d. 1-17-1997
    director: "The Shadow"; "Mr. and Mrs. North"; "Court of Missing Heirs"
    09-20-1912 - Ron Cochran - d. 7-25-1994
    newscaster: "Sounds of the World"; "Feature Project"
    09-20-1915 - Joe King - Birmingham, AL
    announcer: "Songs By Morton Downey"; "Walk A Mile"
    09-20-1917 - Red Auerbach - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-28-2006
    legendary baskeball coach: "The Inside Track"
    09-20-1918 - Gordon Heath - NYC - d. 8-27-1991
    actor: "New World A' Coming"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-20-1918 - Peg Phillips - Everett, WA - d. 11-7-2002
    actor: "Studio One"; "The Big Show"
    09-20-1919 - Francis Heflin - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 6-1-1994
    actor: (Sister of Van Heflin) "Aunt Jenny"; "Big Sister"
    09-20-1921 - Dan Barton - Chicago, IL - d. 12-13-2009
    actor: "This Is Your FBI", "Horizons West"
    09-20-1924 - Michael Hardwick - Leeds, England - d. 3-4-1991
    author: Adapted Sherlock Holmes for radio
    09-20-1925 - Joan Barton - d. 8-27-1976
    actor: Cashier "Meet Me at Parky's"
    09-20-1928 - Dr. Joyce Brothers - NYC
    psychologist: "Monitor"; "Ask Dr. Brothers"
    09-20-1929 - Anne Meara - NYC
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-20-1929 - Henry Livings - Northern England - d. 2-20-1998
    dramatist: "After the Last Lamp"; "A Most Wonderful Thing"
    09-20-1937 - Tom Tresh - Detroit, MI - d. 10-15-2008
    baseball player: "Tops In Sports"

    September 20th deaths

    03-12-1912 - Paul Weston - Springfield, MA - d. 9-20-1996
    conductor: "Chesterfield Supper Club"; "Paul Weston Orchestra"
    03-16-1897 - M. Barnard Eldershaw - Darlington, Australia - d. 9-20-1956
    writer: "The Watch on the Headland"
    03-22-1913 - James Westerfield - Nashville, TN - d. 9-20-1971
    actor: "Mystery Theatre"; "Gunsmoke", "Have Gun,Will Travel"
    04-25-1909 - Karl Farr - Rochelle, TX - d. 9-20-1961
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show)
    05-05-1907 - Benny Baker - St. Joseph, MO - d. 9-20-1994
    character actor: "Jack Benny Program"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-25-1917 - Jimmy Hamilton - Dillon, SC - d. 9-20-1994
    jazz clarinetist: "One Night Stand"; "A Date with the Duke"
    07-18-1893 - Richard Dix - St. Paul, MN - d. 9-20-1949
    actor: "Eveready Hour"
    08-16-1899 - Glenn Strange - Weed, NM - d. 9-20-1973
    singer, actor: "Arizona Wranglers"
    08-28-1910 - John F. Holbrook - Cameron, WI - d. 9-20-1978
    announcer, director: "The Bickersons"; "The Dinah Shore Show"
    10-10-1918 - Paul Dubov - Illinois - d. 9-20-1979
    actor: Frank Race "Advs. of Frank Race"
    11-11-1909 - Rad Robinson - Bountiful, UT - d. 9-20-1988
    singer: (Member of the King's Men) "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "King's
    Men"
    12-11-1882 - Fiorello La Guardia - NYC - d. 9-20-1947
    NYC mayor: "Douglas Corrigan Parade"; "This Is New York"; "Reads the
    Funnies"
    12-30-1894 - Vincent Lopez - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-20-1975
    bandleader: "Luncheon with Lopez"

    Ron

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    Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:30:06 -0400
    From: Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Those Were the Days-past and present

    I didn't have a chance to mention this to the group last week, but last
    Saturday's "Those Were the Days" program was devoted to "Eddie Cantor and the
    Stars of Broadway" and featured Eddie with Bobby Breen and Deanna Durbin on
    "Texaco Town" (from 1936), as the host of "Eddie Cantor's Show Business"
    (from 1952) and as the star of the commercial recording "Eddie Cantor at
    Carnegie Hall" (which wasn't actually recorded at Carnegie Hall, but that's
    another story). To hear it all between now and next Monday night (plus Bert
    Lahr on the Fred Allen Show and Ethel Merman on Philco Radio Time), join us
    at [removed].

    And to hear "Those Were the Days" live every Saturday from 1 to 5 pm CST is
    invited to join us at [removed] ([removed] FM to you Chicago-area folks). This
    Saturday, we present a variety of shows, including "Have Gun, Will Travel,"
    "The Charlie McCarthy Show," "Bill Stern Sports Newsreel," "Songs By
    Sinatra," "The Mysterious Traveler," and "The Adventures of Maisie." I hope
    you can join us!

    Steve D.
    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:30:16 -0400
    From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Why not the soaps on radio?

    So another TV soap opera had bitten the dust.  I seldom watched them, but
    they must have had some loyal followers.  I do remember seeing some of them
    during the summer of 1957 when some unions were on strike.  The cameras were
    manned by management.
        What interesting pictures we saw!  The floor, the ceiling; we saw
    cameras coming out from behind parts of the sets!
        Now that many of the TV soaps have faded into -- wherever they fade -- I
    have a suggestion.  Why not revive some of them on radio?  Or start some new
    ones?  They should be cheap to produce.  No sets, no makeup, no costumes.
    Just the actors, announcer, and the organist.  And surely the sound effects
    person and the director.  Go back to the 15 minute format.
        Use radio people, out of work movie stars, DJs who can read, etc.  (I
    recall hearing Casey Casem on CBS Radio Mystery Theater.)  Maybe the writers
    for TV can write radio.  Some courageous radio network will come forward and
    try this experiment.
        This new format could help keep drivers awake -- maybe.  No need for
    talking on cell phones or texting.  Just good listening and a [removed]
        "Tune in tomorrow for another chapter in the story of "Just plain Sam,
    brain surgeon."  "Bernice Suggins, computer programmer."  [removed]

    Ted Kneebone. Old Time Radio:
    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:30:21 -0400
    From: PURKASZ@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  ROMA WINE

    I think I told this story  before but some years ago I was visiting
    Wilmington, Delaware with a friend and  we came across an old second-hand
    store. A
    lover of browsing, we went in and  selected a few knick-knacks.
    One was a bottle with no top  but an interesting design like a scalloped
    collar around the neck as it rises to  a spout.
    I needed something like that for my kitchen as I  cook a lot and need olive
    oil handy. Not wanting to open a top every time, I  purchased a
    speed-pourer like you see on liquor bottle at a bar and it soon  became an
    invaluable
    addition to my kitchen.
    It worked  perfectly and did so for several months.
    Then it got kinda  grimy from use near the stove so I decided to hand wash
    it.
    Looking up into the light to see if I had dried it I  was startled to see:
    - ROMA -
    The numbers 1957 were there too but I have no idea if that was a date or
    catalog  number.
    So now when I cook and reach for that bottle I can  hear the jingle in my
    mind and do my perfect imitation of Truman  Bradley.
    R-O-M-A. Roman wines, Fresno  California!!!
    My wife still doesn't know what the hell I'm  talking about.
    Thanks for the memory  jog.
    See ya in October at the  FOTR.
    Michael C. Gwynne

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    Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:30:27 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-21 births/deaths

    September 21st births

    09-21-1866 - H. G. Wells - Bromley, England - d. 8-13-1946
    science fiction author: "A Discussion Between H. G. Wells and Orson
    Welles"
    09-21-1901 - Lloyd Shaffer - Ridgeway, PA - d. 5-28-1999
    orchestra leader: "Chesterfield Supper Club"; "Time to Shine"
    09-21-1901 - Talitha Botsford - Millport, NY - d. 1-30-2002
    composer and violinist
    09-21-1902 - Dymphna Cusak - Wyalong, Australia - d. 10-19-1981
    writer: "Shoulder the Sky"
    09-21-1903 - Westbrook Van Voorhis - New Milford, CT - d. 7-13-1968
    announcer, narrator: "March of Time"
    09-21-1907 - Jack Mather - California - d. 8-15-1966
    actor: Cisco Kid "Cisco Kid"
    09-21-1909 - Nathaniel Curtis - NYC - d. 4-6-1983
    writer: "You Can't Take It With You"
    09-21-1913 - Janet Ertel - Sheboygan, WI - d. 11-22-1988
    singer: (The Chordettes) "Arthur Godfrey Time"
    09-21-1914 - Geoffrey Clarkson - Yonkers, NY - d. 3-10-2009
    pianist: "Les Brown and his Band of Renown"
    09-21-1915 - Mac Benoff - NYC - d. 11-16-1972
    writer: "The Mel Blanc Show"
    09-21-1916 - Zinovy Gerdt - Sebezh, Russia - d. 11-18-1996
    actor: Read poetry and prose on radio
    09-21-1921 - Gail Russell - Chicago, IL - d. 8-26-1961
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"
    09-21-1927 - Jeanne Elaine Starcrystal Mazure - Melbourne, Australia
    writer: "Across 22"
    09-21-1930 - John Morgan - Aberdale, Wales - d. 11-25-2004
    writer: "It's All in the Mind of John Morgan"
    09-21-1935 - Sigrid Valdis - Bakersfield, CA - d. 10-14-2007
    actor: "Shaken, Not Stirred"
    09-21-1944 - Susan Fleetwood - St. Andrews, England - d. 9-29-1995
    actor: "King Priam"
    09-21-1945 - Hazel Edwards - Melbourne, Australia
    writer: " 'L' of a Difference"
    09-21-1967 - Christopher Price - Norfolk, England - d. 4-22-2002
    radio journalist: "BBC News 24"

    September 21st deaths

    01-16-1878 - Harry Carey, Sr. - NYC - d. 9-21-1947
    actor: "Lincoln Highway"; "Suspense"
    03-17-1915 - Joel Cranston - Iowa - d. 9-21-1977
    actor: "Fort Laramie"; "Gunsmoke"; "Escape"; "Have Gun, Will Travel"
    04-06-1903 - Charles R. Jackson - d. 9-21-1968
    writer: "The Columbia Workshop"; "Sweet River"
    04-15-1907 - Theodore Granick - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-21-1970
    moderator: "American Forum of the Air"
    05-15-1916 - Bill Williams - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-21-1992
    actor: "Eternal Light"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-16-1892 - Osgood Perkins - West Newton, MA - d. 9-21-1937
    stage actor: "Flying Red Horse Tavern"
    06-13-1924 - Lee Millar - Oakland, CA - d. 9-21-1980
    actor: Bob Regent "Chandu the Magician"; "On Stage"; "NBC Presents:
    Short Story"
    07-09-1912 - John McQuade - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 9-21-1979
    actor: Charlie Wild "Charlie Wild, Private Detective"; Steve Lansing
    "Our Gal Sunday"
    07-15-1908 - Lee Erwin - Cincinnati, OH - d. 9-21-2000
    organist, arranger: Moneybags Erwin "Arthur Godfrey Show"
    07-25-1894 - Walter Brennan - Swampscott, MA - d. 9-21-1974
    actor: Grandpa Vanderhof "You Can't Take it with You"; Judge Roy Bean
    "Law West of the Pecos"
    08-08-1914 - Pete King - Greenville, OH - d. 9-21-1982
    conductor: (Pete King Chorale) "Bing Crosby Show"; "Doris Day Show"
    08-14-1926 - Alice Ghostly - Eve, MO - d. 9-21-2007
    actor: "Theatre Five"
    08-20-1918 - Jacqueline Susann - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-21-1974
    actor: Lola the Cigarette Girl "Morey Amsterdam Show"
    08-24-1905 - Charles C. Alsup - d. 9-21-1987
    sportscaster: KICS Clovis, New Mexico
    11-06-1910 - Donald Dickson - Clairton, PA - d. 9-21-1972
    singer: "Sealtest Party"; "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "Blue Ribbon Town"
    11-10-1920 - Jennifer Holt - Dorset, England - d. 9-21-1997
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Curtain Time"; "All-Star Western Theatre"
    12-14-1909 - "Symphony Sid" Torin - NYC - d. 9-21-1984
    disk jockey specializing in jazz. Worked for several New York stations

    Ron

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    Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:30:33 -0400
    From: Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Zeroing in

    Dick Judge and other sources write that some episodes of ZERO HOUR
    were scripted by Rod Serling.

    Despite searches, I have never seen a listing of these episodes. What
    are the titles?

    Bhob @ [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:30:39 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-22 births/deaths

    September 22nd births

    09-22-1870 - Arthur Pryor - St. Joseph, MO - d. 6-18-1942
    bandmaster, trombonist: "Cremo Military Band Program"; "Goodyear
    Program"
    09-22-1875 - Guy Bates Post - Seattle, WA - d. 1-16-1968
    actor: Ulysses S. Grant "Roses and Drums"
    09-22-1881 - Joe Parsons - Indianapolis, IN - d. 12-22-1947
    singer: Edelweiss Joe "The Sinclair Minstrels"; "The Yeast Foamers"
    09-22-1885 - George Gaul - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-6-1939
    actor: Jeb Stuart "Roses and Drums"; "Grits and Gravy"
    09-22-1891 - Alfred Shirley - d. 7-24-1967
    actor: Dr. John Watson "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"
    09-22-1895 - Paul Muni - Lemberg, Austria-Hungary - d. 8-25-1967
    actor: "Free Company"; "Radio Hall of Fame"
    09-22-1900 - Hanley Stafford - Hanley, Staffordshire, England - d.
    9-9-1968
    actor: Mr. Higgins "Baby Snooks Show"; Julius C. Dithers "Blondie"
    09-22-1902 - John Houseman - Bucharest, Romania - d. 10-31-1988
    writer, producer: "Mercury Theatre on the Air"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    09-22-1904 - Clarence Nash - Watonga,  Oklahoma Territory - d. 2-20-1985
    actor: (voice of Donald Duck) "Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air"
    09-22-1907 - Sheppard Strudwick - Hillsboro, NC - d. 1-15-1983
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Odyssey of Homer"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-22-1910 - Del Courtney - Oakland, CA - d. 2-11-2006
    bandleader: "Kodak Camera Show"
    09-22-1913 - Chuck Acree - St. Louis, MO - d. 11-4-1991
    emcee: "Hint Club"; We, the Wives"; Ladies Be Seated"
    09-22-1914 - Martha Scott - Jamesport, MO - d. 5-28-2003
    actor: Alice Blair "Career of Alice Blair"; "Somerset Maugham Theatre"
    09-22-1915 - Arthur Lowe - Hayfield, Derbyshire, England - d. 4-15-1982
    actor: Captain George Mainwaring "Dad's Army"
    09-22-1915 - Vincent Donehue - Whitehall, NY - d. 1-17-1966
    actor: Neil Davison "Home of the Brave"
    09-22-1917 - Richard C. Hottelet - Brooklyn, NY
    news correspondent: CBS news correspondent in Europe and New York
    09-22-1918 - Betty Wragge - NYC
    actor: Peggy Davis "Red Davis"; Peggy Young "Pepper Young's Family
    09-22-1925 - William Franklyn - London, England - d. 10-31-2006
    actor: Sexton Blake "Sexton Blake"
    09-22-1926 - Sybil Trent - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-5-2000
    actor: "Let's Pretend"; Thelma "As the Twig is Bent/We Love and Learn"
    09-22-1932 - Allen Actor - d. 1-12-2004
    disc jockey: Orlando, Florida

    September 22nd deaths

    01-11-1888 - Charles Previn - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-22-1973
    conductor, pianist: "Sea Romances"; "Silken Strings"
    01-20-1919 - Tony Shryane - St. Austell, England - d. 9-22-2003
    BBC radio producer
    01-20-1921 - Connie Haines - Savannah, GA - d. 9-22-2008
    singer: "Abbott and Costello Show"; "Rhapsody in Rhythm"
    01-23-1899 - Jospeh Nathan Kane - NYC - d. 9-22-2002
    writer: "Break the Bank"
    02-14-1916 - Bill Murtaugh - Chagrin Falls, OH - d. 9-22-2006
    CBS sound engineer from 1944 to 1981
    03-14-1900 - Bernie Cummins - Akron, OH - d. 9-22-1986
    bandleader: "Coca-Cola Spotlight Bands Program"; "Fitch Bandwagon"
    03-22-1927 - Karl Hardman - Pittsuburgh, PA - d. 9-22-2007
    actor: Louie the Garbage Man, Roquefort O. Lafarge "Cordie and Company"
    03-24-1885 - Joseph Granby - Boston, MA - d. 9-22-1965
    actor: Mead Connors "We Are Always Young"
    04-09-1904 - Mickey Alpert - d. 9-22-1965
    orchestra leader: "Amalgamated Broadcasting System Inaugural Program"
    04-11-1893 - Lou Holtz - San Francisco, CA - d. 9-22-1980
    comedian: "Fleischmann Hour"; "Kraft Music Hall"
    05-11-1888 - Irving Berlin - Temum, Russia - d. 9-22-1989
    composer: "Ed Sullivan Show"; "People's Platform"
    05-14-1917 - Norman Luboff - Chicago, IL - d. 9-22-1987
    choir director: (The Norman Luboff Choir) "The Railroad Hour"
    07-08-1928 - Royce Baerg - d. 9-22-2002
    disk jockey: KNEX McPherson, Kansas
    07-21-1920 - Isaac Stern - Kreminiecz, Ukraine, USSR - d. 9-22-2001
    violinist: "Jack Benny Program"; "New York Philharmonic"
    07-25-1903 - Percy Angwin - d. 9-22-1985
    sportscaster: WSKI Montpelier, Vermont
    09-13-1914 - Leonard Feather - London, England - d. 9-22-1994
    composer: "Esquire Jazz Concert"; "Mildred Bailey Show"; "One Night
    Stand'
    09-30-1902 - Harold Bechtel (Uncle Harry) - d. 9-22-1971
    actor: "Candy Matson"
    10-01-1898 - Curtiss Arnall - Cheyenne, WY - d. 9-22-1964
    actor: Buck Rogers, "Buck Rogers"
    11-11-1923 - Willie Cook - Tangipahoa, LA - d. 9-22-2000
    jazz trumpeter: "Voice of America"
    12-10-1914 - Dorothy Lamour - New Orleans, LA - d. 9-22-1996
    singer, actor: "Dorothy Lamour Show"; "Sealtest Variety Show"
    12-21-1910 - Mary Orr - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-22-2006
    author: "Radio City Playhouse"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    12-24-1893 - Harry Warren - NYC - d. 9-22-1981
    composer: "Good News of 1940"; "Great Moments to Music"

    Ron

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    Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:30:56 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Transitions to TV from radio
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           Where do I begin?  Some shows did have a smooth transition from
    radio to TV ("Gunsmoke", "Dragnet", etc).  Some were more popular on TV
    than radio ("I Love Lucy" springs to mind).  Some of them, however, did
    better on radio than they did on TV ("You Bet Your Life", "The Goldbergs",
     "The Thin Man" w/Peter Lawford, "To Tell The Truth", "What's My Line?"
    and even, I've heard, "People Are Funny").

           IMHO, some of the comedies which began on OTR but were more successful
    on TV did so in some part to the proliferation of 'sight gags'.  Audiences at
    the time seemed to get the point of the jokes faster because they could see
    the absurdity in front of them.

           Game shows were still in their beginnings, but seemed to do alright.
    Panel
    shows like "What's My Line?", "The Quiz Kids", "Information Please", and the
    like
    didn't fare as well as others, but did act as springboards for many careers
    later on.

           There are many more examples, I'm sure.

    As always,

    Kenneth Clarke

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