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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2007 : Issue 330
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  brought home the Christmas message    [ Grams46@[removed] ]
  Robert Hall stores: Me too            [ herbop@[removed] ]
  57, 58, 59                            [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
  re: Reply and Xmas Program Help       [ John Abbott <mraastro@[removed]; ]
  Re: Superman, Kryptonite              [ Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed]; ]
  11-23 births/deaths                   [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:57:52 -0500
From: Grams46@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  brought home the Christmas message

suelhamilton@[removed] writes:

I'd like something that  maybe
touched a person's heart strings or brought home the  Christmas
message in a dramatic and memorable way.
To all you wonderful  and knowledgeable OTR aficionados -- Any
suggestions?

lum and abner helping the couple who have the baby in the barn on  Christmas
eve in their sometimes annual Christmas program.
or
amos defining the Lord's prayer at the end of their  sometimes annual amos
and andy Christmas program.

peace from  kathy
support our troops; end the war
john 3:16

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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:55:14 -0500
From: herbop@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Robert Hall stores: Me too

Mr. Ross wrote:

The stores were pretty simple in design, but the clothes were
serviceable, especially when you outgrew them before they wore
out.

My older brother, who was in the Army, sent us some money to buy me a
new suit to wear for my high school graduation ceremony. We bought
the whole outfit, based on a black suit, at the Robert Hall store in
McKeesport, Pennsylvania. I got lots of compliments wearing that
suit, and it felt good, since I'd been wearing "hand-me-downs" to
church for years. After graduation, I wore that suit to Chapel when I
was in the Army for three years.
If it wasn't for my brother, I wouldn't have had a new suit. If it
wasn't for Robert Hall, I wouldn't have had such a nice one for the
money my brother sent.
I don't remember the jingles, but I remember the suit (and my
brother), and [removed]

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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:57:09 -0500
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  57, 58, 59

Richard Carpenter (a singer?) writes:

There seems to be general agreement that the last Great Gildersleeve show was
in 1957. Yet in two recorded interviews, I have heard Willard Waterman state
that he played Gildy for nine years,  from 1950 to 1959.

In my research for The Great Radio Sitcoms, the final Gildy show I was able 
to discover aired Thursday, March 27, 1958 at 8 [removed] ET on NBC.  If that 
should be accurate, could Waterman be taking editorial license and rounding 
up the portion of 1958 he broadcast to 1959?  Is that one plausible 
explanation?  Not sure when those interviews were recorded but minds have 
been known to slip after a while, too.  He died Feb. 2, 1995 -- when was he 
interviewed?  His brain cells might might have gone out to play a tad if it 
was late in life.

Jim Cox 

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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:11:52 -0500
From: John Abbott <mraastro@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  re: Reply and Xmas Program Help

How about the Johhny Dollar series "The Nick Shurn Matter"?  Maybe a little
long at 75 minutes.  Or Maybe "The Carmen Kringle Matter"?

John C. Abbott

Note:
No Trees were harmed in sending this message.
However, some electrons along the way were inconvenienced.

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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:30:02 -0500
From: Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Superman, Kryptonite

In our last episode, Joe Salerno queried about the
earliest Kryptonite storyline of the "Adventures of
Superman" radio series.  Joe asked: "Does this episode
not survive? I was under the impression that all of
the S eps are available to this day."

Sadly, this isn't so.  All of the FIRST "Superman"
series (February 1940 - March 1942) exists because the
program was transcribed.  But when the show began its
lengthy run on the Mutual Network (titled "Adventures
of Superman") on August 30, 1942, it was broadcast
live.  While most of these episodes survive, a good
number (some 300 or so) only exist in script format.
Worse, when the series went to a half-hour format in
February 1949, there were 151 subsequent broadcasts,
of which fewer than 25 have survived.

And what of Kryptonite?  Well, its debut was in a
seven-episode arc entitled "The Meteor from Krypton"
that aired from June 3-11, 1943.  Only one episode -
Monday, June 7 - is in circulation.  The story goes
that Kryptonite was created so 'Bud' Collyer could
have two weeks off, with another actor's moans
covering for him.  But this storyline only ran for a
week and two days, and Collyer's in the one surviving
segment.

Superman's lengthiest encounter with the deadly metal
took place during 1945-46 - in a series of story arcs
that include the famed "Atom Man" saga, which ran from
September into the following January.  Thankfully, all
are in circulation.

Michael

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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:03:43 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  11-23 births/deaths

November 23rd births

11-23-1887 - Boris Karloff - London, England - d. 2-2-1969
actor, host: "Starring Boris Karloff"; "Creeps by Night"
11-23-1888 - Al Bernard - New Orleans, LA - d. 3-6-1949
singer: "Dutch Masters Minstrels"; "Molle Merry Minstrels"
11-23-1888 - Harpo Marx - NYC - d. 9-28-1964
comedian: (First Marx Brother to speak on radio) Occasional guest spots
11-23-1888 - Nana Bryant - Cincinnati, OH - d. 12-24-1955
actor: Miss Tilsey "Fabulous Dr. Tweedy"
11-23-1894 - Andrew Schoeppel - Chaflin, KS - d. 1-21-1962
governor kansas: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
11-23-1894 - Ken Christy - Pennsylvania - d. 7-23-1962
actor: Police Chief Gates "Great Gildersleeve"
11-23-1894 - Rosetta Duncan - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-4-1959
singer: (Topsy and Eva) "Wireless Vaudeville"
11-23-1896 - Ruth Etting - David City, NE - d. 9-24-1978
singer: "Music That Satisfies"; "Oldsmobile Show"; "Kellogg College
Prom"
11-23-1903 - Victor Jory - Dawson City, AK - d. 2-11-1982
actor: "Matinee Theatre"; "Crisis in War Town"; "Hallmark Playhouse"
11-23-1908 - Nelson Bond - Scranton, NJ - d. 11-4-1006
writer: "Hot Copy"; "Suspense"; "Dr. Christian"
11-23-1912 - George O'Hanlon - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-11-1989
actor: Husband "George O'Hanlon Show; Me and Janie"
11-23-1912 - Tyree Glenn - Corsicana, TX - d. 5-18-1974
trombonist, vibraphonist: "Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concert"
11-23-1913 - Maurice Zolotow - NYC - d. 3-14-1991
writer: "Information Please"
11-23-1915 - Ellen Drew - Kansas City, MO - d. 12-6-2003
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Suspense"
11-23-1915 - John Dehner - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-4-1992
actor: Paladin "Have Gun, Will Travel"; [removed] Kendall "Frontier
Gentleman"; "Gunsmoke"
11-23-1915 - Natalie Park Masters - San Francisco, CA - d. 2-9-1986
actor: Candy Matson "Candy Matson
11-23-1916 - Julie Stevens - St. Louis, MO - d. 8-26-1984
actor: Helen Trent "Romance of Helen Trent"; Kitty Foyle "Kitty Foyle"
11-23-1917 - John Newland - Cincinnati, OH - d. 1-10-2000
actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "NBC University Theatre of the Air"
11-23-1919 - Andrew Ackers - d. 10-20-1978
orchestra leader: "The National Guard Show"
11-23-1922 - Maze Jackson - North Carolina - d. 5-16-1996
evangelist: "The Truck Drivers Special"
11-23-1923 - Malcolm "Mel" Arter - d. 10-16-1998
disk jockey: WKOK Sunbury, Pennsylvania
11-23-1925 - Jeffrey Hunter - New Orleans. LA - d. 5-27-1969
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-23-1929 - Sybil Jason - Capetown, South Africa
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
11-23-1930 - Bob Easton - Milwaukee, WI
actor: "Family Theatre"

November 23rd deaths

02-19-1911 - Merle Oberon - Calcutta, India  - d. 11-23-1979
actor: "Orson Welles Theatre"; "Stars Over Hollywood"
02-22-1910 - Gene Hamilton - Toledo, OH - d. 11-23-2000
announcer: "Voice of Firestone"; "Chamber Music Society of Lower
Basin Street"
03-15-1887 - Billy Jones - NYC - d. 11-23-1940
singer: (The Happiness Boys)
05-03-1919 - Betty Comden - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-23-2006
writer, actor: "Revuers"
05-15-1910 - Constance Cummings - Seattle, WA - d. 11-23-2005
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
06-05-1920 - Cornelius Ryan - Dublin, Ireland - d. 11-23-1974
d-dat war correspondent, novelist: "Hearing Highlights"
06-10-1889 - Sessue Hayakawa - Chiba, Japan - d. 11-23-1973
actor: Freelance NHK Tokyo, Japan
07-05-1928 - Beverly Tyler - Scranton, PA - d. 11-23-2005
actor: "Family Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-23-1915 - Frances Chaney - Odessa, Ukraine - d. 11-23-2004
actor: (One of Hollywood Ten) Marion Kirby "Advs. of Topper"; Burma
"Terry and the Pirates"
08-19-1916 - Marie Wilson - Anaheim, CA - d. 11-23-1972
actor: Irma Peterson "My Friend Irma"
08-24-1933 - Bobby Ellis - Chicago, IL - d. 11-23-1973
actor: Henry Aldrich "Aldrich Family"; Chester A. Riley, Jr. "Life of
Riley"
09-13-1916 - Roald Dahl - Llandaff, Wales - d. 11-23-1990
writer: "Escape"
09-15-1903 - Roy Acuff - Maynardsville, TN - d. 11-23-1992
singer: (The King of Country Music) "Grand Ole Opry"
09-19-1922 - Willie Pep - Middletown, CT - d. 11-23-2006
boxer: "Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts"
10-07-1905 - Jean Ellyn - NYC - d. 11-23-1989
actor: Margie 'Cookie' Cook "Valiant Lady"; Dr. Watson "Strange Dr.
Karnac"
10-18-1919 - Anita O'Day - Kansas City, MO - d. 11-23-2006
jazz singer: "One Night Stand"; "Command Performance"
11-03-1909 - Bennie Anthony Azzara - Newark, NJ - d. 11-23-2001
pianist: played for Jackie Gleason
12-17-1910 - Spade Cooley - Oklahoma Territory - d. 11-23-1969
western singer: (Rider's of the Purple Sage) "Spade Cooley Show"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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