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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 192
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Johnny Dollar's Radio Show            [ herby2@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 1-7 July   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Joel Siegel                           [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      RIP Joel Siegel                       [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      book(s)                               [ Scott Benson <alchemy541@[removed] ]
      Re: Conrad in Comedy                  [ Tom Butts <trbutts@[removed]; ]
      Private Eyelashes                     [ Mark Higgins <paul_frees_fan@amerit ]
      What is the connection between Capt.  [ Dick Fisher <w9fjl@[removed]; ]
      7-1 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Fw: 1929 Old Gold Show/Whiteman ques  [ "Jim Hilliker" <jimhilliker@sbcglob ]
      The announcer for THE UNTOUCHABLES    [ "belanger" <belanger@[removed]; ]
      Si and Elmer                          [ "Jay Manarky" <jayman@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:45:47 -0400
    From: herby2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Johnny Dollar's Radio Show
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    Somebody asked recently about references to the Johnny Dollar radio
    show, mentioned in various "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" OTR episodes.
    Last night, I happened to listen to the Sept. 25th, 1960 episode,
    titled "The Five Down Matter"., starring Bob Bailey.
    Turns out, it wasn't a regular "YTJD" mystery, with a crime and
    [removed] it was an anniversary "hoax" show, wherein Johnny Dollar
    was lured to a supposed "crime scene" to investigate a mass-murder of
    his favorite insurance company contacts. They weren't dead. They had
    got together to celebrate the 5th year of Johnny's show on the CBS
    Radio network, and threw Johnny a party. They thanked him for helping
    the insurance companies solve difficult crimes, and educating &
    entertaining CBS listeners about insurance-related crimes.
    At the end of the show Johnny Dollar thanks by name many of the
    (real) people responsible for producing the (fake) Johnny Dollar show
    - whom I assume were the real crew on the real YTJD show.
    Nice touch.

    In a later YTJD show, from 1962, starring Mandel Kramer, Johnny and
    other characters in the story mention at least three radio stations
    (with locations & call letters) that carry the CBS 'Johnny Dollar'
    show. Those references don't seem to advance the plot. Can someone
    tell me what's going on here?

    Addendum: After listening to more YTJD more shows from the early
    '60s, I've heard more CBS references. (In 'The Vociferous Dolphin
    Matter', 10/22/61, a CBS sound technician uses his professional
    skills to help Johnny find the real killer.) Was this maybe a
    last-gasp effort by the CBS radio network to use one of its most
    popular programs to keep OTR-type network programming alive?

    By the way, I haven't decided for sure yet, but I think I like the
    Bailey shows better than the Kramer [removed] I'll have to listen to
    more of the Kramers.

    herby2 aka herbop

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    Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:45:54 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 1-7 July

     From Those Were The Days --

    7/1

    1934 - The Federal Communications Commission, as mandated in the
    Communications Act of 1934, replaced the Federal Radio Commission as the
    regulator of broadcasting in the United States.

    7/2

    1939 - The Aldrich Family debuted on NBC.

    1946 - CBS signed Arthur Godfrey to do a weekly nighttime show.

    1951 - NBC presented Bob and Ray (Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding) on a
    network show.

    7/3

    1939 - Chic Young's comic strip character, Blondie was first heard on CBS.

    1940 - The legendary comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted
    with their network show on NBC.

    1945 - Victor Borge was first heard on NBC. The network gave the
    comedian/pianist the summer replacement slot for Fibber McGee and Molly.

    7/4

    1943 - The Rhythm Boys, Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris, were
    reunited for the first time since the 1930s on Paul Whiteman Presents on
    NBC.

    1951 - Jack Webb did a summer switch -- from his Dragnet role of Sgt.
    Joe Friday to that of Pete Kelly. Pete Kelly's Blues, a crime drama, was
    the summer replacement on NBC for Halls of Ivy (with Ronald Colman and
    Benita Hume).

    7/5

    1943 - The Adventures of Nero Wolfe debuted on the NBC Blue network.
    Nero Wolfe was "the detective genius who rates the knife and fork the
    greatest tools ever invented by man." The 'gargantuan gourmet' continued
    on the air until 1951.

    1948 - My Favorite Husband, with Lucille Ball, became the gifted
    redhead's first regular radio program on CBS.  Richard Denning
    co-starred with Lucy as "two people who live together and like it."

    1951 - The Silver Eagle debuted on ABC as a entry into radio's
    action-adventure lineup. Jim Ameche starred as Jim West.

    7/6

    1943 - Judy Canova, the 'Queen of the Hillbillies', began a weekly
    comedy show on CBS.

    1947 - A hidden microphone eavesdropped on unsuspecting people for the
    first time this night, as Candid Microphone hit the ABC airwaves.

    7/7

     From The History Net --

    1927 -- Christopher Stone becomes the first British 'disc jockey' when
    he plays records for the BBC.

     From Those Were The Days --

    1920 - A device known as the radio compass was used for the first time
    on a [removed] Navy airplane near Norfolk, Virginia.

    1943 - For the first time, Flashgun Casey was heard on radio. Not much
    later, the name of the program was altered to Casey, Crime Reporter, and
    became much more popular.

    1949 - Dragnet was first heard on NBC.

    Joe

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    Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:46:42 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Joel Siegel

    NBC Evening Nightly News the other evening reported on the passing of Joel
    Siegel.  Though I suspect many people will put a posting about his death on
    the Digest here, I thought it only fitting to point out a few things about
    him - namely that he was a member of this Digest and read postings almost as
    frequently as any other subscriber.  A few of my postings in the past
    prompted a personal e-mail and we exchanged a few back and forth on and off
    for the past three years.  His opinions about movies made these days matched
    mine, and often agreed on the same subjects.

    For anyone who does not know who Joel Siegel was, he began a career as a
    radio newscaster and "Disc Jockey," then moved into book reviewing for west
    coast newspapers.  He moved to New York to become a reporter for WCBS-TV in
    1972, and then began hosting his own radio program, "Joe Siegel's New York"
    on WCBS's radio network.  He even became a film critic for ABC's GOOD
    MORNING AMERICA television program.  (All of the e-mails I received from him
    always signed off with the "Good Morning America" logo at the bottom.)

    In 1991, he joined with actor Gene Wilder to found Gilda's Club, a nonprofit
    organization that provided social support for cancer patients and their
    families.  Siegel was diagnosed with cancer years later with colon cancer.

    Just recently, Siegel attended a screening of the film, CLERKS II (a sequel
    to a dreadful movie I didn't like, CLERKS).  Reportedly he walked out of the
    theatre announcing publicly, "First movie I've ever walked out on in 30
    (expletive) years."  Kevin Smith, star and director of the movie, criticized
    Joel's behavior as disruptive and unprofessional on an on-line blog.  The
    next afternoon, Siegel apologized to Smith, very professionally, on a radio
    program calling Smith "a fine filmmaker," but defended his actions about
    walking out commenting "movies might be better if more people did what I
    did."

    Joel Siegel died from his battle against colon cancer June 29.  His work in
    radio and television left an impact that hopefully would last an impression
    on future radio, television and the motion picture industry's standards.

    Martin Grams Jr.

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    Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:46:40 -0400
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RIP Joel Siegel
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    Joel Siegel, the movie critic for Good Morning America and a quiet member of this e-mail digest died yesterday at age 63 of cancer.

    A few years ago he put out a call on this list for audio of old Academy Awards broadcasts for some Oscar segment he was working on and I was able to help him out with a program hosted by Jack Benny.

    He sent a nice personal note and a coffee mug, along with the tape back, when he was done with it.  I was hoping to exploit the relationship to get him to mention FOTR on the news at some point but I don't believe he ever did.

    In any case, it's always sad to lose a fan before his time.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:56:21 -0400
    From: Scott Benson <alchemy541@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  book(s)

     I am looking for a book that gives descriptions and a little background
    of each series. Does such a book exist and if there are more than 1-
    which is the most informative?

    Thanks,
    Scott

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    Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:56:49 -0400
    From: Tom Butts <trbutts@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Conrad in Comedy

    There is an amusing episode of "The Six Shooter" entitled "Crisis at Easter
    Creek" in which Britt Ponset agrees to try to raise $50 for a new church
    organ.  After failing to get enough money from the townspeople, he
    encounters Redeye Kirk [played by Conrad] who is head of the outlaws who
    reside near the town.  Redeye helps Ponset raise over $1000 from his outlaw
    friends. Conrad's voice is clearly audible in the last scene where those
    attending the church service the following Sunday are singing "Bringing in
    the Sheaves".  In the credits, the announcer says:  "other in the cast were
    Virginia Gregg,......,  and Redeye Kirk.

    Tom Butts
    Dallas, TX

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    Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:41:42 -0400
    From: Mark Higgins <paul_frees_fan@[removed];
    To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Private Eyelashes
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    My wife and I just got back from a very entertaining afternoon in Kenosha,
    WI.  "Private Eyelashes", a celebration of the female character in radio
    drama, was presented at the Kenosha Museum by RG Productions in association
    with Actors Craft, Nita Hunter - Producer.  The show featured two radio
    recreations, the first "Rebecca Diamond, Private Eye", an award winning new
    script written by Nita Hunter, and the second, an episode of Candy Matson
    from 1949.  Both scripts were well acted, with live sound effects and live
    music, including a saxophonist for the first episode, and a great organist,
    George Wertz, supplying the background and atmosphere for Candy Matson.
        Even the intermission was entertaining, with audience participation in a
    version of "Dr. [removed] - The Mental Banker" where each person who correctly
    identified the musical advertising clue was awarded a Snickers bar.
        The highlight of the afternoon was guest speaker Jack French, author of
    "Private Eyelashes", from whom the group borrowed the title for the
    afternoon's presentation.  Jack gave a very interesting talk on the evolution
    of the female characters in detective drama, including the fact that they
    became a necessary part of the radio dramas (there was no Patsy Bowen in the
    Nick Carter novels, nor a Nikki Porter in the Ellery Queen books).  Jack
    included several clips, from Marlene Dietrich to Candy Matson.  It was very
    enjoyable and informative.
        Nita Hunter was a very gracious host and emcee, and it was a great
    pleasure for me to have the chance to meet and talk with Jack French, who, by
    the way, is a very nice guy.

    Mark Higgins
    President - Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts ([removed])

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    Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:42:12 -0400
    From: Dick Fisher <w9fjl@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  What is the connection between Capt. Marvel and
     Jack Armstrong?

    A close  friend of mine has a letter to members of  the Captain Marvel
    Fan club and it states as follows:

    "Hold everything for some sizzling hot news!  I just got word from
    General Mills' Jack Armstrong about a brand-new contest--a truly
    sensational offer to be announced on Thursday, March 29th.  It's a
    simple "lots of fun" contest open to all fellows and girls in America 18
    years and under with over 600 prizes valued at more than $13,000! There
    will be 13 winners in each of the 48 states and the District of
    Columbia. First grand prize: an actual Piper Cub Airplane! --really
    honest -to-goodness Cub Trainer delivered READY to FLY!  PLUS--1176
    hours of actual FLYING LESSONS.

    ------------Get in on the ground floor of this amazing contest.  Listen
    to the thrilling adventure story, Jack Armstrong, Blue Network Thursday,
    March 29th at 5[removed]"

    The letter is from 'Capt. Marvel Club Headquarters 49 W. Putnam Ave.
    Greenwich, Conn."

    Now the questions:

    What was the connection between Jack Armstrong and Captain Marvel???

    What year was the offer supposed to occur?  (There is NO clue in the
    letter or the mailing envelope of the year).

    Did this offer on Jack Armstrong ever take place?

    If so, who won the airplane?

    I was an avid Jack Armstrong  and Capt. Marvel fan from 1936 through
    1942 and do not remember anything even closely resembling this offer.

    I do have the letter in front of me as I write.

    Can anyone help?

    Richard

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    Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:42:19 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-1 births/deaths

    July 1st births

    07-01-1881 - Josef Pasternack - Czenstachown, Poland - d. 4-29-1940
    conductor: "Atwater Kent Concert"; "Carnation Contented Hour"
    07-01-1894 - John Lair - Livingston, KY - d. 11-13-1985
    announcer, director: "National Barn Dance"; "Sunday Mornin' Gatherin'"
    07-01-1899 - Charles Laughton - Scarborough, England - d. 12-15-1962
    actor: "Three Ring Time"; "Columbia Presents Corwin"; "Blue Ribbon Town"
    07-01-1901 - Irna Phillips - Chicago, IL - d. 12-23-1973
    actor, writer: Mother Moran "Today's Children"; "The Guiding Light";
    "Road of Life"
    07-01-1902 - William Wyler - Muhlhausen, Germany - d. 7-28-1981
    film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "Hollywood Fights Back"
    07-01-1907 - Bill Stern - Rochester, NY - d. 11-19-1971
    sportscaster: "Carnival of Champions"; "Colgate Sports Newsreel"
    07-01-1908 - Alvino Rey - Oakland, CA - d. 2-24-2004
    bandleader: "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"
    07-01-1909 - Gertrude Fass - d. 3-6-2005
    writer: "Suspense"; "The Whistler"
    07-01-1909 - Madge Evans - NYC - d. 4-26-1981
    panelist: "Leave It to the Girls"; "Who Said That?"
    07-01-1911 - Larry Berns - Belfast, Northern Ireland
    producer, director: "The Bill Goodwin Show"
    07-01-1912 - Murray Matheson - Casterto, Australia - d. 4-25-1985
    actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    07-01-1913 - Dolph Nelson - d. 12-7-1981
    actor, director: "Captain Midnight"; "Art Linkletter's House Party"
    07-01-1914 - Michael Wilson - McAlester, OK - d. 4-9-1978
    blacklisted screen writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-01-1916 - Olivia De Havilland - Tokyo, Japan
    actor: "Plays for Americans"; "Your Hollywood Parade"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    07-01-1921 - Margarita Duparinova - Bulgaria - d. 11-3-2005
    actor: Starred in Bulgarian radio
    07-01-1925 - Farley Granger - San Jose, CA
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre", "Screen Guild Theatre"
    07-01-1931 - Leslie Caron - Boulogne, France
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-01-1934 - Jamie Farr - Toledo, OH
    actor: Armed Forces Radio
    07-01-1934 - Jean Marsh - London, England
    actor: "Earplay"

    July 1st deaths

    01-15-1915 - Rod MacLeish - Bryn Mawr, PA - d. 7-1-2006
    writer: "Six By Corwin"
    01-19-1913 - Edward M. Asherman - d. 7-1-2005
    composer/guitarist/singer: Xavier Cugat Orchestra
    02-21-1938 - Wolfman Jack - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-1-1995
    disc jockey: Mexican Border Radio"
    02-27-1927 - Guy Mitchell - Detroit, MI - d. 7-1-1999
    singer: "Stars On Parade"; "1957 March of Dimes Galaxy of Stars"
    03-21-1926 - Virginia Weidler - Eagle Rock, CA - d. 7-1-1968
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    04-03-1924 - Marlon Brando - Omaha, NE - d. 7-1-2004
    actor: "Streetcar Named Desire"; "As Easy as [removed]"
    04-04-1875 - Pierre Monteux - d. 7-1-1964
    conductor: "The NBC Symphony Orchestra"
    04-15-1928 - Jimmy Ogg - Los Angeles, CA - d. 7-1-1986
    actor: "Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang"
    04-16-1930 - Herbie Mann - NYC - d. 7-1-2003
    jazz flutist: "Voices of Vista"; "Sounds of Freedom"
    06-07-1919 - Ray Scherer - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 7-1-2000
    nbc white house correspondent: "News of the World"; "Army-McCarthy
    Hearings"
    06-25-1897 - Wilkie Mahoney - d. 7-1-1976
    writer: "The Bob Hope Show:
    08-06-1917 - Robert Mitchum - Bridgeport, CT - d. 7-1-1997
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "So Proudly We Hail"
    08-08-1910 - Sylvia Sidney - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-1-1999
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Columbia Presents Corwin"; "Philip
    Morris Playhouse"
    08-10-1909 - Claude Thornhill - Terre Haute, IN - d. 7-1-1965
    bandleader: "The Judy 'N Jill 'N Johnny Show"
    09-04-1908 - Ed Dmytryk - Grand Forks, Canada - d. 7-1-1999
    film director"; "George Fisher Interviews the Stars"
    09-10-1916 - Dorothy Lowell - NYC - d. 7-1-1944
    actor: Sunday Brinthrope "Our Gal Sunday"; Linda Clark "Hilltop House"
    10-04-1910 - James Doyle - St. Paul, MN - d. 7-1-1980
    announcer: "The Great Gildersleeve"; "Rogue's Gallery"
    12-23-1913 - Anton M. Leader - Boston, MA - d. 7-1-1988
    director: "Eternal Light"; "Murder at Midnight"; "Suspense"; "Words
    at War"
    12-25-1918 - Maritta M. Wolff - Grass Lake, MI - d. 7-1-2002
    novelist: (Whistle Stop) "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-26-1891 - Tony Wons - Menasha, WI - d. 7-1-1965
    host: "Tony Wons Scrapbook"; "House by the Side of the Road"; "Camel
    Quarter Hour"
    12-29-1915 - Robert Ruark - Wilmington, NC - d. 7-1-1965
    novelist: "Who Said That?"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Eloise McElhone - d. 7-1-1974
    panelist: "Leave It to the Girls"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 00:28:19 -0400
    From: "Jim Hilliker" <jimhilliker@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Fw: 1929 Old Gold Show/Whiteman question

    Hi everyone!  I'll keep this question brief.

    During 1929 until March of 1930, the Old Gold Show on CBS with Paul Whiteman
    moved to Hollywood, while the filming of Whiteman's movie The King of Jazz
    took place.  I see that the show originated at station KMTR in Hollywood.
    Is there a known reason why the show was broadcast from KMTR instead of the
    Los Angeles CBS affiliate KHJ?  Just curiuous.  If you know, please let me
    know.  I'd appreciate it very much.

    Take care.

    Sincerely,

    Jim Hilliker

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 10:32:28 -0400
    From: "belanger" <belanger@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The announcer for THE UNTOUCHABLES

    The voice of the announcer for the late fifties TV series THE UNTOUCHABLES
    sounds familier in regards to OTR. I don't mean Walter Winchell, who did the
    in-story narrations, but the regular announcer who introduced and closed out
    the show every week. Does anyone know who it was?

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 18:12:01 -0400
    From: "Jay Manarky" <jayman@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Si and Elmer

    I recently acquired an MP3 of Old Time Radio shows.  On it was a show
    I had never heard [removed]"Si and Elmer."

          I don't know anything about the show or the actors, but (listening to
    it) I found myself being embarrassed for both.

          It gave pathetic a whole new [removed]

          Then again, maybe I just don't have a sense of humor.

          Does anyone know anything about it?

          Jay Manarky

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