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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 86


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Family Radio Personalities
	 Essential OTR Programs - Interim Summary
	 Matinee House
	 Value of Transcription Disc
	 fred allen description
	 Yesterday USA on AudioNet
	 YUSA on AudioNet
	 Harlow Wilcox; Lone Ranger music
	 Re: Thom Bray/AFRS
	 Col McCormick
	 CONVENTION
	 A NEW "Tune In Yesterday"???

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Date: 04 Mar 96 12:34:59 EST
From: Alan Chapman <[removed]@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Family Radio Personalities
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

>Marty Tabnik asked:

>Are/were there TWO Hastings brothers?  Twins?        Bob & Don.
>I have heard (one or the other of) them on various "X-1" and other shows.
>I also recall that one of them was the title/host character on an early 50s TV
show >on NYC's DuMont Channel 5  The Fuzzy Bunny.
>Would someone please post some history on the Hasting(s)?

Bob & Don Hastings are brothers, though not twins.  Don is older.
I don't know much about Don, except that he lives in the NYC area and is still
acting in daytime soaps (don't know which).  The Fuzzy Bunny was probably Don.

Bob has a long string of radio and TV credits beginning as a boy soprano at age
12 on radio's The National Barn Dance in the late 30s.  He was the longest
running (though not first) Archie Andrews.  He was a regular cast member in
Dimension X and X Minus One series you remember.  He also appeared in several of
drama/detective shows in the late 40s and early 50s, including Yours truly,
Johnny Dollar, Nightbeat et al.  On TV he was a regular in McHale's Navy,
Archie's Tavern (the latter Archie Bunker program) and, more recently (until a
couple of years ago), General Hospital.

Bob has been a regular guest at the FOTR in Newark and other conventions where
he has demonstrated his versatility by  filling in for many of the 'dearly
departed' in the recreations.

                                              *******************
On the same subject, Prof. Marvin Bensman asked:
>How many other families had more than one member in radio?

Here's some I remember:

On the second I Love A Mystery series (late 40s),  Jim & Marion Jordan's (Fibber
& Molly) daughter (forgot her first name) played the secretary at the Triple A
Detective Agency.

And there were hubbies Phil Harris & Alice Faye; Elliott & Cathy Lewis; Frank
Lovejoy & Joan Banks.  And Jack & Mary; George & Gracie; Fred & Portland (do I
really have to tell you their last names?).  Also Cary Grant &   (Mr. Blandings
Builds His Dream House).  And, in the morning wakeup slot:  Jinx Falkenberg &
Tex McCrory (Tex and Jinx);  Mike Wallace & Buff Donnelly (Mike & Buff) -- yes,
the "60 Minutes" Mike Wallace with his first wife (newsman Chris Wallace's
mother).

Jack Benny's producer was brother-in-law Hilliard Marks, and George Burns'
producer was his brother.  

The entire Nelson family (Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky).   A slew of Crosbys.
The Marx brothers (even Harpo).   The Barrymores (Lionel, John & Ethel) in
various dramatic roles, also John was a regular on the Sealtest Country Store
with Joan Davis and both Lionel and Ethel made guest appearances. 

One-shot or occasional appearances on their respective "family" showd:  Candice
Bergen; Joan Benny; Sandra and Ronnie Burns;  Dixie Lee (Bing Crosby's first
wife); 

I'm sure there are many more -- additions welcome!

Alan Chapman
[removed]@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 11:39:50 -0600
From: lgenco@[removed] (Louis Genco)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Essential OTR Programs - Interim Summary
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

The following list shows the number of votes received so far, by the
"Essential OTR Program List" at my WWW page.  Only programs with two or more
votes are shown.

Summary:  Of the many candidates submitted by readers, only a few programs
seem to be generally accepted as "essential", or received more than two votes!

Adventure: Adventure: The Green Hornet: any episode                  2
Adventure: Escape: Leiningen -vs- the Ants                           3
Adventure: Escape: Three Skeleton Key                                3
Adventure: I Love a Mystery: Bury Your Dead, Arizona                2
Adventure: I Love a Mystery: The Thing That Cries in the Night.      2
Adventure: Mysterious Traveler: Behind the Locked Door               3
Adventure: Suspense: The House in Cypress Canyon                     9
Adventure: ESCAPE Three Skeleton Key                                  2
Adventure: Mysterious Traveler: Behind the Locked Door                2
Adventure: The Green Hornet: any episode                              2
Comedy: Abbott & Costello: Whos on First                             4
Comedy: Amos and Andy: Kingfish sells Andy a house with no lot (     2
Comedy: Amos n Andy: Kingfishs Phony Boat Trip                       4
Comedy: Fibber McGee and Molly: The Hall Closet 3/5/40               4
Comedy: Jack Benny Program: Jack Gives 50 cents to a Panhandler      5
Comedy: Jack Benny Program: Jack's 40th Birthday 2/14/54             2
Comedy: Jack Benny Program: Your Money or your Life 3/28/48          2
Comedy: Life of Riley: Any Episode                                   2
Comedy: Lum & Abner: The Jot-Em-Down Store Gets It's First Addin     3
Comedy: Our Miss Brooks: Any Episode                                 3
Comedy: Phil Harris: Phil gets called to jury duty (1949)            2
Comedy: Adventures of Ozzie & Harriett: The Vacant Lot                2
Comedy: Goon Show: Tales of Men's Shirts                              2
Comedy: JACK BENNY PROGRAM Jack reads "Secrets of a Psychiatrist"     2
Crime: Dragnet, any episode                                          2
Crime: FBI in Peace and War: Any Episode                             2
Crime: Gangbusters: Any Episode                                      2
Crime: Philip Marlowe: The Kid on the Corner                         2
Crime: The Shadow: House of Horror                                   2
Crime: The Shadow: Society of the Living Dead (1938)                 6
Crime: The Shadow: The Little Man Who Wasn't There                   2
Crime: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Broderick Matter              4
Drama: Lux Radio Theater: The Maltese Falcon                         2
Drama: Lux Radio Theatre: Its a Wonderful Life                       2
Drama: Lux Radio Theatre: Mrs. Miniver                               2
Drama: Lux Radio Theatre: The Day the Earth Stood Still              2
Drama: Mercury Theatre: Les Miserables                               2
Drama: Mercury Theatre: War of the Worlds                            8
Drama: Screen Directors Playhouse: The Best Years of our Lives       2
Drama: Suspense: House in Cypress Canyon                             4
Drama: Suspense: Three Skeleton Key                                  4
Drama: WOR/Mutual: Les Miserables (1937)                             3
Drama: CBS RADIO WORKSHOP Jacob's Hand                                2
Fantasy: Fantasy: Radio Mystery Theater: The Ninth Volume (Percy     3
Fantasy: Radio Mystery Theater: The Ninth Volume (Percy Grainger)     2
Horror: Hall of Fantasy: Dance of the Devil Dolls (1953).            2
Horror: Horror: Escape: The Birds                                   2
Horror: Inner Sanctum: Birdsong for a Murderer (1945)                5
Horror: Inner Sanctum: Corridor of Doom                              4
Horror: Lights Out: Come to the Bank                                 3
Horror: Lights Out: The Dark                                         4
Horror: Quiet Please: The Thing on the Fourble Board                 3
Horror: LIGHTS OUT Come to the Bank                                   2
Juvenile: Captain Midnight                                           4
Juvenile: Superman                                                   2
Juvenile: The Lone Ranger                                            7
Juvenile: The Superman serial. Every day a new cliffhanger.           2
SF: ABC Radio Workshop: Mars is Heaven                               4
SF: Dimension X: The Embassy                                         3
SF: Dimension X: Time and Time Again                                 2
SF: X Minus 1: A Pail of Air                                         4
SF: X Minus 1: If You Was a Monklin                                  2
SF: X Minus 1: The Life Boat Mutiny                                  3
SF: X Minus 1:The Roads Must Roll                                    2
Science Fiction: ABC RADIO WORKSHOP Mars is Heaven                    2
Science Fiction: SF 68!: Last Rites                                   2
Science Fiction: X MINUS ONE The Life Boat Mutiny                     2
Sports: Bill Stern's Newsreel - any episode                          3
Suspense: Suspense: Back Seat Driver                                 7
Suspense: Suspense: Three O'Clock                                    4
Unique: Latitude Zero: Discovery                                     2
Variety: Arthur Godfrey                                              2
Western: Gunsmoke: The New Hotel, rehearsal and performance          2
Western: Gunsmoke: any episode                                       7
Western: Lone Ranger: The Return of Butch Cavandish                  8
Western: Have Gun Will Travel: Any Episode                            2

Lou
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WWW page on "Old Time Radio":                   [removed]
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Date: 04 Mar 96 13:52:14 EST
From: Alan Chapman <[removed]@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Cc: Carey Foster <[removed]@[removed]>,
        J Strazdes/K Gamble <jrstraz@[removed]>
Subject: Matinee House
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 05:58:25 -0600
>From: "Joe C. Foster" <[removed]@[removed]>
>To: Otr <otr@[removed]>
>Subject: If you plan to buy from Matinee [removed]
>Message-Id: <H0000b3f02236b22>

>In December I placed an order with Matinee House after receiving a flier. My
>check was cashed on Jan 12, but no package has been mailed to me. I have
>e-mailed, sent letters and called (leaving a message on their answering
>machine) without reply.

>I am not an unreasonable person, if there is a delay - notify me and I will
>patiently wait. However, I believe that Matinee House may have fallen on hard
>times (or perhaps a scam) and OTR customers should avoid placing orders with
>this company. I gathered my contact information (e-mail address, phone number,
>address) from the OTR vendor list. If anyone is aware of any changes in that
>information, please contact me.

>I truly hope there has been a misunderstanding or a mistake because [removed] has
>many Jean Sheppard tapes I wanted to buy. I do not wish anyone else to
>encounter the difficulty that I have with Matinee House.
>Carey

Carey -- Matinee House is located in my neck of the woods (Boston, MA area) and
I know the proprietors.  They are honest and reputable -- I have always had
excellent dealings with them.  I called and told them of  your postings on the
Digest -- they said they had gotten your message and traced your order (it  had
slipped between the cracks). They assured me your order was on its way (you
should have received it by now), and they emailed you an apology, as well.
Hopefully, everything is straightened out.    If so, please post here -- while
Matinee House did make a mistake on your order, they are a good dealer and I'd
hate to see them get a bad rep over this.

Alan Chapman

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Date: 4 Mar 1996 13:44:51 -0500
From: "John Hale" <[removed]@[removed]>
To: "OTR Posting" <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Value of Transcription Disc
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I'm wondering what the [removed] is on the value of 16" transcription discs
(monetary and archival value). For example, I know of three discs of a show
called Guest Star at a local antique mall that have been there for several
months.  They're priced at $[removed] each (they're black plastic, not metal or
glass, BTW).  I have no way of playing them and for all I know these are not
particularly rare programs.  My primary interest is not to collect/resell
them; I wouldn't want some unknown program to be lost forever because I didn't
act to save them.

So, what would be a good rule of thumb? Would you purchase any ET you see or
only those at or below some price? Only after checking the SPERDVAC catalog to
see if they were already available to the hobby? I'd appreciate know how
others feel about this.

John Hale
Dallas, TX
[removed]@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 16:39:41 -0500
From: Alldavid@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
cc: Alldavid@[removed]
Subject: fred allen description
Message-ID: <960304163939_437857930@[removed]>

Some time ago the question was raised about
what Fred Allen looked like.  We might refer
to a wartime broadcast of the _Jack Benny Show_.

Rochester is driving Jack and Mary Livingston
for an appointment.  

Jack: Look, Mary, there's Fred Allen.  HELLO, FRED.

Mary: Jack, that's a soldier wearing a gas mask. 

Jack: Oh.  And I was going to tell him he was looking so well. 

                             David Hatch
                             Columbia, Md. 

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Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 17:58:25 -0500
From: Eric Wilson <ewilson@[removed]>
To: <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Yesterday USA on AudioNet
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

  This just arrived here from AudioNet.

> If you are a fan of old time radio, you will love Yesterday USA, the
>newest network on AudioNet.  Hear your favorite radio shows of yesteryear
>with the likes of Jack Benny,  Gene Autry, and lots of music, drama and more
>from the Golden Age of Radio.

  That's [removed] on the [removed] ([removed]) capabilitiy is
required on your end.
   Eric W.

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Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 19:27:15 -0500
From: Eric Wilson <ewilson@[removed]>
To: <otr@[removed]>
Subject: YUSA on AudioNet
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

   A few corrections (or clarifications) from my last [removed] proper URL
for the RA feed of YUSA is:
   [removed]
   It does work with the older versions of RA and came through on this end
reasonably well (with a [removed] modem and 4MB of [removed] megs less than
recommended).  If you can't get a proper C-band dish in your area (or can't
afford one), this should be a good substitute, although it could get sticky
if your provider charges by the hour.
   Eric W.

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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 19:28:23 -0500
From: FSHillman@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Harlow Wilcox; Lone Ranger music
Message-ID: <960304192624_438013806@[removed]>

According to "Heavenly Days" (by Charles Stumpf and Tom Price), the story of
Fibber McGee and Molly -- a very enjoyable book, by the way, and quite worth
adding to your personal library -- Harlow Wilcox passed away on Sept. 24,
1960.  The book indicates he was born in Omaha, NE on March 12, 1900.  He did
some of the most painless commercials on radio, didn't he!  It would be nice
if today's hawkers would take a page from FM&M's notebook.

"Heavenly Days" has been referred to in these postings previously, but I
don't recall seeing the address of the publisher.  For anyone's information
-- The World of Yesterday, Route 3 - Box 263-H, Waynesville, NC 28786.
 Copyright is 1987.

Good night, All. 
- - -
A [removed] regarding the music of the Lone Ranger.  I want to second the kudos
given to Reginald M. Jones, Jr's book "The Mystery of the Masked Man's Music:
 A Search for the Music Used on 'The Lone Ranger' Radio Program, 1933-1954."
 It's excellent and scholarly -- as a classical music fan, I enjoyed it
immensely, though my love for the Lone Ranger program on both radio and tv
would be reason enough to own the book. By the way, one piece which I don't
recall seeing mentioned in the postings was Wagner's Overture to "Der
Fliegende Hollander" ("The Flying Dutchman").  

Also, I ran across a CD a couple of years back entitled "The Music of The
Lone Ranger."  It features selections from the original scores recorded for
Republic Studios (1938-40); these are new recordings of the music used
decades ago and conducted by James King (the producer of the CD).  Also
featured is a bunch of the rearrangements, which are the original recordings
used from 1940-54.  These have been "cleaned up" and they are excellent
listening!  I can recall the selections which I heard years ago when I
listened as a kid.  I defy any "Lone Ranger" fan to listen to this CD without
returning to those thrilling days of yesteryear!  For anyone interested in
adding the CD to his/her collection,  it's manufactured by Intersound, Inc.,
11810 Wills Rd., Box 1724, Roswell, GA 30077.  The number on the CD is CDC
1019.

As to "The Lone Ranger" being a kids' show, I suppose young people were the
audience at which the show was aimed, but it stands up very well for adults
-- both radio and tv versions.  I think we might do a lot worse than adopt
the standards of principled conduct adhered to by the Masked Man, Tonto, and
the others on the show who typified right thinking.  The show certainly was
NEVER preachy.  Gosh, how I miss it! -- speaking as a kid at heart.

Fred Hillman

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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 19:50:15 -0500
From: GOpp@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Thom Bray/AFRS
Message-ID: <960304195012_160128455@[removed]>

Regarding Bob Paine's post concerning AFRS and [removed] Jill about a month ago.
 I probably owe my very existence to the [removed] Jill Program.

     The name of the young lady who played [removed] Jill was Marty Werner.  Her
husband, Mort Werner, produced radio shows for the Office of War Information,
headquartered in the Taft Building on the corner of Hollywood and Vine.  My
father, a high-school classmate of Mort's, was in the Coast Guard, assigned
to Public Relations at a desk down the hall from Mort's office at OWI.   Mort
bought all of the records for [removed] Jill from a record store down the street
-- Wallichs Music City (at Sunset and Vine) -- with the help of the pretty
brunette who managed the pop record department there.   One day, Mort took my
father down to Music City to meet this pretty brunette.  They hit it off and
eventually got married.  So you might say that if it weren't for [removed] Jill's
radio program, I wouldn't be here.  
     Mort Werner, by the way, got his start playing the piano on radio
station KFRC in San Francisco when Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver was running it
for Don Lee as part of the Columbia-Don Lee Network.  He went on to produce
the original "Today" show on NBC-TV, and eventually became NBC's head of
programming.   I always called him "Uncle Mort", although he wasn't related. 
      Shortly after the fateful meeting at Music City, my father, Jess
Oppenheimer, was transferred to the Coast Guard's Public Relations office in
the Los Angeles Times Building in downtown [removed], where he was assigned a desk
next to a young sailor by the name of Ray Stark.  After brief introductions,
Dad hired Ray to be his agent and Ray hired Dad to write for the Baby Snooks
show, starring Ray's mother-in-law, Fanny Brice (How's that for hiring an
agent who gets you immediate results!).  My father, who before the war had
written for Fred Astaire (The Packard Hour), Hollywood Mardi Gras, hosted by
Lanny Ross and Walter O'Keefe  (does anyone on this list remember that
show?), the Jack Benny Program, the Lifebuoy Program (starring Al Jolson),
The Chase & Sanborn Hour (with Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy), Texaco Star
Theater, and the Gulf Screen Guild Show, went on to be producer,  director
and head writer of My Favorite Husband, starring Lucille Ball.  Then he
created I Love Lucy, of which he was also head writer and producer.  
       Sorry to have been lurking so long on the list without introducing
myself.  I've been reading the OTR Digest with great fascination for almost a
year.  I'm a member of SPERDVAC, and I've been collecting OTR since the
mid-1960s, when I first came across some old transcriptions of my father's
radio programs. 
     Lately I've been devoting my collecting efforts to accumulating a
complete set of my father's work (scripts and transcriptions), for eventual
donation to the Smithsonian.  Laura Lee has already helped me out with the
Jack Benny Programs.  This post is already too long-winded, so I'll post a
list of the programs I'm looking for another time. 
      
       - Gregg Oppenheimer

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Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 19:03:11 -0600
From: bensmanm@[removed] (Marvin R. Bensman)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Col McCormick
Message-id: <v01540b00ad6142c6a761@[[removed]]>

>Can anyone identify a Saturday evening program (9:30 [removed]) which was hosted
>by Col. McCormick of WGN (World's Greatest Newspaper) wich featured light
>opera and musicals. I believe I used to listen to it on KOCY, then the MBS
>station in Oklahoma City. Anyone out there have any idea what the progrtam
>was called?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Fr. Neketas S. Palassis
>(Seattle)

That was Chicago Theatre of the Air. My collection has "Sari," among other
shows. I got that one from one of the singers who starred in it who lives
in Memphis and got a copy of the original from the station.

************************************************************************
*Professor Marvin R. Bensman, [removed], [removed]                              *
*Department of Communication; Office Phone: (901) 678-3174 or 678-2565 *
*University of Memphis        Fax: (901) 678-4331                      *
*Memphis, TN 38152                                                     *
*E-mail: BensmanM@[removed]                                       *
*
*
* See: [removed]  *

************************************************************************

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Date: 04 Mar 96 20:46:06 EST
From: "Stephen L. Sala" <[removed]@[removed]>
To: OTR <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: CONVENTION
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Reminder:  Washington state OTR convention.
Title: Twisting the Dial in 1946.
AKA: REPS Radio -Showcxase IV-Seattle.

Date: June 27- 29, 1996.
Sponsor: REPS (Radio Enthusists of Puget Sound).
Telephone info: (206) 488-9518.
Address: REPS Radio-Showcase, 9936 NE 197th Street, Bothell, Wa 98011.

Cost: entire Program  @ $63, includes all of the following:
   Thursday night taping of  radio show - free
   Friday night radio shows @ $12
  Saturday daytime program @ $29
  Saturday evnening program @ $34

Official Hotel: WestCoast Bellevue @ $[removed], phone 206-455-9444.

Sincerely, Steve

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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 96 21:50:42 -0500
From: Marty_Dzik@[removed] (Marty Dzik)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: A NEW "Tune In Yesterday"???
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

I was out in Albuquerque , New Mexico on a business trip and stopped in to an
antique mall which had a used book "store" inside.  Of course I asked the lady
behind the counter if she might have a copy of John Dunnings "Tune In To
Yesterday".  The reply was no.  However, she did mention that she recently
spoke with John and he mentioned that he was working on a new edition of 
"Tune In Yesterday".  

Does anyone else have any other information on this?  Is the information that
I received true?  I certainly hope so!

The Best of OTR!
Marty Dzik
marty_dzik@[removed]



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