Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #183
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Date: 5/30/2004 9:44 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 183
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      WWII Music                            [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      Frank Nelson                          [ David Howell <daveeaston@[removed]; ]
      Radio Crossovers                      [ SanctumOTR@[removed] ]
      RE Gunsmoke and Frontier Gentlemen c  [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
      Re: Ronald Reagan on OTR              [ vigor16@[removed] ]
      REAGAN ON ORT                         [ "noho1" <noho1@[removed]; ]
      Re: Gunsmoke and Frontier Gentlemen   [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 5/30-6/5   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Ronald Reagan on the radio            [ "D. Fisher" <dfisher@[removed]; ]
      Audie Murphys death                   [ Jer51473@[removed] ]
      Regarding Audie Murphy                [ "John Abbott" <mraastro@[removed] ]
      RE: X-overs between FrontierGentlema  [ "Alain Altounian" <[removed]@[removed] ]
      5-31-births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Joan Benny                            [ ".dan." <ddunfee@[removed]; ]
      Re: Reagan on radio                   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 22:24:06 -0400
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  WWII Music

     <welsa@[removed]; wrote:

    Subject:  WWII Music

>     Judging by the number of albums recently put out, and the radio and internet
>     music shows, I'm beginning to think WWII was primarily a musical!

>     (Just kidding.)

    This reminds me of a great Alan King story from one of his obituaries.  His
    mother grew up in one of the Jewish shtetls in Russia so he took her to see
    'Fiddler on the Roof' which he thought might remind her of her childhood.
    When it was over he asked her how she liked it.    She said, 'good, but I
    don't remember so much singing"
    -Irene

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    Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 22:24:32 -0400
    From: David Howell <daveeaston@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Frank Nelson

    Frank Nelson did a well known series as the voice of
    Hubert the Harris Lion for a TV commercial of a bank.
    The lion was a cartoon character.

>     >From this web site comes a quote by Harris:

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    "For the past 18 years, I have been the voice of the
    symbol of Harris Trust and Savings in Chicago. I am
    Hubert, the Harris Lion."

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 02:46:20 -0400
    From: SanctumOTR@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio Crossovers

    In a message dated 5/29/04 9:25:10 PM, [removed]@[removed]
    writes:

>     But I'm not aware of any adventure, mystery, suspense,
>     western, detective, etc. shows mentioning characters
>     from another show on the network, or featuring an
>     appearance by same.

    ***Well, Lon Clark made a number of guest appearances as Nick Carter on its
    spinoff kids serial, CHICK CARTER, BOY DETECTIVE.  John Archer and (I assume)
    Marjorie Anderson made a guest appearance on the same series on the 1944
    Thanksgiving show.  Chick Carter shared a brief adventure with The Shadow,
    and then
    shared Thanksgiving dinner with Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane (as Cranston
    reminded Nick's adopted son  of all the things they had to be thankful for
    even
    during wartime).  Strangely, that particular script was written a few months
    after SHADOW-creator Walter Gibson ceased writing the CHICK CARTER series.
    --ANTHONY TOLLIN***

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 02:48:14 -0400
    From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE Gunsmoke and Frontier Gentlemen crossovers

        While I haven't noticed any cross-overs in the GUNSMOKE or FRONTIER
    GENTLEMEN broadcasts, a meeting of several characters from OTR Westerns did
    take place at last year's Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound Showcase.

        Joy Jackson wrote an original script called "They Went That-Away" that
    was presented at the REPS Showcase on June 28, 2003.  It featured a chance
    meeting of Britt Ponsett from THE SIX SHOOTER; Palladin, Heyboy, and Missy
    Wong from HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL; Chester, Kitty, and Matt Dillon from
    GUNSMOKE; and J. B. Kendall from FRONTIER GENTLEMAN.

    Signing off for now,

    Stewart Wright

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 02:48:26 -0400
    From: vigor16@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Ronald Reagan on OTR

    Hi all,

    I have a couple of Ronald Reagan eps of Suspense.  One is "One and one's
    a lonesome" and I forget the other.  I'm sure he's been in other things,
    since I had heard his name in reference to Lux Radio Theater and maybe
    some guest appearances. I'll keep looking for that other Suspense show.
    Deric

    Make a new friend every day

    Deric

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 02:48:38 -0400
    From: "noho1" <noho1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  REAGAN ON ORT

    Reagan on ORT:
    Reagan spoke on a "movie premier" radio broadcast on KFWB. The movie was
    called ZOLA and radio covered the premier. KFWB broadcast the event because
    at that time KFWB was owned by Warner Brothers Studio! The year was 1937.
    George Gessel was the radio host and interviewed most of the big stars of
    Warner's. That's a treat in itself. Not so much Gessel but the stars who
    spoke. Along the way of this half hour program Gessel interviews a "new,
    handsome, guy", Ronald Reagan. Reagan is asked to describe the event. He
    describes it all - the Carthay Circle Theater, the red carpet, the lights
    and the palm trees. His comments made the premier come to life for the
    listeners.

    Ray Markham
    noho1@[removed]

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 02:49:19 -0400
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Gunsmoke and Frontier Gentlemen
     crossovers

    Rick Keating wrote:

>     But I'm not aware of any adventure, mystery, suspense, western, detective,
>     etc. shows mentioning characters from another show on the network, or
>     featuring an appearance by same.

    Right now I can only think of one.    Richard Diamond mentioned Sam Spade
    quite a few times.

    Irene

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 02:49:31 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 5/30-6/5

     From Those Were The Days --

    5/30

    1922 - "Smilin" Ed McConnell debuted, smiling and playing his banjo.
    McConnell quickly became a legend in the medium.

    1935 - America's Town Meeting was heard for the first time. The NBC
    program continued for 21 years, with a name change to Americas Town
    Meeting of the Air.

    1938 - Joyce Jordan, Girl Intern was first heard interning on CBS. The
    serial later evolved into The Brighter Day (1948).

    5/31

    1943 - A comic strip came to radio, as Archie Andrews was heard on the
    Mutual Broadcasting System for the first time.

    1949 - A crowd of 35,000 people paid tribute to radio personality Mary
    Margaret McBride at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. McBride was celebrating
    her 15th year in radio.

    6/1

    1936 - The Lux Radio Theater moved from New York City to Hollywood.
    Cecil B. DeMille, the program's host on the NBC Blue network, introduced
    Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich in The Legionnaire and the Lady.

    6/2

    1937 - The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy was broadcast on NBC for the first time.
    Frank Morgan starred as the absent-minded Dr. Tweedy.

    1937 - CBS presented the first broadcast of Second Husband. The show
    continued on the air until 1946.

    6/3

    1946 - Mutual debuted The Casebook of Gregory Hood, the summer
    replacement for Sherlock Holmes. The mystery series became a regular
    weekly program in the fall of 1946.

    6/4

    1944 - Leonidas Witherall was first broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting
    System. Witherall was a detective who looked just like William Shakespeare.

    Joe

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 12:22:20 -0400
    From: "D. Fisher" <dfisher@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Ronald Reagan on the radio

    One of his very earliest appearences on radio was:
    Warner Brothers Academy Award Theater: "One Way Passage" 4/3/38.

    Don Fisher

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 12:22:27 -0400
    From: Jer51473@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Audie Murphys death
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    He was killed in a plane crash in the mountains of Va., i think. The plane
    was a private one, again i think.

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 12:22:59 -0400
    From: "John Abbott" <mraastro@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Regarding Audie Murphy

    Arlene asked the question below about Audie Murphy:

    I have another question for the list.  I notice
    on Ron Sayles' birth/death list that today is
    the anniversary of Audie Murphy's untimely death.

>     06-20-1924 - Audie Murphy - Kingston, TX - d. 5-28-1971

    Does anyone know what caused this WWII hero's death?

    Audie Murphy was killed in an airplane crash.  As I remember it, he was in
    Roanoke Virginia, and took off in bad weather {?}, only to crash on the
    other side of Catawba Mountain in Craig County, Va.  I have relatives in the
    Fire Department there who remember working on the recovery effort, and I
    believe that there is a marker there, but have never gone to look at it.

    John C. Abbott
    Wheaton, MD

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 12:22:37 -0400
    From: "Alain Altounian" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "Old. Time. Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: X-overs between FrontierGentleman &
     Gunsmoke?

    I don't recall any reference to the Gunsmoke series during any of the
    (relatively few) Frontier Gentleman episodes.

    Alain

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 16:45:09 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-31-births/deaths

    May 31st births

    05-31-1893 - Albert Mitchell - Elsberry, MO - d. 10-4-1954
    host: "Answer Man"
    05-31-1894 - Fred Allen - Cambridge, MA - d. 3-17-1956
    comedian: "Linit Bath Club"; "Town Hall Tonight"; "Fred Allen Show"
    05-31-1898 - Norman Vincent Peale - Bowersville, OH - d. 12-24-1993
    preacher: "Art of Living"
    05-31-1900 - Hugh Studebaker - Ridgeville, IN - d. 5-6-1978
    actor: Ichabod 'Ichy' Mudd "Captain Midnight"; Silly Watson "Fibber McGee and
    Molly"
    05-31-1901 - Alfredo Antonini - Alessandra, Italy - d. 11-3-1983
    conductor: "La Rosa Concerts"; "Treasure Hour of Song"
    05-31-1901 - Joe Kelly - Crawfordsville, IN - d. 5-26-1959
    emcee, quizmaster: "National Barn Dance"; "Quiz Kids"
    05-31-1903 - Blanche Stewart - PA - d. 7-25-1952
    actress: Brenda "Bob Hope Show"
    05-31-1908 - Don Ameche - Kenosha, WI - d. 12-6-1993
    actor, singer: John Bickerson "Bickersons"; Captain Hughes "Jack Armstrong"
    05-31-1931 - Barbara Whiting - Los Angeles, CA
    actress: Judy Graves "Junior Miss"; Mildred "Meet Corliss Archer"

    May 31st deaths

    05-03-1898 - John Roy - d. 5-31-1985
    actor: Roy Calvert "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    06-02-1908 - Ben Grauer - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-31-1977
    announcer, emcee: "Walter Winchell"; "Information Please"; "Boston Symphony"
    08-05-1908 - Wilbur Evans - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-31-1987
    singer:"Vicks Open House"; "Stars from the Blue"
    10-20-1907 - Arlene Francis - Boston, MA - d. 5-31-2001
    panelist, actress: "What's My Line"; Ann Scotland,"The Affairs of Ann Scotland"
    12-30-1899 - Michael Raffetto - Placerville, CA - d. 5-31-1990
    actor: Paul Barbour "One Man's Family"; Jack Packard "I Love A
    Mystery/Adventure"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    For a complete list:
    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 16:45:18 -0400
    From: ".dan." <ddunfee@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Joan Benny

    I read her biography of her dad.  One thing I recall and meant to ask about
    here before was a collection of all of his shows that he kept as his
    personal copy for each show.  As I recall, soon after each show a recording
    would show up at their house and be included in the leather coverd albums
    for the shows.  She might have even mentioned listening to some of them
    some time, she describes the bookcase in which they were kept.  Does anyone
    know of the fate of his personal copies of the show?

                                   xv
                                    ic|xc

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    Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 23:37:14 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Reagan on radio

    Rick Keating wrote --

>     Unrelated to OTR, but I understand Reagan really
>     enjoyed the scene in "Back to the Future", where the
>     Doc Brown of 1955 asks Marty who's president in 1985:

    <snip>

       In the late '80 Nick at Nick (or TV Land) re-ran Laugh-In in 30
    minute installments.  One night, in a show from 1968 Dan Rowan, doing
    "News of the future" said, "Twenty years from now, 1988, President
    Ronald Reagan [removed]" to howls of laughter from the laugh track.
        Joe

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