Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #105
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Date: 4/14/2006 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 105
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Brothers and Sisters              [ absarka_prime@[removed] ]
      Robert Newman                         [ "Bob Burchett" <haradio@[removed] ]
      4-14 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Re: wartime music                     [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      Re: dancers on radio                  [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      Irwin Corey                           [ Martin Fass <watchstop@frontiernet. ]
      Re: Mimes on Radio                    [ "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@ya ]
      Re: Mimes on Radio                    [ "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@ya ]
      Mimes on Radio                        [ Richard Fish <fish@lodestone-media. ]
      Brothers and Sisters on radio         [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      Astaire on B&A                        [ Michael Berger <makiju@[removed]; ]
      Star Pit                              [ "Mike Hobart" <zines50@[removed]; ]
      brothers, sister, family              [ "R J Sutton" <jer51473@[removed] ]
      Otr ....family                        [ tedshumaker@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:24:04 -0400
    From: absarka_prime@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Brothers and Sisters

    Kenneth Clarke asked:

>     Someone recently reminded me of the Ames Brothers, the Mills Brothers,
>     the DeMarco Sisters, and the Clooney Sisters. Could there be any more?

       There were The Johnson Brothers. They were dancers, who can be seen in that
     excellent Glenn Miller movie SUN VALLEY SERENADE. Back in the thirties there
    were The Boswell Sisters, which was the group from which Connie Boswell
    emerged.  In the 50's we had The Lennon Sisters (mostly on TV, I think).

        Who were the novelty dancers in the Groucho Marx movie called Copacabana?
    Wern't they a brother act?

     Curt Phillips

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    Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:09:53 -0400
    From: "Bob Burchett" <haradio@[removed];
    To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Robert Newman
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    Spent the afternoon with Robert. Other than "slowed" down he's
    doing fine.
    He will be at the Saturday night dinner.
    His computer was down, but is back up on line if anyone would
    like to send him an email rto@[removed] or call (513 825 3662).

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    Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:10:15 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-14 births/deaths

    For those of you who are baseball fans as well and Olde Tyme Radio
    fans I came across a great blog. It is by one Andrew Godfrey, who
    happens to be a frequent contributor to this list. He is a huge
    baseball fan as well as a huge Olde Tyme Radio fan, the two go
    together, right? This is the address of his blog, try it you'll like
    it. [removed]

    April 14th births

    04-14-1904 - John Gielgud - London, England - d. 5-21-2000
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    04-14-1913 - John Howard - Cleveland, OH - d. 2-19-1995
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Hollywood Hotel"
    04-14-1914 - Arnold Perl - d. 12-11-1971
    writer: "The Big Story"; "I Fly Anything"; "The Amazing Mr. Tutt"
    04-14-1914 - John Hubbard - East Chicago, IL - d. 11-6-1988
    actor: Willie Faye "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"
    04-14-1916 - Emerson Buckley - NYC
    conductor: "Two Thousand Plus"; "Murder By Experts"
    04-14-1917 - Valerie Hobson - Larne, Ireland - d. 11-13-1998
    actor: Guest Contestant "One Minute Please"
    04-14-1918 - Mary Healy - New Orleans, LA
    actor: Jack Benny Program"; "Texaco Town"; "Ford Show"; "Lum and Abner"
    04-14-1926 - Gloria Jean - Buffalo, NY
    singer: "The Bob Hope Show"
    04-14-1940 - Patsy Bruder - Brooklyn, NY
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    April 14th deaths

    02-16-1917 - George Neise - Chicago, IL - d. 4-14-1996
    actor: "The Judy Canova Show"; "The Man Called X"
    03-22-1924 - Bill Wendell - NYC - d. 4-14-1999
    announcer: "Ten Troubled Years"; "Biography In Sound"
    04-13-1887 - Christian Rub - Austria - d. 4-14-1956
    actor: (Voice of Pinnochio) "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-12-1907 - Leslie Charteris - Singapore - d. 4-14-1993
    mystery writer: "The Adventures of the Saint"
    06-03-1911 - Ellen Corby - Racine, WI - d. 4-14-1999
    actor: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    06-14-1909 - Burl Ives - Hunt Township, IL - d. 4-14-1995
    singer: "Columbia County Journal"; "Radio Reader's Digest"
    07-12-1898 - Joe Reichman - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-14-1970
    bandleader: (the Pagliacci of the Piano) "A Song is Born"
    08-07-1906 - Ernestine Wade - Mississippi - d. 4-14-1983
    actor: Sapphire Stevens "Amos 'n' Andy"
    08-31-1897 - Fredric March - Racine, WI - d. 4-14-1975
    actor: "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    09-04-1913 - Henry Russell - Michigan - d. 4-14-1968
    conductor: "NBC University Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    09-24-1931 - Anthony Newley - London, England - d. 4-14-1999
    singer, actor: "Round and Round"
    11-05-1893 - Jean Sothern - d. 4-14-1964
    actor: Edie Gray "Pepper Young's Family"; Connie Rickard "Red Davis"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Harry A. Earnshaw - d. 4-14-1953
    Along with Raymond R. Morgan created "Chandu the Magician

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:11:09 -0400
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: wartime music
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    In a message dated 4/13/06 5:19:03 PM Central Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     It seems folllowing conflicts didn't result in many memorable songs - all I
>     can think of right away is "Ballad of the Green Berets."  Any others come to
>     mind?

    "War (What is It Good For)" by Edwin Starr, "Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag"
    by Country Joe and the Fish, and "Run Through the Jungle" and "Fortunate Son"
    by Creedence Clearwater Revival also come to mind.  Wow, yikes, times sure
    did change.  Ouch. (Probably not what you had in mind, either.)

    The first one you mentioned was "White Cliffs of Dover." Didn't I hear once
    that "I'll Be Home for Christmas" came out of World War II, it was about a
    soldier coming back (or hoping to come back) from the war?

    Dixon

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    Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:11:27 -0400
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: dancers on radio
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    In a message dated 4/13/06 5:19:03 PM Central Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     But dancing did happen on radio. Remember "Major Bowes' Original  Amateur
>     Hour",  from 3/124/35 until 6/13/46 well every now and then a tap dance was
>     a contestant, and you just hear the Taps.

    Didn't I once hear a clip once of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, tapping his way
    across the Kraft Music Hall?

    Dixon

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    Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:11:52 -0400
    From: Martin Fass <watchstop@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Irwin Corey

    Does anybody know of any existing programs of comedy routines or
    interviews of Prof. Irwin Corey, the World's Foremost Authority?

    Thanks to all who might check their files and memories for leads and
    tips.

    --Martin Fass

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    Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:12:26 -0400
    From: "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Mimes on Radio

    Well I don't know about mimes on radio.  But I do know that a mime dang near stole the show in the
    recent movie "The Aristocrats".   The film is about a legendary joke that goes back to vaudeville
    days.   It's reputed to be the filthiest joke ever told.   100 different comics deliver their own
    versions of it.   Now I usually detest mimes, but I have to admit that "Billy the Mime" may have
    stolen the whole film with his version.  But I don't think it would have worked on the radio.

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    Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:12:32 -0400
    From: "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Mimes on Radio

    Harpo Marx appeared on the radio 9 times according to [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:13:34 -0400
    From: Richard Fish <fish@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mimes on Radio

    Randy Larson asked about mimes on the radio. It will be interesting to
    see if anyone else has an example, because the one I've got is the only
    one I've ever heard of.

    It's me. I did a mime for a live-broadcast radio play called "Wally
    Melon Leaves Slumberland," done in 1990 (I think) at the Midwest Radio
    Theatre Workshop. Scrupulously, I admit to having spoken one line of
    dialog, but the part was 95 percent mime.

    The play was about racism -- and I wore blackface makeup.

    It all went over very well, actually. Details available if anyone's
    interested, but I thought best to stay with just-the-facts-ma'm for now.

    Richard Fish

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    Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:55:45 -0400
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Brothers and Sisters  on radio
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    Did you people for get Patti, Maxene and LaVerne Andrews, or the Chorettes,
    The McGuire Sisters and how about the ever popular the Ginger, Jean & Lou
    The Dinning Sisters.

     A husband & wife team on the National Barn Dance Lulu Belle & Skyland
    Scotty. Didn't Red Skelton's Wife write or produce his radio show?  How
    about the King of the Cowboys Roy Rogers (Leonard Slye) & Dale Evans.

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    Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:55:54 -0400
    From: Michael Berger <makiju@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Astaire on B&A

    Re 'dancing on the radio', the Feb. 15, 1944
    Burns&Allen show features George, in his office, being
    driven nuts by an upstairs neighbor's tap dancing.
    Fella name of Astaire.

    Michael Berger

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    Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:56:45 -0400
    From: "Mike Hobart" <zines50@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Star Pit

    My goodness, Samuel Delany's "Star Pit."     I haven't thought about that in
    decades.

    I remember at the 1968 or '69 Australian science fiction Convention they had
    a big reel-to-reel tape recorder playing that show in a special alcove at
    the old Melbourne Science Fiction Club in Somerset Place.

    In those days it was out of the question for people to travel between
    continents just to attend such functions, but several American writers
    recorded pieces and air-mailed the reels of tape to us.

    Seems like a lifetime ago now.

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    Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:00:58 -0400
    From: "R J    Sutton" <jer51473@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  brothers, sister, family
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    Im sure there were many more, but there was The Williams Brothers, Bing and
    Gary, The Carter Family, Roy and Dale, The Osmonds, The Gatlin Bros., The
    Carpenters, The Statlers, maybe the Ink Spots?

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    Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:51:41 -0400
    From: tedshumaker@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Otr ....family
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    Husband and wife Frank Lovejoy and Joan Banks.

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