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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 102


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Bob Bailey
	 OTR on CD
	 New radio premium guide; history of radio audio course
	 CBS Mystery Theatre and NARA??
	 Member searching for a JB Show
	 Re: Henry Morgan shows

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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 16:44:44 -0500
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bob Bailey
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

>I'd like to thank Jim Widner and John Henley for answering Mike Timble's
>question about whether or not Bob Bailey was still alive.  It's hard to
>believe that the star of one of the last and best network shows spent the
>last twelve years of his life confined to a nursing home where he was
>forgotten and presumed dead.  I have noticed that someone is advertising in
>the printed Old-Time Radio Digest ("The Missing Daughter Matter") for the
>whereabouts of Bob Bailey's daughter for an interview. I prefer stories that
>turn out well, but Bailey's life doesn't seem to. Can anyone provide a short
>biography or even a synopsis of the SPERDVAC article?  I'd like to know
>more.  Sure is difficult to reconcile this image with the one I conjured up
>of the man after hearing his voice.  On the other hand, maybe it turned out
>this way for a lot of stars.
>

Here is a synopsis from the 1983 SPERDVAC article:

The son of actors Ed & Grace Bailey, Robert Bailey was born June 13, 1913 in
Toledo,
[removed] the twenties, thirties and early fourties Bob Bailey was a
successful radio 
actor in Chicago. His credits during the Chicago days included Holly Sloane (he
was Johnny Star), Kitty Keen, Inc. (Bob Jones), Road of Life (Dale Humphrey),
Scattergood Baines (Vern Sanders), That Brewster Boy (Phil Hayworth) and Today's
Children (Richard Cole). He was frequently cast on popular programs such as
Chicago Theatre of the Air and The First Nighter [removed]
His movie roles included parts in Jitterbugs and Dancing Masters (both with
Laurel and Hardy) plus Ladies From Washington and Sunday Dinner For A Soldier.
In 1946, Bailey brought the character George Valentine to the radio airwaves on
Let George Do [removed] years after he began the role, Bailey became the fifth
Johnny Dollar.

Hope this helps

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Jim Widner                      INTERNET: jwidner@[removed]
Dayton, OH                      WWW: [removed]
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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 16:47:39 -0500
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR on CD
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

>I currently own a lot of radio shows on CD, mainly The Shadow, and the
>Smithonian Collection, a collection from Adventures in Cassettes.  I only
>have one thing to say, I WANT [removed] Ok, three words.  Why dont many of the
>companies that deal in radio shows want to put them on CD.  I know the sound
>quality does not measure up to the CD's ability, but the archive ability of
>them makes them ideal.  Also, can anyone provide me with info on the
>convention in Ohio in April.
>

Radio Spirits and the Smithsonian will be coming out with a new CD in 
April on Science Fiction on Radio.  Look for it at the distributers who
normally carry Smithsonian OTR CDs.

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Jim Widner                      INTERNET: jwidner@[removed]
Dayton, OH                      WWW: [removed]
COMPUSERVE: 74566,3041          
AOL: JimWidner                            

                                                 

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Date: 17 Mar 96 21:31:58 EST
From: Lee Levan <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Airwaves <otr@[removed]>
Subject: New radio premium guide; history of radio audio course
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Greetings, all -

An item of interest to radio premium collectors:

I just received the latest Hake's auction catalog and found an advertisement for
_Hake's Guide to Character Toy Premiums_. It's scheduled for publication in
September or October of this year and bills itself as "...covering premiums and
related items for the most popular characters, shows, titles and personalities
from the worlds of Comic Books, Comic Strips, Radio, Television, Movies, Cereal,
Advertising, Music, Pulps and more.  As many of you know, the radio premium
collecting hobby is in need of an up-to-date, authoritative and realistic
guide.  Let's hope this is it.

I don't expect the non-juvenile shows will be represented; you probably won't
find the Jack Benny cookbook or Fibber McGee & Molly spinners, but I'd expect to
find all the Captain Midnight and Radio Orphan Annie badges, whistles and so on.

For those who'd like to order or want more info, mail Hake's at [removed] Box 1444,
York, PA 17405.  He's offering a shipping free deal to those who purchase before
publication.  The price is [removed] (plus 6% for PA residents).

All the usual disclaimers apply - no financial interest; your mileage may vary.

And now, for something completely different. A man with two ... er, no. Sorry.

In the same mail, I found the April-May issue of Chuck Schaden's Nostalgia
Digest
and Radio Guide.  In it Chuck advertises an upcoming series, a 30-part audio
course on radio, called "Please Stand By - A History of Radio" to be broadcast
on "Those Were the Days",  WNIB-WNIZ in Chicago, FM 97, beginning April 27.
Does anyone here know of another source for this course for us non-Chicago-area
residents?

That's all for now. Thanks for listening.

Lee Levan

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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 96 04:53:42 0700
From: John Newkirk <jjnewkirk@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: CBS Mystery Theatre and NARA??
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Howdy, all.  I saw some posts earlier on that implied a group called 
NARA had some of the CBS Radio Mystery Theatre episodes archived.

What is NARA (besides the city in Japan)?  How can I get ahold of them?  
Any other sources for CBS RMT??  Thanks in [removed]

-John Newkirk

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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 01:41:50 -0500 (EST)
From: JACKBENNY@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Member searching for a JB Show
Message-id: <01I2GT22NMMQ95PR89@[removed]>

One of our members is seeking a copy of the September 30, 1945 Jack Benny
Program after obtaining the script for it at auction.  If you can help,
please email me directly.  Thank you!

[removed]  Just finished putting together the text of the next Jack Benny Times--
a tribute to Jack and George Burns.  Should be out in a week or so.

--Laura Lee
International Jack Benny Fan Club

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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 05:14:40 -0500 (EST)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: airwaves <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Re: Henry Morgan shows
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

	I had the opportunity to interview Henry Morgan in his home in 
Germantown (the east '60s of NYC) in 1983.  My partner Jack Shugg had 
been warned that he might be difficult, and he nearly threw us out when
we showed up at his door with an Otari tape recorder.  "Don't you know
they make cassette machines that sit on a table?" said he. 
	Naturally one of our mikes wasn't working, but rather than spend 
any more time setting up, we started to talk rather than making him any 
angrier (guess who's off-mike for the interview).
	Once we got rolling and started going into great detail, from his 
start as a page, to WOR staff remote announcer in Harlem, the World's Fair,
getting his own 15" daily show in 1942 (Here's Morgan), his Army service,
etc. he started to warm up.  We got about 90" of raw tape, and produced a
3 hour show, full of excerpts, guest shots (young Stan Freberg gargling
"The Bee" with the Bernie Green Orchestra), and so forth.
	If anyone's interested in obtaining a copy, drop me a line. It 
might be in the SPERDVAC archives, but I'm not sure if they put it in.
	As far as available material, there are about 11 fifteen minute
shows, mostly Here's Morgan.  He had a pile of transcriptions, but threw 
them in the incinerator when he moved!  Two of those shows have guest hosts,
Peter Donald is one (maybe both).  There are also a few of his shows (in 
pretty poor sound) of his thrice-weekly WBAI (pre-Pacifica) show from 1959.
I once had in my hand a 1961 full-cast revival show (Minerva Pious, Arnold
Stang, etc) that was labeled "The Best of WBAI - The Early Years" from a 
fund-drive in the 60's, but it disappeared.  I wonder if it will ever 
re-surface?  
	I'm less certain about the number of remaining half-hour shows.
There are at least 4 from 1946, and several from 1947, 1951, and 1953.
Maybe 24 total, probably more.
	One of those small record companies put out an lp in the late '60s
or so, featuring several long comedy bits on side one, and 10 Schick 
commercials on side 2 (push-pull click click).  He also narrated a double
lp of Fred Allen clips around the same time.
	I wonder if anyone taped his last shows, when he returned to (WOR?)
with his new wife.  IMO she took all the edge off him - he was doing book 
and restaurant reviews! 
	-Max Schmid  "Golden Age of Radio"  WBAI-NY  [removed]

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