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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2001 : Issue 289
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Demographics [ steve mcguffin <earl22002@[removed] ]
Scopes Trial [ "Vince Long" <vlongbsh@[removed]; ]
sponsors message [ lynn wagar <philcolynn@[removed]; ]
Re: Internet radio listening [ "J. Alec West" <Alec@[removed]; ]
Re: Internet radio listening and Yea [ "Vince Long" <vlongbsh@[removed]; ]
Internet radio listening [ Roger Lorette <webmaster@cyber49er. ]
Internet hogging and retirement home [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
My top five picks [ AandG4jc@[removed] ]
5 Favorite OTR Shows [ "Mary Anne Burkhalter" <characterst ]
There are Among My Favorite ... [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
Age and Jim French Radio Series Logs [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
Superman theme [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
Re: How old are we? [ "Robert Paine" <macandrew@[removed] ]
Aol and word plaining [ Garry Lewis <glewis@[removed] ]
Downloading, etc. [ Ga6string@[removed] ]
Re:Abbott & Costello [ Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed]; ]
Internet radio listening [ "David L. Easter" <david-easter@hom ]
re: My 5 favorite otr shows [ "Kenneth Studdard" <rtoombs@alltel. ]
OTR Rebroadcast Stations [ Christopher Lowell White <cncwhite@ ]
Fu narrator [ John Henley <jhenley@[removed] ]
5 favorite OTR shows [ "J. Pope" <jpope101@[removed] ]
favorite shows [ Jim Murtaugh <JimM@[removed]; ]
Lives of Harry Lime episode title [ passage@[removed] ]
LUX: It's A Wonderful Life - script [ passage@[removed] ]
Whiz candy bar and cod liver oil! [ Jer51473@[removed] ]
net congestion [ Joe Salerno <salernoj@[removed]; ]
George Gershwin Radio Show [ FKELLY <fkelly@[removed]; ]
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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:31:37 -0400
From: steve mcguffin <earl22002@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Demographics
I'll be 34 and have been listening to OTR for as long
as I can remember. My father (who is 68) was and is a
devoted AM radio listener, and I remember catching
enough of some shows as a kid that I got interested.
A station in Harrisonburg, VA, about 30 miles from
here, used to play OTR from 10 to 11 every night. So
I've been hooked for a while! I teach at a state
school for the blind, and have several students who
are very interested in OTR as well. My personal
favorites are Fred Allen, Jack Benny and Nightbeat.
By the way, the favorite show in my father's house as
a kid - hands down, The Grand Ole Opry.
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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:31:43 -0400
From: "Vince Long" <vlongbsh@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Scopes Trial
I was reading that the Scopes "Monkey" trial was the first court case
broadcast live on radio. Do any recordings exist?
As for age, I'm 49.
Vince
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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:31:55 -0400
From: lynn wagar <philcolynn@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: sponsors message
On the otr program Our Miss Brooks, one of her
sponsors
way Luster Cream Shampoo. Here is how it goes.
[removed] [removed] [removed] Beautiful luster
cream
girl. You owe your crowning glory [removed] a luster
cream [removed]
I often wondered what Luster Cream Shampoo looked
like?
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:48:58 -0400
From: "J. Alec West" <Alec@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Internet radio listening
Mary Anne Morel wrote:
I was just reading a letter from J. Alec West which discusses Internet vs
television popularity and the opportunity OTR has to build up
listenership--especially young people--within the Internet community.
That would be nice, too ... but I think what the talk-show host was getting at
was more "format" related than "OTR" related -- in other words, an interest in
modern-day dramatic programming in an OTR-style radio format (NewTimeRadio???).
It made me think of a recent comment made on another mail list I subscribe
to--not an OTR list--which was critical of downloading old radio programs
because it slowed down the global Internet system and made transmission
difficult. In effect, said the letter(I am paraphrasing here), OTR people are
non-tekkie piggies who are ruining things for everyone.
As much as we'd all like OTR to be wildly popular, I'm certain we'd all agree
that OTR is a drop-in-the-bandwidth-bucket. If anyone is "ruining" anything
(and I'm not necessarily saying they are), it's the people downloading the
latest from Madonna, Metallica, and Dr. Dre -- not to mention the fringe
element that causes the _greatest_ media bandwidth-draw -- namely, the folks
who upload and download 4-gigabyte-sized copies of feature films ripped from
DVDs and other sources day in and day out.
OTR, besides website presence, only has a minor presence on the peer-to-peer
entities that have taken over where Napster left off. And, I suspect it will
always be so. _But_, if interest grows in modern-day dramatic content on
radio, it only stands to reason that those who love the format might become
interested in its earlier roots ... and, in the long run, have a positive
impact on growth in the popularity of OTR among those who have never
experienced it. That would be nice.
Regards,
J. Alec West
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:50:21 -0400
From: "Vince Long" <vlongbsh@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Internet radio listening and Yeast
"Mary Anne Morel" commented:
Does downloading of programs really cause glitches or significant
slowdown in transmission for the rest of the Internet crowd?
Everything that is transmitted on the net uses up some of the bandwidth, but
it's not that simple. This really isn't the place to get into bandwidth and
packet switching issues but suffice to say that OTR downloading has little
effect on the performance of the Internet.
An OTR show is usually in the range of 5-7 megabytes in size. Compare that
to a 700 megabyte movie. And USENET has MANY more movies being transferred
than OTR. Add in the music files being transferred and you'll see that OTR
is barely a speck.
In terms of performance lately, the Code Red worm/virus has had a greater
impact than routine downloading. I run my school's web site , where I also
host my OTR pages, and I've seen over 1,000 attempts by this nuisance to get
into my machines. Spread that over the 1,000s of infected of machines and
you start seeing a slowdown.
I've been using the Internet since the mid-80s (all text-based back then)
and I have NEVER felt guilty about the bandwidth I use, nor should you.
As for yeast, I always chuckle when I hear those ads. My mother told me
that she still can't handle yeast after being forced to eat it in the 40s.
Myself, I eat yeast frequently. The nutritional yeast flakes available
today are quite good and a primary source of B-12 for vegetarians who avoid
dairy products.
And, in a recent Digest, someone mentioned the show, "Great Gunns." The
only reference I've ever seen to that is in Buxton and Owen's "The Big
Broadcast." Are any of these in existence? It sounds like a great program
considering it starred Barbara Luddy, Bill Johnstone, and Marvin Miller.
Also, "Mary Anne Morel" wanted to know what computer hell would be like:
perhaps forced to write the Great American Novel using the VI text editor in
UNIX.
Vince
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:51:07 -0400
From: Roger Lorette <webmaster@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Internet radio listening
Mary Anne Morel wrote:
It made me think of a recent comment made on another mail list I subscribe
to--not an OTR list--which was critical of downloading old radio programs
because it slowed down the global Internet system and made transmission
difficult. In effect, said the letter(I am paraphrasing here), OTR people are
non-tekkie piggies who are ruining things for everyone.
I believe that I would be far from an "expert" on the subject but with the
tens of millions of people dowloading mp3 music around the [removed] other
millions downloading "pirate-illegal" [removed] the other millions
downloading "ripped" first-run movies within days of their theater release
(sorry but I must plead at least partial guilt for all of these crimes) the
percentage of these dastardly criminals exchanging OTR shows would be tiny
indeed. Saying that OTR downloaders are clogging the internet bandwidth is
like blaming your teen-age daughter for the overloading of the 911 telephone
system because she spent so much time talking to her boyfriend!!!
Don't feel [removed] don't.
Roger Lorette
webmaster@[removed]
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:52:20 -0400
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Internet hogging and retirement homes for radio
actors
It made me think of a recent comment made on another mail list I subscribe
to--not an OTR list--which was critical of downloading old radio programs
because it slowed down the global Internet system and made transmission
difficult. In effect, said the letter(I am paraphrasing here), OTR people
are
non-tekkie piggies who are ruining things for everyone.
Well!
It's true that many OTR listeners are of a decidedly non-Trekkie persuasion.
Science fiction went from a largely optimistic and thoughtful genre to an
anti-intellectual pursuit of fantasy after Star Trek became popular.
But nobody hogs the Internet any more than anyone else. Your message
packets are routed over whichever lines are available, and nobody's traffic
takes precedence over anybody else's traffic. My guess is that MP3 music
files constitute more traffic than OTR, but it's likely that news pages and
commercial uses of the 'net form the bulk of the load on the system.
..................
On another topic: I happened to be surfing the Web and came upon the website
of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which I think is
[removed] Besides running the Oscars, one of their major functions is the
running of retirement homes for movie people.
I was wondering if radio people--either old-time or present-day--had any
similar organization to take care of them when they get old, unemployed,
disabled, or otherwise down on their luck. Anyone know?
M Kinsler
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:52:28 -0400
From: AandG4jc@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: My top five picks
1. Gunsmoke-The best program every.
2. Suspence-I love to hear some of Hollywood's most famous stars on the
program when normally they did not do radio.
3. The Shadow-The Orson Wells episodes were the best.
4. Lum and Abner-The early fifteen minutes spots were the best also.
5. My Favorite Husband- I Loved Lucy, in any format!
Allen
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:52:36 -0400
From: "Mary Anne Burkhalter" <characterstogo@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: 5 Favorite OTR Shows
I guess my favorites are: Richard Diamond, Jack Benny, Burns & Allen, Fibber
McGee & Molly and Box 13.
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:52:57 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: There are Among My Favorite ...
Jer51473 asks,
It would be interesting to hear everyones top 5 in order of preference.
Not counting Captain Midnight,
The Lone Ranger -- approaches the mythic.
Phil Harris-Alice Faye -- works as well today as when first aired.
Pat Novak For Hire -- just for the atmosphere
Jack Benny -- the absolute master comedian
Adventures of Sam Spade -- a little of everything.
Honorable Mention:
Mr. Keen, Nick Carter, The Fat Man, Fibber McGee and Molly, Bold Venture,
and The Shadow.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:59:19 -0400
From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Age and Jim French Radio Series Logs
Since Larry Albert mentioned Jim French's radio series, here is some
additional information that may be of interest.
I have recently updated my series logs for The Adventures of Harry
Nile and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I have also put
together a brand-new log of the Kincaid, the Strange Seeker series. All
three logs include information supplied to me by Jim French Productions.
You will find these logs at Lou Genco's Log page at:
[removed]
You will also find very good logs on two of Jim French's other
series there: Crisis and Tower Playhouse. These logs were created by Frank
Passage.
In my own opinion as a long-time fan of the printed Sherlock Holmes
stories, Larry does a very fine Dr. Watson. His is a Watson that is very
faithful to the way that Conan Doyle wrote the character. I recently
completed an interview article "Perspectives of a Current-Day Radio Actor -
An Interview with Larry Albert." It will probably be published in a few
months in at least one of the Old-Time Radio Clubs' newsletters.
Want to hear Larry as Dr. Watson? Try the Imagination Theater web
site at:
[removed]
Currently playing there for the next few days is "The Adventure of The Dover
Maiden." Also playing on the same program is "The Loophole," the first
episode of the 1970's Crisis series. It stars a favorite OTR actor - Hans
Conried. Another episode of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes -
"The Adventure of the Wycliffe Codicil" will air later this month on the
Imagination Theater web site.
Oh yes, my age: LIII
Confused? My age is in Roman Numerals.
Signing off for now,
Stewart Wright
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:55:41 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Superman theme
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 08:33:04 -0400
From: Graham Newton <gn@[removed];
Although there are questions about this, Leon Klatzkin is credited on the
actual music score for the TV show main title theme "SUPERMAN", of which I
have the piano score.
Thank you for responding. I can easily believe that the other music from
the Superman TV show was library music, but the main theme sounds
so much like the radio theme that it's hard not to think that it was
designed to be so. So as long as we have nothing authoritative to the
contrary, I prefer to believe that Leon Klatzkin did write the theme for the
Superman TV show, and wrote it to evoke the radio theme.
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2503 [removed]
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:56:13 -0400
From: "Robert Paine" <macandrew@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: How old are we?
I just made it to 50 and have been interested in OTR since I was 16. I took
a lot of verbal abuse both from peers and teachers but persisted in the
humble though very correct opinion that radio drama, etc., was far better
than the visual pablum being foisted on us in the 60's. (A few exceptions -
Petticoat Junction and the Green Hornet among them.) In a recent post I
spoke of my chance to act (?) in some new-time dramas taped in '77, and to
work with and watch people like Raymond Edward Johnson, a wonderful person;
Jack Grimes and Will Jordan.
My list of favorites is a long one but a few are Fibber and Molly; Gildy;
the Hornet; Sgt. Preston; Red Skelton; Bob Hope; Ma Perkins; Bob and Ray;
Archie AND The Aldrich Family (this one's a draw); The Life of Riley, and
almost any Christmas show.
I'll be AFK for a few [removed] today we close on our new house and the
movers come Wednesday.
Macandrew
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:59:31 -0400
From: Garry Lewis <glewis@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Aol and word plaining
[ADMINISTRIVIA: All AOL members should complain loudly to AOL "Customer
Support" now about their problem with sending plain-text email; AOL is
currently beta-testing AOL [removed], and you need to let them know how annoying
their HTML-only email policy is NOW, before they perpetuate it in the new
version. --cfs3]
I heard , from another list, that the new [removed] (due to many complains)
will reintroduce the plain text option for mail. As yet I haven't been
able to verify this through anyother sources.
yours aol-oha,
Garry D. Lewis
--
Remember: for every silver lining, there is a cloud!
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 09:00:50 -0400
From: Ga6string@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Downloading, etc.
In a message dated 09/03/2001 9:49:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[removed]@[removed] writes:
Mary Anne [removed]
... of a recent comment made on another mail list I subscribe to--not
an OTR list--which was critical of downloading old radio programs because it
slowed down the global Internet system and made transmission [removed]
Hi all,
I don't have any statistics to back up my opinion, but I would guess that the
number of OTR fans and downloaders is miniscule in comparison to the number
of people who download other things, such as pornography, from the Internet.
The OTR community, as a function of the Internet or the world at large, just
isn't that substantial. I'd be interested to hear how the person who posted
that comment would respond if you asked he/she to back up the claim with
facts!
Sincerely,
Bryan Powell
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 09:01:40 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re:Abbott & Costello
Kenneth Clark asked --
Near the end of the movie, it was noted that Bud and Lou had some trouble
with the IRS and were
in debt.
I'm sure you will get a lot of responses to this, but in gist, their
agent didn't report all their income over the years (and may have
skimmed some off as well, my memory is fuzzy on this) which led to the
IRS nearly wiping them out of everything they had starting in the early
'50s. Bud lived until the early '70s and died nearly penniless, I
believe in the Motion Picture Home (a sort of nursing home for needy
actors).
I've always loved Bud and Lou's word play, how Lou would misunderstand
the meaning of a word and the madness would start.
And Lou didn't always stick to the script of their radio program and
whenever you hear Bud tell him to "talk sense" it's a code to get back
to the script. Another thing that cracks me up is Lou stating, "I'm on
on page such and such, I don't know where you are!" when he lost his
place.
Joe
--
Visit my home page:
[removed]~[removed]
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:16:51 -0400
From: "David L. Easter" <david-easter@[removed];
To: "Old-Time Radio Digest (E-mail)" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Internet radio listening
In Issue 288 Mary Anne Morel wrote:
It made me think of a recent comment made on another mail list I subscribe
to--not an OTR list--which was critical of downloading old radio programs
because it slowed down the global Internet system and made transmission
difficult. In effect, said the letter(I am paraphrasing here), OTR people
are
non-tekkie piggies who are ruining things for everyone.
What do computer experts on this list think of this comment? Does
downloading
of programs really cause glitches or significant slowdown in transmission
for
the rest of the Internet crowd? Am I going to be sent to computer hell for
downloading and listening to Jack Benny or the Six Shooter? And will my
punishment be never to hear another OTR program, but to endure Oprah, Rosie
O' Donnell, Jay Leno, Conan O' Brien et al reruns forever?
Every user on-line "slows down" transmissions. The question is how much?
Let's make a couple of assumptions. A single OTR show in mp3 format is 5MB.
Over a period of time we will assume that an average of 50 OTR mp3's are
downloaded on any particular day. That results in 250MB a day.
Now for comparison, there are 147 million internet users in the [removed] and
Canada. If only 1 in 10 of them (a _very_ conservative estimate) send or
forward one of the little "gems" of wisdom/humor we all receive, at an
average of 17KB each (note how small and innocent these file are); then we
have generated 250MB.
I can't begin to estimate the traffic in:
1.) free e-mail greeting cards (significantly bigger than 17KB),
2.) SPAM (bigger on average then 17KB but almost as prevalent),
3.) pop-up ads (yes, they eat up bandwidth!),
4.) music mp3 downloads (Napster and its successors),
5.) pornography downloads ([removed] I have nothing against pornography and
figure it is better than SPAM and pop-ups because the user actually
requested the file.)
6.) web casts of sports games (usually heard by people in offices who should
be working),
7.) web casts of live radio broadcasts (ditto #6 above),
8.) the little known world of spyware ([removed] web bugs). I'll bet 90% of
Old-Time Radio Digest participants have these bugs and don't know it. They
are constantly transmitting data about you (phoning home) and using
bandwidth in the process. (small "file" size, _very_ high volume).
To answer your question, OTR mp3 files are large and eat bandwidth but so do
other activities. Conversely, large numbers of people handling small files
also eat bandwidth.
You are no more slowing transmission then millions of other users.
(Gee, if big trucks were banned from the highways, think how that would
solve traffic problems! And bring back trains!)
As for your "punishment be never to hear another OTR program, but to endure
Oprah, Rosie O' Donnell, Jay Leno, Conan O' [removed]", I figure the only
people that should be forced to listen to these reruns are the people that
listened to then to begin with. Everyone else should have free choice!
David L. Easter
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:17:29 -0400
From: "Kenneth Studdard" <rtoombs@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: re: My 5 favorite otr shows
Jer51473@[removed] wrote:
It would be interesting to hear everyones top 5 in
order of preference.
My 5 favorite shows are:
1. I Love a Mystery
2. Amos 'n Andy
3. Richard Diamond
4. Jack Benny
5. Lux Radio Theater
I am 35 years old and have been hooked on Old Time Radio for 4 years. I
really enjoy the list.
Kenneth Studdard
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:18:01 -0400
From: Christopher Lowell White <cncwhite@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR Rebroadcast Stations
Hi, my name is Bryant White I live in Westerly, RI, I am 12 years old and I
just got interested in OTR. I own the complete collection of Dragnet on MP3
cd and Our Miss Brooks also on MP3 cd but, I also would like to listen to
OTR rebrodcasts on the radio. I have a shortwave radio that plays AM, FM,
and Shortwave stations. So if anyone knows of any stations(AM, FM, or
Shortwave) that rebroadcast OTR please tell me.
Thanks,
Bryant White
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:17:04 -0400
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Fu narrator
From: JimInks@[removed]
Does anyone know who was the narrator for the Shadow of FuManchu? It sounds
to me like it's Paul McGrath from Inner Sanctum but a friend of mine is
convinced it's Gerald Mohr.
-Jim Amash
I go along with your friend - it's Gerald Mohr, earlier
in his career.
John Henley
jhenley@[removed]
ph (512) 495-4112
fax (512) 495-4296
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:04:12 -0400
From: "J. Pope" <jpope101@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 5 favorite OTR shows
Neat - I can answer two questions at once. My favorite show, and the
one which first got me interested in OTR, is 'Dragnet.' I started
watching the color TV series about 2 years ago and made my way backwards.
My next four favorites are:
2. 'The Jack Benny Program'
3. 'The Lone Ranger'
4. 'The Burns and Allen Show'
5. 'Dimension X'/'X Minus One'
Jennifer
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:04:30 -0400
From: Jim Murtaugh <JimM@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: favorite shows
I just turned 55 and my top 5 radio shows are also
comedies. Fibber McGee and Molly, The Great Gildersleeve, Amos and Andy,
Phil Harris/Alice Faye, and The Life of Riley. Thank heaven for mp3's, they
have expanded my collection considerably so I am able to hear these shows.
If there are any psychiatrists our there, maybe you can tell me what my
choices mean.
Jim
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:04:40 -0400
From: passage@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Lives of Harry Lime episode title
Hi All,
Anyone know the title of a "Lives of Harry Lime" episode that
involves a chartered plane to Nice, France with Moe as Harry's
partner and Hyacinth as a stowaway?
Frank
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:05:07 -0400
From: passage@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: LUX: It's A Wonderful Life - script
Hi All,
I got the following script request:
- -------
Do you know anyone who has a script of the March 10, 1947 Lux Radio
Theatre
version of "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" ?
NORMAN B. SCHWARTZ
Il Professore <
ilprof@[removed]
Artistic Director/Santa Barbara Actors Theatre, Inc.
[removed]
- -------
Either reply direct or to me and I'll forward.
Frank
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 17:46:11 -0400
From: Jer51473@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Whiz candy bar and cod liver oil!
I dont know whether the poster had a typo or not, but the slogan went like
this as I remember it: Whizzz, best nickle candy bar there izzz! Im not sure
if they said "best candy bar" or "best nickle candy bar", but the last word
was "izzz" and not "whizzz. Cod liver oil! We didnt get that as often as we
got CASTER OIL, which was even worse. We had to take it whether we were sick
or not at least once a year. If you would even hint at being sick, my dad,
and I can hear him now, would say "the boy needs a good dose of oil to clean
his liver off". Clean my liver off? I never saw Mom or Dad, either one take a
dose of "oil". But, them certainly were the days when doing right by their
children was the prime motivation of most parents.
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 17:46:22 -0400
From: Joe Salerno <salernoj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: net congestion
In our previous episode:
It made me think of a recent comment made on another mail list I subscribe
to--not an OTR list--which was critical of downloading old radio programs
because it slowed down the global Internet system and made transmission
difficult. In effect, said the letter(I am paraphrasing here), OTR people
are
non-tekkie piggies who are ruining things for everyone.
I won't claim to be a computer expert but I think this is garbage.
I can hardly imagine that the number of people downloading OTR could compare
to those who DL pop songs and whatever other material there is out there to
take. OTR is a very small minority on the net I'm sure.
Joe Salerno
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 17:46:57 -0400
From: FKELLY <fkelly@[removed];
To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: George Gershwin Radio Show
A book I'm reading says that George Gershwin hosted a radio series in
1934 on which he spoke and played. Do any recordings of this exist?
Any other information?
Frank Kelly,
(who just turned 64 and remembers when OTR was just "radio".)
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