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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2001 : Issue 407
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Re: Amos Street and Andy Street [ "Vince Long" <vlongbsh@[removed]; ]
Kitchen capers [ otrbuff@[removed] ]
Mickey Katz [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
Christmas Specials [ stopwatch@[removed] (Martin & Ma ]
Christmas show in 1944 [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]
Re: Goon Show [ Ed Foster <erfoster@[removed]; ]
Two OTR Nightmares [ GEORGE WAGNER <gwagneroldtimeradio@ ]
Re: Amos Street and Andy Street [ "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@hotmail ]
Re: FGA Round Robin Notes [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
MERRY CHRISTMAS !! [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
Re: The Goon Show [ "Robert Paine" <macandrew@[removed] ]
Christmas quiz [ Tony Baechler <tony@[removed]; ]
Re: Goon Show [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Amos and Andy Towers in Chicago [ Clifengr3@[removed] ]
The Great Gabbo [ "tas richardson" <tasrichardson@spr ]
Lum & Abner LP [ "[removed]" <swells@[removed]; ]
Amos 'n Andy gas [removed] [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
Where is it on the dial? [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
Welles & Anderson- "The Rest of the [ Wich2@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:28:16 -0500
From: "Vince Long" <vlongbsh@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Amos Street and Andy Street
Elizabeth McLeod wrote:
However, in the town of Lakewood, California, you *can* stand at the
intersection of Amos Street and Andy Street. These streets were laid out
in the thirties by a subdivision developer who was an A&A fan -- Amos
Street runs north-south for about four blocks, and Andy Street runs
east-west across the southern end of Amos Street, forming a short "T."
This was a middle-class suburban area when the streets were laid out, but
is a rather rough neighborhood today.
Elizabeth is right, there is an intersection of Amos and Andy. I have a
picture of the signs on my web site:
[removed]
The adjacent streets in the neighborhood are Hedda, Dagwood, Fidler,
Premiere, Pearce, Hersholt, and Autry. And, while I'd never disagree with
Elizabeth about anything to do with old radio, her description of the the
area being "rough" might lead some to think that it might not be safe enough
to visit, should one be in the area. I grew up nearby there and, while I
left for the high plains of Montana 10 years ago, I still have relatives in
the area, have been back a few times, and it's generally a good place to
live.
While in that area one might want to go over to 3445 Long Beach Blvd, in
Long Beach, and see "Duffy's Tavern," a local bar that's been there for as
far back as I can remember.
On this same subject, I just finished putting up some maps, photos, and
links about the Martian Landing Site in Grovers Mills, New Jersey. Summer
before last I took my boys on a road trip from here to Washington, [removed], and
made that one of the stops. I shot close-ups of the monument and the park
itself. Feel free to take the virtual tour on my site:
[removed]
Vince
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Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:28:32 -0500
From: otrbuff@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Kitchen capers
I read an interesting item in a sort of "Farmer's Almanac" promotional
piece that the Cracker Barrel stores put out every quarter. Do you know
who was the best recognized woman in America fifty Christmases ago?
According to that source, it was none other than Eleanor Roosevelt.
(Recall, her husband had been dead for six years by then.) She had
completed a daily series of 45-minute radio broadcasts over NBC only
three months before the holidays, having begun as a radio
"fixture"--though not continuous--in 1932. Eventually she would make the
rounds of all the networks except MBS.
But here's the real kicker. Could you possibly venture a guess as to who
was the second best recognized woman in America fifty Christmases ago?
No, it wasn't Bess or Margaret Truman, or Mamie Eisenhower, or Pat Nixon,
and not those you might immediately include like Kate Smith or Gracie
Allen or Lucille Ball or Marian Jordan or Dinah Shore or Irna Phillips or
Virginia Payne or Mary Margaret McBride. It was--are you ready for
this?--Betty Crocker, a woman who didn't even exist! She too aired her
own cooking show on three networks at varying times between 1926-53,
appearing during Christmas 1951 daily over ABC. And of course her name
and products turned up on legions of other programs. She was an icon
everywhere, perhaps, except at the annual Pillsbury Bake-Off contests!
May your days be happy and bright.
Jim Cox
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:10:51 -0500
From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mickey Katz
Owens Pomeroy wrote:
MICKEY KATZ: How could Bill Murtough mention Mickey Katz without
mentioning his hit recording in the 1950's of "Yiddish Muls Train,"
that was played constantly on radio? ( I believe it was #1 for a
long time on the Hit Parade.) Owens
You have GOT to be kidding! Much as I love Mickey Katz, there is no way
in the world that this or any of his records could have scored high on
the national sales charts. I find it hard to think that he would be
aired on any but a very few stations in major metropolitan areas where
there would be a sizable Jewish audience. Checking on the Billboard
charts, "Yiddish Mule Train" never charted at all. (Spike Jones'
"Chinese Mule Train" did hit #16 in Billboard.) The only three Mickey
Katz records that did show up in the charts--but not in very high
positions--were "Music! Music! Music!" at #18, "Herring Boats" at #28,
and "Come-On-A My House" at #22.
Come to think of it, does anybody know of any live appearances of Mickey
Katz on radio?
I should also mention that Bill would not have heard Mickey doing "Peter
and the Wolf" in the early to mid-1930s. The story was not even written
until 1936 and did not hit the [removed] until 1938. It was not the type of
story Katz did, anyway. The wolf story you undoubtedly did hear was
Little Red Riding Hood, (as "Little Red Rosenberg") which was one of the
stories he later recorded on his album "Katz Pajamas" Capitol
T/ST-1257. (Henry Morgan also did great versions of "Red" in Russian
and French dialects on a early 60s album on Offbeat, and might have done
it on radio earlier.) Other Katz fairy tales on the album that might
have been part of his early act include "Hansel and Gensel", "Bagel-Lox
and the Tree Bears", "Chinderella", and "Yoshke and the Beanstalk".
Michael Biel mbiel@[removed]
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:11:52 -0500
From: stopwatch@[removed] (Martin & Margot)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Christmas Specials
At last we got around to discovering that the nightly spectacular program
of old time classics from public radio station WRVO in Oswego, New York, is
available via their website. The catch for us, however, is that we can
only use the Real Audio Player on our Macintosh, and the station is having
major technical problems via the server they are currently using. (Those
of you with PC's who are interested in accessing their site should fare
better.)
The result is that we had to miss such specials as a two-hour Elgin
Christmas Special from 1944. Is it possible that one of you has it
available to buy, borrow or obtain via a trade? And other Christmas
specials from the thirties and forties and fifties perhaps? We won't mind
listening in January, especially if winter ever comes to our territory.
Martin Fass
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:12:12 -0500
From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Christmas show in 1944
I just notice to day that Harry Bartell was a member of the classic Command
Performance Christmas show of 1944. Harry play the solider in the play the
Small One narrated by Spencer Tracy. Elliot Lewis, Howard Duff, and Skippy
Homemier was also part of the cast. This show also feature Bob Hope, Jack
Benny, Fred Allen, W. C. Fields, and many other. I believe the very special
part of this show was when the six girls singers sing dutiful Christmas
music at the end of the show. They where Dinah Shore, Judy Garland, Jinni
Sims, Virginia O,Brian, Dorothy Lamoure, and Frances Langferd.
Marry Christmas,
Walden Hughes
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:12:39 -0500
From: Ed Foster <erfoster@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Goon Show
Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; asked:
Does anyone out there know much about the "Goon Show"? I have several programs
and I listen to them every chance that I get. I would like to know a little of
its history and something about there stars other than Peter Sellers.
A google search would probably turn up a lot, but you can start with these:
[removed]
[removed]
and then follow the links you find there.
--
Ed Foster
erfoster@[removed]
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:13:09 -0500
From: GEORGE WAGNER <gwagneroldtimeradio@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Two OTR Nightmares
I trust nobody will consider this post terribly
off-topic, but I'll keep it as short as possible just
in case there may be.
About a month ago I dreamed that I attended a
rummage sale, where old pulp magazines dating back to
the 'teens of the previous century were on sale for
five and ten cents apiece.
But then I discovered the REAL treasures - box
after box of off-the-air recordings on seven-inch 78
rpm discs. Most of these records dated from 1924, 1925
and 1926, but some were even earlier.
I woke up then, more depressed than I've felt in
years.
Two nights ago I dreamed that I'd agreed to help
clean out a cluttered apartment. More of the same!
Except this time there were ALSO crates crammed full
of 1920s microphones, studio signs, scripts, etc.
There was one large box labeled "Amos & Andy - 1928,"
containing grease paint, unused scripts, contracts and
personal effects.
Woke up severely depressed again.
But, still, Merry Christmas, everybody!
George Wagner
GWAGNEROLDTIMERADIO@[removed]
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:13:36 -0500
From: "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Amos Street and Andy Street
Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed]; writes:
Maybe whatever
enterprises currently [removed] 2411
at the old Palmolive Building (where they wrote their scripts) might
consider putting up a plaque in their memory, but somehow I doubt it.
If I recall correctly, what used to be the Palmolive Building is in fact now
the Playboy Building (purchased in '58 or '59, IIRC). I have no idea exactly
to what extent Hugh Hefner even knows of the daily goings-on at the building
since moving permanently to Los Angeles about 25 years ago, but as he is a
big nostalgia buff of long public standing and very active in film
preservation, he strikes me as someone who indeed would have such a plaque
installed in/on the building. In fact, Hef just had his own honorary street
naming in Chicago last year, so perhaps someone should make the suggestion.
Now where did I put that number to the Mansion? :-)
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:15:59 -0500
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: FGA Round Robin Notes
A few weeks back, there was some discussion of rare A&A recordings in the
latest Round Robin from the First Generation Radio Archives. I've now had
a chance to review these materials -- and can report some interesting
discoveries relating to them.
First, the 12/4/36 "Friday Night Minstrel Show" broadcast included in the
round robin is a very exciting find -- because not only is it the
"Western" broadcast, it is substantially *different* from the "Eastern"
broadcast which has been in circulation for the past twenty-odd years.
The most dramatic difference is the guest star -- the Eastern show
features Frank Parker, singing "Mandy," while the Western show included
in the round robin features John Charles Thomas singing "Song of the
Vagabonds." (This selection is *far* from being typical minstrel-show
fare, and when Thomas sings "to hell with Burgundy!" it marks the only
use of a swear word in any A&A episode.)
There are also numerous changes in the script between the two broadcasts,
ranging from single lines to entire passages of material. Notably, a joke
about an injured cockroach told by the Kingfish in the Western broadcast
is not present in the Eastern, and Andy's opening joke about his chicken
farm is substantially different between the two versions -- the Western
show includes a quick, throwaway line about chicken-stealing which marks
the only reference to this particular stereotype in any episode of A&A.
(It was a very uncharacteristic for Correll and Gosden to use such
material, but on the other hand, it's exactly the sort of trite gag
listeners *would* have expected in a genuine minstrel show.)
Performers who did appear in the Eastern show but not in the Western are
Elinor Harriot, Terry Howard, and the Four Vagabonds. It may be that
Pepsodent didn't feel it was necessary to pay for a full cast for two
broadcasts -- especially with two different guest stars booked. If so,
I'm sure this really rubbed the perfectionist Gosden the wrong way -- and
this may help explain why the minstrel show idea was abandoned after only
two weeks. I've heard several examples of East/West broadcasts from
different series over the years, but this example displays by far the
most dramatic difference between two performances of the same program.
Another important discovery appears in the "March of Time" gag recording
from 1939, saluting C&G as they leave NBC for CBS. You'll recognize Ken
Carpenter, Bill Thompson, and Harold Peary in the cast of this recording
(the latter two being old friends from Chicago -- and Thompson's
impersonation of Bill Hay is hysterical), but the most attention-getting
element of this recording for me is the fact that it includes several
very short clips from a genuine A&A broadcast not previously known to
exist. These excerpts are extremely short -- less than 10 seconds each --
and sound like they're being picked up by a microphone held up to a
monitor speaker. By checking the scripts I've been able to identify these
excerpts as having come from the 8/9/37 episode, in which Amos, Andy, and
the Kingfish are stopping in Boston while on a road trip to Portland,
Maine (where they will become involved with the female head of a local
counterfieting ring). The fact that a recording of a random episode a
year and a half old happened to be lying around NBC-Hollywood for the
pranksters to use in making this gag disc is good evidence that
*someone,* possibly NBC-Hollywood itself, was making recordings of the
series that aren't now known to exist. Whether these recordings still
exist somewhere or vanished in an archive purge isn't known -- but the
mere fact that such a recording was made *at all* is an important
discovery. Hopefully there's a pile of discs somewhere just waiting to be
[removed]
Elizabeth
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:16:30 -0500
From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: MERRY CHRISTMAS !!
Thanks ot all the listeners to HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE this year and since
the 70's for their kind words, cards, E-Mail, etc,, Although I have not been
in good health as some of you know, we have maintained a website now for many
years and
one of our last 90 minute Christmas Shows is there. We are in hopes to do
much
more again with the program and Heritage Radio Classics in the year to come.
Please stop by our site at: [removed] - I'm sorry my voice is a
bit off on the show, but I am happy to say that improvement had occured since
that program was recorded. Merry Christmas wishes to [removed] to [removed]
good night!!
Tom Heathwood - Heritage Radio - Boston, MA
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:16:39 -0500
From: "Robert Paine" <macandrew@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: The Goon Show
The Goon Show featured Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and the recently
deceased (Sir) Harry Secombe. I don't have much on the show but my wife
listened to it before she came to Canada. From her description, it sounds as
though the humor was pretty off-the-wall for its day. My own perception is
that the three were to their era what
Monty Python was in the 70's. It was, I believe, on BBC Radio in the 50's
and may have lasted into the 60's.
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:17:12 -0500
From: Tony Baechler <tony@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Christmas quiz
Hello. The person who answered in the last digest was correct. However,
dates for the shows were not given so I will list them here.
1. Elizabeth's name was mentioned on the 12-21-48 Christmas show. Any good
log gives "Christmas Card for Elizabeth" or something similar as the title.
2. George was mentioned on the 12-23-52 30 minute show and the 12-24-53 15
minute show. If anyone has first names for any other characters where
first names are not given, I am interested.
Someone asked if they did the traditional Christmas song on the post-1949
shows, not sponsored by Johnson's Wax. Basically, no. If you do not mind
poor sound quality and a truncated show, RSI has the 12-23-52 show on their
site. They only did the first 30 second or minute of the song and that is
it. It is possible that RSI cut off the song but it does not sound like
it. I know for sure they did not do the song on the 1953 Christmas shows.
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:17:26 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Goon Show
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 10:44:17 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
Subject: Goon Show
Does anyone out there know much about the "Goon Show"? I have several
programs and I listen to them every chance that I get. I would like to know
a little of its history and something about there stars other than Peter
Sellers.
You silly twisted boy, here is a link for one Goon page:
[removed]~[removed] and there are a
couple others as well.
There is also the [removed] newsgroup. These should help you get
started.
Joe
--
Visit my home page:
[removed]~[removed]
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:18:51 -0500
From: Clifengr3@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Amos and Andy Towers in Chicago
Elizabeth wrote recently
An addendum to my previous response to Lee Munsick's comment regarding
landmarks named for A&A in Chicago -- while it's true that there aren't
any currently standing, I should mention at one time the tallest manmade
structures in the US west of New York stood in Chicago -- and were known
as "Amos" and "Andy."
"Amos" and "Andy" were demolished after the fair ended, and outside of
old postcards you'd be hard pressed today to find any evidence that they
ever existed.
Radio humorist/monologist Jean Shepherd mentions the Amos and Andy towers in
one of his broadcasts, June 26, 1965, which was a live broadcast of his
performance at The Limelight in Greenwich Village.
He talks extensively about visiting the Chicago Exposition and particularly
The Magic Mountain, a long climb to the top and then a long ride down a slide
(probably his inspiration for the slide at the Santa village in Higbee's
department store in his movie A Christmas Story).
He mentions the Amos and Andy towers noting that they were a famous landmark,
and that his family went to watch while they were torn down.
Jim Yellen
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:19:00 -0500
From: "tas richardson" <tasrichardson@[removed];
To: "Oldtime Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: The Great Gabbo
Thanks so much, George, for refreshing my memory on the great announcer of
the Seattle Rainier games, Leo Lassen. I had the first name right, and
Schantz was Charlie Schanz, a very good pitcher for Seattle, which Leo - the
Great Gabbo- mentions in one of those audio clips. It was so great to
actually hear him again. After hearing several seasons of those games over
KOL, not KIRO, from north of the border, I got to see a couple of games at
Sick's Stadium as we had relatives in Seattle. One was the All Star game
of,
I believe, 1948. I had also seen a PCL game in [removed] - the Hollywood Stars
against the Oakland Acorns. Arte Wilson was a standout in that game at
shortstop for Oakland, and I got to see him again at the All Star game.
Later, living in San Francisco I was able to see games at Candlestick Park
and Willie Mays, McCovey, and Stan Musiel in his final season. But there
was something special about the Rainiers and the unique broadcasting voice
of Leo Lassen. I can still [removed]"Hutchinson hits a long fly to left
field, back, back, back, ...and its OVERRRR!!" or
"Its a sharp grounder to the [removed], Bing, there it is!" (thrown
out), "Roses are red, violets are blue, what's the count, umpire, TWO AND
TWO!!" And the bell that tolled the runs after each inning.
Tas- Lost in the forties and fifties in Alberta.
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:32:22 -0500
From: "[removed]" <swells@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Lum & Abner LP
Greetings All:
I have a large favor to ask. ( indulge me here alittle Charlie), when I
was a boy, ( not too many years ago) I went to a flea market and found an LP
that contained two 30 episodes of The Lum & Abner show. One was ( 49-01-16)
Off To Washington , and the other was ( 49-04-04) Lum's Insurance Company. )
Note: As you know the Lum & Abner series didn't really have show titles per
se, rather just episode numbers so these title's may not match exactly.
Anyway, I knew enough at the time that i should transfer the LP to tape
because I didn't want to keep playing the LP for fear of ruining it. Just
recently, I found the cassette tape that I had made those many years ago,
and luckily, it was in prime shape. I could not find the LP though. I was
hoping that someone out there might have this particular LP, and if so, I
would be more than willing to buy it. All I can remember about it was that
it had a white & blue cover, and those two particular shows on it.
I can't tell you how surprised I was to find the tape, and let alone
what good shape it was in. It hasn't been played in atleast 15 years, but
when I put it in the deck and hit play, it sounded like I recorded it
yesterday. Anyway, if you happen to have this LP, contact me on list, off
list, carrier pigeon, etc. I would love to find it.
Shawn
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 14:14:21 -0500
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Amos 'n Andy gas [removed]
Elizabeth and Lee have written about Amos and Andy streets.
In the small town of Groton, SD (population about 1200), there used to
be gas stations across Highway 12 from each other named "Amos" and "Andy."
I think one was a Mobil station and the other a Standard, but that is from
memory only. The stations were in place at least thru the 1940s, 1950s, and
1960s.
Over time, someone else bought those corners, and the gas stations are
gone.
Wonder whatever happened to the Burma Shave signs? Oh, I guess there is
no more Burma [removed]!
Ted Kneebone
1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401 / 605-226-3344
OTR: [removed]
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 14:29:13 -0500
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Where is it on the dial?
Eric has asked about locating programs on the radio dial. I think in our
family I was the official dialer. I knew that a CBS show was on WNAX, NBC
was on WDAY, ABC was on KSDN, and Mutual shows were on KABR. I knew the
dial position, but probably could not have told you which kilocycles to tune
in. WNAX was and is at 570, way down on the left side of the dial. KSDN
(930) and WDAY (970) were and are at the middle or top of the dial, and KABR
(now KGIM at 1420) was on the right side, almost up to the police radio we
could sometimes pick up beyond 1600 kc.
And KGFX, no network, Pierre, was around 1060 kc. That's were we heard
the hospital reports from Ida McNeil.
I don't think we identified shows with networks, but with radio stations
that could be heard in our area of South Dakota.
Then there was the fun of picking up shortwave broadcasts from all over
the world. In fact, our RCA console could get long wave, short wave, and
medium wave (standard broadcast).
Ted Kneebone
1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401 / 605-226-3344
OTR: [removed]
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 16:10:29 -0500
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Welles & Anderson- "The Rest of the Story"
From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re:Arthur Anderson and Orson Wells
At the Sunday Panel in NJ's FOTR Convention, Arthur Anderson told a story
of how he set off a sprinkler
system in a theater in which Orson Wells was performing. Just this afternoon,
I was listening to a recording of The Mercury Theatre. It was Treasure
Island. At the end of the program, Orson Wells mentions
that the part of Jim was played by a young 14 year old who happen to cause
rain to come down on one of his performances. He then gives the name of this
young lad. Arthur Anderson.
Dear Fred & Folks:
..and, having heard that story years ago from Polly Rowles (a terrific
character actress who appeared in the stage CAESAR, who was later famous as
"Inspector 13"?, in the Fruit of the Loom commercials, and who I met when we
read together at IN TOUCH radio in NYC), I was able to give Arthur some
details from HER side that he had not heard in sixty years:
Little Arthur disappeared, at first unaware that his fiddling around with a
match had set off the alarm. Meanwhile, it started to rain on stage -- and
Orson, ever the brilliant ham that he was -- was in the middle of his funeral
oration and ad-libbed in Bardian tongue to the effect of "the coming rain
clouds in Rome". Polly and the rest of the cast of course could hardly keep
from busting a gut giggling.
Today's Arthur (I was honored to be working for him on his FU MANCHU
recreation at FOTR) then followed by mentioning that John Houseman and Welles
called him on the carpet, assigned a stage crew member to him as a chaperone
-- and charged Arthur for the services!
By the by, if memory serves, Arthur also appears in the RADIO Mercury CAESAR;
though I believe his part is very short in the broadcast, and had been longer
in the dress.
Craig Wichman
[removed] To those folks who don't know it, Mr. Berney was one of the first guys
in the radio cassette sales business, and is a prince. And a certain Mr. C.
Summers took some great photos of the above-mentioned FU recreation.
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