Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #133
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Date: 4/29/2005 5:51 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 133
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      4-28 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Radio station takes podcasts to publ  [ ".dan." <ddunfee@[removed]; ]
      BBC Timewatch - Graf Spee - Radio br  [ JayHick@[removed] ]
      Mason Adams                           [ Richard Pratz <[removed]@[removed]; ]
      Re: Tales of the Texas Rangers (spli  [ Anthony Akins <asakins@[removed]; ]
      Invitation from Chuck Schaden         [ OTRGURU@[removed] ]
      Mason Adams (1919-2005)               [ Art Chimes <achimes@[removed]; ]
      MASON ADAMS HAS DIED                  [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
      Fort BraggNet                         [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
      Re: Inner Sanctum Movie, isn't        [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
      Mason Adams                           [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
      info on 40's program                  [ Eugene Burroughs <infocus002000@yah ]
      Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons      [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      Mason Adams                           [ Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed]; ]
      Private Eyelashes in Japanese?        [ benohmart@[removed] ]
      [removed] Mason Adams                    [ art-funk@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:00:24 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-28 births/deaths

    April 28th births

    04-28-1874 - Sidney Toler - Warrensburg, MO - d. 2-12-1947
    actor: "Southern California WPA Symphony Orchestra"; "It's Time to Smile"
    04-28-1878 - Lionel Barrymore - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-15-1954
    actor: Leonard Gillispie "Dr. Kildare"; Ebenezzer Scrooge "A Christmas Carol"
    04-28-1882 - Henry Bellamann - Fulton, MO - d. xx-xx-xxxx
    author: "King's Row" based on his novel
    04-28-1892 - Joseph Dunninger - NYC - d. 3-9-1975
    mentalist: (Master Mind of Mental Mystery) "Dunninger Show"
    04-28-1896 - Edith Evanson - Tacoma, WA - d. 11-29-1980
    actress: Helmi "Myrt and Marge"
    04-28-1900 - Val Gielgud - London England - d. 11-30-1981
    writer: (Brother of John Gielgud) "The Columbia Workshop"
    04-28-1908 - Michael Fitzmaurice - Chicago, IL - d. 8-31-1967
    actor: Clark Kent/Superman "Advs. of Superman"; Dick Grosvenor "Stella Dallas"
    04-28-1911 - Lee Falk - St. Louis, MO - d. 3-13-1999
    cartoonist: "Mandrake the Magician"
    04-28-1920 - Nan Merriman - Pittsburgh, PA
    singer: "Serenade to America"; "Music of the New World"
    04-28-1929 - Carolyn Jones - Amarillo, TX - d. 8-3-1983
    actress: "Dragnet"; "Survivors"

    April 28th deaths

    02-16-1915 - Dorothy Lovett - Providence, RI - d. 4-28-1998
    actress: Libby Collins "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-18-1914 - Ben Gage - Chicago, IL - d. 4-28-1978
    actor: Jimmy Gale "Modern Cinderella"
    03-25-1901 - Ed Begley - Hartford, CT - d. 4-28-1970
    actor: Walt Levinson "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"; Charlie Chan
    "Charlie Chan"
    06-18-1902 - Tom Breneman - Waynesboro, PA - d. 4-28-1948
    emcee: "Breakfast at Sardi's/in Hollywood"; "My Secret Ambition"
    07-02-1916 - Ken Curtis - Lamar, CO - d. 4-28-1991
    singing cowboy: "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    07-08-1913 - Ann Thomas - Newport, RI - d. 4-28-1989
    actress: Sharon O'Shaughnessy "Bob Burns Show"; Barbara Weeks "We Love and
    Learn"
    08-08-1922 - Rory Calhoun - Los Angeles, CA - d. 4-28-1999
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-19-1899 - Ricardo Cortez - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - d. 4-28-1977
    actor: "Shell Chateau"; "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"; "Treasury Hour"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:53:19 -0400
    From: ".dan." <ddunfee@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio station takes podcasts to public
     airwaves

    We have discussed what the future holds for new radio production, exposing
    larger groups to radio other then music/talk, and the changing technical
    context in which otr might find itself.  Here is one possible avenue where
    all of the above might make sense:

    [removed]

    In short, listeners become program directors based on their own production,
    which might as well be otr/ntr related.

                                   XB
                                    IC|XC

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:59:57 -0400
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  BBC  Timewatch - Graf Spee - Radio broadcasts

    Can anyone help Dinah?

    Janet Mckee of the Library of Congress gave me your contact. I wondered
    if you might be able to help us. I am the film researcher on a BBC2
    television Timewatch documentary about the Graf Spee and the Battle of
    the River Plate incident in Dec 1939. I am trying to track down any
    radio coverage of these events - it was extremely well covered by the
    media at the time and there were thousands of people gathered on the
    dockside of Montevideo to witness the Graf Spee scuttled by her own
    captain.

    I am aware that NBC has extensive coverage though due to ther rates and
    insistence on minimum licences it is proving rather complicated to
    access.
    I wondered if you were aware of any other radio collections that may
    have covered this event?  Also in particular we have found references to
    a certain Mike Fowler who was supposed to have covered the event but I
    have not been able to find out which station he was working for and if
    so whether there may be archive of his broadcasts. Is his name familiar
    to you at all?

    Many thanks for your help in this matter,

    Best wishes,

    Dinah Rogers <[removed]@[removed];

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:17:23 -0400
    From: Richard Pratz <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "OTR (Plain Text Only)" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Mason Adams

    Actor Mason Adams of radio, TV, films and theater, died April 26 in
    Manhattan, [removed] He was 86.  Familiar to TV viewers in the 70s as the
    distinct, friendly, light gravelly voice on the Smucker's Jam commercials
    and as managing editor on "Lou Grant", Adams was also heard on many of the
    successful radio programs during radio's "Golden Age." He was well known for
    playing Pepper Young from 1945 to 1959 on the popular radio soap opera
    series "Pepper Young's Family," and as the voice of "Atom Man" on radio's
    "Superman."

    His lengthy list of radio credits is too long to outline here, but some of
    Mason's better known credits include The CBS Radio Mystery Theater, The
    Eternal Light, Suspense, Batman, Gangbusters, Inner Sanctum, Ellery Queen,
    Gasoline Alley, The Mysterious Traveler, Big Town, Grand Central Station,
    Mark Trail, Dimension X, The Falcon, Mr. District Attorney, My Little
    Margie, X Minus One, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, Young Doctor Malone, The
    Guiding Light, Big Sister and Lights Out.

    On the subject of radio, Adams was quoted as saying, "For all the years I
    did it, radio acting provided me with great pleasure and a comfortable
    living. Radio acting is a small talent, but there are those who love it. I
    was one of those. It provided those of us who were lucky enough to do it
    well, with much joy."

    Prayers for family and friends.

    Rich

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:18:27 -0400
    From: Anthony Akins <asakins@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Tales of the Texas Rangers (split theme:
     violence, Texas)

    Dennis says in an earlier post: radio's

>     the realism of
>     violence got to me because I wasn't expecting [removed] Tales of the
>     Texas Rangers" is certainly not "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch.

    Yep, it is [removed] much more akin to Dragnet. I remember when I
    first started listening to old time radio how surprised I was by
    the violence in Escape, Suspense, Dragnet (particularly compared
    to the color tv version of Dragnet I remember as a child),
    Gunsmoke (again growing up on the more sanitized color version
    of the late 60's and 70's) and Fort Laramie.

    Tales of the Texas Rangers is one of my favorite radio shows.
    I'm a native Texan and enjoy listening to the shows as they move
    across the state. Movies and television often manage to get
    life, geography, distances and directions in Texas hilariously
    wrong.

    Tales of the Texas Rangers is accurate, describing the terrain,
    the farm to market and ranch roads in the state and, expecially
    out in West Texas the lonely stretches from town to town.

    Slight change of subject - recently listened to an episode of
    Suspense (can't remember the title) with Lucille Ball and Desi
    Arnaz. It started in Abilene, Texas and followed highway 80 west
    through my old West Texas stomping grounds. Great to hear that
    someone actually looked at a road map when the script was
    written. Brought back memories of the drive between Abilene and
    Odessa (my home town).

    Anthony Akins, asakins@[removed], 877-663-5817

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:59:59 -0400
    From: OTRGURU@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Invitation from Chuck Schaden
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    You are cordially invited to tune in to the 35th Anniversary Broadcast of  my
    "Those Were The Days" radio program. We've been on the air with vintage
    broadcasts since 1970, always on Saturday afternoons.

    The anniversary show will be broadcast live at 1 o'clock [removed] (Central  DST)
    on Saturday, April 30th.  In the Chicago area, tune in to WDCB, [removed]  FM or
    listen live on the Internet at _[removed]_ ([removed])

    The program will be available on my own web site  _[removed]_
    ([removed])   on  demand, 24-hours a day for a full week
    beginning Tuesday, May 3rd.

    We'll be broadcasting before a live audience (in a sold-out benefit for
    public radio station WDCB) from the LaSalle Bank Theatre auditorium on
    Chicago's
    Northwest Side.

    A 12-piece big band with vocalists, the Steve Cooper orchestra, will
    re-create a "Your Hit Parade" program from 1944; Chicago's West End  Jazz
    Band will
    offer a "reasonable facsimile" of a Coon-Sanders Nighthawks  broadcast from
    1929; and the Cooper orchestra will offer a "Tribute to Big Bands
    Coast-to-Coast."  Also, there will be a re-enactment of a lengthy  excerpt
    from a Jack Benny
    Program from 1953 and an actual 1946 broadcast of  "Fibber McGee and Molly."
    Plus some surprises.

    I sincerely hope you'll tune in as we say "Thanks for listening" to our
    radio audience for being there for these 35 years.

    No RSVP necessary.

    Chuck Schaden

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:00:53 -0400
    From: Art Chimes <achimes@[removed];
    To: otr <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Mason Adams (1919-2005)

    Veteran stage, film, television and, of course, OTR actor Mason Adams
    died Tuesday at his home in New York. He was 86.

    Probably best known to most Americans as Lou Grant's boss, [removed] Tribune
    managing editor Charlie Hume, Adams' distinctive, comfortably-raspy voice
    was also heard on Smucker's advertisements for years as well as on
    innumerable radio shows.

    Dave Goldin's RadioGoldIndex lists 357 entries for Mason Adams at
    [removed],+Mason&ArtistNumber=23807

    An AP obit can be found at
    [removed],0,[removed]

    Much of his non-radio work is listed on [removed] at
    [removed]

    Regards,
    Art

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:22:24 -0400
    From: PURKASZ@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  MASON ADAMS HAS DIED
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    I just received a bulletin that the great Mason  Adams has died.
        I worked with him In Hollywood and got used to  running into him during
    voice-over audition here in New York.
        He was a warm and lovable soul and will be missed  not only by those that
    knew him and worked with him but all of us who were  warmed and charmed by
    his vocal skills.
        I can still hear him saying, "Hold that door  sonny," as I was entering
    an elevator at the studios on Ninth Avenue and  Forty-Fourth Street on our way
    down we had time to reminisce.
        Everything the guy said sounded like a walnut  paneled reading room
    sitting by a fire.
        Mason [removed] you!!!
                        Michael  C. Gwynne

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:08:25 -0400
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Fort BraggNet
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    Hiya Gang:

    Lee Munsick, the Sage of Appomattox rejoinered Mike Kerezman's

>     He always liked to refer to Tales of Texas Rangers as Dragnet with a western

    flavor.

    with

>     No no, Mike - that's "Gunsmoke"!

    Bestus,

    Lee Munsick

    No, no, that's FESTUS, not Bestus. Oops! that's the TV "Gunsmoke," not the OTR
    version.

    Yours in the ether,

    Derek Tague

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:08:38 -0400
    From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Inner Sanctum Movie, isn't

    Yeah, but now I want t hear about SEDUCTION:  3 TALES FROM THE INNER
    [removed]

    Truly!

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:34:06 -0400
    From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mason Adams

    A short while ago, I heard on NPR's "All Things
    Considered" that Mason Adams has died at age 86. The
    NPR website says he's best known for his role in the
    TV series Lou Grant, and for his voiceover in the
    Smucker's commercials of recent decades, but OTR fans
    know him for his roles in radio, not the least of
    which is his performance of the "Atom Man" in the
    classic "Superman Vs. the Atom Man" storyline from
    _The Adventures of Superman_ in 1945.

    The NPR report acknowledges Adams' radio work in
    passing.

    Rick

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:52:57 -0400
    From: Eugene Burroughs <infocus002000@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  info on 40's program

        I remember an radiio program which was, I believe,
    a summer replacement sometime between 1947 and 1950.
    It was called Amicus Curii. I know it didn't make it,
    but I am curious as to who the players were. Any info
    would be appreciated.

     Gene Burroughs

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:42:12 -0400
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons

    It isn't very often that hobby readers and researchers get an astounding
    price break from mainstream publishers of OTR materials.  McFarland & Co. is
    currently making an attractive deal available via some of its authors.  If
    10 or more individuals order through me by May 4, I can supply my 2004
    release "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons:  A Complete History and Episode
    Log of Radio's Most Durable Detective," which retails for $65, at half price
    ($[removed]) plus $[removed] s/h, total $37.  I can only furnish these books at that
    price for a limited time.  While I don't normally sell my own works, this
    seems too good a deal to let slip by those who passionately desire to
    increase their libraries, yet are prohibited by cost.

    The 364-page hardbound volume mailed directly from the publisher includes an
    introductory chapter on the aural sleuth (the genre of the radio detective,
    with an overview of those who made it popular), six chapters of intensive
    examination of the Mr. Keen series which ran from 1937-55, followed by a
    detailed episode log of the 1,690 radio broadcasts.  Photos of several major
    figures connected with the longrunning drama supplement the text.

    If you would like to order at the ppd. rate of $37, please send me an email
    message promptly.  Include your mailing address.  If as few as 10 people
    order we can get the books at the greatly reduced rate.  But we must act
    fast!  It's an offer, I'm informed by McFarland, that will not be extended.
    Once 10 readers sign up I'll notify you where to send checks, which must be
    mailed by May 6.

    Jim Cox
    otrbuff@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:40:37 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mason Adams

    With the passing of Mason Adams, we lost another whose long fingers
    stretched back into the golden age of radio. I always remember him best
    on the many science fiction radio programs he was on in the fifties
    (mostly due to my interest there). But he goes back, of course, to
    Pepper Young's Family in which he played Pepper from 1945.

    That distinct gravely voice will be missed.

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:16:46 -0400
    From: benohmart@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Private Eyelashes in Japanese?

    This week my publishing firm received a proposal from a firm in Tokyo,
    Japan, inquiring about rights to publish Jack French's "Private
    Eyelashes" in Japanese for sale in the Pacific Rim. The company
    publishes several British and American books in Japanese, including
    those by Daniel Keyes, Agatha Christie, and Toni Morrison.

    If the negotiations are successful, this will be the first book of Bear
    Manor Media reprinted in a foreign language. Stay tuned for further
    [removed]

    Ben Ohmart
    Bear Manor Media
    [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:42:44 -0400
    From: art-funk@[removed]
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  [removed] Mason Adams

    Heard on NPR's All Things Considered this afternoon that Mason Adams passed
    away earlier this week at age 86.  Another OTR voice stilled.  As a kid I
    heard him as Pepper Young.  Then in the 1970s I got to put a face with the
    voice when he portrayed Lou Grant's boss on Charlie Hume on television.  Of
    course, he's also been the voice of Smucker's jams, jellies and preserves
    all these years.  I imagine Willard Scott may have a word to say about the
    passing of the voice of his centenarian spots on The Today Program on NBC.

    His was a truly unique voice.   Adrian Cronauer said on ATC this afternoon
    something to the effect that Mr. Adams gift as a spokesman for Smucker's is
    that he didn't sound like an announcer.  He sounded like a friend or your
    uncle or just an ordinary guy who was telling you about something that he
    thought was good.

    Regards to all,
    Art Funk

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