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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 118


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Lindbergh "Aircheck"
	 War of the Worlds
	 Making Love!!!!!!
	 OTR web site
	 Captain Midnight-Premiums & music
	 Making love in the Golden Age.
	 Radio version of Star Wars
	 Wm Conrad
	 Re: Appointment With Fear
	 The Big Broadcast (book)
	 Re: Krazy Kats
	 Friendly Giant

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 04:57:03 -0500 (EST)
From: JACKBENNY@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Lindbergh "Aircheck"
Message-id: <01I2XR6BD19M9C006L@[removed]>

If memory serves, the Lindberg speech was released on Red Label Victor
records.  (Proud to say that I have them!)  They are 12" records, four
sides total.  Calvin Coolidge does an incredibly windy speech for about 
3 1/2 sides, and then Lindberg says a few words.  A friend of mine made a
funny comment about it:  "Coolidge was known for being quiet, but apparently
when he got going, he wouldn't shut up!"

I also have an excellent record of historical voices from Edison cylinders,
including Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, Warren Harding (I think), and others.
I rather wonder if some speech earlier than the Lindbergh broadcast might 
have been recorded, if not simultaneously from transmission, then from a
recreation.  (Of course, noting that Roosevelt and Taft were President before
the KDKA broadcast.)

And I'll give the same disclaimer:  the days of OTR were before my time as
well (let's put it this [removed] Jack Benny was my age, he hadn't met 
George Burns yet).

Laura Lee
International Jack Benny Fan Club

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 08:09:31 -0500
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: War of the Worlds
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Would anyone know who might own the rights to the Welles's script of War of
the Worlds? I got a request from someone in Australia who is looking for
permission to use it. I don't believe the estate of Howard Koch would own
the rights, I wondered about Welle's estate and CBS. 

She is looking for either a fax or phone to contact to get permission to
use. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.

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

                                                 

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 10:02:41 -0500
From: Ted McKay <tmckay@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Making Love!!!!!!
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Well now, lets see how we're going to make this appear to be a submission
relative to Old Time Radio.

First I'll have to dig back at least 50 years to see what I can remember
about "Making Love."

In my youth the term meant just plain necking.  "Making Out" moved one
on to the next [removed] still not "THE BIG ONE" that was "Getting
Lucky," and the guys in my crowd probably had the worst luck in the
world.  To illustrate how usage and interpretation change through the
years I'll cite a recording of WW II songs on a CD put out by Radio
Yesteryear some time ago. A cut from "The Coca Cola Victory
Parade of Spotlight Bands" featuring Nancy Norman on vocal with Sammy
Kaye and his Orchestra: "You Can't Say No To A Soldier."  I'd heard the
song dozens of times during the War Years and had never given it a
second thought.  However, when I heard it on the CD (for the first time
in perhaps 45 or 50 years) I commented to my wife that 20 years ago
I would have been fired for playing that song on the air. Today no one
would give it a second thought, although not for the same reason as
during the 40's! Another song by Sammy Kaye from that same period was
"I'm A Big Girl Now" which was a bit more specific.  Example: "I'm a big
girl [removed] want to be "handled" like a big girl now."  A lot of
stations wouldn't allow that one on the air!  A few years later I was
working for a station that banned the Christmas hit "I Saw Mommy Kissing
Santa Claus," although a year or so earlier they had allowed us to play
"Slippin' Around" by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakley, which I always
thought was the most risque pop song of the period.  It's true meaning
was probably over the PD's head, since he was the most "unlucky" guy I
ever knew!  When the sequel came out a few months later the PD had
enough sense to say no, citing the lyric line: "I'll never slip around
again, 'cause the one I slipped around with THEN is slippin' around one
ME."  Even HE understood that! The point here is that usage and
interpretation change with the times. It is unfortunate that today's
never ending desire to be politically correct in all things has put us
at about page 125 of the Orwell's "1984" and in a state of constant
historical revisionism so that terms such as those I've mentioned 
may someday be lost forever except in Big Brother's secret horde of
erotica. -30-

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 10:25:49 -0500
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR web site
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

In keeping with the end of month change. I have the
new TimeLines setup on my page now. This one is much
bigger due to the many shows that premiered in April.
Still not to where I'd like to have it. but I am 
plugging away.

Other changes: Soap Opera files section is removed for
now. Not much interest and I plan on some changes anyway.

One of the TimeLine sections include a complete Little Orphan
Annie episode in Real Audio format.

Look for the next episode of Captain Midnight tomorrow. If 
you haven't listened to Episode 4 yet, you better check it out
as Episode five will move to backup and 4 will go away.

Happy [removed]

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

                                                 

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 10:28:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: JSEXTON@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Captain Midnight-Premiums & music
Message-id: <01I2Y2S26V248WW2RR@[removed]>

   Not many years ago,there was an offer made in those coupon packets for
fans of Captain Midnight to obtain a emblem patch-by sending in a liner from
Ovaltine. So I went ahead and ordered one-but the taste of Ovaltine hasn't
improved that [removed] Jar still sits almost full of the stuff-the way it
used to when I was a kid.
   I loved the theme music .A rich,fast paced,patriotic tune,much like a march.
Does anyone know if it's based on a particular song??
  Sure wish I had my secret decoder ring [removed],John (JSEXTON#[removed])

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 12:20:10 +0500
From: cbholm@[removed] (chris holm)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Making love in the Golden Age.
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I would have to agree with everyone here on this list who are saying that
the phrase 'making love' used to refer to the courting process or perhaps a
little fooling around.  An interesting tidbit, somewhere I have a bit of a
Truth Or Consequnces episode (on one of those 'best of OTR' tapes) where the
contestant doesn't answer correctly, and of course, must face the
consequences.  It goes something like:

 "Well, you didn't tell the truth, so you must face the consequnces.  Now,
can you imagine anything more silly than to make love to a seal in front of
a radio audience of 15 million people?"

Needless to say, I laughed so hard the first time I heard it, I thought I
was going to die.  Now in its modern interpretation, 'making love to a seal'
would have been enough to get the Truth or Conseqences program banned from
radio forver.  So I think we must assume that the interpretation of the time
was entirely different.

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Date: 30 Mar 1996 11:58:48 CST
From: [removed]@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio version of Star Wars
Message-Id: <m0u34nV-000Y6NC@[removed]>

Hi Bill Scherer back after a month or 2. I Missed Otr. I guess that
means I'm an addict. Oh well I have a new provider and things are back
to normal.
I was wondering if anyone knew if the radio version of Star Wars is
available? I seem to remember that it is but I can't remember where. Any
help would be welcomed. Thanks.

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 13:28:16 -0600
From: Mike Beezley <jam3@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Wm Conrad
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I'm new to the list and haven't waited the requisite month to get the hang
of whats happening but I just couldn't hold back. I've been following the
thread on William Conrad and his appearances on Suspense. I'm sure everyone
else knows and I'm letting my ignorance show by bringing up his playing Matt
Dillon on Gunsmoke. I remember back in the early 60s AFRTS/AFN rebroadcast
the old shows and I was enthralled. what a great way to experience story
telling. I was a fan of all the spooky shows like Suspense and Mystery
Theatre and the Science Fiction shows like X-Minus One. My favorite
detective show was Johnny Dollar. William Conrad just had a fantastic voice.
In fact when I saw Gunsmoke on TV I was kind of disappointed. I expected
James Arness to sound like Wm. Conrad -- since I had imagined that Wm.
Conrad looked like James Arness.

Keep up the good work folks. Like I said, I'm new to the list but really
enjoy all the behind the scenes talk about OTR. I look forward to much, much
more.

__mike
JAM3@[removed]

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 15:36:03 -0800
From: Gordon Robson <grobson@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Appointment With Fear
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

A number of people have been asking me what episodes John Dickson Carr 
wrote for "Appointment With Fear".  Here is a list of all episodes he 
wrote.  Any script used for "Suspense" is noted.


----“Will You Make A Bet With Death?” (Suspense), Nov-10-42; (Appointment 
With Fear), Oct-14-43, Oct-16-45
----“Menace In Wax” (Suspense), Nov-17-42; (Appointment With Fear), 
Nov-18-43
----“The Body Snatchers” (Suspense), Nov-24-42; (Appointment With Fear), 
Sep-30-43
----“The Bride Vanishes” (Suspense), Dec-01-42; (Appointment With Fear), 
as “Into Thin Air”, Sep-21-43, Sep-11-45
----“Till Death Do Us Part” (Suspense), Dec-15-42; (Appointment With 
Fear), as “The Man Who Died Twice”, Nov-11-43, Sep-25-45
----“The Pit and the Pendulum” (Suspense), Jan-12-43, Nov-28-47, 
Nov-10-57, Jun-07-59; (Appointment With Fear), Sep-18-43, May-04-44
----“The Devil’s Saint” (Suspense), Jan-19-43; (Appointment With Fear), 
Oct-21-43
----“The Hangman Won’t Wait” (Suspense), Feb-09-43; (Appointment With 
Fear), as “The Clock Strikes Eight”, May-18-44, Oct-02-45
----“Will You Walk Into My Parlour?”, (Suspense), Feb-23-43; (Appointment 
With Fear), a revised version called “Vampire Tower”, May-11-44
----“The Phantom Archer” (Suspense), Mar-09-43; (Appointment With Fear), 
Nov-04-43
----“Cabin B-13” (Suspense), Mar-16-43; (Appointment With Fear), 
Sep-11-43, Oct-09-45, Dec-24-52
----“The Customers Like Murder” (Suspense), Mar-23-43; (Appointment With 
Fear), Oct-07-43
----“Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble” (Suspense), Apr-06-43; (Appointment 
With Fear), Oct-28-43, Sep-18-45
----“Death Flies Blind” (Suspense), May-04-43; (Appointment With Fear), 
Apr-20-44
“Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer” (Suspense), May-11-43; (Appointment With 
Fear),  as “The Speaking clock”, Apr-13-44; (Suspense), as “The Dealings 
of Mr. Markham”, Jun-29-45, Nov-02-58
----”Five Canaries in the Room” (Suspense), Jun-08-43; (Appointment With 
Fear), as “The Case of the Five Canaries”, Nov-13-45
---- “Vex Not His Ghost” (Appointment With Fear), Jan-06-44, Nov-30-44
---- “The Tell-Tale Heart” (Appointment With Fear), Jan-13-44
---- “ The Room of the Suicides” (Appointment With Fear), Jan-20-44
---- “The Sire de Malatroit’s Door” (Appointment With Fear), Jan-27-44
---- “The Dragon in the Pool” (Appointment With Fear), Feb-03-44
---- “The Man Who Was Afraid of Dentists” (Appointment With Fear), 
Feb-10-44
---- “A Watcher by the Dead” (Appointment With Fear), Apr-27-44
---- “I Never Suspected” (Appointment With Fear), Oct-05-44
---- “The Devil’s Manuscript” (Appointment With Fear), Oct-12-44
---- “Death Has Four Faces” (Appointment With Fear), Oct-19-44
---- “The Purple Wig” (Appointment With Fear), Oct-26-44
---- “He Who Whispers” (Appointment With Fear), Nov-02-44
---- “The Curse of the Bronze Lamp” (Appointment With Fear), Dec-07-44
---- “The Great Cipher” (Appointment With Fear), Nov-16-44
---- “The Gong Cried Murder” (Appointment With Fear), Dec-14-44
---- “Lair of the Devil-Fish” (Appointment With Fear), Dec-21-44
---- “The Oath of Rolling Thunder” (Appointment With Fear), Dec-28-44
---- “He Wasn’t Superstitious” (Appointment With Fear), Oct-30-45
---- “The Man With Two Heads” (Appointment With Fear), Nov-06-45
---- “The Man Who Couldn’t Be Photographed”  (Appointment With Fear),  
Jul-26-55, Aug-12-57
---- “The Power of Darkness” (Appointment With Fear), as “The Villa of 
The Damned” Aug-30-55, Sep-09-57
---- “The Dead Man’s Knock” (Appointment With Fear), Aug-09-55, Aug-26-57
---- “White Tiger Passage” (Appointment With Fear), Aug-02-55, Aug-19-57
---- “The Sleuth of Seven Dials” (Appointment With Fear), Aug-16-55, 
Sep-02-57
---- “Till the Great Armadas Come” (Appointment With Fear), Aug-20-55, 
Sep-16-57

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 16:16:11 -0500
From: OTR0911@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: The Big Broadcast (book)
Message-ID: <960330161610_501855650@mail04>

I recently located a couple hard cover copies of THE BIG BROADCAST by Buxton
& Owen.  I know many people have experesed an interest in this long out of
print book.  If you would like to buy a copy drop me a private email.

otr0911@[removed]
Ken Neal

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 19:33:03 -0500
From: MTPawckett@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Krazy Kats
Message-ID: <960330193303_458795802@[removed]>

[removed]
Thanks to all who have responded to my request for info on Krazy Kats
featuring Ukelel Ike and George Murray.  So far not much has turned up, so I
'm making yet another plea for info or copies of Krazy Kat program.  If you
have any info, please email me.

Thanks,

Dave Lind   {:0)  The Smiling Clown

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 18:45:18 -0800
From: AndyBlatt@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Friendly Giant
Message-ID: <960330184515_28566204@[removed]>

When I was about 3 or 4, I remember watching a TV program called "The
Friendly Giant"...This was being re-run in the Detroit area around the late
1970'[removed] anyone in the Detroit area have any knowledge that this is
still airing (Canadian TV)?  I would like a couple of episodes on [removed]
can trade vintage TV or audio.
Andy Blatt
oldtimerad@[removed]

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