Subject: [removed] Digest V2010 #34
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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 34
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      My pal, Jim                           [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Kathryn Grayson                       [ Afanofoldradio@[removed] ]
      2-19 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      2-20 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Smithsonian article                   [ Herb Harrison <[removed]@yahoo. ]
      How long, oh Lord, how long?          [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Review of The "Who Is Johnny Dollar   [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
      Re: Jim Harmon                        [ Mail List <mailist@[removed]; ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:58:24 -0500
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  My pal, Jim

    The death of Jim Harmon this week marks the departure of one of the
    greatest guys in this hobby. Jim began as a writer of science fiction
    while still in his teens. Although as a youngster, Jim had
    occasionally  talked to Brace Beemer, a friend of his family in Mt.
    Carmel, IL, Jim's favorite western would always "Tom Mix" and not
    "The Lone Ranger."

    "The Big Broadcast" was published a year before Jim's "The Great
    Radio Heroes" in 1967, but the latter can truthfully be designated as
    the primary impetus for what would become the OTR community. In the
    years before John Dunning's first opus, "Tune In Yesterday" was
    released in 1976, Jim's book, both hardback and paperback versions,
    were being snapped up by OTR fans, grateful that some author had
    finally put to paper what we'd been thinking of since we were kids.

    About 1972, I had a friend get me Jim Harmon's phone number in
    Burbank.  I called him from St. Louis to thank him for his book and
    inquire about audio copies of the "Tom Mix" show. We talked
    extensively about that series and I relayed to him all the
    information I had recently received in my personal interview with
    Charles Claggett, who had produced the show in Chicago. Jim sent me
    cassette copies of the "Tom Mix' shows he had and throughout the
    years, would automatically send me one of each new one he acquired.
    That was just the way Jim [removed]

    I read and enjoyed his other books, some on radio, one on TV, and
    another one on the movie serials, which he co-authored with his
    friend, Donald Glut. Jim and I corresponded infrequently, for
    although he was a prodigious author, he preferred to communicate with
    friends via the telephone. Jim located radio's last Tom Mix after
    years of searching: Joe "Curley" Bradley, and the two became so close
    that Jim spoke of Curley as a father-figure to him.

    I met Jim (and his wife Barbara) for the first time in person in 1992
    at the FOTR convention in Newark and he autographed his new book with
    the looooong title that started out " Radio Mystery and
    [removed]" Then we were together again at the SPERDVAC
    convention a few years later. Jim put me in touch with one of his
    radio buddies on the West Coast, Dave Amaral, an NBC engineer who
    worked with, and knew well, Natalie Park and Monte Masters, the
    linchpins in my favorite detective series, "Candy Matson, YU 2-8209."

    As with Martin Grams, Jr, I recently was a contributor to three of
    the "It's That Time Again," series by Bear Manor Media and Jim was
    our editor. As always, he was in that role, a caring, generous, and
    helpful guy.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    <[removed]>

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    Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:04:32 -0500
    From: Afanofoldradio@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Kathryn Grayson
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    Kathryn Grayson, whose singing voice graced radio operas as well on movies,
     has died at 88 in [removed]
    (2-17-2010)       ed kienzler _afanofoldradio@[removed]_
    (mailto:afanofoldradio@[removed])

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    Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:04:37 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  2-19 births/deaths

    February 19th births

    02-19-1893 - Cedric Hardwicke - Stourbridge, England - d. 8-6-1964
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "BBC Home Theatre"; Winston Churchill "These
    Four Men"
    02-19-1895 - Louie Calhern - NYC - d. 5-12-1956
    actor: "Radio Reader's Digest"
    02-19-1896 - Eddie Jackson - d. 7-16-1980
    comic: "Jimmy Durante Show"; "Mail Call"; "Big Show"
    02-19-1899 - Carl Matthews - Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-3-1959
    actor: "The Cuckoo Hour"
    02-19-1901 - William Post, Jr. - d. 9-26-1989
    actor: John Perry "John's Other Wife"
    02-19-1902 - Eddie Peabody - Reading, MA - d. 11-7-70
    banjoist: (The Banjo King) "National Barn Dance"
    02-19-1902 - Kay Boyle - St. Paul, MN - d. 12-27-1992
    writer: "NBC Presents: Short Story"
    02-19-1910 - Lionel Clouser - Shamokin, PA - d. 10-17-1942
    musician: "The Bob Crosby Show"
    02-19-1911 - Merle Oberon - Tasmania, Australia - d. 11-23-1979
    actor: "Orson Welles Theatre"; "Stars Over Hollywood"
    02-19-1912 - Saul Chaplin - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-15-1997
    composer
    02-19-1913 - Jack Leonard - NYC - d. 6-17-1988
    singer: (Tommy Dorsey's Band) "Meet the Music"
    02-19-1915 - Dick Emery - London, England - d. 1-2-1983
    comedian: "Educating Archie"
    02-19-1915 - Fred Freiberger - NYC - d. 3-2-2003
    writer: "Suspense"; "Family Theatre"
    02-19-1917 - John Fenton Murray - Lincoln, NE - d. 7-24-1996
    comedy writer: "Red Skelton  Show"
    02-19-1918 - Fay McKenzie - Hollywood, CA
    actor: "Blue Ribbon Town"
    02-19-1921 - Chris Gampel - Montreal, Canada - d. 5-8-2008
    actor: "The Eternal Light"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    02-19-1922 - Sandy Becker - NYC - d. 4-9-1996
    actor, announcer: Jerry Malone "Young Dr. Malone"; "Backstage Wife"
    02-19-1924 - Lee Marvin - NYC - d. 8-29-1987
    actor: "Dragnet"
    02-19-1937 - Lee Harding - Australia
    author: Several of his works adapted for radio

    February 19th deaths

    01-03-1920 - Lester Bashara - d. 2-19-1990
    newscaster: KGFW Kearney, Nebraska
    02-22-1915 - Jules Munshin - NYC - d. 2-19-1970
    actor: "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
    03-13-1918 - Ina Ray Hutton - Chicago, IL - d. 2-19-1984
    bandleader: "Spotlight Bands"
    03-28-1922 - Paul Bartell - Milwaukee, WI - d. 2-19-2006
    announcer, disk jockey: "Blue Baron Show"; "Fox Club"
    04-11-1908 - Leo Rosten - Lodz, Poland - d. 2-19-1997
    writer: "Conversation"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Four Star Playhouse"
    04-14-1913 - John Howard - Cleveland, OH - d. 2-19-1995
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Hollywood Hotel"
    04-23-1921 - Janet Blair - Altoona, PA - d. 2-19-2007
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre", "Abbott and Costello"
    05-03-1909 - Fort Pearson - d. 2-19-1989
    announcer: "Beat the Band"; "Queen for a Day"; "Hoosier Hot Shots"
    07-07-1919 - Brenda Bruce - Manchester, England - d. 2-19-1996
    actor: "Lady in a Fog"
    07-11-1881 - Clarence Budington Kelland - Powers Park, MI - d. 2-19-1964
    writer: "Scattergood Baines"
    07-17-1902 - Edward Gargan - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-19-1964
    actor: "This Is Your [removed]"; "This Is Our Heritage"
    07-20-1916 - Mary Barclay - Wilton, Somerset, England - d. 2-19-2008
    actor: "Advs. in Odyssey"
    07-27-1877 - Florence Gill - London, England - d. 2-19-1965
    actor: "Uncle Walter's Doghouse"
    07-29-1892 - Lewis James - Dexter, MI - d. 2-19-1959
    vocalist: "The Mobiloil Concert"; "The Revelers Quartet"
    08-17-1900 - Quincy Howe - Boston, MA - d. 2-19-1977
    newscaster: "Quincy Howe: Comment"
    08-17-1912 - Gogo De Lys - Edmonton, Canada - d. 2-19-2003
    singer: "Carefree Carnival"; "Little Ol' Hollywood"; "Stoopnagle and
    Budd"
    08-23-1926 - Eugene Troopnick - Boston, MA - d. 2-19-2003
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    08-25-1904 - Alice White - Paterson, NJ - d. 2-19-1983
    actor: Blondie Bumstead "Blondie"
    09-03-1909 - Dorothy Maynor - Norfolk, VA - d. 2-19-1996
    concert soprano: "For America We Sing"; "Freedom's People"
    09-05-1892 - Joseph Szigeti - Budapest, Austria-Hungary - d. 2-19-1973
    violinist: "Camel Caravan"; "Elgin Christmas Party"; "Concert Hall"
    09-23-1913 - Stanley Kramer - NYC - d. 2-19-2001
    film director: "Jack Benny Program"; "Stagestruck"
    09-30-1905 - Michael Powell - Bekesbourne, Kent, England - d. 2-19-1990
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-07-1927 - Don Rickles - Portland, OR - d. 2-19-1985
    announcer: "Nightbeat"; The Whisperer"; "The Whistler"
    10-20-1913 - "Grandpa" Jones - Niagra, KY - d. 2-19-1998
    country singer, banjoist: "Grand Ole Opry"
    10-22-1938 - Harrison Ridley, Jr. - West Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-19-2009
    long time jazz disk jockey for WRTI Philadelphia
    12-29-1879 - Billy Mitchell - Nice, France - d. 2-19-1936
    aviator: "The World's Most Honored Flights"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:04:43 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  2-20 births/deaths

    February 20th births

    02-20-1874 - Mary Garden - Aberdeen, Scotland - d. 1-3-1967
    singer: "The Metropolitan Opera"
    02-20-1888 - Muriel Starr - Montreal, Canada - d. 4-19-1950
    actor: Susan Leighton "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    02-20-1890 - "Prince" Michael Romanoff - Lithuania - d. 9-1-1971
    restaurant owner: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    02-20-1893 - Russel Crouse - Findlay, OH - d. 4-3-1966
    panelist: "Information, Please"; "Transatlantic Quiz"
    02-20-1898 - Amedeo De Filippi - Ariano, Italy - d. 6-15-1990
    orchestrator: Judson Radio Program Company
    02-20-1900 - Paul Conlan - Indiana - d. 2-26-1980
    writer, director: "Abbott and Costello Show"; "The Signal Carnival"
    02-20-1906 - Gale Gordon - NYC - d. 6-30-1995
    actor: Mayor LaTrivia "Fibber McGee and Molly"; Osgood Conklin "Our
    Miss Brooks"
    02-20-1906 - Jack Jackson - Horsley, England - d. 1-15-1978
    disc jockey: "Record Round-Up"; "Rooftop Rendezvous"; "Cabaret Crusie"
    02-20-1906 - Richard Himber - Newark, NJ - d. 12-11-1966
    bandleader: "Studebaker Champions"; "Your Hit Parade"
    02-20-1907 - Nadine Conner - Compton, CA - d. 3-1-2003
    singer: "Show Boat"; "Kraft Music Hall"; "Bell Telephone Hour"
    02-20-1909 - Barry Wood - New Haven, CT - d. 7-19-1970
    singer, host: "Million-Dollar Band"; "Your Hit Parade"
    02-20-1911 - Paul Tripp - NYC - d. 8-29-2002
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    02-20-1913 - Tommy Henrich - Massillon, OH - d. 12-1-2009
    sportscaster: "Tommy Henrich Show"
    02-20-1914 - Dick Post - St. Louis, MO
    announcer: "Scattergood Baines"; "Tony Wons"
    02-20-1914 - John Charles Daly - Johannesburg, South Africa - d.
    2-25-1991
    newscaster, emcee: "What's My Line"; "CBS Is There"; "Columbia Workshop"
    02-20-1920 - Frank Muir - Ramsgate, England - d. 1-2-1998
    comedy writer: "Take It from Here"; "Bedtime with Braden"
    02-20-1925 - Robert Altman - Kansas City, MO - d. 11-20-2006
    writer: "A Man Called X"
    02-20-1928 - Elroy Face - Stephentown, NY
    pitcher: "Tops In Sports, The Elroy Face Story"
    02-20-1929 - Amanda Blake - Buffalo, NY - d. 8-16-1989
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Escape"
    02-20-1937 - Nancy Wilson - Chillicothe, OH
    singer: "Here's to Veterans"; "Spots for the National Guard"

    February 20th deaths

    01-07-1910 - Joe Bigelow - d. 2-20-1976
    writer, producer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    01-18-1918 - Richard Lane - Sydney, Australia - d. 2-20-2008
    writer: "The Remittance Man"
    01-26-1885 - Hugh Barrett Dobbs - d. 2-20-1944
    actor: Captain Dobbsie "Ship of Joy"
    01-29-1917 - John Raitt - Santa Ana, CA - d. 2-20-2005
    actor, singer: "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
    01-30-1896 - Joseph Gallicchio - Chicago, IL - d. 2-20-1979
    orchestra leader: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Music from the Heart of America"
    02-12-1884 - Alice Roosevelt Longworth - NYC - d. 2-20-1980
    daughter of Theodore Roosevelt: "Information, Please"
    02-14-1906 - John Goldwater - NYC - d. 2-20-1999
    Created "Archie"
    02-14-1926 - Jack Bainter - d. 2-20-1970
    disk jockey: KHQ Spokane, Washington
    02-24-1885 - Chester Nimitz - Fredericksburg, TX - d. 2-20-1966
    admiral of the navy: "Navy Day Program"; "We the People"; "This is the
    Navy"
    03-13-1914 - Bob Weiskopf - Chicago, IL - d. 2-20-2001
    writer: "The Fred Allen Show"
    04-07-1897 - Walter Winchell - NYC - d. 2-20-1972
    news-gossip caster: "Lucky Strike Dance Hour"; "Jergens Journal"
    04-18-1907 - Stephen Longstreet - NYC - d. 2-20-2002
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-10-1882 - Thurston Hall - Boston, MA - d. 2-20-1958
    actor: Jim Hanvey "The Townsend Murder Mystery"
    06-01-1898 - Edward "Cookie" Fairchild - NYC - d. 2-20-1975
    conductor: "Johnny Presents Ginny Simms"; "Eddie Cantor Show"
    06-12-1902 - Al Donahue - Dorchester, MA - d. 2-20-1983
    bandleader: "Al Donahue and His Orchestra"; "Matinee at Meadbrook"
    07-08-1882 - Percy Grainger - Melbourne, Australia - d. 2-20-1961
    composer: "Prudential Family Hour"; "The Pause that Refreshes."
    07-31-1919 - Curt Gowdy - Green River, WY - d. 2-20-2006
    sportscaster: play-by-play Boston Red Sox
    08-06-1922 - Old Joe Clark - Johnson City, TN - d. 2-20-1998
    banjo playing humorist: "Renfro Valley Barn Dance"
    08-15-1924 - Robert Bolt - Sale, England - d. 2-20-1995
    writer: "The Last of the Wine"
    08-25-1910 - Albert Ward - d. 2-20-2009
    director: "Romance"; "Casey, Crime Photographer"; "Columbia Workshop"
    09-04-1928 - Dick York - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 2-20-1992
    actor: Billy Fairfield "Jack Armstrong/Armstrong of the SBI"
    09-20-1929 - Henry Livings - Northern England - d. 2-20-1998
    dramatist: "After the Last Lamp"; "A Most Wonderful Thing"
    09-22-1904 - Clarence Nash - Watonga,  Oklahoma Territory - d. 2-20-1985
    actor: (voice of Donald Duck) "Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air"
    10-07-1905 - Andy Devine - Flagstaff, Arizona Territory - d. 2-20-1977
    actor: Jingles P. Jones "Wild Bill Hickok"; Mose Muich "Lum and
    Abner"; "Jack Benny Program"
    10-19-1885 - R. R. Brown - Dagus Mines, PA - d. 2-20-1964
    minister: "Radio Chapel Service"
    11-08-1913 - Robert Strauss - NYC - d. 2-20-1975
    actor: Doc Prouty "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; Pa Wiggs "Mrs. Wiggs of the
    Cabbage Patch"
    11-14-1910 - Rosemary De Camp - Prescott, Arizona Territory - d.
    2-20-2001
    actor: Nurse Judy Price "Dr. Christian"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:16 -0500
    From: Herb Harrison <[removed]@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Smithsonian article

    Nicholas Kierniesky referred us to an article on OTR. I read it. Thank you,
    sir.

    About Thomas Heathwood's post about OTR's show times:

    - Were there any government guidelines about how long shows should run (other
    than mandatory time/station announcements)?

    - I assume that most of the network shows were paid for & controlled by one
    sponsoring company. Were there any limits on how many commercial
    spots/minutes were included in the programs?

    - When syndicated shows were distributed via disc, were local broadcasting
    stations locked in to the commercial "break spaces" on the discs, or could
    they "cut & paste" the programs to fit their local sponsors' needs?

    -- Is there anybody here who is happy with today's television programs'
    commercial breaks (especially the syndicated ones), when you can make a pot
    of coffee, or vacuum the floor, while you're waiting for the show to resume?
    ;-)

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    Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:06:22 -0500
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  How long, oh Lord, how long?

    Dear Tom-

     From: "Thomas Heathwood"  heritageradio@[removed]

>     the "standard" for early radio (1930's and  40's)
>     was 29:30 for half-hour shows; 59:30 for full hour programs.  The  actual
>     time varied somewhat if the network allowed a
>     variance on a single  program.

    That's about what I had recalled, and what Arthur Anderson  [removed]

>     Transcribed programs (ET's for local station)
>     also  varied, and usually would run up to 14:50 for
>     15 minute shows, 29:50 for  half-hours and 59:50 for full [removed];

    ...and that variance makes  sense, too, as I've come across a few Jack
    Bennys which seem about that length -  but that includes Don Wilson's program
    note "stay tuned for Amos & Andy," as  well the NBC [removed]

    I had heard one that ran a hair over :30 - and  sounded the teeniest bit
    off in pitch to me. I suspect someone down the  line slowed it on purpose,
    assuming it should fill out the  half-hour.

    Best,
    -Craig

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    Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:08:02 -0500
    From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Review of The "Who Is Johnny Dollar Matter?"

    Today, my copies of "The 'Who Is
    Johnny Dollar?' Matter" by John C Abbott and published by Bear
    Manor Media arrived. The books can only be described as stunning.
    There is no other word for them. I'm not aware of a more exhaustive
    work done for one program. Very often publishers, or writers budgets
    for time and money, put a limit on the amount of information that
    will end up in book form, but it's hard to imagine that anyone could
    have anything left to write about this series after this.

    I am a fan of the Bob Bailey run. I
    don't have much interest in the shows prior to his taking the role.
    Only by listening to the shows did I get an appreciation for Bob
    Readick and Mandel Kramer's portrayals. (How many of us really listen
    to all the shows that we have? Abbott did for this series-- and every
    plotline down to the details of the expense account items and their
    amounts is here).

    There are three volumes
    1: The Russell, O'Brien, and Lund years
    2: The Bailey years
    3: Readick & Kramer years

    The number of shows each actor played
    the role is the reason why each volume has such a different cost,
    $[removed], $[removed], and $[removed], respectively.

    Don't cheap out and get only the one
    with the actors you prefer. Volume 1 has some delightful sections
    about the series, including Dollar's biography (assembled from
    tidbits from show dialogue), his personal life, various hazards that
    he has encountered (he's been shot 13 times, and Abbott quips about
    the superstitious among us not to worry about it being 13 because
    there are still missing programs that would adjust the number), and
    how to estimate Johnny's income.

    A pleasant surprise is what he calls
    "The Final Chapter Matter," where he speculates about an episode,
    complete with dialogue and expense account, where Johnny retires. I
    won't spoil the ending.

    Abbott then summarizes background about
    the cases, actors, producers, and writers, as well as the recurring
    characters.

    Abbott listened to each available show,
    and augmented his research with reading of scripts of shows for which
    no recordings exist from the KNX collection in the Thousand Oaks
    library, as well as other research efforts. Like all researchers, I'm
    sure he feels that there are still things left to do, but I still
    consider it all stunning and wish I had the devotion to do the same
    for some of my favorite series.

    Volume 2 is devoted solely to Bailey's
    shows, and is the thickest of the volumes. Volume 3 has room for more
    surprises. Abbott summarizes the audition programs, and even
    summarizes the expense accounts by insurance company and by actor!

    Also in volume 3, Abbott briefly
    discusses who was the best Johnny Dollar. We all know it's Bailey,
    and most of us would choose Mandel Kramer as second. Surprisingly,
    Abbott selects Charles Russell, and lists his somewhat compelling
    reasons.

    I admit I was concerned about buying
    all three volumes at once, considering the cost. I can only say I'm
    anxious to dig into the series all over again with these books in
    hand.

    I ordered the books through Amazon
    using the links on the Bear Manor page
    [removed]

    Thanks to all who support and love OTR,
    Yours Truly,
    Dr Joe

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    Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:51:25 -0500
    From: Mail List <mailist@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Jim Harmon

    Wow. Words cannot adequately express how saddened I am to hear the news
    about Jim Harmon's passing. Please send my condolences to his wife and
    daughter. He will be greatly missed.

    As one born in the mid-60's, I missed the opportunity to hear OTR the first
    time around. I got into listening to OTR when my father used to quote OTR,
    like "Chicago! I used to woik in that town" (It Pays to Be Ignorant) and
    "Now cut that out!" (Jack Benny). I wanted to find out more about these
    shows, so I went to my local library, where I was loaned out Jack Benny
    shows on cassettes and a copy of THE GREAT RADIO HEROES by Jim Harmon.

    His book hooked me in completely. The way he described the shows and his
    addiction with ILAM was great. He swept me up in his OTR infatuation and I
    am grateful to him for it.

    Since then I have purchased most every book of his that I know about. Not
    just his books on OTR, but his pop culture articles like "A Swell Bunch of
    Guys" from ALL IN COLOR FOR A DIME and his own book, JIM HARMON'S NOSTALGIA
    CATALOGUE. The hard part was finding out what he wrote, and if it was
    available. My second favorite book of his is THE GREAT MOVIE SERIALS that he
    co-wrote with Donald F. Glut. A great book I have read again and again.

    Fast forward to just two weeks ago, when I had found out that "The Great
    Radio Comedians" had been revised and updated, and I purchased that along
    with "Harmon's Galaxies", a collection of his science fiction. They showed
    up just a few days ago. These will now be a bittersweet read, but I am
    thankful for all he gave us.

    I take my hat off to you Jim, and thank you for all you have done. As Martin
    Grams has already wrote, you truly are a legend to many of us.

    -Rodney Haydon

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    Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:12:01 -0500
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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