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Date: 9/14/2004 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 299
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      9-14 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      OTR writers wanted                    [ "HOWARD BLUE" <khovard@[removed]; ]
      Tranferred From Television To Radio   [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      NBC                                   [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      Renewed interest Hal's book           [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Bill Monroe                           [ Udmacon@[removed] ]
      Re: the Jughead voice                 [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
      Thurber                               [ "[removed]" <asajb2000@ ]
      Robert LaGuardia                      [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      Tracking Down an Episode              [ Bruce Toews <coke_drinker@[removed]; ]
      9-15 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      FOR WESTERN FANS                      [ Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:02:05 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-14 births/deaths

    Kugatsu 14th births

    09-14-1899 - Hal B. Wallis - Chicago, IL - d. 10-5-1986
    film producer: "Tex and Jinx Show"; "Academy Award Program"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    09-14-1907 - Cecil Brown - New Brighton, PA - d. 10-25-1987
    newscaster: "CBS European News"; "Sizing Up the News"
    09-14-1908 - Bernard Green - NYC - d. 8-8-1975
    orchestra leader: "The Clock"
    09-14-1918 - Mike Stokey - Shreveport, LA - d. 9-7-2003
    announcer: "One Night Stand"
    09-14-1925 - Bill Christy - Seattle, WA - d. 2-25-1946
    actor: Franklin Dexter "Meet Corliss Archer"

    Kugatsu 14th deaths

    01-01-1911 - Hank Greenberg - NYC - d. 9-14-1994
    baseball great: "Play Ball"; "We the People"; "Philco Radio Time"
    01-17-1903 - Warren Hull - Gasport, NY - d. 9-14-1974
    actor: Jack Hamilton "Gibson Family"
    02-17-1914 - Wayne Morris - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-14-1959
    actor: "Radio Reader's Digest"; "NBC university Theatre of the Air"; "Lux
    Radio Theatre"
    03-22-1893 - Tito Vuolo - Italy - d. 9-14-1962
    actor: Uncle Carlo "The Goldbergs"
    09-02-1904 - Vera Vague (Barbara Jo Allen) - NYC - d. 9-14-1974
    comedienne: "Vera Vague Show"; "Bob Hope Show"; "Jimmy Durante Show"
    10-03-1899 - Gertrude Berg - NYC - d. 9-14-1966
    actress: Molly Goldberg, "Goldbergs"
    10-06-1906 - Janet Gaynor - Philadelphia, PA,  - d. 9-14-1984
    hostess, actress: "Hollywood Showcase: Stars Over Hollywood"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    11-12-1928 - Grace Kelly - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-14-1982
    actress: "Family Theatre"; "Bob Hope Show"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:02:17 -0400
    From: "HOWARD BLUE" <khovard@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR writers wanted

    I am considering editing a volume concerning the history of radio and
    television broadcasting for a commercial publisher.

     I invite any Digest subscribers who are experienced, serious writers to
    contact me ( Khovard@[removed] ) if you might be interested in learning
    more and perhaps participating in the project.

    Please include a resume describing your previous writing experience.

    Howard Blue
    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:02:42 -0400
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Tranferred From Television To Radio
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    There is one other program that was transferred from television to [removed]
    was "My Little Margie, " starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell who starred
    as Vernon Albright, Margie's father. The rest of the cast was different than
    the TV version.

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    Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:26:26 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  NBC

         I'll make this short and sweet.  I've heard of
    several channels on which OTR programs were broadcast.
    Some of them were MBS (Mutual Broadcasting Service), CBS,
    AFRS (Armed Forces radio Service) and NBC.  I was just
    reading a book about OTR which lists NBC Blue and NBC
    Red.  What's the deal?  Why wasn't there an ABC network?
    Could someone out there provide an answer?

    Another OTR Fan,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:00:00 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Renewed interest Hal's book

    I noticed in recent postings a renewed interest in Hal Stone's book. I too
    must join the bandwagon. I have just finished reading the book for the second
    time and it was just as fresh as the first time. Hal has a way of transporting
    one back to the actual days of Olde Tyme Radio. I have always had this fantasy
    of wanting to be in Olde Tyme Radio, Hal's book comes closest to satisfying
    that fantasy. He describes in such detail how a studio was set up that you
    almost feel as if you are standing at a microphone saying your lines with Hal
    next to you saying his. If only. Thanks Hal, thanks for a great book. Those of
    you who do not have it yet . . . WHY NOT!!!

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:00:30 -0400
    From: Udmacon@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Bill Monroe

    09-13-1911 - Bill Monroe - Rosine, KY - d. 9-9-1996
    mandolin player: (Father of Bluegrass) "Rider's Radio Theatre"

    Bill Monroe on "Rider's Radio Theatre?!" How 'bout 58 years as a star of the
    "Grand Ole Opry!!"

    BILL KNOWLTON: "Bluegrass Ramble," WCNY-FM ([removed]) Syracuse, WUNY ([removed])
    Utica; WJNY ([removed]) Watertown NY. On the web: [removed]. Sundays: 9 pm to
    midnight EST (since 1973)

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    Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:00:45 -0400
    From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: the Jughead voice

>     (SNIP how much higher was the character voice vs. your real voice at the time
>     you played the character?  (I know that you changed over time so this is a
>     moving target)   Was it difficult to keep the voice correct and constant
>     during the broadcast, especially when you where older?

    For what it's worth David, I believe I was able to keep the same squeaky/
    raspy voice over the years. It was due in part to be able to somehow or
    tuther use my vocal chords to capture the sound that I originally created
    for the character.

    When I started playing the part, I was 13, but my voice had already changed,
    so I added the squeak, which was not that big a challenge considering my age
    at that time. But (to those that know me) I have a reasonably deep voice,
    but I can still stretch the vocal chords to get there when we are asked to
    do "Archie" recreations at the various OTR Conventions. I think that stems
    in great part to my radio training. Radio Actors had to be able to pitch
    ones voice to different ranges (very young, old or "ancient") to compete
    (audition) for a wide range of parts.

    As a matter of fact, I did use two different voices for the Jughead
    Character during the shows run. For the first few years, I "played" him
    more laconic, sleepy and "dead pan" sounding. That's the way I saw him in
    the Comic book. A few Years later, we got a new director assigned to the
    program, and he asked me to "Brighten" him up a bit, and that's the way it
    remained to this day.

    Hope that answers your question.

    Hal(Harlan)Stone
    Jughead

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    Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:04:42 -0400
    From: "[removed]" <asajb2000@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Thurber

    There was a TV series (critically acclaimed but low
    rated) so it was cancelled after about 13 weeks.
    William Windom starred as  Thurber like character in a
    program called "My World, and Welcome To It"...
    I remember he used to talk to the camera and it was
    unusual because it was different (no actors are
    "supposed-to" acknowledge the camera.
    It was on in the 1970's.

    Andy Blatt

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: Actually, it aired on NBC in the 1969-1970 season. It was
    later re-run on CBS in 1972, but it's technically a 1960's show.  --cfs3]

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    Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:29:26 -0400
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Robert LaGuardia

    Is OTR author Robert LaGuardia still with us?  I'm anxious to know, and any
    details of his life.  Anyone that can fill in the blanks for me (even a
    little), I'll be grateful to hear from directly.  Bob made a valuable
    contribution through his 1977 Ballantine treatise From Ma Perkins to Mary
    Hartman:  The Illustrated History of Soap Operas.

    Jim Cox
    otrbuff@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:54:30 -0400
    From: Bruce Toews <coke_drinker@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Tracking Down an Episode

    Hi all,

    I do hope this forum is appropriate for this request. I am trying to track
    down an old radio show I heard as a child. It was in the Suspense/Lights
    Out genre. A woman suspected her husband of wanting to kill her, and one
    evening as the two are gathered around the organ or piano singing "Work
    for the Night is Coming", she turns the tables, kills him, finishes the
    song, and that's the end of the episode. At least that's how I remember
    the episode from when I was ten or eleven. Does anyone know which
    show/episode I'm referring to? Thank you very much for your time.

    Bruce

    --
    E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: coke_drinker@[removed]
    Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): [removed]
    For the best oldies anywhere visit [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:54:42 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-15 births/deaths

    Kugatsu 15th births

    09-15-1876 - Bruno Walter - Berlin, Germany - d. 2-17-1962
    conductor: "Salzburg Music Festival"; "Word from the People"; "New York
    Philharmonic"
    09-15-1889 - Robert Benchley - Worcester, MA - d. 11-21-1945
    comedian: "Buick Program"; "Melody and Madness"
    09-15-1890 - Agatha Christie - Torquay, England - d. 1-12-1976
    author: Creator of "Hercule Poirot"
    09-15-1899 - Dr. Milton Eisenhower - Abilene, KS - d. 5-2-1985
    doctor: (Brother of Ike) "Second Seagram's Symposium"; "Meet the Press"
    09-15-1903 - Roy Acuff - Maynardsville, TN - d. 11-23-1992
    singer: (The King of Country Music) "Grand Ole Opry"
    09-15-1904 - Sheilah Graham - London, England - d. 11-17-1988
    gossip columnist: Intermission Guest :Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-15-1904 - Tom Conway - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 4-22-1967
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"; Simon Templar "The Saint"
    09-15-1906 - Kathryn Murray - Jersey City, NJ - d. 8-6-1999
    hostess: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"
    09-15-1907 - Jack Bailey - Hampton, IA - d. 2-1-1980
    emcee: "Queen for a Day"; "Truth or Consequences"
    09-15-1908 - Penny Singleton - Phildelphia, PA - d. 11-13-2003
    actress: Blondie Bumstead "Blondie" Penny Williamson "Penny Singleton Show"
    09-15-1915 - John Conte - Palmer, MA (R. Los Angeles, CA)
    emcee: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "John Conte Show"
    09-15-1916 - Margaret Lockwood - Karachi, British India - d. 7-15-1990
    actress: "A Christmas Carol"
    09-15-1919 - Nelson Giddings - NYC - d. 5-1-2004
    writer: "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon"
    09-15-1921 - Jackie Cooper - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"; "George Jessel Show"; "Voice of the Army"
    09-15-1923 - Arvell Shaw - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-5-2002
    jazz bassist: "Floor Show"; "Damon Runyon Memorial Concert"; "Jubilee"
    09-15-1924 - Bobby Short - Danville, IL
    singer: "Jazz Alive"
    09-15-1928 - Cannonball Adderley - Tampa, FL - d. 8-8-1975
    jazz saxphonist: "Voices of Vista"

    Kugatsu 15th deaths

    01-20-1896 - Rolfe Sedan - NYC - d. 9-15-1982
    actor: "Escape"; "Suspense"; "Mystery in the Air"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-06-1916 - Virginia Gregg - Harrisburg, IL - d. 9-15-1986
    actress: Helen Asher "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"
    04-24-1905 - Robert Penn Warren - Guthrie, KY - d. 9-15-1989
    author: (All the King's Men) "NBC University Theatre"
    08-20-1908 - Andre Baruch - Paris, France - d. 9-15-1991
    announcer, disc jockey: "Your Hit Parade"; "Kate Smith Program"; "Myrt and
    Marge"
    10-05-1904 - John Hoyt - Bronxville, NY - d. 9-15-1991
    actor: "Escape"; "Suspense"
    12-13-1915 - Mark Stevens - Cleveland, OH (Raised: Montreal Canada) - d.
    9-15-1994
    actor: "This Is Hollywood"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Suspense"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:14:07 -0400
    From: Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed];
    To: submit item <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  FOR  WESTERN FANS

    I was playing around scanning here, there and
    everywhere on the net and fell into this one. Beleive
    it or not this guy lives in the same city as I do and
    I have never heard of him before, small world.
    Any of you WESTERN FANS give this address a try:
    [removed]
    On the site you will find pictures of a large number
    of COWBOYS along with many other pictures etc that I
    suppose could be of interest to many other people as
    well.
    It is also a great place to catch up on TARZAN as well
    as find other addresses you might want to visit for
    pictures and info that is so hard to find.

    Pete

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