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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 222


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Chicago OTR Club?
	 Answer to Technical Question
	 Re: Benny Dollar
	 Re: Duffy's Tavern
	 Re: gunsmoke
	 WENN's mics
	 Re: Early Benny Shows

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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 96 09:10:10 -0500
From: Marty_Dzik@[removed] (Marty Dzik)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Chicago OTR Club?
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hello,

Does anyone know of any OTR Clubs in the Chicago area?  With all of the OTR on
radio in the Chicagoland area, one would assume that there would be one
around.

Thanks.
Marty 
marty_dzik@[removed]



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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 11:17:27 -0700
From: "Jack M. Janicke" <magres@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Answer to Technical Question
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Re. connecting up multiple recorders & radios, etc.:

You need an audio patchboard (or patchbox). Can be made up easily
from enclosure and appropriate jacks. Need lots of audio patch
cables. I use four reel-to-reel recorders + two cassette rec.
here in North Jersey area. But old time radio programs are practically
non-existent now.

Jack Janicke  at magres@webspan,net

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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 09:49:57 -0700
From: dlock@[removed] (DL)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Benny Dollar
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Jack Benny fans should be amused by a short piece in a recent (last few 
weeks) New Yorker noting that on the newly issued hundred dollar bill 
Ben Franklin looks suspiciously like Jack Benny.  Haven't seen one 
myself, but wouldn't it be nice to think that someone back at the mint 
has that kind of sense of humor? 

Dick Lochte  

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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 13:28:23 -0400
From: GOpp@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Duffy's Tavern
Message-ID: <960622132822_222805136@[removed]>

I'm looking for a particular episode of Duffy's Tavern, which I've had 
described to me, but I've never personally heard it.  In this episode, 
there is some kind of celebration (perhaps a flashback to the opening of 
the bar?) and Archie is reading congratulatory telegrams and the like to 
Duffy over the phone.  He tells Duffy that they got a horseshoe-shaped 
wreath of flowers from the Teamsters Local, with a sign in the middle 
which he reads to Duffy.  It says, "GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES TO DUFFY'S 
TAVERN, WHICH IS UNFAIR TO ORGANIZED LABOR."

Does anyone remember hearing anything like this?

- Gregg Oppenheimer

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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 19:00:26 4
From: "edcarr" <edcarr@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: gunsmoke
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

no gunsmoke show was broadcast on dec 18 1952
dec 13 1952  /dec 20 1952 /dec 27 1952

if i'am correct home surgery was broadcast on
sept 13 1952 it aired on tv  october 8 1955

from the book gunsmoke a complete history
by suzanne barabas /gabor barabas
                               edcarr@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 02:10:50 GMT
From: bilj@[removed] (Bill Jaker)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WENN's mics
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

        This week's episode of "Remember WENN" was, as usual, a delight.  It 
worked well as both comedy and mystery.  I've enjoyed the series, but one 
thing has bothered me and I wonder if anyone else out there in the unseen 
audience has also noticed the problem.
        How come they're using microphones that by 1939 had been obsolete 
for at least a decade?  Yes, yes, I know those double-button carbon mics 
just shout "antique!" in the same way the classic RCA Model 44 ribbon mic 
says "golden age".  But they were pretty crude and tended to develop a hiss 
after just a few hours (I haven't spotted anyone at WENN punching them 
around to loosen the carbon crystals).  
        I have seen photos of radio studios in the early 30s where they 
utilized the boxy condenser mic that came into use in 1929 with the 44, 
which was introduced around 1933.  Does anyone know of any programs in 
circulation that used both condenser and ribbon microphones?
        In reality (oh, here comes reality raising its ugly head [removed]) 
the producers of "Remember WENN" probably didn't want to sink too much of 
the budget into renting a lot of ol' 44's.  There are those who still love 
them and use them and charge a bunch of bucks to rent them.  It's more 
likely that a small independent station in Pittsburgh in 1939 would have 
installed something newer and cheaper, like the mic that the organist uses.
        Or maybe they just salvaged discarded equipment from KDKA.  How's 
that for a concept?

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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 02:36:53 -0400
From: JackBenny@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: Early Benny Shows
Message-ID: <960623023652_419864210@[removed]>

In a message dated 96-06-23 02:29:41 EDT, you write:

>In a message dated 96-06-18 21:17:00 EDT, you write:
>
>>     I notice in Jack Benny logs that all of the early programs which  did
>>not survive (or yet discovered) have titles reflecting the shows' content.
>>How are these titles known?  Have scripts survived?  Descriptions from
>>newspaper/mags?  I imagine that Jack Benny is among the most
>>well-researched figures of OTR.  Do those in the know suspect that any
>>more lost Benny shows are yet to be found?  Or at this stage, it is highly
>>unlikely.
>>
>I personally tried to structure my log so that someone trying to put a date
>to a show would be able to reference the skit, plotline, etc. to pinpoint
it.
> Several of the early shows had a skit ([removed], "Murder at the Racquet Club")
>as the second half of the show;  the first half being banter between the
cast
>regulars.  Some of Jack's scripts (cannot remember how many) are in the
>repository of UCLA, so yes, some of the early scripts still exist.
>
>As far as finding new JB programs, it's partially like the old addage of
>being "new to *you*."  At one point, my Vice President found someone who had
>a barrage of very early shows (1993-35).  Perhaps these had been in
>circulation, but they were new to me.  As far as finding some of the "lost"
>shows such as the first Christmas shopping show (shoelaces for Don), I
remain
>optimistic.  The way I figure it, if archivists can continue to find missing
>pieces from movies like "Lost Horizon", I don't know why something like that
>couldn't happen for JB programs.
>
>--Laura Lee
>International Jack Benny Fan Club
>
[removed]  "Buck Benny" was not the only movie based on the radio character.  More
or less, most of Jack's movies were based on the radio character.  Cases in
point, "Love Thy Neighbor" and "It's In the Bag".

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