Subject: [removed] Digest V2008 #101
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Date: 4/21/2008 9:57 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 101
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Need a Western show idea              [ <radioaz@[removed]; ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@cha ]
      Amos And Andy Cartoons                [ "Tim Lones" <tlones1@[removed]; ]
      Amos And Andy                         [ "Joe" <jpostove@[removed]; ]
      Twilight Ranger                       [ "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@earthli ]
      Bill Cosby                            [ Rodney Bowcock <pasttense_78@yahoo. ]
      Amos 'n' Andy                         [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      OTR in the News                       [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      Polish jokes                          [ Rentingnow@[removed] ]
      Fear on four                          [ "Marcus Antonsson" <[removed] ]
      4-21 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Clarence Hutchenrider                 [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed] ]
      Dennis Crow, [removed]                   [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]

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    Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:41:30 -0400
    From: <radioaz@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Need a Western show idea

    Here's a challenge for all you western fans out there:  Our re-enactment
    group has been asked to do a western for the National Day of the Cowboy in
    late July.  Unfortunately, our pool of actors diminishes greatly in the
    summer.  I need a show with a very small cast AND (here's the kicker) more
    women than men in the show.  I don't need a script (although that would be
    nice.)  Just a recording of such a show will work.  Once I find a good show
    it is an easy matter to transcribe it to paper.

    Ted

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    Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:41:38 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

    Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
    may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
    Radio Theatre," Big John Matthews and Steve "Archive" Urbaniak's "The
    Glowing Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same Station."  Streamed in
    high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
    Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
    [removed]
    =======================================

    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    Shakespeare at 444

    WILL OF STRATFORD
    4-15-37
    NBC special presentation honoring William Shakespeare's 373rd birthday
    anniversary

    NICK CARTER, MASTER DETECTIVE
    Episode 216   12-30-45    "The Case of Shakespeare's Ghost"

    OREGON SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL
    Episode 1 - 12th season    8-16-52    "Scenes From Julius Caesar"
    First Radio Broadcast.

    STREAMLINED SHAKESPEARE
    "The John Barrymore Theater"
    Episode 4    5-24-50   "Twelfth Night"
    ==================================

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    ROCKY FORTUNE
    (NBC) 3/23/54 "Rocket to the Morgue" stars Frank Sinatra.

    YOUR HIT PARADE
    (AFRS) 8/26/44 Frank Sinatra stars in the weekly parade of top tunes.

    RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE
    (ABC) 3/12/50 "The Joyce Wallace Case" stars Dick Powell.
    ====================================

    THE GLOWING DIAL

    Red Ryder - "The Range War"
    originally aired February 26, 1942 on the Blue Network West
    Starring: Reed Hadley, Franklin Bresee, Art Gilmore announcing.
    Possible Sponsor: Langendorf Bread (no commercials or sponsorship heard)

    Gunsmoke - "The Buffalo Hunter"
    originally aired October 24, 1953 on CBS
    Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Richard Beals, Tom Tulley, John
    Dehner, Jack Edwards, Ken Peters announcing.
    Sponsors: Sugar Krinkles and Post Toasties

    The Six Shooter - "Red Lawson's Revenge"
    originally aired October 25, 1953 on NBC
    Starring: James Stewart, Shirley Mitchell, Leoni Ledoux, Paul Richards,
    Barney Phillips, Hal Gibney announcing.
    Sustained

    Frontier Gentleman - "The Cat Man"
    originally aired August 10, 1958 on CBS
    Starring: John Dehner, Martha Wentworth, Charlotte Lawrence, Joseph
    Kearns, Barney Phillips, Harry Bartell, Bud Seawell announcing.
    Sustained

    Have Gun, Will Travel - "The Monster Of Moon Ridge"
    originally aired March 8, 1959 on CBS
    Starring: John Dehner, Ben Wright, Lawrence Dobkin, Virginia Christine,
    Jess Kirkpatrick, Jeanne Bates, Hugh Douglas announcing.
    Sponsors: Fitch Dandruff Remover Shampoo and the Rambler Ambassador V-8
    ==================================

    If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

          Jerry Haendiges

          Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
          The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
          Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
    the Net

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    Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:42:07 -0400
    From: "Tim Lones" <tlones1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Amos And Andy Cartoons

         Several years ago, I found in a local Goodwill Store, a Video Cassette
    of the two Amos and Andy [removed] looking at them, I can't blame Gosden
    and Correll for suing, though I would have been in on the visual aspects on
    the Cartoons from the [removed] note:Though it doesnt mention it on
    the package, there is an extra cartoon on this video [removed]
    Lantz's "Scrub me Mama with a Boogie Beat" from the 1940's.  Though
    definitely Un-Politocally correct, The Visuals are fairly stunning and the
    Cartoon has a great jazz/rhythm and blues soundtrack.  The distributor was
    Kids [removed] in [removed]

    Tim Lones

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    Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:42:38 -0400
    From: "Joe" <jpostove@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Amos And Andy

    I have listened to Amos and Andy for years, and I have remembered the thing
    I have been wondering about for years now.

    Did the program, in its several incarnations, ever have the characters refer
    directly or obliquely to their race. Was there ever an instance(s) where
    they spoke about their economic condition that could be associated with
    their inferior status, then, as Americans? Was any of this even ever
    inferred?

    White actors very occasionally appeared on the television version of A&A.
    And white actors did so on the radio show (I just heard one the other day
    with Spring Byington). Was the race of a white person ever mentioned on the
    radio show, or referred to, or inferred?

    Elizabeth, of course would know, and I hope she will chime in here. As well
    as any other Amos and Andy fans.

    Thanks,

    Joe Postove

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    Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:42:54 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
    To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Twilight Ranger

    [removed]

    An interesting article on comics and radio shows down under. The
    Twilight Ranger would be post WW2 OTR

    It makes me want to hear some -

    joe salerno

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    Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:43:42 -0400
    From: Rodney Bowcock <pasttense_78@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Bill Cosby

    My wife and I had the opportunity (really more of an
    honor) to see the wonderful Bill Cosby perform his
    stand-up act last night in Louisville.  At some point
    during the set, he mentioned that his mother listened
    to soap operas on the radio, which prompted an
    audience member to surprisingly exclaim "On radio?".

    Mr. Cosby responded by talking about his favorite
    scary radio programs as a child.  We all know about
    Chicken Heart, but he also talked about Sorry Wrong
    Number, and one that he was having problems thinking
    of the name of.  One audience person yelled "Inner
    Sanctum".  He said that was scary, but not the one he
    was thinking of.  Another person yelled "The Shadow".
    He said that The Shadow wasn't scary.  Then he said
    "No, the one I'm thinking of is about the rats and the
    lighthouse".  Naturally, I knew, and yelled "THREE
    SKELETON KEY!", which was exactly the show he was
    thinking of.  He went on to describe it in great
    detail.

    I'd love to get a copy of the Escape episode to him.
    If I can find his agent's address, I think I will try
    to.

    Incidentally, if you do get the chance to see Mr.
    Cosby, do so.  It was our third time, and we've
    enjoyed him very much every time.  In my opinion, he's
    the finest story teller alive.  Even if you may not
    agree with his political and social views, he's yet to
    touch on those in the performances I've seen.  They're
    really fantastic evenings.

    Rodney

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    Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:19:27 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Amos 'n' Andy

>     Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:12:05 -0400
>     From: rand@[removed]

>     I'm not one for political correctness, but the half-hour sitcom
>     version of Amos and Andy does make me cringe a bit.

    All of the shows of that era contain material which makes me cringe a
    bit.  One that comes to mind is a Superman episode where Perry White
    objects to Lois Lane going with them on a trip because "I can't stand
    women wearing pants!"  There's a 1930s Jack Benny show with a some
    remarks about Rochester's race (happily, that was not done in later
    shows).  And the Marx Brothers movie "A Day at the Races" contains a
    minstrel show interlude that, besides the racial issues, would
    improve the movie greatly by its absence.

    A lot of 1950s TV sitcoms similarly make me cringe -- or laugh for
    the wrong reasons.  "I love Lucy" portrays Lucy as essentially an
    undisciplined child, finding ways to get around Ricky's orders.  I
    know the show has a lot of good comic moments, but I find it hard to
    watch for very long.

    The point, for me, is that Amos 'n' Andy is no worse in that regard
    than any other show of its era.  I heard very few of the radio
    sitcoms and understood them even less, but I did hear many of the
    "Amos 'n' Andy Music Hall" shows and I saw many of the TV shows.  The
    TV shows, at least, challenged stereotypes as much as they
    perpetuated them, since all characters, even authority figures and
    professionals, were black, including doctors, lawyers, and judges.

>     They're using stock characters that act a bit "dumb" in order to
>     drive the comedy and plots of the shows, much like other sitcoms of
>     the day.

    Exactly.

>     The fact that the characters are played by white actors makes it a
>     little disconcerting for me - sure, it was accepted at the time,
>     but I can see how someone who is African-American would find it
>     offensive.

    Except that I've never heard African-Americans object on that ground
    alone.  And the TV show had all black actors.  The objections that
    I've heard is that it perpetuated stereotypes like "blacks are dumb"
    (Andy), "blacks are schemers (Kingfish), etc.  But I don't find much
    difference between Kingfish and Sgt. Bilko, who was a white
    character.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax [removed]
    Boston, MA 02109-2004           	         [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:49:49 -0400
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR in the News

    Fun article from The National Post on famous cars of old time radio.

    Jack's Maxwell, Black Beauty and Amos 'N Andy's Taxi are mentioned.

    [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:25:58 -0400
    From: Rentingnow@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Polish jokes

    I don't know where the concept came from for  jokes about stupidity.  It
    seems to fly in the face of facts.  A  couple of examples show the facts to be
    other wise

    It is my understanding  that the basic crack  for the Enigma machine which
    was critical to decode  Nazi messages came from Poland and their sleuthing.
    And
    also a little know  item is that there were more Polish fighting the Nazi
    than the French.  But  the French got the good press and the Poles were
    forgotten. Such is  life.

    A quick search came up with this information about the  machine.

    [removed]

    Larry Moore

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    Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:36:22 -0400
    From: "Marcus Antonsson" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Fear on four
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    Hi all,
    Can anyone help me with this? I'd be very great full if some one can help me
    to find the interi series of this horor show from BBC aired during the 80's
    and 90's. Sterio and high quality, please. I'll buy or trade.

    Best to all!

    M P A

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    Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:56:56 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-21 births/deaths

    April 21st births

    04-21-1891 - Dr. Howard W. Haggard - d. 4-22-1959
    alcoholism expert: "Devils, Drugs and Doctors"
    04-21-1891 - Will Donaldson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-16-1954
    composer, arranger, musician: "The Wonder Bakers Orchestra"
    04-21-1895 - Max Jordan - San Remo, Italy - d. 11-28-1977
    correspondent: "NBC News"
    04-21-1898 - King Calder - Maryland - d. 6-28-1964
    actor: James Anderson "Second Mrs. Burton"; Will Stevenson "Barry
    Cameron"
    04-21-1905 - Ted Osborne - Grand Rapids, MI - d. 2-12-1987
    actor: Dr. Carough "Dr. Kildare"; Professor Whiz the Owl "Cinnamon Bear"
    04-21-1907 - Beatrice Kay - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-8-1986
    singer: "Gaslight Gayeties"; "Beatrice Kay Show"
    04-21-1907 - Wade Mainer - Weaversville, NC
    country: (Mainer's Crazy Mountaineers) "Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance"
    04-21-1911 - Leonard Warren - The Bronx, NY - d. 3-4-1960
    singer: "Voice of Firestone"; "Telephone Hour"
    04-21-1914 - Norman Panama - Chicago, IL - d. 1-13-2003
    writer: "Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-21-1915 - Anthony Quinn - Chihauha, Mexico - d. 6-3-2001
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Your Radio Theatre"
    04-21-1916 - Hunter D. Hancock - Uvalde, TX - d. 8-4-2004
    disk jockey: Early rhythm and blues rock 'n' roll platter spinner
    04-21-1919 - Don Cornell - NYC - d. 2-23-2004
    singer: "Sammy Kaye's Sunday Serenade"; "One Night Stand"; "The Big
    Show"
    04-21-1920 - Jim Nabbie - d. 9-12-1992
      lead tenor: (Member of the Ink Spots) "The Four Ink Spots"; "Let's
    Go Nightclubbing"
    04-21-1921 - Betty Jane Rhodes - Rockford, IL
    vocalist: "Meet Me at Parky's"; "The Packard Hour"
    04-21-1923 - Tex Antoine - d. 1-12-1983
    announcer: "The Eternal Light"; "Jane Pickens Show"
    04-21-1927 - Jose Miguel Agrelot - San Juan, Puerto Rico - d. 1-28-2004
    comedian: Torito "The College of Happiness"
    04-21-1930 - Alec Gregonzi - London, England - d. 6-4-2006
    actor: Fred "Hancock's Half Hour"
    04-21-1930 - Kirby Ayres - d. 11-16-2005
    disk jockey: "Bob and Ray Present the CBS Radio Network"
    04-21-1932 - Elaine May - Philadelphia, PA
    comedienne: "Mike Nicholes and Elaine May"; "Monitor"
    04-21-1933 - Jim Harmon - Mount Carmel, IL
    author: "The Great Radio Heroes"

    April 21st deaths

    01-02-1904 - James Melton - Moultrie, GA - d. 4-21-1961
    singer" "Palmolive Hour"; "Telephone Hour"; "Harvest of Stars"
    02-21-1933 - Nina Simone - Tyron, NC - d. 4-21-2003
    singer: "Voices of Vista"
    03-03-1890 - Edmund Lowe - San Jose, CA - d. 4-21-1971
    actor: Sergeant Quirt "Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt"
    04-18-1911 - Louis Vittes - d. 4-21-1969
    writer: "Advs. of The Thin Man"; "Affairs of Peter Salem"; "The Lone
    Wolf"
    05-03-1902 - Walter Slezak - Vienna,  Austria - d. 4-21-1983
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Best Plays"; "Studio One"; "Columbia
    Workshop"
    06-09-1890 - Leslie Banks - West Derby, England - d. 4-21-1952
    actor: "Theatre of Romance"
    06-25-1915 - Peter Lind Hayes - San Francisco, CA - d. 4-21-1998
    actor: "Jack Benny Program"; "Texaco Town"; "Ford Show"; "Lum and Abner"
    07-07-1927 - Gloria Mann - New York - d. 4-21-1961
    actor: Veronica Lodge "Archie Andrews"
    07-22-1894 - Major George Fielding Eliot - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-21-1971
    cbs military analyst during World War II
    08-13-1904 - Charles "Buddy" Rogers - Olathe, KS - d. 4-21-1999
    bandleader, actor: (America's Boyfriend) "Twin Stars"; "Pick-A-Date"
    08-21-1908 - Bob Jellison - Des Moines, IA - d. 4-21-1980
    actor: Oswald Ching "Story of Mary Marlin"; Buster Gunn "Great Gunns"
    08-29-1906 - Joe Sawyer - Guelph, Canada - d. 4-21-1982
    actor: Sergant 'Biff' O'Hara "Rin-Tin-Tin"
    09-19-1916 - Helen Ward - NYC - d. 4-21-1998
    jazz singer: (Benny Goodman's Band) "Let's Dance"
    10-12-1930 - Cyril Tawney - d. 4-21-2005
    folk singer: "Folkspin"; "Alan Lomax Show"
    10-21-1892 - Gummo Marx - NYC  - d. 4-21-1977
    comedian: (Marx Brothers) "American Review"
    10-26-1897 - Louis Castellucci - Italy - d. 4-21-1988
    trombonist, composer: "Dragnet"
    10-26-1929 - Neal Matthews - Nashville, TN - d. 4-21-2000
    singer: (Jordonaires) "Grand Ole Opry"; "Jim Reeves Show"
    10-31-1909 - Thelma Boardman - Panama Canal Zone - d. 4-21-1978
    actor: Minnie Mouse "Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air"
    11-05-1895 - Charles MacArthur - Scranton, PA - d. 4-21-1956
    playwright: "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and Sanborn Hour"
    xx-xx-1882 - Nils Thor Granlund - Korpibomboia, Lapland, Sweden - d.
    4-21-1957
    broadway producer: "[removed] and His Girls"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:10:59 -0400
    From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Clarence Hutchenrider

    June 13, 2008, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Clarence
    Hutchenrider.

    Considered the top soloist with the influential Casa Loma Orchestra
    in the early 1930's, Clarence Hutchenrider was a well-respected
    jazz player who was content to mostly be a sideman throughout
    his prime years.

    You can learn more about Mr. Hutchenrider and the Casa Loma
    Orchestra by listening to A One Night Stand with the Big Bands,
    with your host, Arnold Dean, at [removed].

    At this site you will find 43 full-hour radio shows, produced in
    the 1960s and 1970s by WTIC in Hartford, featuring interviews
    with and the music of big names from the big band era,
    including Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa, Duke Ellington, and Mr.
    Hutchenrider.

    At this same site you will also find 89 full-hour programs
    featuring interviews with old time radio stars, writers, and
    producers, and excerpts from their shows. The Golden Age
    of Radio host Dick Bertel interviews Rudy Vallee, Gale Storm,
    Vincent Price, Jack Benny, and a host of other radio
    personalities plus some other interesting features from radio''s
    past.

    All programs are downloadable MP3 files, and there is no
    charge or registration needed. Just download and enjoy.

    Bob Scherago
    Webmaster
    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:57:32 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Dennis Crow, [removed]

    I regret to inform the OTR community that I just learned from the
    wife of Dennis Crow that he died suddenly early Sunday morning, April
    20th.

    "Mr. Cinnamon Bear" was a genial contributor to this Digest for many
    years. He was a dedicated member of several OTR clubs, including
    Metro Washington OTR Club and SPERDVAC.  He was a resident of
    Gresham, OR.

    Funeral arrangements are not complete. I will post that information
    on the Digest as soon as his widow Shirley advises me. I have also
    asked her where appropriate cards should be sent and if the family
    has designated a charity to which donations in his name should be sent.

    'Tis a very sad day, [removed]

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: Not only was Dennis a friend to the Digest, he was a good
    friend to my daughter as well. Each year, a little before Judy and Jimmy woke
    up, he would send her something related to The Cinnamon Bear - last year, he
    sent her a beautiful stuffed Crazy Quilt Dragon she was holding when I
    checked in on her Christmas Eve.

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