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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 103
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      6-21 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      The Lone Ranger novels                [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      "lost" Hopalong Cassidy and Mysterio  [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Fibber reference on Letterman         [ Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed]; ]
      6-22 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:21:53 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-21 births/deaths

    June 21st births

    The day I joined the [removed] Navy in 1954

    06-21-1880 - Mary Young - d. 6-23-1971
    actor: Lily "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"
    06-21-1882 - William Afsprung - d. 1-15-1976
    reader: WLW Cincinnati, Ohio
    06-21-1895 - Saul B. Arenson - Lincoln, NE - d. 6-11-1954
    lecturer on scientific topics on WLW Cincinnati, Ohio
    06-21-1900 - Jack Arthur - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-1-1980
    singer, emcee: "Echoes of New York"; "Family Time"; "Jack Arthur Show"
    06-21-1907 - Charles 'Bud' Dant - Washington, IN - d. 10-31-1999
    music: "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day"; "Glamour Manor"
    06-21-1909 - Ted Sherdeman - d. 8-22-1987
    producer, director, writer: "Latitude Zero"; "Sad Sack"; "Sears Radio
    Theatre"
    06-21-1910 - Clive Sansom - London, England - d. 3-29-1981
    writer: "The Pardoner's Tale"
    06-21-1910 - Montie Montana - Wolf Point, MT - d. 5-20-1998
    actor, periennial Rose Parade participant: "All-Star Western Theatre"
    06-21-1911 - Irving Fein - Brooklyn, NY
    producer: "Jack Benny Program"
    06-21-1911 - Wonderful Smith - Arkadelphia, AR - d. 8-28-2008
    comedian: "Red Skelton Show"
    06-21-1912 - Mary McCarthy - Seattle, WA - d. 10-25-1989
    novelist: "Guest Star Time"
    06-21-1916 - Al Brown - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-12-1989
    actor: Og "Og, Son of Fire"
    06-21-1921 - Jane Russell - Bemidji, MN - d. 2-28-2011
    actor: "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "The Bob Hope Show"
    06-21-1921 - Joan Tetzel - NYC - d. 10-31-1977
    actor: Sylvia Field "When a Girl Marries"; Jane Brown "The Goldbergs"
    06-21-1921 - Judy Holliday - NYC - d. 6-7-1965
    actor: "Big Show"
    06-21-1921 - Owen Weingott - Sydney, Australia - d. 10-12-2002
    actor: Hercule Poirot "Hercule Peroit"; "Portia Faces Life"
    06-21-1922 - Wade Denning - Albermarle, NC - d. 9-17-2007
    composer, arranger: "Let's Go On With the Show"
    06-21-1925 - Byron Palmer - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-30-2009
    actor: "Plays for Americans"
    06-21-1925 - Desmond Briscoe - Birkenhead, England - d. 12-7-2006
    sound technician and effects cooridinator for the BBC Radio
    06-21-1925 - Maureen Stapleton - Troy, NY - d. 3-13-2006
    actor: "Best Plays"
    06-21-1926 - Margaret Potter - Harrow, England - d. 8-26-1998
    writer: "Hindleford"; "The Waiting Game"
    06-21-1926 - Merle Harmon - Salem IL - d. 4-15-2009
    sportscaster: Milwaukee Braves, Milwauke Brewers, Minnesota Twins
    06-21-1928 - Rudy Wissler - d. 1-11-2007
    actor,singer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    06-21-1932 - O. C. Smith - Mansfield, LA - d. 11-23-2001
    singer: "Voices of Vista"
    06-21-1940 - Mariette Hartley - Weston, CT
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    June 21st deaths

    02-14-1913 - Matt Dennis - Seattle, WA - d. 6-21-2002
    singer: "Sextette from Hunger Show"; "Victor Borge Show"
    03-27-1892 - Thorne Smith - Annapolis, MD - d. 6-21-1934
    writer: "Advs. of Topper" based on his book
    04-07-1908 - Walt Framer - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-21-1988
    producer, director: "Break the Bank"; "Strike It Rich"
    06-07-1908 - Clarence Straight - d. 6-21-1988
    actor: Rags the Dog "Those We Love"
    06-09-1922 - George Axelrod - NYC - d. 6-21-2003
    writer: "Midnight in Manhattan"; "Grand Ole Opry"
    07-07-1903 - Joe Boland - d. 6-21-1987
    actor: Police Sergeant "Abie's Irish Rose"
    08-10-1908 - Richard DuPage - Kansas City, MO - d. 6-21-1983
    composer: "Murder By Experts"; "The Search That Never Ends"
    08-17-1903 - Abram Chasins - NYC - d. 6-21-1987
    musical director: "Stars from the Blue"
    08-27-1908 - Frank Leahy - O'Neill, NE - d. 6-21-1973
    football coach (Notre Dame): "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Bill Stern
    Colgate Sports Newsreel"
    11-18-1860 - Jan Ignace Paderewski - Kurilovka. Poland - d. 6-21-1941
    concert pianist, statesman: "Paderewski's Eightieth Birthday Tribute"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:22:01 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Lone Ranger novels

    All of the Lone Ranger novels are still under copyright protection. An
    article last month cited all the novels and Big Little Books (and Better
    Little Books) and comic books and their original copyright registrations and
    their renewals. In fact, the novels, including the one Mr. Baechler pointed
    out, were reprinted in paperback format in the early 1980s and that
    publishing company made sure the copyright was renewed before reprinting
    them. Project Gutenberg has had books pulled from their cite many times due
    to copyright violations. I only state this as a correction to Mr. Baechler's
    statement: the copyright was renewed and the novel is NOT in the public
    domain.

    Incidentally, the cost of the novels is between $5 and $10 (postage included)
    and I don't think I spent more than $70 total for all 18 hardcover novels
    from the 1930s, 40s and 50s. I bought most of them at $5 at conventions.
    (Heck, three of them for a flat $10.) At that cheap of a price, they are
    worth buying and owning rather than seeking free scanned downloads. I have
    read them all and the best novel of the bunch is THE LONE RANGER RIDES AGAIN
    from 1941.
    Martin

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:22:11 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "lost" Hopalong Cassidy and Mysterious Traveler

    Just passing along news recently posted on the MANC site. The Mid-Atlantic
    Nostalgia Convention is being held in August (9 to 11) this year, not
    September. Among the old-time radio re-creations are TARZAN, HOPALONG CASSIDY
    and THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER. (Yes, we have clearance from the copyright
    holders.) Both THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER (from 1946) and HOPALONG CASSIDY (from
    1942) are "lost" radio broadcasts that do not exist in recorded form and
    therefore are new to everyone's ears. HOPPY is unique as someone recently
    found two radio scripts from 1942 that were written (one apparently
    broadcast) but were not part of the regular 1950-52 series and was not the
    same script from the FORECAST broadcast. In other words, Hopalong Cassidy was
    on the radio more than previously documented.

    The convention web-site also has a few articles such as HOWDY DOODY on radio,
    THE JOE DIMAGGIO RADIO SHOW and others. So even if you cannot attend the
    convention this year, check out the articles.
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    Martin

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:22:17 -0400
    From: Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Fibber reference on Letterman

    David Letterman last night (20th) made a reference to "Fibber McGee and
    Molly" during his monologue. When a previous joke in which he made a
    reference to the film "The Grapes of Wrath" seem to go over the audience's
    head, he seemed to realize that such was too literate or too old of a
    reference to make and he then compounded the situation by saying "Don't open
    that closet, Fibber!"

    Sadly, most young people today won't know from "Fibber McGee," but it's truly
    sad whn they cannot grasp a reference to Steinbeck's great work of literature
    nor to the phenomenal movie John Ford made out of it. That's something I'm
    not Fonda.

    "Whenever there's a young person not getting an old-time radio reference ...
    I'll be there."

    Derek Tague
    with too many references to the word "reference" in this post ("That's about
    the size of it.")

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:16:58 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-22 births/deaths

    June 22nd births

    06-22-1887 - Julian Huxley - London, England - d. 2-14-1975
    film director: "Information Please"
    06-22-1901 - Charlie Agnew - Illinois - d. 10-22-1978
    bandleader: "Yeast Foam Program"; "Armandes Face Cream Program"
    06-22-1901 - Jack Whiting - Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-15-1961
    singer: "MGM Radio Club"
    06-22-1901 - Phil Duey - Macy, IN - d. 4-7-1982
    singer: "Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra"; "Leo Reisman Orchestra";
    "Happy Bakers"
    06-22-1903 - Ben Pollack - Chicago, IL - d. 6-7-1971
    bandleader: Bib band remotes - became the Bob Crosby Orchestra
    06-22-1903 - Glenhall Taylor - d. 12-28-1997
    producer, director: "Blondie"; "Sherlock Holmes"; "Dinah Shore Show";
    "Ozzie and Harriett"
    06-22-1906 - Billy Wilder - Sucha, Austria-Hungary - d. 3-27-2002
    screenwriter, film director: "Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre"; "Lux
    Radio Theatre"
    06-22-1907 - Mike Todd - Minneapolis, MN - d. 3-22-1958
    film producer: "Closing the New York World's Fair"
    06-22-1909 - Milton Kaye - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-14-2006
    pianist/arranger: "Roger Kilgore, Public Defender"; "Under Arrest"
    06-22-1912 - June Carroll - Detroit, MI - d. 5-16-2004
    composer: "New Faces of 1948"
    06-22-1914 - Lem Davis - Tampa, FL - d. 1-5-2002
    saxophonist, clarinetist: "Jubilee"
    06-22-1915 - Robert Soderberg - Ohio - d. 4-9-1996
    writer: "Junior Miss"
    06-22-1916 - John Craven - NYC - d. 11-24-1995
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Star Spangeled Theatre"
    06-22-1916 - Johnny Jacobs - Milwaukee, WI - d. 2-8-1982
    announcer: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Frontier Gentleman";
    "Granby's Green Acres"
    06-22-1918 - Julian Anthony - d. 6-xx-1984
    newscaster: "News of Tomorrow"
    06-22-1919 - Gower Champion - Geneva, IL - d. 8-25-1980
    choreographer: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Guest Star"
    06-22-1920 - Paul Frees - Chicago, IL - d. 11-2-1986
    actor: Jethro Dumont/Green Lama "Green Lama"; Robert Aladdin "Mr.
    Aladdin"
    06-22-1922 - Joe Siracuso - Cleveland, OH - d. 9-5-1997
    drummer: "The Spike Jones Show"
    06-22-1925 - Basil Beardsley - d. 12-3-1991
    disk jockey: WJER Dover, Ohio
    06-22-1930 - Roy Drusky - Atlanta, GA - d. 9-24-2004
    singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    06-22-1932 - Prunella Scales - Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England
    actor: Sybil Fawlty "Fawlty Towers"; Sarah France "After Henry"
    06-22-1941 - Ed Bradley - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-9-2006
    newscaster: WBCS New York, New York
    06-22-1949 - Meryl Streep - Summit, NJ
    actor. "Earplay"

    June 22nd deaths

    01-09-1908 - Carl Swanson - Utica-Rome, NY - d. 6-22-1994
    disk jockey: "Mr. Sunshine"
    01-14-1909 - Joseph Losey - La Crosse, WI - d. 6-22-1984
    director: "Words at War"
    01-26-1899 - Wyllis Cooper - Pekin, IL - d. 6-22-1955
    producer, writer, director: "Lights Out"; "Quiet Please"
    03-17-1905 - Lisa Sergio - Florence, Italy - d. 6-22-1989
    news and music commentator: "Let's Talk it Over"; "One Woman's Opinion"
    03-17-1927 - Betty Allen - Campbell, OH - d. 6-22-2009
    singer: "National Music League"; "Tin Pan Alley"
    03-30-1905 - Don Hollenbeck - Lincoln, NE - d. 6-22-1954
    news commentator: "CBS Views the Press"; "You Are There"
    05-03-1897 - Charlie Lung - England - d. 6-22-1974
    actor: Paul Sycamore "You Can't Take It with You"; "Wild Bill Hickok";
    "Escape"
    05-10-1899 - Fred Astaire - Omaha, NE - d. 6-22-1987
    dancer, actor: "Fred Astaire Show"
    05-10-1902 - David O. Selznick - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-22-1965
    film producer: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Bud's Bandwagon"
    05-10-1907 - Pee Wee Hunt - Mount Healthy, OH - d. 6-22-1979
    composer: "The Hoagy Carmichael Show"
    05-12-1937 - George Carlin - NYC - d. 6-22-2008
    comedian : Teamed up with Jack Burns on KDAY Los Angeles
    05-17-1906 - John Cannon - Chicago, IL - d. 6-22-2001
    announcer, actor: "City Hospital"; "Jack Armstrong, the All-American
    Boy"
    05-21-1916 - Dennis Day - The Bronx, NY - d. 6-22-1988
    singer, comedian: "Jack Benny Program"; "Day in the Life of Dennis Day"
    05-22-1918 - Herb Arrasmith - d. 6-22-1985
    disk jockey: KERN Bakersfield, California
    06-07-1896 - Hope Summers - Mattoon, IL - d. 6-22-1979
    actor: Clara "Girl Alone"
    06-10-1922 - Judy Garland - Grand Rapids, MN - d. 6-22-1969
    singer, actor: Romantic Interest "The Hardy Family"; "Good News of 1938"
    08-10-1902 - Venezuela Jones - d. 6-22-1995
    actor: Susie Robinson "Our Gal Sunday"
    08-24-1909 - Ridley Bell - d. 6-22-1989
    newscaster: WGBA Columbus, Ohio
    09-01-1914 - Bert Bank - Montgomery, AL - d. 6-22-2009
    Founder of the Alabama Football Radio Network
    09-11-1889 - Bill Comstock - Syracuse, NY - d. 6-22-1979
    actor: Tizzy Lish "Mirth Parade"
    10-06-1866 - Dr. Reginald Fessenden - Milton, Canada - d. 6-22-1932
    made world's first radio voice broadcast (Decmeber 24, 1906)
    10-18-1908 - Rene Garriguenc - d. 6-22-1998
    composer: "Rogers of the Gazette"; "Advs. of Sam Spade, Detective"
    10-28-1915 - Dody Goodman - Columbus, OH - d. 6-22-2008
    actor: "Hopalong Cassidy"; "Arthur Godfrey Show"
    11-10-1931 - Don Henderson - Leytonstone, East London, England - d.
    6-22-1997
    actor: "The Wolf and the Woodcutter"
    12-09-1927 - Benny Green - Leeds, England - d. 6-22-1998
    musician, conversationalist, writer: ""Stop the Week"; "Kaleidoscope"
    12-14-1884 - Jane Cowl - Boston, MA - d. 6-22-1950
    actor: "Great Plays"; "Brownstone Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-28-1896 - Rose Franken - Gainesville, TX - d. 6-22-1988
    writer: "Claudia and David" based on her stories
    12-29-1892 - Emory Parnell - St. Paul, MN - d. 6-22-1979
    actor: Grouch "Grouch Club"; "Eddie Bracken Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"

    Ron

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