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Date: 8/17/2011 10:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2011 : Issue 131
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      OLDE TYME RADIO CLASSICS              [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
      What do we call them?                 [ "danhughes@[removed]" <danhughes@jun ]
      8-17 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      OTR type broadcasts today             [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
      Paul Frees and a call for cleverness  [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]
      Lone Ranger additional voices         [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
      Re: OTR type broadcasts today         [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:41:44 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO CLASSICS

    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," Bob Bro's "The Old Time Radio Show," John and Larry
    Gassman's "Same Time Station" and my own "Old Time Radio Classics."
    Streamed in high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at
    [removed]
    Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
    [removed]
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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    SOMEBODY KNOWS
      Episode 1 7-20-50 "The Unsolved Murder Of Joseph P. Bohanik"
      Summer Replacement Show for SUSPENSE
      DIRECTOR/NARRATOR: Jack Johnstone
      PRODUCER: James L. Sasier
      ANNOUNCER: Frank Goss
      MUSIC: Milton Charles
      SCRIPTS: Sidney Marshall

    ROGER KILGORE, PUBLIC DEFENDER
      Episode 25 10-12-48 The Case of Eddie Lewis"
      MUTUAL Sustaining Tuesdays 7:00 - 7:30 pm
      Stars: Santos Ortega as Roger Kilgore, Staats Cotsworth as the
    District Attorney.
      With: Joseph Boland, Bryna Raeburn, Helen Choate, Lawson Zerbe,
    Bernard Grant
      Producer/Director: Jock MacGregor
      Music: Milton Kaye
      Announcer: Carl Caruso

    ARTHUR HOPKINS PRESENTS
      Episode 1 4-19-44 "Our Town"
      Narrator: Frank Craven
      Stars: Frank Craven, Evelyn Varden, Thomas Ross
      Author: Thornton Wilder
      Director: Martin Magner
      Anthology Dramas very much on the order of BEST PLAYS
      NBC Sustained
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE

    GANG BUSTERS
      (ABC) 11/27/48
      "The Case of Lewis Fierst" the greedy gunman.

    THE CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE
      (CBS) 3/17/40 "Huckleberry Finn" stars Jackie Cooper. Host, Orson
    Welles, helps narrate and plays a couple of Mark Twain's famed characters.
    ====================================

    THE OLD TIME RADIO SHOW

    TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS (NBC)
      Title: Death Shaft
      Original Air: 9/30/51
      Starring: Joel McCrea

    FORT LARAMIE (CBS)
      Title: The Woman at Horse Creek
      Original Air: 2/12/56
      Starring: Raymond Burr, Vic Perrin

    GUNSMOKE (CBS)
      Title: Johnny Reb
      Original Air: 8/13/55
      Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Russell
    ====================================

    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    COLUMBIA WORKSHOP
      The show is entitled, Old Testament Trilogy Part 1 Sampson. It is
    episode (14) from 08/10/41.

      Next we hear Wally Maher and Cathy Lewis in an adventure of MICHAEL SHAYNE
      The program deals with a Judge being Shot, Motive is Revenge. It aired
    01/14/47

      After our look at the radio calendar, we spend the next hour with
    Beverly Washburn who wrote a book about her life as an actress in films
    and television called: "Reel Tears". It is available where good books
    are sold.
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    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: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:45:10 -0400
    From: "danhughes@[removed]" <danhughes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  What do we call them?

    Those on-stage radio shows we do at conventions - there really isn't a good
    name for them.

    I generally use "re-creation."  I guess technically there shouldn't be a
    hyphen there, but if you write "recreation" it sounds like phys ed class or
    playing outdoors.

    Derek's "reec" isn't bad, but its homonym is.

    When I try to come up with a better term, I draw a blank.

    Anyone?

    ---Dan Hughes, [removed]

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: For my personal usage, those with complete or almost complete
    original casts are "recreations;" and those are practically impossible today.
    The usual today, with few or no original stars, are "performances." Works for
    me, your mileage may vary.  --cfs3]

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    Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:45:16 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-17 births/deaths

    August 17th births

    08-17-1888 - Monte Woolley- NYC - d. 5-6-1963
    actor: Edwin Montague "Magnificent Montague"
    08-17-1893 - Mae West - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-22-1980
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show" (Famous Adam and Eve Skit)
    08-17-1896 - Alma Lawton - Woolwich, England - d. 2-24-1982
    actor: "I Love Adventure"; "NBC University Theatre"
    08-17-1899 - Ralph Goll - d. 1-1-1957
    scriptwriter: "The Lone Ranger"
    08-17-1900 - Gregory Abbott - d. 9-25-1981
    narrator: "Believe It or Not"
    08-17-1900 - Quincy Howe - Boston, MA - d. 2-19-1977
    newscaster: "Quincy Howe: Comment"
    08-17-1903 - Abram Chasins - NYC - d. 6-21-1987
    musical director: "Stars from the Blue"
    08-17-1903 - Bob Evans - California - d. 3-21-1961
    actor: "Sing It Again"
    08-17-1904 - Ann Harding - Fort Sam Houston, TX - d. 9-1-1981
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Hallmark Playhouse"
    08-17-1904 - Elizabeth Bilson - d. 4-17-1995
    soprano: WBAL Baltimore, Maryland
    08-17-1905 - Frederick Ziv - Cincinnati, OH - d. 10-13-2001
    producer: "Philo Vance"
    08-17-1907 - Bernard Schoenfeld - d. 4-25-1990
    writer: "Brave New World"; "This is Our Eneny"
    08-17-1909 - Larry Clinton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-2-1985
    bandleader: "Larry Clinton's Musical Sensations"; "Tommy Riggs and
    Betty Lou"
    08-17-1912 - Gogo De Lys - Edmonton, Canada - d. 2-19-2003
    singer: "Carefree Carnival"; "Little Ol' Hollywood"; "Stoopnagle and
    Budd"
    08-17-1913 - Guy Della-Cioppa - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-17-2000
    director: "An American in Russia"; "The Columbia Workshop"
    08-17-1914 - Wendell Holmes - Cheshire, OH - d. 4-26-1962
    actor: "Dimension X"; "Mysterious Traveler"; "Words at War"
    08-17-1916 - Ira Cook - Duluth, MN - d. 5-15-2007
    disk jockey: KMPC Los Angeles, California
    08-17-1918 - Evelyn Ankers - Valparaiso, Chili - d. 8-28-1985
    actor: Argentine Radio
    08-17-1919 - Georgia Gibbs - Worcester, MA - d. 12-9-2006
    singer: (Her Nibs) "Your Hit Parade"; "Camel Caravan"; "Philco Hall of
    Fame"
    08-17-1920 - Maureen O'Hara - Millwall, Ireland
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-17-1921 - Donald Buka - Cleveland, OH - d. 7-21-2009
    actor: Barney Mallory "Sparrow and the Hawk"
    08-17-1921 - Wayne Raney - Wolf Bayou, AR - d. 1-23-1993
    country music harmonica player: "Grand Ole Opry"
    08-17-1922 - Jack Sperling - Trenton, NJ - d. 3-8-2004
    drummer: Bands of Bunny Berrigan, Les Brown and others
    08-17-1927 - Sam Butera - New Orleans, LA - d. 6-3-2009
    tenor sax: (Sam Butera and the Witnesses) "The Navy Swings"
    08-17-1930 - Harve Bennett - Chicago, IL
    panelist: "The Quiz Kids"
    08-17-1932 - Johnny 'Red' Kerr - Chicago, IL - d. 2-27-2009
    announcer: Chicago Bulls
    08-17-1943 - John Humphreys - Cardiff, Wales
    presenter: "Nine O'Clock News"; "Today"

    August 17th deaths

    01-26-1927 - Billy Redfield - NYC - d. 8-17-1976
    actor: Grayling Dennis "Brighter Day"; Willie Piper "Tales of Willie
    Piper"
    02-06-1917 - Penny Olson - Milwaukee, WI - d. 8-17-2000
    singer: (Wife of Johnny Olson) "Ladies Be Seated"; "Rumpus Room"
    03-04-1880 - Channing Pollack - Washington [removed] - d. 8-17-1946
    lecturer, author: "America's Town Mettking of the Air"; "Wake Up
    America"
    03-26-1915 - Flip Phillips - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-17-2001
    jazz saxophonist: "Woody Herman Show"; "Saturday Night Swing Session"
    03-29-1918 - Pearl Bailey - Newport News, VA - d. 8-17-1990
    singer: "Kraft Music Hall "; "Tribute to Glenn Miller"
    05-09-1895 - Richard Barthelmass - NYC - d. 8-17-1963
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-09-1908 - Joan Kinmont - Port Lincoln, Australia - d. 8-17-1985
    writer: "Firelight"
    05-17-1907 - Horace McMahon - South Norwalk, CT - d. 8-17-1971
    actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"
    05-25-1877 - Billy Murray - Philadelphia, PA - d. 8-17-1954
    singer: "The National Barn Dance"
    06-26-1908 - Robert J. Ross - d. 8-17-1970
    writrer: "Amos 'n' Andy"
    06-29-1901 - Ed Gardner - Astoria, NY - d. 8-17-1963
    comedian: Archie "Duffy's Tavern"
    07-06-1929 - James Berwick - Dublin, Ireland - d. 8-17-2000
    actor: "Frankenstein"
    07-24-1904 - Delmer Daves - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-17-1977
    movie writer/director: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    07-26-1909 - Vivian Vance - Cherryvale, KS - d. 8-17-1979
    actor: Ethel Mertz "I Love Lucy"
    08-11-1910 - Perfecto Barbosa - d. 8-17-1989
    newscaster: KMAC San Antonio, Texas
    09-11-1908 - Elisebeth A. Heisch - Madison, WI - d. 8-17-2003
    writer: "The Cinnamon Bear"
    09-28-1917 - Vernile Morgan - Oak Park, IL - d. 8-17-2006
    actor: "Curtain Time"
    10-03-1882 - Ulderico 'Rico' Marcelli - Rome, Italy - d. 8-17-1962
    bandleader: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    10-20-1913 - Barney Phillips - St. Louis, MO - d. 8-17-1982
    actor: Ed Jacobs "Dragnet"; Somber Jones "Hawk Larabee"; "Gunsmoke"
    10-25-1875 - Harry Overstreet - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-17-1970
    author and lecturer: "Information Please"
    11-05-1900 - George Watson - d. 8-17-1957
    announcer: "Gateway to Hollywood"; "Song of the City"
    12-02-1902 - Howard Koch - NYC - d. 8-17-1995
    writer: "War of the Worlds"
    12-06-1896 - Ira Gershwin - NYC - d. 8-17-1983
    songwriter: "Lady in the Dark"; "Jolson Story"; "Barkleys of Broadway"
    12-10-1906 - Harold Adamson - Greenville, NJ - d. 8-17-1980
    song writer: "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood"
    12-28-1934 - David Warrilow - Staffordshire, England - d. 8-17-1995
    actor: "All that Fall"

    Ron

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    Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:48:39 -0400
    From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR type broadcasts today

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr., responding to my comments about contemporary OTR
    style adventures, said,

>     I won't comment much on the reference to Captain Midnight Decoder Rings
>     other than to say that no OTR show ever offered a Decoder Ring as a premium.

    Which is why I specifically said "decoder wheel."

    He also said,

>     he objection to older comedies, though, is valid.  A lot of the comments on
>     the Fred Allen show related to then-current events.

    True. As I pointed out myself, Jack Benny's show is more "evergreen" in that
    Jack's humor doesn't involve topical references to the same extent that
    Fred's does.

    On the other hand, a windbag character like Sen. Claghorn could still work
    today. Of course, if anyone did Sen. Claghorn today, a lot of people would
    assume he's a Foghorn Leghorn take-off instead of the other way around. And
    that, I say that's an outrage.

    Some older OTR comedies may not appeal to the masses today, but that doesn't
    mean elements from them couldn't work in a contemporary audio comedy series.

    Myself, I don't have much use for TV sitcoms. In some cases when I've watched
    an episode of one, the plot will be one I've heard on a radio show. And
    usually it was funnier on the radio show.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr. also said,

>     One thing that radio drama has that other kinds of contemporary
>     entertainment doesn't is the ability for any audience member to multitask.

    To some degree that's true. You can't, say, read a book while watching a well
    written and well acted TV show. TV is a visual medium, and with good TV shows
    it's not enough to just listen to the dialogue. On the other hand, that
    doesn't necessarily mean you can read a book while listening to a well
    written and well acted radio show and expect to get the most out of the radio
    show. A key bit of dialogue may slip past you while you're reading your book.

    So it's a question of the nature of the multitasking, not so much that anyone
    can do anything else while listening to a radio show.

    Rick

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    Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:48:56 -0400
    From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Paul Frees and a call for cleverness

    Greetings. Voice actor Fred (son of Paul) Frees and I are working on an album
    idea: a sequel to his father's Paul Frees and the Poster People album, in
    which he will sing popular songs in the style of celebrities. We'd like your
    help for ideas. Especially weird  (young Brando singing "Bicycle Race") or
    perfect (Curly singing "Stuck in the Middle with You") ideas. Feel free to
    email your notions me offlist. But first, a few stipulations:

    1. The voice imitated must be deceased. This is what Paul did on his album.
    2. We're seeking more known voices and songs; not things that would be rather
    obscure to the average listener, like Billy Halop singing Streisand's
    "Superman".
    3. We can't use everything. There aren't many slots available. And Fred can't
    imitate everyone, either. All ideas submitted become our property.
    4. When you send your ideas, please let me know where you found out about
    this query - Facebook, OTR digest, the BearManor mailing list, etc.

    If we use your idea, you get a free copy of the CD, signed by Fred Frees, and
    a free copy of the 2nd edition of my Paul Frees biography, which will be out
    before Christmas. Thanks in advance for your ideas!

    Ben Ohmart
    New books on old movies
    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:49:58 -0400
    From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Lone Ranger additional voices

    On occasion, I've heard John Todd portray characters other than Tonto on "The
    Lone Ranger." Were there ever occasions where Earle Graser or Brace Beemer
    did other voices as well? I can't see why not, given that WXYZ had what was
    essentially a small repertory company; and given that Todd (the co-lead), who
    had a pretty distinctive voice, was doing so. But maybe George W. Trendle
    didn't want his lead actor to do other voices, even if he could pull it off.

    As an example of an actor "pulling it off", Brace Beemer apparently did a
    voice in at least one "Green Hornet" episode, but I couldn't pick out which
    voice was his.

    Rick

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    Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:50:13 -0400
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: OTR type broadcasts today

    Back in the 1970s, when I first got a cassette tape recorder and began
    collecting otr, I copied a few selected tapes (I think they included
    episodes of the Lone Ranger and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet) for my sister,
    who was teaching 5th grade.  She told me that the kids loved them.  I
    don't see why today's kids shouldn't like them just as much if you can
    get them to listen.

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

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    Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:12:01 -0400
    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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