Subject: [removed] Digest V2011 #59
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 4/13/2011 10:18 PM

To: [removed]@[removed]
Reply-to: [removed]@[removed]

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2011 : Issue 59
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      cassettes to MP3                      [ mchone@[removed] ]
      4-11 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Jack Benny''s copy of a radio script  [ "danhughes@[removed]" <danhughes@jun ]
      4-12 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Old Time Radio Basics                 [ "Thomas Heathwood" <HeritageRadio@m ]
      Voice identification help from "Rock  [ "Bill Wilson" <[removed]@jacobsme ]
      Cheery Oats vs. Quaker Oats           [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Unit 99 Info                          [ <beachcrows@[removed]; ]
      4-13 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Fossils of OTR                        [ skallisjr@[removed] ]
      OTR resource                          [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]

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    Date: Wed, 13 Apr 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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    Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:28:31 -0400
    From: mchone@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  cassettes to MP3

    I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction.  I have collected OTR for
    about 15 years and have a basement full of cassette tapes-several thousand hours of
    programming.  My wife and I have reluctantly decided to move in the 21st century.
    Would someone out there tell me (off line, of course) how to convert my cassettes
    to MP3s on the computer.  I have the latest Mac computer with all the updates
    current.  Thank you in advance, youse guys seem to collectively know almost
    everything.

    Roby McHone
    Fairbanks, Alaska

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    Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:28:36 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-11 births/deaths

    April 11th births

    04-11-1880 - Bernardino Molinari - Rome, Italy - d. 12-25-1952
    conductor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"
    04-11-1893 - Dean Acheson - Middletown, CT - d. 10-12-1971
    [removed] secretary of state: "Building the Peace"; "The United Nations Today"
    04-11-1893 - Lou Holtz - San Francisco, CA - d. 9-22-1980
    comedian: "Fleischmann Hour"; "Kraft Music Hall"
    04-11-1893 - Pat Flanagan - Clinton, IA - d. 7-2-1963
    sportscaster, announcer: CBS Network, WBBM in Chicago
    04-11-1902 - Carroll Carroll - NYC - d. 2-5-1991
    writer: "Over Here"; "Guest Star"
    04-11-1902 - Quentin Reynolds - NYC - d. 3-17-1965
    author: "Britain Speaks"; "Quentin Reynolds"; "Keep 'Em Rolling"
    04-11-1904 - Paul McGrath - Chicago, IL - d. 4-13-1978
    actor, host: Host "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"; Robert Allison "My Son
    Jeep"
    04-11-1907 - Paul Douglas - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-11-1959
    announcer, sportscaster, actor: Lawyer Feldman "Meyer the Buyer"
    04-11-1908 - Leo Rosten - Lodz, Poland - d. 2-19-1997
    writer: "Conversation"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Four Star Playhouse"
    04-11-1909 - Sylvia Picker - NYC - d. 9-25-1981
    actor: Suzy "Box 13"
    04-11-1910 - Jim Britt - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-31-1980
    sports commentator: "Dateline Boston"
    04-11-1911 - Bob Dixon - Stamford, CT - d. 8-22-1998
    announcer: Edward R. Murrow: created the phrase "Listen to Murrow
    tomorrow"
    04-11-1911 - Robert Saudek - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 3-13-1997
    television producer: Established the Museum of Television and Radio
    04-11-1912 - John Larkin - Oakland, CA - d. 1-29-1965
    actor: Perry Mason "Perry Mason"; "Dimension X; " Ford Theatre"
    04-11-1913 - Bob LeMond - Hale Center, TX - d. 1-13-2008
    announcer: "Romance of the Ranchos"; "Sweeny and March Show"
    04-11-1913 - Millie Good - Mt. Carmel, IL - d. 5-3-1993
    singer: (Girls of the Golden West) "National Barn Dance"
    04-11-1921 - Dorothy Shay - Jacksonville, FL - d. 10-22-1978
    singer: (Park Avenue Hillbilly) "The Spike Jones Show"
    04-11-1921 - Toni Darnay - Chicago, IL - d. 1-5-1983
    actor: Evelyn Winters "Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters"

    April 11th deaths

    01-21-1907 - Lydia Johnson - Ramseur, NC - d. 4-11-1979
    singer: "The Johnson Family Singers"
    01-31-1905 - John O'Hara - Pottsville, PA - d. 4-11-1970
    author: "Information, Please"; "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"
    02-09-1883 - Joseph King - Austin, TX - d. 4-11-1951
    announcer: "Mr. and Mrs. North"; "A Report to the Nation"
    02-11-1908 - Hiram Sherman - Boston, MA - d. 4-11-1989
    actor: "Les Miserables"; "Mercury Theatre on the Aie"
    03-09-1920 - Jerry Byrd - Lima, OH - d. 4-11-2005
    steel guitarist: "Country Music Time"; "March of Dimes"
    03-24-1895 - Paul Specht - d. 4-11-1954
    bandleader: Made very first broadcast of dance Music 9-20-1920 WWJ
    Detroit
    04-02-1878 - Leo Curley - NYC - d. 4-11-1960
    actor: Ed Jackson "Backstage Wife"; Mike Shaw "Tom Mix"
    05-08-1928 - John Bennett - London, England - d. 4-11-2005
    actor: "John Bennett Programme"
    05-11-1907 - Kent Taylor - Nashua, IA - d. 4-11-1987
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
    06-15-1894 - Leo Cleary - Massachusetts - d. 4-11-1955
    actor: Bailiff "His Honor, the Barber"
    06-26-1907 - Ynez Seabury - Oregon - d. 4-11-1973
    actor: Libby Collins "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-27-1905 - Sydney Mason - NYC - d. 4-11-1976
    announcer, actor: "Famous Jury Trials"; "Johnny Presents"
    08-03-1905 - Dolores Del Rio - Durango, Mexico - d. 4-11-1983
    actor: "Hollywood on the Air"
    09-29-1903 - Ted de Corsia - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-11-1973
    actor: Flip Corkin "Terry and the Pirates"; Dan McGarry "McGarry and
    His Mouse"
    10-23-1904 - Oliver Barbour - d. 4-11-1968
    producer, director: "Life Can Be Beautiful"; "Parker Family"; "When a
    Girl Marries"
    11-25-1912 - Francis Durbridge - Hull, Yorkshire, England - d. 4-11-1998
    writer: Creator of Paul Temple
    11-27-1904 - Florence Lake - Charleston, SC - d. 4-11-1980
    actor: (Sister of Arthur Lake) Tess Terwilliger "David Harum"
    12-17-1903 - Erskine Caldwell - Morland, GA - d. 4-11-1987
    playwright: "Information, Please"; "Short Story"
    12-27-1900 - Pauline Alpert - d. 4-11-1988
    "Whirlwind Pianist": "Log Cabin Inn"; "Rhythm and Rhyme"

    Ron
    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:28:44 -0400
    From: "danhughes@[removed]" <danhughes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny''s copy of a radio script

    I recently acquired what is for me a Holy Grail of OTR:  the actual script
    Jack Benny used in one of his radio shows.

    He has pencilled in several changes, and you can still see what had been
    there before.  The changes definitely make the show funnier!

    The title page is marked "PROGRAM #2 - REVISED SCRIPT".  Several entire
    paragraphs are crossed out, and I am assuming these parts were dropped when
    the rehearsal ran overtime.  Does anyone know if that's how they did it?  And
    does anyone have any idea why the name of one of the characters was changed
    from Ryan to Jones?

    I've posted the first three pages of the script at
    [removed] .

    ---Dan Hughes, [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:29:19 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-12 births/deaths

    April 12th births

    04-12-1898 - Lily Pons - Draguignan, France - d. 2-13-1976
    singer: "Telephone Hour"; "Voice of Firestone"
    04-12-1902 - John White - d. 11-26-1992
    country/western singer: Lonesome Cowboy "Death Valley Days"
    04-12-1904 - Berlyn Baylor - d. 7-6-1969
    leader of the Troubadours for WLBN Little Rock, Arkansas
    04-12-1904 - Frankie Masters - Saint Marys, WV - d. 1-29-1991
    music: "Edgar A. Guest"
    04-12-1905 - Audrey Call - Alton, IL - d. 6-3-2001
    violinist: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    04-12-1907 - Hubert Fincher - Waldo, AR - d. 10-29-1979
    country music: "Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance"
    04-12-1907 - Ivan Ditmars - Olympia, WA - d. 9-10-1997
    music: "Advs. of Frank Race"; "Dr. Christian"; "Escape"
    04-12-1908 - Robert L. Scott - Waynesboro, GA - d. 2-27-2006
    wwII fighter pilot, author: "Mail Call"; "Hop Harrigan"
    04-12-1911 - Joseph Blazak - d. 12-4-1993
    newscaster: KGFJ Los Angeles, California
    04-12-1912 - Herbert B. Mills - Picqua, OH - d. 4-12-1989
    singer: (The Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette"
    04-12-1914 - Ken Williams - Canada - d. 2-16-1984
    actor: Brian Wells "David Harum"
    04-12-1918 - Helen Forrest - Atlantic City, NJ - d. 7-11-1999
    singer: "Artie Shaw and His Orchestra"; "Harry James and His Orchestra"
    04-12-1919 - Ann Miller - Chireno, TX - d. 1-22-2004
    dancer, actor: "Forecast"; "Hollywood Hotel"
    04-12-1919 - Cy Bahakel - Birmingham, AL - d. 4-20-2006
    newscaster: WJRD Tuscaloosa, AL
    04-12-1919 - Ivor Barry - South Wales, UK - d. 12-12-2006
    actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    04-12-1920 - Anita Ellis - Montreal, Canada
    singer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"; "Jack Carson Show" "Red
    Skelton Show"
    04-12-1921 - Peter R. Brooke - Berlin, Germany - d. 4-14-1999
    writer: "Secret Mission"
    04-12-1926 - Jane Withers - Atlanta, GA
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-12-1930 - Bob Bartter - d. 10-xx-1976
    disk jockey: KNEX McPherson, Kansas
    04-12-1930 - Johnny Antonelli - Rochester, NY
    baseball pitcher: "Bill Stern Sports News"
    04-12-1931 - Betty Clooney - Maysville, KY - d. 8-6-1976
    singer: (The Clooney Sisters) "Moon River"
    04-12-1935 - Gene Weed - Dallas, TX - d. 8-5-1999
    disk jockey: "Shivaree"
    04-12-1940 - Jack Hibberd - Warracknabeal, Australia
    writer: "A Stretch of the Imagination"

    April 12th deaths

    01-30-1882 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Hyde Park, NY - d. 4-12-1945
    [removed] president: "Fireside Chats"
    04-06-1919 - Paula Kelly - d. 4-12-1992
    vocalist: (Modernaires) "Club Fifteen"
    04-12-1912 - Herbert B. Mills - Picqua, OH - d. 4-12-1989
    singer: (The Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette"
    05-03-1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson - Detroit, MI - d. 4-12-1989
    pugilist: "Destination Freedom"; "Heat It Now"
    05-13-1914 - Joe Louis (The Brown Bomber) - Lafayette, AL - d. 4-12-1981
    heavyweight boxing champ: "Fred Allen Show"; "Freedom's People"
    05-23-1882 - James Gleason - NYC - d. 4-12-1959
    actor: "Jimmy Gleason's Diner"
    06-03-1906 - Josephine Baker - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-12-1975
    singer: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
    06-12-1915 - Zeke Zarchy - NYC - d. 4-12-2009
    lead trumpet: "Benny Goodman Band"; "Artie Show Band"
    06-21-1916 - Al Brown - d. 4-12-1989
    actor: Og "Og, Son of Fire"
    07-19-1902 - Buster Bailey - Memphis, TN - d. 4-12-1967
    clarinet: "Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm"
    07-24-1913 - Brian Reece - Noctorum, England - d. 4-12-1962
    actor: Archibald Berkeley-Willoughby "The Advs. of [removed] 49"
    09-01-1931 - Boxcar Willie - Sterrett, TX - d. 4-12-1999
    country singer and songwriter: "Grand Ole Opry"
    09-08-1921 - Harry Secombe - Swansea, Wales - d. 4-12-2001
    comedian: Neddie Seagoon "Goon Show"
    09-09-1894 - Arthur Freed - Charleston, SC - d. 4-12-1973
    songwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-15-1898 - Gene Arnold - d. 4-12-1954
    singer: (the man with a tear in his throat) "National Barn Dance"
    09-26-1890 - Sarah Allis - d. 4-12-1980
    newscaster: WHAI Greenfield, Massachusetts
    10-11-1919 - George Rock - Farmer City, FL - d. 4-12-1988
    260 poind trumpet player: "The Spike Jones Shw"
    10-20-1924 - Pat Chamburs - Clearwater, FL - d. 4-12-2009
    disk jockey: "Jazz, Jive and Swing"
    11-02-1901 - Paul Ford - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-12-1976
    actor: "Suspense"; "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"
    11-11-1922 - Kurt Vonnegut - Indianapolis, IN - d. 4-12-2007
    writer: "Dimension X"
    11-16-1887 - Arthur Krock - Glasgow, KY - d. 4-12-1974
    journalist: "Information Please"

    Ron
    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:29:59 -0400
    From: "Thomas Heathwood" <HeritageRadio@[removed];
    To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Old Time Radio Basics
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain

    May I suggest one addition to Chris Holm's fine article on "Learning about Old
    Time Radio/"
    Those of us who have broadcast programs on AM/FM radio, satellite and the
    Internet, have
    presented thousands of hours of OTR shows with commentary and interviews with
    the original
    participants: actors, writers, directors, producers. etc.   We have also
    presented untold hours of interviews with those who study OTR and publish
    academic and popular books on the subject.
    There are a great many sources for retrospective OTR programs which can be
    heard world-wide every day. Charlie's  Old Time Radio Digest and his blogs
    talk about OTR and shows one can hear, in their daily postings.  Google "Old
    Time Radio" for an amazing selection.
    I would modestly suggest that Jerry Haendiges' Olde Tyme Radio Network
    presents several hours of programming in very good quality every week.
    Yesterday USA,  and many other
    "networks" and sites also present OTR and there are great clubs like SPERDVAC
    that can provide more information than you can imagine.  Online clubs now
    exist too.
    A new generation of listeners is out there now, and are constantly
    "discovering" OTR. Those of us who present OTR try to re-introduce the story
    of early radio and what a fantastic medium it was for 30+ years.
    Tom Heathwood - Heritage Radio Theatre - The Olde Tyme Radio Network -
    [removed]<[removed]
    t>           4/12/11

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    Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:30:23 -0400
    From: "Bill Wilson" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Voice identification help from "Rocky and His
     Friends"

    Somewhat off-topic ... I hope the editor will forgive me ...

    I've been enjoying my Bullwinkle DVDs of late, in many instances due to the
    strong presence of such classic radio actors doing the voice work, bringing
    to life fabulous writing.

    There's one voice in there that is a dead-on Ed Gardner (Duffy's Tavern)
    impression ... or is it Gardner himself?  He's not credited at the end,
    unless he's one of "A Host of Others."

    Does anyone know if Ed was involved in these cartoons?

    Thanks!

    Bill Wilson

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    Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:30:30 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Cheery Oats vs. Quaker Oats

    A friend of mine told me earlier this month that General Mills once had a
    cereal called Cheery Oats and due to a lawsuit from Quaker Oats, had to
    change the product name to Cheerios. He said he remembered the different
    commercials on either radio or television. I'm more interested in the lawsuit
    part. Anyone know if this was true?
    Martin

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    Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:31:01 -0400
    From: <beachcrows@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Unit 99 Info

    Roby McHone asked for some information about Unit 99.

    I'm aware of 43 circulating episodes that date from 23 August 1957
    thru 13 Jun 1958 usually with police Sgt Dan Meredith providing the
    tape recording coverage of actual Sacramento police call responses.
    Long time Sacramento Police Chief  James Hicks was billed as the host
    and radio station KFBK chief announcer and special events director
    Tony Koester directed the program. I believe that KFBK was the local
    ABC affiliate at that time.

    Paul Thompson

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    Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:31:08 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-13 births/deaths

    April 13th births

    04-13-1886 - Willie Howard - Paramus, NY - d. 1-14-1949
    comedian: (Howard Brothers) "Folies De Paris"; "The Royal Vagabonds"
    04-13-1887 - Christian Rubb - Austria - d. 4-14-1956
    actor: (Voice of Geppetto) "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-13-1889 - Herbert Yardley - Washington, IN - d. 8-7-1958
    writer: "Stories of the Black Chambers"
    04-13-1890 - Gene Rodemich - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-27-1934
    orchestra leader/singer: "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round"
    04-13-1899 - Larry Keating - [removed], MN - d. 8-26-1963
    actor, emcee: "Murder Will Out"; "Scramby Amby"; "This Is Your FBI"
    04-13-1902 - Bob Stanley - Lancut, Poland - d. unknown
    orchestra leader: "Music Without Words"; "Benay Venura Program"
    04-13-1902 - Godfrey Kenton - London, England - d. 4-27-1998
    actor: "Waiting for Godot"; "Paradise Lost"
    04-13-1905 - Eddie Dooley - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-25-1982
    sports commentary: "Dooley's Football Forecast"
    04-13-1906 - Bud Freeman - Chicago, IL - d. 3-15-1991
    tenor sax player: "Camel Caravan"; "Fats Waller Jam School"; "Doctor
    Jazz"
    04-13-1906 - Samuel Beckett - Dublin, Ireland - d. 12-22-1989
    writer: "All That Fall"
    04-13-1907 - Harold E. Stassen - West St. Paul, MN - d. 3-4-2001
    presidential candidate: "Meet the Press"; "The People's Platform"
    04-13-1912  - Roy Winsor - Chicago, IL - d. 5-31-1987
    director, writer: "Vic and Sade"; "Sky King"
    04-13-1913 - Dave Albritton - d. 5-14-1994
    disk jockey: Dayton, Ohio
    04-13-1916 - Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner - Kansas City, MO - d.
    11-25-2006
    writer of radio soap operas
    04-13-1918 - Brad Ansley - d. 1-23-1992
    sportscaster: WIOD Miami Florida
    04-13-1919 - Howard Keel - Gillespie, IL - d. 11-7-2004
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-13-1919 - Phil Tonken - Hartford, CT - d. 2-4-2000
    announcer/newscaster: "Your Supper"; "Radio Newsreel"
    04-13-1923 - Don Adams - NYC - d. 9-25-2005
    comedian: "Kraft Music Hall"; "A Salute to Humble Howard"
    04-13-1932 - Jack Danon - St. Louis, MO - d. 8-12-1996
    singer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    04-13-1951 - Peter Davison - London, England
    actor: Eric Brown "King Street Junior"; "Change at Oglethorpe"

    April 13th deaths

    02-16-1893 - Jack Doty - Wisconsin - d. 4-13-1935
    actor: Captain Hughes "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy"
    03-01-1933 - Mary Linn Beller - d. 4-13-2000
    actor: Barbara (Babby) "The Brighter Day"
    03-16-1936 - Harry Kalas - Naperville, IL - d. 4-13-2009
    sportscaster: Philadelphia Phillies
    04-02-1884 - Charles M. Courboin - Antwerp, Belgium - d. 4-13-1973
    organ virtuoso: weekly half hour concert broadcast on NBC Red in 1940
    04-11-1904 - Paul McGrath - Chicago, IL - d. 4-13-1978
    actor, host: Host "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"; Robert Allison "My Son
    Jeep"
    05-11-1913 - Tutti Camaratta - Glen Ridge, NJ - d. 4-13-2005
    orchestra leader: "Double Feature"
    05-24-1909 - Howard Snyder - d. 4-13-1963
    writer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Lum and Abner"; "That's My Pop"
    06-11-1905 - Alex Beller - Chicago, IL - d. 4-13-1997
    violinist: Ben Pollack , Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Nelson Riddle
    07-10-1921 - Jeff Donnell - South Windham, ME - d. 4-13-1988
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-12-1917 - William Griffis - Chapel Hill, NC - d. 4-13-1998
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Roger Kilgore, Public Defender"
    07-20-1869 - Howard Thurston - d. 4-13-1936
    conjuror: "Thurston, the Magician"
    07-20-1881 - Hugh Sothern - Anderson County, KS - d. 4-13-1947
    actor: John Marshall "Those We Love"
    07-20-1890 - Theda Bara - Cincinnati, OH - d. 4-13-1955
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-21-1926 - Josephine Premice - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-13-2001
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    07-29-1950 - Bill Estes - Racine, WI - d. 4-13-2008
    regional manager of Wisconsin Public Radio's WHAD-FM
    08-18-1912 - Tom Moore - San Antonio, TX - d. 4-13-1986
    announcer, emcee: "Ladies Be Seated"; "Captain Midnight"
    09-02-1907 - Irving Miller - NYC - d. 4-13-1986
    musician: "Mel Blanc Show"; "Garry Moore Show"
    09-07-1903 - Milton Brown - Stephenville, TX - d. 4-13-1936
    singer: "The Musical Brownies"
    11-03-1910 - Richard Hurndall - Darlington, Durham, England - d.
    4-13-1984
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "BBC Light Programme"
    12-13-1914 - Larry Parks - Olathe, KS - d. 4-13-1975
    actor: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Faith for Tomorrow"; "Guest Star"

    Ron
    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:55:58 -0400
    From: skallisjr@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Fossils of OTR

    Chris Holm gave one answer as to how to educate a newcomer about OTR.
    Naturally,  the best introduction would be to have lived through the era,
    but that;a hardly practical.  The next-best would be to have access to
    large numbers of transcriptions of old shows.   To an extent, books like
    Jim Harmon's /The Great Radio Heroes/ can give a newcomer the perspective
    of one who lived back then, in the period.
    There are, however, other means of visiting or revisiting the world of
    OTR other than try transcriptions of the old shows.
    Better Little Books and larger hardcover books, all aimed at younger
    readers, "novelized" some adventures from the program,   (Because the
    Captain Midnight program had spinoffs -- a newspaper comic strip and a
    comic book, adventures from the other sources were a;lso novelized.
    /Captain Midnight and the Secret Squadron/,/Captain Midnight ... vs, the
    Terror of the Orient/, and /Joyce of The Secret Squadron/ were all
    derived from the radio shoe. and all were bylined by R. [removed] Winterbotham
    are the only Whitman adaptations of the OTR shows.)
    Whitman also published novelized Jack Armstrong adventures.
    Although not intended for the purpose, the Whitman novelizations have
    preserved significant OTR stories for posterity.

    Stephen A, Kallis, [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:16:01 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR resource

            One resource I use which I've found extremely helpful is "Don't Touch That Dial"
    by Fred J MacDonald.  It offers background, as well as other information, on a variety
    of subjects dealing with OTR.  Every chapter covers a different genre (comedy, drama,
    detective shows, game/quiz programming, variety shows, etc).  It's definitely a good
    read and a good resource.

     As always,

    Kenneth Clarke

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